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The Board of Works yesterday awarded
the contract for grading the Noe Valley
School lot to the City Street Improvement
Company for ?722. The highest bid was
from the San Francisco Construction
Company, at $1800.
The offer of the City Street Improve
"ment Company to deliver basalt blocks at
the tate of $47 50 per 1000 was accepted.
The resignation of Lillian F. Johnson,
stenographer, was accepted.
Commissioner Casey and City Engineer
Grunsky will leave to-day on a visit of
inspection to the Tuolumne River, whtch
has been recommended by the board as
the best source for a municipal water
eapply for the city.
Board of Public Works Will Have
the Work Done for
$722.
AWARDS CONTRACT FOR
GRADING SCHOOL LOT
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 11.— The com
mittee of nine appointed from the Elks
of this city to investigate the cause of
the wreck of the Elks' excursion .train on
the Northern Pacific Railroad, near Che
halls, August 22, submitted its report to
day. The report says that the engine
pulling the excursion train was not a
first-class engine; that the engineer and
fireman were both extra men, neither of
them ever before having run the engine,
and that the cause of the accident was
low water In the boiler. The officials in
charge of the Northern Pacific Railroad
the day of the disaster are severely con
demned. The report closes by expressing
"regret that Brother A. D. Charlton.
assistant general passenger agent of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, was not in the
city the day <Jf the acccldent. We are
convinced that had he been In Portland or
anywhere upon the main line of the road
conditions after the accident would have
been different and much suffering and
anguish of mind would have been saved
to all concerned."
ELKS FILE A REPORT
ON RAILROAD WRECK
SAN RAFAEL. Sept. ll.-The North
Shore Railroad Company has been grant
ed permission to fence In Its track run
rinB on Second street. Several months
ago the Board of City Trustees wan asked
by the company to grant it permission to
fence In the road, and the »"eauest met
with strong opposition from property own
eYs on Second street. The matter was
pos turned until to-nlcht when the City
Trustees p.ramed th« petition of the cora-
I any in th« face of all oppos'tlon. One
member of the board did not vote. The
company will at once commence building
the fence and in a very short time w:il be
operating its electric line into San Kafat».
NORTH SHORE COMPANY
TO FENCE IN ITS TRACK
Sheehan saw two men walking away
from the vicinty. One went down Fourth
street and the other along Mission street.
Sheehan followed the Mission street one
and overtook him. He was placed under
arrest and gave the name of Joseph San
try. When searched $44 was found In
his pockets. Santry was taken to the
City Prison and locked up In "the tanks"
till the police made a search for the
other man. Leonard thinks that Santry
and another man were drinking with him
and took him out of some saloon.
Daniel Leonard, a rancher temporarily
living at 122 Francisco street, was out
seeing the sights on Wednesday night
and fell asleep on the front step3 of 2S0
Minna street. About 3 o'clock yesterday
morning Policeman W. F. Sheehan was
notified that two men were robbing an
other man at that number. Sheehan
went there and found Leonard asleep.
The officer woke Leonard up, and he said
he had been robbed of {23 and a gold
vatch and chain.
the Sights and Gets That
Tired Feeling.
Daniel Leonard, a Rancher, Sees
POCKETS RIFLED WHILE
ASLEEP ON DOORSTEP
POLICE OF POKTLAND
MAKE A GOOD CAPTURE
Arrest Suspect, Who Proves to Be a
Daring Highwayman and •
Firehug.
PORTLAND, 'Or., Sept. ll.-Edward Or
pin has confessed to Chief of Police Hunt
that since last April he has committed
hig-hway robbery seven times and has set
fire to at least as many buildings. His
action In setting fire to different buildings
has been the result of drunken revels, so
he says. He had no other motive than a
drunken desire to see the buildings burn.
Dissatisfaction over the amount of
booty secured from F. C. Fletcher, one of
his victims, led to his arrest. He got but
a dime from Fletcher, and several days
later was heard declaiming bitterly
against men who walk the streets with
no larger sums than 10 cents In their
pockets. His talk aroused the suspicion
of one of his supposed friends, who noti
fied the police.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. li.— A corre
spondent learns from a reliable source,
well Informed In regard to Russian af
fairs, that Count Lamsdorff's resignation
as Minister of Foreign Affairs Is expected
before long and that he will be succeeded
by M. D. Lsvolsky, now Russian Min
ister here.
M. D. Lsvolsky was recently trans
ferred here from the Russian mission at
Tokio. His intimate knowledge of Asiatic
affairs, it is believed, is chiefly responsi
ble for his selection to succeed Count
Lamsdorff.
COUNT LAMSDORFF WILL
RETIRE FROM CABINET
Late Shipping Intelligence.
OCEAN STEAMERS.
QUEENSTOWN— Arrived Sept 11— Stmr Lu
cania. from New York, for Liverpool, and
proceeded.
