The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 6, 1906, Page 3

. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1906 HOUSE IKQURY DOL " CVEN MSWER 'Leader Who Voted With Operators Jeered. Interstate Cominerce Board Lells of the Pennsylvania Road and Its Connections o TRNEURE | R ESIGNATION AN IS HISSED ~ BY THE MINERS No Statement Made Whether Company Has Violated the Laws of the United States —— and Wash- 000,000 of Tt road Company \NORE BATTLES NOT DEMANDED| ‘Subject May Come Up at To-Day’s Session. PITTS. charac BURG, Feb. 5.—After a day r by disorder, hisses and with frequent shouts of “Re- | delegates of District No. 6| | | | ted Mine Workers' Union in failed to pass a resolution the resignation of Patrick ent of District No. b, for' | in voting with the operators | apolis to sustain the present; | After several hours of dis- convention adjourned to- to-morrow afternoon, after & a resolition to appoint a com- | | tee on resolutions, consisting of five bers, which is to report to-morrow ect a one the was new president,” was delegate shortly after convention to order. greeted with much ed then presented ding the resignation Patrick Dolan and Vice Bellingham for violating the of the Pittsburg district ng to accept the old scale napolis convention. ent Dolan arose and said never the delegates are ready for lanation of my action at Indian- will receive it.” I am pre- pared | A number of the delegates applauded, Pu! the sentiment against President Do- lan was very pronounced. His resignation was not officially called for, however. Fearing a strike among the coal miners, the Carnegie Steel Company is preparing and is stocking its Other plants as well as e taking similar precautions. NAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 5.—The na- 0 cutlve board of the United Mine Workers of America adjourned to-day. Secretary Wilson said no statement would t this time. President John 11 left for his home at Spring Val- to-night. From there he will go ago before he returns to In- LEADER MINEWORKERS WHO WAS HISSED FOR SUP- PORTING THE OPERATORS, RUNAWAY TRAN CALSES WAECY, HELENA, Mont, Feb. 5.—A runaway freight .train on the Northern Pacffic crashed, into a passenger train to-night at 11:20'about two and a half miles from here, resulting in the death of three per- sons whose names are known and of two MONG te promulgation of a strike order, President Lewis said to-day: Never in the history of strikes have I known a strike order to be issued more than 4, 3 L o Ay hovIe DMOTe Jthe ex-| others who were burned in the wreck and of fhe wage scale. Ve have two | whose names have not yet been learned. The identified dead: J. S. ROBINSON of Missoula. CHARLES BRICKLE, conductor on passenger train. 8. J. JEZICK, express messenger. Edward Brown of this city, a brake- man, was so seriously injured it fis thought he will die. Other passengers were slightly injured. Every coach in the passenger train was burned and the freight train, which was made up of cars loaded with lumber, was also burned. % The passenger train preceded the freight out of Austin, about eight miles west of Helena. At Austin the engine was de- tached from the freight. There is a heavy grade from Austin to Helena, and the freight got loose. The passenger it is folly to talk of it being d now.” CHICAGO, Feb. 5.—Because of the pos- of a strike of the coal miners, a ber of wholesalers in this city to-day advanced the price of soft coal 2% cents a ton. IBOUTCHURCHES PARIS, Feb. 5—MM. de Billy and Petit were each sentenced to six months' im- prisonment and a fine of 340 to-day for connection with the recent disturbances | at the Church of St. Roch when an in-- ventory of the property of the church was | being made iIn conformity with the church and state separation law. Sev- eral other persons were given sentences 1 '$22,530,000 Raflway Com. | Tanging from two to six months ana uthorized capital | fines of $40 for resisting the Commission- ‘ o o _stock. | ers at St. Clothilde’s Church. 