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10 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1902. C e THE AN R AN A R R SHOOTS WOMAN, KILLS HIMSELF Mrs. Moss’ Refusal to Marry P. E. Barker Has Tragic Result. She Saves Her Own Life by Striking the Revolver Aside. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 2. a2 fit of jealousy and anger by her refusal to become P. E. Barker, a plumber in the of the Thomas Day Company of San Francisco, shot and seriously wounded Mrs. Mary J. Moss to-night and then killed himself in her presence by sending & bullet through his | heart. The double shooting occurred shortly after § o'clock at Moss apartments in the Playter Block, at the In induced his wife, corner of San Pablo avenue, Fourteenth and Broadwoy. That the women was not _instantly was due to her sudden throwing up tol which Barker had pressed just before he fired. She eapon with her hand of plowing woman's body, its exit being left shoulder blade. Moss, Barker c1f and placed over his own heart. | and staggered out of y. Policeman John in time to catch ead in the patrol- arm RAN SCREAMING “MURDER.” stol wielder did not utter a word e was sk Mrs, Moss, wounded 2 at the top of the rooms of Mrs. A. Dr. Mur- en such attention as the The physicians say_there her recovery. oid, the widow of a pioneer capi- was past 70 years of age. r the wedding. After ren contested with the There were is chil for the estate. and much bitter feeling, but igation the estate was Mrs. Moss Is her share. Previous to her Moss, she was Mary been employed in the r of records as a type- re that old Franklin nted with her. g is the result of an Moss formed in San ars ago with Barker. atuated with the young immediately began to 2 to her. He persist- , and his frequent visits riably accompanied with T s marriage. WAS DEEPLY INFATUATED. rejected him time after d Mrs. A. C. Averill to-night, “and moved to Oakland four months ago to escape him, but he located her and three times a week has called at the rooms. She refused to accept any pres- ents from him and in every way discour- aged b But he was infatuated with the wom: 2 Barker arrived to-night an hour before the shooting. Again he proposed, was re- then he tried to murder the “He often threat- come. E ne marry him and he tried to kill o Barker’s body was taken to the Morgue. He was about 45 years old and a native of France. His residence was ¢ Eddy street, Ban Francisco. BOTH PARTIES INDORSE CONGRESSMAN NEWLANDS Bilverites and Democrats of Nevada Adopt Platforms and Appoint Fusion Committees. RENO, Nev., Aug. 27.—The Stiver party end Democratic State conventions adopt- ed platforms to-day and appointed com- mittees on fusion. Balloting for Congress- man, Governor and State officers will be- gin_to-morrow. The Democratic platform indorses the Kansas City platform; denounces the Fowler currency bill; favors tariff re- form; pronounces in favor of the consti- tution following the fiag; opposes the ship subsidy favors the admission as States of Territories of Arizona, New oma; felicitates the peo- on the passage of the and compliments Congress- on the “able and effective him in securing its enact- part taken ment.” Congressman Newlands is indorsed for United States Senator. iiver party platform does not dif- s from the Democratic, but e specifically for free coin- es Newlands’ candidacy for s Senator. -— . Stanford Graduate Marries in East. STANFORD, UNIVERSITY, Aug. 27.— Henry D. Sheldon, Stanford *%, has pust been married to Miss Florence Vivian Perry at the home of the bride’s parents in Worcester, Mass. Sheldon is a resi- dent of Santa Clara and while at college distinguished himself in lterary and de- bating lines. Upon his graduation here he took a vear of post-graduate work at ef ity, Worcester, and while there made a specialty of psychology, philosophy and ethics. Sheldon is now professor of philosophy and_ethics in the University of Oregon at Eugene, Or., :her: the young couple will make their ome. PO L e PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27.—The directors of the Reading Rallway have declared a semi- ennual dividend of 1 per cent on the first pre- ferred stock of the company, payable October 1 This cuts the aividend In half and has the effect of prolonging the voting trust now controlling the affairs of the company for a period of two years. DARING HOLD-UP OF STAGE COACH Lone Highwayman Se- cures Goodly Amount of Plunder. s . Compels Passengers to Give Him Their Pocketbooks and Valuables. Special Dispatch to The Call TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 2I.