The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1903, Page 2

THE 'S FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY DECEMBER 26, 1903. FATALLY SHOT FROM BARR MRRICADEI Negro Fives at Want to Arrest Him and In- jures Friend Held as Hostage ks BT ASSAILANT IS CAPTURED,ONE KILLED IN TANTLY =L e R | —— the Officers Hav Capturing the Despe Limmunition Is Exhausted and wdo in e ton, Peter Do! ody wour ar Benton, the irred ne FULL MARES CONFESSION OF MURDE OF LEE GAR ms the rdino Police Crime ¥ itied by Her Consort. YARDINO, D the ho, it is be- his m method at ————— PASSENGERS ARE HURT IN A COLLISION Two Trains Collide and Ohverturned, Severely Fleven Persons, KOMO, formerly City « § s been agreed upor successor of Henry Cast the f Auditor for th Postof Department. Car s tle is a Minnesoia man on the strength of that fact th Sanesoti Senators and laid | and out A DR. PIERCE'S REMEDIES. BAD BLOOD in many ways. Some- ties in the blood merk with blotches, pimples, Sometimes the bad blood is natism or a debili- 4 condition w popx.l rly "fte!iug out, hardly Reveals itself times the im and mar the s boils or other er able to dmg my c]f around.” The impurities and poisons which ccrmpt the blood, clog the Iiver and cloud the skin are removed by the use of Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discov- ery. It does more than eliminate the poisons ; it increases the activity of the blood-making glands so that there is an increased suppl ly of pure, body-building blood. It brightens ]'nlu‘c Who | ‘ Two Men Are Shot at a Country No Trouble ! tie eyes, cleanses the skin, and gives | new, physical ener, Accept mno subm_mte for Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. 1 thank God for the good your medicines have done me.” writes Mr James M. Sizemore, of Mitchell, Lawrence Co.. Ind., Box sor. "I was not well for two years. My throf always sore, head ached. and back ached nearl all the time. My weight was 155 pouflds was taken sick wnh S fever, and when the fever left me 1 such 3 pais in my left wide 1 could not breathe without paia. I Bt 1 must die. My wife went to the i sty s a bottle of Dr. Picrce's Golden Medice and a vial of his to feel better : 'flnh side and I could h‘ufle wit greolfcte could not stay im the room. 1 began to walk ubvn the streets; I felt better each morning. 2 month's nse of the medi. Sine 1 was well. That Sl & i g Now 1 weigh 154 pounds and tver in my life.” Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con- pation. : 1 | Western Indiana is experiencing bliz- 1! GUNS INPLAY AT A DANCE ; Party Which Is Given by l the Finland Colony in Utah A Woman Struck by a Bottle | During Fracas and Dead Man Were TInnocent Bystanders| | EUREKA, Utah, Dec. 25.—One man | !lying dead in the Morgue with two shotgun wounds in his body; another | n fatally wounded from the same kird of a shot, a woman badly bruised about the face and two other men in the County Jail is the result of a row which took place at Finn Hall early to-day and broke ap a dance and social gathering of the local colony of Fin- landers. The dead man is John Eastman, an| innocent spectator of the trouble; the| fatally wounded is John Backman, the infured woman is Miss Anna Cronlof d the two ioneré are Charles Pe- t on and Herman Backman. All are Finlanders, % i The trouble is said to have been started by the Backman brothers, who had been drinking freely. One of them | is alleged to have struck Peterson, who | immediately left the hail to get a shot- | gun. As he was leaving the place one of the Backman brothers threw a beer bottle at him, but the missile struck Miss Cronlof in the face, knocking out teeth and otherwise badly injuring hen Peterson returned Herman an grappled with him for pos- fon of the weapon, during the struggle for which both barrels were scharged, the contents entering the v of Eastman, killing him almost antly. During the fighting between Backman brothers and Peters. n.‘ which e d after Eastman was kman was shot in the sess a2 wound which it is 1 prove fatal ———————— STILL UNABLE TO TRACE ! MISSING GAMBLING BILL | Page of the Oregon Senate Denies | That He Received Paper From Clerk of the House. r., Dec. —Ralph Cronise, te page, denies in the most positive terms that Chief Clerk Jennings of the of Representatives gave him a| 0 take to the President of the Sen- I did not receive at any time papers from Mr. Jennings, d Cronise this evening. “I received many of the mes- sages from the House, but always from the doorkee, or from the House pages. When Mr. Jennings came over with pavers he took them to the Presi- it himself. instructions were not to deliver T to any one but the l'l»“llrn. of the Senate. 