5 jeeued com- | To-day’s making of Inventories was pro- Yivania Com. | ductive of many disturbances in the prov- inces. At Montpelier a small army com- posed of infantry, engineers and gen- darmes stormed the church of Notre Dame. Fierce fighting ensued Inside the church and many persons were wounded. There was also fighting outside the church between Catholics and anti-Cath- olics. At Tolouse members of the congrega- tion barricaded themselves in the Cathe- dral and rang a tocsin, causing the au- thorities to abandon all attempts to make an inventory. The manifestants then proceeded to the Masonic Temple §and knocked in the doors. At Questembert, in Brittany, the con- gregations beat off a storming party of gendarmes. At another place in Brittany 2000 manifestants, headed by Colonel De Soyer, repulsed several attempts of the - | gendarmerie to storm a church. |TANANA PLACER CAMP STILL ATTRACTIVE THE THEATRICAL COMBINE | Who was Excuaea | LHOUsands Expected to Go to the Diggings This by the Penn- the companies he N and and the Chesapeeke as above set *'the several rafl- ained and here ap- rates between the case, but © rates genere the facts hereinbefore given show & violation of the act the commission New York Critie, from Playhouses, Gains a Polnt | in ourt. 3 NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—James S. Met- | Year. calf, the the 1l eritic, who was last —_— mer excl from forty-seven the- | Epecial Diepateh to The Cail. is city because of his criti- a point in the le- hich he instituted who | ']{,,;T,L';,{g;r:n;,rgp | from Klondtke camp to the new diggings, amainst all the | J°Ar Fairbanks, and every year since ws made against | Dave been going in with increasing num- i ot Wl 4‘ bers. Kor the coming season some of the oo secrallis Sk o 12 . transportation people are calcu- " Vit writ to-day was | 1ting on a total of 10,00 persons going e Court Justies | into Tanana, and it is even reported that nded Burnham | S0me of the officials of the transportation oe After saying | \Des expect 20,000 to 30.000. Already the afforded ample remedies | &8P has a total of 7000 people. Several _SIEaE mae | hundred are going there over the ice from ¢ and publishers Who | naweon this winter. legal bounds, tbe court e i L e N THREE SOUTHERN COUNTIES ARE VISITED BY RAINSTORM TACOMA, Feb. 5.—Tanana placer camp continues to be a marvelous loadstone. | Four years ago people began to move He manage for further proceed the It is true thet a theatrical manager owes no Quty o the public to give performances. ¥ even refuse to sell tickets to some ap- | o i trery reposing of ihem °1; | Sam Luis Obispo, San Diego and Kern provided such discrimination is not Moistened by Coplous Down- of race, color, etc., but concession rights cannot be held to excuse agree- between & number of managers to the e of an individual or a clase of indi- pour. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Feb. 5.—The | rainstorm which has threatened for two days blew up from the south this afternoon, and for hours there was a steady downfall with prospects of unt —_— e NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—The forthcoming an- pual report of the New York Chamber of umerce, complled under the supervision of | plenty to come. The storm is gradu- etary Wiison, shows the total value of ' ally going north. It struck San Miguel' n imports received at the vort of New "k for the fiscal year ending June, 1905, to Dave been $695,166.950, as compared with a total 947 for all other ports of the The this evening. #t was accompanied by thunder and lightning. BAKERSFIELD, Feb. 5.—After two | | United S total value of domesti ays of cloudy and sultry weather D O pared with @ total from ail | Showers commenced at § o'clock ~this other ports during the spme period of $UB6,- to\'enlng and have continued at inter- | vals. The sky is overcast and there is every indication of a good precipita- tion during the night. SAN DIEGO, Feb. 5.—Rain fell at in- 361,184 —_———————— Some Pens for Women And some pens for men, but Conklin's self- filling fountain pen is made for everybody. Itervllg to-day, the precipitation for This pen is & “"boon” to those who write—doing | the twenty-four = hours' ending at 6§ the work of other pens, but does it differently, | 5 m. being .29 of an inch. Since that We are selling agents for ““Waterman's ldeal" end the ““Marshall” $1.00 pen. Sanborn, Vall & Co., 741 Market st. . time there have been several heavy ‘ showers train was waiting at a crossing when the freight came thundering down. Before it could get out of the way the freight crashed into it, throwing all the passen- ger cars into the ditch. The passenger engine became uncoupled and kept on the track ahead of the freight. After the freight had got a quarter of a mile be- yond the passenger wreck it went into the ditch and caught fire. A carload of shingles fell from the freight on the pas- senger traln wreck and made a terrific fire. Messenger Jezick wes burned alive while four people were trying to pull him out of the wreck. He was caught under wreckage and could not be maved. SCOTT AROUSES IRE OF TACOMA PEOPLE Telephone Company May Be Forced to Put Wires Underground. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Feb. 5.—An ordinance will be Introduced ot Wednesday night's council meeting forcing the Sunset Tele- phone Company to put its wires under ground in the business sections of the city. The ordinance is the direct result of an Interview given out by Pres t,| H. T. Scott while here from San Fran- cisco. He sald: “T will show those City Council people what they have to buck up against. If I had been in my present position when those Councilmen turned down our ap- plication for a franchise, I would have shown them a thing or two. I am-not going before the Council any more. In less than a week our workmen will com- mence putting up aerial cables and before we are through we will have the air black with them. The principal streets of Tacoma will have twice as many ugly and dangerous wires on them as they have now and there will be no one to blame but your esteemed city Councll- men."” Bellingham of the Oity President Council said: “I think this man must be crazy to make such statements.” Other Councilmen were as indignant as Bellingham and some of them . made statements that would not look well in print. —_————————— from New York, $38.00 from Ch 850.00 But two examples of low colonist rates in effect February 15 to April 7 from @astern . points to California via Southern Pacific. De- it cost of ticket with Southern Pacific and il San Franciscan Ends Life. CHICO, Feb. 5.—John O'Brien, a for- mer employe of the Northern Eldctric Company, committed suicide to-night in a saloon here by taking carbolic acid. His death was almost instan- taneous. He was a young man and had relatives living in 8an Francisco at 213 Rose avenue, near which place his brother conducts a restaurant. ————— WANTS HIS GRIP BACK.—M. W. yesterday brought suit against the ‘Transter Company for the ¢ vaiise and personal effects that he values $171. In_the event of failure n property Parker wants the. value sessions. ‘| to the fssuance of 1d COURTEQUS TREATMENT OF CHINESE Metcalf Amends Exclusion Reg- ulations, Action May Result in Calling Off of the Boycott. Special Committee’s Recom- mendations Adopted By the Secretary. WASHINGTON, ' Feb. 5.—Secretary Metcalf of the Department of Commerce and Labor to-day took action which is expected to ameliorate considerably the friction between this country and China and perhaps cause the abandonment of the anti-American boycott, when he ap- proved the report of the special com- mittee composed of Assistant Secretary Murray, Solicitor Sims and Richard Campbell of the Bureau of Immigration, | providing for a radical revision of the existing regulations under which Chi- nese may enter and reside in this coun- try. 'The commission’s report touches by way of either excision or amend- ment twenty-four of the existing regu- lations. Besides certain alterations that prom- ise to avold delay in landing Chinese who apply for admiesion, other altera- tions have been made, where possible, with a view to avoiding any action that would seem offensive, provided that the object intended by such regulatfons could be accomplished otherwise. As ap illustration of this the commission recommended the discontinuance of the Bertillon system of identification. Another amendment of the regula- tions recommended by the commission is a requirement that the administra- tive officers should advise Chinese per- sons, either laborers or of the exempted classes, before their departure from the United States of the conditions under which they will be admitted upon their return. Upon this point the officers are directed to use special care so that no Chinese person who has the right to reside in this country shall be allowed to depart under a mistaken impression that he will be readmitted. Provision is made for the notification of Chinese who have been denied ad- mission at the ports of entry of their right to appeal from such denial to the Secretary, such notice being required, under the new regulations, to be fn the Chinese tongue, and the further precau- tion to be taken to notify the Chinese Consul, if there be