The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1903, Page 2

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1903. 2 THE SAN FRANCISCO .CAL s crat o one o o AN D RICHMEN FACE FINANCIAL RUIN Court Order Levying Assess- ment of $24,000,000 Upon Asphalt Stoek Appals Holders —_— MILLIONAIRES WILL FIGHT Liability of Elkins, Crocker and Latta Alone Amounts to Sum | Approximating $4,000,000 L AR Special Dispatch to The Call | PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 25.—Judge| Kirkpatrick’s order for the levy of a $24,000,000 assessment upon stockholders “ of American Asphalt Company threatens several capitalists of this and ities with financial annihilation. | opens way for suits that | other he decree tha may mulct three men—George W. El-| Crocker and William J. kins,, George Lat in no less a sum than $4,000,000. It is certain that Elkins and Crock eould survive this blow and still have u w millions on which to live, but with W n J. Latta the disaster | Park. SIXTY-THR OFAB WATER SCHEME KNOCKED 007 Right of San Francisco to Have Water Source in the National Park Is Denied MIGHT MAR THE BEAUTIES RS A Unsuccessful Ending of the Long-Fought Scheme of a Supply on Tuolumne River L8 T R WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The Secre- | tary of the Interior to-day refused the application of the city of San Francisco for permission to begin the necessary | comstruction toward obtaining a water National supply from the Yosemite The city proposed to expend about ALTIM - T Continued From Page 1, Column 4. capacity and all of the passengers were cooked alive. Not a single passenger in this car escaped and it is estimated that at least forty of the dead were in the smoker. Baggagemaster Thomas J. Baum of Hazelwood, who was on the wrecked train, proved himself a herc. With his} head and body frightfully cut, he man- aged to crawl from the wreckage and, groping his way in the darkness, flag- ged the west-bound passenger train No. 49. He had nothing with which to sig- nal the train except matches, and these he made use of in his despera- tion, taking off his coat and setting fire to it. He stopped the train just in time to prevent it plunging into the wreck and adding further horror to an already indescribable disaster. COLLAPSES ON THE RAILS. Baum collapsed when he saw he had succeeded in stopping the train and when the engine stopped he was lying within a few feet of it. 3 An operater at “VR” tower on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, across the Youghiogheny River, was the first to send word of the accident and to send for relief. He was watch- EE LIVES LOST IN WRECK ORE AND OHIO EXPRESS L HAZARDOUS LIFE INRAILROADING Statement Shows That Casual- ties in Aecidents Are Greater Than in Civil War Battles STATEMENT IS SIGNIFiCANT - i S More Than 227 Persons Met Deaths on the . Lines of Pennsylvania Last Year Sy taciid HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 23.—Haz- ards of railroad life are sharply em- phasized in the annual report of I. B. Brown, secretary of the Department of the Internal Affairs, in which a parallel is drawn between the casualties among raiiroad employes in this State during the last year and the Union losses on MASTER'S LIFE SAVED BY DO Faithful Mastiff Alarms a Clergyman at Night When ans Attack Ruffi His House SEVERAL SHOTS ARE FIRED TR OO Minister Had Incurred the Enmity of Rough Citi- zens Who Sought Revenge S e, PUEBLO, Colo., Dec. 23.—Rev. J. N. Sheridan of the Congregational church at Bessemer, the steel works suburb, owes his life to his large mastiff dog for able and timely assistance in re- puising an attack of ruffians who tried to invade his home. Rev. Mr. Sheridan has been having a war with a certain rough element and has shown much boldness in efforts to suppress bad conduct, and this night | raid on his house is attributed to mem- bers of the gang. Alarmed by the bark- ing of the dog late in the night Sheri- | ADVERTISEMENTS. U. S. SENATOR FROM ARKANSAS RECOMMENDS be complete. Although promi-| ¢.9 000 < 3 ing the limited as it was speeding | gome of the great battlefields of the dan, who had armed himself for the o sucoessfel promoter, Latta, | D098 0 the watecwgrhs, and had | e Tivet, Hi saw: the Gara pile. e, e threatened attacks, found that several | & hearing before the Secretary of the Civil War. The casualties among steam according t -pute, is not a rich man, g high in the air and then sink back on | rallway employes jn Pennsylvania for armed men were trying to get the door and the decreed assessment of $40 up- | Interior some months ago, at which au- | 4o racks. The screams of the injured 1% Ay "’'! open. He ordered them away and was on each of his 3000 shares in the de- | thority to take the preliminary steps,|and dying were plainly: heard. In an- | the year covered by the report were 15, | ireq upon. The clergyman returned e trust foots up a total S0 far as they applfed to the park, was | other second he was sending word to | 382 The combined figures for steam and | the fire and immediately a volley of that ces him with ruin. asked. 