The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 31, 1902, Page 19

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1902 19 l San Franciscs, Smnday, 31 Angust, 1902 | This store will Temain closed all day tomarrow—labor dar. T R i PR s, o € faase 2B - Oak, b . . o .- . | This trim little toilet table is a new-comer, having || arrived but recently. Itis shown in three popular fin- || | i irch or maple | ishes and is priced surprisingly reasonable. Measures 57 inches high to top of mirror and 26 inches wide. The { swinging mirror measures 14 by 24 inches and is a genuine French bevel plate. In oak, golden finish and birch, imitation mahogany finish, for $12.50; or in birds- | eye maple for $13.50. Fifth floor. ‘ A rare offering in high-grade rugs. Imported { French rugs in beautiful Oriental and medallion effects, { measuring 3 feet by 5 feet 3 inches. Made like Orient- als—colors woven clear through and positively fast. | Especially desirable for use on polished floors, as the backs are soft and will not scratch. Price $20.00. Sec- ond floor. Handsome repp portieres, finished with fringe over- | throw, or corded fronts and bottoms. A good assort- ment of pleasing colors at $5.75 the pair. Third floor. (Successors to California Furniture Co.) | || 957 to 977 Market Street, Opp. Golden Gate Avenne. BELIANGE CLUB |CIIL SERVIGE |5 LEFT ALONE' IN GOVERNMENT Winged O Giants Will Report of the Commis- Not Buck Varsities sion Gives Interest- This Year. ing Figures, 30.—At a meeting BERKELEY, Aug. Special Dispatch o’ The. Gail: s afternoon between the graduate ok ra Decoto and Harry Ed-| CALL BUREAU, 146 G STREET. N. | the Univ v of California |W., WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. — The | tanford, several important mat- | eighteenth report of the Civil Service ive to the football season were | Commission covering ‘the period from | July 1, 1800, to June 30, 192, contains some interesting statistics. It opens with the statement that selection of the place between the two 1 until Wednes ttlement will examined for the de rtmental service. This service does not include merely the departments at Washington, but all the | | the : sued by the presidents of the coal-carry- | | ing roads that they will not agree to arbi- RENEWED TALK OF ARBITRATION Fresh Hope That the Coal Strike May Soon End. Mitchell of the Mine ‘Work- ers Goes to Oonfer With Quay and Penrose. et i WILKESBARRE, Pa., Abg. 30.—At the close of the sixteenth week of the anthra- cite coal strike the talk of arbitration is again renewed. Despite the statement is- trate, the hope is still strong in the strike | reglons that the influences now being brought to bear upon the operators will | have the desired effect. It is rumored here to-night on good au- thority that President Mitchell will have a conference with United States Senators | | Quay and Penrose at the St. Charles Ho- tel, Atlantic City, to-morrow. It is said that yesterday President Mit- | | chell and Senator Quay had a talk over long-distance telephone and they agreed to meet at Atlantic City and dis- | cuss the situation. | TAMAQUA, Pa., Aug. 30.—Strike leaders | went from door to door in the Panther | Creek Valley last night spreading the ,075 persons were exam- | | ined during the year, of whom 21,028 were | Federal classified services outside of e nou Washington, with the exception of the pic Club will not put | postal, customs, Internal revenue and field this year, thus! Government printing servic Thus, the . railway mall and Indian services are di- visions of the departmental service. Near- 1y 21,000 persons were examined for the postoffice service, or z little over a thou- sand less than the number examined for evada, was pr e wois Beossol & | the departmental service. About 69 per universities. cént, or-33739, of those taking examina- s offer to pia tions passed, and 1499 failed. Com- ager Decoto’s efforts | pared with the vear previous this repre- between California oun sented an increase of 2112 i of Washington are of 2112 in the number of persons examined, a decrease of 1208 in the number who passed, and an in- crease of 3410 in the number who failed. NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS. games between the clubs will be an- schedule ¢ i the ] The total number of persons receiving in an Altercation. appointment, excluding the Philippine Stablied ek, 111 Ninth street, | SeTVice and the municipal service of the mes D. Kirkpatrick, T AT awith | District of Columbia, neither of which is into an altercation with T. Ledw subject to the provisions of the civil ser- s stabbed in the back vice act, was 9570, distributed as follows thy, ennedy, T. F. Prendergast, Charles Pechi Rourke, D. Gratts, E. Convey, W. F. William McMann, G. Murphy, J. | Thornton, M. Sik, Ross McMahon, W. Bu’| chavan, P. Mathews, James Attridg LF | | #lk, W. Smith, D. McCarthy, E. (""Ofl"fl)\’ Thomas F. Boyle, P, McCoy, T, Kennedy, Pe- | B | M. F. 8ilk, J. J. Toohy, J. O'Brien, J. t by the last mamed. | Departmental service (excluding the rail- | Ckpacrick was taken to the Central | way mail and Indian services), 393: rail. T mer Hoepital and Ledwith was ar- | way mail service, §16; Indian ser 76; rested and charged with ault with a service S; Custom-house zested and ciy 2; Government printing service, internal revenue. service, 8. Two- hirds of the appointments in the depart- mental service proper and nearly haif of ppointments in the Indian service of persons who had passed non-ed- tional examinations. These examinaa- which are sometimes termed regis- on or experience examinations, are mainly based upon a _consideration of the length and quality of the experience and the physical fitness of applicants. They 1ly held for positions requiring a knowledge of one of the mechanica) trades or skilled manual occupations. In- quiry is made by means of certificates from emplovers and fellow-workmen con- ADVERTISEMENTS HALPRUNER'S WONDERFUL MEDICINE THOROUGHLY CURED HER. | cerning __ qualifications. A prescribed | period of service at a trade is usually a | requirement. "The examuuauons 1or com- | positors, pressmen, et in the Govern- ment Printing Cffice are not included in this class, since_in these scholastic tests | are essential. The commission states in the report t it shas been unabie to make the registration system for work- men as thorough as is desirable for lack | of sufficient clerical force. OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN. The opportunities for the appointment | of women In the classified ser as a | le are not flattering. aminer sa AL present but few women are ordin- arily appointed to the general departi- mental and government printing services, except in the Indian service, the bureau of engraving and printing and the posi- tion of skilled labores in the Government - ., Or., May 251901 - € Marguam-Clackamas Co.. Or., X printing ofice. However, a small numb ~ C. FG. COMPANY. 3 v mber SR D CA L ered serribly with | 0f women clerks and stenographers and {ypewriters are appointed each year. The cpportunities for women eligibles from the examinations for the different kinds of teachers in the Indian service are very good. Quite a number of appointments are also made in the Indlan seryice from the trained nurse and matron®examina- tions.” A brief statement of the extent of the service subject to the civil service act and rules is a feature of the report. From this | it appears that in the entire executive | service of the Government there are, in | round numbers, 235000 places, of which | number about 131,000 are classified. Of the 114,000 remaining unclassified 72,498 are { those of fourth-class Postmasters. The | annual expenditure for salaries for the entire executive service is stated to be 2bout $120,000,000, and of this $85,000,000; or nearly two-thirds, goes to salaries foi amatory rheumatism d{or ven years, and last January I had it e e eould hardly walk. But through the | “avice of my uncle 1 sent to Dr. Halpruner oM eome of his wonderful rheumatism medi- | cice. He sent me two $1 bottles. which [J beve taken internally as per directions. My | Theumatism has all disappeared and I feel | thoroughly cured. My advice to any perfi(‘ni muscular and Y ¥ be guffering with rheumatism is to Purchase Dr. Haiprones s wonderful medicine Trom their aruggist or grocer and use it to.ctly mccording to the directions and it will Desitively cure them. You are welcome to use this letter §¢ it will be of any benefit. Very Tespectfuily yours, MISS EVA