The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1903, Page 2

9 FRAN CISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1903 BYRON WRECK LAD AT DOOR 0F RALAOID fartinez Jury .= Finds Verdict Against Owl Crew. Holds Southern Pacific to Be Blamable for Life of Every Victim. et Engineer McGuire and Fellow Opera- tors of Stockton Flyer Are En- tirely Exoner- ated. = PR JURY Fi . RAILROAD IS | RESPONSIBLE E, the jury summoned by H. J. Curry, Coron- er of Contra Costa | County, find that (nam- ing twelve persons) came to | their deaths by shocks, burns and other injuries in a railroad accident at Byron, in this coun- ty, on September 20, through the .gross carelessness and neg- ligence of Brakeman G. B. Cole, Conductor William Dolan and Engineer Louis Kerr of tramn No. 26 of the Southern Pacific Company, known as the “Owl train,” in failing properly to protect their own train and sig- nal train No. 84, known as the “Stockton flyer,” it proper time to prevent said accident. And we further find that En- gineer J. M. McGuire, Con- ductor Charles Shue and the crew of the Stockton flyer are blameless, and that the acci- dent would not have occurred had more precaution been used by- the said Brakeman C. B. Cole, Conductor Wiiliam Dolan and Engineer Louis Kerr and proper signals given. | And we hold the Southern | Pacific Company responsible for the lives of each and every one of the victims for neglect of duty by their employes, and in our belief the accident could have been avoided had the block system of signaling been in operation at said place We recommend that said system be adopted immediately through- out Contra Costa, covering all railroad stations. to The Call. —The Coroner to- Gy r a thorough investigation of the cause of the death of twelve persons killed in the wreck of the Owl train on night of December 20, returned a ver- exonerat! ineer and the crew which caused the phe, and laid the responsibility of ca upon the crew of the Owl e railroad compa which ated the traing. witness at to-day’s examina- M. McGuire, engineer of the Kt fiver which crashed into the i ihe in question and caused the death of twenty-eight persons. Only " . hese died within the jurisdic- f Contra Costa County, and the s was onfined entirely to them N who was badly injured in the k. came 1o the examination in a piti- n. It was evident that his ap- clear t of the appalling responsi- 1 h the rallroad company has endeavored 10 place upon him. Ph ally e w a wreck and his trembling hands and quivering lps gave evidence of the strain he had undergone since his con- finement in the hospital. He sat in a r in County Coroner Curry's office. abject picture of a broken man, and wits evident to all observers that ths endeavor of the raliroad company to lay the responsibility for the disaster at his door’ had shattered his nervous system wife hovered near him, and when sestions were asked that touched him in His DR. PIERCE’'S REMEDIES. & There are a great many hungry hearted women who would attend a baby sale if babies were ever offered for sale, because there are a it many wives who love children have been told by physi- cians that they can never hope to nurse a child of their own, Some of these women who have used Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for the cure of womauly ills have been made Liappy mothers as a result of the cure of womanly disease and the building up of the general health. makes weak women and sick women well. It establishes larity, "I wrote to you some time o get mmmrma. tion ‘about my case,” says lr.l'n!nr.y“lxe Flan- Drvdes, Va wry, of . T was troubled le weakness and pains. Received :u'-‘:’; | from you. ad me 1o et Pl or 31 - ol A;ddren . R.V. P;me. HIGHBINDER WAR AGAIN REOPENED Took Sing Latest Victim | of the Deadly Feud | of the Tongs. | Chinese Thug Goes From This| City to Hanford to Kill i a Countryman. | Special Dispzteh to The Call HANFORD, Jan 7.—War broke out in Chinatown to-d; and as a result one Chinese is now occupying a slab In the other one is in jall charged The murdered man, Took »n a bullding on Sev-| morgue and with murde Sing, was working euth street, in Chin town, and was leav- | ing the cellar when Bow Sing crept up | behind him and shot him in the back. When his victim fel! Bow Sing fired three more shots into his body. Immediately after completing his bloody k the murderer ran away and was llowed by a crowd of Chinese and O cer Bernsteln. After chasing the mu derer about a quarter of a mile Bernstein overtook him 1 placed him under ar- | rest. Bow g then attempted to draw his revolver on the officer, but the latter 100 quick for him. »w Sing says he killed Took Sing be- s right arm ecighteen years ago. The | cers @o not belleve the story. They « satisfied that the murder is the result a highbinder feud and more trouble is