5 the raflroad officials at Daweon and [ street railways show a greater number | shots -poured into the house. Several F A. B. Widener and his son,| _Thg Interior Department’s adverse ac- | connellsville. ' | of casualties during the year than oc-| more shots were exchafiged, but in the George M., are among the hard you .‘ts base:li on ‘t‘;‘e faf‘ ;‘““ m‘: ‘"'g‘:;\" For more than 500 feet both the east | curred to the Union army in any one of | darkness no one is known to have been | of the original asphalt group. Bovernment to Keep it in. its matura|2nd West bound tracks are torn UP. | the great battles of the Civil War. hit ‘pn either side. The enemy with- father stands to lose $2,000,000 and the b ry P The engine was completely demolished | y;ring the year the number of pas- | drew, but some further development of son $1,500,000. - and the big 7000-gallon tank on the ten- Whet not these suits in recov- fully prosecuted re- be d Receiver Tat- rtain that they can, while the raced millionaires say that they will to the h. er « success determin George W. Elkins, George Crocker and William J tta have a special grievance. They claim to have sur- rendered cash to the amount of $2,500,- and stock worth $1,000,000 to the uyler Asphalt Company and to ed nothing in return. It taken as an act of restitutibn and | is alleged that Elkins, Crocker and guaranteed against fur-| was it Latta ther demands - TDAHO STATUTES WILL BAR GOVERNMENT .\lDi were Attorney General Campbell | Important Opinion Con- cerning Reclamation. | WASHINGTON, Dec. —Assistant | Attc 1 Campbell of the In-| ter Departme has rendered an opinion to Secretary Hitchcock sustain- ing the latter in refusing to approve | the segregation of between 400,000 and 500,000 acres of arid lands in Idaho, | proposed to reciaim. The | of the General Land Of- | had held that in view of an act Idaho Legislature of March 18, further contracts between the | d the United States could be into so dong as the State law | was in force. This law provides that when a com- pany improved tracts of land by the building of extensive irrigaticn canals and within two years had not found | the necessary settlers for each 160 acres | of land, the lands should be deeded to | the companies making the improve- | ments. This was said to be contrary | to the Federal laws. Under the decision | entered the ouestion will dgain come | before the Interior Department at the | expiration of the two-year clause for settlement of the lands. —— CHICAGO MAN GETS A COVETED POSITION Lawrence O. Murray Is Named by | President 10 Be Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Lawrence O. Murray of Chicago has been chosen Assistant Secretary Labor. The selection was announced to-day by the President, who said that the office had been tendered to and ac- pted by Murray and that the nomina- tion weuld be sent to the Senate im- mediately after the holiday recess. The | appointment is made od the personal recommendation of Secretary Cortel- you, who has known Murray for a num- ber of years. MVAHIIES WILL SKIL'FOR 1STHM [N —— Continued From Page 1, Column 3. Assistant Gives f of the 1901 no a State entered feeling in Colombia would subside. Dispatches, however, from President Marroquin and influential Colombians have caused him to hasten his work and it is his present intention to return to Colombia and assume personal com- mand of the army as soon ae he has filed his statement at the State Depart- ment. il e Cruiser New York Being Coaled. VALLEJO, Dec. 23.—The receiving ship Independence has supplied 157 men to the cruiser New York in San Francisco harbor. They were taken down on the tug Unadilla and upon thejr arrival at Panama will be dis- tributed among the vessels of the fieet there. The navy yard has also sup- plied the New York with 600 tons of coal, which was towed down on two barges. Lieutenant Theodore C. Fen- ton has been transferred from the tor- pedo-boat destrover Paul Jones and ordered in comand of the destroyer Prebie. D papi Gunboat to Convoy Torpedo Fieet. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—It was an- nounced at the Navy Department to- day that the gunboat Bennington would convoy the torpedo-boat destroy- ers Preble and Paul Jones from San Francisco to Panama. RIS Cruiser Olympia at Colon. COLON, Dec. 23.—The United States cruiser Olympia arrived here to-day. Other United States warships now in the harbor are the Mayflower, Prairie, Atlanta, Bancroft and Nashville. —— e A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching. Blind, Biceding or our druggist will refupd money Pazo intment fails to-cure you in 6 to 14 days. 50c* of Commerce and | It was pointed out that the law un- der which the application was filed could grant’ only a temporary privi- lege which would be revocable at the will of any future head of the depart- ment. The city wished to build a dam at the end of Hetch Hetchy Valley and convert that valley into a reservoir. It was also proposed to dam up the end of Lake Elenor. The department holds that such works would obliterate or deface the natural wonders of the park. ————— WANTS MORE MONEY TO ARMOR THE SHIPS | Secretary Moody Makes Urgent Re- quest of Congress for an Appro- priation of $2.000,000. WASHINGTON, Dec. By reason of the greater rapidity with which the | new ships for the navy are being ad- vaneed to completion Secretary Moody has transmitted to Congress an urgent | request for an appropriation of $2,000,- 000 for armor and armament to be made without delay. The last appropriation made for armor and armament was based on the amount expepded per month last yegr, which was $139,708. Since July last this item has amounted to $1,109,980 per month, and after Janu- ary 1 the manufacturers of armor have notified the department that a material increase is to be made in their output. Secretary Moody also has asked for an immediate appropriation of $200,000 to enable payment to be made to Caba for the land acquired by the United States for the Guatanamo naval sta- tion and to inclose the same within a wall or fence, according to the terms of the treaty. ————— CHAMBERLAIN MAN WINS” OUT HANDILY Rowland Hunt Has Been Chosen to Succeed Robert J. Moore in the House of Commons. LONDON, Dec. 23.—Rowland Hunt, Liberal-Unionist and a supporter of Joseph Chamberlain’s fiscal policy, has been elected to represent the Ludlow Division of Shropshire in the House of Commons to succeed Robert J. Moore, Liberal-Unionist, deceased, by a ma- jority of 970 votes. At the last elec- tion Moore was elected without op- position, but at the previously con- tested election his majority was nearly 4000. The issue was clear-cut. The con- test was fought exclusively on the fiscal question. The constituency was deluged with organizers and speakers from Birmingham and representatives from the Free Food League. —_———— TRAGIC FINALE TO FOOLISH SEA TRIP | | Master Is Killed at Sea and One Man Navigates Boat Back Home in Greag Peril. WELLINGTON, N. Z,, Dec. 23.—The two and a half-ton yacht Kiora, which its owner, a man named Buckridge, attempted to sail from New Zealand to,London by way of Cape Horn, has returned here. Buckridge fell from the mast and was killed when the yacht was in the Pacific a thousand miles from land. His man and sole companion navigated the yacht back to ‘Wellington and was in the greatest peril for weeks, suffering from semi- starvation. Buckridge was 25 years old. He served in the war in South Africa and afterward became a mem- ber of the Antarctic expedition on the exploring vessel Discovery, which was ?;led out by British scientific socie- es. | —————— CONDITIONS SEEM GOOD FOR DREYFUS Report of Mercier Has Been Received and Commission Will Weigh 5 It Carefully. PARIS, Dec. 23.—The Dreyfus Com- mission to-day considered the report of Victor Mercier, one of the directors of the Ministry of Justice and the reporter of the Dreyfus Commission, on the evidence submitted by War Minister Andre. The members of the commission say the documents in the case are voluminous and they propose to thoroughly study them, so that a decision is not expected to be rendered for some days. It is generally sup- posed that the commission will sup- port Mercier's findings and that they || are favorable to Dreyfus. ——— Jurist Resigns Under Fire. HAVANA, Dec. 23.