The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1902, Page 9

OF TREASURES ON A STREE Los Angeles Robber Takes Express Firm’s Valuables, Driver of a Richly Laden Delivery Wagon Is Missing. Mysterious Crime Committed by Un- known Person and No Trace of the Miscreant Can Be Found by the Police, vt Epecial Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4—Somewhere between Third and Main streets and East Jake Park to-night one of the large de- livery wagons of Wells, Fargo & Co. was fobbed of most of its valuable contents, consisting of goods which were to have been sent East on the Santa Fe overland train, which Jeft at 8 o'clock. At hour after the departure of the train the wagon was found in the park, driver missing, end the horse, which showed evidences of having been driven liard, wandering about from place to place. Two boys found the wagon and igok it to & store, the proprietors of which notified the police. The strong box in the wagon, a heavy vaken chest, which had been fastened with large locks, was found to be broken open and the wrappers from the pack- ages it had contained half filled the bed of the wagon. In one corner of the wagon was found the driver's hat, but there was nothing to indicate that he had been the victim of foul play, was no sign of blood and his hat was not even crushed. In the bottom of the box were found & number of pieces of heavy silverware, boxes containing fancy toflet cases, silver goblets and other large articles which the thieves had not taken because they could not be carried easily. Envelopes which had contained money were scattered over the bed of the wagon and among the pile of them were what remained of the driver’s receipt book, the leaves of which had been torn to small pieces. MANY GIFTS MISSING. The wagon left the main office of Well: Fargo & Co. at 7:20 o'clock in charge of # Charles R. Spaulding as driver, and con- | ed a largdinumber of packages, most of them being Christmas presents which Los Angeles people had consigned to £ri in the East. Spaulding was due 1o arrive at the depot at 7:40 o'clock, but when he did not appear-there no one ex- cept t on the trz rive, and as knew of his failure to it ar- re was made to the officials of the the main office. Another reason fof delay was that after g gone to the train the driver was posed to take his wagon to the barn It was, therefore, not untii officials learned that wrong. Meantime the had had two hours’ start and e taken the very train for which goods were intended. ct that the driver's receipt book to pieces caused suspicion Spaulding cory that robbers who would it and rob an express driver would ntent to take the goods and wouldn't bother about destroying the book which showed just what the strong box con- tpon tr & 1 taiped. Believing that the driver can tell something if not all about the theft the entire detective force of the city and all the express company’s secret service men ncew in the city were put to work upon the case but without resuit, for not the slightest trace of the missing driver has been found DESCRIPTION OF DRIVER. The driver's full name is Charles Ray Spaulding and his description follo Age, 21 years; height, 5 feet 10 inches; weight, 165 pounds; smooth, full face; fiorid complexion, parts hair_in the filling in upper teeth on left side. wore a black, rotnd-cornered sack coat and black trousers and if is known fhat he had another hat with him besides the one found in the wagon, another hat have ing been missed from his room. Spaulding has been in the employ of the express company only since November | 16. He came originally from Chicago and for a time was employed as a waiter in & restauman Williams, Ariz. Further than that g is known of him. ot The value of the property stolen is not known, the company officlals being only able to gi stimate of it. It may amount to several thousand dol- lars, It is known that there were money packages containing $300 and in addition there were numerous packages of jewelry. Agent Campbell of the express company said to-night: “We cannot tell how much property was stolen, but we do not, believe it will amount to a great deal in value. We are of the opinion that Spaulding’s bond will cover the loss to the company. He is un- der a bond of $1500, but just what the value of the property stolen is we can- not say. “Ye; I am of the opinion that Spauld ADVERTISEMENTS. What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arises in the family every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jell-0, a delicious and healthful dessert. ed in two minutes. mng! add boiling water and set to cool. Flavors:—Lemon, Orange, Rasp- berry and Strawberry. Get a package at your grocers to-day. o cts. FREE DENTAL THE POOR. CLINIC FOR i B A e or Gentiaery . onty: POST-GRADUATE DENTAL COL 2 Taylor st..cor. Golden Gate ave, 8. F. #73 Washington st.. cor. Tenth Oakiand. the | for there | e express messenger who went out | sometimes happens that | miss the trains no report of his | found in the park that the | The officers acted | light hair, blue eyes; | middle and has gold | He | No