The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 'MANY GIFT-LADEN CHRISTMAS TREES IN OAKLAND'S HAPPY HOMES BRING JOY TO HEARTS OF LITTLE BELIEVERS IN SANTA CLAUS I][M'H HWEM.S Preparations for the Yuletide Celebration on a Larger Scale Than Ever This Year H["SK'NS Klll STHANEE ETUHY and Revive Many Time-Honored Customs. 'I'HHMEHHH[N Disappearance of an At- Unexpected Massacre of torney Is at Last Little Salmons by Explained. 1 Pelly Tribe. Attack IsMade When Victims | Are Not Prepared to De- fend Themselves. 1902. Deserts His Wife For Another ‘) ‘Woman, Goes to Dawson | and Dies There. Special Dispateh to The Call TACOMA, Wash., Dec. Gerson, who formerly enj practice in Chicego, was buried in the Hillside Cemetery &t Dawson in March, 1899, under the name of John Hethering- ton. For more n two years his wife | &nd children have been conducting a vig- VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 24—The steamer Amur, which arrived from Skaguay to- day, brought news of the massacre of Little Salmon Indians and the murder of a storekeeper, whose store was looted and burned by the Pelly River Indianms. Dis- patches from Dawson state that the Sal- mon Indians were on their way out to sell furs when attacked by the Pelly In- dians. The Little Salmons were en- orous investigation to ascertain his | camped and they awalted the appearance whereabouts. They believed him dead | of the Pellys without expécting danger. & desin s g When the latter were within a short dis< o o ot KR S | tance. of the unsuspecting Little Salmon S IREGAS Drah u fo- Indians they yelled and simultaneously ternal Chicago. Anderson lived | fired their guns. A,number of the Little | |Salmons were slaughtered on the spot. Others were followed and killed while they were fleeing for safety. A small number of the party escaped. The sur- vivors returned to the home village and the womer’ and children were hurried to the police post at Tantalus for safety. Little definite news was received regard- ing an attack on the store, which oc- e name of Hetherington. ts gathered by the Masons and the newspapers of Dawson show beyond a doubt that Anderson and Hetherington were the same person. Both had a friend | named Coon, and both lived in his house or R | curred on December 1. Vague reports re- 'f f‘knaln trail. Both had heart dis- ceived by the police state that the store- case and became so helpless therefrom keeper was shot and killed and that his that neighbors had to cut their wood af- aseistant, who was wounded, fled to ‘the woods, but, being unprepared for the cold, probably died. The store was looted and burned. FIERCE STORMS PREVAIL THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON | | Great Northern and Northern Pacific ter February, 189. These facts concern- ing Anderson, written by him to his wife Bessle Anderson, in Chicago, were re- ntly forwarded by her to Dawson. Both | men were of sandy complexion and had | thick lips. They were about fifty years d, wore Dundreary whiskers and were | of the same height and description. Both | were Masons and owned claims on Gold | Run Creek. The woman known in Daw- | e I;‘:lng:d " 5 son ayed. residi Puget Sound. EVERETIT, Wash., Dec. 24—A fierce Hetherington and his supposed wife | snowstorm is ragihg along the line of the rever referred to their past. He reached | Great Northern Ratlroad throughout the Dawson over the ice in the | spring of 1898 Cascade Mountains. A heavy snowslide g ot i e | |at Madison carried away the railroad el e Fnaey Sy | |'bridge last night, foreing the Great him in a the - following Augu 3 = | | Northern westbound overland to con- Hetherington claimed to have once ! FALLIE LONG. | | tinue on the tracks of the Northern Pa- an office at Washington. During his | WEBSTE| L fliness he by Dr. Snyder, | | £ ! SEATTLE, Dec. 24—The worst storm now of Fa PATIENTS' CHRISTMAS