The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1902, Page 2

THE FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1902 DEATH ENTERS BEFORE WEALTH Heir to a Fortune Dies Suddenly in Van- couver Cell Unopened Letter Found in Man's Pocket Tells of Riches. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. .l7.—John | Finneran, an ironmolder by trade, and | the immediate heir to $10,000 in cash, which be did not know was awalting him, died in poverty last night in the city jail. Finneran formeriy lived and worked in San Francisco and had been a resident of Vancouver for some months. A month | ago his father, formerly a locomotive en- | neer on the New York Central, died, | fiavmg him the large legacy. The letter | announcing it arrived here only a day or | two before the man ended his miserabie | existence. { Finneran worked first in Vancouver at | Albion Iron Works. Every payday | followed by a spree and after two | months s tion. Then he worked it around the town and finally was to the City Hospitai, I suffered a fainting spell n the street. Two days he stayed in the ital and then became so violent that he had to be removed to a paddaéd I in the police station. He was last seen ve standing in the corner of the cell, ien he threw up his hands and fell ing de When he was brought in an unopened | letter was found in his pocket. After his ! pened and it proved to be Chicago lawyers, advising he had fallen heir to $10,000 some small property in a New Eng- State. The letier had been forward- | ed to San Francisco and from there came | to Vancouver. The man had evidently died without hearing of the fortune that | had been left for him. | | REV. DR. MINTON IS [ SUED FOR DAMAGES Man Whom He Is Alleged to Have Accused of Burglary Is the Plaintiff. N RAFAEL, Aug. 17.—Rev. Dr. H. C. president the Presbyterian ical Seminary at San Anselmo, has John McAllen Brown of for $15,000 damages. Rev. s prominent in the Presbyte- | e was Moderator of Assembly of ihe United recently received a call puipit of the First Presbyterian of Trenton, N. J filed in the County | is the sequel to a me of Dr. Minton at Minton's residence was ne ago and much jewelry accused John McAllen Valley of the theft and a b was issued. According to ser filed yesterday, Brown alleges mpany with Sherift come and searched the t jewelry; that Dr. esence of the Sheriff, ac- and of having the | | by is well krown in been a citizen of for some time. MISTAKES HIS WIFE FOR A HAWK AND KILLS HER Near-Sighted City Official of Duncan, Ariz., Makes an Awful Blunder. z., Aug. 17.—L. M. McDon- { cial of Duncan, Ariz., ac- and killed his wife yes- ald, who is an y somewhat nearsightetd, the porch in front of his house, le out of town, when he caught of ng in the brush on the above, which he beiieved to be a wk He ran back into the house, got urned to the porch and fired t on the hill. ynald had gone up on the hill- y Duncan through a she whom her hus- The_ bullet ssing through e lived but a few hours. n is crazed by grief, and it is hat he will permanently lose his he ok Mc at 3 M De Colton Trustees Are Réstrained. O, Aug. 17.—At a late night the Southern Pacific Com- | tained from the Superior Court | » order restraining the City Trus- | tees of Colton from selling a franchise pe- | titioned for by the San Bernardino Trac- extend its tracks across of the Southern Pacific at named Hervey a franchise action people had applied it is now said he was acting for hern Pacific, which seeks to force t railway to cross the main line former corporation on the Southern Pacific mofor track, both companies shar- ing the e se of 4 flagman at the cross- | ing. The Traction Company wishes to | cross at a point where all approach to the n line is obstructed from view by sev- eral long sheds owned by the Southern Pa- | cific Company. The franchise was to have been sold Monda: —_— | Found Insane on a Desert. | SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 17.—Stephen Dodge, night cashier of a restaurant at Barstow, was found insane on the desert | at 8 o'clock last night by a posse headed by Deputy Sherifi Estrange, which had been searching for him since early Thurs- | day morning. His disappearance was made known by the finding of his room in a state of confusion. He had torn up his bed clothes and broken the furniture. found some fifty miles from town | ge was almost dead from thirst and | posure. He has been an inmate of the Asylum several times. He will be | mmitted o the Southern California | e Hospital at Highlands to-morrow. Hotel Steward Suddenly Disappears. SAN JOSE, Aug. 17.