1 was told that if a ne interfered with me or tried to take papers from me 1 should shout for help and hang on to the man who interfered. 1 should have done this if any one had tried to take anything. 1 don’t know whether I carried the gzambling bill or If T did I deliv- ered it to the President without know- what it was. All messages were sealed in envelopes. If Mr. Jennings del d that bill, or any bill, to a boy the § one 1 nate he delivered it to some resides me and some one who was 3ON CITY. Or., Dec. ator Brownell, President. of to-day stated that he knew nothing of the missing gambling bill. It was not to his knowledge given to him. He regards as probable that it was logt in the press of business attending the closing of the Lezi IN THE PATH OF MM] WINH& 7 S Continued From Page 1, Column menced to fall at 9 o'clock in the! morning and continued until late in the afternoon, the entire fall being ted by the Weather Bureau at = and one-half inches. The storm ™St was unaccompanied by wind, late in the afterncon a gale of forty miles an hour sprang up from | the northwest and the mercury fell | The thermometef stood at 15 7 during the greater rapidly. degree above t of the day and at 10 o'clock to- night it had fallen to 4 below, with the promise from the weather office of 10 below by daylight. | The snow did nat cause any trouble until the wind rose, when it com- | menced to drift badly and many of | the outlying street car lines were seri- ously crippled. The cold is scheduled to continue through to-morrow, with a high wind to add to thé discomfort. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec."25.—A gale | blowing at the rate of fifty miles an | hour struck Louisville at 5 o’clock this | morning and within two hours ,the ! mercury dropped over 20 degrees. The | gule was accompanied by a brief but | blinding snowstorm. The ferryboat y of Jeffersonville, plying between Louisville and Jeffersonville, Ind., be- came unmanageable after an exciting.) trip lasting two hours and .was blown to the bank at the eastern end of the city. The passengers were got safe- ly ashore and the boat made fast for the night with slight leakage. The storm destroyed many chimneys, show windows, etc. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 25.—At 11 o'clock to-night the temperature was 5 degrees above zero and falling. A bitter north wind prevails, making the | present cold spell the severest of the winter. There is no snow here. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 25.— zard weather to-night. The mercury fell 31 degrees from 2 o'clock this aft- ernoon to 9 o'clock to-night. Reports from Brdzil, Clinton, Sullivan, Indiana, Illinois and other points indicate a de- cided drop in the temperature and driving snow storms. Telephone ser- vice is seriously crippled. BURLINGTON, Iowa, Dec. 25.—A ) fierce blizzard raged here to-day, ac- companied by a drop of 30 degrees in temperature. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 25.—There was a drop in the temperature of 40 degrees here between 8 o'clock this morning and 8 o'clock to-night. The mercury stood at 6 below zero at the latter hour. | sitting in a h "|\1ared und=r arrest by | establishment of but one sta | Signal Corps, U. FORGER PARKER GALY 1N JAIL Prisoner Who Escaped From Detective While Being Taken to Portland Is Run to Earth A0 MAY NOT BE PROSECUTED Mother of Accused Offers to Recompense Merchants Who Aceebted the Bogus Checks STt L Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Or., Deé¢. 25. — While tel at Condon, Or., Thur- Parker, the escaped Montana low W. forger who has wealthy parents &nd | lots of influence, was arrested late last night by Sheriff C. G. according to his own story, left the train at Arlington after he had escaped from the custody of the detective who was bringing him back to Portland. He says he had a pair of overalls, a jumper, hat, shoes and stockings in a grip and he was attired in these when arrested. Parker resistance when Sheriff Johnson e meade no and when searched was found to ¢ no weapon: He at Cond pending the arrival of Port- land officer: Parker says he broke his leg irons off with a rock after leaving the train. It is not belicved that Parker will be prosecuted for the perpetrated by him in Portland, as his mother is expected to make good all of the losses ircurred by the Portland