The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1902, Page 45

N\, AT R e e e e e e S s Pages 451056 ¢ 0646680 4000+ 0 00000000+ ¢ + L] DEATH ST AT THE TABLE WITH GUESTS Lurking Ptomaines Bring People to Their Graves. Many Inmates of Boarding House Are Affected by the Poison. Mrs. Eva Pearl Cass, Wife of Pro- prietor, Everett F. Goodyear and William Clisby Are Killed by Alkaloid. i the last two weeks death has hov- over the fashionable boarding-house by J. Cass at 1600 McAllister street. e of the guests have expired in that e and five others who were taken ‘Il e saved by prompt megdical aid. supposed that ptomaine taken in ticle of food produced the fatali- nd fllness. e first to succumb to the effects of the deadly substance was William Seth Clisby, connected with one of the local He first rehouses. n of fliness. Thon , the beautiful young tor, fell 1ll and died. ". Goodyear, local agent for the Publishing Company, lingered of pain until yesterday, passed away at the German oes f the fatalities have occurred within hort space of two weeks. In the in- ve other guests have been ill from d their lives have been saved Dr. and Mrs. time, also Mrs. Wil- s came in the of the house was first days somewhat remedied, could be held to not until the doctors es itseif. An investigation now = was immediately Instituted. e report has yet been submitted an be prepared until all the ve been completed and sam- 0d ‘and water consumed at rzed. HEALTH bFFICE NOTIFIED. The se of the déaths is much of a t Just when the poison was par- at all, is only a matter of may remain so. was taken sick on Dr. D. R. Smith everything possible to 2 When death ensued following day the physician gave as se pulmonary edema. At that time was ne suspicion of poisoning. The ment, it is said, could be easily produc- slow working poison. the day on which Clisby be- irs. Cass compiained and Dr. F. x was summoned. Mrs. Cass’ con- did not become alarming until th g week. She lingered until De- r 9, when death relieved her misery. wa id to have resulted from ciency. 3 Seth Clish November 28. rer. k medical attendance. His ually became worse and Dr. Jellineck was called once found indications of poison- ician learned of the other boarders in the ill about that time and had died he 1lost no health authorities. commenced City tched food experts to e samples of the food was done according to ven. Not only was a id food carried to the er, m and wines went tatement can His work is will not be arrived The proprietor of ? scertained the prob- able cause of lesale illness and death, changed the source of The meat dealer was replaced by an- other, a new dairy s patronized and the ©old groceryman was given the overlook. LAID TO THE MEAT. D. Thurston, who is e employ of use had become t two of used ir a t food supply. T ann, Bendel & Co., was treated by Dr. Jellineck on Decerhber 12. He' man ted all the symptoms of poisoning, n Hup! 4 immediately after the fir, about that time Mr. and Mrs. W. M Carpenter became sick. As in the case of Thurston, poisoning was evident in the diagnosis of the other four. All the las nts are out of danger, and thus far else has announced indisposition when the fatal food was eaten and what it was will be subjects for inqui As mear as can be ascertained, me »d at dinner on the day preceding giving caused all the trouble. Re- ¥ the guests have discussed the mat- ter among themselves and recall certain incidents that may lead to valuable clews. The idea that the poison accompanied the Thanksgiving dinner has been abandoned because Goodyear, one of the victims, did not dine in the house that day. On Wednesday night, November 26, boiled ribs of beef were served. It was the only meat on the table. Several of the guests noted a peculiar flavor —and dness_of the tissues, and a couple of them refused to touch the food at all. Canned goods may have been served at the same meal, but the guests cannot be positive on that point. There are only two employes in the hotel, one a negro cook, Walter Carpenter, who ‘has worked there for over a year past, and a Jap- apese waiter. The latter has been in the employ of the hotel for the past two nths. he body of the unfortunate Everett F. Goodyear