The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1902, Page 4

BILLETS ALY N TONG Wi Two Courtland Chinese Are Wounded by Highbinders. Assassins Boldly Invade the Home of Mongolian Merchant. Special Dispatch to the Call. SACRAMENTO, Dec tiween the Suey Dongs Kongs, rival Chinese waging merrily in this county, | if’s office is searching the county for two | be- | Ping | still 1—The war and the societies, 1s highbinders who participated Jast night in | | & murderous assault upon Chin Sun, a| prominent merchant of Courtland. Chin Sun and a Chinese companion Were wounded. The highbinders escaped in| the darkness { The assault forms another chapter in| the bloody- highbinder feud which origi- | nated in the killing of Jeong Yim at Wal- nut Grove on November Until this | encounter the Suey Do and Ping | Kongs ,were on even te: there having been two killings o ide since the day when the Waln Chinese met gs his death from an as n's bullet. Courtland some tance down the | Sacrame er and communication | with the to difficult. To-night, how- | lars of the latest shoot- by telephone. Chin Sun were seated at their | wo highbinders hur- | suggy, coming from | wn-river region. They broke into one of them whipping out a re- | while the other waited to aid in De. The merchant dropped from his chair and trawled r the table. The armed highbinder fi veral shots at the ta- ble, one of ts glancing and striking ¢ panion on the head, | infiicting a slight wound. Another bullet | teok effect in the merchant’s ankle. i The highbinders jumped into the wait- ing buggy and hurried away down the river bank toward Walnut Grove. They appeared to the merchant to be strangers, and it is believed they were imported from San Francisco for the purpose of taking his life Sheriffs Conran and Hinters returned from Walnut Grove, been sent by Acting n response to a requesi | from the Chinese Consul Generzl in San | Francisco, who represented that the mer- | chants of the town had fled in fear of their lives from the warring highbinders. | The officers reassured the merchants, who returned to their hous and it appeared | that peace had been restored. The latest | shooting, however, is taken as a renewal of hostilities between the rival tongs, | and more trouble is fe d ASSEMBLYMAN XELLEY'S FRIENDS BANQUET HIM | He Is Tendem;rnache-lor Supper an' Eve of His Wedding to Sacra- mento Girl. D OAKLAND, e friends and man and Super- Joseph M. Kelley gave the | al a bachelor supper to-night | in honor of his wedding to-morrow to giss Belle Mathews of Sacramento; | daughter of Dr. 'W. P. Mathe secre- tary of the State Board of Health, A jolly crowd was gathered together, a sumptu- o upper was served, many toasts were visor-elect young offi given, and at the conclusion Mr. Kelley made a few remarks of thanks and then took the train for Sacramento, where he will be married to-morrow at noontime. Superior Judge H. A. Melvin acted as toastmaster. Those wno responded to toasts were: County Clerk-elect J. P. Cook, District Attorney J. J. Allen, Frank Barnett, J. J. McElroy, Dr. O. D. Hamlin, Judg John W. Stetson, J. F. Glover, L. G. Hilborn, James G. Quinn, Assemblyman- elect John W. Mott and Charles B. Shear. Besides those who responded to toasts the following named were present: Judge H. A. Melvin, George 8. Pearce, J. B. Lanktree, H. T. Hempstead, Charles Carpenter, Clarence Crowell, John A. Britton, Ray Baker, P. M. Waish, « Jeff Bcanlon, C. E. Snook, G. R. Lukens, J. Cal Ewing, Michael Kelly, J. W. Wake- man and Judge W. R. Geary. Aged Cattleman Murdered. BSOLOMONVILLE, Ari Dec. 1.—Pat- rick Lynch, a cattleman, 89 years old, living aione on his ranch in Aravaipa | Canyon, was murdered on Friday night. A neighbor discovered the body yester- day when he went to the Lynch ranch. Lynch was shot in the back with a ride. There was evidence of a battle between Lynch and his assailant. Officers are looking for a stranger who.passed the Liynch ranch on Friday night in a buggy. It is believed the murder was the result of an attempt to rob the old man, who was & miser and was generally belleved to have much money buried. DR. PIERCE’S REMEDIES. <] thank Dr. Pierce for the kind advice he gave when I wrote to him.”” *Tam thanikful o {he friend who first recom. tnended your medicine,” writes Mrs. Annie M. e baby came, and the time was hour and @ haif Have had five ciildren, and before this ] ways had a severe time, lasting two or three days, and never was able to do n{ work for.about two months afterward. Now em doing ail the work for four children. My friends say 1 Jook beter mow than ever before. d_éme of my sisters to take ' Favarite child was born the time of suffering was very took thres Boties of Havorn before short. She has better health nowgan since her marriage, some years ;. We caonot praise Dr. Pierce’s m: 'nu.