The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 20, 1904, Page 3

THE:.5) FRANCISCO CALL., SAT JRDAXY, FEBRUARY 20, 1904 POWERS WILL COMBINE TO LOCALIZE THE STRIFE H()T CRITICISY FOR ROOSEVELT Congressman Fitzgerald Says| President Is Unsafe and May Involve Us in a War =g { OPPOS A GREAT NAVY I N | Speaker Declares That It Is the Policy tration to Surpass Germany WASHINGTON to-day began 19.—The House »n of the naval ¥ ten hours b Du zgerald ared that to pro n that of the country the wrongly held, olve us in war 18 Admiral ould con- Fitzger- d his assertion gramme was based navy should be many ich talk of an that was heard declared Fitz- eships, througt e Naval Com- not entirely free retary neapolis doctrine, Fitz- Cleveland ~universally if he had said the t and an ved in bu g American aasizing th of build- | ) peace and s ding ships in ar Foss exclaimed W 1id Russia give to-day if peace.” great dif- and navy. up of per- the ranking committee. He '&fid'ds the build- as a measure of | preva ft iling belief is justified f the Pr is to be given rs of power s own right t representative of force in t na) is gor us to outdo part of wisdom to | e and impetuous and ing executive by | n big appropria- = A — Arrested for Embezziement DENVER, Colo., Feb McC was placed under the charge of embezzling | Company of Arizona while acting as their London representat —_——— McKinley's Condition is Improved. SQMERSET, Pa.. Feb. 19 —Abnes McKinley's condition was slightly im- roved to-day. His phy ns re- 'use to express any opinion further then that he is not in immediate dan- ger. ADVERTISEMENTS. cars the soap which began its sale in the 18th century, sold all through the 1gth " and is selling in the zoth. ells all over the world. There are ginger worms and ‘red-pepper bugs—queer board- ers—that have to be looked for, not in Schilling’s Best, but in makmg it. There are eggs of these queer boarders, too small to be killed by grinding. Don't keep spices warm, or they’ll hatch. of the Adminis-| (Demo- | our | It was | never | d would | e of her sunken | a naval pro- } 15,000 from the Plata Cobre Mining | SIT BERRTS FIRED FIRST Millionaire Dewey and His| I Cowhoys, Wilson and Me-| | Bride, Outline Their Defense | e, ( ARMY OFFICE TESTIFY | —l | Promise Is Made to Show the Weapon of One of the Vietims Was Filied After Shooting o A i tar from Norton, Kans. nator Hessin, attor says: for State AS CITY, Feb. 19.—A special | Chauncey Dewey and his two cow- boys, McBride and Wilson, to-day told the defendant’s ®ide of the shooting | fray at the Berry ranch on June 30 members of the Ber- hot down, and began the introduction of the testimony, the | defense’s first witness being General | Wilder S. Metcalf, former major of | the Twentieth Kansas Volunteers and new pension agent at Topeka. Pre- viously Judge Geiger ha overruled motions to discharge Wilson, Dewey the | had fired the t would by shown, he said, that on the day of the | fight Dewey, McBride and Wilson had gone 1o the Berry place to take away |a water tank they had bought. The three Berry boys walked across the hands upon their re- wcey Dewey cs where they w drew their | to lhfim to sto the three B ers and fired | *Then,” asserted Attorney Hessin, | “our men fired, and not until then. | Our men acted in self-defense. Burch once, tead of shooting only ied his revolver. We will | that the revolver Burch Berry ca was not only replaced in its holster fter his death, but we will make it that was reloaded and that the barrel was cleaned, but whoever cleaned the barrel forgot to clean the chambers and it now shows evidences | of the gunvowder from its discharge |on that fatal day. General Metcalf, Colonel Wa Little of the Twentieth Kansas an | Captain Claud Hamilton, who had fought with Wilson in the Spanish | war, testified as to that defendant's good character and bravery. C. W. Birch of Salina, a brother of Justice of the State Supreme Court, | 2t tastified 5 to " Wikioa's good char- acter. | While the trial was in progress to- - Sheriff of Norton Co ar- ed seven other Dewey cowboys who were with Dewey on the day the hooting of the Berrvs occurred and who are in town witnesses for the defense. The men arrested were each served three from Cheyenne County for the killing | of Burch Berry, Daniel P. Berry and ! Alphus Berry, making twenty-one | warrants for murder, | Judge Geiger immediately-issued an order that the men should not be re- moved from Norton until they were allowed to testify in the present trial. They were released on $1000 bail each. —_——— BOLLINGER CASE WILL GO TO SUPREME COURT An Superior Court of Santa Clara | County. v| SAN JOSE, Feh.