The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1906, Page 2

2 PATTERSON IS NOW WITHOUT A PARTY Coloradan Invited to Leave the Democratic Ranks. BAILEY STYLES HIM A BOLTER ing the election of United States Sen- | ators. “If the reasoning of the Senator from Colorado is to be accepted, every Senator who holds his seat in this chamber as Continned From Page 1, Column 3. man's course in his | interrupted with | 4 eaten as mueh | dictation ask | | Tiilmar w 8 party the result of a caucus is violating the constitution,” he declared. adding that asked Spooner, and | almost ali the Senators were so chosen. PATTERSON'S CHANGE OF FAITH. Balley said that Patterson himself had dispersed the truth of his assertion that caucus action was a cruel outrage, for within ten years after he had walked out | of a Democratic convention he had been | chosen as a Democratic Senator. | Bailey then called attention to Patter- son’s statement concerning his indorse- | ment of a candidate for a chaplaincy in the army. His man was an Episcop: and Patterson said that the Preside secretary had replied that, as the man whose place was to be filled was a Meth- odist, a Methodist must be appointed to succeed him. Bafley jocularly took ex- tors of every | ception to this as a' violation of the con- . nce and is liable to [stitution, declaring that it was religious heir high offices | discrimination or ] “1 knew,” he said, “that the country is | | divided on political, but did not know that it is diviGed on religious lines. Possibly | | that accounts for the large church vote | recetved by the President.” ic caucus 1s it per- nswering to be ed went but course level SENATORS SHOULD BE |m-‘h> | "He that dechured’ Bint .- Ribkevan | hat the doctrine{yas the first President, living or dead, ¢ S s . to direct | who had declared in. favor of strife as a ¢ rs had been philosophy of life. He, therefore, con- . i ~'-*{“l§"“jf'.-;,|m:d as an ancmaly the support given | . of Sena [to the President by the Christian people. Contending for the necessity of unity in party action, Bailey read a letter from the Fresident, commenting on the divided sai t ator »‘H“\;:‘: | coun: of the Democratic party. | N ions, “He practically s from start to| w { finisi,,” said Bailey, “‘that if the Demo- | crats pelieve what they say they do they s s v are feols; if not, they are liars w He also quoted from Mr. Roosevelt's = | “Life of Benton” a characterization of = drew Jackson as “ignorant and strong t se b said he would leave it to . erson to decide whether the President - weuld feel complimented over the Colo- b H rado iator's comparison of himself show . ever before,” said Bail “had a | £ nt given such an offense to Dem- rat had the present occupant of | the White House, and never before had | substantially as | pilitical opponents been so ready to cose | to the defense of a President.” ets AN I| SPEAKS OF REPUBLICAN UNITY. . He referred to the newspaper charge | | that there was a conspiracy to defeat the President's raflroad rate bill. He was | 8 himself pleased that the President stood | e e ifor that policy; and he was willing to | as say that but for his advocacy the ques- | | tion would receive scant attention, yet | 1 3 5 |he must remind the country that the | Ot Democratic con- | POlCY Was a Democratic policy. That be- | Tl mominate | 1€ true, the Republican unity was re- ! k- S rikable—a lesson in party loy for | t Roosevelt in | Patterson. True, there were evidences | . v - oo | of incependent action in the Senate; | e & & g declared Bailey, I predict that | TEXAN DEFENDS THE CAUCUS. g stick %1l be waved in such a | RS IR hour and | manner that the majority of the Republi- | The | that ughout his at the coerce vote on o de- | to u reso- can Senators will be brought to support | the President’s railroad policy even ]‘\huugh it be.taken from a Democratic | platform.” He expressed the opinion | that the President must have used very | persuasive arguments to secure the sup- port of Patterson. 