feared, as the rival tongs are much wrought up over the affair. Bow Sing came to Hanford three days ago from San Francisco. It is belleved he came here to kill Took Sing. his arm and she grasped wept silently INJURED MAN GIVES EVIDENCE | The closing session of the inquest was held In Coroner Curry's office, and there was ample room for the jury and spe tators. The first witness was Buger Lee, & young man who had been em-| ployed by a vineyard company near Fres- | no and who was on his way home to| Louisville, Ky., to be married. He caught | the Owl train at Port Costa, and, hav- | ing ridden on it a number of times, re- | marked to Richard Post, who was after- ward numbered among the killed, that the traln was making remarkably slow | speed. His obsérvation of the &peed of the trafi. was prompted by the fact that he expecied to meet a friend at Fresno | on important business, | When the train stopped close to Byron station Lee sat chatting with Post for at least five minutes after the hait. He then went to the rear door and looked out. He saw on the platform the red lantern of the rear brakeman and did not see it re- moved. Two minutes later the crash came and the witness found himself underneath the firebox of the Stockton “fiyer” loco- motive with scalding steam pouring upon bis face. He put up his hands to protect X eIf and both of them were boiled to the elbows. One of his feet was pinioned in the wreck, but by a supreme effort he | managed to extricate himself, tearing away his shoe and straining his leg in the endeavor. Once outside he saw a young girl lying | close to the disabled engine with a cloud of steam playing on her face. He| dragged ber back and as he did so one | side of her face fell away. The sight was | | 20 gruesome that he fainted and remem- | bered nothing further until he found him- | self in one of the coaches at about 9: o'clock. He thought it was after clock in the morning before ne and the rest of the injured were started to the city and to this delay he attributed several deaths that might not have occurred had the suffering ones been given immediate shel- ter and treatment. His own case, he | claimed, was aggravated by the neglect In addition to the scalds on his hands, arms and face, he sustained a permanent injury to his left ear. Perhaps the most damaging testimony against the raflroad company given by Engineer McGu in response to questions b arding the »ximat time be- the ton flyer lire said that he left Oakland thirty minutes behind the Owl, and was sup- posed to gain on it until the time be- twe the two when he reached Tracy was eleven minutes by schedule. He testified that within the past four months he had “picked up” the Owl, or, in other words, had run close enough to the train to discern its lights, and hs been compelled to check his speed avoid a collision. On one of the: oc- | caslons the Owl was standing still, but! the night was clear and he had been able to distinguish its lights for over a mile distant. Owl was moving and he had no difficulty in slowing his train so as to avoid a col lision | Mrs. Ethel Hill of San Jose testified | that she went to the scene of the wreck 51 On the other three occasions the succor her injured sister, Miss Mabel | Vesey, and that the latter died in her -1 arms. She knew nothing of the causes | ieading up to the calamity | 3.3 McGuire, engineer on the Stockton | fiyer, was called next. His condition was | pitiful in the extreme, bur out of the col- | lapse gleamed the spirit of the man who was accustomed to run the fastest train | in California without a tremor. He had ! nerved himself to the ordeal and under the considerate examination of Coroner | Curry he told a weak-volced but convint- | ing story of the Aisaster. as'far as he and | | his engine were concerned in it. | TELLS SPLENDID STORY. | He said he had worked for the Southern | | Pacific from boyhood and had been in the | i’ locomotive service for nineieen years, the last five yvears on passenger trains. He | had never been discharged and even since the accident In question he had received no notice from the company that his ser- vices had been dispensed with On the night of December 20 he was en- | | gineer on the Stockton “fiyer,” which left | the Oakland pler thirty minutes after | the “Owl.” He stopped his train at Por Costa, and. according to schedule, pared to run to Tracy. his next stop | When he came within sight of Byron sta- | | tion, just after he had passed the whistling { | post, which he thought was about2000 feet | | from the station, he noticed an unusual | number of white lights. As these signals indicate safety he did not check his speed | untll a few seconds later, when he saw a | red light swinging across the track. At | that time he thought he was from 1200 to 1000 feet from Byron station, | He explained