#19.—The Bollinger wiil contest, which has been before the is to be carried In December | courts for four years, {to the Supreme Court. the heirs of Mary A. L. Bollinger, the widow of istign Bollinger, received | a verdict at the hands of Judge Hy- land in their favor. The contest was ' | brought against George Y. Bollinger, on of the testator, to have a lot of | property. valued at about $100,000, re- | ceived from his father just before his | death, dec ed community property. |1t was claimed that George Y. Bol- | linger by undue influence had secured | the property from his father. The brothers and sisters of George Y. Bol- linger were left with practically noth- ing. By the decision rendered some |'$50,000 worth of property held by Appeal Will Be Taken From the ! In the event, how | that the Imperial Government has no | | n | the s gt S ] Ru551an War Flags Presented to Mikado. Japan Will Respect the Neutrality of China. TOKIO, Feb. 19.—Captain Kurakami, commander of the Japanese armored ship Chiyoda, to-day presented the Emperor with the shot-torn flags of | the Russian cruisers Variag and Ko- reitz, which were sunk at Chemulpo on February 9., The Emperor was much affected. He congratulated Kura- kami and made him the bearer of an | affectionate message to the officers and men of the fleet. The response of Japan to the request of China for a sfatement of its position in regard to the neutrality of the latter country was made public to-day. Its text is as follows: “The Imperial Government, to avoid as far as possible a disturb- ance of the peaceful condition of affairs | desiring which prevails in Ch will in all parts of Chinese territory, the regions now occupied by Russia, respect the neutrality of China, so long as Russia does the same. “The rul war wWhich govern the | i | | excepting ; | ! forces of n in the field do not | permit the wanton destruction of prop- | rt Accordingly, thé Imperial Chi- | e Government may rest assured that mausoleums and palaces at Muk- | den and Hsingking and public build- | ings in China rywhere will be se- | cure from any injury not attributable to the action of Russia. “Furthermore. the rights of Chinese | officials and inhabitants within the | zone of military operations will, in their | persons and property, be fully respected | and protected by the imperial forces, so far as military necessity permits. ver, that they should extend aid and comfort to the enemy, of Japan the Imperial Government re- serves to itself the right to take such action as circumstances require, { “It remains only to say in conclusion | that the present war is not being waged by Japan for the purpose of conquest, | but solely in defense of her legitimate rights and interests, and consequently intention to acquire territory at the expense of China as a result of the con- flict. “The Japanese Government also wishes the Imperial Chinese Government' to clearly understand that whatever ac- | tion may be taken by it on Chinese | | territory, which is made the theater of war, will be the result of military | necessity, and not in impairment of | ' sovereignty.” | = + Justice warrants | | comes operative. | George Y. Bollinger was declared the | | property of the estate of Christian \ Bollinger. The estate of Mary L. Pul- lan, one of the heirs, was given judg- ment for an undivided one-fifth in- terest of the Quivey ranch and also a one-fifth interest of the Bascom tr {and an undivided one-fifth interest in several notes, aggregating $500, and also that he holds in trust for such executors the sum of $10,649. An ap- peal is to be taken by George Y. Bol- linger from this part of the judgmen | The matter will be held on March There is a large array of legal talent in the case and as about four years have been occupied in its trial in the | the Supreme Court for a long time. e s e HEIRS TO BATTLE FOR THE LULL ESTATE San Francisco Attorney Charged With Having Used Undue Influence on Testator. SAN JOSE, Feb. 19.