JACKSON. Halpruner's, for sale by all dealers, Price, bc and 31 per bottle; a dollar bottle equals three Slc bottles. Prepared by the Healpruner Medical Mfg. Co., 28 California #t., 8. F. The medicine sent by mail or y eflnes;, charges prepaid, on receipt of price. > | The chief ex- | news of General Gobin's stern warning' | and his instruction to the troops to shoot, ! |and shoot to kill, if molested in any | | manner, and this morning the troops | | escorted several hundred non-union men | to work without being molested in any | way. Companies 1 and I went out at daybreak with their guns loaded and their | best marksmen on the flank. When the | soldlers passed the crowds in the street deliberately turned their backs to them. However, there was no hooting or jeering. Supplementing his order of last night, | General Gobin has directed Major Gear- | hart, in command here, to arrest all wom- | | en and girls who insult the troops in any | way. The opinion seems to prevail among | the officers and citizens that the lull in the rioting will last but a short time. The faet that more men went to work to-day | than yesterday is not calculated to im- prove the temper of the strikers. | SHENANDOAH, Pa., Aug. 30.—In Shen- anrdoah and vicinity everything continues quiet. It is expected here that an at- | tempt will be made to operate the St. Nicholas mine on Monday or Tuesday. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Aug. M.vThe} soldiers at New River sent to protect| property and preserve order by the Gov-| ernor are fraternizing with the strikers, and most of them attended a miners’ meeting to-night. A committee of min- ers and ministers waited on the Gover- nor and assured him that there was no disorder on the part of the miners. Strik- ers have no objection to the presence of | troops, but say that no disorder exists. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Aug. 30.—Eight | | or ten prominent coal operators of the JIAGE ROLLS DOWN STEEP EMBANKMENT Fatal Accident on the Cazadero-Mendocino City Line. One Man Is Killed and Eight Persons Are Sericusly Ipjured. San Francisco Miss, Though Badly Hurt, Walks Long Distance to Summon Aid for the Others, Dispatch to The Call. DUNCAN MILLS, Aug. 30.—The All- man stage, running between Mendocino City and Cazadero, was wrecked at a point three and one-half miles from the latter place shortly before noon to-day. One passenger was killed and seven were injured, several of whom may die. Only two of the passengers were able to walk to Cazadero, where they told of the dis- astcr and sent assistance to their less fortunate fellows. Miss Annie Lisle, stepdaughter of 8. H. Harmon, the San Francisco lumberman, and a male passenger, whose name was not learned, were the ones who carried the news to Cezadero. Both had been imjured, and it was with great difficulty thai th covered the distance of three and one-half miles afoot. They reported that of the eight passengers on the stage two were women. One of the men was Kkilled outright, and when they left the scene the driver, named Higgins, and two others were still pinned beneath the stage, while one of the women and an- other male passenger were lylng uncon- scious and bleeding in the road. Th were unable to extricate those beneath the stage and hurried for assistance as fast as they could while themselves suf- fering from injuries, but it was not until they had almost reached Cazadero that they met men whom they could dispatch to the scene. Spectal | INJURED ARE CARED FOR. According to telephonic advices received this evening the Injured were ultimately taken to Cazadero without any further fatalitles having occurred, although was expected that at least two of the sur- vivors would succumb, Dr. William C. Riley of Cazadero was attending the in- Jured, and the hospitable citizens of the Flat Top coal fields, accompanied by the Sheriff of Mercer County, passed through | this city late to-night en route to Charles- | ton, W. Va., where they will endeavor | to get Governor White to send troops | into their territory. Several men have been killed in the Norfolk and Western coal fields during the past week as a re- sult of the strike and the operators claim | that the destruction of their property is | | imminent. jST. BRIGID’S