The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1905, Page 5

g Manu Succu Atlantic . NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Not since the blizzard of 1888, by which all storms | are estimated as great or small, has . New York been so completely snow- bound as it is to-night. The city itself | is lying under a foot of snow. In many | places it has been banked by the wind to a height of several feet. Surface| travel early in the day was abandoned, | overhead transit was irregular and slow | and it remained for the underground roads to carry home the hundreds of thousands of workers from the down- town districts. | The entire coast line from the Dell-(‘ ware capes north has been in the grasp | of a storm which, because of its heavy | fall of snow, the intensity of the cold and the force of the gale, has exceeded | in severity anything experienced in years. From Maine, the New England | States and the Middle Atlantic States have come reports of a most complete | winter tie-up. Far into the West there 1s snow and a remarkably low tem-! perature. Everywhere railroad traffic | is delayed. Reports of disasters to ship- ping are coming in, and with the rap-| idly falling thermometer much suffer ing must ensue. 1 SEVERAL DIE FROM COLD. So severe was the storm in this city that even during the day hours several _persons were frozen to death or died from exposure. To-night the hospitals, . . police stations and the House of Refuge are crowded to their capacity. More| than once police reserves were called out to take care of the crowds that were struggling around the entrance to some. belated ferry-boat which was soon to attempt another trip. | Long before sundown the homeward- " bound workers learned that trolleys everywhere throughout Manhattan had . been abandoned, that cable cars were| stalled in many places and that for those who lived in the suburbs nothing remained but to take up quarters| somewhere near at hand if they hoped to return to work the following day. Soon after 7 o'clock to-night a bul-| letin was posted in the New York Cen- trdl station saying that no more trains| were expected to arrive to-night. This| notice referred to both local and ex-| press trains. | ‘. Not a vessel of any kind has sailed from or arrived at this port in more . than twenty-four hours, and at the . "port of Boston only one arrival was re- - ported, and that a coastwise steamer. Two trans-Atlantic liners, the Ryn- dam, carrying the mails, and the Nord Amierica, have been unable to leave their piers. Seven other steamships, all . scheduled to leave their plers during| the day, are still in port. | WORST STORM IN YEARS. At Sandy Hook and at the quarantine | station the gale blew at the rate of sixty miles an hour, and a number of vessels are reported at anchor there. The Atlantic Transport line steamship | Menominee from London, the Holland- | American _line steamship Rotterdam | and the Fabre line steamship Germa- nfa, all of which have been reported by | wireless, are in Sandy Hook Bay. A| dozen or more other steamships now | overdue have not been heard from. This city, always susceptible to ab- normal weather conditions, is facing a condition unequaled since that March day years ago when it was cut off from . the rest of the world by a record snow- | fall. The present storm began yester- day afternoon in a gentle way. As the night came the wind increased, and by midnight it was blowing half a gale and drifting hard. At noon it was forty miles an hour, and with it came a| heavy fall of snow and a temperature | " that fell rapidly. The thermometer then registered about 15 degrees. To- night the mercury went to about 10 de- grees at midnight, and the wind at that time was blowing forty-eight miles an hour. Less snow was falling than dur- fng the day, but it was still piling high. All traffic on Long Island was sus- pended. PRI P e 12 VESSELS BLOWN ASHORE. Wrecks Line Atlantic Coast as Result of Gale. NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 25.—Three schooners were blown ashore in Hamp- ton Roads to-day by the fierce north- west storm which swept over the re- gion last night, accompanied by a fall of snow. The John A. Russell of Tap- pahannock, Pa., coal laden, was a total loss, while the Lula and the oth- | er, name unkndwn, were pulled into deep water by tugs. A yawl from the Lula is on the beach and it is thought some of her crew tried to make shore in the gale. If they did they were drowned. Those on “oard the John A. Russell were saved. BALTIMORE, Jan. 25.