was conveyed to the Morgue sterday afternoon and last night an opsy was performed on it. ‘As a resuit the operation severai physiclans are of the opinion that death resultgd from tomaine poisoning. The autdpsy was ‘ formed by Dr. Ophuls of Cocper's edical College. He was assisted by Dr. E. O. Jellinek, who attended . Goodyear during his last iliness; Dr. Gleason, Dr. McConnell and Dr. Bacigalupl. A care- ful examination of the remains of the deceased was made, and although the physicians were not ready to jssue & posi- tive statement that death munedl!mm ptomaine polsoning, they were of . Gpiniok In or- thet such was the cause. expired on the day fol- | g supposed that slight ail- | he ca of some of their | hopeless that. the serious phase | November 30, Goodyear was | MAKES ATTAGK O BRAUNHART Edgar Painter Tries to Draw Pistol on the Supervisor. — e Police Chief Wittman Stops Trouble at Committee Mesting. SRS During the meeting of the Supervisors’ Public Utilities Committee yesterday Su- pervisor Braunhart and Edgar Painter, Secretary of the North Central Improve- ment Assoclation, engaged in a wordy ai- tercation, which nearly resuited seriously for Braunhart. There has been bad blood between the two men for some time and it culminated yesterday when Painter at- tempted to draw a pistol on Braunhart. Painter and Braunhart began to discuss the defeat of the Geary-street road ac- quisition at the recent election, when Painter asserted that it might have been | successful had Braunhart pursued differ- ent tactics in the campaign of education. The discussion finally came to a head | when Painter said: ‘Why, you are only -getting $100-a month as Supervisor, and yet you contin- uzlly boast about your honesty. How can you be honest with that small sal- ary?” Braunhart, who in worked himself- into ment,” applied a vile epitaet to Painter, who thereupon made a guick movement | to his hip pocket to draw a pistol. Things looked serious for an instant, when Chief of Police Wittman, who was present, | jumped up from his chair and deftly pin- ioned Painter’s arms to his side. Painter was escorted from the room and Super- visors Wilson and Loughery prevailed on Braunhart to sit down. T O UNWILLING' TO CREATE A LARGE BONDED DEBT Supervisors’ Utilities Committee Deems Submission of Too Many Improvements Inadvisable. In the absence of a quorum of the Pub- ic Utilities Committee yesterday the gen- eral question of bonding the ecity and the meantime had a state of excite- cussed. It was the opinion of the com- mittee that it would be advisable to sub- mit too many propositions to the people for fear of beating them all at the polls. It was estimated that if the following questions were submitted the aggregate bonded indebtedness to be incurred will be between 512,000,000 and $13,000,000, sub- divided as follows: Sewers, 35,600,000; paving of streets, $1,000,- 006; new’ schiool ‘houses, $2,225,000; firg houses, 83 Dolice. stations,~ $125,000; 'hospital, { $500,000; playgrounds, $500,000; Twin Peaka. $135,000, new Jjails, $350,000. Telegraph Hul improvement, $554,000; Mission Park, $270,000; St. Mary's square, $215,000; park and Presidio extension, $168,000. | Supervisor Loughery favored submitting | the questions of sewers, streets, school- houses and hqspital only, providing the | special levy for the last two is-declared invalid. This would cost about $9,000,000. | No recommendation, however, was made to the board by the committee. DRINKS ACID WHILE ATTENDING THEATER Young Maggie Daly Selects Novel Place to Make Attempt on | Her Life. | Maggie Daly, aged 16'years, and resid- ing at 5 Shipley street, while sitting in a front seat at the matinee in the Unique Theater yesterday, swallowed carbolic | actd. Her screams attracted the at- tention of the audience. O. S. Mish, an employe of the Health Department, who |was seated immedlately behind her, | rushed out and notified the police officer |on duty, who rang in for the amibulance |and had the woman removed to the Emergency Hospital, where Dr. James Murphy administered the usual antidotes. Late last night it was announced that the girl would recover. —_————— Camera Club Holds Sale. A large number of people attended the | exhibition