EVE. German Hospital Entertains With | AKLAND, Dec. 24—The Christ- mas spirit is in the air, and In | | many Oakland homes prepara- — of the house, are waiting anxiously for Santa Claus, Dr. and Mrs. O. C. Hyde will have a tree to-morrow night for that has visited this section this seasom s been ragmg for the past thirty-six heurs. There are nine snowslides on the coast divisions of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific and” five dirt slides on | Orra and Murlel, and will also entertain 3 A Delightful Concert and Banquet. tions for a+merry celebration | et e e o e e The German Hospital's annual Christ- have been made on a larger At the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Mehr- | 5 o0 7" s > eve entertainment was given with scale even than usual. In several homes | | mann they will eelebrate 1mdr {\;;::1 3 T e sm that -eclipsed all previous | the Christmas tree is a time-honored cus- Christmas in their new home in a rather) « S . Remyorgromp oy al“hfi m_mu'm,” )u\ tom, and the elders as well as the little | more elaborate manner than usual. To- | ‘Hl Jolly Dies at :1-‘(!‘{'1:5 Yh},h' =5 orchestra was placed in the hall, | folk anticipate for months before the | morrow afternoon there will be a large | PHOENIX, Ariz, Dec. = ul: ‘x - whick $ifally ‘dccerited. with | 3o . o g 3 dinner, when twenty or more guests Will | received here to-day that Hi Jolly die seas tants. and flowers, T 1S By oL iy whi sl I O be seated at the table, and in the even- | last Thursday after a short illness at Ty- U SR b ko BareaR e o e e ke o will b distlomsd fn all dts 41t | ing, after the tree has been despotled of | sons Wells, on the desert, 100 miles west were brought down to the hall by Superintendent-Johw #. Hsake and the tering beauty Among those who have a | tree every year are the Requas, the F. M. | its fruit, a vaudeville and musical per fofmance will be given by several young- of Wickenburg. Hi Jolly was a Greek and a historical character in Greec. When the 9 3 . amily and their | G brought a caravan of camels’ nursing staff. “Their friends and visitors | Smiths, the Knowleses, the Wheatons, | ;:ierr:le;,m.):rr:on;rlhut:: Wi kL be L. (he | here ot aBout 1be thie of the CIvil WeF gled with them, fom a huge | the Tafts and the Hushes. Out at the dinner besides the host and hostess and | to experiment with them in ecrossing Christmas tree each patient and guest | Requa home this year General and Mrs. | | their little daughter Helen will be Mr. | desert wastes Jolly secured the animals was presented with a handsome present. | Long wiil be absent, but their two little | | and Mrs. Charles Curdts, Mr. and Mrs. |in Asia and had charge of them here. The The concert that followed was excellently | daughters, Amy and Sallié, will enjoy the | A. P. Leach, the Misses Curdts, Dr. Carl | experiment was a failure and the camels ranged, the musical pleces being par-| ig tree in company with their “,usi,‘g" / and Otto Curdts, Mrs. Anna Rodgers, | were liberated, roaming for years in the rly bright, as were the vocal selec-| 4.\ " Aljce and Lawrence Requa. | | Mrs. Belle Harrigan, Mrs. Lotta Tobin of [ Arizona mountains; where some of them tons which made the patients forget their | ' L iny Taft's tree with its beautiful | 5 3 e 4 | New York and Edward Thompson of Irv- | are supposed to still exist. : suffering, and many even joined in the |y raen is not to be disclosed until to-mor- | g ——_— choruses. Everything was ar-| . o gawn. Christmas at Arbor Villa is | SOME OF THE FORTUNATE LITTLE ONES WHOSE HOMES IN OAKLAND WILL BE SCENES OF CHILDISH JOY Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Melvin and ADVERTISEMENTS. ranged so that there should be no in-| orv jike an English Yuletide. The great | TO-DAY WITH BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS TREES OF EVERGREEN AND COUNTLESS GIFTS FROM DEAR