—Two steam- _ers were blown ashore below Bodkins | Point to-day. They are the British | steamship Lord Erne, from Baltimore for Belfast, and the British steamship - Alswick Lodge, from Baltimore to Rot- * terdam. The Alswick Lodge was floated this afternoon and anchored near Bodkins Point. No report as to whether either vessel is damaged has reached here. PORTLAND, Me,, Jan. 25.—During a hard snowstorm to-day the three- masted schooner Rodney Parker was . blown on the rocks just outside of the harbor. The captaln and crew * later left the vessel and were brought to this city. The echooner probably will be a total loss. She was ioaded Wwith granite. PROVINCETOWN, Mass,, Jan. 25.— . An unknown two-masted schooner was blown on the bar at the upper end of the harbor to-day. The seas are break- ing over her. It i{s feared she may sink. s . ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,, Jan. 25.—A ‘large steamship camé ashore during the gale to-day on the shoals at Brig- antine. Owing to the high wind and . blinding snow it was impossible for the life saving creqw to render aid. —_— ‘COLD WAVE IN WIDE AREA. - Freezing Weather From Rockies to 4 Alleghanies. CHICAGO, Jan. 25.—Practically every town in the Mississippl Valley and the mb in the Metropolis' : tion with the consideration of the army | appropriation bill, | done to fruit trees. | the exception of Helena, | street. BIG BLIZZARD " ISOLATES CITY ~ OF NEW YORK " Fierce Gale, Snow and Intense Cold Paralyze Traffic on Coast. g snow and a gale from the north. In the outlying portions of the city street car | traffic was badly hindered. The wind | died somewhat to-night and the snow ceased, but the mercury is falling and | it is predicted that it will be from &5 to | 10 degrees below zero before morning. | In Kansas and Western Missouri the weather was the coldest recorded in! the last five years. All through the| Ohio Valley the weather was the cold- | est of the winter, ranging from 8 de- | grees above to 2 below. In the major- ity of cases the cold was accompanied by a high wind and driving snow that interfered seriously with rallroad traffic. Reports from the South show that the most severe weather of the winter is prevailing in that section of the| country. Mobile had a temperature ! of 26 and New Orleans 30, and in bo\hl | H places the mercury Is still falling. At Mobile a cold northwest wind drove so much water out of the slips that many ships were left aground. It is expected that all along the north coast of the Gulf of Mexico the temperature to- | night will approximate 12 degrees | above zero and that all exposed truck- | age will be killed and much damage | The extent of the cold wave can be | estimated by the statement that with Mont., and some points In the State of Texas, | there was not a city to-night between | the Rocky Mountains and the Allegha- nies that reported a temperature as high as the freezing point, and in all | places the mercury is falling to-night, | with the probability of being 10 to 12| | degrees lower before motning. | | called attention to the fact that Secre- LA i FIREMEN INCASED IN ICE. | Fight Blaze During Terrific Storm in | New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—While the worst storm of, many winters howled around themi, a dozen fire companies | under the personal direction of Chief | Croker for eight hours to-day fought | a stubborn fire in the Kips Bay Brew- | ery at First avenue and Thirty-eighth | All the men suffered intensely | from long exposure to the chillling | blasts and five of them were more or | less seriously hurt by being caught | beneath a falling wall. | The firemen worked under the most | discouraging and trying conditions. Flying spray froze the moment it touched their garments and long be- fore the fire was controlled many of | them resembled huge icicles. Chief | Croker was obliged to discard his hel- | met because of the accumulation of ice. The financial loss is placed at| about $150,000. ¥ e e MERCHANTS DISCUSS | MATTERS AT DINNER | The San Francisco Credit Men's As- | sociation held a meeting and dinner last evening at a well-known Pine- | | street restaurant, where, for several | hours, the members of the organiza- | tion discussed numerous subjects of | interest to their respective business | enterprises. | President Gustav Brenner presided at | the dinner. Among the subjects that | came before the assemblage was the | bulk law, which was read by Sol Mag- ner and then thoroughly discussed by | B. T. Alexander, Alexander Bell and | Gustay Brenner. | W. H. Preston, first president of the | national association of credit men, | who recently returned from an East- | ern trip, addressed his fellow mem- bers on the conditions existing among the credit associations in the East and compared the work of those orsanl-i zations with the work of the local as- sociation. Walter Mansfield spoke of the laws covering the fraudulent. con- cealment of merchandise and of the difficulties encountered by lawyers and merchants in trying to enforce them. The’ concluding speech of the evening was delivered by Congressman Julius Kahn. . — e SOHOONER MAHUKONA IN DANGEROUS POSITION | ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 25.—The four- | masted schooner Mahukona, in ballast from San Pedro, lies almost ashore at the mouth of the Columbia River at the very edge of the seething breakers which are pounding over the bar. She | is dragging her anchor. The crews | from the life-saving stations at Fort | Stevens and Fort Canby are in readi- ness to go to her assistance the mo- ment rockets are sent up. The power- ful bar tug Tatoosh is standing by, but is powerless to render assistance. The Mahukona came up to the har late to-day, but found a strong ebb tide running. She made an effort to put out to sea, | but was almost carried on the rocks at | | Cape Disappointment by wind and tide. | As a last resource she was headed for | the mouth of the river and an attempt | | to cross the bar was made. | | The Mahukona wallowed through thel | big breakers, but the tide finally com- pelled her to anchor within a few rods of the bar. To add to her distress, the ! | wind has increased from twenty-five| miles an hour to forty and her anchors | GOODNOW FACES GRAVE CHARGES Resolution in House Calling for Inquiry Into Acts of Shanghai Consular Judge| LODGE DEFENDS GENERAL MILES Sharp Debate in the Senate on Part of Army Bill Di- rected at Retired Officer PR e DECISION REACHED Effort Made to Curtail Pay of Men Who Take Service With the National Guard | e WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—In connec- NO GREAT FRAUDS ALLEGED | Said to Have Extorted and Misappropriated Money in | the Conduct of His Office | WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 — Repre- | sentative Hughes of*New Jersey intro- there was an ani- | duced a resolution in the House to-day mated discussion in the Senate to-day | directing the Committee on Judiciary of the assignment of General Miles to | “to inquire and report whether/the ac- service in charge of the Massachusetts ' tion of this House is requisite concern- State militia. |ing the officlal misconduct of John The controversy was begun by Lodge, ( Goodnow, Judge of the United States | who eriticized in sharp language the | Consular Court at Shanghai, China, provision of the army bill prohibiting | and to say whether the sald Judge has the afvarding of extra pay to retired | been guilty of corruptive conduct in officers assigned to active service when | office and whether the corduct of his it exceeds that of major on the ;c»!offllc‘e(han resulted in {mjury and wronga to litigants in s cof % ;1,:: ;’:e'c::‘:‘teg::::dl;::l’;:;’:f’u" | *The tesolution is accompanied by sev- | enteen spacifications. The first charges most unfair. Leodge, Proctor, Platt Dlihim with the embezzlement of $946 on Connecticut, Spooner, Bailey, Patter- ! various dates during the fiscal year son, Carmack and Money took part in | ended June 30, 1303; the second charges the debate which followed. Spooner, | that he mailed false accounts to the Platt and Money contended that the | Secretary of State as to moneys re- enactment would have the effect of | ceived and expended for alleged court limiting the salaries of all retired of- expenses; the third charges that he ficers assigned to active duty to a ma- | Presented a false claim against the jor's pay regardless of rank. Spooner | United States to the Secretary of the contended that the paragraph was an | Treasury; the fourth