—Frank Terry, who for nearly a year filled the position of steward at the Hotel Vendome, disap-| peared mysteriously yesterday morning taking with him money borrowed from Manager Snell and leaving behind a wife, to whom he was married only four months ago. The circumstances connected with | the case Jend a peculiar mystery that is causing the police much anxiety. A dili. gent search has been instituted for him. o s i Robbery Committed at a Pienic. SAN JOSE, Aug. 17—At a picnic at] Wrights Station to-day Frank McCarthy of San Francisco was robbed of $18, his hat and shoes Chas. Gould and J. H. Gould, who claim to reside near Wrights, were arrested by Railroad Detectives Gus Butler and Walter Benson and placed in custody in the San Jose jail this evening. A charge of larcepy will be lodg: i both to-morrow. e, TRk 4 Explosion Raises the Roof. SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 17.—At 6 o'clock this morning an explosion of 350 pounds of black powder at the powder works blew off the roof of the wheel mill, Joseph Maynard had his hair singed and hands burned. He was employed in the miv. Maynard has been in several ex- xprlumnm' 'Fxt has dwxfylmemped serious ury. e cause o . e explosion is —— Life Term for Briggan. REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 17.-4Joe Brig- gan, the dairyman, will spend his life in prison as punishment for the murder of Joseph Mattli last June. Briggans’ trial ended yesterday, &n hour after the Judge had compieted the delivery of his charge the jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree, & life sentence. | sume personal responsibility”for the con- | polntee of Gage, wWho should be here all | office, did not deign to visit the capital | ative estimate of Gage's stry | gates to the State convention, and from | teen are anti-Ga, | be that some of the others have individu: , Tecommending | put himself at the disposal of l g ested. & GOVERNOR | STRANGER 1T CAPITAL State Executive Almost Unknown in Sacra- mento, Indignant Oitizens Seek Vain- 1y for the Elusive Gage. Commissions Compelled to Adjourn Because People’s Representative Devotes Scarcely a Moment ) to Important Duties. Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 17.—The manner in which the official business of the State | is being neglected by Governor Gage has | become a public scandal. He is never ac| the capitol, except for a few brief hours upon the occasion of his rare visits to the | city, which the constitution declares must | be his place of residence. And even on the occasion of these infrequent visits he is never approachable by the ordinary citizen without a proced- ure of ceremonious red tape which would better become the occupant of a royal castle. To many Gage is a total stranger here. He has never taken the slightest part in the soctal life at the capital, and he has by his boorish treatment of the public generally made enemies who openly proclaim their dislike for him. « There have been other Governors with interests elsewhere who were often called away from their official seat, but they formed social ties here and kept more or less in touch with the affairs of the people and with the different departments of the public service. Gage, however, has made no effort to observe the ordinary amenities or to as- duct of his administration. It was be- cause Gage aitempted to manage the af- fairs of state from his Los Angeles farm- house or other remote point that such a thing as the loss of $16,000 to the Btate school fund through his blundering Board of Examiners was possible. Every day, almost, Sacramento is vis- ited by officials and civilians from this and | other States after extradition papers or | upon other errands connected with the public service, but they scarcely ever manage to find Gage in the office where the people pay him a handsome salary to remain. As might be expected, the example of neglect of duty which Gage sets has a de- moralizing influence upon those holding subordinate positions. When he openly and contemptuously disregards his oath to observe the constitution, others holding office under him feel they have ample jus- tification to foilow suit. Half of the State officials are nearly always absent from their posts. Only this week