The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1904, Page 2

L5 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ,SATURDAY, JANUARY 80, 1904. LIFE DIPLOMAS FOR TEACHERS PR o e Vembers of the Stats Board of Education Hold Important Meeting at Capital of State s RAILROADS DETECTIVES | Run Down All Clews but Fail NIVERSITY DOCUMENTS | IR ; to Get Any Trace of Author tors in Nearly Ew-ry% of Threatening Letters Sent| County Receive Certifieates| to Southern Pacific Company to Teach Grammar School | | CLOSE WATCH BEING o The Call KEPT ON THE TRACKS NTO, Jan. —The State ; { met here 1o-day|ypapy of the Officers Leave| ng considerable | e e = | granted life diplomas| Fresno Believing That They | > chers in the high and gram-| () Work to Mueh Better L University and special | % e also granted. The fol-| Advantage at Other Points list of the diplomas and s s o | gpeetal Dispatch to The Call. ligh School diplomas—Eugene Henry Baker, | Mossial DIDItER 0 25 N Helena | FRESNO, Jan. 20.—Rumors by the dozen have been in circulation here to- day regarding the rallway blackmail case, but the greater part of them were without foundation. There has been a general movement to some other quarters by the officers, and to-day | { there was less than a third of - the| Pinkerton force in Fresno. Detective| J. M. Lake, who is in charge of the! Pinkertons, is still here, however, and admits that the work is being directed from here. The men have simply gone to another field, he says, and their withdrawal from Fresno was not be- cause the case has been abandoned, but because it is thought their services might be of more value somewhere | else. Where the detectives have :all gone | ». Humboldt; Herman Krae- Glenn Loring Allen, Santa Barba! May Louise Louise Shaw, is not known, but several of ‘them e o | were in Madera to-day. It was o e, tus | from Madera that the last letter was hi Dorcthy M. | written. The opinion prevails here Keysey Hunter that the would-be blackmailers - have associates at Madera, and the work there may result in some arrests or disclosures. | Among the detectives here there ap-| San Jose; Lulu M. Joei s M. | pears to be a_complete difference of | Maud opinion. The Pinkerton men have sus- | ;;;:r“—n"}‘:«.\' picion of an old-time resident of this & o - city, while the railroad detectives are —Alice A. Allen, | of the opinion that the letters are the Placer; Mrs. lacer: ol | work of an ex-conviet, for they say no beginner in crime would concoct such a devilish plot. Furthermore they as-| sert that if the letters were written by a crank more of them would have been mailed. There are many theories and men appear to be working on all of | them. The statement that a gang of five men has been spotted, which was given | out yesterday from San Francisco, | cannot be confirmed here, and the gea | eral opinion prevails, even among som~ of the detectives, that the story was sent out merely for the purpose” of throwing the real culprits off their| guard. k, Mari- Braman, Sonoma; Luella M anie M. Ford Bullock, | er Bullard, Fresno: Ida Burnell, Marin; Josephine Jessie B. Congdon, ¢ Alameda; Lily Dickenson, Fresno; Angeles: Katie Donahue, ara Walter Douglas, Ala Duc Shast . P | DRAGNET IS EXTENDED. Los Angeles Officers Are Asked to | Round Up All Ex-Convicts. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29.—The drag- | net which the. Southern Pacific detec- | tives and peace officers generally in the | central portion of the State have cast | for the purpose of apprehending the conspirators who have been trying mi blackmail the Southern Pacific by | e threatening to wreck trains has » Hubbard, San | reached Los Angeles. The detectives "}{:‘;“;‘?I'dls“"’:h\~re have been placed at work to! Sacramento; round up all known ex-convicts who i Johnstone, | were recently released and who may | Randall nox. be considered capable of originating | or participating in such a plot. | es | A request was received to-day from the north asking that a certain sus-| pect, who was only recently released from the Folsom penitentiary, be ap- | prehended or preferably watched un- | til more can be ascertained abbut him | and his recent movements. Incident- | | ally it is asked that ail ex-convicts re- | cently released be looked up and made | to