boiling! no ! LOOTS A BOX |CANAL PROJEGT [TO GIVE CUTTERS- 13 60ING AHEAD Colombian Governmen Is Ready to Make the Concession, s ‘Will Accept a Lump Sum for the Territory Acquired by Uncle Sam, Epecial Dispatch to The Call. W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 4,—Canal con- cession will be secured from Colombia and it will be for a lump sum without annual rentals. This is the demand of the United States, and the Colompian Government is inclined to grant it if the payment is in- creased from $7,000,000 to $10,000,000. A per- petual lease of the territory will also be granted. | Minister Concha has given out a state- ment in New York denying that he has| been removed and declaring that nobody | else has authority to conduct the negotia- tions for his Government. The State De- partment has no reply to make to Minis- | ter Concha, as it is not conducting ne- | | gotiations through the newspapers, but is | dealing with Dr. Herran, the Charge | | @’Affaires, and has every official assur- | ance that Herran has the authority from his Government to act. The report from Bogota that a decree i has been issued callinpg Congress to meet |in March is not detrimental to the con- | summation of the negotiations for the | | Panama canal. The point has been made | | that the appropriation lapses with this | | Congress if the deal is not made before March 4. i Representative Cannon, who is regard- | |ed as an authority on appropriations, | CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. | | vestigations of these men. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1902 . IINE WORKERS REGULAR HAVEN Treasury. Department Wants Site in Oak- land Harbor, Perkins Introduces a Bill Appropriating Money for Purchase. Ozkland Office San Francisco Call, - 1118 Broadway, Dec. 4. Oakland harbor is to become the haven for the revenue cutters of the Pacific squadron, and the Treasury Department is preparing to purchase a sife on this, side of the bay where these vessels may lie up and be repaired. United 'States Benator Perkins to-day introduced a bill in the United States Senate appropriat- ing $40.000 for securing such a haven. Most of the revenue cutters and smaller vessels operated by the Treasury Depart- ment in California and Alaskan waters winter in San Francisco Bay. Some of them have run into the mud flats off Oak- land harbor and some of them have wintered at Sausalito, but they have had no regular haven of their own It is now proposed to purchase @ perma- nent location, and eventually build a re- pair plant. Treasury agents have visit- ed Oakland several times and it is knéwn that they have made reports to the de- partment as to the cost and availability of several pieces of land, and the action of Senator Perkins is in line with the in- It is expected that ir the army trans- port service is continued something of the kind will be done for these vessels, which | are now compelled to anchor in the open bay as long as they are in port. | says he can see no force to this point. The | appropriation is a continuing one, and the | | President may consummate a deal for the | purpose of the Panama canal either be- | | fore the expiration of this Congress or | after. The act of Congress authorizing him to purchase the canal stands until re- pealed and the appropriation also stands. | The President can and will wait for the Colombian Congress to ratify the treaty | before he sends it to the Senate. But he | can call the Senate in extra session to rat- ify it without calling Congressgin extra | session. He has full power to make the | treaty with the consent of the Senate | | and when it has acted on the treaty the! | Panama Canal Company and for the con- cession from Colombia will be availahle. | He can begin the construction _of the | canal without further legislation by Con- | | gress. The prospect of securing the con- ! cession from Colombia for a lump sum is gratifying to the administration and to| Congress. This has been one of the most | serious hitches in the negotiations. Co-| lombia not only wanted the payment of | $10,000,000 down, but an annual rental of | $600,000. The Senate would not ratify such a treaty. It will ratify a treaty that pro- | vides for the purchase outright of the ter- | ritory for the canal | CITRUS FAIR ATTRACTS | Franklin K. Lane Speaks and Pre-| { dicts California’s Power in | | World’s Commerce. ! | There was another large crowd at the | | Citrus Fair yesterday. In the evening Franklin K. Lane delivered an address | | which was greatly apprectated and loud- | |13 appiauded. In speaking of the indus- tries of the State of California the speak- |er awelt upon the marvelous manufac- | turing possibilities of the State and drew | a vivid picture of its rapid and prosperous | growth. He said that in years to come young men of to-day would be counted | the pioneers of California, more so than the men of '48. | Those of the south were | said, when they beheld the | of the north, which proved amply that| orange cultivation was not confined to | Scuthern California. He laid special stress | {upon the early oranges