The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1906, Page 2

» TUG CZAR COULD HAVE SAVED MANY FROM DEATH IN OCE TWENTY OF VALENCIAS - MISSING MAY BE SAFE ‘Men and Women Cast Doomed Ship in Lifeboat., Did Not Try to Get Close to the Valencia Bunker Tells Why He Left Ship to Her Fate. During yesterday's investiga- tion inte the wreck of the Va- lencin vetersn marimers testi- fied that Captuin Cousins of the steamwhip Queen had dome everything in his power to save the passeugers and crew om the Valencin. The same wit- nesses declared that the tug Czar, being a smaller vessel, could have gome much closer to the Valencin than the Queen, but made no effort to do wo. | - | Feb The first witness e s & in the investigation f the Valencia was Her- ee kS of Pacific ast Steamshiy who took the the 4 ssue orders nspector. when the City of To- ¢ Topeka where mmand of the ¥ more? that n the elleved sot we CZAR STAYED AWAY. r st that cried the when ut; * Birds' Rocks there was the that next expert- Atlantic and accom- there, went in as for not doing mesist them in the best were tugs there would go in tug Czar went in as he k did not go in elose tain whether there "was e fe r they told us that they S chief cook of the Va- ed. He sald he was ship struck ok after she went on,” he i the captain order the it There were no of- em to the water STAND. \ssistant superinten- who lost his s called to take k. - Bun- ack 1 asked several passen- r. They told me the waild be abie eing lowered and some of ong boots e wher. tcbogt Toeking from the Jeft-hand toward the boat she lifeboat - Some was No. T. w et crashed ggainst t n ked steamship sev es Chas Beilus & Cu Excltusinve Figh-Grade Clothiers o Branch Btores. and No Agents. DISCIPLES OF FASHION WHO WANT WHATS PROPER IN THEIR SPRING CLOTHES SHOULD RECDGNIZE US. ODR MODELS WILL ‘CONVEY TO DRESSERS OF TASTE UTILITARIAN GQUALITIES, ORIGINATIONS AND CHIC. THIS 18 CLOTHES - CULTURE. Car'tre & weoe prices and ‘maintatn quality; utterly- impossible. Something. wrong when clothes _reduced: We have stickére sometimes; but .we send" them to the war. 120-152 . BLearny Street Thurlow Block prices are he had | to back | had given | was banged against . under the boat. It may be that somewhere in the Pa- | eific Ocean, on bosrd an unknown ves- ! el bound for an unknown port, elght- een or twenty of the Valencia’s miss- | ing, sonie of them women, are still | mlive. They are kmown to have em- | barked from the wrecked steamer in | one of the lifeboats, and according to | the stories told yesterday by Thomas | Carrick and Frank Lehn, two survivers |of the crew, who have reached this | efty, they may mow be on board a for- eign vessel, unable to tell their fami- lies and friends of their safety. This boat was in command of Purser /4. 3. O'Farrcll and Third Offcer J. Cameron, and it was during the inves- tigation of O'Farrell’s supposed death by Attormey Charles J. Heggerty that the tale of the boatlond of possible sur- vivors was uncovered. It Is g tale that will bring remeved hope to the hearts of many relatives and friends of those given up as lost. | ccording to the atory of Thomas | Carrick, first assistant engineer. and | among the first to be picked up from he life raft, the lifeboat was launched m the Valencia before the break of first morning after the wreck. About eighteen or twenty were aboard of her. Part of these were women. of | this Carrick is sure, Purser J, J. O'Far- rell took charge of the boat, with Third | Mate Cameron as his assistant The launching was successful and a | | £ | - | safe retreat from the sides of the Va- | | City of Topekn’s Master Tells of At- lencia was accomplished. The boat, with its twenty souls.