firms. She has demanded that in cas2 she ys those who ‘were swindled the prosecution be dropped. The) District Attorney says that he will rot | consent to a dismi 1 of the charges. ICE AND WATER CARRY MESSAGE Sent ()fi' in Letter a by Is Found by Norwegian Ship PEEH T e VA, Kan., Dec. — Arctic Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, B EX- | plorer visiting his father, Colonel E. has just received an win of this place, original message which he himself dis- patched by balloon within ten degrees of the north pole in June, 1802. The message was one of twenty, each contained within a copper tube inserted within a cork buoy. The twenty buoys were suspended to ini the balloon, one beneath another, such a manner that as the buoys in turn touched the surfuce of the earth following the gradual escape of the gas from the balloon, each was released hy means of an automatic device. The suoy which contained the message which Baldwin has just received was picked up at sea November 12, 1903, near Skotningberg, Finmark, Norway, near North Cape. The bhuoy was in good condition after its voyage of near- ly seventeen months by air, ice and water. I May, 1903, one of these buoys containing a message in excellent con- dition, cleven months after its dispatch from Franz Josef Land, Jure 11, 1902, was picked up on the northeast coast ¢ Iceland. Ly Baldwin-Zeigler expedition not returned in the autumn of 1902, es- pecially Land, with the suppiy ship that same sumner, the significance of these dis- patches by balloon would have been | well understood by the public months In the message just ceceived the n is re- ferred to. As a matter of fact, three others were put down in Franz Josef Land and three on the northeast coast of Greenland. The message is as fol- ago. | lows: “Latitunde 80 degrees 21 minutes north; longitude 56 degre:s 40 min- utes east. Camp Zeigle Franz Josof Land. Field headquarters of the Bald- win-Zeigler Polar Expedition, June 24, 1902..-To the Nearest Américan Consul- ate: Cargo coal required quickly. Yacht ‘America’ in open warer (Aber- dare Channel) since June 8. This yeur's work successful, enormous d=pot placed on Rudolfland by sledge March, April and May; ocollection for National Mu- | of | seum; record from and pa:ntings Nansen’s hut, excellent photographs and moving pictures, etc., etc., secured. Five ponies and one hundred and fifty dogs remaining. Desire hay, fish and thirty sleadges. Must return early Au- gust; baffled, not beaten. Please rush coal. All in health. *“13th balloon. Buoy No. 16— Baldwin, S. A ——— INSANE PATIENT ESCAPES FROM SMALLPOX HOSPITAL Armed With Knife and Club, He Runs Throngh the Streets Until Cap- tured by Guards. SPOKANE, Dec. 25.—Brandishing a huge knife in one hand and a club in the other Tony Ascheburg, an in- sane smallpox patient, created terror in the general ward of the isolation hospital in Spokane to-night and then started out to terrorize the neighbor- hood. Ascheburg, who is a plumber by trade, was given the usual freedom in the detention hospital. He suddenly became delirious to-night and started on the warpath, threatening to kill the patients with a huge knife -with which he had been whittling. The patients fled from the corridor and Ascheburg then took to the road. Fortunately there are few residents in that section, and before the crazed man found a victim he was recaptured by hospital guards and taken to the solitary ward. Physicians say de- lirium in mild smallpox cases is rare. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind, or Protruding Pllex mzmc:"e.-nmml !m’-fi Johnson. Parker, | is being held in jail | numerous crimeas | Balloon Avetic Explorer Baldwin who s B. Bald- | after the failure of Zeigler's | | private secretary to reach Franz Josef | WANT BIDS [N SUPPLY OF CEMENT LA Manufacturers Protest Against the Government Furnishing Materials for the Construe- tion of Dams in Arizona DECLARE THE ACTION IS UNREASONABLE Contention Is Made That Fed- eral Competition Would Tend to Seriously Damage One of Chief American Industries | R e WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 25.