—According to the Tombstone Prospector the stage | which runs between Patagonia and Wash- | ington camp was held up near the latter | place yesterday by a lone highwayman. | A good, sum in cash was secured from | the passengers, besides a number of watches and other valuables. The road is much traveled and the robber possessed great nerve, as he faced the driver and a rumber of passengers, any one of whom might have been armed, but as it hap- pened there was mnot a gun aboard the tage. The highwayman, who is supposed to have been en outlaw named Whipple, stepped out from the trees at a corner of the road and covering the driver with a rifle commanded him to hold up his hands. The driver obeyed and the stage was brought to a standstill. The passen- gers were compelled to get down from the coach, and with their hands up were lined along the roadside. They were greatly alarmed, and were compelled by the daring highwayman to place their valuables and money in a pile. After se- curing everything of value aboard the stage the highwayman commanded the driver to resume his seat and drive on at breakneck speed. He threatened the {ms- sengers with death if they dared to look behind after the stage started. The Sheriff of Santa Cruz County on ed with a posse. Early this morning | Bheriff Del Lewis of Cochise County re- celved & wire at Tombstone telling him to arrest Whipple, whom Sheriff Turner had reason to believe had committed the robbery. Whipple was found near Tomb- stone and arrested. The Prospector says that there are two daily stages each way between Patagonia and Lochiel, one carrying the mall and express_and the other carrying passen- gers. The people of both places are sur- prised that the robber did not hold up the | mail and express stage, as he could have secured a larger amount of plunder. ST. BRENDAN’S PARISH PICNIC AND EXCURSION Annual Gathering Will Take Place at Fairfax Park on Admis- sion Day. The annval picnic and excursion of St. Brendan's parish wiil be held on Admis- sion day, Tuesday, September 9, at Fair- fax Park. A pleasant and enjoyable time is guarantéed to a!l who attend. There | will be games for young -and old, as there |1s a large number of prizes to be com- peted for. St. Brendan’s parish picgics have al- ways been popular. The many friends of the parish throughout the city remember these yearly outings and are glad of the | opportunity they afford of meeting again and spending & day the memory of which | it is always pleasant to recall. This year all efforts have been made to render the day more memorable than ever. There il be various kinds of amusements—in fact, everything to make the hours go | happily. | The people of St. Brendan's parish are all enthusiastic over this coming event. At a meeting of the parishioners held re- cently they appointed the following com- | mittees: | Gate—J. Coughlan, J. Walsh, N. Siggins and N. McGalloway. Games—T. Kerrigan, J. Looney, M. Corridan, P. J. Sheehy, P. Comisky, J. J. Donahue, P. Maloney, J. Clifford and Jo- seph Lane. Floor—J. O'Connor, D. Buckley, E. Pow- er, C. Reldy, C. Hayes and J. Comisky. Reception—C. Lyons, P. McGregor, Woods, C. P. Moore, ban, i, Murphy, Leary, W. Pryal, ¥. Hanly, J. Maloney, J. Cusack, J. Quinn, B. McGaffigan, W. Cribbins, T. | Lane, F. J. McAssey, F. Maloney, J. Dris- coll, G. Scanlan, T. Cavanagh, J. Walsh, R. Walsh, F. Gilmore, M. Kane, J. Mc- Goldrick, F. Gately, J. Fitzgerald, T. Harrison, E. J. Baker, M. J. Gavan, J. Blake, P. Hennessey, T. Jackson, Dr. Mc- Hugh, P. Fitzpatrick, P. Kelly and T. Edwards. The officers, of the general committee are: J. J. ahue, chairman; Rev. F. K. Nugent, trfasurer; Rev. J. A. Butler, secretary. YOUNG PETER JACKSON BACKS OUT OF A MATCH Century Athletic Club of Los Angeles Wants Gardner to Take His Place Against Walcott. Although Young Peter Jackson pro- fesses t0 be anxious to meet George Gard- ner in the ring, he has backed out of a meeting with Joe Walcott. The men were matched to fight in Los Angeles in but_Jackson refuses to do so. Manager McCarey has asked Gardner to take Jack- son’s place, but Alec Greggains’' protege has declined, as he does not want to fight 50 soon after his hard battle with Root. Men who have seen Maurice Rauch of Chicago fight claim Edie Hanlon will be severely tried out by him to-morrow night. Hanlon will have the advantage in condition, while his opponent has had much more experience n the ring. | _Tim Hegarty, who is to fight Kid Mc- | Fadden, is drawn very fine according to his recent photographs. Morgan Willlams and “Young Peter Jackson” are preparing to box fifteen Tounds before the Acme Club of Oakland on Wednesday evening, September 3. Wil- liams is_training at Croll's Gardens, Ala- meda. Jackson has been working at the Six-mile House. He fights Tim Murphy in Stockton to-night. e e NEW YORK, Aug. 27.—Attorney General Knox sailed for Burope to-day on the Oceanic. He goes abroad for the purpose of obtaining a clear title to the property of the Panama Ca- nal Company. and ankles swell, and when th RUTCH-BOUND The crutch is a poor substitute for legs, a inconvenient and tiresome mode of locomotio o s 4 pathetic sight than a person slowly and painfull i stree‘zvs;pp;r;ed by these artificial ¥imhs.p S e g S en Rheumatism settles in the bones and it is safe to predict that the victim will eventy B e e tion—there is no more entually become helpless and crutch-bound. The corrosive, irritatin, matter that is deposi: in the joints and muscles causes the mostgintense painl, t‘lixe kx;:: e natural oils and fluids that lubricate these parts are completely destroyed the joints the muscles drawn and stiff, and e Powae Ko E . Theacid poisons that produce rheumatic distributed through the system, and lodged crutches a necessity. pains form in the blood, and are in the arms, shoulders, hagds, back and feet, or other parts of the body—resulting often in total disab?fity. A permanent cure of Rheumatism can ing of the blood, and no other remedy be : effected only by a complete cleans- 0 surely accomplishes thisas S. S, S. It neutralizes the acid effects, purifies and invigorates the stagnant blood, > and the gritty particles are washed out or dislodged by the new rich blood, and relief comes to the ain-racked sufferer. S. S. S. leaves no morbid, irritating matter in the blood to reunite and produce another attack, but expels every atom of it fram the system. S. 8. 