of the north and | | prcphesied that California would be al | world power in commerce and her indus- | tries would be limitless. | To-night will be Board of Trade night |2nd to-morrow night will be Stanford 1 | | | | | i amazed, he orange belt | night. The children of' the public schools | were in strong force yesterday. e Found Dead in Hotel. OAKLAND, Dec. 4—Mrs. M. E. Lud- | ium, 5 years of age, residing in Los An- zeles, was found dead in her room at the | Albany Hotel to-day. She arrived several | days ago from the south. Mrs. Ludlum | | wes an invalid. She formerly taught| school in Los Angeles and in San Diego. | The Coroner has charge of the case. | ————— } Matrimony Discouraged. | The Postal Department at Washington | | has issued a decree for the discourage- | ment of matrimony and for the perpetua- tion of the old maids, male and female, | now in the department. The order went |into effect on December 1 and prohibits | any unmarried woman in the classified civil service from marrying. ————— 4 Riot Causes Damage Suit. | David Tarpey, a saloon-keeper near the Presidio, whose place was wrecked by a | { mob of soldiers on the night of December | % | 26 of last year, filed a suit for $2655 dam-’ | ages against the city yesterday. He al- leges that he was not accorded sufficient | police protection. , i | @ it deledeimiiileliie e @ | ing took the stuff. The fact that the thief tore up the receipt book convinces me of that. Then, again, we know that he was out making deliveries this afternoon {and he has not accounted for some of the packages which he was to deliver. | | It is impossible for us to tell to-night | | Whether he delivered all of the goods or | | not. I cannot say whether we will offer | a reward for his capture or not, but we | will spare no pains to find him. This is | the largest loss this company has sgus- tained by robbery in this section in sev- eral years.” e ‘I THE DAY’S DEAD, MILTON, Wis., Dec. 4—Ludwig Kum- lein, professor of patural history and | ! physiology in Milton College, died to-day | Irom. cancer of the throat. He was a j man of note as a naturalist and was ac- cepted as an authority in many lines, e Dr. Prudente Jose de Moraes. NEW YORK, Dec. 4—Dr. Prudente Jose de Morges, former President of Brazil, died on' Wednesday in_Pindamon- hangaha, state of Bao Pablo, says a Her- ald dispatch from Rio Janeiro. y Dr. Moraes was the first President of Brazil chosen from civil life by the will of the people. There had been two Presi- dents before him, but they had gained their power by their military prowess. He was elected In 189 and served through the full term of four years. ¥ ‘While essentially a man of peace, his administration was filled with tufmofl, | which developed into numerous plots to | assassinate . ‘Some of the plotters were detected and severely punished. Dr. Moraes had been in poor health for | several vears. |REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. | money for the payment of $40,000,000 to the | § ANOTHER LARGE CROWD | '§ | NE corner of Eighteenth avenue and 1 street, | SW line of Amherst street. 100 SE of Feiton, | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, Marie and John Engisch to Rebert A. Vance. lot on § line of Bush street, 112:6 W of Lar- kin, W 25 by § 120; $10 Edward and Tilly K. Salz to Irvin J, Wiel, lot on § line of Broadway, 109:6 W of Bu- chanan street, W 28 by § 132 $10. Irvin J. Wiel to Elste H. Wiel, same; $L. Emma_Gates Butler to John B. R, Cooper, lot on NE corner of Post and Stelner stree N 27:6 by E 110; $10, James Howard to Mathielde Sauer, lot on'l W line of Scott street, 110 § of Geary, § 27:6 by W 96:6; $10, lsluthlgldg Bauer to Samuel L, Kahn, same; Charles A. and Henry C. Bennett to Freda Eggers (wife of Ferdinand H.), lot on B line of Belvedere street, 210 N of Frederick, N 25 by E 121:10%; $10. | Margaret Brodrick to Eleanor W. Stinson, | lot on N line of Clay street, 107:6 W of M ple, W 80, N to lands of Presidio View Home n&:d Association, SE to point, § to beginning Bift, Louis Gross to Max Gross, lot on W line o Guerrero street, 105 N of Fifteenth, N 25, W 131:9. § 80, E'31:9, N 5, E 100; $10. | Anton and Bertha Monseigneur to Marie M. | Dumont, lot on S line of Bighteenth street, | 30 E of Lexington avenue. E 25 by S 85: $10. | John and Mary F, McCarthy to Frank M. | White, lot on W lirie of Alabama street, 100 8 of Twenty-sixth, § 25 by W 100: §10. { Charles H. and Lena H. Balley to Susan M. | McKenzie, lot on W line of Fair Oaks street, 122 N of Twenty-fourth, N 31 by W 117 John I. Peterson to Willia: E lie_of nchez street, sixth, N 2: by E 80; $10, Elza A, Fox (wife of Blijah) to Willlam C_Hildebrandt, lot on NE corngr of Front ' and Jackson streets, N 60 by E 85, beach and water lots 449 and 450; $10. Maud T. McNutt (formerly Maud M. Nolan), | Maxwell McNutt and John T. and Belle C. | Farmes to Emelie M. Chabot lot on N line | of Sacramento street, 90 W of Battery, W 47:6 | by N 45:10; $10. i Edward A, Marc, Herbert M, and Carrie A, | Anthony and Willam R. Arnold to same, lot on 8§ line of Commercial street, 6 W of Bat tery, W 40:7% by S 73:8; $10, McDonald Grain and Milling Company_to | Globe Grain and Milling Company, lot on NW | corner Montgomery and Chestnut streets, W | 412:6, N 206:3, B 114:7, N 68:9, E 2071 2 grant. Wan Wai and Sum Poy to Gan Tuck and R. King, lot on ' N of Twenty and Washington place, E 30 by S 80; $10. | Salvatore and Candelaria Granuccl tg Girol- | amo Vernegno, lot on E line of Stockton | street_71:9 N of Pacific, N 18:8 by B 68; $10 Ly Qaong to James A’ Cooper. lot on N line | of Washington street, 59:10% E of Stockton, E 71:0% by N 115:6; §1 Louise Gaflhard to J. line of Lynch street, 137 W_77 by N 60; $3300. P4 3. 