that atmospheric condi- | | tions were such that lights were not v | { ble as they would be under ordinary con ditions. At the same time he sall that had he received warning from Brakeman ole one quarter of a mile from the rear | of the “Owl” he would have been able to | prevent the collision. At that point ho ! was running sixty miles an hour and the | only safe estimate he could make as to | his ability to check a train like his was | at from 3000 to 3500 feet, but a warning | at. some shorter distance would bhave | mitigated most of the horrors of the dis- | aster, He first saw a red lantern being swung across the track when he was about 1000 | fectofrom the Owl. and immediately shut | Off his throttle and put on bLis brakes. | He said Cole was less than 400 feet from‘ the rear of the “Owl” when he gave the | signal. As he approached the stationary | train he realized the danger, and after | applying the sand, was in the act of re- | versing bis engine when the crash came. { | was still open ;se the murdered man had cut him In |t | ana timbe: SERIDLS GLASH IV LABOR AANKS Politics Causes Heated Discussion at Los Angeles. Delegates Try to Avoid Im- putations of IlI-Will To- ward Schmitz. A AR LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.—The question of injecting politics in trades unions or trades unions in politics precipitated a seemingly endless discussion this after- rcon in the convention of the State Fed- | eration of Labor and when adjournment was taken at 5 o'clock the whole matter for settlement. The dis- cussion of to-day Wwas the sequel to the defeat of the Schmitz indorsement offered to the convention yesterday, which, it de- veloped, was voted down because of the opposition of a great part of the conven- tion to taking any definite action In po- litical matters. The clash came to-day when the follow- ing resolution was offered: Resoly » State Federation of Labor of Ci recommend to all the | unlons of this State to unite in solid politica | action to gain control of the Government and thereby gain complete control of the means of istribution and thereby get ths £ our labor Walter Macarthur of San Francisco im- mediately moved that the action be in- definitely postponed. During considerable confusion on the floor of the conventian the roll was finally called and the secre- tary announced that the motion had been defeated by 171 votes. ‘The announcement was supposed to be ive and consideration of the mo- tion had begun when John Bell, delegate from the Coast Marine Firemen's Union, discovered that the 800 votes which he had cast for his constituency in favor of tabling *the resolution had been recorded against the motion. The remaining hour of the session was not sufficlent to set- tle the dispute that followed Bell's dis- covery and the question will be reopened to-morrow. When discussion was opened on the original resolution, the existing division of opinion regarding the entrance of the unions into politics made itself manifest and a spirited debate followed. Led by Walter Macarthur, the conservative unions of San Francisco waged a hot fight against entering into politics. They were opposed by the socialist element under the leadership of G. 8. Brower, recently candidate for Gévernor on the Soclalist ticket “Trades unionism in politics in San Francisco has proven a failure,” asserted | Walter Ma rthur in a stinging attack on the proposed changes. Continulng, Macarthur said Eugens E. Schinitz was elected Mayor of San Franvisco not by the Union Labor party, but prisiog of the rank and file of ries as @ Drotest against mal- administration in city government, probably in the us: lice force in this city on the em- rs’ side of the labor dispute. Since their advent into politics the unions of ve gone backward. They are | dissensions over the distribu- ind political offices and are los- ing sight of the economic principles that un- derly their foundation *efore adjournment the committee on Jegislation, which is supposed to be large- ly Soclalist in its-make-up; offered the following amendment to the resolution: Resolved, That the California State Federa- tion of Labor hereby expresses its sympathy With poWiieal mction by the working classes Is understood that this amendment 1t has a better chance of receiving indorse- | connt of its moderate tone. Before adjournment practical reconsid- eration was taken on the action yesterday in failing to adopt a resolution indorsing Mayor E. Schmitz of San Francisco as a municipal executive and beloved friend of labor. The reconsideration was in the form of a motion to the effect that the resolution introduced yesterday was voted down because parts of it were con- trary to the avowed policy of the con- vention not to take any action on politi- s. The indorsement of Mayor Schmitz, to many of the delegates, seemed