—The Association of Portland Cement Manu- facturers representing a large percent- age of the $350,000,000 of capital invested tary an argument against the manufacture of tement by the used in the construction of the Tonto Basin dam in Arizona. This dam will be 247 feet above foundation, with 190 feet available storage, and a capacity | of 840,000 acre feet, covering 9000 acres of public land, 4400 of unimproved | private land, and 740 acres of cultivat- | €d land. As the principle is the same cement for the Idaho, Washington, | Milk River, Montana, Colorado River, Gunnison, Colorado, Sweet River, | Wyoming and the Hondo, New Mexico, | irrigation projects for which over $16,- 000,000 is already available, derived | from the sale of public land, the cement | manufacturers are very desirous that the Government should not go into the business of manufacturing cement, in | competition yith private enterprises. VThe argument presented tothe Secre- tary reviews the history of hn develop- mt-nl of the American Portland Cement lndustry—nne of a continuous struggle | to produce in this country a material, the demand for which is dependen upon its reputation. The manufactur of American cement was begun in the smallest possible it is claimed. | and it was only after it had been used to the satisfaction of the engineer: that the &arly manufacturers were abl to demonstrate beyond cavil that American cement was equal to the im- ported. contend that in the proposition to man- ufacture, in the Tonto Basin 200,000 barrels of cement to be used in the con- | struction of the greatest dam in the world, which, if it should give way would utterly destroy millions of dol lars invested by the Government and private land holders, devastate an en- tire valley, and., perhaps pale into in- significance = the Johnstown flnnd— there are two reputations at stake: first, those of the ‘‘distinguished an able engineers of your department, and second, ‘‘the reputation of th American Portland cement industry and those who have builded it to its present magnitude.” It is pronosed that cement should be manufactured from materials found at the site of the dam, and the memoran- dum points out that the reports upon which the manufacture of Portiand cement are based, so far as machinery, results and production are concerned, are made by one who, according to thc records established by him in the operation of cement works at Monte- zuma, New York and Coiton, Cal., has not been successful in his enterprise. It is obvious that E. A. Duryee, for- | merly superintendent of the cemeat works at Colton, Cal, is referred to, and it is said that the works which he | bullt at Colton are being entirely re- constructed. He Is now in the employ of the Government. The a&ngument points out that if the department undertakes to manufacture its own cement, there will be no se- curity or bonds provided and no pun- ishment, in case of failure, except the | possible discharge of an incompetcnt superintendent. By far the most important part of the argument is devoted to a consideration of the lesal questions involved, the manufacturers* maintaining that: *It is certainly no part of the Govern- 7ment's duty to enter into the manufac- ture of any class of commodities. if |the Government can erect cement plants to avoid the cost of railroad | transportation, middlemen's profits | and manufacturers’ profits,” says the argument, “it is its duty to erect mills {for the manufacture of blanke:s, clothing, shoes, ete.,, worn by its sal- diers and sailors, to manufacture iron | for its building construction, to oper- ;ate mines for its gold and silver cur- rency, ete.” The m.-facturers contend that “in no case shou!d the Government enter into any competition with the general public.” The manufacturers therefore submit a proposition that the Govern- ment advertise for bids for Portland cement of known character and sub- Ject to definite specifications and un- der definite requirements for security, and that such bids should recite “that on the site of the dam materials of such chemical analysis are to be found as are believed to be suitable for the manufacture of ceraent; that the Gov- ernment is the owner of a cement plant of a character to be described and will furnish electrical power free to the bid- der, and that all bidders may bid upon NEAT LITTLE GIFT TO CALL WANT ADVERTISERS THE meas- little u3 is g in this industry has presented to Secre- | of the Interfor E. A. Hitcheock | Government, to be| as will be involved in the furnishing ut‘ The manufacturers therefore | DEATH'S LIST NOW COMPLETE Sixty - Flve the Number 01‘ the Vietims in the Penn- CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., Dec. 25.