PARISHIONERS WILL PICNIC IN COUNTRY | Novelties in Games Have Been Ar- ranged and Valuable Prizes Will Be a Feature. { The parishioners of St. Bridgid's will | hold their annual picnic and reunion next Saturday, September 6, at Glen Ellen, So- noma County. The committee has ar-| ranged some novelties in the way of games and dances and Douglas’ Or- Chestra has been specially engaged for the | occasion. There will be something like | 100 gate prizes, many of which are very valuable. Only one boat will leave that | morning, the time set being 9§ o'clock, over | the line of the California Northwestern | Railway Company. The committees in | charge of the picnic are as follows: | Executive—Willlam J. O'Neill, L-Im.(rmnn.i Rev. J. McAuliffe, treasurer; John P. Duf- fy, secretary: F. Kilduff, Dr. L. Maho- | ney, A. J. Griffith, H B. Duffield, Dr. F. . B. Thomas, Al Toohy, §. D. Quinn, 3. ® . Thomas Foyle, M. T. L. Mahoney, chairman; ulliyan, Hon. J. M. Barnett, J. T. H. Kavanaugh, Charles McCar- Reception—Dr. J. F G. O'Nelll, J. J. Boyle, Wiiliam | Dr. F. Tillman, D. Denther, | J. McGovern, Harry Tillman, Convey nnd Grattan D. Phil- ter Scully, R 0. 2 J.J. Quinn, k. lips. Floor—James R. Ke! Crowley, _assistan Shea, Thomas, R. Blis: J. Convey, W. Geeney, T. McCarthy, J. E. Derham, C. J. McCarthy, R. A. Beretta, H. F. 3 ntzel, manager: Geo. . W. 'D. E. B. H. Me- J. Scott, | Sullivan, . J. Kinu- McBride and J. P. can, Ed. J. Duffy. Games—Frank B. Duffield, chairman; A. P. Mulligan, D. Mahoney, J. H. Powers, J. R. Kentzel, 'J. 1 van, Willlam Feny, Wiiliam Kennedy, rath, K. Murphy and J. McBrid e California Commandery Excursion. An excursion composed of members ot the drill corps of the California Com- mandery, Knights Templar, left the city last evening for Lake Tahoe. Those in the party are: ‘Thomas Morton, R. P. Hurlburt, Thomas H. Browne and_wife, Clarenge Brown, F. W. Po ter, ¥rank W. Webster, Miss Webster, R. X McCabe, Clarence T. Wendal, C. W. Dittmar, Dr. J. W. Likens, Robert McMahcn, A. L. Zeg- zus, Julius Jegline, Frank Likes, Harry Mentz, Mrs. Samu George W. Bennett and wife, Edward Hurlbut, J. B, Richardson, George A. Arnold and wife, H. D. Nichols and wife, it. d wife, Miss Bessie Oliver, C. H. M. Swazy and wite, Captain J. S, Dougherty, LR ps . Mekl ‘Whitman, ¥ Hearst and wife, C. M. Plum, H. F. Anderson, Dr. P. Fraser, Dr. Serviss, K. nk W. Titus Dr. Ei, i and wite. S. Friedlander and wife, Charles Barton and wife, Charles Phipp: fe and daughter: R. P. Burr and wife, W.' A, Steven- n and wife, Anton Korbel and wife, Charles Stailman_and wife, John Lee Jr. and wife. Crim, wife and daughter; Miss Had- L. M. Moefler and wife, Harry Whitely Herbert Lonz, John Caffery, George sell, wd wife, older, Frank Zak, George Habenicht and wife, Mies Habenicht, Jlugh Urennan, Peter Engele and 'wite, Ferdinand House and wife, D. §. Iwert, Miss Evans, Jack Curry, §. J. St perich, 1. Rauhert, R. H. Vesper, Miss Whe lock, Mrs. Hall, Mr. Scott and wife, Mi ott, Mrs. A. W. Garrat, Thomas J. Morton, villam Grant, E. F. Cole, Daniel Norcros 5. B. M « Mills, J. A. S. Lowe and N. E. . Mrs. C. J. Wheeler, . Tarsen an . George Leobold and wife, John P. Fair, wife and daughter; Orrin Hender- George W. Downy and wife, Miss Downy, son and wife, Fred L. Wight and wife, Mies Mabel Downing, Miss Schnell, Walter Sectt and wife, Sam Lank and wife, Lewis Hurlbut, Milton J. Unger. Harry Umbsen, Miss Umbsen, 3. C. Crooks, A. ‘Mosher, L. A. Stevens, Dick Eisert and wife, Dr. Stitt and wife and Dr. Thurlow Miller and wife. Young Men’s Institute Outing. The grand Admission day outing to be held at Sunset Park, Santa Cruz Moun: tains, under the auspices of Ignatian Council No. 35, Y. M. I, bids fair to be the most_successful _gathering held this season. The arrangements for the event are about completed. The programme of exercises which has been arranged in- cluges many features of an original char- acfer. The following committees wil have charge: Games—John P. Duffy (chairman), E. J. Burkhardt, Dr. A. P. O'Brien, Thomas Butcher, Thomas A. Dufty, A. Cassidy, W. Murphy, George R. E. Maxwell, H. T. Hoj George W. Patterson. positions subject to the civil service rules. | H. Foley, P. J. Gallagher, M. J. Deni Floor—M, J. McBrearty (chairman), R. F. Behan, J. B. Coffey Jr., George A. Peterso H. Spring, Leo E. O'Neil, Thomas Spillane, igan, W. | Of the driver and his eight | injured. One tourls | of the place’ were rendering every assistance Ppossible in attending to their wants. The stage was nearing Cazadero on the down trip when Driver Higgins attempted to take a short cut over a road that is sel- dom used. The vehicle struck a bowlder that had rolled upon the road at a sharp turn. As the stage careened the horses took fright and got beyond control of the driver. The coach was overturned and the driver and two passengers who were riding on top were hurled down an embankment, the coach rolling down after them. Its inmates, unable to extri- cate themselves, were pinned beneath the cumbersome wreckage when the vehicle brought un at the bottom of the grade. assengers not ene escaned unhurt, and the injuries of all but Miss Lisle and the men who accompanied her to summon assistance were serious. One man lay dead upon the road. He had been riding on the outside seat and, when the stage overturned, had pitched headforemost. striking against a rock with such force that his skull was frac- tured. He is belleved to have been a la- boring. man on his way to this place, probably in search of employment. ‘When the latest news was received to- night from Cazadero, the driver was not expected to live. YELLOWSTONE PARK DISASTER. BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 30.—A special to the Miner from Livingstone says that one of the coaches making a tour of the Yel- | lowstone Park was overturned and rolled over several times down into a canyon. | The coach was filled with thirteen pas- sengers, of whom s veral were seriously injuries may prova fatai. One horse was instantly _killed. The accident, which occurred on the road from Mammoth Hot Springs to Gardner, was caused by the driver losing control horses. It is impossible at this time to learn the names of the injured. TRUSTEES TO MEET.—The regular meet- ing of the Mechanics' Institute board of trus. tees will be held on Tuesday evening at 8 o' cleck. it | TORNADD LIFTS PEEDING TRAIN Two Persons Killed and Many Injured in a Disaster. Crowded Cars Hurled Frcm a Track and Down an Embankment. WASECA, Minn., Aug. 30.—Two persons were killed, three fatally injured and more than a score of others hurt to-night in the wreck of a train which had been hurled down an embankment by a tor- nado. A west-bound train on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, consisting of an engine, a Baggage car and two crowded passenger coaches, was struck by a tor- nado while running at the rate of thirty- five miles an nour, two miles from Meridian. The passenger and baggage cars were huriea eighteen feet down tne cmbankment to the fence guarding the rignt-of-way. A brakeman had been light- ing the lamps when the crash came, and the wreckage was ignited by the spilling of ofl. The dead: . DELMAR PrTERSON, aged 5 years, Waseca, Minn. UNKNOWN WOMAN, supposed to be Anna Buckford, Albert Lea, Minn. ‘The fatally injured are: Miss Eva Rich- ardson, New Uim, Minn., hurt internally; A. C. McConneii, Brookirgs, S. D., hurt internally; umdentified woman, crushed. Among the other injured were: - N Knavold, Albert Lea, Minn., State Sena- tor and candidate for Congress, four ribs broken; R. H. Wilde, Milwaukee, should- er dislocated, left arm broken and in- jured Internally; Miss E. C. Hilmer, New Ulm, Minn, head cut and badly injured internaily; "Jo | arm broken, Miss Mary Glasby, Kasson, Minn., left arm broken. The engineer is reported to have seen the tornado In apparent pursuit of the train, and scarcely an instant before the cyclonic wind struck the cars the train gave a lurch in a sudden spurt to evade the funnel-shaped fury. It was about 40 o'clock when the ‘train was struck. Fully an hour and a half elapsed before a wrecking train arrived. _ The engine did not leave the track, the baggage car and passenger coaches hav- ing been twisted off as if by giant hands and hurled downward to the bottom of tbe cmbankment. The baggage car was shuttered to splinters. The two dead per- sons were jammed in the wreckage and their bodies were cut out with axes. It s feared that more bodies may be found underreath the debris, and wrecking gangs sent from Waseca are af work on the shattered cars. The brakeman who was lighting the lamps in one of the passenger coaches when the tornado struck cannot be found to-night. It is feared his body may be in the wreckage. Passengers saw him strike the under side of the coach with terrific force, and at the same time the lamp he had been trimming crashed into splinters. 