give an account of themselves. The | name of the particular suspect about | whom the railroad detectives want all the information obtainable has not been made public for obvious reasons. | Accompanying this request are the' | names ¢f men who' might be implica- | ted in just such a plot and who are| known to be at liberty and still in the | | State. From the text of the request that Fresnc Manelle Hunsal Alameda; Grace M. ‘Inglis Mrs Laura L. Mattie Haun Mo | . Humboldt: | Barbara | Dora L. Me- | Martha ¥, Morris, Santa | imabella Fran- | E. B. Morrow, | Placer; Maude DR. PIERCE'S REMEDIES. | e iR PO & - | | | 1sl ; Man t Schilli , Al dor; Fannie I am well now and |y, e S, soner; 7eimie M. Pegrle Soo Nevada: Edith Sprague, .\1;- enjoying better health than ever before in & El Dorado: mons, Siskivou: Edward Van Vranken, San Joaguin: M. Edna | Sybll Waiker, Fresmo; Hum- J. Los Angeles; Mabel Wallas Minnie g ” | Walker, my whole life. | Rota: ebe That is the stalement of a woman who had never been well until she was made | } weil by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite | Prescription. There are & great many | “’;_ otuer women in like case. They have | “[riwing—Lizsie E. Batchelder, Los An- Young. Humboldt, 3 pecial life diplomas—Grace E. Everett, Ne- always been sufferers from disease. They e g, . g jov Duplics e iploma (grammar grade)— bave never known the joy of perfect | 20 s NG SR " Burte (original ‘granted bealth. February 3, 1893). For all such women Dr. Pierce’s Fa- vorite Prescription holds out the of perfect and permanent huh.g, | e cure of the womanly diseases which | wealen women. It establishes regular- ity, dries weakening drains, heals inflam- mation and ulceration, and cures female weakness. It makes weak women strong and sick women well. *1t gives me pleasure to let know of the mu';emil r':cmed from Dr’.urkm'- medi- cines and the edvice which you so kindly sent,» wries Mrs. Bertie Parker, of Bonham, Fani Co.. Texas. 7 PBera. aad Bollewed yous sivic : and am different doctors and spent one hun- | treatment and medicine, but Special high school credentials * were granted to the following: S. M. Abbott, Frank Y. Adams, San Jose; Gertrude Anthony, Palo Alto; -Margaret G. | Borthwick, Ontarlo; Jobn W. Byers, San Ra- | tael; ger, J. 7 geles; H. Fortuna; H. bert Kittred: Fullerton; W. 3 o Ross, Los Angs n ¥. Thompson, Pasa- dena; Katherine E. Vale, San Jose; Charles A. Wheat, Alhambra. | | e | ¥all ¥From Wagon May Prove Fatal. GRASS VALLEY, Jan. 29.—William Bovey, one of the proprietors of the Grass Valley Transfer Company, met | with an accident here to-day which | may prove fatal. He fell from a trans- | fer wagon, striking the back of his {head on the pavement. He was | picked up in an unconscious condition and taken home. The doctors say he has concussion of the brain and that he is in a critical condition. Hod great my shoulders. P Tam well | 4 ow aad eajoring better heatth than ever beforg | WS married last week to a San Fran- in my whoie life. to tell you thit | cisco girl and had returned only a few 1 was cured by days ago from his wedding trip. e —— AFFAIRS IN BULGARIA GROWING ALARMING The dealer who offers 2 substitute *Faverite Pres.ription” does so to gain 4 £ the little more profit paid on the sale of | _SALONICA, Europegn Tyrkey, Jan. less meritoricas medicines. His profit is | 2%.—The Minister of War has ordered your loss, therefore no substitute, | seven battalions of Turkish troops from D:. Pierce's M‘wfll@l regulate « Monastir. to Istip and other poiuts on the boweis, . * the Bulgarian frontier. * 2 ' ~ ARE AT SEA | work. #- Bovey |- THIEVES STEAL WEDDING GIFTS ! Break Into Los Ainigeles Resi- dence and Carry Away a Lot of Jewelry and Silverware DETECTIVES ARE BAFFLE Most of the [Plunider Was Pre- sented - to - Harry Olmstead and Wife:When They Married s o 6 | Spectal Dispatch t6 The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan, 9.