'A. Bergerot to Peter Berges, same; $10 Viiliam and Lizaie Hinkel to George W. Hinkel, iot on SE eorner of Washington and Hyde streets, § 68:6 by E 100:6; $10, by Olga C. . Bergerot, lot on N W of Leavenworth, Estate of Charles E. Boman Bomen, executrix) to Willlam J. Shotwell, lot on SE linc of Stevenson street, 395 SW of Third, SW 20 by SE 70; $6000. Thomas Carvey to Louis Lask, lot on SE line of Bryant street, 80 NE of Fourth, NE 80 { by SE £0; $10, Susan W. H. Ashmead to Lilian J. and Eve. | Iyn R, Ashmead, lot on W Hue of Bryant ave- nue, 100 N of Solano street, N 100 by W 100; ft. 4 ! City Building and Loan Association to Thomas J. Jr. and Huida Blight, lot on W ; Iine of Third avenue, 125 S of California street, § 25 by W 120; $10. Isaac_and Helena Liebes to Wesley and Mabel Stesle, lot on N line of B street, 107:6 | W of Seventh avepue, W 25 by N 100; $10. ! Albert Meyer to Conrad C. Hornung, lot on N 37:6 by E 100; $10. Aurelius E_ and Rose A. Buckingham to Charles N. and Bertha A. Nelson, lot on W line of Tenth avenue, 125 N of I street, N 25 by W 120; $10, Solomon’ and Dora Getz to Edwin Read, lot on SW line of Brazil avenue, 76 NW of Edin- burgh street, NW 25 by SW 100, portion of block 87, Excelsior Homestead Association; $10, Edwin Read (single) to Martha L. Benz, same; gift. Provident Mutual Loan Association to Bd- lot 32, block X, Park Lane ward B. Swales, act 3; . W,_K. and Emma Jackson to Ann Osborne, lot 170, Gift Map 1; $10. F. C. Jarvis to Emma O, Jarvis, lot on | § 50 by W 120 Mcund Tract: $5. Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home Soclety to City and County of San Francisco, Jot or SE line of Mission street, 96. | of Silver avenue, SW 536.599, thence deflect- | ing to left 100 dégrees 1 mnlute 3 seconds, SE | 5.121, thence deflecting to left 77 degrees 34 | minutes 38 seconds, NE 394843, thence de- | flecting to left § degrees 562 seconds, NE 161.004; $1. Henry and Louise Schunemann to John But- ler, lot on: SE line of Precita avenue, 250 SW of York streef, SW 30 by SE 150, Pretita Val- ley lot 225; $10, . q Fresno Land Company lot 3, block 83, University | San Francisco and Fremo Lan: (corporation) to Southern Pacific Compan: (corporation), Iots 43 and 44, block 169, O'N, and H, Tract; $10. ‘William E. Baines to J. Frank Walters, lots 6 to 11, 13 to 15, block I, Park Lane Tract T; 10 M fariette A. Nelson (wife of Nicholas Nel. son) to Eimira La Chapelle (wife of Joseph La Chagpelle), lot on § line of Powell avenue, 150 E of Mission street, E 25 by S 100; §10, Builders’ Contracts. Jacob Heyman Company (owners) with L. TT. Fenn, contractor and architect, all work for a 1-story and attic frame cottage on S Twenty- third street, 140 E Hoffman avenue, 25 by 114; total, $17569. Same. owner With same contractor and ar- chitect, same, for same on S Twenty-third street, 00 E of Hoffodn [Avenue; total, $1820 50. Thomas R. Hobson (owner) with Macy' & Rounds, contractors, architect M. G. Bugbee— All work except shades and gas fixtures for six i-story frame cottages on E line of Hyde street, 137:6 N of Francisco, N €8:0 by B 137:6; total, $10,800. Anna _and Glen F. McClatchey (ownérs) with W. A. Roberts (contractor), architect none, all work for a bullding on S line of Clement street, 30 feet W of Fifteenth avenue, W 25 by § 100, Outside Land block 196; $1617 50. Late Shipping Inteligence. ARRIVED. Thursday, December 4. Stmr_Gipsy, Leland, 22 hours from Monte- rey and way ports. DOMESTIC PORTS. L PORT TOWNSEND—Sailed Dec 4—Schr, Se- quel, from Olympla, for Callao; schr Alice Cooke, {rom Port Ludlow, for Honolulu. Pasted inward Dec 4—Bktn Katle Flickin- ger, from San Pedro. SEATTLE—Arrived Dec 4—Schr Ruby A Cousins, from Alaska, TACOMA—Sailed Dec 4—Schr W J Patter- gon, for San Francisco; bark Ecuador, [0y Oneanstown, % g 4 | tor Aaron and Frank D. | man, S. JUSTLY: PROUD OF GOOD DEED T0 ITS CREDIT /(@)@ / A ST A @) HISTORIAN OF SAN FRAN- CISCO ODD FELLOWS' RE- LIEF COMMITTEE. L s | | i 0Odd Fellows’ Relief Com- mittee Prepares for Cele- bration of Golden Jubilee eoent A 0O-MORROW night the general relief committee of the Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows of San Francisco will commence the cele- bration of the golden jubilee of the institution of that branch of Odd Fel- owship in this city. There is to be an ntertainment and ball in Eintracht Hall, on Twelfth street, under the direction of the following committees that have been appointed for that purpose: Louis