4 Golden Wedding Anniversary. SAN JOSE, Aug. 30.—Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Brownell of New Monterey celebrated to-day at the home of their son, E. E. Brownell, this city, the fiftieth anniver- sary of their marriage. Mr. Brownell is a native of Vermont and his wife was born in New York. They were ‘married in the little town of Peru, New York, but crossed to the Vermont side of Lake Champlain, where Mr. Brownell had made his home. There they spent the first few years of their marrfed iife. In 1870 they came to California and settled in the San- ta Clara Valley, where they resided until seven years ago, when they removed to Monterey. Mr. Brownell is engaged in the marble businéss. Both are past 70 years of age and in good health. They have two sons, E. E. Brownell of this city, professor in the High School, and Arthur Brownell, who is engaged in busi- ness in San Francisco. General Y. H. Bell. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 30.—General Yree H. Bell, one of Forrest's brigade commanders during the Civil War, died to-night at a sanitarlum here, aged 87 years. He had been living with his chil- dren in California and had been attend- ing Confederate reunions besides visiting his old home in Tennessee. He was on his way home and was found helpless and unconscious at the Southern Pacific depot a few days ago. el ST Killed by Fall From a Barn. REDDING, Aug. 30.—Louis Pritten. a farmer, fell from a barn on his place near Cassel, in Eastern Shasta County, vesterday and his neck was broken. —_— UTICA, N. Y.. Aug. 30.—The Socialist La- bor party held its State convention here to- day and put in nomination a State ticket head- ed by Daniel McLeon of New York for Gov- ernor. hn Roseneau, Meridian, left | ADVERTISEMENTS. D AT 104 Hr. Townsend Miller, who has Just eelebrated his 104th birthday and married his third wife, says he Is as vigorous and strong as wheén twenty-five years of ages thanks to Duffy’s Pure MNal$ Whiskey. Jamaica, L. 1, May 23, 1002, “Though I am now past 104 years of age, I am to-day as strong and healthy as I was 50 years ago, and still able to do a good day’s work. I attribute my health, vigor and great age to the con- stant use of a little Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey daily for many years, It's the greatest medicine in the world, a god- send to old people, and I will never be without it.” Yours truly, TOWNSEND MILLER. TOWNSEND MILLER, 104 YEARS OLD. DUFFY’S PURE MALT WHISKEY - Is Wbsolutely pure and unadulterated and contains ne fusel catarth, stimulates circulation an brain. Makes the old young, and prolongs life. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS e young strong Dufty's Pure Malt Whiskey is sold In our ‘with the trade. 5 " on the label. 1f offered in flasks or any other kind of bottle,. t Whis- substitutes There is none “just as good'’ as Duffy’s. and imitations. - Reo- ord of 50 years for purity and excellence. Pre- scribed by over 7000 physiciens and used in 2000 hospitals. It is the only whiskey recognized by the Gov- ernment as a medicine. This is a guarantee. All drugsists and grocers, or direct, $1 a bot- key.” Refuse tle. FREE—If you are sick or run down, write Duffy Malt Whiskey Co.. Rochester, w5 All Correspondence in strictest confidence. It Will cost you nothing to learn how to regain health, strength valuable medical booklet free. Mention this pa pe: T0 WORK AIVER BARS FOR GOLD Mammoth Mining Ven- ture Along the Feather. and vitality, Writs e GAR SHORTAGE PROVES GOSTLY Railroads Can Promise Lumbermen No Relief, Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Aug. 30.