such officer at port of entry, of the adverse action of the officers of such port in the case of a Chinese person, so that sald consular officer may have the opportunity, should he deem such a course necessary, to employ counsel or otherwise interest himself in behalf of his countryman. Some of the more important changes in the regulations follow: Prohibiting officers of the service from boarding forelgn vessels arriving at United States ports In enforcing Chinese exclusion; Chiese who have been denied admission to be advised by notice In Chinese of their right to appeal; eliminating the rule glving ‘o administrative officers of the Government the benefit of the doubt in every doubtful case; extending the time within which Chinese ‘denled_admission may file notice of appeal to the Secretary of Commerce and La- bor; authorizing additional extension of time where a literal compliance with the rule which extends the time for perfecting the record on appeal would cause injustice to the hppellant or risk defeat of the purposs of the law; per— mitting Chinese laborers claiming the pight to leave the United States and return thereto to apply to the immigration officers mog con- venient, Instead of requiring them to apply to the officera at the port of departure; directing officlals to be certain that every departing Chinese laborer fully understands the fmport of section 6 of the act of 1855, which provides that he shall not be permitted to return to the United States ‘‘unless he has a lawful wite, child or parent in the United States and prop- erty therein of the value of $1000 or debts of like amount due him or pending settlement’; giving departing Chinese laborers a copy of the department's instructions and regulations re- gafding return notices; immediate admissian of returaing registered Chinese laborers who es- tablish thelr right to admisaion; facilitation of the return of Chinese merchants going abroad temporarily; simplifying the procedure regard- iog the depature and return of Chinese me- chants visiting contigucus foreign _territory; omitting the rule providing for photographs o the interior of mercantile establishments oper- ated in connection with laundries, restaurants, etc.; directing that what is known as section 6 certificates shall not be retained by the United States officers at port of arrival, but, after indorsement of admission and the date thereof, shall be returned to the persons admitted, and =0 dropping the rule providing that the omission from one of these certificates of any of the Information required s fatal to the efficlency of such certificate as evidence of the right of the person to whom issued to en- ter the United States; omitting the rule de- fining the term ‘‘student’”; omitting the rule that “no person other than a seaman will be permitted to land temporarily, under bond, etc.”’; omitting the rule providing for the ad- mission of persons proposing to participate In exhibitions authorized by Congress; allowing Chinese laborers found within the United States without the certificate prescribed’ by _Juw & reasonable opvortunity, “under legal eurvelllance, to produce such certificate before taken before a Judge or Commissioner for commitment and trial, instead of being subject to summary arrest, as provided by the Sxietini regulations; om.itting the rule . that Chinese persons of Lhe exempt class who, atter having rerided in the country, become laborers, shall be deported and als> that with reference mtification cards, ————y g LOST IN MONGOLIA. Michigan Man Drops From View om Journey in China. ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—The where- abouts of R. W. Morley of Saginaw, Mich.,, who is supposed to be lost in Mongolia, is still a mystery. A cable- gram reached the State Department to- day from its agents in China saying that the last seen of Morley was on September 10, when a companion named Seeberger left him near Jehol. At that time Morley declined to return to Tien- tsin, saying he proposed to continue his journey into Mongolia. The Chinese Government 18 continuing its efforts to locate Morley, but thus far to no effect. 7 Av S SR Five Years for Manslaughter. 3 VISALIA, Feb. 5—On Christmas night in this city Albert Streeter quar- reled with James W. Wade and knocked him down on' the sidewalk. Wade's head struck the curbing and he died. To-day Streeter pleaded guilty to man- slaughter and Wwas sentenced to five years in Folsom Prison. He fs 22 years voring i get out of the T he hoepial by Dr. 8. Piakiam. of age. PW‘W.