| | steered straight out into the Pacific. | | There was a strong crew aboard and | they made good headway. - The little | craft was more than holding its way | against the wind and the waves FOLLOWS COURSE OF CRAFT. The searchlight on the Valencin was still working well when the lnunching of the lifeboat wus accomplished. Car- rick kept its glare riveted on the tiny | eraft and its human ecargo of twenty. For several -hours he was able to f low the course of the lifeboat. alrendy made weveral miles. Then, to his astomishment, he sud-| | denly saw the gzreat black hulk of a | vessel cross the glaring line of the | searchlight. It was directly ahead of the little jifebont. It seemed hours to Carrick, although it was only a few moments, when he saw the vessel lle to. He watched her | | earefully, taking his eye from the life- | bont. Tt n, t out at to his dismay, the searchlight! The great vessel and the little | 1 were both obliterated from his | vision. It then lacked two hours of day- | break. He walted and watched. In the morning only the raging surface of the angry ocedn met his gazc. l\).n boat nor the ship was to be seen any- where along the horizon. But Carrick believes firmly that the sur- | vivors in the boat were picked up gnd, | placed on besrd the vessel. There wad | eastly time enough, he says, for them to {have steamed out-of sight before the { morning dawned. | Carrick’s story is substantlated to a cer- tain extent by Frank Lehn, the assistant treight clerk, who was picked up from the | 1 Neither } raft by the City of Topeka. He saw the launching in-safety of the lifeboat, but; §f did not see the skip that may have. picked them up. LEHN REMEMBERS SIX WOMEN. Lehn says that he remembers distinctly ‘s»\»ral women on board the lifeboat. { He thinks that there may have been six |or even more. He remembers that the boat was manned by a strong crew, but | could get a brief glimpse of the beach, but of i to get a glimpse of the wreck b ifrom the Valencla. | marked only by the stump of a mast. | done 1 Off From miles along their course. He does not re- member seelng the vessel stop, but says that he might not have been watching all of the time. He called on Mrs. O'Farrell last night and told her the story. The little woman has never ceased to hope that her hus- band would yet return alive, and so she is given renewed courage to wait. - The story of the lifeboat will also bring hope to the hearts of many others who are rel- atives or friends of those who were sup- posed to have perished in the wreck. The theory that the men and women were picked up by some vessel seems reasonable to those who have sailed in those waters. The point where the Val- encia struck is many miles away from the course of vessels to the Orient, but it is not unreasonable to think that another vessel might have been blown off her path and have come close to the rocks which claimed the passenger ship. Such a vessel might not have stopped longer than just to have picked up those in the lifeboat, then continued on her course. It is probable that the boat which Carrick saw in the vicinity of the Va- lencia was the Empress of Japan. That boat left Victoria six hours before the wreck of the Valencia and must have been somewhere near the -lifeboat, even if she had kept te her course. The Empress of Japan will land at Yoko- hama about February 10. * B PR S SAYS HE DID HIS BEST. tempts te Afd Valencla. Captain T. R. Cann, master of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company's City of Topekd, yesterday told of the part his vessel played in attempting to render aid to the hapless pas- sengers who perished on the steamer Valencia The City of Topeka, which arrived from Puget Sound late Wednesday night, brought down six survivors of the wreck, all members of the Valegeia's crew. Captain Cann says that when he relleved the Queen, off the scene of the wreck, a strong southeaster was blowing. It was raining and nothing couid be seen of the Valencia. Occa- sionally the atmosphere would clear so that he the wreck he saw nothing : About two hours after the Queen, in obedi- ence to orders, had taken her departure, the reft, on which were eighteen survivors, was and pickéd up. The Clty of Topeka ment @ boat to the raft’s assistance, Launch- ing the boat proved a work of great difficulty and in the process the boat was badly bat- through being thrown against the To- ka's side.s He inguired fzom the survivors as to the lo- cation of the wreck. They were too dazed, says Captain Cann, to give him any ciear di- rections, One man pointed one way. Another | pointed in_ an opposite direction. They told m, however, that the Valencia had first | ck @ reef: that she had passed over it and gone several lengths before she finally piled up under the bluff All that day until dark the Topeka cruised | back and forth along the. coast. vainly trying | d keeping a | sharp lookout for any more survivors. That ight the Topeka sheitered n the Stralts and “arly ‘next morning returned to the scene of | the wreck, where she was joined by the tug.