—Wedding presents consisting of jewelry, silver- at upward-of §1200, and go bulky that z\wre stolen Thursday. night by burg- |lars from the residence .at 725 West | Bleventh street, which Harry Olm- stead, division engineer of the Salt] | Lake Railroad, recently bought for his | bride. Despite gvery effort on the part | of the police to keep the facts secret,: | the story Jeaked out'to-night and Olm- | stead’admitted that it will be necessary for him' to practically renew all of the interior decorations of the house, so completely did -the burglars do their Mr, and Mrs. Olmstead were marri last September in the East. She Is quite wealthy in her own right and they received numerous wedding pres- ents which they left in the East while they took an extensive bridal tour. They came here and purchased a home in an aristocratic section of the' city and only recently sent for their wed ding presents. Olmstead is out of the city much of the time and on Thursday evening, ne being in Riverside, his wife went to ! the house of a neighbor for dinner. She left at 6:15 o'clock and returned at 8:30. When she entered the house she found every room in confusion. Tables had been overturned in a search for secret drawers, closets, dressers and iuunks emptied and a thorough search made of every place which was likely to be used to secrete valuables. | The burglars {ook everything of value which they could carry. Olmstead sald tc-night that the silverware alone was in such quantity that it would almost fill four gunnysacks and - besides the silverware numerous articles of other kinds were stolen. The value which Olmstead places upon the stolen prop- erty is only that at which it could be purchased at wholesale. Not the slight- est trace of the stolen goods has been |fcund. The burglars entered the place by forcing a rear window. —_———— Dies From the Effects of Burns. SALINAS, Jan. 20.—Mrs. M. Brumwell, mother of Dr. D, Brumwell, died at her home in King City Thursday night from the effects of burns on the body. The unfortunate woman was carrying ‘ a lighted lamp on Wednesday evening, when it either'exploded or dropped from her hand, setting fire to her clothing. Her screams attracted the attention of others in the house, but she red®ived | fatal injuries before they could reach her. - o Los Angeles officers co-operate in the work it appears that the railroad com- pany had warning of the recent wreck at Volta, and believing that the warn- ing was from some crank no attention was paid to it. It was only after the wreck occurred. that the railroad offi- cials waked up and began to realize their real danger. The attempt to extort money from the company has had no appreciable effect upon passenger traffic and the officials of the company here state that they are sellihg as many passen- ger tickets as usual. —_———— TRACKS ARE GUARDED. Every Precaution Is Being Taken by Railroad to Prevent a Wreck. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 20.—Despite the fact that officers here expressed little fear that any actual attempt would be made to wreck the Southern Pacific, as threatened by the letters received by the president of that company, watch is being kept on all suspicious characters here. Sheriff Kelly and Detective Mead of the raiiroad company are giving the matter some attention, for, although all the threats made have emanated from other points, there is a poseibility that whHile watch is.being kept at the north- ern end the plotters might transfer their operations, to the south and at- tempt their dastardly work on :some train crossing the Tehachapi at night. There are a number of places where such attempt could be made here more easily than in the north, and the, Owl going in both directions, as well as the! eastbound overland trains both cross this territory by night. It is reported that some people expecting friends to come have wired them warning against traveiing at night. Superintendent Burckhalter is reticent regarding the entire. matter, although he admits that guards have been posted along the line on the northern end of the division as a precaution ever since the Owl was wrecked at Volta, « There are no special detectives here, so far as known, and no excitement prevails. No sign of any attempt at violence has been found. S S EVIDENCE 1S NOT DIRECT. Prosecution Thus Far Fails to Connect Suspect With Train Robbery. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Jan. 29.