3 Balley confessed himself to be a parti- | san, contending that the majority in any esis ucus nis relat to his party. | party must be permitted to prescribe s had simply defined the duty | party policy, always leaving to the in- S < as members of the Demo- |dividual the right to leave a party with m to deter- | which he affiliated. Not only did ma- | = contradic- | jority rule govern in party management, his | but in business, in the religious dehomi- - of the |nations and in all other matters. J atten- There is not an organization under the didates for | sun which does not subscribe to the ma- | . : osen by caucuses, | jority rule,” he said, adding that he him- | y ngs of the caucus by | self subscribed to this rule, reserving the ) s -nominated, and |right to withdraw. f he i 1 that the same ob- PATTERSON'S DENVER “BOLT.” e had made to Senatoria 3 1 he had made 10 Senatonial | Bailey then became somewhat more per- : e b | sonal toward Patterson, repeating a re- ¥ e the two caucuses | POt Which he had heard to the effect ; D e Y D cauclise® | that Patterson had bolted the last Demo- P b Sod % | cratic caucus for Denver municipal offices. Patterson replied that the report was | entirely correct. saying that the Demo- cratic organization was simply the tool of the utility corporations of the city; | that these corporations nominated both | the Republican and the Democratie tickets and then blended the two, all the candi- dates being pledged to continue the fran- chises of the corporations. “Without hesitation I bolted,” he said. “I refused to support that ticket and did the best I could to elect another.” He declared that the ticket he supported .had been elected by a majority of 5000 or as valid the dif- he members of t have taken includ- ADVERTISEMENTS. THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. Few People }now How Useful It Is in Preserving Health and Beauty. knows that char- ybody - s 6000, = | Bailey interpreted the statement as an - | admission that the Democratic party was composed of ‘“rascals,” but Patterson was prompt to resent the use of the word. | He characterized it as an “insult.”” He | declared that 9 per cent of the Demo- crats of that city were honest, and Bailey replied that if 9 per cent of the members there allowed themselves to be controlled the more P and carries breath after or after eeting|by 10 per cent the 90 per cent must be odorous vegetables. | fools; “and,” he said, “I would as lef y clears and im- | gea] with a rascal as a fool.” He added ion, it whitens the | the suggestion that the Senator should not feel offended when he said that “the Colorado Senator'is falling into the habit of bolting &nd that he did not do what he has done as the result of a principle er acts as a natural and athartic. se injurious gases which h and bowels; it he mouth and throat from n of catarrh. All dru sts se! o of conduct.” X corm or “Enotner, but propably vhe| Patterson replied that he did mot feel best charcoal and the most for the |Offended. “I have recelved the ukase of the cau- cus,” he said, “in perfect equanimity.” He added that “when the caucus under- takes to dictate to a Senator so as to compel him to violate his conscience it i: overstepping the bounds of its authority BAILEY SPRINGS A SURPRISE. It was at this juncture that the cli- money s in Stuart'’s Charcoal ZLozen-' are composed of the finest «d Willow charcoal, and other tice in tablet form or form of large, pleasant the charcoal being use 1 much improved condition y. of these lozenges will tell 1 of the general health, better complex- " jon, sweeter breath and purer biood, |max of the day's proceedings was and the beauty of it is, that no possible , reached. This consisted 'in Bailey BaSp San e from sheir ctor':unugd bringing out the fact that Patterson use, b contrary, great benefit. S Butrato phyeiiae iy, Sheat benefit, | haq been present and had participated e bene of arcoal says: “1 ady in the Democratic Senatorial caucus in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all pa- |1903, in which the rule binding Demo- t suffering from gus in stomach | cratic Senators by a two-thirds vote and bowels, and to clear the complex- ion and purify the breath, mouth and throat; I also believe the liver is grea }v benefited by the daily use of them; they cost but twenty-five cents a box at drug stores, and although in some sense A patent preparation, yvet I be- Jieve 1 get more ard better charcoal in Stuart’s Charcoal Lozenges than inany of the ordinary charcoal tablets, of the caucus had been adopted. Evidently the suggestion took Pat- terson by surprise. He did not appear to recall the facts, and said there must be some mistake, because he had al- ways held the views now held by him. Balley insisted that he was right In his statement, but he vouchsafed the remark that he was at the same time satisfied that Patterson had not mis- represented when he said he did not recall the gaucus. He was proceeding to state his reasons for believing Pat- terson to have been present wheu he was interrupted by his colleague, Cul- berson, who arose with a typewritten paper in his hand. Culberson verified Pailey’s merory. “My colleaguc’s statement is cor- rect,” he said, “and I have here the record of the caucus action, verifying it. It shows that the Senator from Colorado voted for the resolution.” Patterson manifested some