| Iéghe. The Lorne, with a crew of British ‘E?e-g;‘mu. magie valn efforts to get near the | efk. The Topeka spent the day crulsing | about ‘In the hope of: picking up boat -or Taft The -third day broke fine and ciear and for the first time those on the City of Topeka saw the Valencla's grave, then ““We dld everything that could have been 1 can speak only forthe City of Topeka. anything else 1 know nothing by observa- fion, and I never criticize on hearsay.” . Frank Lehn, who was freight clerk oif the Valencla, was ong of the City of Topeka's sengsrs. He looks worn gut and still sufters from a blow on the head recelved when he jumped from the wreck to the life raft. He was last but one to leave the ship. Lehn says that the diseipline maintained by officers and crew was good and he vehemently denles that the tule life preservers in any way belled their he cannot remember the pessonnel of the | other survivors who refurned on the . -He aayi that Purser P | valencia were Fireman P. Primer, Baker P. men. He says that Purser O/Fatrel] and | pme snd Waiters P. O'Brien, W. Raymond g f arge, of this he IS | 4,5 7 welsh. A number of other survivors sure. He, too, watched them for several | gre coming down by ral. b L RATE G M R T t lowered evénly. Sometimes one end was pped up and then the other, and this with the stant smashing against the Valencla con- s that the lifeboat would never reach neared the water, the big -waves into the lifeboat and we had hard keep hmer clear of the wreck. The was in ough of sea. We had vars and they were used on one side e boat. We finally pushed ourselves clear he Valoncia and moved under her bpw, a w yards out to sea. A big wave came im broke over us and capsized our boat. When 1 camé up 1 could see the boat, although it -was very dark, for the boat was pamted whi toward it end another big wave W cward me. 1 tried to climb on top of it, byt could only get a finger hold. While I was her. another big wave washed over mpletely over again: rned the boat right sid- up, but filled mbed in and much and my wite clinging to.a he children.”’ she sald. s TO SAVE BABY. When we entered the lifeboat I had put my ear-old boy under the seat so that he would | be-out of the way of the cars: 1 felt ift the water under the seat and felt his little body. 1 lifted him out, but he seemed to be dead. I jaid him face down on my knees and rolled him, trying to get the water out of his jungs. He soon began to cry and I knew that he was eard thie voice of a man in the darkness arying for help, saying that he could not hold out much longer. The waves brought him nearer and I grabbed him under the arms and dragged him into the boat. I did not know the man then, but learned afterward that It was Mr. Ritchley We were dashed in close to the edge of the surf by this time and the next big roller ghot us through the surf at a terrifie speed e boat crashed into the rocks and turned partly on one side, though it did nmot turn over. T clung to my wife and Baby boy, My littie girl had been washed overboard the first time the lifeboat capsized and I did not see her aguin., A giant wave sent us with awful force against the rocks and something hit me on the head. The rest of what happened is some- thing of & blenk to me. My next recollection js that of struggling desperately to get a rocks. 