—The preliminary examination of Walter Maguire, who is suspected of having stolen Wells, Fargo & Co.'s box from a Southern Pacific train, was resumed to-day, and the testimony of several trainmen and detectives was taken. No direct evidence connecting the suspect with the robbery was produced, and the case went over for further hearing to- MOITow. The defense will probably occupy most of the day to-morrow, as it has many witnesses subpenaed. Chief De- tective Crowley of the Southern Pacific has becn subpenaed from San Fran- cisco, and Conductor George Lewin, Engineer Marshall and Fireman Ray- mond will be called, it is presumed, in an attempt to prove t the suspect was in Santa Barbara on the night of the robbery. Attorney Campbell's claim of an alibl, however, ig believed to be a bluff. | ware, draperfes and bric-a-brac, vul\nal:l‘4 a wagon was needed to carry it away, | | Russia’s Reply ' Stated to Be Conciliatory Continued from Page 1, Colamn 7. Dose slie wouldland troops in Korea. She couid not, however, land more than 160,000. men; and- a has an equal number of men In'Manchuria to meet this" attack, -which; I think, -would be Kly repi ;I do not belleve in SQUAD 1 ‘war; the Russian warships would, make it impossible for'the Ja anese to endanger Port Arthur. let me repeat, war is tmprobable. LONDON, -Jan. 29.—The Japanese Minister, Baren Hayash!, said to-day With reference ta thé report pubiished by!the Dafly Graplijc, to the effect that the Russian reply to Japan was com- pleted Wednesday, that it had *been communicated, to M. Kurino, the Jap- anese Minfster at St. Petersburg, and | that it "was unfavorable; that M. Ku- rino-offielally - notified him-that the Councll of State called to consider the Russian reply was only held in St “Petershurg yesterday, as cabled to the Associdted Press. Baron Hayashi add- ?d that the réply had not yet begn sent, ; “There' are 'no means, therefore,” added tha Japanese Minister, ‘‘of knowing’ the contents of the answer, and p? to he probable tenor thereof I have no officlal information.” * The " Russian embassy, In denying ‘the Daily .Graphic's statement, - says the information received by the em- bassy ‘confirms the statement on the Subject made ‘in the Associated Press dispatches' from St. Peétersburg yes- terday. The Statist to-day, in a long article om. the Ruyeso-Japanese situation, makes a’ -trlkly suggestion - for the ::llmqn :; the® difficulty “which seems “Mneet the cldimsand contentions of | both; Russia and Japan. Al;gr commenting on the adetage| of the Chino-American treaty, which, | it says, if catried out would assure an | | open door in Manchuria for the rest of the world, the Statist continues as fol- lows: 3 “When Russia was at the gates of Constantinople and practically had dic- tated peace to Turkey, Great Britain interfered, and the result was the Ber- lin congress. Is there any good reason why Great Britain should wait for the conclusion of war to summon a simi- lar council?> Would it not be more statesmanlike and certainly more hu- mane to summon such a council now in order to prevent war? Would it not be possible for the Russian Government to sell its railways in Chinese territory to an international syndicate, all the powers guaranteeing the safety and the interests of this syndicate? In that way, it seems to us, the real rights of Russia in Manchuria would be safe- guarded, while the apprehensions en- tertained by Japan that Russian ex- tension threatens her existence would be permanently removed.” — RUSSIA WANTS PEACE. v PARIS, Jan. 29.—It is understood that the conferences between Foreign Min- ister Lamsdorf and M. Kurino, the Japanese Minister at St. Petersburg, | have permitted the latter to advise his | government concerning the position Russia is likely to take in the forth- coming answer, but the officials here say this was merely an intermediary step toward adjusting the remaining | differences, as the answer is subject to chang? unofficially communicated. It is further said that Russia will not answer until she feels reasonably as- sured that her answer will not have | the effect of precipitating hostilities. The officials here are gratified at an | apparently authoritative statement that Japan does not intend to fortify the | Straits of Korea. They say it will re- move one of the main obstacles, as the most recent negotiations showed that Russia was unalterably opposed to the creation of any condition in Korea which would lead to closing that outlet from the Sea of Japan. A strong intimation has been made that the maritime nations of Europe and the United States would have taken up the question unless this declaration had been made, —_—————— EXPLOSION IN A CAFE KILLS SIX PERSONS I } ROGNONAS, France, Jan. 29.