excite- ment in manner and his face was much flushed, but his words were deliberate. COLORADAN MAKES NO DENIAL. “It seems,” he said, “that ample preparation has been made to over- Tooth Powder and note the delicious after taste. Even if you have good teeth they need regular atten- tion twice-a-day. Woatch the effect on your fri In handy metal cans or bottles, 25¢. Dr- Graves’ Tooth Powder Co. [Main Witness at the Mann | of Colonel’W. D. Mann on a ‘charge of | publisher of Collier's Weekly, was con- |and who testified yesterday, ‘was cros: | counsel, during a sharp examination of | Count | to | after due investigation, 1 became sat- DRAWS SALARY FOR TESTIFYING Trial Admits That Heds in the Zmploy of the Colliers WOOSTER ON THE STAND —_— Acknowledges on Cross-Ex- amination That He Erred in Portions of Testimony b N B NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—The examination perjury preferred by Robert J. Collier, tinued to-day. Moses Ellls Wooster, who was an agent for Fads and Fancle: examined to-day by Colonel Mann's coun- sel. The witness said that after Colonei Mann had written 0. K.' and his initiale upon the letter of Count Reginald Ward, which forms the basis of the per- jury charge, he (Wooster) took the letter again and showed it to the circulation clerk. Wooster said that he kept this letter after showing it to the clerk and that he afterward put it in a. tin box at his home. Later he said he gave it to the law, firm which is at present act- | ing as counsel for Robert J. Collier, and about a month after glving them the let- ter went into their employment. Martin W. Littleton, Colonel Mann's | Wooster, elicited from him that in two particulars his previous testimony at this hearing was in error concerning 20,000 shares of mining stock’ which he sald Ward gave him. Wooster cor- rected these. points, ope being about the date of receiving the stock and the other | about the number of shares in each in-| stallment. At this point, while Assistant District | Attorney Hart was objecting to the line | of questioning pursued by Littleton, | Justice McAvoy interrupted. the lawyers say that the cross-examination was | progressing satisfactorily to him and that | it tended to impeach the testimony of the witness. He added that although Wooster had sworn that he saw Calonel Mann “O. K.” and sign the initials “W. D. M.” ‘to the Count Ward letter, that aid not make it so. $ Referring again to the salary which Wooster says he recelved, Littleton asked: are getting $100 from the Col- “What are you doing for them?" “There is nothing for me to do but come here and testify under subpena.” The witness said that the placing of the “0. K.” and the inftials “W. D. M.” on Ward's application was only for the pur- pose of putting Count Ward's name on the posting or free list, and that it had no other significance. Littleton then offered to Wooster what he said was the free mailing list of Town Topics for 1903, and the witness sald he could not find Count Ward's name thereon. After Wooster left the witness stand Edwin B. Hay, a handwriting expert, testified that in his opinion the “O. K." and the initials “W. . M.” were in Colonel Mann's handwriting. Court then adjourned until to-morrow. —_—————————— San Franciscans in New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—The following San Franciscans are in New York: C. J. Hill, at the Broztell; F. T. Bardow and F. 8. Leckie, at the Seville. - . whelm me by rveason of the stand [ have taken. I will not gainsay the record. It is not impossible that I did vote for the binding resolution. 1f so, the vote was cast without due reflec- tion. That circumstance cannot, how- ever, prevent a change of course when, isfied that the demand of the caucus is in confiict with my sense of justice and antagonistic to my duty as a Senator. Whether inconsistency may be shown, 1 am content to let it stand. I will bear cheerfully the censure or misun- | derstarnding of my course. The rule does not change the eternal truth lor the obligation of Senators who observe iheir oaths of office.” ! Replying, Bailey said that Patterson did himself an injustice by intimating that there had been a conspiracy for the purpose of accomplishing his dis- comfiture. He attributed the fact that Culberson was equipped with a copy of the caucus proceeding to his col- leaguc's habit of being always pre- pared for any emergency. For the rest, he said, he was willing to accept Pat- terson's explanation, for he believed the Senator to be an honest man, al- though an emotional one, and one who, Leing in error, persists in it Patterson responded that he did not care so much for the position in which he was placed as for the fact that