1 finally got a hold and only haif con- scious 1 held on untll a big wave receded, came in. When 1 finally got out of the reach of the down. F crawled on my hands and knees jooking for my people. It was very dark and 1 did not find them. When I reached the foot of the bIGff I heard the voice of & man shout- ing. 1 answered and soon the nine survivors of the two. boats Were gathered at the foot of the bluff. We climbed ¢o a point bevond the reach of high tide and huddled together for warmth. . Before daylight, however, I crawled hack to our overturncd lifeboat, he against hope that T would find my wife and baby. T felt but found nothing. Bunker sald: T-have my conclusions as to the lack of dis-- _cipiine on the ship from the fact that there Seemed to be much confusion In giving orders when the lifeboats Were being lowered, —The lowered and were not them were There were ENOW 18 " sen| sengers In the erb:;. ; After the party of mine survivors left the beach and struck inland, Bunker sald, | f they encountered snow. The witness de- clared that his idea in striking inland was to get assistance and get into a place of eafety owing to their demoralized condi- tion. Continuing. Bunker : 1 expected we would soon houses, I belleved we were south of Cape Flattery fingerhold every time I was hurled upon the | orympled, He was of the opinion, he said, climbing up a few inches before the next wave | waves 1 tried to stand up and walk, but fell | f | with pro | line * ashore. | | preververs was made of the old sf When we struck the rude trail that extended | along the telegraph line three alfernatives pre- | sinted themselves. to fhy. nend—one was to follow the rude trall up the comst to the west- ward. for 1 was surs< we would come to & station of some - kind by keeping along the ph Mne e setond .Was ta proceed the trail in the opposite direction, and the third alternative to--gp back to -the the wreck and sfay there. 8 equipped r life saving apparatus to- gheot: a Furthermore, . I did° not. know Low far out the vessel might be, and again it was so early in-the morning that we- would be obliged to walt a considerable length of be light énough to do time before it would In'my judgment the idea to g best and I oking s not sure that the Valencia anything. west along the trall appeared ‘the 50 stated to the rest of-.the to proceed in the way I indieated, est. but somwe of the boys @ Iitthe Jater wans dered and paturally enough, {f it' would | e b Do 1 o the other oy k| this point I.called them all together, for-it'| wae discourdging to- think that {here night be poseible dissension and I did not want the party divided. 1 was convinced. that the only plan was to select a definite object of, acooms-, plishment and to stick to it and I so informed them and after that we all went along: - Bunker declared ‘that the men in the party were in a pitiable condition: - Two of them were without shoes, one man was suffering great pain from & sprained‘an- kle, a fourth had an injured hand and was otherwise injured. k The witness said it was, with great difficulty they succeeded In reaching th telegraph hut, and that for a time he had grave doubts of being able to get all of the men there. ° % Bunker is' 2 robust man and said tha physically he was in the best condition any of the nine when they reached the hut % LIFEBELT FALLS APART. _The witness said that he found the"cork in life preservers washed ashore to have. that the cork had been pressed, but had fallen apart after being soaked In the water and buffeted in the breakers, “I was led to believe from my observa- ticns,” he sald, “that the cork in these toppers from botties. A cork iife preserver was shown the ['s] % witness and he said it was of better qual= ity than the ones he saw at the scene of the wreck. 2 7 A dramatic_scene occurred when Bun- ker had finished relating his experiences and spoke of the criticisms that he understood had been made his actions after reaching shore. He said: " TALE BRINGS TRARS. ' 1 have been accredited, I hear, with remark- as I had lost my 5 it AN Pennsylvanian Tells House| . the Proposed Rate Bill| Is.a Step Toward Socialism |- KNAPP FAVORS MEASURE| - boys and they |- #as no objcction at first.about going™ pe el | e “FOR RAILAOADS Shackleford of Missouri Ex- plains His Reason for Sup- | porting the Administration’ WASHINGTON, ‘Feb.'1.