—W\E e Tt mvkalds ~ Thie. eI h DOMINION INVESTIGATES WRECK OF VALENCIA The Commissioners appointed by the Dominion Govermment to inves- tigate the wreck of the stenmship Valencla met yesterday, in Vietoria, and Reard the testimony of an officer of the ill-fated ship and others. The awful tale of disaster and death told in Victoria did not vary from {hat told by the survivors at the Investigation held by the Federal of- clals in Seattle. The tug Lorne arrived at Victorla yesterday with the bodien of twelve victims of the wreck. But a few of them are recogniz- able. Several of the bodies found mear the scene of the wreck were in- terred on the bench, being too badly decomposed for removal. Survivor Tells Aw- ful Story of the Disaster. — e Vessel Reaches Vic- toria With 12 Bodies. VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 5.—The Cana- dian investigation into the Valencia dis- aster began this morning, William Allan, agent of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, and Pierre Paterson, second of- | ficer of the Valencia, being examined. | Captain Gaudin, agent of marine, sitting with Captain G. G. Coe, Lloyd's agent, | and Captain Newcomb, master of the Government steamship Kestrel, as com- missioners,/announced that the investiga- tion was In no sense a prosecution—simply | the usual examination by the Marine De- | partment into the circumstances of the wreck. C. H. Lugrain appeared as coun- | | | sel for the Government and Mr. Lawson for the Pacific Coast Steamship Com- pany, but Mr. Lawson was restricted to the examination of witnesses when state- | ments appearing derogatory to the steam- ship company were made. Mr. Allan, local agent, told of the steps taken to dispatch rescue vessels on re- celpt of the news of the wreck, and Sec- ond Officer Paterson went fully into the | story of the wreck, stating with thorough | detail what took place. No observations | had been taken, sald Paterson, but sound- ings were being made for six hours be- fore the steamship struck, she having been running by dead reckoning. Before she struck they believed themselves off Umatilla. When she struck Captain John- son and the witness thought they had struck near Cape Flattery. It was not time then to lower the boats in the water, and they were lowered-ohly to the rail of the saloon deck. Had they been kept| there a chance would, have existed for those on board on Tuesday morning, the sea belng less heayy then. NO ONE TO TAKE LINB. A raft with a line might possibly have worked 1n, but a boat could not have reached the wreck, said Paterson. A line was fired ashore and had any one been there to take it all could have been saved. The boatswain and flve seamen went in a boat to try to get ashore, and could not get back to the wreck. Paterson recited in detail what hap- pened when the passengers and crew took to the rigging, how the topmast fell, ear- rying some away, and of occurrences 0 the wreck until he left on the life raft with others who were picked up later by the City of Topeka. On Wednesday he sald rescue was not possible from the sea by boats. The Queen was about two miles away, but a tug came within three- quarters of a mile. He thought she could have come closer. He marked the exact scene of the wreck on the chart as out of range of both lights and out of hearing of Carmanah forghorn. The tug Lorne arrived this morning with twelve more bodies and reported that two were buried by Captain Smith’'s party near the wreck, being too badly de- composed to be moved. It is probable that many more bodies will be brought here, but that those hereafter found will be burifed on the shore. Of the twelve bodies brought by the Lorne two were identified, one as that of O. Inglehorn and another as that of Gus Erickson, second-class passengers. One is belleved to be that of H. M. Peters of Los Angeles. The bodies of three women and nine men are on board. The total number of bodies recovered is thirty-five. A dispatch this morning from Uclue- let says a body was found on Sunday about three miles from the wreck of the Pass of Melfort. This body is be- lieved to be that of J. B. Kem of Shasta, Cal., and to be from the sailing ghip. The body was badly decomposed. There are, on the right forearm, the figure of a woman, a five-pointed star, a rose branch, a heartyand an anchor. The