to savor too much of political action and was for that reason, according to the mo- ment on tion of te , voted down. The motion was passed by a rising vole, the dele- gates evidently being anxious to avold imputation of ill-feeling toward San isco's Mayor. i i bl @ EMIST CHECKE FIREIN % MINE Ariz has been threatening to destroy the United Verde Copper any Frar t ace for the past four months was ®¥is- covered to be extinguished to-day. The news of the success of Chemist John Herman in subduing one of the most stubborn fires known to mine history 1s recefved with the greatest joy here, where more than 1000 men have been kept idle for five months because of it. The origin of the fire is not known. The method adopted to fight the fire was to force into the mine heavy ca bonic acid gas, which displaced the oxy and finally smothered the fire in the o, s of the mine. The man who successfully combated the fire 1s a young student, apparently not more than 21 years of age. L e e e e e e e e e e e B e ) He was thrown from the cab and did not | come to consclousness until some hours later. McGuire answered all questions by Cor- oner Curry In a dispassionate and evi- dently truthful manner and his testimony scemed to have much weight with the jury. He even tried to protect the crew of the “Owl” from blame In the case, with the exception of Brakeman Cole, whom he held culpabie only inferentially, CORONER CURRY'S CHARGE. At the conclusion of McGuire's examin- ation Coroner Curry addressed the jury in no uncertain term He said that the evl- dence undoubtedly had fastened the blame for the loss of twelve lives in Contra Costa County upon the Southern Pacific - Company and more particularly upon the crew of the “Owl" train, every member of which had been proved to e derelict in his duty on the night in ques- tion. The jury evidently was of one mind, for its entire deliberation was consumed in writing out separate verdicts in the cases of death occurring in Contra Costa Coun- ty as a result of the wreck. The result of its deliberations was to hold responsi- ble for the killing of Charles A. Owen, Halu Myogawa, Charles A. Sessions, Eliz- abeth L. Smith, Emily. Mayer, Quong Long. Mabel Vesey. Clarence A. Olufs, Fred S. Eastman, Ah Quong, Birdle El. ‘lfott and Hom Helm the Southern Pacific Rallroad Company and each individual member of the crew of the “Owl” and exonerating Tugineer McGuire and the crew of the Stockton “flyer” from any blame in the matter. ——— To Cure 2 Cold in One Day Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the money 1f it fafls 10 cure, E. W. Crove's signature is on each bux. 26¢. ) Jan. 7.—The mina fire | Mine at this | MIDOLE WEST FEELS FORGE OF BLIZZARD Storm BExtends From Canadian Line Down to Kansas. |Rail Service Is Demoralized ?\ and the Telegraph | Crippled. | Trains Move Slowly on High Grade:? Because of Danger of Being ! Blown Off the Tracks by Gales. | | | ST. PAUL, Jan. 7.—The blizzard which | prevailed In the Dakotas last night passed | | eastward to-day, the storm becoming gen- | | eral throughopt the Dakotas and Minne- | sota, extending east into Wisconsin and | south into Northern Nebraska and North- | | western lowa. ! | [ \ i | Throughout the storm swept district the | telegraph service has bLeen badly disor- | | ganized and railroad traffic bas been | f crippled, trains being abandoned in many | districts. In Southern Minnesota the | storm has been unusually severe. Albert | Lea, neur the lowa line, reports business | practically suspended o account of the | | blizzard. ‘To-night Mankato reports the gele abating sumewhat in the southern | | part of the State, although the tempera- | ture is rapidly falling. The snow, which | | was not extrgmely heavy, drifted badly, | and ‘all freight trafns on the Mankato | branch of the Chicago and Northwestern were abundoned to-day, and passenger | trains were from’ two to five hours late. | Browns Valley, Minn., reports the storm | the ‘worst-that has occurred in the last | ten years. A heavy fall of snow and a | northeast wind blowing about forty miles an hour make travel of all kinds impossi® ble. Al trains are abandoned on account of the storm, and no mails have been | recelved or dispatched from Browns Val- ley since yesterday morning. Some farm- ers who left Browns Valley last evening have mot been heard from, but as the | weather is not very cold it is believed that they have not perished. Snow cuts on the Great Northern are reported from ten to fifteen feet deep. At Luverine, Minn., | the roofs were blown from several bufld- | ings. | OMAHA, Jan. 7.