—An opposi- tion to the probate of the will of the late James Lull has been filed in the Superior Court by Mrs. Sarah H. Tru- man and Mrs. Maria A. Platt, sisters of the deceased. Lull died in Novem- | ber last, leaving an estate in this coun- alued at $7000. cipally of notes and mortgages. Lull devised his estate to Mrs. James Lull, granddaughter of Attorney E. A. Bridgeford of San Francisco and sev- eral others. The wentestants assert that Lull left no other relatives but themselves and that they are the sole heirs at law. They declare that their brother was of unsound mind and utterly incom- petent to make a will or care for his property and that the will filed for probate was secured by means of un- due influence of E. A. Bridgeford. It is stated that the latter had acquired complete control of Lull. It is recited that Lull's father left him $7000 in trust and that Bridgeford made re- peated efforts to induce the heirs to break the trust, and, failing in this, he worked on Lull until he had him execute the will in question. —_————— May Accept a New Charge. SAN MATEO, Feb. 19.—Rev. Nep- tume B. W. Galway of Menlo Park has been called to the rectorship of the CHurch of St. Matthew in this city to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna- tion of Rev. E. L. Parsons, who re- cently accepted a call to St. Mark’s Church, Berkeley. Rev. Galway's de- cision will pot be known for twenty days, but it is believed he will accept. ' liabilities. It consists prin- | a divorced wife; two daughters and a | | hospital officials be relieved from any lower court the case promises to be in | | Asphyxiated By Gas From a Furnace. | death of Joseph B. Canfleld, superin- | tendent of the Canfield Rubber Com- | pany, | whose bodies were discovered in their | Herald Square; J. L. Bransteed, at the | UNION OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES IS NOW ASSURED ‘ ST. LOUIS, 'Fnh_ 19.—The mmminefl‘ on church co-operation and union of | the Presbyterian church of the United | | States and the committee on fraternity | and union of the Cumberland Presbyte. | rian church to-day unanimously adopt- | ed an agreement as a basis of the| union of the two churches. It is in the | shape of a report to the general assem- | blies of the churches and must be rati- fied by both these bodies before it be- | Both general assem- | blies will meet on May 19, the Presbyte- | rian at Buifalo and the Cumberland at | Dallas, Texas. The action committees if ratified by the general | assemblies will make the Presbyterian church national in I membership approximating 1, It | is recommended that the united churches shall be known as the Presby- terian church in the United States of America. The union shall be effected | on the doctrinal basis of the confession | of faith of the Presbyterian church in the United States as revised in 1903, and of the other doctrinal and ecclesi- astical standards. The various Presb) teries wiil vote on the proposed basis of union and submit their decision to | the respective assemblies. e g s Lo, NO LIGHT ON DEATH OF ADOLPHUS DRUCKER : of these | NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—The inquest in the case of Adolphus Drucker, the English member of the Parliament and owner of mines in British Colum- bia who died on December 10 last in the alcoholic ward at Bellevue Hospi- tal, was held to-day. Drucker’s life was insured for more than $1,000,000 in the interest of the Hooleys of Lon- | don and at the time of his death com- plaint was made by James Murphy and William Otto, patients in the same ward, that the man had been cruelly treated by the nurses at Bellevue | Hospital. After hearing testimony | Coroner Jackson directed the jury to | find that Drucker’s death was due to | causes unknown and asked that the | blame in the case. This was done. e e BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Feb. 19.— Asphyxiation by coal gas from a fur- nace is said to have been the cause of and his Swedish maid servant, sleeping apartments in the Canfleld residence in this city to-day. Mrs. Canfield apparently is suffering from the effects of gas inhalation. —————— Californians in Ncw7 York. NEW YORK. Feb. 19.—The follow- ing Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—J. A. Berit- schoff, at the Cadillac; F. B. Friedley, | at the Imperial; H. M. Abrams, at the Astor; R. Hurd and wife, at the Grand, and A. McNamara, at the Her- ald Square. From San Jose—Miss E. P. Doyle and. Miss Syer, at the Manhattan, — i Baltimore Fire Causes Failure. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 19.