Mrs. J. C. Tucker are also among those | * ~~ '~~~ . convenience to those to whom qulet was,; open fireplace in the large hall alway OLD SANTA CLAUS. who will entertain old and young with £y blazes with a cheery fire, and the tree | N s e concert lasted umtil 8 o'clock, and Superintendent Haake invited the whole of the great body of employes and | ficers to the dining hall, where a sump- ious feast was spread. | After the repast Henry Gutzeit, August | er, Dr. A. Ros and many others responded to toasts and | there were several vocal selections. In 1l the speeches the great good that the | German .Hospital is doing for suffering | mankind was set forth and the increasing | popularity of the hospital was shown by | the official statements made by August | Muller. During the early part of the evening children were permitted to visit many of the patients to whom they were | related, and before leaving each child was presented with a Christmas gift. Henry this year will bear many for Mrs. Smith did much of her Christ- mas shopping while in New York re- cently. At the Knowleses’, on Jackson street, beautiful gifts, SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE COMING IN RAPIDLY Successful Effort to Clear Indebted- ness of Young Men’s Christian Association. The work of raising funds for the liqui- dation of the mortgage indebtedness on the property of the Young Men's, Chris- tian Association at the northeast corner hal, Dr. C. Draper | @ misieieiniisiiuieiulofeiniufopieieeinfeedeieiid 1 | the children and grandchildren, including little John and Mary Adams, Jessie and Josiah Knowles and Elizabeth Bliss, will L0T3 OF BRIDES FOR CHRISTNIAS | sather about a great Christmas tree. | | The children of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred | von der Ropp, Bera and Harold, will also | THUGS HOLD CARNIVAL IN THE CITY OF ANGELS Another Citizen Is Held Up by an Armed Robber, but Manages to Save His Coin. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24.—Within two blocks of the heart of the city, one of the boldest of the frequent hold-ups that have + have a tree, and at the Gaskills’, on Fif- teenth street, Margery Waldron and baby Elizabeth Koser, the two grandchildren MEXIGD EC B RET3 EYES' ACTION Christmas trees. The tree at the George H. Wheatons’ is a yearly affair, and this year little Eliza- beth Adams, Mrs. Wheaton's daughter, will have a tree of her own as well. irsfosfootoorilefetiesfutnlfefofoemfeirlefesffofofofoedmimininlofodefofoofoeieiiminlnininls dujninieieieleieienleinieieieeis it @ FEARS HER SON IS LOST IN NORTHERN GOLD FIELDS Mrs. Sweeney of This <City Writes Pathetically to the Authorities at Dawson. TACOMA, Dec. 24.—Mrs. Sweeney of & Rausch street, San Francisco, has writ- ten to the daily newspapers of Dawson inquiring pathetically for tidings of her grand- | Twice Heart Trouble. Doctor Finally Told Me to Take Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure—It Gutzeit contributed many of the gifts dis- o A ) : : occurred recently was perpetrated to-night (PR ) ) = ooy of Mason and Ellis streets is being pushed Cupid’s Holiday Special| ;7 oock at tne o S War Minister’s Retire- |son who was a blus-eyed boy, too young Cured Me. The arrangements were in the hands of | Vigorously and with considerable success. to undertake hardy adventures In the far Buperintendent Haake i NATIVES’ CHRISTMAS TREE. Grand Jollification by the Members of Stanford Parlor. Stanford Parlor of the Native Sons of | the Golden West had its Christmas tree | fur members in Shasta Hall, Native Sons’ by Henry 8. Martin, the gr: | ciations | will be held in San Francisco March 12 to Up to the present time $52401 has been bscribed. A supreme effort is now be- ing made to raise the entire amount need- ed before March 15. The jubilee conven- tion of the Young Men's Christian Asso- | in this State and on the coast 15. A committee has been organized among the ladies, known as the Mothers’ Tribute Fund Committee, and consisting Through this committee every mother in ‘Will Be Crowded to the Guards. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 24. The largest consignment of Christmas brides ever shipped from the Alameda and Second streets. A. R. Riggs of this city, while passing an alley on Second street, was suddenly grabbed by a man who drew him into the shelter of the al- ley, forcing Riggs to obey by pointing a revolver at him. The robber immediately started to go through his victim’'s pockets, but before he had completed the search for money, Riggs had seized an opportune | moment to grasp the extended revolver ment Causes Politi- cal Sensation. CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 24.—The resig- nation of Genefal Bernando Reyes, who, since January 1. 1900, has held the post of Minister of War, has caused a reservist army, which is an auxiliary to north. When last heard from he was go- ing to Koyukuk, and Mrs, Sweeney fears lest some accident befell him in his pro- g1ess northward to the Arctic circle. The boy’s name is Thomas Sweeney. He re- elded in Dawson from May until Septem- ber of last year. His last letters stated that he was about to start for Koyukuk. Mrs. Sweeney has written him repeat- boy was of stocky build and a happy Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure cures heart disease by removing the cause. It strengthens the weakened ih"“ nerves; it regulates the heart’s action; it enriches the blood, improves the circulation and replaces sickness with health, weakness with strength, misery with happiness. Do not delay treatment. If heart flutters, palpitates, skips beats, pains, if slight exertion causes shortness of brea eart is weak vour and you should at once builéing, last Tuesday night. There was | of Mrs. John F. Merrill, chairman; Mrs. | matrimonial market will go out on Cupld's ;flld strike the man on the head with it. | GeciGed sensation in political circles. He | edly at Dawson and at Bettles, in Koyu- | begin the use of Dr. Milés’ Heart Cure. s £o0dly number of members in attend- | L. L. Baker, Mrs. Willlam H. Crocker, | personally conducted holiday spectal to- | i ““”"af‘d“};" :‘:": L h‘st h:fls' and | pag made an excellent record in this of- [ kuk camp, without receiving any repl “Dyr, Miles® Heart Cure has been of inesti= e 15 receive gifts from §ama Claus, | Mrs. George W. Gibbs Mx-:a_ Is lor Low- | morrow. Passes to fourteen of them were vefg;r(?:‘l)flrfi k:u: wi;}::lse;wtt e revoi- fidas and i Dot up: flowleow great | She writes that she is exceedingly anx mable _valqe to me and I doubt if I should ho on that occasion was nated | enberg, and Mrs. E. W. MCKInStry. |y .9 to-day at the Court of Love and « PRBCE, 2 fous to learn if he is dead or alive. The | have tried it at all but for others statements | | ; f i of its beneficial results. 1 suffered from. vai- of the Native Sons. A Bnumber San Francisco interested in her young | When train time arrives they will present | GACHE CREEK WATER the regular forces. His administration | gigposition. Mrs. Sweeney's letter hae| vular heart trouble for a number of years, members were attired in pink pajamas, | men and boys will be given an opportuni- | their credentials to the keeper at the RIGHTS ARE DETERMINED | 'S been praised on all sides, and In|peen published at Dawson, and it is be- | was given up to die on several occasions. others in costumes that were original | ty to contribute, and aiready the commil- | gate of bliss. General Passenger Agent i his retirement from the Cabinet he car- | lieved some tidings of the missing Cali- | and twice pronounced ‘gome.’ In Septem- i wonderfully made, and some, to|tee has rendered valuable assistance 10| Hymen gave every applicant, with or | Litigation of Long Standing Is Set- | ries with him the general good will of | fornia youth will be obtained. ber, 1896, the date of my last severe attack, cate a strong contrast, appeared in full | the general canvassing committee. The following prominent society ladi | without influepnce, an annual over the his Ministerial associates. P Bl my physician advised me that there was no tled in a Manner Beneficial to o evening dress. Altogether it was a motly L s s et i i aine It is reported that General Reyes will Three Years for Robbing Miles. hope. The vaives did not close at all, there el il 6 RN Colue Wasd whes: | L2ve. 1anfe: Subscriptions o' thif spedial ) Gapld rilirdad. . THe jessaushc llet 16 W Yolo County. again become Governor of the important | ONOLULU, December 17__‘},““_0 Rod. | Was constant regurgitation, and the circula- he cntered the hall and approached the | "'yl George w. Gibbs, Mre. Join T. Merrtl, | horey v, ! WOODLAND, Dec. 2—Litigation of | State of Nuevo Leon, whose capital i3 | 1igucs, the Porto Rican who robbed Gen. | 'HOm Was so sluggish that the slightest effort Christmas tree, it was “the most Temark- | you fouie Slose, Mrs. Antoine Borel, Mrs. W, | Harry V. Carman, aged 22 vears, 10 |jong standing was brought to a close to- | the city of Monterey. It is probable | .01 Mijes and Colonel and Mrs, Maus| caused fainting, followed by muscu ar con- abie lot of Christmas highbinders he had | J. Dingee, Mrs, H. J. Crocker, dis A, I | marry Mabel L. Buss, aged 20, both of | day and the consummation is of the ut- | that General Francisco Mena, present | wpii. they were in Honolulu en route to| Tactions,cach one seeming the very throbs ever been called upon to give presents to.” | Buckingham, Mre. 1. Lo Haker, Mrs E V.| Oalland; Jesse C. Harrls, 21, to marry | most importance to Yolo County. With | Minister of Communications and Public | ne Philippines, has been found guilty | of death 1 began taking Dr. Miles' Heart There was a present for every member | McKinstyy, Mre Samuct Forer, s, X ©- | Eugenia Assclin, 18, both of San Jose; | irrigation facilities unsurpassed by any | Wotks, will succeed to the vacancy Inlo¢ jarceny in the first degree and sen-| Curéunder my doctors care and when and two or three for reveral speclal fa | Ciicmiin Ms: K. A. Hyde. Mre. N. P. Cole. | Charles S. Dames, 3. to marry Hoss G. | In the State no comprehensive system has | the War Department, involving some | tenced to three years' hard labor in Oahu | Urst bottle was gone I was ordered to buy vorites, such as Joe Cox, Fred Jung, Joe | ) A. P. Hotaling, Mre. | = s ‘| ever been developed on account of the | Other Cabinet changes. penitentiary. Rodrigues stole a quantity | Dalf:dozen more. The effect of the seven Creenbe: John J. McCarthy, Judge re. Willlam H. Crocker, Mrs. | Oatley, 37, both of Berkeley; Benjamln | o ion¢ Iitigation. | The fmmediate cause of General Reves' | o clothing belonging to Mrs. Maus, also | Dottles was something remarkable. I am Dunne and Dr. W. H. Selberst. The | & % Watter Bire Geerge W, | i Durvea, 21, San Bernardino, to marry | “judgmonts and decrees were rendered | Fesignation is sald to have been articles | some joweiry and some valuable private | 1OW. Iestored 1o a condition of gacd feath prescuts were pulled down from the tree | Presciee Mrs H. Dutard, Mrs. Leon Sious, | Elizabeth C. Goodwin, 2, Seattle; ‘Fred [ and entered in the actions brought to sell | APPATing i La Protesta, a Newspaper | papers belonging to General Miles. An | nd.Pid fairlo cajoy many years of jife= F. Schieicher, the president of the | Mrs. lsaac Hecht, Mrs. James Splers, Mrs. W. | J. Schultz, 2%, San Francisco, to marry | the Moore “ditch property” and settling | Which attacked Finance Minister Liman- | were recoveged by the police. Rs. A. A. S > Angeles, assistants and handed | B- Bourn Tucker, Mrs. A. M. | 1 P A 4 th t of Mooré vs. the Capay