—Six persons were killed and fourteen were injured as a result of an explosion of gas in the cafe of the Hotel de France last evening., The hotel was par- tially wrecked, - | From the stories of the survivors of | the explosion it is learned that a | dozen patrons of the hotel were sit- ting at the tables drinking and play- | ing cards when an odor of gas pene- | trated the room. Madame Martin, | wife of tHe proprietor of the hotel, lighted a candle and started for thej kitchen to investigate. As she opened | ! the door a terrific explosion occurred. | When the body of Madame Martin was found it*was almost decapitated. Her father, husband and daughter | also ‘were instantly killed. The body of one of the patrons was hurled across the street by the force of the explosion. ——————————— NOTABLES ENTERTAINED AT THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Mrs. Roosevelt gave another musicale at the White House to-night, to which a very large company was invited. The programme was entirely of an in- strumental character, with Ferruccio Busoni as pianist. The invited guests included the Cabipet, Senatprs and Representatives in Congress and a large number of city and out-of-town pople. Before the musicale the Pres- ident and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained a number of guests at dinner. PR L DEATH HOVERS OVER SISTER OF W. J. BRYAN LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 30.—Physi- cians in attendance announced at 1 o'clock this morning that Miss Nannie L. Bryan could live but a few hours. A marked change for the worse oc- curred at midnight. Efforts of the doctors are directed toward keeping her alive until the arrival of her sister, Mrs. Frances Bard of Shaw, Miss., at 10 o'clock this morning. Willlam J. Bryan is ex- ! pected to reach i3 NATIVES HAVE |JIEATHENS MORE ALLIES| [SE PISTOLS Kaflirs Have Joined the Her- AND— AXES eros in Besiegiug the Ger- man Foree at Okahandja Speeial Watchman Spellman Shot in a Running Battle, but Brings Down Assailant Before the Fight Finishes LY S TWO POWERFUL TONGS ANTAGONIZE HOP SINGS S HARD PRESSED Lieutenant Suelow Cables That He Can Hold Out a Little Longer, but Help Must Come T R S " BERLIN, Jan. 29.—The commander of the German gunbeat Habicht, lying at Swakomund, German Southwest Africa, cables that he has’ received news from Lieutenant Buelow, in command of the German forces at Okahandja, that the Kaffirs have effected a junction with the Hereros, who are besleging that post. As Okahandja was already hard pressed the announcement has caused concern at the Colonial Office here. The following dispatch from Lieuten- ant Suelow, sent by messenger via Karibib, was received here to-day: “OKAHANDJA, Jan. 20—Am holding | Wounded Man’s Friends Wreak Terrible Revenge on an Ex- Actor by Carving Him With a Cleaver and a Long Dagger s Three powerful Chinese socleties have | clashed in Chinatown, and hostilities were marked by two tragedies yester- day. Early in the morning a running fight among highbinders occurred on the street, in which Thomas Spellman, |a twenty-story | twenty-five dead. As the bridge was de- Okahandja. Occupied it January 15 Wwith 200 men after heavy flghting. Am waiting for guns” from the Hablicht. Ask for a division of artillery. Weak relief corps with machine gun from Windhoek repulsed 12th and 13th. Loss reported, eight reserves. “In order to establish connections with the rear and bring forward mili- tary transports we attempted to-day with sixty men to reach Karibib by rafl.” K A later dispatch, dated January 21, says: E ‘“Yesterday afternoon near Kawa- tuerasane, between Waldau and Oka- sise, there was a sharp fight. A divi- sion seventy men strong sent forward by rail lost four dead and three slightly wounded. The enemy lost twenty to stroyed are trying to send news for Karibib through trustworthy ndtives. ‘We can hold out for some time yet.” FEAR VETERAN WS TRICKED YOUNTVILLE, Jan. 29.