— Judge Polk to-day, on motion of the Attorney General of the State, issued a temporary injunction forbidding the Liillers’ and Manufacturers’ Flrel Insurance Company from transacting | any further business. The company is | one of the oldest in Minnesota and its difficulties dye due to a heavy loss in | the Baltimore fire. Its assels are $165,000; liabilities, $196,000. ——————— Berlin Broker Ends His Life. BERLIN, Feb. 19.—Max H. Meyer, a well-known broker on the Boerse, shot and killed himself with a revolver at his ville last night. His mind had become disordered owing to the loss of $100,000 by the fall in Russian se- curities. Herr Meyer had, however, a fortune severd# times larger than hu I | No great importance is attached to the | stories published in Paris and elsewhere ' on the Continent of alleged intrigues | France and Germany, | similar assistance in her present diffi- | censorship has not yet reached the| ®phobic feeling. According to the Kiev | Hsinmintun, | from crossing the | at Plymouth, -Box Elder County, Utah, | Mormon leaders to make their escape. | Mormon city of Nauvoo, Illinols, and | the National Cossacks Crossmg the Yalu Into | Korea. Chinese Endeavor to Attack the Muscovite. el LONDON, Feb. 20.—Complete stagna- tion in war news leads the newspapers this morning to discuss the political as- pect of the struggle in the Far East as they are likely to affect Great Britain. looking to the coalition of Russia, the belief being | that it is to the interest of all the! powers to take steps to localize the struggle. | At the same time it is recognized that in all three of these countries there is | a strong feeling against Great Britain on aceount of her alliance with Japan; and as Germany and France joined with Russia in 1895 against Japan, it would be natural for Russia to seek culties. The argument is therefore made that it behooves Great Britain to be prepared for any and all results. News of the abolition of the Russian | English newspapers. Russian dispatches to the London press record the rapid growth of Anglo- | correspondent of the Standard, many | English boys have been w nhdrsv\n| from Russian schools owing to the an- | noyance and insults to which they were subjected and there is evidence in the | restaurants and other public fesorts that the position of British residents in Kiev would be dangerous should Great Britain become involved in the Russo- Japanese struggle. The Tientsin correspondent of the | Daily Mail supplies a new version of the loss of the Russian cruiser Boy- arin, obtained from an officer who sur- d the blowing up of the Russian torpedo transport Yenisei. This offi cer says that on the day following the Yenisei’s catastrophe, February 12, a violent storm brought many mines to the surface of the water at Port Ar- | thur. The Boyarin was sent to assist in securing them, but she was caught in the storm. was driven on the rocks and sunk. If this account is correct | it explains the Russian official denials that the Boyarin was torpedoed by the Japanese or that she was blown up as a result of accidental contact with a ian mine at Port Arthyr. anghai correspondent of the press asserted that after an | interview with the Japanese Consul at Shanghai the captain of the Russian gunboat Mandjur consented to disarm his vessel and to keep it in the harbor | nghai until the conclusion Of‘ ties. | ‘The correspondent at Seoul of thei Daily Mail reports that 1500 Cossacks | are crossing the Yalu River into Korea | near Wiju and that JCossack scouts have already advanced into Korea as far as Anju. Cable dispatches from Shanghai de- clare that General Ma, who is protect- ing the borders of Pechili province, wires that it is becoming more difficult daily to prevent the Chinese troops at province of &hmgkmg.l Liaoho River and | engaging the Russians employed in guarding the railroad near Mukden. NOTED CONVERT TO THE MORMON | CREED IS DEAD/ SALT LAKE, Utah, Feb. 19.