‘e L I%lnk )r. Pierce for the kind advice he gave when I wrote to him. Whenever I see women sufiering 1 tell them about your womderful medicines.” The benefits resulting from a consulta- tion by letter with Dr. Pierce are testified to by thousands of grateful women who have been made new women by his med- ieal advice and fatherly counmsel given absolutely without cost or fee. Sick and ailing women, especially those suffering from chronig diseases, are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, iy Jree. All corm?ondence is held as strictly private and sacredly confidential. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. V. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the best medicine for the cure of woman- ly ills. It establishes regularity, dries weakening drains, heals inflammation and ulceration and cures female weak- mess. It is the best preparative for maternity, giving the mother to give ber child, and making the ’s adyent ically pai Dr. Pierce’s Favorite i con- opium, cocaine and The Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 large pages, in paper covers, is sent Jree on receipt of 21 one-cent to tains no alcohol and is entirely free from all other narcotics. The Sher- | | " SNYDER IN THE MAYOR'S CHAIR Democratic Executive® of the Southern City Is Re-elected Over Republicans and THE SAN FRANCIECO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1802, VOTERS OF LOS ANGELES RETAIN the Nominees of the the = Labor - Unionists 3 | MEREDITH P. HAS BEE! REPUBLIC AN VICTORY NYDER, LLOS ANGELES' DEMOCRATIC MAYOR, WHO RE-ELECTED RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THE GREAT IN THAT CITY ON NOVEMBER 4. OS ANGELES, Dec. 1.—Meredith P. Snyder was re-elected Mayor of Los Angeles to-day by a plu- rality which probably "will’ reach between_ and 3000. Besides electing the Mayor, the Democrats prob- ably have won the City Clerk and, pos- sibly, the City Treasurer. They also elected three out of nine Councilmen. Mc- Gahag, the Union Labor candidate for Mayor, polled about 1800 votes out of an approximate total of 18,000. The Republicans elected their entire ticket, with the exceptions noted. This gives the following resuit: Democrats elected—Snyder, Mayor; Has- kins, City Clerk (probable); three Coun- cilmen. Republicans elected—Mathews, City At- torney; Unger, City Auditor; Johnson, Tax Collector; Stafford, Engineer; Wer- den, Street Superintendent; Wismer, City Assessor; six Councilmen. In doubt, Ctty Treasurership. Powers, the Republican candidate for Mayor, was opposed by a heavy vote, partly on the grounds of his having voted in favor of the unpopular freight fran- | chise bill and partly because in the coun- ; | cil he introduced the police and firc de- partment tax bill, which adds 372,000 to the people’s tax burden annually. ACTRESS IS MURDERED, BY WELL-KNOWN ACTOR Barry Johnston Shoots and Xills XKate Hassett and Then At- i tempts Suicide. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.—Miss Kate Hassett, aged 28 years, leading ‘woman in Keith's. Eighth-street. . Theater. .Stock Company, was shot and killed to-night by Barry Johnston, a well-kmown actor, for- merly a member of Richard Mansfleld’s company. After the murder Johnston at- tempted suicide. The tragedy occurred at Darien and Wood streets, in Philadel- phia’s tenderloin. Johnston fired .at his victim five times. Two of the bullets took effect, one in the left breast and the other in the left arm. through the breast and is not expected to live. At 2:2 a. m. Johnston was resting easy in the hospital. The doctors are as yet unable to say whether he will live. He lies in a semi-conscious state and fre- quently repeats the words: ‘“‘She was false to me.” 3 i L LA HAVANA CIGAR -MAKERS Factories Are Running as Usual-and No Further Disturbance Is Feared. HAVANA, Dec. 1.—All possibllity of another general strike has ended, as the ®gar-makers have voted to return to work and ghe factories were running as vual to-day. The detachment of artillery from FortCabanas which has been guard- ing the public bufldings in this city since the outbreak of the strike was ordered back to the barracks. The police have reported to the authori- ties that anarchists from Barcelona, Spain, are in Havana and are supposed to have been in collusion with the So- cialistic element during the strike. The authorities are conducting an -investiga~ tion with a view to the arrest and de- portation of these anarchists. o’ 3 R L Appointments of Postmasters. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1—The President to-morrow will submit to the Senate nom- inations for the appointment of 169 post- masters. Of these fifty-two are. in cases where appointments already had been made during the recess of Congress, and forty-six are to fill vacancies caused by death, resignation or removal of 'the in- cumbents. In sixty-one cases the com- missions of the incumbents have expired or are about to expire and in sixty-two the offices have been advanced to ihe third ¢lass and the appointment .of the postmasters vested in the President. ' —_— BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 1.— of s moiher ot Phurvi?u ‘u.,Tc':LT“" rie “D‘:- gleman, a reporter on the Butfe Miner, has m: heir to @ fortune estimated at about Johnston shot himself | This is the fourth time Synder has run for Mayor of Los Angeles and it is the third time he has been® elected to that | office, > » . LT e ey . Solano Election Contest. SUISUN, Dec, 1—George H. Savage, who ‘was defeated by James ‘A. Keys for the office of Sheriff in the late election by 111 votes, filed a contest to-day and asked for a recount. The case will come before the Superior Court on December 16. Sav- age is the present Sheriff and was again renomigated by the Republicans. Keys is the present County Treasurer, but the Democratic party nomindted - him for Sheriff and on the face of the returns he was elected. The ground on which the | contest is based is alleged malconduct on the part of electlon judges in counting vctes for the contestee which were cast for the contestant. e G TR Prohibition and Socialist Vote. SACRAMENTO, Dec. l.—Secretary of State Curry reports that the total vote for the Prohibition candidate for Gover- nor in the recent election was 4636, and the total vote for the Soclalist candidate for Governor was 9592. This is inclusive of Riverside and Fresno counties, whose tally sheets have been returned for some minor corrections. CHINESE EXCLUSION IS TO BE DISCUSSED Commissioners of Immigration Begin a Series of Tmportant Conferences at Washington. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Commission- ers of Immigration stationed at all the important points of the country, called together by Commissioner General Sar- | gent, began a series of conferences here to-day. Among the subjects to be dis- cussed are Chinese. exclusion, border in- spection and the Immigration bill now ! { before the' Senate. Uniformity of in- | spection throughout the country is one | of the objects sought. The whole subject | | of immigration will be exhaustively dis- cussed. The meetings will likely continue through the greater part of the week. | There were present to-day Commissioner General Sargent and Commissioners Wil- liams of Néw York, Healey of Vancouver, North of San Francisco, Weis of Balti- | more, Rogers of Philadelphia, Billings of | Boston, Thomas of Quebec and Special Inspector Wachtkorn of Montreal, Will Permit Boxing in Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 21.—Chairman Brernan of the Board of Public Safety to- day announced that under the decision of Judge Toney the board will in future per- mit boxing contests in Louisville. Bren- nan said the board would insist that the agreements between the contestants should be submitted and its members would then lay down the regulations un- der which the matches should be conduct- ed. Robert C. Gray, president of the Southern Athletic Club, said to-day that the Corbett-McGovern contest would most likely take place in Louisville, and that hedwu now making arrangements to that end. S S Date Is Fixed for Cup Race. NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—At a meeting of the New York Yacht Club to-night the new measurement rule known as the “brace rule” was adopted and it was de- cided that the America’s cup race should be sailed beginning Atgust 20, 1908, and continuing on alternate days until con- cluded. \ Manila Editor Convieted of Libel. MANILA, Dec. 1.—The trial of the edit- ors of the paper Libertas, a friar's organ and strongly anti-American in its policy, for llbelln: General Bell, who -was-ac- cused by the paper of stealing the profits from the sale of rice and foodstuffs in Batangas and Mindoro during the recon- centration period, concluded to-day and resulted in the conviction of the director of the paper, Manuel 'Ravago, and the ac- quittal of Friar Tamayo, the paper's re- ligious censor. Sentence on Ravago was deferred. : All stomach and howel disorders cured. Just write Dr. H, Partsch, Berkeley, Cal.* ' WIFE SEES ‘HOBBER SLAY HER HUSHAND Highwayman Commits Wanton Crime Naar Sacramento. F. M. Smith the Victim of Masked Man’s Thirst for Blocd. Assassin Orders Him to Hol- Up His | Hands and Begins Shooting Before He Can Comply. S s Specia] Dispateh to The Call. i | SACRAMENTO, Dee. 1L.