—The' discus-' sion of the railroad rate bill was taken up and prosecuted with"vigor in the' House throughout the day. So many speakers nave come to the front on this measure that the House agreed to meet at 11 o'clock hereafter until the debate is ended. The feature ' ol the debate was the lengthy speech of Sibley of Pennsylvania, who arraigned the legislation with arguments ‘of varied character, all of which' tended to give his reasons for being umnalter- ably opposed to the bill. When he charged that the ‘legislation was_soclalistic in its character and i step toward Government ownership and the dream of Bryan and Hearst, James of Kentucky asked what the reason was for the right-about-face of the Republican party in the direction of the Bryan leadership. “I will gracefully place the responsi- bility on my colleagues of broader shoulders,” retorted Sibley. Sibley said he would advocate larger salaries for the members of the Inter- state Commerce Commission and would content himself with voting against the bill. Knapp of New York spoke -for the measure, and Shackleford of Missouri, who advocated the Hearst bill last year. gave his reasons for supporting th- present bill. A speech by Hetin o* Alabama, also favoring the bill, con- cluded the day's debate. e e S5 S emotion and he could not speak fur- ther. During the recital of his answer ta the charges made against him and throughout the entire hearing for that matter Bunker’s auditors showed. in- tense interest. Tears glistened in the eves of many when the speaker had finished and Captain Turner said: “Mr. Bunker, my opinion. In this matter has changed materially since have heard your statement.” The inspectors and others present shook hands with the witness at the conclusion of the hearing and extended their sympathy to him. The hearing is expected to be con- cluded to-morrow, when Captain Cous- ins. commanding the Queen, and others, not now in the city, will be called. i e MREWARD FOR INDIANS. Natives Will Be Paid $10 for Each Body of Wreck Victimx. VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 1.—Bodies of viotims of the Valencia wreck are beginning to scatter, the last recovered being picked up at Long Beach, to the westward ‘of Horkley;Sound apd thirty-five miles by direct - fne {roni: the scena of the wreek. Twenty-two bodies have been recovered to date. The first bodles € be brought to Vicioria were anded this evenin by the ceasting steamship Queen Cily. The bodies, those. of VL &nd two ehilaren thoug) dren, wers taken in'chiarse by the Coroner. 'o-day the tug Lorne brought € er bod-, 148 To DA nmm'fim;qm of Gus' Erickson, & second.cléss passenger. ° Sevem mors bodies were left on the shore, the heavy surf preventing them being brought off, That an incentive may be given the Indians’ of the fsland coast. to recover ‘bodies, the provincial government has offered to the In- djans a bonus of $10- for each body found. The Government has given positive instrucs tions that all hodles must be brought here and after efforts haye been made to identify them ‘and the customs authorities have taken charge of the effects found on them, the remains will be turned over to the steamship officfals for dieposition, either to be - interred here -or shipped to’ relatives, —r ORDERS INVESTIGATION. Secretary Metealf Wants Truth Com- ecerning Valencia Wreck. WASHINGTON, Feb, 1.—Secretary’ Metcalf of the Deparfment of Commerce and Labor late this aiternoon ordered. a thorough 'and: searching investigation of the Valencla wreck off Vamoouver ‘Island and the conduct of of- ficers and crew of that steamship, s well as the Gfficers of the steamers whid vessel. s (1P Searetany's action is.based. on informa. Alon’ Yecefved by him that this investigation thould Je oxderca a. oner: Whets the LoooRs called for reaches turned over o a s, Topeka and Queen went_to_the ussistarice of the disabl ‘When the riport re it Will. be immedlately, 0 al committee, ‘consisting of Assistant Secretary Murray, Supervising In- speetor General . Ulifer and erbert - Knox Smith, Deputy. Commissioner of Corporations. These three officers were ‘members of the com: | tee. which investignted the Slocum: disas- . ADVERTISEMENTS. ‘STOMACH ON' THE mul What if a Gain the Whole e and Lose His Appetite? he man with a well-bel - -ach never .thinks ' about l't‘.