Kragen, N, Dwight Sickels, Willlam T. Webb, Thomas Robert Mann, Lucien Leon Remy, Henry ‘Trank Neunaber and Victor Aaron, general committee; Louis Kragen, Vic- cbeth, committee of arrangements; W. T. Webb, H. C. Kellum, J. E. Riordan, A. S Rosenbaum, 8. N. Bach- G. McDonald, E. Harris and H. F. Neunaber, reception committee; N. floor manager; Victor Aaron, 4 'W. Osthoff, A. A. Trautner, J. De Haven, Packscher and C. Thealan, assistants. H. B. The entertainment will be by the best | talent that could be procured and will be of a most entertaining character. A fea- ture of the evening will be the recitation of a poem by R. H. Taylor, the first woble grand of California, the pioneer lodge of the State. He is now 83 years of_age, but is remarkably well preserved | and arpears as young as/a man of 60. BANQUET AT THE CLOSE. The celebration of the fiftleth anniver- { Bum Poy, lot on SE corner of Jackson street | gary will close on the following day by a banquet for 250 at the Merchants’ Club. The general relief committee of San Francisco was organized in the latter part of 1852, with William Robertson of Sar Francisco Lodge No. 3, as president; Louis' F. Zantziger of California Lodge Na.'1, as secretary, and Willlam T. Gar- rett, also of California Lodge} as treas- urer. The committee was composed of two representatives from each lodge in the city and at the time of the orgnnlntll;n there were siXx members representing three lodges. This was added to term by term as mew lodges were instituted, and now the committee is composed of fifty- six members. The committee during the fifty years of its existence has always worked along the same lines in the assist- ance to members of lodges outside of San Francisco who may be taken sick or be in distress while in this city. In the work during the period of half a century the committee has expended a little in excess of $30,000. When the committee was first organized it was without money, but to help the good work along one member dunated $1000 as a start for a relief fund. In a number of Instances, it appears from the old records, the .committee assisted brothers in distress to return to their homes in the East, paying their passage there by steamer, which was then $325, aund included a five days’ trip across the Isthmus of Panama. vy IN EARLY DAYS. The date of the organization of the committee was December 6, 1852, in the 0dd Fellows' Hall, then on Kearny street, between Bush and Pine, over what was the syragogue congregation Temple Ema- nu-El, which is now in the magnificent building on Sutter street, west of Stock- ton. In those early days the committee attended to the burlal of the dead of the order who were without relatives in this city and to placesthem at rest in what was then Yerba Buena Cemetery, They were obliged to carry the remains from the line of Mission street, at Harris, or what is now Seventh street, across the sand dunes to the site of the cemetery, which is now covered by the City Hall. “TThe present officers of the committee are F. D. Macbeth of Pacific Lodge, presi- dent; A. M. Brand of Western Addition Lodge, vice president; J. F. Nichols of Parker Lodge, secretary, and H. F. Neu- naber of Yerba Buena Lodge, treasurer. All the lodges but one in San Francisco are represented in the committee, Thomas R. Mann, who has served as the historian for the Golden Jubilee, is the oldest member of the relief committee in continuous service. He is a member of Califcrnia Lodge and has been with the committee for thirty years. BRIEF CITY NEWS. VEREIN 'ARION CONCERT.—The setond Verein Arion concert of the season of 1903 was held last night at Union Square Hall before a large audience. SiA THOUGHT TO BE INSANE.—Nrs. Egling. wife of /Dr. Guido Egling, was lfl‘gkedE:pml'n the insane ward of the Receiving Hospital yesterasy ) pending an irvestigatian of her case. Two cl n e couple itaBte TRttt L T BARE- WILL RECEIVE EDITOR.—A Ia 3 ber. of prominent colored citizens of this. iy and Oakland met last night at Bethel Church 10 arrange for a big reception whleh will be tendered to T, Thomas Fortune,' the colored editor of New York, who will arrive in this city to-morrow, SIS NSE S L Haugh Is a Strong Youngster. . OAKLAND, Dee. 4—Maxie Haugh, the Brooklyn youngster, who will meet Eddie Hanlon at the Acme Club next week, is a finely proportioned youth. His arms are strong and he is fast in his work. Haugh is boxing with Willie Bourne, Monte Attel and Jack F' n, 3 | " BRELY EXGT Clergyman Gives Import- ant Testimony for the Strikers. Says Pay Is So Small Fami- lies Cannct Be Kept Together. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 4.