—Mrs. | Sarah C. Bigler, known and beloved by all Mormons as “Saint Sarah,” is dead | at the age of 98. General decline, due to old age, was the .cause of death. “Saint Sarah" was one of the earliest converts to the religion founded by Jo- seph Smith and she passed through all the persecutions that attended the early days of the Mormon church. She was a great friend of the prophet, Jo- seph Smith, and twice she saved his life. Once, in Jackson County, Mis- souri, when a mob was seeking his life Mrs. Bigler secreted him in her house and disguising him in her own clothing enabled him to escape. Later, when Joteph Smith and his brother were forced to flee for their lives from Kirt- land, Ohio, hotly pursued by men bent on killing them, “Saint Sarah” led the mob on a false lead and thus aided the At the time of the Killing of Joseph Smith and his brother in the Carthage jail “Salnt Sarah” was living in the with the other Mormons was driven from her home by the mobs. In com- pany with the Brigham Young expedi- tion she crossed the plains to the new Zion in the valley of the Great Salt Lake. —_—— ‘Well Known Coloradan Dies. DENVER, Feb. 19.—Henry Michel- sen, supervisor of Pike's Peak For- estry Reserve and a well known writer on irrigation and forestry matters, died to-day of pneumonia. He was 80 years of age and for thirty years was engaged in the railroad business. He was vice president of the American Forestry Association and a member of Irrigation Association, American Association of Science and the National Geographical Society, ey LA Ex-Minister Winston Dead. CHICAGO, Feb. 19.—Frederick H. ‘Winston, Minister to Persia from 1886 to 1888 and who was formerly prom- inent in Chicago municipal, political and legal circles, died at Magnolia Springs, Fla, in his seventy-fourth year. Bt o Meredith Raines Miller Dies. VACAVILLE, Feb. 18.—Meredith Raines Miller, a pioneer of this section, died here this evening, aged 85 years. | The deceased was a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars. —_——— Jacob Hess of New York Dies. NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Jacob Hess, fcrmerly Police Commissioner and in former years a power in local Republi- can politics, died to-day at his home in Rye, N. Y. Death of a Dhfintnhhed Ulef‘m ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19.—Rev. W. Pope Yeaman, for twenty years moderator of the Missouri Baptist Association, died suddenly to-day, aged 74 years, | Colombta,” ters accusing the United States of bad | Wheat Is Booming as Result of 'Conflict‘ Excitement Reigns in Chicago Market. ——— CHICAGO, Feb. 19.—In the midst otI excitement 'unequaled on Change since the days of the Leiter deal in 1898, the | price of wheat for May delivery touched $1 02 to-day. This record price, the third highest in the history of grain speculation in Chicago in the last twen- ty years, was reached within fifteen minutes after the big gong on the floor | of the exchange announced the opening of the day’'s business. At the opening May wheat sold at $1 and 31 01, and touched $ 03, but a moment later the price had fallen into two figures again, but the relapse was | only temporary, and almost instantly the price with a single bound reached | the mark of $1 01%5. Toward the close of the session May wheat again gathered strength as a result of heavy buying and made an- other spectacular jump, touching $1 03. A slight reaction followed this effort and the price fell off to $1 02%, at which point it was at the close of business. The rise in price is partly the cause and in part a result of a similar condi- tion in England and on the Continent. The conflict in the Far East and beili- cose rumors from the Balkans, with a rumor that the great powers may | forsake their pacific attitude and be- | come involved in one or the other of tHese wars, are all responsible in vary- | ing degrees for the existing high prices. In 1891 wheat for May delivery sold at §1 08, and in 1898 Lefter forced the price to $1 85. Corn and oats were affected by wheat | strength, but in a less notable degree. f— DENIES THAT THE FRAUDS WERE COMMITTED BY WOMEN WASHI\(‘TO\' Feb. 19. — Former Congressman John L. Shafroth of Colo- - rado, who resigned his seat because of | election frauds in Denver, denies that the frauds were committed mainly by | women. In Shafroth sald: “Of the persons implicated, very few were women; not more tham one in ten at the outside. The frauds were com- mitted in the lowest part of Denver, an interview to-day where not many women live. The inci- | dent was not characteristic women's preposterous to make it an argument against female suffrage. Everybody | knows there are bad women, as well | as bad men, but what would any good | man think if it were proposed to take | his vote away from him because a few | bad men