“glde "33{.' what he likes arid likes:what he eats. ,il:mlvc:a;rhg}n P[n]ny l’xt' hbecuuue he a stomach tha -eas- ily. digest it. All things L ond s him: he will sit close to the table, an | with a merry twinkle In‘his eye and world-peace expression, he will "utart* on the delicious meal:before Him. : . But thé man with the bad, brashy, gurgly stomach is the man who is always thinking about it. He can sel+ Qom eat what he most likes, and sel- dom lkes wiiat he eats. His stomach yoimel ‘him. before meals, after meals 3!‘ tween meals. It is on his brain. Wq_rl;l.. 8 Rim of his cheer and interf his dally work. Around him 15 & Spirit ‘which presses itself for- in his thoughts, crying: “I am o I am disgust, _k,:m nausea. 1 ‘x:lle::,‘cl:nlsuo;l, worry. I am cons R unehes and pappy fo vonrluhed by gulpy meals. I r‘:’i ‘E‘ § of thelr force and bodles of “thetr lfe. I steal away nerve and vi: 52) gna‘:e:n lgisenn n?d apoplexy. mi orld a e e pit of weariness ai B nd Iam woe, I am death. 1 1a. But yet, I bring also hope; o’t‘a‘}n ayndp :::Q“::,h‘f“"h' because by .m‘ a chance to,elu‘y‘e'?nl‘?“ » Thi i s _is\a bad d but it is the ream, This:is-a superior Exten: $18.50 sawed oak, in weathered and golden finishes, sub- stantially “built and well finished. There is no term so expressive of our sale offerings.as that Our first annual sale is progressing very satisfactori sublic that a sale is on at our The reductions, which are in some instances as and convincing of excellent money-saving opp! CARPETS 3IGELOW AXMINSTERS—A rich patterns. Regular $z.00 Sale price, per yard.... 30DY BRUSSELS—Bigelow, Lowell and Whit- tall makes; choicest patterns. Regular Sale price, per yard SMITH’S EXTRA AXMINSTERS—Large. varietfi $1.75 values. of patterns. Regular e $1.50 Sale price, per yard IMITH’S SAXONY AXMINSTERS—Patt suit every fancy. Regular Sale ,price,iper yard.......... CAPESTRY BRUSSELS—Varie $r. Regular $1.20, $1.10 and $1.00 values. Sale prige, per yard.. RUGS THIRTY PER CENT REDUCTIONS have been 1ade on the beautiful Oriental rugs. ugs-also marked at liberal redu LINOLEUMS All ‘otir regular stock of linol uced in price. But the odds and ends and pat- rns weé wish to close out will 1e-half their originai prices.* B: ents of your kitchen, bath room or other rooms 1+ which you wish to lay linoleum. REDUCTIONS gn and domestic papers. Out x_uuld send for samiples; which ‘ices. 1s. so0ds purchased his sa e wili be ‘vred at the navenierceof . customers, A i, VRIS WS DUPED T HER SUDDEN ARG Continued From Page 1, Column 3. s “After the cer¢mony we went luto the dining-room for a bite to eat. - Mrs. Miz- ner explained that. she had promised. to attend a function in a private house and to this I couid ofter-no ubjac‘uo?6 al- though it is somewhat unusual for a bride to leave her husband on such short notice, Hotel in ~West. Forty-fifth street, Mrs. Mizner departing -soon afterward in her private conveyance. It was-a few hours later tbat-a coune was yeturned. " 1 en tered it-and was driven. to the private residence -and from that place I-escorted Mrs. Mizner to her home, leaving her shortly afterward -to return- to.my apart- ments ‘in the Hotel ‘Astor. e KEEPS AWAY FROM HIS BRIDE. was not feeling well when bed. 1 had important personal business, that Fequired my atfention in Philadelphia ‘and I went-there and spent the tollowing | day and.the ear] Iy part-of the evening. It was midnight” when. I retiurned to New ' York and 1:had a shght fever. " When I * | awoke to-day it wds Yo find ‘mysdlf suf-| fering- from grip. [ have not left these rooms to-day, but will yisit Mrs. Mizner to-night. 1 received several telephone sages from her.” - 3 % I you:ask for aw explanation of her statement that the .céremony .had not taken place?” - “Why should I ask my wife a question of that character?”’ Mizner was absent from Hotel Astor several hours to-night, presumably. on | a visit to- his wife. On his return he sajd: & ¥ . . “Well, she won't make any statement to-night. No, I don’t ‘'know why. She seems to want to stand pat—that is, now that she has denied it once she is not ready to come out and set the mat- ter right.” ‘“Ig.she vexed with you? . “No, honest! If she ‘as sore'I'd tell you stralght. She knows I didn't let the matter -out myself. I wished to keep it secret. She doesn't care what anybody says and at present she doesn't realize that this puts me in a ridicu- lous position. I think that by fo-mor- row Mrs. Mizner will have something definite to say.” 3. ¢ i ONLY ONE QUART OF CHAMPAGNE. “Mr, Mizner, what have you to say 1o the report ‘that one or the other of the p-rtlea' ¢ marriage was not ‘what - WALL PAPER OF 20 PER CENT on all our for- Extra reductions for “clean-ups” in- sniall We all drove . to the Seymour Furniture sion Table of .q_uaite"r- wall pawr akes this table a splendid bargain. Tt extends to6 feet. Our sale priee m: much al ) store. ‘The high-grade qua h,as 50 per ce ties. fine assortment of | DRESSING TA! valués. S" 35 top. - Regular p PriCe soivevesin ----- SLI5 weathered finish inches. price values. ) L} to erns 25 ty to choose from. 85¢ inches by 4 feet lar price $25.00. Our domestic ctions. eums has been re- be sold for about long; pretty pat ring the measure- 1 3 signs. Regular <price LACE DOOR P These lines are Reductions_ thro PORTIERES—Ge - of - town - people we will send with Yos Frederichs & I 34- NEA SOELLIS S L - 3 | Ing about the incident that should cause | Lae least discl ¥ will file the mar- riage - certificafe < as ‘requited by law. Mrs. Yerkes, when 1 fiigde hér Mr. Miz- ner's wife,, was smiling' and ‘chatting cheerfully 3 —_—— MIZNER’S SPOKANE CAREER. —_— Willle” Said "te Have “Vagged” in Northern City. SPOKANE, Feb. 1.—Spokane’s i derloin fairly gasped with delight reading that Wilson Mizner Francisco had married the widow of ! Charles Yerkes and had received a nuptial settlement of $1,000,000. Ola- | timers are agog with tales of the time ! when “Little Willie” Mizner dazzled the ! district until he came tu an inglorious finish by being “vagged” by Foliceman Shannon. “Little Willie" came “to town ten | years ago, gorgeous in a red sweater and a cowboy hat. He was a youngster of .20, just out of school, and his splen- did puysique made him the admiration of sporiing men and the idol of women. . He 'had a “eheerful disposition, and | could not only sing, but play the piano i quite well.” He made -headqiarters around the old Louvre saloon and va- riety hall, He was always leven thoukh he was “busted.” k i recorded, that his funds ran so low that he even . porrowed a postage stamp to | write home. \ A burlesque called the “Society Cir- ¥ was put on in the variety house, “Little Been on el and “Little Willie” appeared ~as the animal tamer. Some joker$ guyed him so fiercely that he quit the .stage suddenly. . He Nked prize-fighting and went up to Coeur @Alene as secand to Savage, | who fought a gory battle with a sol- dier at the old fort. The lawyer who defended “Little Willle” . in’ the vagrancy case said to- night: “] torget just how thé ‘case ended. but I know: wesgot lilm out and he left town. ‘Soon afterward - he went to Alaska and, I understand, made money there. Women have been crazy for the boy all his life.” R s "ACTRESS WILL SUE MIZNER. Breach of Promise Alleged by Beauti- ful Bdith Crater. DENVER, Feb. 1L—A private telegram from Brooklyn states that beautiful Edith Crater, - actress and adopted daughter of a prominent Denver business man, has instructed her attorney to bring suit for breach of promise against Wilson Mizner, who married Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes in New York en Wednesday night. That Mizner has been 8howing marked attention to Miss Crater has been known in Denver, California and New York so- dream of the dyspeptic. If it|aware of as going on?” not for the white we couldn't tell | *“None of us had anything to drink _black. II it ‘were not for dy:g:p- "before the ceremony," said Miznef: e ot o Gnf know the Jo¥.iihe hap- | “Atter 4t was over. one quart bottle of the world looks br.i ht to a v t]e mpagne was scrved around among (. ; 8O 'h%- all of us present.” Y ) tomac] Somebody asked Mizner these ques-| ad “Did you live at Hotel Rossmore with 2 o 2 Fonches bes n as your !