—General Superine tendent Law of the Northern Pacific Rail~ road sald frankly to-day that northerm transcontinental railroads could not sup- ply cars sufficient to meet the heavy au- tumn demands of lumber and shingle ship- pers. The lumber manufacturers, there- fore, are left to their own resources, with the assurance that the rallroads are do- ing everything possible for them. The Northern Pacific has the largest equipment of rolling stock of any rail road in the country. Just now, however, the greatest part of it is needed to handle the immense wheat crops of beth the eastern and the western ends. The wheat has to be moved rapidly, while lumber furnishes business the year round. railroads are purchasing tarpaulins for covering hundreds of gondola coal cars, These will be used for hauling wheat. SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—Though railroad officials have signified an intention of remedying the car shortage, only ome definite @eply has been received by the shingle manufacturers. The Burlington promised to sende200 flatcars and boxcars to Billings. Should the shortage become Special Dispatch to The Call. OROVILLE, Aug. 30.—A mining ven- ture which for immensity eclipses any- thing that has been attempted in North- ern California in years is to be started in Butte County in the near future: in fact, thousands of acres of mining land have been located already on the North Fork and Middle Fork of Feather River and many claims of more or less impor- tance have been purchased. Four large parties of surveyors are at work survey- ing a line of rallway up the North Fork and much is now being done.prepara- tory to the working of the bars and bed: of the river and the rich gravel deposits adjacent thereto. The North California Mining Company filed articles of incorporation in the office of the Clerk of this county yesterday. H. H. Yardeof Philadelphia, who is men- tioned in the articles of incorporation as one of the incorporators, and who is gen- eral manager for the company, isiin Oro- ville, and under his direction the present work 1s being carried on. ‘About two months ago 150 placer min- ing locations were flled in the office of | 0 ' REu, US4 Froguie® g the County Becemdet Ot S Nerin |pactical somenitesy’ ‘of _ werke Zeut the lsnd so en b the receipt of cars, e y b Miadle forks of Feather River. Con-|jhes ‘from = varlous canses, including erable speculation was indulged in at :;ldatradhmea nnfi to the probable meaning of these operations. Orovillans believed that at last . the connecting branch through Plumas and Beckwith Pass, which would place Oroville on the main line of a transcontinental route, was to become a reality. Nearly 25,000 acres had cancellation of orders, will run as high as §15,000. Basing his statement on the assumption that no cars will be provided, or that at least the number offered will be very small, before October 15, Victor H. Beckman, secretary of the Washing- ton Red Cedar Shingle Manufacturers’ Association and the Pacific Lumber been located and it was regarded as im- | Manufacturers’ Association, declares the Drobable. that so much land would be | mills will lose $1.000,000 by the shortage. wanted for mining purposes by any one —— 3 company, Falls Down Elevator Shaft, v -day that the Yard, however, sald to-fay et Ce! LOS ANGELES, Aug. %.—Ben S. Lau- only object the company had in Ohi% Bf ‘mining. Whether a narrow or | der, Councilman from the Seventh Ward, broad gauge railroad was contemplated | was injured seriously in an elevator ac- he conld not state, but he said that if| cigent to-day in the Currier block. Some- present plans were carried out a road| thing about the elevator broke just as DT ainiy would be run up the North| Lauder stepped out of the cage. Not Sk, There were now being filed in the | cufficient time had elapsed to admit of office ‘of the County Clerk of Plumas| ciosing the door. It is supposed that the County, at Quincy, he continued, many | jron bar across the opening in the ele- more locations of mining claims which | vator struck the shoulder of the Council- the new company would work in _con-| man, whose footing was displaced. He fell downward Into the shaft as the cage 1 with its property in Butte %‘ar:f!:t;!.‘ tell and was serlously inj in the back. day to of the Our stores will be closed all -morrow in honor of the day set apart by the Congress memorate the achievements of American labor. i SNWOoODs(® : Makers of union-made clothing. 7i8 Market Strect. United States to com-