8. is a purely vegetable remedy, the digestion or general health like alkali or potash remedies Write for our special free book on Rheumatism, . ion is wanted, our physicians THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. i advice or other i it without charge, SSS and does not impair and if any medical will gladly furnish COWBOYS FIGHT OFF THE YAQUIS Desperate Battle Takes Place on the Santa Maria Ranch. hearing of the robbery immediately start- | October. Walcott has signed the articles, | Indians Retreat to Mountains, Leaving Sixteen Dead’ Behind. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 21.—El Correo de Sonora, the Guaymas daily paper, gives an account of a desperate fight between & band of fifty Yaquis and about one hun- dred minute men who compose a com- pany which was organized for the protec- tion of the surrounding ranches in case of a further uprising. The company is made up mostly of cowboys and labor- ers on the ranches in that vicinity. The fight occurred at the Santa Rosa and Santa Maria ranches, in the immediate vi- cinity of the spot where one of the biggest fights of the present rald occurred and not a great distance from the famous Uvalama Canyon, where the memorable slaughter of the Yaqui women and chil- dren took place. The minute men had been warned that the Yaquis in hiding in the Mazatan Mountains were planning an attack on the Santa Maria ranch and & hundred of them assembled at the ranch at the time when the attack was expected. The Indians swooped down on the ranch, expecting to take the proprietor and la- borers unawares, but instead they were glven a severe lesson. The Yaquis were accompanied by their women, who fought as fiercely as the men. The Indians were at first surprised by the ogposltion and the thick fire which met their attack and were repulsed, but they rallied and were getting the best of the Mexicans when Captain Celdonio Osuna of the militla company came to the res- cue with additional forces. The fight then became desperate. A messenger had been sent to Tomatol to advise the Federal authorities of that place of the intended attack and a de- tachment of Federal troops was sent there, and although they arrived late, they were in time to join in the pursuit of the fleeing_Yaquis. The Indians re- tired to Santa Rosa, where they made an- other stand. They were again repulsed and then retreated into the mountains. The pursuit was then abandoned. The Yaquis left sixteen killed and four women prisoners. The Mexican forces had sev- eral of their men seriously wounded, but none of them were killed. The action of the minute men in ad- vencing to meet the attack of the Yaquis and repulsing them has made every mem- ber of the company a hero. Great praise has been showered on them and their commander by General Torres and the civil authorities of Sonora, including Gov- ernor Isabal. The military authorities have been constantly advised by scouts and others who ventured into the Maza- tan Mountain country that all of the Yaquis had ngt surrendered and the at- tack was nof unexpected. Since this latest attack greater precaution will be taken by all of the ranchers in that vi- cinity and some of the Federal forces, which have been withdrawn from the dis- trict east of Hermosillo, will be replaced. e FIVE HORSES WINS HEATS AND ALL BREAK RECORDS Remarkable Racing in Roger Wil- liam 810,000 Trotting Stake at Grand Circuit Meeting. PROVIDENCE, R. L, Aug. 27.—In the grand circuit trotting meeting at Nar- ragansett Park to-day the Roger Wil- liam $10,000 troting stake smashed all pre- cedent. It is still unfinished, with five heat winners and all have broken their records. Scott Hudson's blind horse, Rythmic, 2:09%, was picked to win the rich purse, but, after reducing his record to 2:08%, he had only one heat in six. Dulce Cor won two heats and took a mark of 2:08%, the new stake record. Alice Carr won the first heat in 2:09%, a new record for a . Rythmic came third and then won the second heat in 2:08%. The third heat went to Wentworth, who tied his mark of 2:09: Dulce Cor won the fourth heat in the best time, 2:081%.. Then Nut Bearer took the fifth heat, reducing his record from 2:18% to 2:10%. Summary: 2:18 trotting, two in three, purse $1000—The King won the second and third heats in 2:11, 2:113%. Aggie Medium won the first heat in 2:10%. Hawthorne, A J D, Darwin, Prom- ise, Henry S, Alcy, Flashlighining, Pug, Ida Highwood, Phoebe Ofiward, Bessie Owens, Red Princess, Mary D, Confessor, Monte Carlo and Matborn also started. 2:18 trot, purse $2500—The Roman won the second, third and fourth heats in 2:10%, 2:09% and 2:10%. Wilque won the first heat in 2:11%. Alice Russell, Austin Boy and Myth also started. 2:05 pace, twd in three, purse $1500—Audu- bon Boy won two stralght heats in 2:04%, 2:04%. Fannle Dillard, Fred S. Wedgewood, Riley B. and Royal R. Sheldon also started. 