—The railroads we s aftected by the storm. and near- | train arriving In the city to-day | from a distance was from one to six hou late. The trains from the West were the most seriously affected. although Lhe trains from the north were all late, Sev- | eral instances are reported where engl | neers stopped their trains entirely dur | Ing certain storms while they were on high por exposed ground, being afrald to rum | them because there was danger of being | Dlown oft the track while rounding curves, | TOPEKA, Kans, Jan. 7.—Wind attain- ity of thirty-six miles an hour | has prevalled throughout Kansas to-day. | It has been hard on telegraph wires, | Railroad operating wires are broken and | tangled on the prairies. To-day the | Western Union was inyolved In the worst | | Wire trouble it has experienced in several | months, $hile the Rock Island had anly | | three wires over which messages could be | sent. DEADWOOD, 8. D. Jan, 7.—A hurri-| cane swept the Black Hills' region all of | yesterday and nearly all of last night. ! Michael Butler, a log hauler, was killed a mile from the Homestake pumping sta- | tion, on the Spearfigh river, by the f;nllingl | of @ tree. Trees were blown across rail- | reéids nd several trains were wrecked. LOVISVILLE, Ky. Jan. 7.—Reports | from portions of the Southeast and from | rearly all parts of Kentucky indicate that | [ the effects of the northwestefn blizzard are belng severely felt. Memphis reports | that the wind there has attained a veloa- | vhone wires are in a de- ion, rendering communi- | and Southwestern | Louisiana, where high winds also prevail, very uncertain. No serious damage, how- | ever, has b reportes | | SAGASTA'S FUNE RAL ! l ' IS MOST IMPRESSIVE ! Spain’s Former Premier Given Full | Honor in the Obse- | quies. MADRID, Jan. 7.—The Archbishop of Toledo officiated at the funeral of former | Premier Sagasta to-day, which was wit- | nessed great crowds. The streets | through which the cortege passed were | [ linea with troc The casket will remain in a vault pending the erection of a tomb. he funeral of Senor sta was a re- | markable popular demonstration. Behind the lines of troups were crowded masses £ people. mostly of the lower classes. | They were sileat and respectful and | bared their heads as the cortege traversed | the streets. Every window along the line of march was filled with spectators from the upper class of soclety. Tn addition to the mourners all the Cabinet Ministers, as well as representatives of King Al- fonso and the Queen mother. followed the | | remains. Almost every public body and | every class of societw were represented | In_the funeral procession. The splendid funeral car was drawn by six horses and flanked by the King's hal- berdiers and the ushers of Congress and the Senate, bearing lighted tapers. It is estimated that 200,000 people were on the streets to witness the funeral. i CUPID AWAITS T. BURNS AT THE NUPTIAL BARRIER Rumor Is Revived That the Clever {Jockey Is to Wed Mrs. Richard Clawson. CHICAGO. Jan. 7.—A Daily News New Orleans special says the gossips at the 8t. Charles Hotel are again disqgssing a story which has to do with horsemen and racing. Jockey Tommy Burns, under con- tract to ride for W. Whitney with a rvetainer of $20000, is to be married. His prospective bride is said to be Mrs. Rich- ard Clawson. widow of the Jate jockey. Though Mrs.. Clawson steadfastly de- nies the engagement, the general impres- slon s that the marriage is one of the probabilities of Kaster time at Washing- ton. Mrs. Clawson is the guest of Mrs. Curley Brown here. Burns Is probably worth $50,000. - ————— Flees From Plotting Anarchists. BARCELONA, Jan. 7.—Quirino Cost Vice President of Argentina, has can- celed his engagements here and has left Barcelona hurriedly for Nice. His de- rture is attributed to fear of an gn- ist plot against himself. L Crown Prince Will Appeal to Pope. ROME, Jan. 7.—The Papal Nuncio at Munich. Bavaria, has notified the Vatican authorities that after the Crown Prince \ of Saxony has obtained a verdict in ghe civil court he will ask the Pope to annul his marriage. Then negotiations will be conducted through the nunciature at Mu- by | able fever, or it may be so slight as to | | tle or no attention is paid to the first TURNG THE At into a delirium and a man, making sleep impossible for any one | under the same roof. The jailer, Peter nich. as there is no papal representative in Saxony, ADVERTISEMENTS. HEALTHY \\4 OMEN Praise Pe-ru-na as a Cure for Colds and a Preventative of Catarrh il .! MRS M..J. BRINK FIRST STAGE OF CATARRH A Serious Mistake Which Thousands Are Making. The first stage of catarrh is what is commonly known as “catching cold.”