somewhere had cheated at an election? In Colorado the women vote | as generally as the men, and fraud is much rarer among them. As a rule their election methods aré honorable, and the influence of woman's suffrage on the State has been distinctly for| good.” of the —_———————— PUBLISHES A BOOK TO ATTACK AMERICA NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Copies of a' paper covered book entitled “The Panama Canal Question; a Plea for consisting chiefly of let- faith and of olation of the New Granada tréaty, are being distribut- ed by a representative here of the Co- lombian Government. The pamphlet also is being sent in quantities of ten to 500 to Colomblan Consuls in Eu-| rope. Although the name of the author | and editor is not given, the book is said to have been prepared by a mem- ber of the recent Colombian com- mission to Washington. ———— INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL LOSE $31,000,000 BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 19.—The Baltimore Underwriter, in its issue to- morrow, will print the losses of all the fire insurance companies in the Bal- timore fire. The total gross loss is $32,864,800, of which $6,000,000 falls on the local companies. The estimat- ed total salvage is $1,769,700, which leaves a net loss to the insurance com- panies of $31,095,100. It has been learned that many of the large whole- sale dry goods houses formed an in- surance pool among themselves, which amounted to about $5,000,000, from which practically nothing will be re- alized. Another development is that very few of the tenants of the so- called fireproof buildings carried any insurance. ——————— Schneider Is Released on Bail. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. —J. H. Schneider of Tucson, Arizona, who re- cently was indicted and arrested in ‘Washington for alleged complicity in public land frauds in the West, was relased from custody to-day under $12,000 bonds. He was brought up in the Criminal Court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which alleged illegal arrest and excessive bail. The former point was walved to avoid delay, and Justice Pritchard sustained the contention of excessive bail by re- ducing the amount from $20,000 to $12,000. —_——— Duke of Devonshire Is Dissatisfied. LONDON, Feb. 19.—In the House of Lords to-day the Duke of Devonshire, Liberal Unionist, made a long speech on the fiscal question. He explained his position and the reasons for his resig- nation as Lord President of the Council. He expressed the strongest dissatis- faction with the attitude of the Gov- ernment and dwelt upon the paramount importance of the fiscal issue compared with other questions affecting the prin- ciples of the Unionist party. —_——————— Report Rout of General Jiminez. SAN JUAN, P. R., Feb. 19.—The Cuban steamer Julia, which has ar- rived from San Domingo, and the French steamer St. Simon, from Puer- ta Plata, Santo Domingo, both report that General Jiminez, the Dominican revolutionary leader, has been routed, that his whereabouts is unknown and that his cause is hopeless. Red Cross Convention Postponed. BERNE, Switzerland, Feb. 19.—In consequence of the war between Rus- sia and Japan the Federal Council has postponed indefinitely the conference summoned to meet at Geneva May 16 to revise the Geneva convention with the view of improving the treatment of ‘wounded mt ' NASHINGION, Feb. 18 —Presidert Rooss- t to-day signed the urgent deficiency biil. voting in Colorado, and it is) PLANING MILL | SWEPT BY FIRE Plant of the Loma Prieta Com- pany at Santa Cruz Is De- stroyed at an FEarly Hour R PROBABLE LOSS IS 850,000 Flames Spread Very Rapidly, and veral Residences in Vicinity Have Narrow Escape { SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 19.