Diteh | tour, and which articles were attributed oy o All druggists sell and guarantee first bot- ¥ 2 8t Lilienthal, M | Mary Schaffer, 22, Berkeley; Charles J. | the suit of . the Capay Ditch Thiive ot anbiat e D 3o Rernedi 3 toe e bk 10 “Santy,” who, with some witty remark, | ;e Van Viack, Mry Newman, 30, San ¥ t arry | Company and Moore vs. Adams, thus|!0 & near relative o eneral Reyes, Beclives the Wil Tavalid e Dr. Miles’ Remedies. Send for free gave to each member as he came to the | Croc Cooper, Mrs 7 e, - %, San Francisco, to marry | o ine to an end the Hiigation concern- | thoush this is denied to-day by the per- | . "5 0 0, o Hl0 "o 7o L | om Nervous and Heart Diseases. front what had been selected for him. | Smith . Mrs. E. S. Brey- (l—jhzall:ml} Murray, m.l'?a.klagd: E(Lmondimg the waters of Cache Creek, which has | 01 concerned. At all events, General J“;)ge S todsy handed do‘;n—mi’;’vmf Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. T'hesepresents were all comic and of the ‘;;;L hfi' T?fl)‘-"f“;;—"!é(& aucke, 31, to marry Mary Vanderbulck, | p 0, hending in various forms since 164, | Beves felt it incumbent upon him to ten- foit aectaring the will of th ol B ttna salex 3 . Mrs. C7| 19, both of Oakland; Erie Broberg, 28, 3 : hi ignation. The attack on |00 declaring the of the late Colonel h” character best calcuiated 10| M. Doughert le, Mrs, C. 3% s ol By the judgments and decrees all the | 0¢T his resigna ate a laugh, Wright, Mra. ey, S ¢ L Hovey, | Oakiand, to marry Edyth L. Clawson, %, | 1ify ¢ 00 S0Ca" and finally determined | Minister Limantour was such as to bring ?le:n:::nen ‘toaee |¥:?r?en::ned L.::i:rd:‘r‘:: After the distribution there was served ;A_llnk I(\’u.s E M""nlvzg!P, Mrs, Charles W. llflzl‘i‘(l'f}r::l;vn‘liamAB. dMlCLDerd'b”t‘hwme;ry and J. Craig and his associates become | LN authors of the article within t‘l:‘e pm;; dacahter of the 1anidtor. Duncan st B AT LEON LBMOS,’ collation 3 several kinds of | Siock Mrs. John Metcalfe, Mrs. W. G. Irwin, . Van Arsdale, 28, both o m- v th view of the law. General Reyes himasel 8 Sebieral water, with additions. Then for | Mrs Boroe 3tk Mot 4G, Gorgatt | urst; Robert Hunter, %, Ban Francisco, | 40 2ol s s rangemeont il ba-ja | 188 maintained s consistent attitude, sus. | SSUEhter off entirely and lefc his cstate to Matwhaik Neitev, jowed a programme of varied amusing |T. P. H. Whitclaw. Mre. D. N. Waiter, Mrs, | 204 Julla Brown, 26, Berkeley; Fred H. | T 0w o oFmr 00" o givert the waters of | tRiNing his political friendship with Min- ?‘_ ;rxgunuzflrg pte"Jm:l.xo’ al hcx";:'ai sumber of members, notably Morgenstern, | M. H. de Young, Mre. J. M. dé Greayer, Mrs, | Obermuller, 23, and Pearl Copley, 22, both | 0% Tl 170 hermanent and substantial | 15teT Limantour, but motives of delicacy, r“’d Pet 5 ot “Chu ‘who 3 - and Hendry. “the Duteh com- |3 W- Merritt, Mrs. H.'D. Morton, Mrs. Wil- | of Oakland; Francisco J. Armos, gver 2L, | th his relative's name having been connect- | tried cases for him to his Chinese servant. taniey an s £ jllam Kohl, Mre. E. R. Dimond, M:s. J.| and Marle J. Armos, over 21, both of Oak. | Manner and carry the sdme to all parts edians”; Dr. Sieberst, tin whistle solos; R. | 1. Crackbon, bone solos; J. Nash, songs, | Dawney Harvey, Mrs. S. C. Buckbee, Mrs, A. N. Towne, Mrs. George Stone, Mrs. M. A. To- land; Richard H. Bradshaw, 2, and Elda of Yolo County. —————— ed with newspaper criticisms of his Cabinet associate, brought him to ten- ELEGANT REM. NANTS FOR SUIT o -uted a pas de | bin, Mrs. W. R. Wheeler, Mrs. J. D, Grant, | H. Porter, 19, both of Oakiand; Albert E. der his resignation, which the President | 70 ORDER. One i 1;1:-\181:? l:i,,u::g he charaster and | M W, 8 Leake Mre' John Bermingham, | Lomas, 3), San Francisco, and Grace M. Gives Child to Mission. of the republic accepted in terms hom- | xtra Pants Free. :]. 