Adjutant General Stone, whose office under. the con- stitution is located in the capitol building, visited Sacramento and a local paper, in | explanation of his advent, said the *‘pres- ence of Adjutant General Stone in Sacr: mento at this time is in connection with | the Republican State Convention, Soon to be held here,” which meant that an ap- the time attending to the business of his except to promote the political ambition of his chief. There are dozens of reasons, aside from | the legal one imposed by a provision of | the constitution, why Governor Gage should now be in Sacramento attending to the duties of his office. He is the ex- officio head of a dozen or more State in- stitutions, boards and commissions which under the law, meet here at stated inter- vals, and the interests of the people de- mand that he shall be present at these meetings, or at least be accessible to rep- resentatives of the various institutions and commissions, in_order that they may advise with him and know how far they may go in matters relating to the conduct of the public business. It is no rare oc curence for public boards to meet In the | capitol and adjourn without arriving at the object which called them together, | simply because there is no Governor with- | in reach to consult with, GAGE CHANCES SCARCE. Governor Commands Very Little Sup- port in Sonoma County. SANTA ROSA, Aug 17.—To-morrow the Republican primaries will be held throughout this county to elect delegates ' to the State, Congressional and County conventions. The greatest Mterest taken is in the election of the State convention delegates owing to the Gage fight. The anti-Gage element says not more than four votes from this county will g0 to the present Governor. The most consery- tren, County is given by Charies B Adam chairman of the Republican County Ce: tral Committee. ~When see: - noon he said: il “It is now known who will probably b selected at to-morrow’s primaries as gelee- my information I can say that of So- noma County’s twenty-two delegates fif- e, iwo are pronounced Gage “men and five have Gage leanings | but have been carcful not to commit | themselves. Of the fifteen opposed to the | nomination of the present Governor one | is for Pardee and one for Edson. It may al preferences, but I only know that they | are a unit in opposition to Gage.” SUSPECT COUNSELMAN | REFUSES TO EXPLAIN Police Unable to Get Any Information From Him Bearing on Muvrder Mystery. { CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—Edward Counsel- man, who was arrested yesterday in con. nection with the Bartholin-Mitchell mur- der mystery, was subjected to a rigid ex- amination to-day, but told nothing that | would throw any light on the case. Coun- selman contradicted times. The most significant circumstance de- veloped was the fact that he had repeat- edly visited Bartholin at his home, twice | without the knowledge of. the young | man’s mother, who had ordered him to stay away from the house. After an hour’s questioning Counselman | finally blurted out, “If I knew where Wil- liam Bartholin was I would not tell you.” | Cournlselman evaded an explanation of why he abused his wife when she refused to return to him the letter that he had received from Bartholin July 11 summon- | ing him to Bartholin’s home five days | after the murder of Mrs. Bartholin, ————l BOY IS ACCIDENTALLY EILLED AT RIFLE RANGE | Hides Behind a Bush Near the Target I and Is Struck by a Bullet. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 17.—A tragedy stopped the target practice of Company F, First Regiment, Minnesota National Guard, at Columbia Ridge to-day. John Krisko, 13 years of age, was playing in dangerous proximity to the line of fire, and after having been put off the range :e\'era.l l‘lime: lt‘o‘:e t? ‘ll po;nt about fif. een yards to the right of the targel. Ctmn{n P. A. Walter was testing argx?e- peauendx rifle, when he saw what ap- from himself several to be a sheet of paper flopph a bush near the target. pHe t\rgg ‘:{ it, and the next instant the boy sprang up and sank back dying, only fifty yards from Captain Walter. The militia officer lice, ut Was not arr s UNION PACIFE s { Union Pacific property and threatening ! WILLIAM M. JUNKER IS APPOINTED MANAGER OF THE PASO ROBLES HOTEL He Is One of the Most Popular Bonifaces on the Coast, and Was for Thir- teen Years in Charge of Del Monte---Improvements on Regort That Ori ginally Cost