—The Loma Prieta Planing Mill was burned early | this morning. The loss will approxi- | | mate probably $50,000. The fire broke out in the boiler-room about 2:30 o’clock and, although the fire department responded promptly, it was impossible to save any pan of the | plant. The principal Ic \ho,‘ Loma Prieta Lumber Company, of| { which A. C. Bassett of Menlo Park is; | president, W. R. Porter of Watsonville | | secretary and Directors Timothy Hop- | | | kins and T. B. Bishop of San Fran- | cisco. The fire spread rapidly, the flames | shooting heavenward and iiluminating | the neighborhood. The buildings | | burned covered over an acre of space. and with the sheds and lumber yard added nearly an acre more. The plan- | ing mill proper, with galvanized \mn‘ annex, the long surface lumber sheds the old Centennial flour mill, the office, { stable and warehouse were all swept | away. The fire was discovered by the night | | watchman, John Majots, who was eat- | ing his lunch in the office. Majors was first attracted by a light ‘and, looking | out, he saw flames issuing from the roof just above the boilers. Good work was done in keeping the | | lames from spreading through the lumber yard which adjoins the South- | | ern Pacific depot. Three residences on Beach Hill | caught fire on the roof from falling cinders, but the blazes were extin- guished. The windows of Sunshine '\‘llla, the home of ex-Lieutenant Gov- ernor W. T. Jeter, several hundred | vards away, were cracked by the heat. | | Part of the plank sidewalk on Beach | Hill, 150 feet from the burning build- | | ings, was burned. ! | The land and buildings and much of | the machinery were owned by the Santa | Cruz Bank of Savings and Loan So- | ciety, which carried an insurance of | $6000. The main building and annex were | several hundred feet in length and | were erected about twelve years ago. | In the sheds and yards more than 200,- | 000 feet of lumber was burned. The old Centennial flour mill. a build- | ing four stories high, built thirty years | ago, with much of the machinery in | the structure, was burned. | The books and accounts were all in| | the fireproof safe and were intact when | the safe was opened. i H —_—— e | SACRAMENTO WOMEN ‘ FORM A NEW CLUB| | The Organization Will Be Aflllhte(l] ‘With the General Body of the State. | SACRAMENTO, Feb. 19.—The Wom- |a an's Council of Sacramento County was | organized to-day for the purpese of forming a central body with which all | women’s clubs and organizations may | | affiliate in carrying out the plans of | the different branches. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Robert T. Devlin; vice president at | 1arge, Mrs. W. A. Gett; corresponding | secretary, Mrs. J. J. C. Fitzgerald: re- | cording secretary, Miss Nellie Dunlap; treasurer, Mrs. O. F. Washburn. { Mrs. Devlin delivered an inaugural | address, pledging active work in the new field of activity. The chair appointed as head of the | different departments the following: | Improvement league. Mrs. H. Wright; public schools, Miss Ella Mc- Cleery; assoclated charities, Mrs. J. A. ‘Woodson; department of moral reform, Mrs. Chauncey H. Dunn. —e—————— MASKED ROBBERS AT | WORK IN SAUSALITO Two Men Enter a Store and Hold Up Several Men, Secwuring Neat Sum. SAUSALITO, Feb. 19.—Two masked men entered the grocery of Antone Lawrence to-night about 11:30 o’ciéck and held up half a dozen men, includ- ing the proprietor, securing several watches and money aggregating about 100. 2 The men entered the place quietly and from their methods it is presumed that they are old hands at the rob- bing game. With drawn revolvers they commanded Lawrence to surren- der the contents of the drawer, which he did. The others were ordered to give up their valuables. Dan Wilson lost a gold watch, which bears hijs name inscribed on the inner case. After the robbers had completed their work they hurried away in the direction of Mill Valley. Marshal Hannan was immediately notified and dispatches were sent to Tiburon and other neighboring towns giving de- scriptions of the highwaymen. ———— BELIEVE THEY HAVE LOS ANGELES MURDERER Mexican Arrested in Arizona Is Charged With Killing Man in California. LON ANGELES, Feb. 19.—A Mexi- can named Jose Salazar is under ar- rest at Kingman, Ariz., on a charge of murdering Francisco Villa in Los An- geles on February 11. . Police De- tective Talmantes has gone to King- man to bring the prisoner to this city. ‘Salazar’s arrest is said to have been brought about by a confession to a companion that he had killed a man in Los Angeles in a quarrel over a card game by stabbing him in the back. From the description of Sala- zar the police believe that he is the guilty party. — e Does Not Believe Griflith Insane. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15.