he feared thot the issue would be clouded by this incident. That, he said, morti- | fied him. INVITED TO LEAVE THE PARTY. Bailey then suggested to Patterson that there was but one proper recourse left to him, and that was to change parties, and to this suggestion Patter- son replied that neither the sneers nor the innuendoes of Bailey would cause him to swerve from his intention of tollowing his convictions rather than the behests of a party. He had, he suid, wanted only to impress on th country the size of. the danger that Jurks in caucus dictation and he added that if he had succeeded in accom-' plishing that result he would feel sat- jsfled.» He had no regret for what he had done. He had no doubt that the| actiofi of the caucus had been taken .or the purpose of placing him before his own constituents as a bolter, and he characterized the action as “the ghost of ante-bellum days rising to drive Senators from their sense of duty.” The reference to the old times aroused Balley, and he declared, with a perceptible show of scorn, that he “would waive the reference as un- worthy of notice.” “It must,” he added, “be an appeal to the Republican side to vote for Pat- terson’s resolution. No Southern Dem- ocrat would hesitate to defy his party when it came to a conflict between party and consclence, but having done 20 he would know that he must at home risk the consequences of putting his own judgment against that of two- thirds of his party.” L o “The Senator makes a mistake in supposing twenty Senators to be the Democratic party,” sald Patterson, and Balley replied that it is more nearly so than Patterson standing alone. - ; Patterson replied briefly, saying that he was thoroughly satisfled tha: he was correctly representing his constituents. Indeed, he declared. he would misrepre- sent and betray them if he should take any other course than the course he had pursued. He was satisfled that all right-minded mocrats - in Colorado would sustain him. A 3 The debate concluded at 4 p. m. and the Senate went into executive ses- sion. ; B SRoVEE OB LENCH " DSSTER President Roosevelt Directs That Special Commission Make a Full and Complete Inquiry Into the Wreck Ce R B MANY WITNESSES ARE TO BE CALLED Matters Bearing Upon Safety of Traffic in Navigable Waters of the Coast Are to Be Investigated Also - TR SR WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Formal direc- tlons were issued to-day by President Roosevelt for an investigation of the Va- lencia disaster, which occurred recently upon the North Pacific Coast. The in- structions are contained in a letter to Secretary Metcalf of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Presldent Roosevelt's letter follows: WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, Feb, 7.—- The Sccretary of Commerce—Sir: Yqu_are hereby directed to {nstruct Lawrence O. Mur- ray. assistant Secretary of Commerce and La- bor, and Herbert Knox Smith, deputy C>mmi sioner of Corperations, as well as Captaln Wil lam T. Burweil, U. 5. N., who will for this purpose be detailed for service in your depart- ment by the Secretary of the Navy, to proceed to Seattle, Wash. anl there make a thorough and complete invemigation of a'l - circum- stanc.s attending the wreck of the steamer | Valencta ana the cause or causes thereof, and any misconduct, negiigence or dereliction of duty upon the part of any one related thereto, ard baving any bearing upon the loss of life occasioned by said disaster; and also as you may direct to Investigate <uch other matters bearing upon the safety of trafic in navigable Wwaters of the United States in that viclnity and the effectiveness and sufficlency of the present alds to navigation along said waters ahd to make full report thereon with recom- mendations for such departmental or legisia- tive action as may be indicated by salg report and findings. Very truly yours, ¢ THRODORE ROOSEVELT. The orders of the Secretary to the com- mission, issued to-day, direct them to in- vestigate not only the question of the con- duct of licensed officers of vessels upon the Valencia, Queen, City of Topeka and others connected with the disaster, and the relations of the steamboat inspection service thereto, but also to the general management of the Valencla, her equip- ment and operation, and the relation of her owner, the Pac Coast Steamship Company, to the disaster, and also to the conditions of the coast and of the Straits of Juan d¢ Fuca and the vicinity of the place of the wreck, with a view to the sufficiency of the present aids to navi- gation in that vicinity, and any needed improvements that may be found to be essential for the safety of traffic. Every available witness will be examined and the department desires all those having knowledge of the disaster to aid the commission by giving testimony. President Roosevelt recelved informa- tion which led him {6 believe that United States District Attorney Frye believed 1t undesirable to go further into the Va- lencia investigation than he already had gone. The President seat to the atterney peremptory orders to place himself at the disposal of the special commission ap- pointed to make an inquiry into the Va- lencia disaster. To-day the following telegram was received from Mr. Frye by the Department of Justice: SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 7.