and sale of photographs by the California Camera Club at its rooms in the Academy of Sclences building, $19 Market street. The .sale of pictures by the Camera Club opened Wednesday, De- cember 10, and will continue until .ues- day, December 16, when the remaining pictures will be sold by duction. A num- ber of beautiful pictures, many of which have won honors in.the different salons, are on exhibition and will be sold. The club is making arrangements to furnish more suitable apartments and the sale is being held for the purpose of assisting in raising the necessary funds. L e e e e ] s | der to make certain the blood and stom- ach of the deceased will be analyzed. | SYMPTOMS OF POISON. | Dr. E. 0. Jellinek, who attended Good- year and also several other of the guests | who became ill, ‘was pcsitive that the | young business man died .from having been poisoned by eating impure food. | Regarding Goodyear’s illness, he made the foliowing statement last night: “I was called to attend Mr. Goodyedr | last Wednesday night at (he Homeopathic anatorjum. After diagnosing his case I | arrived at the conclusion that he was cuffering from ptomaine poisoning. We bad to nourish him by injecting liquid f00ds into his stomach. He had all the symptoms of having been poisoned. I had him removefl to the German Hospi- tal, where I could give him more careful treatment. We did everything possible to save him, but nothing we did seemed to have much effect on him. The deadly poison had too thoroughly perm entire system. e ay “I also treated C. D. Thurston. came to me on Friday. He also ‘was - fering from poisoning, but he was ar‘nl;l seriously ill. His symptoms were those of digziness and Nervousness, usuall; caused by ptomaines. He dig not huvi to take to his bed, but was e allh 1o won. “I was called to treat Mr. liam Carpenter and Dr. H wife. They were all suffe; oning, but were not in a ge; | tion, Their symptoms, ukf‘"flmfi.f'“.fi | Thurston, were dizziness and nervousness | The muscles of Mrs. Hupfeld's throat | were slightly paralyzed. She and ner | husband recovered sufficiently, however, | to leave for Europe to-day. Mr. ang Mrs, , Carpenter are still slightly {1], byt ina | few. days they will be all right,” | Deputy Coroner McCormick announced last night that the body of William Setn Clisby, who is supposed to have been one of the vietims of the poisoning, wil He and Mrs. Wil- upfeld and his TINg from pois- removed from the vault in Laurel H?fl and an Cemetery, where it is.resting, county for public improvements was dis- | @ 4ll. [ Xt a + Pages 4510 56 D Y ] SAN FRANCISCO_,r SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1902. Fa SHORE END OF THE NEW PACIFIC CABLE WILL BE LAID TO-DAY BY SPECIAL STEAMER NEWSBOY First Six Miles of the Deep-Sea Wire Turned Over to American Engineers, Who. Are More miliar With the Coast. TRANSFERRIN THE NEwSB0Y A~ FRANCASCO “esiaton THe BB OF CemrR maet ewrmos Y X = - - —_— . — PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING PREPARATIONS THAT WERE BEING MADE YESTERDAY FOR A SECOND AT- | TEMPT - TO LAND. THE SHORE END OF THE GREAT PACIFIC CABLE ON THE OCEAN BEACH BELOW THE CLIFF HOUSE. * 3 o ARRING some unforeseen accident the shore end of the trans-Pacific cable to Honolulu will be laid to- day. Early yestercay morning it was declded to adopt a different method than that used on the first at- tempt Friday. The coast steamer News- boy, which has a draught of only a few feet, was warped. alongside the Silver- town about 9 a.’m., and six miles of the American end of the cable were slowly and laboriously coiled up on her forward deck. . This morning at daybreak the Silver- town will proceed about five miles out to sea, while the Newsboy will look after the landing of the shore end of the cable and then join the Silvertown, paying out the cable as she goes. After splicing the severed ends the big cable ship will be- gin her long voyage to the Southern seas GRANT'S WIDOW NEAR TO DEATH Sudden Change for the ‘Worse Causes Grave Apprehension. R Sopesl Sons Are Notified to Hasten to Her Bedside in ‘Washington. ——— WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Mrs. Ulysses §. Grant, wife of the former President of the United States, is dangerously ill at her home in this city. She has been suf- fering with a severe attack of bronchitis for some time, and now valvular disease of the heart, with kidney complications, has developed, and the gravest apprehen- slons of the outcome are felt. A sudden change for the worse in her condition oc- curred last night, and she grew worse to- ugn. Gardner, - McDonald und‘Biubop bave been in consultation during the aft- ernoon, and Dr. Bishop remained at the house throughout the night. 