—F. M. Smith, | m a barber. employed at 408 J street, was shot and- killed to-night by a highway- murdered in the presence of his young wife. The body was rified of $%0 in coin | land the assassin, who wore a mask, es- | not make a separate caped. [ to keep Great apart in discussing the settlements, in- ! mian, about a mile from this city, in the ! timating or promising first one thing and i direction of the American River. He was | then another. Germany, having entered GERMANY MAY RE)J ment Entered Int OF SETTLEMENT MADE BY CASTRO Will Not Make a Separate Agreement With Venezuela Because of a Prior Arrange- ECT THE OFFER o With Great Britain .. ERLIN, Dec. 1.—President Castro of Venezuela handed, probably on Thursday last, to the German Ministér at Caracas, a Wwritlen acceptance of part of Germany’s | claims, sufficiently comprehensive to de- lay the presentation of a joint ultimatum by Germany and Great- Britaln, it not rendering it altogether unnecessary. ¥t is also understood that Great Britain's démand will be satisfied. Foreign Sccretary von Richthofen and the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Lansdowne, are now in correspondence | pver Venezuela's change of front. This {Government considers that a peaceful settlement of the questions in dispute is quite probable and attributes Presfdent Jastro’s yielding to the fact that he has become aware that the United States would not interpose any obstacle to the fereible collection of the claims of Ger- any and Grcat Britain. President Castro tried by every means Britain and Germany into a general agreement with Great Britain to exact a settlement jointly, will agreement. Conse- quently the two powers may corclude it Smith and his wife left the city this | afterncon to fish in a little stream trib- | qualified tary to the American River, They plan- { d to reach their home for the evening | meal and toward dusk they took the road | in the direction of the city. As they | reached Ah Kee's place, on the English ! estate, where the road is sbaded and | Icnely, a man wearing a mask sprang from the brush and placed himself In thelr vath. 5 “Throw up your hands,” he ordered| at the sameg time leveling a revolver at | | 8mith's head. Mrs. Smith, a comely witnessed this action, and then, hearing | several shots fired in rapid succession, she | ran terror-stricken down the road to Sam- uel Hudson’s place, a quarter of a mile away. She appealed to Hudson to savel her husband, and Hudson accdmpaniedi her back to the scene of the hold-up. | | Smith was lying on the road dead, with | blood flowing from three bullet wounds, one in the temple, another in the neck, and the third in the cheek. His overcoat had been pulled back, evidently to permit the highwayman to gain access to his pockets. Mrs. Smith said that there was more than $%0 in her husband's pockets when he started for home, and this was gone with the exception of a couple of dollars in change. The Sheriff’s office and the Coroner were notified and the body was brought to the Morgue. Constable Michael Judge aided Acting Sheriff Reese and his deputies in the search for the highwayman, but he had not been apprehended up to a late hour to-night. § i Mrs. Smith told the officers that after the highwayman commanded her husband to hold up his hands he did not give him time to comply - before beginning the shooting. It was then that she ran to- ward Hudson's place in fear of her own life and in the hope of bringing assist- ance tao her husband. Bmith was about 35 years old. The mur- derer was described by Mrs. Smith as a heavy set man, wearing a davk mustache, young and apparently a foreigner. b = PREMATURE BLASTS MANGLE TWO MEN Injured Miners Save Their Lives by Pluckily Holding Fast to a Hoist. GRASS VALLEY, Dec. 1.—At the bot- tom of a seventy-foot shaft at noon to- day Peter Gassaway, aged 18, and H. E. Sharp, aged about 30, faced death in aw- ful form and by a miracle are sti]l alive to tell the story.. They were sinking a shaft in the Nichols mine and had just set off eight lines of fuse leading to as many “shots” of giant powder. When they stepped into the tub and gave the signal to hoist, three shots went off pre- maturely, filling the tunnel with a shower of broken rock. The other ‘four shots were still burning, and though nearly un- conscious the men clung to the tub and were drawn up by their partner. The bodies of both were peppered with rocks from the size of a pea to that of a pigeon’s egg. Two chunks of rock were driven through Gassaway’s left leg, while his body was literally riddled. Gassaway may not recover, but it is expected that Sharp will survive. Had either lost his hold on the tub and fallen back among the remaining four blasts he would have been blown to atoms. INTOXICATED MAN SETS FIRE TO BED CLOTHING Succumbs ‘to His Burns While Com- panicn Continues Drunken Sleép. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 1.—Angel Cor- dova, a native of Mexico, about 70 years | old, was burned to death last night in a little cabin in the mountains forty miles from Bakersfield, where he lived with an- other Mexican named Parga. The two were intoxicated, and Cordova lighted his pipe to $moke in bed. A spark set fire to the bed clothing, and the old man was terribly burned before his drunken com- panion sufficiently ecollected his senses to extinguish the fire. He finally dld so, however, but did not realize how seri- ously his comrade was injured. The lat- ter, when asked how he felt, replied that he felt “kind of hot,”” and Parga went to sleep. When he awoke Cordova was dead, and Parga, thoroughly sobered, mounted his horse and came to town to get help. The Coroner is investigating his story. BRI AR DISCHARGED MEN ARE ACCUSED OF VANDALISM Damage the Plant of the California Power Company Located at Kernville. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 1.—Twelve men discharged by the California Power Com- pany at Kernville blew up and destroyed about $500 worth of property of the com- pany on Saturday night. No poriion of the plant itself was wrecked, but a lot of machinery was destroyed or damaged. There is no trace of the perpetrators of the outrage. Saturday night twelve men were dis- charged by Foreman Burleigh, and left the camp vowing vengeance. On their way to Caliente they passed a second camp. Here the damage was done. Wkl callEy Nott Gets a Divorce. SAN RAFAEL Dec, l.—Judge Angel- lotti handed down a decision in the Nott divorce suit case to-day. He granted the husband legal separation, but gave the mother the custody of the child with a small alimony for its support. ‘Why Modify Milk For infant feeding in the uncertain ways of the novice when you can havée always with you a supply of Borden's Eagle Brand Condensed Milk, a perfect cow's milk from herds of native breeds, the perfection of infant food? Use it for tea and coffee. . young woman, : necessary to disregard President Castro’s offers “and present an ulti- matum to Venezuela. FITTING OUT CRUIEERS. . The German cruigers Amazon, Ariadne and Niobe continue fitting out at Kiel fox prolonged absence. The view in naval quarters is that the cruisers will be sent | tc the West Indies. irrespective of the Venezuelan affair, hence it is belleved they will cail even though President Cas- tro may vield. It is understqpd that the squadron will touch at the Azores and | thence go to St. Thomas, where it will re- ccive Commodore Scheder’s instructions. This is the commodore’s first command promising action beyond routine sea du- ties. He is reputed to be a cool, sensi- ble man, who will do nothing hastily. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The State De- partment is perfectly satisfied with Mr. Bowen’'s neutral attitude respecting the blockade of the Orinoco River by the Venezuelan Government. According to the department’s information the Minis- ter has not committed his Government to a recognition of the effectiveness of the blockade, nor has he made an issue with the Venezuelan Government by refusing the blockade. The State Department has seen no occasion vet to make that issue, for its reports do not indicate that Amer- can commerce has yet suffered from the biockade. Minister Bowen, at Caracas, under date of yesterday, reports to the State De- partment by cable that the revolutionists | were yesterday driven out of the town of Barcelona, which is now occupied by Government' troops, VENEZUELA WANTS A LOAN. Isaac M. Seligman of New York called at the State Department to broach his project for floating a Venezuelan loan, having been referred to the department E. H IMONIS FAGES TERM IN PRISON Third Trial of Alleged Poisoner Ends in " Conviction, BAKER CITY, Or. Dec. 1L.—Charles Ed- ward Simonis has been convicted the sec- cnd time on the charge of having at- tempted to poison Lena Howell and Nora ‘Wallace. This was one of the most sen- tional cases ever tried in the Circuit Court of this county. Simonis, who is a resident of Eagle Val- ley, was once the lover of Lena Howell, it was alleged, but the young lady dis- carded him for James Schultz,- whom she has since married. On the 1ith of June, 1900, Simonis sent two powders by Nora Smith, one to Miss Howell and the other to Nora Wallace, telling Miss Smith they were complexion powders. The girls took the powders and soon afterward became violenitly {ll. A doctor pronounced it ar- senlcal poisoning. Miss Howell was at the point of death for several days. Af- ter suffering from a long and severe ill- ness both girls recovered. The first trial of Simonis resulted in a divided jury, but a second trial ended in a conviction and sentence to three years in the penitentiary. The case was ap- pealed to the Supreme Court, where the ; verdict of the lower court was reversed. | The trial just concluded was the third. Simonis will be sentenced on Wednesday. CHARGES AGAINST FORMER CONSUL GENERAL AT CAIRO He Is Accused of Inducing Ameri- cans to Invest in a Money- Losing Scheme. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. — Charges against Thomas Skelton Harrison of Philadelphia, in 1899 diplomatic agent and Consul General of the United States at Cairo, Egypt, will be brought to the at- tention of the State Depdrtment in a few days, concerned in which is an im- perative international question. It is claimed by several Philadelphia capital- ists that Harrison, while occupying his diplomatic position at Cairo, induced a number of Americans to invest in a scheme for the acquisition of large pe- troleum, brimstone and sulphurdeposits near Cairo. It is further alleged that after investing the money nothing more was heard from the project. - Dr. James F. Love, formerly of Phila- delphia, but now a surgeon in Egypt, is eemplainant in the case. Through Dr. Edward R. Bedloe, formerly United States Consul at Canton, China, the mat- ter has been presented to Colonel Ed B. Hay, who as attorney for the claimants will lay the matter before the Secretary or State. It is sald that some of the JXepresentatives of the State Department abroad, as well as several prominent Americans, may become involved in the question. e s oy Quacking Ducks Foil Firebug. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 1.—The quacking of ducks owned by Andrew Donnelly saved his feed barn from destruction by an incendiary. The Donnelly home is/on the corner of Third and A streets. In the rear is the feed barn. Early this morning the family .was awakened by the quacking of ducks and went out to ascertain the cauge. They discovered the hay in the barn ablaze. Evidently the fire had been just starte: . With difficulty the flames were extinguished before much damage was done. ——— Accidentally Shoots a Child. WILLOWS, Dec. 1—Virgil Culbertsop, FINAN- CIER WHO MAY FLOAT VEN- EZUEUAN LOAN. ISAAC N. SELIGMAN, | | o P by the President, whom he saw in con- nection with th® matter last Saturday. Secretary Hay not having returned to Washington, Seligman stated his prow-t sition to Dr. Hill, who is acting as Sec- | retary of State. Neither of the parties | to the conference cared to make any | statement as to what took place, but it'| is known that the State Department has | not changed its attitude as to the un-| desirability of embarking upon a policy | that might involve it in the financial | troubles of the South American repub- | lics. It is regarded at this time as espe- | cially desirable to avoid endangering the relations which this Government now | enjoys with President Castro, who, it has every reason to believe, is about to do full justice to all American interests | in Venezuela. For this reason the news ! from Berlin that Germany has adjusted her claims.with .Venezuela and England 1s about to do the same ‘has given great | satisfaction here, as it removes from the | situation the United States in the controversy. s ey ] 18 years of age, shot his little sister ac- | cidentally near Norman this morning. inflicting a wound which may prove fatal. Young Culbertson was preparing for a hunt, and was trying to unbreach his shotgun when a cartridge exploded. The charge of shot took effect in one of ‘the hips of the unfortunate girl, inflicting a terrible wound. A ASSASSIN USES TORCH TO COVER HIS CRIME Body of Murdered Arizona Rancher Is Found in the Ruins of His Cabin. River, about fifteen miles north, ad been burned and that Charles Walz was miss- of Walz among the ruins. Walz had been shot- through the heart, and it is pre- sumed the house was set on fire to dé- stroy the evidence of the murder. ‘Walz was a well-to-do ranchman and had lived here for more than twenty years. It is believed he was murdered for Ris money. He was well known throughout this part of the Territory and in Phoenix, and had relatives living near | Topeka, Kans. Young Firebug to Be Prosecuted. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 1.—Antone Morris, the nine-yéar-old son of Mrs. M. Morris, will be prosecuted on a charge of arson. Young Morris is accused of having set fire to the Cheda & Co. feed barn on the | night.of March 26, 1202, entailing a loss | of more than $5000. D LA | Californians in Washington. ! WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The following Californians registered ‘at the hotels to- | day: At the Ebbitt, E. A. Trefethen and | wife of San Francisco; at the St. James, D. Minarty of Oakland and G. W. Day- | walt of San Francisco. [ RPN, BLGOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 1.