—The Attorney General, Washington, D. C.: Afthorize you to say to the President that 1 had been brought into the Valencia investigation too late to be of praetical service. 1 did say that I found it would be necessary to recall nearly every witness to make investigation thorough, which fact I regretted as witnesses were scattered, Criticlsm of no one. Expect to conclude Ta- coma Grand Jury term rext Thursday. Wil then procecd with vigorous Investigation ' of the Valencla dlsaster. FRYB. SN GOES TO WRONG BOAT. Survivor of Valencia Crew Admits He . Did Not Know His Station. VICTORIA, B. C,, Feb. 7.—F. Richley, a fireman of the Valencia, gave evi- dence at the investigation this after- noon that, though he had - been as- signed to lifeboat No. 5, hé€ did not know how the hoat was equipped or where it was located on the vessel. He assisted in lowering two boats and es- caped in No. 6, of whose complement he and F. F. Bunker were the only sur- | vivors. " He thought he was in boat No. 5 until afterward. He did not know by Avhase orders the boats were low- cred, and saw: no one in charge. There was.no doctor on the Valegcia. He said he did pot think assistance could have been ‘given to -those on the wreck fro#fi; Reaward, as the sea ran too high. Rockets were fired from the steamship on Monday ‘night, but the Lyle gun was_not fired. He saw no panic, al- though many people made a rush to No:: 6 boat. The only way he knew of "his boat station. was by consulting the: printed cards. He thought he would’ have gone to the right boat if it had been daytime. Martin Tarpy, quartermaster, sald when the Valencia struck he was just going on watch, :and as he went into the wheel hhouse the captain ordered him to his boat #tatlon. The boat had been lowered to ‘the 'saloon deck and was full of passen- &ers, and as he came toward it some- ‘thing broke and threw them all into the séa. ‘'With others he rescued two. Coffee and. foed were served to those on the ~wreck’ during the night, and when they saw..the shore at daylight they thought they would be rescued. A man was seen® on shore soon after daylight, hemmed in a cove by rocks and water, and the Lyle gun was got out to fire a line ashore. Meanwhile the captain asked the boat- swain to get a voluntary crew to man the remaining boat and try to make the shore to secure the line. ‘The first shot failed, but the second landed. On Tuesday they trled to at- tract attention from a passing steamship by firing the gun. After the boatswain's crew went away a shelter was rigged up for the women and they put in the night waiting and continually signalling by burning blankets, ete. On Wednesday they saw the Queen and another ship ard fired the gun three times to attract attention. A heavy Sea came up and the steamer began to break up, the people going to the rigging. Then they 8ot out the rafts, the women refusing to go oh them. He was on the one picked up by the City of Topeka. He knew his boat station, and testified that no panic occurred nor was any one under the influ- ence of liquor. All the boats had left the wreck except one within half an hour. After examining the life raft brought from Turtle Island and some life-preserv- ers, both of cork and tule, the Commis- sioners heard the evidence of E. A. Camp- bell, a commercial traveler, who lost his wife and daughter in the Valencia disas- ter. Campbell's evidence was to the ef- fect that twenty minutes after the steam- ship struck No. 3 boat, in which he, with_ his wife, daughter and twelve others, left the vessel, was lowered. The boat had no trouble getting away from the wreck. In the twenty minutes he looked CAIS PONT sire That General Meeting of Unionists: Be Called POLICY TO BE SHAPED Former Premier of Great Britain May Yet Cross to Tariff Reform Camp LONDON, Feb. 7.