—Frederico Mora, a Justice of the Supreme Court, who has been charged with forging signa- tures in connection with real estate R der was thrown 100 feet ahead from the wreckage. The baggage car was thrown into the river, but was only slightly wrecked. All of the cars were derailed and the trucks of all except the diner were torn completely front| underneath the cars. Few persons were seriously injured in the Puliman cars and the diner, although few escaped without at least some slight injuries. SURGEONS HURRY TO SCENE. As soon as the wreck was reported in Connellsville all the available physi- cians were summoned, including Balti- more and Ohio surgeons, and a special train was made up and taken in charge by General Superintendent Sims and Superintendent Irwin of the Pittsburg division. The relief train was run at full speed and the scene of the wreck was reached at 9 o'clock. The injured were looked after immediately and every one was made as comfortable as pessible. They were loaded upon the relief train and taken to the Cottage State Hospital here. The dead were placed in a long row on the embank- ment opposite the wreckage, and in a single line thirty-eight forms lay on the frozen ground. Another row on the op- posite side of the wreckage contained eleven, and scattered here and there through the_underbrush were the bod- ies of many who had been able to crawl from the wreckage but died before aid reached them. Under his éngine lay Engineer Wil- liam Thornley, mangled almost beyond recognition. It was impossible at the time to extricate his body, and it will be several hours before the wrecking crew will be able to remove the engine which pinions him' under its huge mass of steel. Hardly had the bodies of the dead been removed from the coaches before thieves began robbing the dead of jew- elry and money. Special officers were deputized, and with the aid of the Bal- timore and Ohio police force and Con- nellsville officers the work of the ghouls was stopped. Several persons are under guspicion and arrests will occur to- morrow. One man, after rushing into the woods, came back again, went into the baggage car of the relief train and, sit- ting down, said, “My God!” The next instant he dropped over dead without another word. There was not a scar on him. He had inhaled the steam. A % AR COLLISION IN ALABAMA. Colored Mail Clerk Killed and Engin- eer Fatally Injured. MORRIS, Ala., Dec. 23.—The second section of through train No. 3 of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, run- ning one hour and fifteen minutes late, collided head-on with the Decatur ac- commodation train one-quarter of a [caused great excitement. mile south of here this afternoon. The dead: HENRY ALLEN, colored maii clerk. Fatally injured: Hollis Wright, engi- neer train No. 3. Severely injured: Tke W. Starr, mail clerk, Nashville: J. A. Willlamson, ex- press messenger, Nashville. Fifteen others were slightly injured. Pl SO AN S e GOVERNOR TAFT IS sengers killed was 41 and injured 1727; of the employes of the street railway corporations ‘21 were killed and 252 in- jured; of other persons 185 were killed and 1090 injured, making the total num- ber of fatal accidents on the 1lines of these corporations 227 and the total number of non-fatal 3059. In discussing the casualties figures| reported by the various roads, Secre- tary Hrown calls attention to the sig- nificant fact that there was a decrease in the number of employes injured last | year, as compared with the year be- | fore. . ONE MORE SUCCESS FOR CHARLES FROHMAN “Madame Sherry” Wins Plaudits of | London Audience, Although Two | Principals -Are Absent. | LONDON, Dec. 23.—Madame | Sherry” was produced at the Apollo Theater to-night under the joint man- agement of Charles Frohman and George Edwardes. Though the play‘\ was heavily handicapped by the ab- | sence through iliness of two of the| principals, Hilda Moody and Mark | Kinghorn, it went with a swing from | the start to the finish and in no way | disappointed the public, which always | expects good things from this dual management. = Violet Lloyd, Florence St. John and Louis Bradfield, all of whom are well known in the United States, scored conspicuous successes in their respective roles. “Madame Sherry” may now be considered as an- other addition to Charles Frohman’ successes in London. e ———— WARSHIP IS HURLING SHELLS AT A CITY 1 Puerto Plata, a Port in Santo Domin- g0, Undergoing a Bom- bardment. CAPE HAYTIEN, Dec. 23.—A Do- minican warship is bombarding Puerto Plata. ———— Makes Sensational Discovery of Gold. GRASS VALLEY, Dec. 23.