2:14 pace, two in three, purse $1000—Bed- worth Jr. won two straight heats in 2:06%, 2:061. Livewood, Buck Thorne, Home Circle, Dewey H, Goze, George Wilton and Allce Holmes also started. The Roger Willilam 2:14 trot, three in five, purse $10,000 (unfinished)—Dulce Cor won the fourth and sixth heats in 2:081, 2:12%. Alice { Carr won the first heat in 2:093%. Rythmio won the second heat in 2:08%. Nut Bearer won | the fifth heat in 2:10%. Wentworth won the | third heat in 2:09%. Re-elected, Consuelo S, | Mabel, Bl Migaro, Rowellan and Direct Spier | also started. | MARTIN QUITS IN FIGHT WITH JACK CORDELL | George Peterson n.nd' Tom MecCreal Put Up Wonderful Four-Round Boxing Contest. Paul Martin spoiled the star bout of the evening at Hayes Valley Athletic Club's monthly boxing exhibition last night at Mechanlcs’ Pavilion Annex. | " Martin either faked or showed the yel- | lowest kind of a streak. Many of the wise ones hint that crooked tactics are being worked into the amateur fisti- cuffs. Martin had the better of the first part of the round. He went down before a slight punch when the round was about half finished and then stood up for some more punching. He went down on his knees again and was counted out, though suffering in no way froM the. light punches of Jack Cordell. The bout between Tom MecCreal and George Peterson was a wonder. Peterson, though outweighed twenty pounds, ham- mered McCreal hard and was given the decision. Dan Sullivan finished “Plerpont” Ord- way In the second round. Jack Crow was given the decision over Dick Murray. Wil- lie O'Brien clearly outpointed George Kolb in four rounds and Joe Hall put T, McFarland out in the second. “Coal Oil” Gibbs could not fight at all and went to sleep before W. Tardelle’s punches in the first round. —_——— Bodies of Fairs Shipped. PARIS, Aug. 27.—The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Fair were withdrawn from the Madeleine to-night and taken to the railway depot, where they were packed in separate deal cases, exactly similar to those used in shipping goods. The personality of the Fairs will be lost until the boxes reach New York on the American line steamship St. Louis. There were a few wreaths on the cases in the railway carriage, which will be removed before they reach Havre. Consul to Settle Dispute. BERGEN, Norway, Aug. 21. — The United States Consul, Victor E. Nelson, left here to-day for Tromsoe, with object of assisting in adjusting the dispute be- tween Evelyn B. Baldwin and Captain Johnson of the Baldwin-Zeigler Arctic steamer America. Baldwin intends to hire a new crew for the America's voyage in search of the K Baldwin-Zeigler steamer Frithjof. ROME, Aug. 27.—Although it will not be of- ficlally announced until the end of the week, the appointment of Mgr. Guidi as Apostolic Delegate at Manila is considered assured? CHECK FORGER WATKING NOW UNDER ARREST Swindler Lands in Jail for Duping Montana Hotel Man. Authorities Say That He Is Wanted in Many Cities on the Coast. Prisoner May Be Surrendered to San Francisco Authorities to Be Prosecuted for Fleecing Society People. R S Bpeclal Dispatch to The Call. BILLINGS, Mont, Aug. 27. — Philip Deremus Watkins, alias George W. Swaine, who is wanted in several citles of the Pacific Coast, is in jail in Blllings, charged with obtaining money under false ' pretenses. The complaint against Swalne was sworn out by George F. En- ninghoff, proprietor of the Grand Hotel, whom Swaine induced to cash a bogus check for 360 drawn on a Los Angeles bank. Swaine left Billings before it was learned that the check was not good, but the officers traced him to Newcastle, ‘Wyo., where he was captured. ‘When apprehended Swaine had several signed checks on his person drawn on California banks. He was accompanied by his wife while in this city. She be- came acquainted with him in Seattle and married him after three hours’ acquaint- ance. She was from Omaha and was on her way West for a visit when she met Swaine. At Newcastle she wired her gn.rents in Omaha for transportation ome. A letter was recelved to-day by the cashier of the First National Bank from the cashier of the Amesbury National Bank of Amesbury, Mass., upon which some of the checks had been drawn, say- ing that they knew no person by the name of Swaine, but supposed him to be P. D. ‘Watkins, who had drawn several other checks on them which were bogus. The letter contained a description of Waitkins, which fits the prisoner and there seems to be no doubt about his identity. cashler also wrote- that Watkins was ‘wanted either by the Bank of Commerce of Seattle, which institution he fleeced out of §100, or the San Francisco National Bank, another of his victims. ‘When arrested at Newcastle Swaine sent a telegram to Philip Deremus, in Montclair, N. J., asking for assistance and signing himself ‘‘grandson.” An an- swer was received from his grandfather | to-day stating that he could do nothing | for Swaine. Sheriff Hubbard of this city received a telegram from Sheriff Cudihee of Seattle saying that he wanted Swaine for obtaining money under false pretenses, Watkins is wanted by the police of San Francisco to answer charges of felony, having swindled several society people during his short stay in the metropolis of California. As the charge against him here only amounts to a misdemeanor, it is not unlikely that he will be surrendered to the authorities of the Golden State. B e ] CHOLERA GLAIMS MANY IN ORIENT VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 21.