3 Telegrams have been sent to Mrs. Grant's sons, General Fred D. Graut, commander of the Department of Texas; Ulysses 8. Grant Jr., and Jesse Grarit, both of whom are in San Diego, Cal,, notifying them to come at once to ington. Mrs. Sartoris, her daughter, is at Mrs. Grant's bedside. T ashore from the Newsboy, but the light draught of the tender will enable her to come within a quarter of a mile of the beach and consequently lessen the haz- ard. The same programme of ceremonies that was planned for Friaay will be car- ried out to-day, beginning about 10 o'clock. Governor Gage's little daughter Lucille will christen the mighty talking wire by breaking a bot:le of Califernia champagne over the shore end as soon as it reaches the beach. Then the splice will be made and the spinning of the long thread to the heart of the Pacific will begin. . The following letters are self-explana- tory: 4 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12, 1002. Sir: It has been a cause of great regret to me that I have been unable to accept elther of the two invitations you kindly ‘sent me in connection with the opening of the Pacific cable, owing to previous important engage- ments. I wish, however, to be permitted to express and the Newsboy will return to port. to you how much interest I take In this ques- Most respectfully yours, A. ROSENTHAL, It will be necessary to tow the ecable tion and to ask you to be so kind as to con- ¥ Imperial German Consul General. ter than she was'earlier in the day. It was stated tHat it was possible that she would not survive the night. She is in a very faeble condition and the severe drain that the bronthitis has made upon her system has precipitated an old trouble with the heart. Mrs. Grant spent last summer at Co- burg, Canada, but her condition at that time was far from good. She was taken quite ill in October and on the advice of her physiclans there was hurriedly brought to Washington in a special car, arriving here on the 17th of that month. She has been confined to her bed most of the time_since then, although on several cccasions she has succeeded in walking about the house and has been out of doors once or twice. Mrs. Grant is about 75 years of age. s I PEACEFUL PICKET LEGAL. Judge Carter of Indiana Refuses to Interfere. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 13.—Judge Carter in the Supreme Court to-day is- sued an order restraining twenty union men by name from gathering at the plant of the Drop Forge Company, where a strike has been on for 'several months, for the purpose of intimidating men who wanted to go to work. The court refused’ to interfere with the peaceful pleket, which he held to be legal. The order 1§ a modification of a former decision, which Testrained the entire union from gather- ing at the plant. ————— Board of Accountancy Officers. The members of the State"Board of ‘Ac- countancy met yesterday afternoon and elected the following officers to serve for the ensuing year: Chairman, John Har- ris; vice chalrman, Prentiss Mastin; sec- retary and treasurer, Alfred G. Platt. A committes to draft by-laws was also elected by, the board. - | vey to the proper authorities my sincere eon- gratulations on. the, happy issue of: the. enter- prise. I earnestly hope that the cable may In every way be successful, and in the proposal to join it to thexBritish cable frém Vancouver to Aus- tralia by the Samoan link .I see an evidence of the friendship and community interests which exist between this great republic and the empire which I have the honor tp represent in_California. | My sincere wigh is that the laying of the Pa- cific cable may lead to an even further and closer friendship between our two nations. 