—The trial of Colonei Griffith J. Griffith, the Los An- geles capitalist, on trial for the at- tempted murder of his wife, was con- tirued to-day with the defense placing witnesses on the stand to testify to the insanity of the defendant. Dr. M. L. Moore, the family physician of the Griffiths, was called by the defense, but he swore that he did not consider the defendant insane. ‘When the Mississippi River is at flood one can drink fresh water from the ';nl! ten miles from the river's moul | before | her l'?ru\mn;;( l SHIP DRIFTS NEAR ROCKS Unknown Vessel Narrowly Es- capes Destruetion Near the Cliff House During Heavy Fog BURN DISTRESS SIGNALS Spreckels” Tug Relief Is Sent to Rescue and Tows the En- dangered Craft Inté Port An unknown three-masted, square- rigged vessel, inward bound, fired sev- eral blue rockets as a signal of distress i off Mile Rock at about 1:30 o'clock this morning. The Spreckels Tugboat Company im- mediately sent a tug to rescue the ves- sel and her crew should there be any immediate danger of her destruction. The live-saving station also launched a lifeboat. Owing to the dense fog that prevailed in the vicinity of the distressed ship it was impossible to ascertain her name, but it is believed that she may be one of the following vessels that are due to arrive at this port: Bark Annie Johnson, Honolulu; George Curtis, Homnolulu; British ship Hale- | wood, Antwerp; American ship S. B. Carleton, Newcastle, or the ship Henry Failing, from Newcastle. Though these vessels are all expected to arrive at any time, it is more than likely that the vessel that signaled for aid last night is the Annie Johnson, which closely answers the description. It later developed that the vessel was making port under her own sail, and that when directly off Mile Rock the wind died out, leaving her helpless and at the mercy of the tide that rapidly swung her toward the rocks. While in this predicament the vessel signaled for assistance. but fortunately he grounded the wind came to aid and she was enabled to tack before any damage had been done. The Spreckels tug Relief was the first to reach the vessel and towed her safely into port. - HEAVY SEAS BATTER STEAMER. The Lahn Reaches New York After Tempestuous Voyage From Genoa. NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Battered by heavy seas and with her captain and ond officer injured by an enormous wave that swept over the lofty bridsgs the steamer Lahn reached port to-da after a tempestuous voyage from | Genoa, Naples and Gibraltar. She had a very rough passage throughout, being under reduced speed every da | On Sunday, February 14, the weather was very squally and stormy and seas repeatedly broke over her foredeck. One giant sea knocked Captain Holke | and Second Officer Glunde down, frac turing twe of the captain’s ribs and he second officer on the head. The bridge was damaged, stanchions henr and part of the rail carried away. The Ttalian steamer Sicilia, also ) from Italian ports, had a similar exe | perience. —_———— Honduras Under Martial Law. NEW ORLEANS, PFeb. 19.—The Pic~ | ayune to-morrow will print the follow- | ing: The Tegucigalpa. city and province aof Honduras, is under mar- ~tial law as a result of an attempt to assassinate President Manuel Bonilla, |and half a dozen of the most promi- nent members of the Chamber of Depu- ties are prisoners charged with the at- tempted crim ——— French Ministry Unchanged. PARIS, Feb. 19.—There is no truth in the rumor that Foreign Minister Delcasse has resigned. The report be- gan to circulate in the corridors of the Chamber of Deputies and was imme- diately denied. Premier Combes and the other Ministers were present at the Foreign Office at noon to-day. Thers %as not the slightest indication of a change in the Ministry. —_——————— Debate Closes on the Address. LONDON, Feb. 19.—In the House of Commons to-day Home Secretary Akers-Douglas in behalf of the Gov- ernment moved the closure of the de- bate on the address in reply to the speech from the throne, which was carried. The address as a whole was then agreed to without division and the House adjourned. —_—————— . Racine Insane Asylum Is Burned. RACINE, Wis, Feb. 19—The Racine asylum for the insane was burned to- night. The thirty-three patients were saved. Loss, $1 . ADVERTISEMENTS. LYONS If you are considering the purchase of a spring suit, call in and verify the state- ment that my present com- plete stock offers finer values and contains a greater as- sortment of fashionable ef- fects than any other estab- lishment in San Francisco. 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