—The epi- demic of cholera is reaching alarming proportions on the other side of the Pa- cific, the outbreak extending farther and having more victims than ever before re- ported. It extends from the island of Java to Japan, and almost every city on the coast and many in the interior are affected. The disease, too, is being con- tracted by Europeans as well as natives. In Hongkong, from the first of the out- break to August 6 there had been 523 cases, six of the patients being Euro- peans, and 511 deaths, of whom four were Europeans. In Tientsin the last report placed the number of cases for the year at 1049 and deaths 764 within the city walls and 1015 cases and 593 deaths out- side. the city walls. In other places in China the proportion of cases and deaths Is just as great. A dispatch says hundreds have died in Java. A writer from Kuelin Kwansi Province says: “I write from a city stricken with a violent epidemic of cholera. People are dying by hundreds daily. Outside the city over 1000 have died. Whole families are reported to have died. The beggars are by this time extinct. Among such people few can have survived. They are to be seen dving everywhere and num- bers are put out to die. The top of the wall is a tavorlt? place for such, as is also the King City Square in front of the examination halls. There any num- ber can be seen in all stages, dying and dead. It is most pitiable to see and be powerless to do anything to help. The supply of coffins has long since been ex= hausted. Now all the tub and bucket makers and the carpenters are making any 'sort of coffins to try to meet the great demand. But still this is not enough, for I hear that numbers are be- ing buried merely wrapped up in mat- ting, often two and three together.” A dispatch from Java says hundreds have died there. The Japanese papers publish no statistics of the cases in that country, but here is a sample report which shows how prevalent the disease is: Reports from cholera-stricken towns grow more serious. Ninety new cases and twenty-two deaths were reported from Okayama yesterday. To-day’s dis- patches state that there were nineteen new cases and thirty-two deaths there on Sunfla.)(t. Six cases are reported from Osaka to-day. The total number of cases there up to the present is given as forty, of which thirty have been Aslatic cholera. SERIOUS EARTHQUAKES 7 ON ISLAND OF MINDANAO WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—The War De- partment to-day received a cablegram from General Chaffee at Manila, report- ing the occurrence of a series of earth- quakes on the island of Mindanao. Twenty people were killed by falling walls, the victims all being Moros. The upheaval occurred in the country adjacent to Lake Lanao, in the Moro section of the island, near camp Vickers, ‘which is now the headquarters of the American forces stationed in Mindanao. General Chaffee’s dispatch says the moun- tains and rivers and other streams were sreafly disturbed and great d: e was one. This is the first serious earthquake reported since the American occupation of the Philippines. The most important previous seismic disturbance in Mindanao ‘was the one that partly destroyed Palak, Colabatu and the vilage on the banks of the river Mindanao in 1872. This phenom- enon closely followed the eruption of the volcano of Marturkin. 7 General Chaffee also cabled that the military situation in that section remains quiet and’ unchanged. No attacks have n made on the American forces at Camp Vickers since the last report, which was cabled eight days ago. BREST, France, Aug. 27.—The Sisters who recently were expelled from Landernau dis- covered a decree, dated 1828, which removes them from the scope of the association law and they have resumed possession of their school. A crowd of people accorded the sisters an ova- tion when they returned. —_————————— Cheap Rates to Washington, D. C. Round trip via Barstow, returning via Ogden, or the reverse, $85.40. Sold oniy Ask the Santa on September 29 and’ 0. Fe, 641 Market street. TRAGY REWARD WOULD AMEND MONT PELEE'S T0 BE DIVDED] THE TRUST LAW| WRATH RENEWED Claimants Will Settle Their D fferences < Amicably. Sheriff Gardner Is Ready to Pay the Money When the Men Agree. DAVENPORT, Wash., Aug. 21.—The dispute over the Tracy reward of $400 is about to be settled without the interven- tion of the courts. Sheriff Gardner has notified the five Creston men that if they would agree to share the reward with Goldfinch, who gave the information that jed to the capture of the fugitive, he would withdraw his objections to the pay- ment of the, money and ald the Creston osse to secure it. It is probable that the gve men will agree to give Goldfinch a share of the reward, in which case it will be promptly paid, as Gardner is the only claimant besides the Creston men and young Goldfinch. Criminal charges arising from the cele- brated Tracy case have been presented against Floyd Johnson, the telegraph op- erator at Creston. He has been arrested upon a charge of forgery, the complain- ing witness being Constable Charles Straub of Creston. About the time that the Oregon bandit was killed near Creston a New York newspaper telegraphed to that place to Sheriff Gardner asking him to send a dis- gllch describing the end of the famous unt and to draw a sight draft upon them for $50. Johnson, it is alleged, suppressed the message and sent a dispatch over the name of Charles Straub, one of the Cres- ton posse of five. He then, it is charged, forged Straub’s name to a sight draft for $50. He was arrested upon a charge of forgery and placed under 2 $1000 bond. WARDS OF THE NATION ARE IN NE OF FOOD Thirty Thuusmcm.vajo Indians in Southern Utah Are Threatened With Starvation. SALT LAKE, Utah, August 27.