—Specimens of gold were found this mornipg in the | heart of this city which will go thou- | eands of dollars to the ton. The dis-| covery was made by Leslie Tracy, a lad employed in the Tidings office. Tracy was sent into the back yard to clean up the premises, and while shov- éling some trash away struck a chunk of quartz. Its peculiar look caught his eye and he washed away the coating of | clay, discovering that the rock was fair- | ly yellow with gold. Since then other | pleces have been picked up where the find was made, and arrangements are being completed to sink on the ground to see if a vein exists. The find has —————————— Seattle Club Elects Officers. SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Seat- tle Club in the Pacific Coast League held to-night, Al L. Cohen was re- elected president and Scott Calhoun secretary. The offices of treasurer and president were combined and Cohen will fill both. A resolution was passed SHOWN MANY HONORS An Enthusiastic Demonstration Marks His Departure From the Phil- ippine Islands. MANILA, Dec. 24—Governor Taft was given an enthusiastic farewell to- day. A military guard of honor es- corted him from the palace to the lu- neta, where from a stand Governor Taft reviewed 5000 troops, followed by a procession of civilian employes, accom- panied by a dozen bands. Thousands lined the route of march, and many delegations came from the outside provinces. Scores of boats accompa- nied Governor Taft's launch to the steamer, on which he sailed at mid- night. S ———e———— STEAMER PREUSSEN HAS GONE ASHORE calling for a winning club, no matter what the cost. President Cohen will represent Seattle at the annual meet- ing of the league in San Francisco, January 2. R L s Oregon Millmen Are Disappointed. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 23.—The news from San Francisco that the combina- tion of lumbermen which has fixed prices in the export trade on lumber for the past two years~has dissolved was received here with great disap- pointment, as it was thought by local millmen that some sort of a truce would be effected by the arbitration commit- tee, Prominent millmen who were seen to-nizht agree that the disruption of the combine will result in the loss of millions of dollars to the lumber indus- try in the Pacific Northwest. —_———— Noted Man Dies in Copenhagen. Eric Ritzau, a young Dane residing Dispatch Says Vessel Has Stranded | in this city, yesterday received a cable the persecution is anticipated. C——— MAY BOYCOTT ASCOT PARK. Management Decides Not to Employ Union Labor Exclusively. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.—Ascot Park, Los Angeles' new racetrack, is con- fronted with a possible boycott, the re- sult of a determination on the part of the management not to employ mem- ‘bers of a labor union exclusively in any department of the place. Employment in the park is closed to union men, according to a committee which was appointed to interview the racing association officials with a view to obtaining consent for union waiters to work in the restaurants that will be part of the new resort. The committee says it was informed by the Ascot man- agement that instructions had been given not to hire members of any labor organization. Whether or not other un- fons will be drawn into the matter has not been determined. 5 Secretary Lemuel Biddle of the Coun- cil of Labor says the subject is sched- uled to come before that body at a meeting to be held this evening. of the grievance committee appointed for the purpese of interviewing park officials will be. The Ascot Park officials gave it as their opinion that the association’'s rules will not be changed. The resort will be open to union and non-union men alike in all departments where la- bor will be employed. —_———— FINDING OF BODY SOLVES MONTEREY COUNTY MYSTERY Discovery Made by a Hunter Explains the Strange Disappearance of an Eccentric Old German. SALIN.AS, Dec. 23.—Another Monte- rey County mystery has been solved. About twelve months ago an eccentric old German, John G. Kloughman, who is also known as John Klarman and as “Dutch John,” suddenly disappeared from his cabin near the Los rros mines, where he had been at work. As several weeks of strict search failed to reveal his whereabouts, it was thought that he had been crossed in something and had walked to Soledad and taken a train for other parts. He was almost forgotten, when yesterday afternoon William Crinkshank, while out hunting, noticed some clothing in the bushes just off the trail near Kloughman's cabin and proceeded to make an investigation. To his horror he discovered the bones and clothing of a man and through the latter iden- tified the remains as those of “Dutch John.” The bones were strewn around as though the body had been torn by vultures and beasts of prey. \ —_——————— Morley’s Feat at Billiards. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.—James F. Morley, billiardist and manager of the champion baseball team of the Pacific Coast League, equaled a world’s billiard record to-night on a standard five-by- ten table. Morley drove the cue ball against eleven cushions. This feat is said to equal that of Slosson, the famous billiard expert, made several years ago. Morley first made the shot last Friday night before a few specta- tors. As it was discredited by the bil- liard sharps he repeated the perform- ance to-night after fifteen minutes’ trial. —————————— Death Summons Millionaire Merchant SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 23.-D. E. Richardson, the Chicago millionaire grain merchant, died at his home in Montecito to-night after an illness of several months. Richardson has been a regular winter visitor to Santa Bar- bara for some years past-and two years ago purchased a fine property in Mon- tecito with the intention of living there permanently. He was an enthusiastic golfer and previous to his last illness was a familiar figure on the Country Club links. —_—————————— Sues Fire Insurance Companies. SAN JOSE, Dec. 23.—Mrs. Josephine Mino of Los Gatos to-day began suit He | had not learned to-day what the report | the | Catarrh Poisons. Catarrh is capable of changing all the | life-giving secretions of the body into | scalding fluids, which destroy and in- tlame every part they come in contact with. Applications to the places affected by catarrh can do little good, save to soothe or quiet disagreeable symptoms. Hence it is that gargles, sprays, atom- izers and inhalants only serve as tempo- rary relief. So long as the irritaing secre- tions of catarrh continue to be formed so long will the membranes continue to be | inflamed, no mater what treatment is used. There is but one remedy that has the Hon B. F. Rice, ex-U. S. Senator from Arkansas, now a resident of Oklahoma, in a recent letter from Washington, D. C., says: “The use of Peruna for all ca- tarrhal troubles has been so univer- sally approved and has been used with such beneficial results by many of my friends that | fully recommend its great curative qualit —Hon. B. F. Rice. Hon. B. F. Rice is only one of over fifty members of Congress who indorse Peruna. Prominent men and women all over the Unit- ed States indorse Peruna. desirable effect, and that remedy is Pe- runa. This remedy strikes at once to the roots of catarrh by restoring to the ca pillary vessels their healthy elasticity. Peruna is not a temporary palliative, but a radical cure. Send for Dr. Hartman's latest book, sent free for a short time. Address The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. If you do not derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- vics gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman. Sanitarium, Columbus, Ono. Ask Your Druggist for a Free Peruna Almanac for 1904. _—— LEADERSHIP 1S THE ISSIE { Two Candidates in the Field | to Succeed General Shafter as Department Commander SRR | Grand Army men living north of the | Tehachapi range are receiving many letters from Southern California in | which the candidacy of Charles Rice | of Riverside for department command | er, to suceeed General Shafter, is com- mended. The encampment will be held lin Los Angeles next April. General A. | W. Barrett, formerly of Los Angeles | but now a resident of San Francisco, | will be supported for commander by | many delegations. It is common talk |in Grand Army posts of Northern and | Central California that the south is en- titled to the honors this year, but it is added that the comrades dwelling south of Tehachapi cannot win with two can- didates in the field. Suecess will read- ily follow a union of forces in favor of one aspirant. General Barrett is an old-time South- ‘ern Californian. He was a resident of Los Angeles when Governor Budd ap- pointed him to the office of adjutant general. As Bank Commissioner his appointment was accredited to the south. He has quite a large personal aecquaintance in Los Angeles, and his friends there continue to regard him as a citizen of that city. 1 General Barrett is a Démoecrat and Charles Rice a Republican, but political affiliations are hardly ever considered in Grand Army contests for leadership. It 1s noted, however, with more regret than surprise, that ifi popular elections both parties turn down the veteran sol- dier. . Politicians take eénough interest im| Grand Army affairs to note where the | honors of leadership are bestowed-in a | Presidential year. General John C.