—At White- ball, ten miles east, Thomas Livingston last night shot and fatally wounded Fannie L. Free- swestheart, and then 1 | | I Will Care You of Rhenmatism Eise No Nomey Is Wanted.. After 2000 experiments, I have learned how to cure Rheumatism. Not to turn bony joints into flesh again: that is im- possible. But I can cure the disease al- | ways, at any stage, and forever, I ask for no money. ply write me a ! postal and I will send you an order on | your nearest druggist for six bottles Dr. | Shoop’s Rheumatic Cure, for every -drug- | gist keeps it. Use it for a month, and if | it succeeds the cost is only $.50. If it fails, 1 will pay your druggist myself. I have no samples, because any medi- cine that can affect Rheumatism quickly | must be drugged to the verge of danger. I use ne such drugs, and it is folly to! take them. - You must get the disease out | of fhe Wood\" T % y remedy does that, even e ?lflcul:‘blahs!g:mte cases. No gug‘er '?z::'! impossible this seems to you, I know it | and I take the risk. 2 i 1 have cured tens of thousands of cases | in this way, and my records show that | gsl %nlx; of 40 who, get those six bottles pay | adly. T have learned that people In general | are honest with a physician who cures | them. That Is all I ask. If I fail I don't e?gct a penny from you.' _lmnply write me a postal card or letter. I will send you my baook about Rheuma- tism and an ordeér for the medicine. Take | it for a month, as it won’t harm you any- | way. lgu falls, it is free, and I leave the de. el-loa' :’flh you. Address Dr. Shoop, Box ne, Mild cases, not chronic, are often cured by one ur uu')n bottles. At all dru:::nt. | companies that responded. | the rival lines out of Walla Walla broke danger of involving the | GILA BEND, Ariz., Dec. 1.—Word was brought to this station' this morning that | the residence of Charles Walz, on Gila | ing. Deputy. Sherif Williams visited the | scene this afternoon and found the bedy | LIELY AUALRY - OF RAILADADS Passenger Agents Bid for Patronage of Soldiers. B, BT O Eighteen Lines Represented in a Competition at Walla Walla. B LS Special Dispatch to the Call WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec. 1.—The most remarkable struggle between rival ! rallroads for business ever seen in this country has just closed here, elghteen prominent passenger agents, representing some of the big Western lines of the transmississippi States, having been en- gaged in a desperate attempt to “scoop” | each other on the transportation east of 100 colored cavalrymen. When general orders went out to reduce the military | forces, 100 troopers were released from the Ninth (colored) Cavalry, stationed at Fort Walla Walla. The news went abroad and the struggle for business started. On the second day S. B. Calderhead, general passenger agent of the Washing- | ton and Columbia River, engineered a coup against the Oregon Railroad and Naviga- tion Company, which gave him twenty- five tickets. Calderhead saw the cavalry- men surrounded by agents from the rival lines. Hurrying to the head office he sent the chief treasurer, J. G. Cutler, to the fort with 33000, cashed the men's pay | checks by the dozen and sold the tickets on the ground. When the Oregon Rallroad and Naviga- tion Company saw this it wired for pas- senger agents from connecting lines. The Great Northern, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Cnicago Northwestern, the Oregon Short Line, the Union Pacific, the Denver and Rio Grande, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Missouri Pacific and the Wabash were a few of the As a result about even. Of the connecting lines some got a few, others pone. The “scrap” was inspired more by busi- ness rivalry than by the profit involved. The vineyards of France cover 4,288,037 acres. 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SCOTT & BCWNE, 409 Pearl St., New York. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (Legal Holidays). THE ATTENTION OF THE ELECTORS 0f the City and County of San Fran- cisco is respectfully directed to Ordi- nance No. 324 of the Board of Super- visors duly approved July 19, 1901, providing that all dayS upon which general municipal elections are held in San Francisco shall be holidays. PURSUANT THERETO, Public notice is hereby given to the electors of this City and County that the municipal elections to be held on De- cember 2d and 4th, 1802, for the purpose of voting for or against the proposition to issue bonds for the ac- quisition of the Geary-street railroad and certain amendments to the Char- ter of this City and County, will be LEGAL Holidays. E. E. SCHMITZ, Mayor. San Francisco, December 1, 1902.