— long death list resuiting from wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- rcad at Dawson on Wednesday. Harry Devlin, one of the three remaining pa- tients at the Cottage State Hospital, died at 10 o'clock this morning. The total dead now numbers sixty-five, and this probably completes the list, as the two stiil at the hospital are doing well ard will probably recover. Dev- lin's home was at'Lenaconing. Md. & There was cne funeral to-day, that | of Edison Goldsmith. Goldsmith was | a popular young man and an immense | concourse attended the services. bodles of the other connellsville vic- tims wil! be held until Saturday or | Sunday before burial. In fact, this is | overwor eral funerals in a day. Sneclal services for ) the dead burial of Father Fienello, which will | take place to-morrow, the Catholic churches will hold masses for the dead. The body of Father Fienellc was con- ‘\eyed to the main body of the Church | of the Immaculate Conception to-day, where it will remain tn state until the funeral services on Saturday. The bod- | | fes of about thirty of the victims were | taken away on early trains. The re- maining identified victims will be ship- ped within the next twenty-four hours and those by the Boroygh Council. President George G. a specia! meeting to take measures to- ward the formation of a relief commit tee to look after bodies unidentified or unclaimed. In case no friends appear dc not find a last resting place in the potter’s field. The railroad company will contribute liberally to this fund. The official investigation into the cause of the disaster is being prose- | cuted vigorousiy by the officers of the | rellroad company. It was that a number of switch ties which had fallen off a west-bound freight | train and were strewn upcn the pas- | senger track caused the flying express to be derailed —_— e EVERAL HURT I Train Crew Accident Passengers Escape, But Suffer by Railroad in Virginia. CLIFTON, Va., Dec. rain No. 218, running from Harrisburg, | va :‘ro‘n end of extra freight train No. | running from Manassas to Alaxendr one mile north of Clifton, at10:350cloc! k | to-night. Twenty cars of the freight | broke loose on Fairfax Hill and came back down the hill at the rate of 25 25 miles an hour. No one was killed. The injured are: Charles Amos, engineer on passenger train. L. M. Marrihew, hrakelnnn on freight. J. E. Rogers, baggageman. Dennis Jackson, fireman on passen- ger. —_——————— INTERVIEWS PRINCE FREDERICK BRYAN Nebraskan Is Given an Audience at Copenhagen and Afterward Departs for Berlin. COPENHAGEN, Dec. 25.—William Jennings Bryan arrived here thi evening. He was immediately granted an audience with Crown Prince Fred- erick, with whom he had a long in- terview. Mr. Bryan left for Berlin to-night. ——e————— Will Be Taken Back to Colorado. PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 25.—Requisi- tion papers issued by the Governor of Colorado have been presented to Act- ing Governor Stoddard asking for the custody of one Stanley Ross, alias Ross Sanborn, who is now in jail at Tomb- stone. Ross is wanted for alleged par- ticipation in the outrages perpetrated at the Sun and Moon mine in Colorado. Ross has been in Tombstone some time, being employed there as a miner. His arrest was rather surprising. PRI A R Bl Sl Vagrant Miners Released. TELLURIDE, Colo., Dec. time ago charged with vagrancy are said to have been all released and or- dered to go to work or leave town. They have not as yet complied with the order. —_— Headaches From Colds. Laxative Bromo Quinine removes.the cause. To get the genuine, call for the full name. 25e. * LS DSBASNT N R LYONS, France, Dec. 25 —Labor demon- strations here to-day resulted in disturhances which made it necessary for the cavalry to clear the streets. A few of the demonstrators were injured and several arrests were made. — & the cement of the character above de- scribed and under proper bonds, to be supplied either from their own mills or | | to be made upon the site of the dam.” In order to place themselves on rec- ord, the association in a letter to Sec- retary Hitchcock says: “We, however, do not recognize that the Government in the construction of the dam should, ‘without requesting bids from cement manufacturers for the cement to be | supplied, proceed to construct and ope- rate a cement works as part of the construction of the dam, such works :.nd operation of the same ‘being no | part of that which would be called for in bids for the construction of the dam or materials entering therein.” They add that it is a source of grati- _fication to them to find upon investi- gation at Washington “that the high price which it was claimed cement would cost at this dam arose from the excessive cost of transportation, and not from excessive factory price of the _material.” sylvania Railroad Disaster SHARP INQUIRY IS \IXDL S o Switeh Ties Dropped From! Freight Cars the Cause of the Terrille Wreck —_— Another name has been added to the | the | The | a necessity, as the undertakers are too | ked to attempt te conduct sev- | were | \held in all the Protestant churches of | the coke regions to-day, and after the | unknown wiil be cared for | Porter has called | he citizens: will see that the victims | apparent | REAR-END COLLISION | 25.