Quarter of a Million Dollars Ar e to Be Made at Cnce . ILLIAM M. JUNKER has been appointed manager of Hotel Paso Robles. He s/ one of the most popular ho- tel men on the coast, and was for thirteen years manager of Hotel del Monte. Improvements are being made in Ho- tel Paso Robles which will cost about | $30,000. The grounds are among the 8- S finest in the State, and it will be the en- deavor of the management to make the hotel a convenient stopping place for Eastern tourists between Los Angeles and this eity. Mr. Junker's appointment goes into ef- fect to-day, and he is sure to make the resort popular from the first. The hotel originally cost a quarter of a million dol- lars, and since that time $40,000 more has been spent on it.” 1 b BEAUTIFUL RESORT ON WHICH MANY IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE AND ITS NEW MANAGER. FEARS VIOLENGE Governor Savage of Ne- braska May Call Out State Troops. NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Aug. 17.—Gov- ernor Savage and a number of Union Pa- cific oflicials were in consuitation here all | day with Mayor Walker and county offi- cials regarding the advisabiilty of send- ing troops to control the strikers, who it | charged have been trespassing on | new employes. There has been no marked violence thus far, and the Sherift says he believes he can wiaintain order. Governor Savage will investigate the | matter further and announce his decision | before returning to Linccln to-morrow, Leaders of the strikers say they will aid in preventing violence. S LEADERS ADVISE STRIKERS. Attempt to Be Made To-Day to Open One of the Collieries. WILKESBARRE, Aug. 17.—Grand Mas- ter Fitzpatrick of the Brotherhood of‘ Railroad Trainmen has about completed his tour of the anthracite strike region. He addressed local brotherhoods in many places, and, it is said, pointed out to, the members their duty in case any coal-car- rying railroads should attempt to ship coal from mines where non-unjon men | were employed. Just what instructions | were given was not made public. James Nelligan, an executive officer of the Brotherhood of Rallway Telegraphers, was in conference with the officials at | the miners’ strike headquarters. He said | his visit to headquarters had nothing to do with the miners’ strike. It is said that an attempt will be made to start the Matieby colliery of the Le- ! high Coal Qommany to-morrow. About | twenty electric lights have been strung | within the inclosure and fully fifty c | and iron policemen were taken to the mines this evening. The electric lights will en- able the ards to be stationed at many points and have a clear view of all the surroundings. At the strike headquarters some of the officers are exercised over the matter. Rev. J. J. Curran of this city, who has flfured considerably in the strike, sald in his_address at his church to-night that if J. P. Morgan did not do something to bring the strike to an end it would last for a long time. -— Trying to ;u.h a Séttlement. CHICAGO,Aug.17.—The Executive Fed- eration of Labor will undertake to-mor- e Tow to reach an amicable settlement of the differences existing between the streetcar men and their employers, a meeting between the committee and the streetcar officials- having been arranged. The federation to-day adopted resolu- tions declaring that in case the trouble cannot be settled by arbitration and it shall become necessary to call a strfl(el the federation will give the strikers the | moral supvort of the central body. REAR ADMIRAL DOUGLAS ARRIVES AT ST. JOHNS English Government Delegates Him to Discuss French Shore Fish- ery Question. 8T. JOHNS, N. F., Aug. 17.—The Brit- ish cruiser Ariadne, flagship of Rear Ad- | miral A. L. Douglas, one of the Lords of Admiralty, arrived here this evening, making pert in a dense fog. The Ariadne was escorted by the British cruiser In- defatigable. Awaiting Admiral Douglas’ arrival were the British cruiser Charyb- | dis, the sloop Alert and the sffecial ser- vice steamer Columbine, all under the command of Captain Montgom- | ery of the Charybdis, and the French cruiser Islin and the dispatch boat Manche, under the command of | Commodore Montferrand. Together these séven warships form the largest fleet that has been here for many years past. Admiral Douglas has come to the col- ony- to discuss the French shore fishery question. S e Mask on Face of Corpse. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17.