1 have “the honer to be, sir, your obedient | servant, u A. BENNETT. British Consul General. December 10, 1902. A. Sbarboro, Esq., Chalrman General Com- mitfee, City—Dear. Sir: Thanking you sin- cerely for the kind invitation to be present at the recestion_tendered to the officers of the Commercial Pacific Cable Company,=I regret to say that, while I certainly take.the great- est interest in the laying of the Trans-Pacific cable and would be highly pléased to meet the gentlemen who are promoting that most im- portant undertaking, it will be impossible for me to leave the Consulate at the appointed time, AMATEURS GIVE A GLEVER SHOW Beneflt for St. Agnes’ Church Is Great Success. RS e e "Ent%nglementu of Cupid” Proves a Charming Comedy. —_— Steinway Hall never held a larger.or more appreciative audience than /that which appeared there last night to wit- ness the presentation of the pretty little five-act comedy, “The Entanglements of Cupid,” for the, benefit of St. Agnes’ Church. The enteftainment was a suc- cess In every particular and reflects great credit upon those who arranged the per- formance. Those who took part were ex- ceptionally clever and won for themselves | hearty rounds of applause for their dis- plays of histrionic ability. DeWitt Bisbee and Alice Martin as Mr, and Mrs. Samuel Coddle and Henry Me- Carty and Alice' Moran as Mr. and Mrs. Younghusband were. particularly good in their portrayal of ‘the characters of a pessimistic old couple and a youthful pair newly wed, and. never failed to elicit hearty applause of laughter when they appeared. Misses Evelyn Hackett, Mar- M—nmcy‘ and Mae Reynolds were very :o;b'dwld they were cleverly | a bank-book and of unscrupulous persons who are soliet- | guise that the funds will be used to feed | MEETS DEATH BENEATH CAR Aged Mary Weir Is Run Down While Coming " From Church. L g R Evidently Did Not See Vehicle Until It Was Tweo Late. 5 AR Mary Weir, an aged woman, was run down and killed shortly after 6 o’clock | last night néar the corner of Sixteenth and Dolores streets by car No. 756 of the Sixteentu and Fillmore streets line, which was in charge of Motorman John Fula- love and Conductor C. J. Bashford. The aged woman was crossing the track, evidently coming from a church,l as a prayer book was found in her hand. There were no witnesses other than those on the dummy of the car. The motorman’s statement, made to Deputy Coroner Brown at the Morgue last night, was as foliows: “We were proceeding eastward down Sixteenth street at about 6 o’clock and as the car apprqached the corner of Do- lores street I ndticed an object on the track ahead, just within the range of our headlight. I thought it was a dog. It was very dark and the tracks were wet and muddy, so that I was unable to stop before we were ypon the object. Just be- fcre we struck the object it sidestepped as though to cross the track. I could not stop until we were three car lengths past the scene. The conductor and I got off and found that we had hit a woman. We placed her on the front platform and ran to Valencia and Sixteenth streets and took her into Coffin’s drugstore, where Officer C. B. Kissing telephoned for the zmbulance.” Thé injured woman was hurried to the hospital, -but died en route. Prior to her removal to the Morgue her name was un- known. When her clothing was searched some receipts were found bearing the name of Mary Weir. In the bank-book were entries amounting to $496 13. ‘Later in the evening her son-in-law, Thomas Tighe, identified her remains and gave her address as 204B Valencia street. He says Mrs. Weir was coming from church and in all likelihood did not see the approaching car. She was 85 years of age. There were three persons riding on the dummy- of the car, J. O'Brien, 51 Sherman street, and A. C. Hall of 144 Eighth street. The third party refused to give his name, None of them were eye witnesses to the aceldent.