| It may be in the head, nose, throat or | Jungs. It's beginning is sometimes so severe as to cause a chill and consider- | not hinder a person from his usual busi- ness. In perhaps a majority of cases lit- stage of catarrh, and hence it is that nearly one-hali of the i people* have chronic catarrh in some form To neglect a cold is to invite chronic As soon as any one discovers catarrh. | cold weather I caught vere the first symptoms of catching cold he should at once begin the use of Peruna according to directions on the bottle, and the cold is sure to pass away without leaving any bad effects Unless this is done the cold is al- most sure to end in the second stage of catarrh. which is making so many lives miserable. If Peruna was taken every time one has a vold or cough chronic catarrh would be practically an unknown disease. Miss Elizabeth Uber. No. sireet, Alban ., writes: “I have always dreaded unsettled weather because of my extreme liabll- ity to catch cold. when a catarrhal trouble would quickly develop through my entire system. which it would take weeks to drive awa: Bassett I am thankful to v that since T have taken PE- RUNA I do not have any reason te dread this any more. If I have been it all exposed to the -damp. wet or old weather I take a dose or two of PERUNA and it throws out any hint of sickness from my system.” - Miss Eliza- beth Uber. | | | Mrs. M. J. Brink, No. 820 Michigan ave- | nue. St. Joseph. Mich., writ | “This past winter during the wet and a sudden and se- cold, which davelaped a ca- tarrhal condition through my entire sys- tem, and so affected my general health that T was completely broken down and became nervous and hysterical and unfit to supervise my home. My physician pre scribed for me, but somehow his medi- cine did me ny good. Reading of PE- RUNA. I decided to try it. After I had taken but three bottles I found myself in fine health.”—Mrs. M rink. Main street, Hunt- | Ington. Ind. writed: “Last winter after | getting my feet wet [ began to cough, | which gradually grew worse until my throat was sore and raw. Ordinary rem- edies did not help me and cough remedies | nauseated me. Reading an advertisement | Sibyl A. Iadley i it MISS. SARA M°GAHAN. 1 decided to imagine how lieve me in of what PERUNA could do, ¢ a bottle. and you can feit when it began to ry short time. In less than two weeks completely cured.'—Sibyl A. Had Miss Sarah McGahan, No. 197 Third + street, Albany. N. Y.. writes “A few months ago ! suffered with a severe attack of Influenza, which nothing seemed to relleve. My hearing became bad, my eyes became irritated and fever ish.” Nothing seemed right and nothin I ate tasted good. 1 took PERUNA and within two webks I was perfectly well. —Sarah McGabhan. 1f you do not derive prompt and sat- isfactory results from the use of Peruna write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be glad to give you his valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O O b PRSONEN Jailer Tries the Wateri Cure to Quiet an ! Inebriate. Victim Is Found Half Frozen | by the Sheriff and Dies | Soon Afterward. | | Special Dispatch to the Call. - REDDING, Jan. —Tt i= alleged hnréE a prisoner named Bruce Davis, confined | in the Josephine (Oregon) County Jail, was given the water cure for (Inmksn-‘ ness Tuesday and died after the opera- | tion. The man who is said to have. ad- ministered the cure Is Peter Miller, the jailer. Davis had been committed to jail | a few days previously, charged with steal- ing some jewelry, and had been held to answer before the Circuit Court. He had been a confirmed Inebriate and when de- prived of liquor In the jail he was thrown | raved like mad | Miller, occupied a bed in an adjoining room and. finding he could not sleep, at- tempted to pacify and quiet Davis first by persuasion, which was ineffectual, and then, It is said, by the water cure. Miller turned the hese on Davis and kept it playing ‘until, it is said, there were two inches of water on the floor. Davis sub- sided under this treatment and the jaller went back to bed. The man was found in the morning by the Sheriff drenched and shivering. The thermometer regis- tered at the freezing point. Davis never | recovered from the shock and died. Land Grant Bill to Be Amended. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—The House Committee on General Public Lands to- day directed Representative Moody of Oregon, who was authorized some time | ago to favorably report the bill provid- ing for an exchange of railroad grant | lands for lands of the public domain, to | amend the Dbill before reporting it to the House so as to make it apply to wagon grant lands as well as to railroad grant lands. Representative Mondell of Wyom- ing informed the committee that he would prepare and introduce a bill embodying recommendations of the Secretary of the | Interior relative to selling timber of the public lands. et MONTANANS SEE FALL ¥ \ OF IMMENSE METEOR Crash of Its Contact With the Earth Is Heard Miles Away. ANACONDA. Mont., Jan. 7.