—Sheriff Christensen of San Juan County, Utah. to-day made a formal appeal to United States Senator Rawlins for the Relief of the Navajo Indians of Southern Utah, and the latter has telegraphed.the sit- uation to the Indian Commissioner at ‘Washington. Sheriff Christensen con- firms the reports that the Navajos are in a desperate condition and predicts that unless immediate rellet is given, serious results may follow. “Thirty thousand Navajo Indians are actually at the point of starvation In Southern Utah, New Mexico and Ari- zona,” sald the Sheriff to-day. ‘Unless something is done to mitigate their con- dition soon, there will be an uprising that will not result well for the whites. The Indians are practically without food and winter is coming on. The deplorable state of affairs has been caused by nine years of drought. Year by year their herds have been thinned out, until now many of them have killed their last pony to teed their squaws and papooses. It has been impossible to raise corn, and game has become so scarce that the Indians have been driven to the last extremity.” — —— INTERIOR SUPERVISORS HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING Discuss the Proposition of a Two- Cent Tax Levy for Advertising Purposes. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 27.—A meeting of the Supervisors of the counties of North- ern and Central California was held in this city this evening for the purpose of discussing’ the proposition of a 2-cent tax levy by each county for the purpose of advertising the resources of the northern and central sections of the State. The meeting was aftended by President W. S. G@reen and other members of the Sacra- mento Valley Development Assogiation, who_addressed the Supervisors in favor of the proposed tax and the good that will result therefrom. It was the opinion of the Supervisors present that their re- spective boards would levy the tax, which the development association requests be done to propesly advertise this section of the State. The development assoclation will meet in this city to-morrow. GOVERNMENT COMMENCES TWO CONDEMNATION SUITS Wants to Secure Tract of Land at Point Dume for a'Signal Station. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27.—Suit has been filed in_the United States Circuit Court by the United States Government against Frederick Rhindge to condemn a tract of thirty-five and one-half acres of land at Point Dume for the-use of the Govern- ment as a fog and signal station. Point Dume is a promontory 202 feet high on the coast of Los Angeles County, about fifteen miles north of Port Los Angeles. In connection with the condemnation proceedings at Point Dume the Govern- ment has commenced suit to condemn a tract of land at Canyada del Corral Viejo to be used in building a wharf and con- structing a roadway to Point Dume, ‘where the lighthouse will be built. SHERMAN SCHOOLHOUSE IS TO BE ENLARGED Superintendent Webster Again Calls Attention of Board of Education to Overcrowded Classes. The Board of Education at its meeting yesterday decided request the Board of Public Works td submit plans for six additional rooms in the Sherman School, one of which will be utilized for the study of manual training. L. T. Morwin was appointed to-the de- partment of mathematics in the Polytech- nic High School, vice W. L. Brown, re- ned. ave of absence was granted to Miss S. Boniface. - Superintendent Webster’s amendment to rule 53, providing that hereafter substi- tutes shall be paid for an entire day when they serve one-half day, was taken under advisement. The board amended the rule relating to the trial of accused teachers so that here- atter proceedings will be held under the State law, which technically conflicts with the charter provisions on the sub- ject. Assistant City Attorney Brobeck was requested to represent the board in the suit brought by Miss Rosalie Harby for reinstatement as vice principal of the Fairmount School. Superintendent of Schools Webster filed his monthly report on the inspection of 427 classes in various schools. Webster finds that the attendance at the Franklin School is very large, but Principal Faulk- ner hopes to take care of the surplus pu- &Ils by reclassification. The report con- nues: Some of the classes of the Mission Grammar School are reported to be very full, and_those of the Crocker School are too large, although many pupils were transferred to the Fremont School. I recommend the construction of r additional rooms to the Crocker School. The third and fifth grades of the Fremont School are much overcrowded, each having ten more pupils enrolled than seats to accommodate them. _Similar conditions were found at the John Swett, Moulder and Jackson schools. I recommend 'the construction of new school buildings to replace the Jackson, Laguna Hon- da and Sheridan schools. —_—— Body