—At to-day’s sessions of the Anthracite Strike Commis- sion the representatives of the mine work- ers continued to call witnesses, mostly practical mine workers, who told their | story. of the conditions as they existed in | Hazleton or middle coal flelds. The min- | ers tried to show by these witnesses that | the Coxe and other companies had vio- lated the agreement entered into by both sides when the commission was appoint- | - HOLD A LEVEE Crowd at Poultry Exhibit. Judges Award Prizss to the Owners of Blue-Blcoded Fowls. il Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Brosdway, Dec. 4 This was a proud day in the lives of the autocratic roosters and capricious hens that have faken up a temporary res- idence at the Oakland Poultry Associa- tion’s show in the Exposition building. All day long they did nothing but sub- mit to the scrutinizing examinations of their judges and chuckle over the blue and red ribbons that were hung up in front of them for decoration, proclaim- ing to everybody the genuineness of their blue-bloodedness. Every fowl was so PROUD CHICKENS [CUPIDS FRIEND ed; that the strikers should return to work and be given their old places back | f:.:‘;edghttr:r;g :d?r?v‘vilnls“refi:;dag::: where they had not already been filled. : certain individuals of chickendom that Some of the witnesses called testified that! the mantle of the divine right of kings they were not given back their old places, | should have fallen on them all. After a and maintained that men prominent in |lot of hard work the judges succeeded in ghe union in the various localities during | determining that prizes helonged to thie the strike were - discriminated against. | The commission has decided to invite the | mine inspectors to appear before them, | because the miners assert that the work- men fear to inform the mine inspectors of dangerous or unhealthy places in the ! mines because the inspectors are usually : accompanied by some representative of the company who may cause the man’s dismissal. This is a new point before the ] commission. H Rumors of possible negotiations looking ‘to a settlement outside the commission continue to. be heard. Lawyers admit | that they have heard such rumors, but' say they know nothing about a possible | settlement. Whatever is done will be first | decided upon In New York, where those in authority to act are located. Several attorneys, among them W. W. Ross of ! | the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company, have returned to the metrop- ' olis. Whether or not it is in connec-; tion th peace negotiations cannot be learne® here. The opinion still prevails ' here that the operators and the miners will agree on most points before the com- | mission concludes its hearings. DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS. | { Jackson Ansback of the Hazleton re-| gion was an interesting witness because he is the first fireman to appear before the commission. " He said he received $157 | for a day of twelve hours, and his assist- | ant $126. On every other Sunday, when | he and his assistant shifted from day to | night work, they were compelled to work | twenty-four hours straight without relief. | This statement caused a Bhzz through the | courtroom and every Commissioner | straightened up and became more inter- | ested. In answer to a question put by the commission, he saild he was off one day every two weeks, thus working six; days one week and efght days the follow- | ing week. i “Supposing you should fall asleep when | you were on the twenty-four hour shift, | what would happen?” asked Darrow. i “Well,” he replied, “if I slept long enough the fans would stop, gas would | accumulate in the mines and if any ex- plosion took place some men mfght be ! killed.” | Rev. J. V. Hussle, rector of St. Ga-| ‘briel's Roman Catholic: Church, Halle-i ton, was the next witness. Drinking. among the mimers, he said, was at a mini- ; mum during the strike. When asked to explain the general conditions as he found | them, Father Hussie said he had lived in | the coal regions practically all his life. | “The conditions in that region,” he said, “are deplorable. The mine workers are barely able to exist. I say this without any coloring, knowing that I am under oath. I realize that what I sgy is going to the American people and I want to talk cautiously. I have been in their homes. They are not homes, but merely a habitation, a resting place. They are frugal, ' conservative, reasonable and a God-fearing people. We have eight Cath- } olic churches in Hazleton and they are ! crowded every Sunday with worshipers, | and this is no doubt true of the churches whose faith is opposed to ours.” | FAMILIES ARE BROKEN UP. | Father Hussgie said that this was thel condition before the strike, and that dur- ! ing the suspension the mine workers and thelr families were more pinched and that | they barely existed. Families cannot be ! kept together, he said. The boys are sent into the mines almost as soon as they are able to toddle about, and the girls are sent to the mills in the small towns in the vicinity or drift to large cities. He related instances of poverty, and said % took one man six years to pay off a fu- | neral debt of $200. | In reply to further gquestioning, Father Hussie sald that he had examined fifty or sixty mine workers and found that only three of them were able to save any | money. One was a Scotchman, one an | Austrian and the third inherited money. | Andrew Mattey was recalled to give more information regarding the alleged | importation of ‘Slavonians to the Coxe ‘mines. He