—Passenger | to Washington, D. C., ran into the ! 2 | | 25.—The striking union miners arrested some | 'BRITONS GIVE RECOGNITION TO THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA Amencan Representativ e at the Isthmus Sends Information That Colombian Forces Are Dis. Continued From Page 1, Column 1. pa((hes contain a (‘nmplete copy of the sulemem he has made to Secretary | Hay concerning the secession of the Department of Panama. Late in the afternoon Secretary Root, acting Secretary Loomis of the State Department and Senor Walker-Marti- nez, the Chilian Minister, cailed ¢n Dr. Reyes. Their visits, it is understood, | were entirely of a social character. —e AMERICAN \lI\'I.\‘ThR TO A NEW REPUBLIC SHOWS CREDENTIALS| PANAMA, De —W. 1. Buchanan, United States Minister to the republic of Panama, presented his credentials to the provisional government to-day. His reception was most enthusiastic and was carried out in accordance with | the programme outlined im the Asso- ciated Press dispatches of yesterday, being met at the palace by a guard of 5 J. B. CROCKETT PASSES AWAY AT SAN MATEO for many years Joseph B. Crockett, president of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Compa and one of the best known business men of the city, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Laurance Scott, at San Mateo on Thursday evening. Mr. Crockett had been a sufferer from | heart trouble for many years and 1l ! was that malady that ended his life. Mr. Crockett resided in Burlingame for many years and several days ago ! went to his daughter’s home at San Mateo to pay her a visit. He was| taken ill there and was too weak to | be removed. He failed to rally and passed away peacefully on Thursday evening. The funeral serviees will | take place,from Grace M. E. Church at 11:30 o'clock this morning. Mr. Crockett was a native of St. Louis and at the time of his death was 53 years of age, He came to Califor- nia when yet a young man and was | | i | | intends banding and Peace Prevails in the Country ———————e honor and by all the dignitaries of the new republic now in Panama. In-p senting his credentials Minister Buc anan said: “I am deeply sensible of the honor conferred upon me by President Roose- velt and profoundly grateful for the opportunity I am afforded of meeting your excellencies and the people of Panama and of studying the conditions existing in and the possibilities of the republic of Panama. “The advent and future development of this nmew nation is the subject of keen and kindly interest on the part of the people of the United States, all of whom wish your excellencies, your peopie and our country that wide progress and advancement which peace and economy bring to all nations. “I am charged by President Roosevelt to express his fervent wish that these benefits shail come to the republic of Panama, and that happiness and congd tentment shall abide with your eéxcel- lencies and your people.” Senor Jose Arango, president of the junta, lied to Minister Buchanan's - address. He said that the provisional government had received with great satisfaction President Roosevelt's let- ter accrediting Mr. Buchanan as a special envoy to the republic of Pan- ama. which was “proog of the spirit of justice which animates the great peo- ple of the north, for whom the people of Panama have the best wishes," Senor Arango said that the junta considercd the selection for Minister of a man of Mr. Buchanan's attainments to be a good omen, and he believed the new Minister would succeed in binding still closer the ties of friendship which now united the two republics. i PORTS Government Has Ordered Crook to Be Placed in Commission for Service. A great deal of speculation is going on in army transport circles regarding what, if action the Gevernme: taking in regard- te sending troops to Panama. In the meantime, however, according to reliable informa- tion, the only orders that have beew fi\ received from Washington are to the effect that the Crook shall be immedi- ately