—A. J. Balfour has finally acceded to Joseph Chamberlain’s wish that a call be made for a general meeting of the Unionist party, which, it is expected, will be fixed for February 15, though no details have yet been set- tled. In the meantime Chamberlain has issued an important manifesto which, while accentuating rather than lessen- ing the party tension, still leaves Bal- four a bridge over which to cross into the tariff reform camp. Otherwise, be- yond exactly defining Chamberlain’s po- sition, the letter leaves matters much as they were before., E Chamberlainite newspapers this morning apparently assume that Bal- four will cross the bridge, for they head Chamberlain’s letter “The Crisis Ended,” “A United Party,” etc., and edi- torialize in the same strain. The sug- gestion, however, is made by the Chron- icle that Chamberlain bas abandoned the frontal attack on Balfour in favor of an enveloping movement In an at- tempt to capture the party machinery. That Chamberlain has: no idea of abandoning tariff agitation is shown by his declaration of an intention to form his own Parliamentary group. He also in his letter suggests that questions of social reform now arising will require large revenues, the raising of which may be indirectly connected with a tar- i policy. This is regarded as a bid for the support of the new labor party. L P, for officers to ascertaln what to do, but found none. There was no paniec, but a total lack of management. No one seemed to di rect things. He had no idea who or- dered the lowering of the boats. There was no one in charge. The only mem- ber of the crew in the boat was a fire- man. The boat's plug did not fit and the thole-pin was not good, breaking after the oars had been shipped with | difficulty and letting an oar drift away. The boat became unmanageable, was tossed into the breakers and turned over, drowning his wife and daughter and five others. He managed to get ashore. Had there been an officer in charge of the boat he thought it could have rid- den out to sea, as the sea was not heavy. He saw no rockets fired except one which described a small circle and fell into the water. After getting ashore the ship was un- der his observation, and with the excep- tion of the few minutés he was in the breakers, he would have seen rockets had they been fired. Flares were burned on the after end of the steamer. There was not much confusion among the passen- gers. They did not think themselves in danger, el T e MEET DEATH IN FLIGHT. Witnesses Wanted in Los Angeles Said to Have Sailed on Valencia. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7.—Supposedly fleeing to escape testifying against E. L. Hazard, a local real estate man, who is charged with ¢riminal assault on a young girl, it is possible that Lulu M. Rowland, the alleged victim, together with her elder sister and a grown son of Hazard, perished in the Valencia dis- aster. o Hazard is out on $5000 bail. The evi- dence against him is declared to be conclusive. Young Hazard and the two girls are said to have left here shortly before the Valencia sailed from San Francisco and to have boarded that vessel for a British ' Columbia port, where Hazard had relatives. To-day Hazard appeared in the Supe- rior Court and asked for a postpone- ment of the date when he should enter | his plea and have the date set for his trial. He said he had a telegram from British Columbia requesting his pres- ence to ldentify a relative who lay dead | there. His appeal was granted by the court and it reported he left on the Owl to-night for the north. In some circles it is declared that Hazard is trading on the Valencia dis- aster to escape from the clutches of the law, in which event, of course, his bail will be forfeited. e SURVIVORS REACH HOME. SBEATTLE, Feb. 7.—Eleven survivors of the wrecked ship Challenger, burned and scuttled on the coast of Japan, arrived in Seattle on the Shinano Maru to-day. | The men were R. Douglass, W. Elliott, ‘W. Kuhm, M. Pierce, K. Lassen, Simson, Barnard Kriedman, Ruston, Catholdt and De Costa. The men were sent to this/ country by the American Consul at Yo- kohama. They stated that Captain Hen- derson, master of the Challenger, had been sent to San Francisco on one of the Oriental liners. All the men bore traces of the experi- ence through which they had passed. For almost a month they had fought the flames on the old wooden bark and at times the vessel was kept afloat by only the most heroic work on the part of the officers and crew. For days at a time they were unable to gain either sleep or rest, and when the ship was finally scut- tled on the Japanese coast they were al- most too exhausted to get ashore. The ship was finally beached without the loss of a single life. | The chief officer, Douglass, said that | the wreck was in many ways without par- I allel. | —_— TRAMP VESSEL ASHORE. SEATTLE, Feb. 7.