to Be Interred To-Day." The funeral of F. K. Tobin, the well known trombonist, will take place to-day at 2 p. m. from Trinity Church, corner of Bush and Gough streets. Last month Mr. Tobin was stricken with paralysis in Auckland, New Zealand, and died there on July 2%. His body was brought to this city by his wife on the Australian steam- er'Sonoma last Monday. Mayor Schmitz, an intimate friend of the deceased, will attend the funeral, and School Director Roncovieri will be one of the palibearers. A band of 100 men from the Musiclans’ Union will escort the remains from the church at the conclusion of the service. President of American Bar Speaks of Grow- ing Evil Agrees With Roosevelt Con- cerning Remedies of the Great Problem. SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 21.—The Amer- ican Bar Association began its twenty- fifth annual meeting here to-day with a large attendance of delegates. President U. M. Ross of Little Rock, Ark., deliv- ered an address. He spoke feelingly of the death of President McKinley and said that the execution of the assassin failed to satisfy the just demands of the violated law. He deplored the fact that anarchistic literature is disseminated freely through the mails and that public meetings, where ‘Speeches of the most incendiary char- ficter are made by: refugees frot foreign lands” are permitted to be heid. President Rose spoke at length on trusts, saying in part: Our country during the last few years has Witnessed a change of such magnitude as to be without a single parallel in history. By means of vast aggregations of money, COrpor- ate monoplies have been established in almost every branch of industry. What effect these tremendous creations will have on our future | destiny-morally, soclally, financially and legally nO one ventures to predict with any degree of confidence. It is true, as sald by Oliver Crom- well, that “no one goes 0 far as the man that does not know where he is going.”” We are ap- parently entering upon a long journey. The Supreme Court of the United States and several of our Presidents have more than once called attention to the gravity of the situation | and we cannot suppose that men occupying such high positions of responsibility would wantonly excite public apprehension. President Roosevelt has said, more than once, that the power of corporations over prices should be subjected to public control. Very recently he said. “We may need, and in my bellef, we do need, new legislation, enacted in no radical or revolutionary spirit, but in a spirlt of common sense, commen honesty and a resolute desire to face facts as they are.” This language is clear and will meet with general approval. The principal difficulty per- tains to the remedy. President Rose said that a remedy sometimes proposed with seeming con- fidence was that of publiefty, but he de~ clared that publicity would only serve to prolong the present situation. Another remedy suggested is an amendment to the Federal constitution giving power to Congress to control all corporations—a very drastic remedy indeed—one that would greatly strengthen the lobby; one that might introduce an era of political corruption hitherto un- known. Lastly, it is suggested that the Federal con- stitution should be so amended as to enable Congress to prevent, by appropriate penalties, the slugging of rivals by local underselling, by factors’ agreements, and by similar de- vices. This would not prevent the investment of large sums in corporate hands, and cor- porations with large capital would still have an advantage, but laws of that kind would, no doubt, be rigidly enforced by the juries of the country, and public sympathy In favor of new and struggling' enterprises would prob- ably go a long way to redress the balance. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Several Changes Are Made in the Postal Service and More Pen- sions Granted. ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Postmasters commissioned — California — Hattle M. Birch, Orland; Oregon—Laura Richards, | Pilot Rock; John P. Runk, Placer. Post-| masters appointed — Oregon — Arthur C. | Iler, Butteville, Marion County, vice E. C. Stephens, resigned; Lizzle Goodlow, Leeds, Jackson County, vice Frank M. Manning, resigned; Pearl Davis, Sweet Home, Linn County, vice Rosa L. Mickal- son, resigned; Washington—Ada V. Swi; ert, Mossy Rock, Lewis County, vice Wil- llam W. Benson, resigned. These pensions were granted to-day: California — Original — Edwin_E. Mann, Sebastopol, $6; George White, Sonoma, $5. Increase, reissue, etc.—Henry J. Wilber, San Diego, $8; John C. Willey, Challenge, $8; Merritt C. Foster, Freshwater, $8. Widows, etc.—Mary Blood, Inglewood, $8; Nancy J. Dustin, Selma, $3. Oregon—Widows, minors and dependent relatives—Martha A. Latourell, dead, Monroe, $8; minor child of Reuben O. La~ tourell, Monroe, $10. ‘Washington—Original—James Skinner, Increase, reissue, etc.