placed in condition for service. The Crook has been lying up in South San Francisco Bay for nearly a year, and naturally it will not only take so time to put her in repair, but will take GETTING TR/ READY any, made engineer of the old City Gas|a neat sum to have her again ready to Ccmpany. He gradually rose from | go inte commission. She is a fine troop that position and still remained with | ship and has a large carrying capacity the concern when it became the San and was always popular when she was Francisco Gas Company. When that concern merged into the San Francisco Gas and Electric Com- pany about ten years ago, Mr. Crock- ett was retained and made president of the concern. He resigned about | | two years ago on account of ill health | and since then has not taken an dc- | | tive part in business affairs. Mr. | | Crockett is survived by his wife, one | daughter and three sisters. R S S Daniel Sheerin Is Dead. Daniél Sheerin, president of the Knights of St. Patrick and past pres- ident of the Ancient Order of Hiber- nians, will be buried from his late res- idence, 2216 Geary street, this afternoon. The funeral will be held under the auspices of the above-named jorders. The deceased was for several vears interested in the marble business in this city. He built several fine monuments for the local cemeteries. | He leaves seven sons. The funeral | party will proceed to St. Dominic’s Church, where mass will be held for | the repose of the dead man's soul. — Ex-Governor Sharp Dies. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—Ex-Gover- | nor 1saac Sharp of Kansas died here | to-day of an affection of the stomach, aged 71 years. He was a native of | Pennsylvania, but went to Kansas in the early fifties, where, as a “free soil- ;er. he played a prominent part in the Kansas-Missouri struggle. He had | lived in Washington since 1882. ML R DO“IE CHILDREN BARRED FROM SCHOOL l Zionites ‘Believe That Vaccination Is Useless and Health Officer Has Taken Action. CHICAGO, Deec. 25.—All children of Dowieites will be excluded from the public schools of Chicago January 4 by order of the Health Department. The general overseer of Zion has made his following believe that vaccination does | not prevent smallpox. The Health De- | partment has decided that all children shall be vaccinated or be debarred | from the public schools. The Zion children will be segregated | by requiring all pupils to present cer- | tificates of vaccination. —_——————— QUAKE IN NEW YORK. Buildings Are Shaken and the Shock the Severest Ever Known There. OGDENSBURG, N. Y. Dec. 25.—A distinct earthquake shock was felt here to-day. The telephone reports show that | it was noticed all through St. Lawrence County, being severest along the St. Lawrence Valley. Buildings trembled violently at Madrid, sixteen miles east of here. The earthquake was accom- panied by a noise resembling thunder, | which was sufficiently loud to awaken 1 people. e | Mining Properties Are to Be Merged. PHOENIX, Ariz., Deec. 25.—The | Continental Exploration Company is ‘the name under which a new corpora- | tion will be formed here for merging | of the mining interests in Mexico and Arizona of William K. Ryan of New York and his business associates and the interests of several Californians. | The capitalization will be only $500,- 000, but it is said the combined prop- | erties are valued at $5,000,000. It is explained that the purpose of the ‘merger is not to sell stock, but to fa- cilitate the operation and transaction of business through a single channel. ———————— Smallpox in Buffalo. BUFFALO, N. Y. Dee. 25.—Nine persons suffering from smallpox were taken to the quarantine to-day. The buildings have been guarantined and placed under a strong police guard. ecific in active i oS have been received, as f: can be learned, regarding the other transports now in the harbor. Major Duval positively declined make any statement upon the subje ser t t. but is prepared to carry out any in- instructions he may recelve from tHé War Department with dispatch. If it is decided to send tr to Panama from this port there wi no occasion for delay on account of lack of transport facilities. The transport Crook Steuart street wharf t will be made dy Buford will go on the drydoek ters Point this morning. will doek at lay, where she for service. The at Hun- ADVEB‘!'ISEKENTS. No Appente Means loss of vitality, vigor or tone, and is often a pre- cursor of prostrating sick- ness. This is why it is serious. 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