1B wg e g Mrs. John Conrad, Mrs Jobert G. Byxbee, | Van Drake, %, Alameda. Miss D. Cameron of the Presbyterian | orable to General Reyes. Ao s Bh g i ol s 4SS Susiéman, Mra. Herbert E. s o Chinese Missfon was appointed guardian | FEEBLE WE MAKE SUIT! Contracts for Belg Railroad. POINT RICHMOND, Dec 24—Contracts were let to-day for the construction of the first four miles of the Richmond Belt Railroad around San Pablo Point. The contractors are-E. B, and A. L. Stone. The road will be twelve miles long, run- g avound the Point to give access (o Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe fines for the benefit of manufacturing lants which will locate at the Point. e wharves, one at cach end of Point T Ean Pablo and the other at Point Mulate, wil; soon be constructed. The work is to be done for the East Shore Company, a, subsidiary Standard Oil Company corpora- ton, of embezzling the ui Santa Fe Freight Is Wrecked. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 24—A Santa Fe freight train morning south of Bakersfield on the joint track of the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific. Several cars were ditched and the track torn up for 300 feet, delaying traffic for seven hours. The south-bound Owl was held for six hours in Bakersfield. No one was hurt. ——— POINT, RICHMOND, Dec. 24.—Deputy Sheriff Frank Moitoza departed for Santa Barbara to-day to secure George Pointer, former treasurer of the Painters’ Union &'t this place. and under, arrest on a_charge on’s funds, was wrecked early this | | was injured in a mine accident, which un- Charles A. Conahan. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 24.—Charles A, Conahan, aged %, died here to-day. Just befere the Civil War broke out Conahan fitted him for military service. Since he could not enlist he contributed $20 per morth to the Federal Government ‘‘to do his share toward defraying the war expenses.”” —_—— / Isaac L. Blaisdell. SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 24—Isaac L. Blais- dell, an old resident of this city, died here to-day. He was a native of Massachu- setts, 65 years of age. Blalsdell was for twenty years financier of the"local lodge of the A. 0. U. W, of the person of Low Ah Fah, a Chinese gir! 14 years of age, by Judge Troutt yes- terday. The appointment was made with the consent of the attorneys of Fong ' Duck, who claims that the child is his adopted daughter. Proceedings to secure the custody of the child on a writ of habeas corpus are now pending in Judge Dunne’s court. B S Aged Man Is Run Over. Moses Farmer, an aged man residing at 704% Natoma street was run over by a wagon at the corner of Eighth and How- ard streets yesterday afternoon. His | right_knee cap was badly broken. He was removed to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. The driver of the wagon did not stop after knocking Farmer down. ' g ————— Celebrates With Employer’s Money. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 24.—After disposing of a load of turkéys with which he had been sent to market by his employer, ‘Willam Mason began a little holiday cel- ebration this morning. He was later on taken into custedy for drunkenness and was about to be fined by City Recorder Bagley, when an outsider informed the court that the money on Mason’s person did not belong to him but to his employ- er. The court was in a dilemma, but upon the prisoner acknowledging that the money did not belong to him it was con- fiscated to be held in trust for the owner. YORK, Dee. 24.—The sub-treasury to- day paid out $250,000 op telegraphic order from an Francisco. IEBIC COMPANY'S EXTRACT F BEE I Byron Hot CONTRA COSTA CO. Fine a CAL. hotel, modern fmprovements, perfect ‘baths. pointments. Suits with mineral w iters and hot mine: and mud batha cure rheumati: malaria. Address MANAGER LEWIS, Byron Hot Springs. Cal. Call on Lombard &