told how he had been paid to | go to Hazleton and meet the ‘green horns” who had been shipped by his mother from Europe at the request of himself, who had been asked to do so by a foreman employed at the Coxe mines. Judge Gray, evidently thinking that the alien laws were being violated, became greatly interested, and said: “When was this?” - “Seventeen years ago,” replied the Hun- garian. “Qh,” said the Judge, as he leaned back in his chair. The commission adjourned until to-mor- row. | To-day was set as the time limit for ' coal companies to answer .the submis- sion made by the miners, but the Coxe Company’s time was exténded until to- | morrow, the officials of that company be- | ing absent and not prepared ‘to make an- | swer. Besides the large Companies which | § signe@l the request made to President Roosevelt for the appointment of the com.- ! mission, forty-six companies have up to ! date signified their willingness to abide by the dgcision of the arbitration com: | mission. Among these are the Lehigh | Coal.and Navigation Company, G. B. Mar- | kle & Co., A. Pardee & Co., Calvin, Par- dee & Co. and Jermyn & Co. Thirteen Men on His Jury. REDDING, Dec. 4—Ben Willlams, charged with the murder of Charles H. Cummings at Delamar on the evening of June 5 last, was this evening found gullty of murder in the second degree. Willlams was well pleased. He expected to hang. After the verdict was rendered he addressed the jury, saying: “There were thirteen jurymen agreed on that verdict. I am the thirteenth.” Suisun Rejoices in Illumination. SUISUN, De%u:.—'l'ho local electric light plant has completed connection with_the Bay Counties Power Company line, and the town is illuminated to-night with the current from that electric sys- tem. The people here are elated over the change, which is a great improvement aver the old svstem. J and third; pen, | Brae T BC, following‘ named owners: WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS: F. B. Van Nostrand—Cock, first and _fourth; cockerel, second; pullet, second and fourth; hen, third and : pen, second best collection: best double collection. 8. N. Butler—Cock, secan cockerel, first; pullet, first and fith: pen, firs E. K. Healy—Cock, third; puller, third; cock- erel, fourth and fifth. Coffey Brothers—Cock, Afth; hen, fourth. William . Marshall—Hen, first’ and’ second. J, Robertson—Cockerel, ird. W. H. Arps—Pen, third, fourth and th. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS: S. N. Buf ler—Cock, first; hen, fifth, cockerel, pullet, first and third; pen, third. E Gregory—Cock, second; hen, first. F. Forbes —Cock, third "and fiftn; hen, fourth; puilet, fourth. H. R_Campbeli—Cock, fourth, cock- erel, third. W..L. Kennedy—Hen, second; cockerel, fifth; pullet, second and 8fth; pen, first. W.” H. Arps—Hen, third; cockerel, first; pen, second. W. S. Rose—Cockerel, fourin. L. N. Cobbledick—Pen, = fourth and SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCAS: W. 8. Childs—Cock, first and fifth; hen, first, sec- ond, fourth and ffth; cockerel, fifth; pullet, third; pen, first and second. G. R. Albers— Cock, second and third; hen, third: cockerel, first and fourth; pullet, first and fifth. Dr. R . Withers—Cock, fourth: cockerel, second. A. W, Cowell—Cockerel, third. J. F. Plefft— Pullet, second. F. Fenwick—Pullet, fourth. L. H_Heérling—Pen, third. HOUDANS: W. P. Lyons—Cock, first and second; hen, first and second; cockerel, first; pen, first, ° BUFF ORPINGTONS: Mrs. O. B. Smith —Cock, second; pullet, first. J. R. Riddelf— Hen, first; pullet, fourth and fit F. B. Van Nostrand—Hen, secon fotrth. George Nellar—Cockerel, second; pul- let, second and third. RUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS: D. T. B. Key —Cock, first; hen, first; cockerel, second; pul- let, first, L. W. Kline—Hen, second, third, fourth and fifth; cockerel, third; pullet, second first. George Lubben—Cockerel, . B. C. Slecklen—Cockerel, fourth. SINGLE COMB _BROWN LEGHORNS: ‘Willlams Brothers—Cock, second, third amd fifth; hen, first, third, fourth and fitth; cock- erel, first, second and third: pulls fourth and fifth; pens, firs W. H. Arps—Cock, firs ™ erel, fifth; pullet, ‘second; pen, second and I!h&r Coftey Brothers—Cockerel, fourth. INGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS: C. B. Carringtor i, first; cockerel, second: pul- let, fourth; pen, second. Willlam Marshall— Cock, second. F. L. Wharft—Cock, third; pul- let, second. E. Richards—Cock, fourth: hen, first and second; pen, first. W. W. Howard— Cock, fifth; ‘hen, fourth: pen, fourth. Coffey Brothers—Hen, third. M, J. Madison—Hen, fifth; cockerel,” fourth; pullet, first. - J. 1. Hogers—Cockerel, first, third and ffth, J. W. Roof—Pullet, third! W. C. Hampton—Pullet, fth, This list represents only about one-third of the awards. The remainder are to be announced to-morrow. The attendance was large again to-day, and after schoo! hours hundreds of children surged into the building and gazed at the many things of interest. Barkentine Flickenger Is Safe. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Dec. 4.