—The * German tramp steamship Mariechen is lying on her beam -ends and listed heavily to port on the beach -at False Bay, In Southeastern Alaska. The captain has abandoned the vessel as a total wreck, | but the underwriters may make an ef- fort to save her. The Chinese crew | reached this city to-day and will be gent to their homes in the Orient. The cargo s floating ashore and boxes of merchandise and sacks of flour are being carried away by the Indians. K vt Sd R, To Order Annual Inspection. VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. T.—An Ottawa dispatch says that a result of repre- sentations made consequent to the loss of the sealing schooner Fawn last sea- son the Government will order an an- nual inspection of sealing vessels. George Riley, P. for Victoria, re- signed his seat to-day, and Hon. Senator Templéeman, appointed Minister of In- ternal Revenue, will resign his seat in the Senate, to which Mr. Riley prob- ably will be appointed. —— VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 7.—News was received here to-day that the sealing schooner Enterprise of this city, owned by Captain Clarke, was destroyéd by fire a week ago at Rlo Grande do Sul, together with her cargo of sealskins taken off Cape Horn, 3 I | December, will come to Seattle from N IDESERT Warden of Nevada Prison and Friends Compelled to| Abandon Auto and Walk SUFFER FROM THIRS’I‘i Tramp Fifteen Miles Over Barren Sands Before They | Reach Any Water or Food | Spectal Dispatch to The Call RENO, Feb. 7.—Stranded on the Nevada desert and’ forced to walk fifteen miles | across the burning sands without food or water, was the experience of Warden J. | L. Considine of the Nevada State prison | and a party of friends last Tuesday. The party arrived in Carson yesterday and re- lated their experiences. Warden Considine is Interested in mines in the mew district of .Manhattan, and left Carson last week for the new camp, | traveling in an automobile in company with several other mining men. On the return trip the automobile broke down and the party was left stranded on the desert. I was nearly night at the time of the mishap, and the party decided to wait till morning before attempting to repair the machine. When morning dawned an investigation showed that it would be impossible to re- pair the machine, and the party began its fifteen-mile -tramp to civilization across the cactus beds and burning sands of the desert. They were without food and water is not to be found in that locality, consequently theéy were nearly dead from the effects of thirst and hunger long be- fore their tedious journey came to an end. ———— WRECKERS RAISE PORTLAND AND SEND HER TO SEATTLE | 1 Vessel Is Coming to the Northerm Port Under Her Own Steam. SEATTLE, Feb. T7.—The steamship Portland, wrecked on Spire Island in Ketchikan under her own steam. Cap- tain Omar J. Humphyey of the Alaska Commercial Company received word from Captain Gibbs this morning that the vessel would probably sail for the south to-morrow. After the Portland was wrecked the vessel was abandoned | as a total loss by the Alaska Commer- | cial Company, The marine under- | writers chartered the steamship Sam- | son and took a wrecking apparatus | north. The vessel was patched up and | pumped out and about a week ago floated off the rocks and towed to Ketchikan. ————————— Heavy Rain in Los Olives. LOS OLIVOS, Feb. 7.—A week of cloudy weather with a few little show- ers culminated to-day in a veritable | downpour at noon, when thrée-eighths | of an inch of rain fell in twenty min- utes. During the three weeks of dry | weather following the last rain farm- ers took advantage of ths oportunity and seeded a large acreage. Early grain is well up and looking strong. The rainfall for the storm up to 4 o'clock to-day is 13% inches. ————————— Nevada Now Has National Bank. RENO, Feb. 7.—From the Secretary of the Treasury to-day the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of this city re- ceived official notice that it has been appointed a hational depository for Ne- vada. This State has heretofore been ; without a depository. The action means that hundreds of thousands of dollars now distributed by the Government from Salt Lake and San Francisco for Nevada will be sent to the Reno bank instead. —_———————— Fails to Prove Larceny Charge. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Mrs. Mabel Coleman and Frank Stanley, who were arrested last night charged with the larceny of $30,000 worth of gold min- ing stocks, were released to-day after ah examination in the Police Court. The charge was made by the woman's husband, George C. Coleman, who is said to be the president of a gold min- ing company in Goldfield. Nev. —_——————— Cruiser Tenunessee Leaves Drydock. BOSTON. Feh. 7.