—The of- ficers of the Veterans’ Home at Yount- ville believe that Louis Swartz has obtained by questionable means the transfer of valuable mining property to himself from George W. Giles, a patient in the hospital. Swartz visited the hospital Thursday evening, asked an employe where Giles could be found and upon being shown to the south ward endeavored to prevail upon Giles to affix his signature to a paper conveying certain mining prop- erty rights. The employe to whom Swartz had spoken reported the mdt- ter to Dr. W. F. McAllister, who im- mediately informed Swartz that Giles was an incompetent and not qualified to perform any act relating to the transfer of property. Swartz then went away, saying he was disappoint- ed, but that under the circumstances he did not desire to obtain the signa- ture. ‘While the nurse was away from the ward for a few moments this morning Swartz returned and obtained Giles' signature. The nurse returned just in time to see Swartz taking the pen from the old man’s hand and imme- diately reported to Dr. McAllister. Swartz was then taken before the commandant of the home, Colonel George W. Walts, to whom the trans- action was related. Swartz refused to exhibit the paper which Giles had signed. He claims that certain min- ing property owned by Giles was as- eessed)and that to relieve Giles from the assessment he had induced him to sign a paper. Friends of Giles have been notified of the transfer of the property. Dr. McAllister states that Giles is and has been since his admission to the hospital of weak mind and totally incompetent to transact business re- quiring normal intelligences MAKES SPEECH O SCAFFOLD SALEM, Or.,, Jan. 20.—Haryy D. Eg- bert, who murdered John G. Saxton and John West in Harney County last Octo- ber, was hanged here to-day. Egbert made a brief speech while on the scaf- fold. “My friends,” he said, “you see me a condemned man. Take me as a mark, keep your children off the street and, above all, out of the saloons. Bad rais- ing and bad company is the direct cause of my downfall. I have repented my sins.” Harry Egbert, alias Jack Frost, ex- convict, burglar and murderer, was hanged for the killing of John G. Sax- ton and his companion, John West, in the Wild Horse Valley, in Southwestern Oregon, October 4, 1903. Saxton was a ‘well-known attorney of Burns, Or., and Ying Tong and the Hop Sing Tong has | | | Watchman Swift hurried to the scene“ for the time being a deputy sheriff. Saxton and West had been punuingrcondflcted by State Deputy Joseph Egbert for several days to arrest him for a burglary committed at Drain, Or‘ when they came him at Field's | ranch. As Saxton and West went to| the house Egbert commenced shooting | and mortally wounded West at the fivst fire. Shortly afterward Saxton exposed himself to Egbert's fire and was himself shot down. Igbert escaved through Nevada to Rockland, Idaho, and was captured there three weeks later. was brought back to Burns, where he ' was tried and convicted of murder. | Ha | § A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Ointment faiis to cure vou in @ to 14 days. 50c* LONDON, Jan. 5 -ytl-t&-ym"m was successfully inaugurated at Mon- l a watchman, was accidentally shot and in turn wounded Ho Yow, the heathen who shot him. The Chinese, disabled and bleeding, was sent to the hospital, and his friends late in the afternoon avenged his Injuries by | carving up one of the opposing tong with a cleaver and a dagger. The lat- ter, Muck Lum, will probably die. The trouble between the Sen Suey been of long stdnding. The Wa Ting Tong then came to the assistance of the Sen Suey Yings, and one month ago Jew Chun, a Hop Sing man, attempt- ed to kill Ho Get of the Wa Ting Tong | and was arrested. Some difficulty arose | over the prosecution, and early yester- day morning two members of the Hop Sing Tong started out to find Ho Yow, one of their adversaries. Ho was lo- cated in a restaurant on Waverly place, near Clay street; but when he caught| sight of the highbinders he bolted from | the place and started toward Washing- | ton street. A running fight with pistols follow- | ed. Ho was armed, and he fired back‘\ at the men who sent bullets in his di- rection. The chase lasted for some dis- | tance, when Watchman Spellman rush- | ed toward the trio and received a bul- | let in the leg from the