- The motorman was arrested by Officer Mignola and booked at the City Prison for manslaughter, but was re- leased on bail. . Repairs of Unaccepted Streets. City Attorney Lane advised the Mayor yesterday that the proPer- Jegal course to compel owners to maintain in proper condition sidewsdlks and roadways of un- aceepted streefs is for the Board of Works to notify the owners of lots front- ing on streets to be repaired, and if the Tepairs are not begun within five days and diligently prosecuted to completion make the repairs at the expensé of the | owner. The Supervisors have the power | to prescribe a penalty which shall be in- curred by any one neglecting to make re- | pairs’ when recuired. . Schemers at Work. Colonel George French of the Salvatien | Army has had many complaints recently ing money from the charitable under tte the poor on Christmas day. Colonel ‘French is much wrought up over the in- justice and requests all those who give morey for the Salvation Army’'s Christ- mas dinner to'be sure and not be deceived by the swindlers who are at werk throughout the city. ———— Wagon Drivers Return to Work. The delivery wagon drivers of the Em- porium returned to work yesterday after being on a strike for twenty-four hours. Representatives of both sides met Mayor Schmitz ! in his office and after a dis- cussion of the controversy agreed to sub- mit the question to the Mayor for arbi- tration. The men will continue t® work pending ‘the arrangements of the terms to be subscribed to by employer and em- ployes. ———— Death of a Veteran Soldier. Gustav Marck died at the Presidio gen- eral hospital last Friday. He was a vet- eran of the Civil War and served in the regular army of the United States for ‘more than thirty years. He was senior vice commander of James A. Garfleld Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at the time of his death. He will be buried with military' honors to-day at 2 o’clock at the National Cemetery, Presidio. —_—— i Lectures on Montments. Frederick I. Monsen delivered an in- teresting lecture on “The Monuments of a Prehistoric Race” before a large au- dience at the Mechanics’ Institute last evening. Splendld views were thrown on a'screen to illustrate the lecture. Twenty Years for an Incendiary. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 13.—Private Er- nest Thompson of the Ninety-third Com- pany of Coast Artillery, who was tried at Fort Stevens, Wash., recently by a court- martial board on charges of .complicity in attempts to burn Fort Stevens and for desertion, has been sentenced to twenty years in the United States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Thompson left Vancouver Barracks to-day for the penitentiary in Kansas under guard of four men. £ BTSSR Working to Full Capacity. READING, Pa., Dec. 13.—The Refading Company -is taxed to its utmost to keep the coal traffic moving. Up to to-night the company transported about 10,500 cars of coal for the past week, or nearly 32,000 tons. All the collieries are working to their full capacity. Never before in the history of the anthracite regions has therc been 'such activity. @ siviiieieiimini ik @ tion of Miss Alice Martin and Emanuel Hromada, while Carro True acted as stage manager. The ushers were Willlam Martin, Walter Lynch, Frank Griffin, Edward Whelan, Joseph Riordon and Raymond Armendariz. Altogether it was a most successful af- fair and. a source of much pride to Rey. ‘William Kirby and Rev. Richard Collins, pastor and assistant priest respectively of St. Agnes’ Church. e —— Remember that we stamp your name in gold letters free of charge on books, traveling bags, cameras ::h:i S s 5 Y vt | contractor from Santa Cruz, ARROW ESCAPE OF TWD WOMEN Mrs, Etta Levy and Her Sister Nearly As- phyxiated. Neighbors Save Eoth From Death From Carbon Monoxide. Mrs. Etta Levy, who lives at 1412 Buch anan street, and her invalid sister, who 18 staying with her, had a narrow escape from death by gas asphyxiation yesterday morning. But for the iimely assistance given tkem by neighbors both women would have succumbed. Mrs. Levy was unconscious when help came and her sister was nearly so. The fuvalid has been suffering from an attack of pneumonia and Mrs. Levy has attended her night and day. A gas stove has been used to heat the room and with- out the knowledge of the women one of the burners remained unlit and threw out its deadly fumes. Neither of the women noticed the escaping gas, as they had been in the room for hours. Mrs. Levy had occasion to go back and forth in her