inquest before Dr. Hart was continued to-day and other bodies brought here were viewed by the jury. The evidence of Willlam Allan, agent of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, and H. M. Bullen. one of the owners of the steamer Salvor, was taken and the inquest was adjourned. A description of the bodies brought by the tug Lorne follows: DESCRIPTION ‘OF BODIES. Male—Height, § feet 8 inches; blond halr; features un: izable; no clothing; on left arm or Danish shleld tattooed in blue and red, also star with blue border on :mhsl arm; on it arm three crossed fishes n_Dblue. Female—Taken from beach; height § feet 3 inches: welght about 125 pounds; wore dress- ing dacket and ‘black dress, with rows of small cloth-covered buttons, black stockings, red garters, brown jacket and collar; dark hair; all teeth natural, in good condition; ‘ene Oxford tle shoe; gold chain bracelet with small padlock attache three rings with diamond, rubles, moonstone centers, diamond and ruby small, moonstone large; features unrecogniz- able; apparently young woman. Male—Taken from beach: helght B feet 11 ; welght 200 pounds or more; reddish and features unrecognizable. Male—Taken from beach near wreck; height © feet; age about 16; weight about 110 pounds: run: ning tows ing place of four tey lower jaw two teeth gold crowne ‘secon( and thi back, lower right all irt, label, serge vest and leather shoes with kid top, ers, Merino underclothes, white N mark on_collar, eaxle tattoced in red brown _hair, White Tittle nn‘;‘vr of left -hand, rings connected and light. ale—Taken from near wreck. Height 5 feet 8 inches; welght about 160 5 blue stri) front 0. and ks O & ohen. wolghe. Sbous O ameade. Well developed. no hair, natural and in condition, al o!mlfi. defc little u;. &h 1 3 mlg;fl-mc 'na ni-algu' ith nugget different gold from front teeth, all remaining being ditlon: lower front teeth missing; and brown socks, X male—Taken ht 5 ell £ § frilicon L young man. with good teeth; features unrec- ognizable; badly decomposed. ibwoger-seznds UNCLE SAM INVESTIGATES. uiry Into Wreck of the Valencia. SEATTLE, Feb. 5.—United States District Attorney J. A. Frye this after- noon began a personal investigation of the Valencia disaster in accordance with instructions received from the At- torney General. Cornelius Allison of S8t. Paul, one of the survivors of the wreck, wag the only witness called this afternoon. The witness was examined along practically the same lines as when he appeared before the Marine Inspectors last week. Marine Inspec- | tors Whitney and Turner also inter- | rogated the witness. Allison has brought action for $5000 damages against the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, and in his com- | plaint alleges that the officers and crew of the Valencla were incompetent and unskilled and that the equipment of the vessel was faulty. Frye will resume the Investigation Thursday or Friday, as he will be occu- pied before the Grand Jury at Tacoma for several days SRS 5 HOPE TO SAVE ENGINES. Steamship Company Sends Vessels to Wreck of Valencia. SEATTLE, Feb. 5.—Captain Charles | Nelson and a erew of five men, includ- ing T. Dollar and James McMa#hn, will be dispatched by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company with the under- writers to the scene of the Valencla wreck for the purpose of finding out what can be done to save the ma- chinery of the vessel. It was reported by those on board the rescue fleet that the boilers and engines of.the Valencia could be seen at low tide. and the divers think the machinery can be raised at a reasonable expense. S smGe s MUST PAY OWN WAY. Owners of Valencia Will Not Settle Sur- vivers’ Hotel Bills. SEATTLE, Feb. 5.—To-night A. H. Hawkins, G. D. Harraden and J. F. Mc- | Caffrey, three passengers who were aboard the Valencia, were notified by the management of the local hotel in which they were stopping that the Pa- cific Coast Steamship Company de- clined to be responsible for further ac- counts. Attorney Frye, when notifled of this, wired the Attorney General for authority to provide for the mainten- ance of the three men until the inves- tigation is concluded. e AL 00 SN, Valencia Victim Identified. The Harry Woolrich who was lost in the wreck of the Valencia has been found to have been a young New Zeal- ander who had worked in this country for several months and was about to return home. ‘He had an uncle who lives