revolver in the hands of Ho. Spellman then drew his own weapon, and a second later the Wa Ting Tong man staggered and fell to the ground, shot through the leg. Mean- | while the two Hop Sing men dodged' into a side street and made their escape. Policeman George Douglass and and placed Ho Yow under arrest. Bothl the injured men were taken to the Har- bor Hospital, where it was found that | ‘their injuries are not serious. Only a few hours passed before the Wa Ting tong exacted vengeance. Atl 5 o'clock in the afternoon three high-| binders made their way to the top floor! of a three-story building at 754 Wash- | ington street, where dwelt one Muck | Lum, ex-actor and prominent in Hop | Sing circles. They forced the door and | surprised their intended victim as he lay on an opium bunk with a compan- | ion, Chan Dung. The possibility of pe-| lice scouting about the neighborhood | and cutting off their escape should a| pistol be discharged caused them to, choose other weapons. While one of | the men carrid a revolver under his| blouse, the other two were armed with wicked looking cleavers and daggers. The smaller of the three men thrust| a revolver in Chan Dung’'s face while | the other two hired asassins attacked Muck Lum. The mdrked man begged | for his life, but while one thug dealt | him blow after blow with the cleaver | his mate wielded a long dagger, plung- ing it downward again and again into the breast of their vietim. ‘When Lum finally dropped back un- conscious the murderous trio dropped‘ their weapons and fled. Many Chinese | saw them go, but they had disappeared | before the alarm was given. Then Ser- | geant Christensen, his squad, Detective | McMahon and Policemen V. N. Baku- lich and J. Amend hurried to the scene. The injured man was sent to the Re- ceiving Hospital, where it was found that the cleaver had cut three severe gashes in his skull and that his right lung had been punctured twice by the dagger. Theré were also many minor cuts and bruises. There is little hope for the injured man’s recovery. The physicians wonder that he did not die at once.” The crime has caused a wave of terror to sweep over Chinatown. The combination of two powerful fighting organizations against a third insures a long and obstinate battle, and it is un-| derstood that an effort will be made to | crush the Hop Sing tong in this city. | Patrolmen Tillman and Hinrichs raid- | ed the premises at 629 Howard street last night, supposed to be a rendezvous for highbinders, and placed nine China- men under arrest. They were taken to the City Prison and placed upon the detinue book pending an investigation by the police. ————— Knights of Columbus. At 11 o'clock to-night a special train will leave Point Richmond for Fresno, carrying 125 members of the councils of San Francisco and Oak- land of the Knights of Columbus. They will institute a new council, with | sixty charter members, in Fresno on Sunday. The excursionists will be met at Fresno by a special from Los An- geles bringing the members of the councils in that city and Oxnard, who will adsist in the ceremony of insti- tution and installation, which will be Scott. ————— Involuntary Bankrupt. E. Raas, Silberstein & Brick and P. Greenberg & Co., creditors of Maurice Leger, filed a petition yesterday in the United States District Court ask- ing that Leger, who is a merchant in this city, be declared an involuntary bankrupt. The petition recites that Leger, with intent to hinder and de- fraud his creditors, assigned his stock and fixtures to Pascal Bellegarde, one of his creditors, on January 23, and that, with similar intent to defraud his creditors, he transferred his real estate to Pauline Leger. —_——e—— SALEM, Or., Jan. 20.—C. D. Crookham. ar- rested here on the charge of stealing Diablo, a_ horse, owned by Mrs. W. M. Murray of Woodland, Cal., was to-day acquitted. | Stokes, CROWDS CHEER BRAVE DEEDS Seeretary of the Cosmepolitan Light Company of Chicago the Hero of a Big Fire RESCUES INJURED p —_— Assistant Whe Aids Official When He Is Overcome May Die From Burns Received PRE VA R CHICAGO, Jan. 29.