charges embez- indirect effort to prevent the assign- | zZlement on November 19, 1903, of $643; ment {o active service of officers and | the fifth charges the appointment of | George A. Darby as an expert ac- denounced it as “cowardly.” Nelson sald the real desire is to place | countant, the appointee beipg asserted | | to be wholly incompetent. The next | officers in a poéition to get not only thelr full pay but aiso an additional | Rine charges include extortion and PRAGERS ] PRAGERS our department and see it in operation. the very best results from it. The Block Light is economical on sale anywhere. The Block Light is simple, | easily installed, and will save one-half your gas bill. It requires no care beyond occasional renewal of mantle. These may be had for 25c, 35c and 50c. l-‘ampa!a By aprozess | Jof combining air with - gas, using eight — —|parts of aik to one of gas, a beautiful, bril- liant, white light is secured. This light will flood a room | 25 feet square with a soft, | soothing radiance. Ina word, | The Nearest Substitute for Daylight Ever L . The “Block’” Light Everybody interested in this wonderfully effective light should visit { Two experts from the East are here ready to explain every detail of the light, so that you may obtain | every lighting the home, the office and the | factory. Every part is man- | ufactured | under The glassware comes from Germany and is guaranteed the| very best. mantles are'made | of a tough tex- ture that will out- wear any other tube. PRAG‘I}VRS Invented the most brilliant and We have the Block Light for necessity— specially for it the highest tests. Complete 135 The | None genu- l ine unless the name “Block’”” ap- pears on both burner and ‘mantle. The Block Light uses city, na- tural or gasoline gas, and produces it will pay for itself in less | than three months; will give the same light as ten incan- practically the same results with each. With every light there is a burner, a mantle and a pretty | glass globe. The globesmay be sub- descent bulbs and four times L | tention of the regiment. | for Senator Smoot, announced $2000 or $3000 from the States. “That is | the germ of the Senator’s contention,” he sald, referring to Lodge. The latter replied that General Miles is getting no pay from Massachysetts; that he had refused it. Several amendments were suggested, but action on them and on the provision went over for the day. In connection with the provision for | the support of a provisional regiment | of native troops in Porto Rico, Clay tary Root had recommended the dis- continuance of that regiment. Proctor replied that Root subsequently had changed his mind and had urged the re= —_—————————— GRIDLEY’S WIDOW A CLERK AT THE AGE OF SIXTY Relict of Late Naval Hero Asks Con- gress to Erect Monument to His Memory. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Senator Alger to-day Introduced a bill appro- priating $5000 for the erection of a | | monument to the memory of Captain | C. W. Gridley, who commanded Ad- miral Dewey's flagship Olympia at! the battle of Manila Bay. In connecz | tion with the presentation of the biN: Alger had read a letter writen by | Mrs. Gridley to President Roosevelt. In this letter Mrs. Gridley stated | that at 60 years of age she is working | as a clerk In one of the executive departments of Washingten, and is| financially unable to erect the monu- | ment herself. She therefore asks the | President to exercise his influence for | the monument. She also mentions | the death by accident of Captain Grid- | ley's only son on the Missouri, and suggests that the monument might be | of a joint nature. e Smoot Case Near End. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—The in-| vestigation of protests against Senator | Smoot, so far as the introduction of | testimony is concerned, was brought ' to a close to-day. When the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections | convened, A. S. Worthington, -counsel that | he would not put other witnesses on ! the stand, and that he had nothing | further to offer. i ————————— Baker Assails the Tariff. | WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—The House to-day passed the District of | Columbia and the Military Academy appropriation bills. Except for a| speech by Baker of New York, bitter- ly assailing the protective tariff pol- | icy of the Republican party, the pro- | ceedings were devold of interest. Abasidein e Ay Rich Gift of Curlos. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—A gt of curios, valued at $500,000, has been made to the Smithsonian Institution | by Charles L. Freer of Detroit. Freer | is a millionaire and the owner of the | famous collection of Whistler paint- ings. e New California Postmasters. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Post- masters were appointed to-day as fol- lows for California: Marx C. F. Riecken, at Oakville; Claude B. Wright, at Concord. o el | SOCIETY FOLK WILL ACT TO-DAY IN AID OF CHARITY Prominent Members of the Smart Set | Are Ready to Appear at Colum- | fees collected in settling the estates of ! which both parties were fully repre- fraud in financial transactions. The fifteenth specification’charges a conspiracy to “manufacture allens into citizens of the United States jn con- sideration of large sums of money, the plan being to issue bogus identifi- cation papers, to be presented by other | parties to the conspiracy to Minister Conger, who issued the proper pass- ports. Four Russian allens, one Turk and one German are named as recelv- ing such passports. Two allens, a British subject and a German, were registered at the United States con- sulate, it Is alleged, as citizens of the United States. The sixteenth charges Judge Good- now with appropriating to his own use American citizens who died at-Shang- hal and making false returns thereof. The seventeenth charges that Judge Goodnow did unlawfully and knowing- ly take jurisdiction in the case of George A. Derby and one H. P. Plant, the case being triable only before the United States Ministerial Court at Peking, the result being that Plant was sentenced to a long term in prison, which, it is believed, he Is serving in a California jail. The resolution charges that said Judge Goodnow is incompetent to hold the office of Federal Judge, that he has never been admitted to practice law hefore any court in the United States | sewhere and that he is mnot a! lawyer. A protest aguinst the retention of Judge (loodnow, signed by twenty ‘American residents of China, is made part of the resolutipn: 3 —_————— BALL BY SAN FRANCISCO TENT OF THE MACCABEES | Delightful Function in Pioneer Assem- bly Hall Attended by Four Hun- dred Persons. San Francisco Tent of the Knights ' of the Maccabees gave ball in the | assembly hall of the Pioneer building | last night to its members and friends. | It was an invitation function that was | attended by about 400 persons and in | the grand march there were 150 cou- ples, mostly young persons who, as they moved to the strains of delicious muelc through the many pretty fig- ures, presented a most beautiful sight. The order of the dances was made up | of twelve modern numbers with three | extras. This affair, the most delight- | ful ever given by the tent, was under the direction of the following named: Committes of _arrangements—Past Co! mander G. V. Leroi (chairman), Past Coi mander E. H. Stephens, Commander A. Knox, Past Commander Chester Smi Past Commander G. L. Morgan. Reception_ committee—Past Commander H. A. Knox, Past Commander D. B. Richards, Past Commander Theo. Frolich, Past Com- mander M. B. Schofield, Past Commander S. W, Creigh, Colonel C. W. Seeley. fHonorary committée—San Francisco. Hive No. 8, Ladles of the Maccabees. Floor manager—Past Commander Go V.| Lerof esistant floor manager—Past - Commander | E._H, Stephens. 4 Floor committee—Past Commafer Chester | Smith, Past Commander Carl Lengen, Past Commander J. H. Sampson, Past Comfander Frank Sampson, Past Commander Ed Savery, Past Commander G. L. Morgan. b RAILROADS WILL gfi;\v PRESENT AGREEMENT | Employes Also Are Satisfied That the Conditions Continue for Two More Years. " Everything points to industrial peace for two years from and after next May between the directors of the | United Raflroads and their employes of the Street Carmen’s Union. After holding a few meetings, at| sented, a renewal of the existing| bia in “The Liars.” Society will turn out in full force agreement, known as the Strauss a bitration board settlement, was con- this afternoon at the Columbi: _ | sidered and agreed to as the one that 2 The- | Sl continue In force for two more ater, when several well-known women | years. and men whose names are familiar in |* This