—A special to the Standard from Dillon, Mont., says an immense meteor fell on Rattlesnake Creek in Beaver Head County last night. It looked as large a hogshead and was visible for fully a minute. The crash of its contact with the earth could be heard for miles. As soon as the snow disappears an effort will be made to locate t. — e Edward P. Maclean. PARIS, Jan. 7.—Vice and Deputy Con- sul General Edward P, Maclean died to- night of pneumonia. Maclean's iliness began a week ago, with a light attack of the grip. Acute pneumonia developed last evening. Deputy Consul General J. are being made by a number of attorneys | the leading attorneys of the county and | Richards and 8. F. Many Aspirants for the Judgeship. SAN JOSE, Jan. 7.—Strenuous efforts to secure the appointment of Superior Judge to the vacancy caused by the res- ignation of Judge Lorigan. and the wires to Sacramento are kept ‘hot in the inter- est of the several candidates. Howell C. Moore, ex-District Attorney of this coun- ty. appears to have the best of the fight and his feiends claim there can be little doubt of him getting the appointment. | Harry J. Edwards and other friends of | Moore are bringing all sorts of influence to bear for their choice. Moore is one of his long service in the party and standing 8s a lawyer Is expected to influence the Governor. Joseph R. Patton is also prom- inently mentioned. James R. Lowe, | State Senator Louls Oneal and John E. | Lieb are also spoken | ties | of among the possi Blacksmith Shop Is Set on Fire. NTA ROSA, Jan. ©.—An incend v last night attempted to burn the black- smith shop at First and Main streets, | owned by Robert Ri The fames were | quickly subdued. This is the third time that Ross' shop has been set on fire. On botlf of the previous occasions the blaze | was discovered close to the midnight hour and the property saved. Ross inclines to the bellef that all of the fires have been started by the same person. | Earthquake Alarms Bakersfield. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 7.—Bakersfield | experienced a short but sharp shock of | earthquake at 4:30 o'clock this evening. | the vibrations being from north to south. but the shock sent | e in big business houses out into the | eet and caused considerable alarm. No @amage was done th | Boara. Sheriff Mansfleld Loses Recount. REDWOOD CITY, Jan. 7.—The recount in the election contest for the office of Sheriff was completed this afternoon and resuited in the counting out of J. H Mansfield, who had been declared elccted by the Supervisors by a majortty ‘ot six. ty-three votes. When the last precinet was reached both Mansfield and Chatham Pad received the same number of votes, but when the ballots of the precinct were counted Chatham, the contestant, had re- celved thres more votes than Mansfleld The result of the recount gives Chatham 1221 and Mansfield 1213. The former lost 157 votes and the latter 22. Mansfield lost principally through the “no nomination marks. Further evidence will be taken in the case. - Amusement Rooms for Presidio. WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.—The Army composed of meral Young and Major John P. Fremch, appointed to dis- tribute the appropriation of $500,000 post exchanges, amusement rooms, at army posts, has made its report and it has been approved by Secretary Root Among the principal items of allotment are $50,000 for the Presidio, San Francisco, and $50.000 for Vancouver Barracks, Wash. ingtor for ete., D Will Spend Honeymoon in the South. SAN JOSE, Jan. 7.—Miss Maud Monroe and J. J. 8 Brien of this city were mar- | ried at noon to-day in St. Patrick's Church. After the ceremony a w - breakfast and reception were held in . 0 | O. F. Hall. The bride s a niec | tain 3. A roe of the polic ment. Mr Mrs. Brie extended wedding tour in the rt of the State ! 66 l haven’t ture stores aimost the bill in ful . Come in and let fullv. ould, Sull Allison Bowen is absent in the United States on sick leave. leaving Consul Gen- eral Gowdy without any important offi- cials (o assist him at the most trying pe- riod of the year, Suite 1403 “Call” Building Corner Market and Third Streets *‘But | would like to buy of you awfuily well, | because your stock is so much larger and nicer than the instaliment stores have.” This is something you hear in the big cash furni- for the existence of The Gould-Sullivan Company_ We simply advance you the money with which you can go to one of the first-class furniture stores, make your selections in furniture, carpets and cur- tains, etc., the same as a cash customer and pay You can then pay us one-fifth of the total amount down and the balance in easy monthly payments. All we charge you for the accommodation is a six per cent advance on the purchase price—a regular banking rate of interest, The installment stores char cent advance for credit. you FOUR per cent. enough ready cash” ——— every day. It tells the reason g¢ you a ten per Hence we actually save us explain our plan to you more ivan & C <