| Black, th¢ national commander, is a | prominent Democratic statesman. Gen- | eral Barrett has not yet attained prom- . inence as a statesman, but he has an | excellent record as a soldier in time of war and an office-holder i time of peace. It i remarked in Grand Army circles that General Shafter has displayed en- ergy and ability as a department com- PERSONAL. Attorney W. H. Hatton of Modesto is at the Lick. Dr. C. A. Emery of Tuolumne is at the Occidental. Dr. H. O. Bathes of Chicago is reg- istered at the Lick. Dr. Cary Keith, a capitalist of Bos- ton, is at the California. Colonel M. W. Mather, manager of the Plumbago mine near Nevada City, is at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. Parker Whitney ar- rived from their home in Rocklin yes- terday and are registered at the Palace. T. M. Scumacher, traffic manager of the Oregon Short Line, arrived from Salt Lake last night and is at the Pal- ace. John F. Davis, who was recently ap- pointed Code Commissioner of Califer- nia, has established the office of the commission in the Crossley building of this city. —_——— Hanlon Cuts Out Severe Work. Eddle Hanlon did not put in such a strenuous day yesterday as has char- acterized his work during the last ten days. He did not indulge in the flerce slam-bang mix-ups with his trainers that have caused the many who have witnessed the little fellow in training to think that the go was a real prize fight. Hanlon went on the rcad in the morning as usual with Harry Foley and sprinted and walked seven miles. In the afternoon he indulged in bag- punching, rope-skipping, shadow box- ing and several rounds of boxing with Fred Landers and wrestiing with the muscylar Foley. From this ¢cn Eddie means to let *up in his training grad- ually. By Monday he says he will belly in as fine fettle as he has ever been on the eve of a fight. Near Zoulelande During Thick, Foggy Weather. 3 LONDON, Dec. 23.—A dispatch to Lloyd’s from Flushing, Holland, says the German steamer Preussen Is ashore near Zoulelande. The weather is thick and foggy. 3 According to the Maritime Register, the German steamer Preussen, Cap- tain Prehem, sailed from Yokohama October 31 and Port Said December 5 for Bremen. ——— 3 Special Rates for the Holidays. The Southern Pacific will tickets at reduced rates Dec. 24 and 25 and transactions, has resigned. Public erit- | hoG, i, a0d Jan. 1 between anl Doints icism of Justice Mora has been very | fare focs ot cxceed 10 “Tiekets Soon etiess strong. s e - |utuxnrgmni.m, Full L g ‘ X information {rom any ticket agent. - ‘ telling of the death of his father, .| against the Phoenix Insurance Com- N. Ritzau, director of the Ritzau’s|pany of Hartford to recover $2500 news bureau in Copenhagen. Ritzau’s | claimed to be due under a policy on ‘news bureau ranks with Reuter's and | 19,000 gallons of wine burned Septem- Havas' agencies as newsgatherers of | ber 1 of this year. She aiso brings an- Europe and was established in 1866 { other suit against the Oriental Com- by Mr. Ritzau. pany for $1100 insurance on cocperage, p etc., destroyed in the same fire. In SEE THE PICTURES each instance she alleges that her loss “A LITTLE TRATTOR was greatly in excess of the amount of insurance. . TO THE SOUTH” | CONCLUDED IN THE Wiggs Will Pitch for Salt Lake. NEW YEAR EDITION OF THE SALT LAKE, Dec. 23.—James Wiggs, ,NEXT SUNDAY CALL . | for whose services as pitcher the St. Louis National and the Chicago and p———————— . 'team next year. \ \ 1 T ( ‘Washington American League clubs have been negotiating, has signed a mander. He has gisited many of the posts throughout the State and will visit many others before his term of of- fice expires. —————— Transfers Property to His Wife. A deed was placed on record yester- day covering the transfer from Her- | mann Oelrichs to Theresa A. Oelrichs, | his wife, of the Fairmont Hotel prop- erty on the block bounded by Powell, | Mason, California and Sacramento streets. The nominal consideration is given at $10 in the deed, which was recorded at the request of George A. Knight. The instrument was wit- nessed by A. K. Daggett and Cnnh.s.‘ ‘Wheeler and was executed by Mr. Oel- richs in’ order to vest absolutely the title to the property in the name of his wife. g HAT ’MA' N PITTS 1008 MARKET STREET, Above Powell, SAN FRANCISCO,