course was decided upon by select circles will tread the boards in all the parties interested and during | Henry Arthur Jones' comedy, "“The |the present- month wili be‘ counter- Liars.” The amateur Thespians have | rigned by the duly accredited repre- been rehearsing faithfully and expect sentatives of the company and the em- are dragging. {to make a hit in thelr benefit per- | The pilot of the Tatoosh believes if | fcrmance in aid of the new Naval Club | ployes. —————— the Mahukona can keep off the bar un- til midnight and if the wind blows no | harder he will be able to get a line | | aboard her, but even in case that is ac- complished he expresses faint hopes of | saving her. ————————— | ONE-MILE AUTO RECORD ] BROKEN THREE TIMES ORMOND, Fla., Jan. 25.—The world’s | mile record was broken three times at!| | the automobile rdves to-day in spite of | the cold weather. Louis S. Ross in his twenty horsepower car covered a mile in 38 secords flat, one second under the world's record made by Vanderbilt in his ninety horsepower car on the Ore mond-Daytonia beach one year ago. Ross held the record but a short time. | Arthur E. McDonald in his ninety | horsepower crossed the mile tape in 34 2-5 seconds. Shortly afterward- H. | L. Bowden In his 100 horsenower ma- chine covered a mile in 34 1-5 seconds. | Miss Olga Atherton, Mrs. H. M. Spen- | lain, J. A. Barstow; adjutant, James hcuse at Vallejo. Miss Frances Jolliffe will play the leading role, t| of Lady Jessica Ne- pean. Lloyd Lowndes is to appear as Army and Navy Union Election. Colonel Oscar F. Long Garrison No. 1101, Army and Navy Union, elected Edward Falkner, while Dr. J. Wilson | and installed the following officers at | Shiels will take the part of Gilbert|the post headquarters last night: ! Nepean. Others in the cast are Court- | Commander, Denis Geary; senior ney Ford, Royden Willlamson, Mrs, |Vvice commander, John Haalise; junior Mark Gerstle, Mrs. J. Wilson Shiels, | vice commander, J. W. Lord; chap- cer, L. S. Ford, Jack Balrd, Joseph | H. Riley; paymaster, Henry Miller; Eastland and Thomas Eastland. The | officer of the day, C. M. Marvine; of- | ficer of the guard, Willlam Moore; of- ~lake region had its weather troubles to-day. 1n some places it was ex- tremely cold, in others it was less so. | lenge cup brought out a fleld of entries, but was snowing heavily, and in a'all the fast racers competing. In the great many others it was both cold and | final Louls Ross in his twenty horse- The one-mil€ international champion- ship for the Sir Thomas Dewar chal- snowing. In this city the mercury. which was 2 below zero last night. mounted this morning,to 20 above. Then came the “ power Teakettle won in 42 seconds. Ar- | thur MacDonald was second in 42 2-6: | seconds, William Wallace third and Barney Oldfield last. | | ficer of the watch, E. Lambert; board To Guard Japanese Girl. of trustees, Denis Geary, James H. A , J. F. Fitzgerald. Margarita Lake, superintendent ot,R“ey the Japanese Woman’s Home on Bush | ¥ pmpm FRER T FREE ___________. FREE t, 'yesterday applied to the Su- matinee will begin promptly at 2:15. —_—— peridr Court for letters of guardian- | SUNDAY CALL ship over Katsura Takao, the 15-year- | SMALL ADS. old Japanese girl, who came from the Orient a few days ago to joint the hus- | A band she had married “by photo- | NATIONAL . graph.” A more valld union will be ' COMBINATION required, and, as the girl is under age, | NEEDLE AND PIN the consent of a guardian will be nec- | CASE. essary before a license can be pro- | — cured. Hence Mrs. Lake's application. | Free With Every Small Ad in ST T e s Sunday Call. TOPBKA, Kans., Jan. 25.—The . Ki re is some emerit to-night in the condition of A. | 1 Ad for Further A Hurd, general attorney for the Santa Fe, | See Small “f: 1 Who fa suffering from pneamonia, His physi: ! 