ministrations. She complained of a head- ache and informed her sister that her heart was beating rapidly. The invalid also complained, but neither could assign & reason for the change. Mrs. Levy thought she was suffering from z lack of sleep and fatigue, whereas the invalid attributed her weakness to her long ill- ness. The deadly fumes at last overpowered Mrs. Levy and she fell back on the bed beslde ber sister. The latter became frightened, and, although her strength was faillng her, she managed to reach the door and call for assistance. Two men were passing the house at the time. Seeing a woman in her nightdress and making an outery, they paid no heed to her calls for assistance. The invalid con- tinued crying for help and neighbors re- sponded. Two women ran into the house and immediately smelled escaping gas. They found Mrs. Levy lying unconsclous on the bed. They turned off the gas and opened the dcors and windows. Then they began to work over the unfortunate woman. She was frothing at the mouth and her face bore signs of approaching death. oDr. Lighthead was called and after heroic measures succeeded in bring- ing Mrs. Levy to consciousness. The doc- tor also had to give medical aid to the invalid. The latter's escape from death was little short of a miracle. PERSONAL MENTION. W. 1. Baldwin of St. Paul is at the Lick House. W. H. Clary, a capitalist of Stockton, is at the Lick House. Senator A. R. Jeffrys, from Reno, Nev., is at the Russ House. J. C. Bowman, a merchant from Cres- cent City, is at the Grand. R. H. McKaig and family,, from Sac- ramento, are at the California. William Riefenburg, a lumber man of Bay City, Or, is at the Russ House. A. Braidon, a well-known cattleman from San Ardo, is at the Russ House. J. M. Gardner, a well-known railroad is at the Grand. D. J. Kungie, who is doing some work on the fortifications at Fort Baker, i3 at at Russ House. George Murphy, a well-known miner of Nome, arrived in the city yesterday and is at the California. Senator E. C. Voorhies of Sutter Creek, president fo the Mining Association, is stopping at the Palace. Ernest Peixotto, the well-known artist and illustrator for magazines, who has been visiting Parls and New York for tue last two years, has returned to the city, accompanied by his wife. George W. Heintz has been appointed general freight and passenger agent of the North Shore road, to succeed ». B. Latham, who has resigned. Mr. Heintzs was for several years general passenger agent of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, with headquarters at Denver, and is considered one of the brightest young railroad men of the West. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Number of Fourth-Class Postmasters Are Appointed and New Pen- sions Granted. Special cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyright, 1902, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Fourth-class postmasters appointed: California—Mary E. Fiscus, Annapolis, Sonoma County, vice Henry D. Whetmore, resigned; H. B. Field, Ross, Marin County, vice Albert Marbach, resigned. Oregon—Laura M. Watson, Woodlawn, Multnomah County, vice Sannie L. Davis, resigned. Washington—Dewitt!C. Whiting, Hunts- ville, Columbia County, vice Willlam Gladden, resigned; Axel E. Larsen, Le- moco, Whatcom County, vice C. M. Lar- son, resigned; Anna C. Sholund, Marble, Stevens County, vice August Alstrom, re~ signed. Pensions granted—California—Originals —Martin Dignan, Sierra City, $12. Increase, reissue, ete.—Martin'J. Collins, San Francisco, $; Frankilyn Livenborg, Sunnyvale, 3. Qregon—Original—Thaddeus Manford, $8. Increase, reissue, etc.—Asa R. Cramer, Portland, $10; Otto Adams, Grant's Pass, 12, Hillman, Navy orders—Midshipmen John T. Bur« well and John H. Welsh, detached from battleship Wisconsin and ordered to Mar- blehead and respectively. Army orders—Lieutenant Colonel George Leron Brown, Fourteenth Infantry, to Department of Calitérnia until his regi- ment arrives at San Francisco en route to Philippines, when he will join it. i e COAL OUTPUT INCREASES. the mines of the company on Thursday reached the high-water mark of produec- tion since the resumption of mining, with an output of 1305 cars. This is practical«