—~The body of an unknown man was found near the road in a wild section of the country two miles northwest of this city this even- | ing by J. F. Allen, a commission mer- | chant, who was driving in that locality | with his family. Allen says he came upon | the body in the brush, but because of the | stench did not go closer to it than fifteen feet. He declared that the face of the corpse was covered with a black mask, through which holes had been cut for the eyes. The dead man was well dressed and wore no coat. The report was re- ceived so late that the Coroner decided to go to the place to-morrow, instead of to- night, the country there being a séries of | canyons, which would make it almost im- possible to find the body in the dark. The Coroner says it is possible that the sun's heat may have turned the face black, | making it appear as if a mask was worn. The description given by Allen does not agree with that of any person reportea to the police as missing. CONTRADICTS THE REPORT OF ALLEGED BETROTHAL LONDON, Aug. 17.—A letter from Miss Gladys Deacon, daughter of Mrs. Edward | Parker Deacon, appears in the London | papers this morning, in which the writer | asks the papers emphatically to contradict | the rumors of an alleged betrothal be-' William of Germany. RUSSIAR PINST NEW TARIFE TREATY WITH THE CHINEaE America Makes Great Stride Toward the “ Open Door.” Success Crowns Negotiations Carried On for Many : Months. Abolishment of the Likin Tax One of the Concessions Made by the Peking Govern- ment. —_— WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The State Department has received a dispatch irom 7T. S. Sharretts, the treasury ex- pert who was commussioned by the State Vepartment to negotiate a zarlfl!_ treaty between tne United States'and China, re- porting that the treaty was signed on tae 5th inst. and that he would sail for tne Unitea States on the first steamer. The announcement contained in Shar- retts’ briet statement to the State Depart- ment shows a successful coneiusion ot ne- gotiations that have been in progress for many months for a ianif treaty oeiween China and this country. It was supu- lated as one of the reatures of wie peace £greement between Cluna and tae Iods €8N POWErS ul Lhe CicSe OL Lne soxers OUWIcak NAL an enurely New fauric o lrage treaues SNoUld De inade. ‘fius car- rled out the purpose Secretary hay nad maintainea throLgnoUL Lhe Precediug ne- gouations for an -vpen ‘woor,’ the uesire veing to open up foreign commuaicatiouns wili the luteriur Of Luila and taus gain access to the vast markets of the empice. rouowing the conciusion of Lue pcace arrangements, Sharretts was seiecled 10 carry un the tarur negotiations in behait Of uie United States. LIS SEleCUOn was due to his long famuiarity witn tanit ai- 1airs, as he had assisted in tne Iraming of recent tarif legisiation berore Cou- gress and had also served as one of the | generai appraisers of New York. He weat w China about a year ago and has since been engaged in working out the de.aus | of a tarif agreement. LIKIN TAX ABOLISHED. It was announced about a month ago that the British commissioners had con- cluded a tarift treaty with China, and it was understood at that time that the Eritish treaty should serve as a basis for similar treaties with the United States and other foreign countries. The State Department was advised at the time tnat the rates of imports entering China were 12 per cent and the export duties 73 per cent. One of the most important provi- sions of the British-China treaty was that abolishing the likin tax. It is presumed that simuar rates are made in the Ameri- can treaty and that the likin tax is abol- ished as far as it relates to American goods in transit. The likin tax has been one of the most burdensome exactions of the antiquated Chinese systems, as it was levied by the officials at various points through the interior, without uniformity and orten with less regard for commercial ends than for the enrichment of the un- scrupulous local officials. The abolition of the likin tax will go far toward en- couraging foreign traffic in the interior of China. Sharretts’ dispatch is dated at Shanghai and does not go into details regarding the treaty he has signed. SIGNED BY ALL POWERS. LONDON, Aug. 18.