2 Particulars. i Clans say there ls some chance for recovery. | sfo—— S the light obtained from the ordinary burner. It | is free from odor, flicker or shadow. — Pragers—ithe exclusive selling agents for this city. _ sent with every chase. stituted for fancy and higher priced ones, with but little ad- ur- f Pur I ditional cost. The mantles can always be had from us. my? r/’g ments that have made this ALWAY.S RELIABLE STEEL COMBINE [NEVADA NAMES INVESTICATION House Committee Will Fa- vorably Report Bill Pro- viling for an Inquiry g e . Epecial Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Representa-~ tive Little’s resolution, offered in the House some time ago, providing for a thorough investigation of the steel trust, was ordered favorably reported | at the meeting of the Judiclary Com- mittee to-day. Representative Little’s resolution is similar to the resolution introduced last fall, asking for an investigation of the beef trust, which investigation is now under way in Chicago and other Western cities. The resolution calls upon the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to take up the %work under the law creating his department. The resolution was amended in one respect. The original directed that the Secretary of Commerce and Labor re- port the result of his findings and any recommendations he might deem wise to the first session of the Fifty-ninth { Congress. This was amended to direct that the Secretary report his findings according to law, which means that he must report direct to the President, who can use his discretion about mak- ing the report public. The bill directs that facts be ascertained: Is the United States Steel Corpora- tion and its associated and cqnstituent companies engaged in commerce be- tween States and Territories or with forelgn countries, and, if so, to what extent Is the steel and iron industry in the United States, including the output and prices of its products, con- trolled by said corporation and its as- sociated and constituent companies? To what extent does the corporation and its associates control the output and prices of finished product made by independent companies dependent upon it for their raw material? To what extent, if at all, does the corporation or its associates sell its products' more cheaply to its export trade than it does to its domestic con- sumers? What conditions have resulted in whole or in part from any contract, combination or agreement in the na- ture of a trust or comspiracy in re- straint of commerce between -the States and Territories or between for- eign countries? Army Orders. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—By order of the War Department First Lieu- tenant George.R. Armstrong of the Sixth Infgntry will proceed to Colum- bus Barracks, Ohio, for assignment to duty with recruits to be sent to Van- couver Barracks, Washington, and upon completion of that duty will pro- ceed to San Francisco and report ‘to the commanding general of the * De- partment of California for assignment to duty pending the arrival of his reginfent at San Francisco. (first class) Hugh Gywnn, corps, Fort Niobrara, Nebraska, will be sent to the department of recruits and casuals-at Fort McDowell, Cali- fornia, and will be sent to Manila on the transport sailing from San Fran- cisco about February 28. Post Com- missary Sergeant Fred P. Bliss will be relieved from duty in the office of the purchasing commissary at New York the following Private .City, on March 1, and be sent to San Francisco, reporting to Major Charles R. Krauthoff for assignment to duty on an army transport. —_—————————— To Take Up Land Question. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—The House Committee on Public Lands to- day refused by a vote of 11 to 4 to in- definitely postpone consideration the bills increasing from 160 to 640 acres the amount of land that may be taken up under the homestead act. ——— WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—The President to- day sent to the 'Senate the nomination. as agent for the Indians of the Blackfeet Montana, of Captain James Zedare. 17 retired, Washington, D. C. of 6 A, hospital | NIXON SENATOR Chosen on First Ballot, Re- ceiving Thirty-One Votes to Twenty-Five for Sparks Speelal Dispatch to The Call. CARSON CITY, Nev, Jan. 25— George S. Nixon, the Republican can- didate for United States Senator, was elected to that position to-day by the Nevada Legislature at a joint session held in the Assembly chamber at the Capitol building. The room was crowd- ed with prominent citizens and eager spectators gathered to witness the pro- ceedings. At the noon hour Lieutenant Governor Allen called the two houses to order. The vote for Senator followed. Nixon was elected on the first ballot, the vote being 31 for Nixon and 25 for Governor Sparke. Nixon entertained the members of the Legislature and the te officers at a banquet this eveni Governor Sparks, his opponent, was the guest of honor. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 25.— The bolters gained one vote to-day on the eighth ballot for United States Senator to succeed Francis M. Cock- rell. There was no choice and the joint session adjourned until to-mor- row noon. The ballot resulted: Cock- rell, 80; Niedringhaus, 76; Kerens, 12; Goodrich, 2; necessary to election, 86. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 25.—Clar- ence Don Clark was re-elected United States Senator by the Legislature in joint session to-day by a vote of 67 to 7. Clark received the unanimous vote of the Republican members. The Dem- ocratic votes were given to Samuel T. Corn, who has just retired as Chief Justice. AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 25.—The Texas Legislature in joint session to-day for- mally elected Charles A. Culberson (Dem.) to succeed himself in the United States Senate. CHARLESTON, W. Va,, Jan. 25.—In joint session to-day the Legislature re- elected Senator Nathan B. Scott. The vote stood: = Scott 82, McGraw 29. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 25.—The Leg- islature in joint session to-day declared John Kean elected United States Sena- tor. DOVER, Del, Jan. 25.—The long deadlock in the Senate w broken to- day by the election of A. B. Conner. Union Republican, as president pro tem. The three regular Republican Senators who had been holding out against Conner voted for him at the last moment. - This is regarded as a victory for Addicks. ————————— Phelps Must Explain His Absence. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 25.—Carl Phelps, the secretary of the Federal Grand Jury, who had been missing, put in his appearance to-day, explain- ing that he had been sick. He was ordefed by the court to appear before the Grand Jury to-morrow to explain his conduct. TRAINS CRASH NEAR A SIDING Owing to Fog Engineer Does Not See Signal to Stop and a Collision Follows ALl LB STOCKTON, Jan. 26.—A number of persons hurt and a car thrown off the track are the results of a train acci~ dent on the Santa Fe this morning at Blum, forty-five miles west of Stock- ton. The injured: J. C. Hurle of Stockton, superintendent of the Pacific Glass ‘Works, scalp wound; Johannes Reimers of Stockton, landscape gardener for the Santa Fe, cut on the face. A few others suffered minor bruises. F. Dohnken Sr. and wife and F. Déhnken Jr. and wife of Antioch, con- ducting the Arlington Hotel, were bad- ly shaken up, and Conductor H. A. Bankead of Kansas City, on a visit to San Francisco, had his back badly hurt. The injured people were brought to Stockton and cared for. All were able to proceed to their homes. Hurle is probably the most painfully hurt and had to be conveyed to his home in a cab. It cannot be told yet whether his injuries are serious. ‘The dense fog prevalling is partly re- sponsible for the accident. No. 41, car- rying passengers for San Francisco, left here at 9:20 this morn No. 6 leaving San Francisco at 7:30. While No. 41 was going on the siding at Blum Engineer Deardorff of No. 6 con- tinued on, striking the rear coach of No. 41. He thought No. 41 had cleared, but he was deceived by the fog. There will be an investigation to fix the blame for the accident. The Santa Fe officlals here say there are mitigat- ing circumstances in Deardorff's favor, A flag was to have stopped him at Blum. He had no previous orders to stop. In the fog, however, he did not see the flag, evidently, and so ran by the.station as No. 41 was taking the siding. Had either train been ten sec- ons earlier a serious accident would have resulted, though both trains were slowing down at the time. —_—— ANDREW CARNEGIE FOILS CONFIDENCE MAN'S GAME Investigation Reveals Fraud in Re- quest for Donation to a L Library Fund. COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., Jan, 25.— Andrew Carnegle, through his secre- tary, has sent an inquiry to the Coop- erstown postmaster regarding one C. Stanley Cooper, who wrote to him from this place last April, asking for $6500 to complete a fund for the erec- tion of a $10,000 library building. Cooper use@ stationery bearing the name of the “Fenimore Cooper Li- brary Association, Cooperstown, N.Y." No such person or association is known here. 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