— The barkentiffe Katie Flickenger arrived to-day thirty days from San Pedro. The Flickenger was chartered to load at Grays Harbor but was unable to cross the bar. Driven northward by a southerly gale, the vessel ran for the entrance to the Straits. During the severe gale of Saturday the barkentine lost three sails. She was rechartered this afternoon to load at Everett. Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Dec. 4—The following mar- irllge licenses were issued to-day: Elbert R. McCray, aged 24, and Laura E. Morse, 31, Bgth of San Francisco; Edward J. Sommer, over 21, and Jean V. Elster, over 18, both of Alameda; Joaquin Silva, over 2, Irvington, and Mariana Silva, over 18, Centerville. —_— BAKER CITY, Or., Dec. 4.—Charles Edward Simonis of Eagie Valley, convicted here last week for having poisoned Lena Howell and Nora Wallace, two young women, was to-day sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. third and | . PASSES AWAY | Show Off to Admiring'|Justice Rodden of San Rafael Dies of Apoplexy. More Marriages Performed by Him Than by Any Official in State. ST ST SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 4—George Rodden, a man with a record of having performed more marriages than any other Justice of the Peace in California, died to-night aft- er an hour’s lllness. The cause of his de- mise was a strok¢ of apoplexy, from whick the sufferer never fully regained conseiousness. George Rodden was an early ploneer of California, coming to the State Jn 185 He was born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1830. When he first came to thid State he engaged in mining in Tuolumme Coun- ty, after which he came to San Rafael, where he resided until his death. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1530. At the last election he was elected for four years more. He leaves a wife and three children, Mrs. L. R. Carrigan, Mrs. Harry Martin and Dr, George F. Rodden, CONGREGATION MEMBERS MUST AGREE OR DEPART Difficuities in the. First Baptist Church of Los Angeles Near Climax. LOS ANGELHES, Dec. 4—The trouble the First Baptist. Church, the largest in this part of the State, between Pastor Joseph Smale and a number of disaffected members of his congregation, bas cui- minated in what is practically a demand that those who have not agreed with the pastor either make up their differences or quit the church and they have beel give en until the first of January to make up their minds what they intend to do. At a business meeting held in the chtreh resolutions to this effect wera adopted after a warm discussion whieh lasted several hours. Far from casting ofl upen the troubled waters these resolutions have been met by the dissenting members in a defiant spirit. It is understood that if some of them fail to leave the chureh the hand of fellowship will be withheld from them, The trouble is of long stand- ing and only a few weeks ago Pastor Smale was practically placed on trial by the congregation, but was vindicated by a majority vote. TELEGRAPH NEWS, WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 4—Charles Henry Butler, an attorney-at-law of New York City, ;was to-day_appointed reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Coust of United States. MONTREAL, Dec. 4—The Rev. I M. coce, director of the Grand Seminary, been elevated to supervisor general of Sulpician Order in Canada, to succeed late Abbe Colin. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4.—It was stated at the Southern Hotel this morning that the conditien of Julian Ralph, the noted newspaper corre- spondent, who suffered a severs hemorrhage last night, is much improved. LOS ANGELES, Dec, 4—Pedro Morales, the Mexican who murdered Deputy Sheriff Wilson five years ago, was to-day sentemced by Judge Smith to ten years in Folsom Penitentiary. The jury which listened to the evidence against Morales brought in a verdict of mansiaughter, VICTORIA, B, C., Dec. +—Action was com- menced to-day by ihe Alaska Packers’ Asso- clation, owners of the ship Santa Clara, against S, A. Spencer the tug Mystery for $25,000 ofi account of the stranding of that ship en Tria)’ Island on December 28 last yegr, whem she dragged her anchors during a gale. WOODLAND, Dec, 4.—The Women's Im- provement Club of Woodland is organizing for ar. aggressive Clmbfloldn ;n lhill Ci!yy.mwm extending over a period of nearly a was Y Carrle Gray £ the lanned at the last meeting. - Miss Blowers is-president and Mrs. Carrle secretary. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 4.—On Wednesday afternoon just before the adjournment of the Board of Supervisors, memorial resolutions Were adopted touching the death of the late Somers B. Fulton, County Clerk of this coun- ty. After the passing of the tribute of re- spect, the board adjourned out of regpect to the memory of the deceased. VALLEJO, Dec_ 4—John A. Harvey, & pri- vate marine attached to the Solace, ‘was in Vallejo Saturday and indulged too freely fn wood alcohol. He died at 1 o’clock to-day the Naval Hospital, where he was bs yesterday afterncon for treatment. 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