—In a dispatch from Shanghai the correspondent of the Times | rotocol of the tariff treaty was says lhej signed ow Saturday by the British, Amer:- can, German and Japanese representa- tives, without reservation, and by the Austrian, Belgian and Dutch representa- tives, by adopted referendum. This action, continues the Times’ corre- spondent, was principally due to the American commissioner (T. 8. Sharretts) desiring to conclude the business before returning to the United States. The Chi- nese Commissioner, lacking imperial sanc- tion, did not sign the protocol; therefore, if China modifies it, the signatures af- fixed yesterday will be void. The docu- ment provides that the new tariff becomes operative on November 1. Portugal, adds the correspondent, com- plicates the situation by claiming a con- cession of two small islands near Macao la COMING HERE San Francisco Included in Gabrilowitsch’s Itinerary. NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—Daniel Frohman, after ten weeks' absence in London, Paris, Munich and Berlin, returned to-day on the steamer St. Louls. ‘With his musical star, the Russian rianist, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Frohman at- tended the Bayreuth Wagner festival. Frohman's efforts while abroad have been in the direction of securing contracts for plays for the new Lyceum Theater in this city, after the current season, when his new stock company is to occupy the house. For this he has already in hand a new romantic comedy by Anthony Hope, entitied “Captain Deippe,” and a five-act play by Comyn 8. Carr, author cf “King Arthur.” Both these plays, by arrangement with the authors, are likely to have their production in New York before they are seen in London. Daly’s Theater here will this season be devoied entirely to musical comedy, the first cne being ““The Country Girl,” which v/ill be presented next month. Gabrilowitsch opens his American tour at the Worcester, Mass., festival, October 2, with an orchestra of sixty Boston Symphony players under the direction of Franz Kneisel. Frohman found on_ his arrival that the forty appearances which he had contracted for had nearly all besn pooked, consequently he has cabled the planist asking that he increase the num- ber. October 31 and November 1 he opens the season for the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Frohman has arranged with Manager Bouvier of San Francisco for g Pacific Coast engagement of twelve Gabrilo- witsch concerts early in the seaspn, and | there will be a short Southern engage- | ment in the spring, the tour closing prob- 2bly with a trip in conjunction with a well-krown musical organization through the country. Kubellk returns here under Frohman's management in 1903. e PETROLEUM CONTINUES TO FLOW FROM NEW WELL 0Oil Strike in Wyoming Proves to Be Much Better Than at First Reported. EVANSTON, Wyo., Aug. 17.—The oil strike made in section 12 yesterday proves to be much better than at first report- ed. Petroleum of the finest quality con- tinues to flow steadily, and experts claim the well will develop into a hundred bar- rels a day proposition. Every available tank has been filled, and rush orders have been placed with the railroad com- pany for tank cars. A pipe line will be laid immediately from the well to Le- roy, a distance of four miles, from which point the output will be shipped. The oll, it is said, Is worth $8 per barrel on board cars at that point. - Appeal to the Duke of Orleans. PARIS, Aug. 17.—A Royalist committee held a reunion at La St. Frajean to-day, the name day of the Duchess of Or- leans. The committee sent a resolution of homage to the Dukeof Orleans, in which religious persecution was referred midnight. tween herself and Crown Prince Frederick to and appealing -to the Duke to give the ] damaged, and Frank Nol long-awaited signal, and the right to build a railroad from Ma- cao to Canton as a quid pro quo for her acceptance of the new tariff. This inci- | dent, says the representative of the Times, in conclusion, illustrates the difficulty un- | derlying this whole question. DECARE FOR “OPEN DOOR.” SHANGHAI, Aug. 17.—Liu Kin YI, Chang Chih Tung and Yuan Shai Kali, r spectively viceroys of Nankin and Han- kow and Governor of Pechili, in separate conferences with T. 8. Sharretts, Tariif Commissioner for the United States, have been concurred in making two significant and unequivocal declarations. The first is that the critical time has arrived when China must make a supreme effort for the promotion of commerce and friendly inter- course with America and Europe; the sec- ond declaration is that as an evidence of her good faith in this intention and her appreciation of the generous policy of the United Stdates toward her, China will make an unprecedented exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition. QUARREL IN FAMILY CAUSES THE TRAGEDY Two Men Shot and Killed and One Wounded at Home in Washington. WENATCHEEE, Wash., Aug. 17.