—George Seattle, $5. W. Webber, Felidas, $8. Widows, minors and dependent relatives—Huldah Wilkin, Seattle, $8. —————— SEEDED RAISIN CONTRACT DECLARED TO BE A TRUST A jury in the United States Circuit Court yesterday returned a verdict for | the defendant in the case of the United | States Consolidated Seeded Raisin Com- pany of New York vs. the Griffin & Skel- ley Company. The suit was brought for an accounting and an injunction for an alleged infringement of patent on a raisin- seeding machine. Judge Beatty's charge to the jury was strongly in favor of the defendant, but after the jury had deliberated for about two hours a majority ravored the plain- | tiff. At the end of that time Judge Beatty called the jurors into the court- room and when the foreman announced that they had been unable to arrive at an agreement, the Judge said that he would | save them any further trouble on that | score and Instructed them to find for the | defendant, which they did without further | loss of time. John H. Miller, counsel for the plaintiff, excepted to the action of the court and will take an appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Beatty said that the contract be- tween the parties litigant was void, against public policy and in restraint of trade; in short, he intimated that it was in the nature of a trust. | —e e Child Receives Fatal Burns. MADERA, Aug. 21—P. Peri, a farmer living about three miles from here in the Howard and Wilson colony; his wife and 10-year-old daughter Natalie had a nar- row escape from being incine; fire which destroyed tlfelr dwedeL:u..' day night. The little girl, who was se- verely burned about the body, was res- cued by her mother, wno was also se- verely burned in getting her out of \ge house. The child died this evening. Peri was severely burned on the hands and feet. The family was in bed at the time the fire broke out. Two workmen on the place wers alsc slightly burned. The Peris escaped in their nigh g all of theirbelonatian . e, ot —_— — French Sailors Arrested. % Francis Le Roux and Etienne Vain- ccurt, members of the crew of the French ship Socoa, were arrested yesterday by the United States Mar: e shal on a charge of Paralysis CURED Electro-?h:'lli?mfr—eatment Electricity combined with chem: plied to the enervated tissues of r.'\::r;‘: Iytic electrity them and bring them into mufllflaufll Paralysis can be ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY Cures without vain or overations Cancer, Consumption, Catarrh, Deafness, Rhomen: tism, Tumors, Asthma, Blles and Fistula, Skin and Blgod Disgases Diseases of Men and Women. —_— Otfice Hours: Daily, 9 a. m. te and 7 to § o p- m. Sundays, 10 a. D m. to 1 5 m. Volcano Is Again in a Violent State of Eruption. Fresh Disaster Is Threats ened in the Unlucky West Indian Islands. ST. THOMAS, D. W. L, Aug. 2. — A dispatch received here from the island of Dominica, dated yesterday, August 26, at 6 p. m., says: “Since 2 p. m. to-day (Tuesday) pro- longed noises in quick succession have been heard from the southward. There is every indication that Mont Pelee is violently erupting.” Efforts made to communicate by cable direct with the island of Martinique have proved unsuccessful. The French Cable Company has no cable working to that point and the company’s officials are un- able to say when communication Wwith Martinique will be resumed. CHICAGO, August 27. — “Mont Pelee may assume a Krakatoa type of volcano, and in that case there may be another eat disaster in_the West Indies,” said uis H Ayme, United States Consul at Guadalupe. He was the first represent- ative of this government to arrive at Martinique when that island was de- vastated by Mont Pelee’s eruption May & Ayme held in his hand a dispatch stat- ing that Pelee was again in a state of violent eruption. What he fears most is that a tidal wave may follow the con- tinued eruptions, and a tidal wave, it should be remarked, is likely to affect not only Martinique, but the entire chain of islands. “Krakatoa Is the name of a volcano which blew the top of a mountain off several years ago,” sald Ayme in_ explanation of his statement. ““The report was heard 2100 miles away. It begap to erupt In February and com- tinued to mutter for months after. This may prove to be the case in Martinique. Mont Pelee may blow the top off the motntain and then there will be serious trouble.” Libel Case Continued for a Day. In the case of the People vs. Messrs. Spreckels and Leake, Colonel Preston asked for a continuance yesterday until 10 o’clock to-day. He sald that sub nas had been issued for Commissary Fo- ley and Shipping Clerk McDougall, but service had not been had. Warden Aguirre, he said, was still sick and unable tu attend court. Judge Fritz granted the continuance, but said that by the end of the week at latest he intended leaving for a vacation in the country, and that arrangements must be made accordingly. —_——— In the Divorce Court. Divorces were granted yesterday teo Florence Ross from Wlilllam Ross for cruelty, Alvert J. Elliott from Martha J. Elliott_for desertion, Eliza Reineck from John Reineck. for cruelty, and Bertha Quirk from Thomas Quirk for intemper- ance. Suits for divorce on the ground of desertion were filed by George E. Seyboit against Henrletta Seybolt, Edna _W. ‘Works against Louis R. Works, Onie Mae Landis against George Landis, Annie P. Van Deventer against Frank Van Deven- ter, and Henry E. Page against J. F. Page. —————— PILE DRIVER SERIOUSLY HURT.—Harry yres, a pile driver, residing at 404A Jessie street, fell from the mast of a dredger at the Arctic Oil Company’s wharf yesterday, disen- gaging in his fall a heavy pile, which fell on him. 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