—Notwithstand- ing recent experiences with smoke and flame tenants of the Masonic Temple, structure, failed to scare to-day when a fire broke out in the Cosmopolitan building adjoining. The occupants of the Cosmopolitan made a hasty exit. On the upper sto- ries of the Cosmopolitan a number of women became hysterical and, blinded by the smoke, made efforts to spring from the windows. Cooler heads pre- vented this and the women were car- ried down the fire escapes. One girl was perhaps fatally burned. Chemicals she was mixing on the sixth floor ex- ploded and caused the fire. The wo- man, in a dying condition, was car- ried down a fire escape by C. W. Ran- dolph, secretary and treasurer of the Cosmopolitan Light Company. Several other persons were burned, but not seriously. Edward Stokes, who assisted in the rescue of Miss Verba, was probably fatally burned. Of the forty-flve peo- ple on the floor where the fire started twenty-five were women. The panic started with the explosion of the chemicals and the excitement was in- creased when Miss Verba ran from the room screaming. The girls made a rush for the door. As they neared the center of the room the foremost of them fell and the next moment nearly all of them lay in a heap on the floor Screaming. Meanwhile Randolph, ' with Miss Verba in his arms, had begun to de- scend the fire escape amidst the cheers of thousands of people who stood in the street. At the fifth floor, almost overcome by smoke, Randolph gave his unconscious burden to who carried the girl to the street. This duty done, Stokes suc- cumbed to his own injuries and was taken to the hospital. While this rescue was being performed the safety of the other girls was attended to. Loss, $75,000. AGED PIONEER DIES AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS GILROY, Jan. 20.—Judge H. W. Briggs died this morning at his home in Pacific Grove. He was stricken with apoplexy Wednesday night and never regained conscicusness. Judge Briggs was born in Rome, N. Y., August 25, 1819, and received his education in the schocls of that State. He taught school in Tennessee, and later removed to Troy, Iowa. where he was appointed Postmaster and later County Judge. He came to California in 1859, and purchased a tract of land at Berryessa, near San Jose. In No- vember, 1860, he wcs elected to the State Legislature, and at the close of the session was appointed Register of the United States Land Office at Visa- lia. He also conducted a n.. _atile business and edited the Visalia Delta. In 1868 he removed to Gilroy. where he took charge of the mercantile business of J. M. Brown, which he later pur- chased. He was appointed Postmaster of Gilroy and held that office for eight years. The deceased was a prominent Ma- son and Odd Fellow and an earnest worker in the Presbyterian church. About ten years ago he removed to Pa- cific Grove, where he conducted a real estate and insurance office. Mr. Bri was a Sabbath school superintendent for more than thirty years and a School Trustee for tweaty-sevem years, and always took :n active Interest in the moral and intellectual movements of the community. He leaves a wife and three children—Mrs. M. Benn of Gilroy, H. M. Briggs of Los Banos and Walter F. Briggs, who resides in the south- ern part of the State. The remains will be brought to Gilroy for interment on Sunday afternoon. D A Well-Known Divine Is Dead. CHICAGO, Jan. 29.—Very Rev. A. Corcoran of Chicago, provincial of the Order of St. Viateur, died to-day at Phoenix, Ariz. He was born in Row- don, Canada, 48 years ago. Interment will take place at Bourbonnais, Ill. we- Ko saanh GIRL Death of a Calaveras County Pioneer. SAN ANDREAS, Jan. 29.—J. H. Scharnikow, a pioneer of Calaveras County, died here to-day. He will be buried Sunday by the local Odd Fel- lows' lodge. He was a miner and stockman and aged 68 years. —_— ‘Ernest Samuel Dies Suddenly. Ernest Samuel, a millwright, 35 years of age, died suddenly yesterday morning at his residence, 255A Ship- ley street. Death was evidently due to hatural causes. —————————— French Armered Cruiser Sails. TOULOUSE, France, Jan. 2§. — The Freneh armored cruiser Sully, whose departure for the Far East has been delayed for some time, left here to- night for China. ADVERTISEMENTS. Catarrh ‘Whether it is of the nose, throat, stomach, bowels, or more delicate organs, catarrh is always debilitating and should never fail ot attention. 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