in Victoria and whom he was going to visit. Manager J. A. McDonald of the Van- couver Rugby football team, who is now in San Francisco, was an acquain- tance of the family. e Appeal to the President. SEATTLE, Feb. 5 —A telegram signed by the executive officers of the Seattle Commercial Club, Seattle Cham- ber of Commerce, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Modern Woodmen of America, ‘Woodmen of the World, Improved Or- | I HEIR 15 BORN T0 MRS. WKEE Beautiful Colorado Woman Who Was Wife of Hugh Tevis Is Mother of Boy PARIS NOW LIVING IN News of the Stork’s Coming Cabled to Amerieca From the Gay French Capital Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. §— "McKEE-On February 4, at 1§ Rue Alfred de Vigny. Paris, to the wife of A. Hart McKee, a son.” One of the interesting birth notices pub- lished in the Herald is the foregoing, which was cabled from Paris. Hart McKee's marriage to Mrs. Cornelia Baxter Tevis, the widow of Hugh Tevis, is still fresh in the minds of the members of New York soclety. It followed by a few months & trip abroad which the couple took, ac- companied by a young son of Mrs. Tevis and an elderly relative from the South. There was much curlosity in soclety circles here and in Pittsburg following the story of the departure of the coyple and the report that they were to be mar- ried was denled by H. Sellers McKee, the father of the young man. Hart McKee had just separated from his wife, to whom a divorce had been granted in Pittsburs. Hart McKee returned from France | alone and declared he would never marry Mrs. Tevis. The beautiful widow came back a few weeks later and went secretly to Philadelphia, where she was followed by young McKee and they were married there on January 12, 1905. DAWSON THREATENED WITH COAL FAMINE Northern City May Be With- out Fuel During the Winter. [ Spectal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Feb. 5.—A Dawson special says that the city is facing a coal famine, but there is a glimmer of hope that ar- rangements may be made for rellef. All the coal for sale has been bought by the consumers and Is virtually exhausted. Unless relfef is secured by next week scores of coal burners in Dawson will have to be replaced with wood stoves. The Dawson Electric Light and Power Company began to furnish coal for the town for the winter, but has decided that it needs all its coal for its own use. Many consumers of coal say they were prom- ised there would be enough coal to carry them through the Winter. The only hope of relief seems to be that 450 tons of coal from the Sour Dough mine, now n it gation, will be placed on the market. ——————— BRIDAL PARTY GATHERS AT THE GOLDEN WEDDING and Groomsman Guests of San Jose Couple Fifty SAN JOSE, Feb. 5.—The golden wed- ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward Mockbee was the occasion for a large gathering of old friends and rela- tives at the Mockbee residence on West gan Salvador street to-day. Fifty years ago Mr. and Mrs. Mockbee were mar- ried at Malone, N. Y. The bridesmaid was Miss Sophle Francis and the groomsman was Lawrence Lamontagne and both of these old friends were present fifty years after at the golden wedding festivities. Mrs. C. Lefevre and Mrs. M. Macabee, who witnessed der of Red Men and the Elks, demand- | the marriage ceremony, were also hon- Ing a board investigation of the Va-, ored guests at the anniversary celebra- lencia wreck, was to-day sent to the| tjon to-day. President. —_———— Death of an Architect. DIES SUDDENLY.Charles Riodes who een arged from the smalipox | SAN DIEGO, Feb. 5.—William Quayle, portation to the City and County Hospital. of this city, dled to-day. S Oriental Rugs 5 A1 B The biggest values we have ever offered. This sale embraces the following: 100 Antique and Modern; sizes 6x9 ft. long to 19x12 ft. wide. 20 Khivas; sizes 9 to 11 feet long x 7:6 to 8 feet wide. 10 Cashmeres; sizes 9 to 12 feet long x 8 to 8:6 feet wide. 10 Antique Runners; sizes 16 to 18 feet long x 3 feet wide. 35 Fine Antiques; sizes about 7 feet long'x 4 feet wide. Also the following well-known weaves: Kirmanshah India ‘Tabriz Kirman Sarak Sarepi Gorevan Sereband, etc. Iran Mahal Ferraghan 16: 8x12:5 Clearance FURNITURE, CARPETS, LACE CUR- TAINS, PORTIERES, FURNITURE COVERINGS, SOFA PILLOWS, ETC. The reductions are genuine and embrace some of our finest productions. W. & J. Sloane & Co. NEW YORK 114-122 POST STREET SAN FRANCISCO