—The new armored ! derwood of Alabama, {at Portland. cruiser Tennessce was floated out of the drvdock to-day. MIE BIL ISSUAED OF LIRGE MPJORITY OR THE FINAL Continwed From Puge 1, Column & at once for the reading of the bill Grosvenor of Ohio said that he had re- considered his Intention to offer an amendment prohibiting railroad offi- clals from owning industrial properties along the lines of their roads. An amendment was presented by Un~ extending the regulations of the existing laws and the proposed bill to express companies. On :a vote by tellers the amendment was defeated, 119 to 146. A number of other amendments were defeated, among them being: By Shackleford of Missouri, to add a “long and short haul” clause. By Prince of Illinois. to reauire all railroads after 1910 to own the cars run over their roads. By Shepard of Texas, to include car- | riers “wholly by water.” By Shackleford of Missouri, several amendments for freight classification. An anti-pass amendment by Gaines of Tennessee was defeated, 99 to 137. Sulzer of New York offered his bill as an amendment, but it went out on a point of order. It wd€ 6:45 o'clock when all amend- ments were disposed of. All proposed changes had been rejected, and the bill was reported to the House exactly as it came from Hepburn's committee. ——— e ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS. WASHINGTON, Feb. T.—Army orders: First Lieutenant Lloyd A. Smith, assist g\ ant surgeon, now at San Francisco, is as- signed to the transport service and will report to the medical superintendent at San Francisco for duty. First Lieutenant Cary A. Snoddy, as- sistant surgeon, now at San Franeisco, will proceed to Fort Barrancas, Fla., for duty. First Lieutenant Frank S. L. Price, Fourteenth Infantry, will report to Lieu- tenant Colonel James A. Irons; Fourteenth Infantry, for examination to determine his fitness for promotion. A board to consist of Major Henry B. Moon, Captains Louis T. Hess, James T. Dean, Elbert E. Pearson and G. Maury and First Lieutenant William Taylor, Tenth Infantry. is appointed to meet at Fort Lawton, Washington, for the exam- ination of officers. First Lieutenant Elbert L. D. Brecken- bridge, Tenth Infantry, will report to Ma- jor Henry B. Moon, Tenth Infantry, at Fort Lawton, for examination to deter- mine his fitness for premotlon. Navy orders: The following cable was received to-day from Rear Admiral Train at Cavite: Lieutenant Commander G. W. Willlams is detached from the Wisconsin and ordered to the Oregon; Lieutenant ¥. L. Pinney is detached from the Oregon and ordered to the Villalobos; Ensign J C. Townsend is detached from the Arayat and ordered to the Oregon; Ensign K. B. Crittenden is detached from the Monad- nock and ordered to the Oregon: Ensign | C.°S. Kerrick is detached from command of the Paragu and ordered to the Orego Midshipman A. K. Shoup is d!t&chm‘ from the Concord and ordered to the Aar yat; Midshipman S. P. Lawton Jr. is d tached from the Ohio and ordered to the Paragu; Midshipman A. S. Wadsworth Jr. is detached from the Wisconsin and or- dered to the Monadnock; Surgeon W. H. Rennle is detached from Cavite station and ordered to the El Cano; Assistant Surgeon J. R. Dykes is detached from the Baltimore and ordered to the Orego: Assistant Surgeon K. P. Debeauler is de- tached from the El Cano and ordered to the Oregon; Assistant Surgeon F. W. S. Dean is detached from the Frolie; First Lieutenant W. L. Redles, marine corps, is detached from the Balttmore and or- dered to the Oregon; Captain 8. M. Babb and G. C. Reid, marine corps, are de- tached from Cavite station and ordered to the Baltimore and Olongapo station, respectively. —_— Body of Wreek Vietim Identified. HELENA, Mont., Feb. 7.—The beody ]ol the fifth victim of Monday night's wreck has been almost certainly iden- tifled as that of John Ingram of Win- ston, Montana, a brother of a division superintendent of the Southern Pacific Ingram had a wife and two children living in Wallace, Idahe. He left Winston ten days ago to visit his family and expected to return the first of the week ——— TOKIO, Feb. 7.—The Emperor to-day con- ferred the first-class order of merit on Gen- eral Daniloff, the Russian Commissioner i charge of the transfer of Russian prisoners of war. Teddy B and Teddy G “The Roosevelt Bears” The childrer. gathered To see them dance and They walked on ropes in a ring hear them sing. drawn good and tight, And jumped through hoops and landed right. They rode a donkey and bought some toys And gave them away to girls and boys. The children found them cakes to eat, And asked them home their friends to meet. The Bears at a County Fair ‘: Next Sunday +. Sunday PLACE YOUR ORDER TO-DAY.