—Two men killed and one wounded as the re- { sult of a quarrel is the news that comes from Chiwaukum, thirty-three miles above ‘Wenatchee, on the Great Northern. John Willlams was beating his wife, when J. B. Woods, her brother-in-law, interfered to protect her. This en: ed Williams and he and a cook named Me- Clay were about to assault Woods. The latter drew a revolver to stand them off, when Willlams ran for a cabin near by and .got his rifle. Then Williams and McClay renewed the assault. Woods meantime got his rifle and shot and killed both men, but was himself wounded in the fight. Sheriff Kel- ler and County Attorney eves were summoned and went to the scene of the tragedy. It is asserted by friends of Woods that Willlams was a quarrelsome :im‘fn and that Woods acted only in self- efense. BIG CREAMERY COMPANY FORCED TO THE WALL Inability to Realize on Outstanding Accounts the Cause of the Failure. CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—The Elgin Cream- ery Company, which operates 135 cream- eries throughout Illinois, Towa and Wis- consin, has failed. The creditors are estimated to number nearly 10,000, over 8000 being farmers. The American Trust and Savings Bank was appointed receiver anG its bond fixed at ,000. Just before the United States Court closed yesterday a petition of - ruptey directed against the company was filed wWith the clerk and then taken be- fore Referee Eastman, who entered the order for the appointment of the receiver. The assets of the company are claimed to be $800,000, while the liabilities are es- timated at $350,000. Inability to realize on outstanding accounts is given as the cause of ti ailure. - L Train Wreck in Railroad Yards. WADSWORTH, Nev., Aug. 17.—West- bound passenger train No. 3 crashed into a helper in the yards here shortly after Both locomotives were badly engineer of ol the helper, was killed. - BUYS INTEREST IN IRON MINE3 Railway Magnate Hill Invests in Montana Mineral Lands. He Also Purchases a Newly Discovered Deposit of Manganese. GREAT FALLS, Mont., Aug. 17.—Presi- dent J. J. Hitl, of the Great Northern Railway Company, who visited this city Jast Wednesday, will erect a monster steel and iron plant, for which plans have been drawn. According to infermation from those close in touch with the rail- way magnate, Hill has purchased a haif- intérest in the Conrad Iron mines, of Cho- teau County, for $25,000. The mines lie in the Sweet Grass hills and constitute a veritable mountain of the mineral. There is' enough iron ore in sight to keep an or- dinary plant supplied for a hundred years, according to Hill's expert‘s}, zho hf\i.';e ex- nea the property. W. G. Conrad, own- - t‘)l the mines, has confirmed the report he sale to Hill. a2 DfO‘ne:e factor which has been lacking in the reduction of the iron ore to metal has been manganese, which mineral is neces- sary as a flux in the smelting of the ore. To overcome this difficuity President Hill, together with United States Senator Paris Gibson, has purchased the recently discov- ered deposits of manganese in Jefferson County, on the line of the Great North- ern. The sum of $17,000 was paid to I Meyers of Great Falls for the property Hill and his party inspected the man ganese deposits Friday, and HIl ex- pressed hlmsel(dln high terms regarding howing made. lhfi:fore leaving Great Falls Hill made the remark that he would establish an in- dustry in Great Falls that would employ more men. than a number of the railroads. All along the line of the Great Northern system Hill has been acquiring iron de- posits, paying for one group near the Spo- kane and Northern line $60,000. This deal was made through J. D. Farrell, president of the Pacific Coast Company. Mrs. Mcxinley's‘ Health Improves. OYSTER BAY, Aug. 17.—President Roosevelt and family attended Christ Episcopal Church to-day. Dr. P. M. Rixey, surgeon general of the United States navy, and Mrs. Rixey spent the day at Sagamore Hill. They will return to Washington to-morrow. 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