{"TW i : it. Stuart Tab- | you keep a ,at_Capel pure. The critical ordeal W Tk e S T this . ou tetl“ hloated after ut‘mc -E Jou | money back over the that the thought h, S rm of [ OWASEY . (aid Mizner, not at all put | There is no necessity for the Dyspeps! | P s good I'mever lived with | or dangerous. The use of will digest |any woman as my wife at :::“m the coming event that . Let 1 did pretty and remedy is always ‘appli aally,and handsomely carved. $56.00. Sale price BRASS BEDSTEAD—AIl brass, single size, oval LIBRARY TABLE—Mad Regular price $35.00. Sale §15.00. Sale price... LACE BED SETS—Arabian color and dainty de- MARKET — ten- | of San| bused word, “Bargains.” 2 It has only been necessary to remind the lity of Fredericks’' furniture is” well known. nt of the regular price, are attractive FU X BLE—Mahogany, French legs, Regular ~ price 845 uu fioe » rice $40.00. .. §25,00 e of quarter-sawed oak, ; “keyed™ together; size 30x49 $24.25 DAVENPORT SOFA — Mahogany finish, hand rubbed; upholstered by Frederjcks French figured velour. Regular price $65.00. - Sale price.. BOOKCASE—Soli covered in rich $45,00 3 feet 2% $18.00 id mahogany; sizes 10% inches. - Regu- Sale price. OFFICE DESKS—Our entire line of desks of va- rious sizes -and fi ductions of 25 per cent. DRAPERIES ARABIAN CURTAINS—Hand-made and 34 yards nishes have been marked at re- terns. Regu! lar price $|u 0" ...... ' price $12.50. Sale sg ufl 'ANELS AND CRETONNES— complete and the choice inviting: ughout. ¢ neral reductionS. Free delivery with our owr ¥ teams to al near-by towns. [~ clety circles/ for some time. Indeed. about a year ago, a report was current that he had married her, and a relative of Miss Crater is authority for the state- ment that about that time several pack- ages sent to the Denver actress in this city were addressed to “Mrs. Edith Miz- ner." The report of the marriage was denied by Misg Crater at the time, but an eariy | marridage was predicted by all who were acquainted with the couple. 'Consequent- | Iy, when the news of Mizner's marriage to Mrs. Yerkes was flashed across the ! country, a mild semsation was created among friends of the couple here. Miss Edith Crater is a blonde. She and her sister, Alléne, also an actress, wer born and reared in thig city. In one her trips to Californla, two years a Edith Crater met Mizner. According ful fdce and figure of the Colorado gi tell ‘violently in love with her. It is e he wanted to marry her at once, but th Miss Crater declined. He has visited her in Denver more than once, pressing her to marry him. —_—————— BELT SINKS LIKE STONE. Life Preserver Tested in Seattle Quickly Goes to Bottom of Lake. SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—After ripping open tule reed life preserver at Johnsoms boathous: Lake Washiugton, this aftevnoon, to see whi it was made of, Sherwood Gillesple, a local fn- surance man. tossed it into the water and it sank bke a sfone. The preserver was later fished ou: with an oar and found fo be thor- oughly sgturated with water. It wds ver heavy aud its weight alone was sutficient have dragged @ man down to a walery gra were -Pe uepending upen it to keep his head above the waves uniil assistance came. a A DR COLUMBIA 1S SAFE. Vessel, Which Strikes Raft, Is Unin- jured, and Arrives at Astoria. . PORTLAND, Feb. L.—An Oregonian special from 'Astoria_states that while the steamship Colurbbia was coming down the river from Portiahd last night during & dense fog she met a fog raft. In order ‘to avold rumning the steamer ashore the pilot ran into the rafi The Columbia was not injured in the least and proceeded. Later:the fog became so thici, that - further navigation was im; and the vemsel tied up for the night, continuing on to e er the fog lifted this morning, ————————— PARDEE PARDONS PRISONER “WHO PROMISES TO GO TO WORK Commintes Sentence Reeause Man's Family Ix in Need of His Services SACRAMENTO, Feb. L—Governor Pardes to-day commuted the" sentence of Larue Chal- mes of Lot Angeles, sentenced to 150 dayy’ im- prisonment. for setusing to provide for his fami- Iy, is destitute and he has o work for their support if released. ithout his assistance bis family will becofe a public charge. friends, Mizuer, attracted by the beauti- X