- LIVERPOOL-- Sailed Sept 11— Stmr Cymric,
for . New York: stmr Devonian, for Boston;
stmr Victorian, for New York.
Representatives of the creditors of the
insolvent Pacific Coast Warehouse Com
pany met In Judge Kerrigan's court
rooms yesterday and, by general consent
of all parties in interest, Henry Wads 7
worth was chosen assignee of the Insol
vent debtor. His bonds were fixed at $50,
000. -. ¦ '. .
Appoint Assignee.
Dr. R. W. Craig of Phoenix is at the
Palace.
F. C. Lusk, an attorney of Chlco, Is at
the Palace.
Dr. E. B. Perrln of Arizona is at the
California.
W. H. Grlnnell, a mining man of For
est Hill, is at the Lick.
J. W. Raphael, the well known clothier,
has returned from a visit to the East.
John SI. Fulton, a railroad man of
Reno, Nev., Is staying at the Occidental.
T. Evans and Scott White, mining men
of Cananea, Mex., are registered at the
Palace.
F. K. Rule, the well-known Southern
California railroad man, arrived from L03
Angeles yesterday and is registered at
the Palace.
Dr. Charles Ferrand of La Crosse, Wis.,
is visiting the city and is the guest of
his uncle, Edward Fay. He Is accom
panied by his son, Roy Ferrand.
W. D. Crow, editor of the Yreka News,
is at the Grand. Mr. Crow Is a promi
nent mining man and Democratic politi
cian. He and his family are spending
their vacation in San Francisco.
Miss Alice Skae, daughter of the late
John Skae, who made and lost several
fortunes during the height of the old
Comstock boom and finally died penni
less, is a guest at the Palace. During his
successful mining speculations Skae
turned over to his wife several hundred
thousand dollars in securities and prop
erty, which the widow bequeathed to her
daughter when she died a few months
ago. Miss Skae is here from, the East to
settle up her mother's estate.
Californians in New York.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.— The following
Californians have arrived at the hotels in
New York: San Francisco — J. Neuscheler
at the Criterion; R. G. Price at the Broad
way Central; H. W. Thomas and wife at
the Manhattan; M. L. Requa and wife
at the Netherland; A. T. Bogart. Mrs. A.
W. Bogart at the Herald Square; S. G.
Salch at the Hotel Navarre; J. F. Schorr
and wife at the Gllsey House.
San Jose— S. B. Bogart at the Herald
Square; E. Morgan, Miss S. Morgan at
the Continental.
Los Angeles— A. Hardenberg at the
Grand Union; L. W. Mangan at the St.
Denis; F. W. Phelps and wife at the
Marlborough. ,
Santa Barbara— H. J. Hinskany at the
Holland House.
Californians in Washington.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11.— The follow
ing Callfornlans have arrived at the ho
tels: Arlington— Louis . Gunderflnger and
wife, Walter D. Gunderfinger, Freano.
Money Stolen From Trunk.
Robert J. Tuttle reported at police head
quarters yesterday that while he and his
wife were at the theater on Wednesday
night the door of his room In the Lang
ham Hotel was opened by a false key.
The lock of his trunk was forced open
and $25 stolen- Nothing else was taken
from the room. He did not discover his
loss till he went to the trunk yesterday
morning to get some money. Detectives
Dinan and Wren were detailed on the
case. "' ;-:,¦•
Gold Medal for Luther Burbank.
( SACRAMENTO, Sept. lL— As an appre
ciation of. the vast benefit conferred on the
horticultural interests of the State of Cal
ifornia by the scientific handiwork and
successful experiments of Luther Bur
bank, the eminent horticulturist, the gold
medal of the State Agricultural Society
has been bestowed upon' Mr. Burbank,
with expressions of the highest praise and
appreciation by the directors of the asso
ciation. It is probable that the Burbank
exhibit will be forwarded to the Louisiana
• Purchase Exposition at St. Louis.
SALT LAKE, Sept. 11.— The annual
meeting of the International Association
of Railway Ticket Agents met here to-day
and elected the following officers:
President. W. F. Hambrifht. Lancaster. Pa.;
secretary. C. C. Cadwallader, Philadelphia;
treasurer, Ellwood Ramsay. Philadelphia.
Nearly 200 delegates were present when
the meeting was called to order in the
assembly hall in the temple grounds, rep
resenting- every important railway system
of the United States, Canada and Mex
ico. Welcoming speeches were made by
Governor Wells, Apostle John Henry
Smith and Secretary Fisher Harris of the
Commercial Club. After the transaction
of a little routine business the election of
officers was taken up. Next year's meet
ing place will be settled at to-morrow's
meeting. The delegates will leave "here
Sunday afternoon for Portland and the
Puget Sound cities.
RAILWAY TICKET AGENTS
HOLD ANNTJAX CONVENTION
BAKERSFIELD, Sept. 11.— There are
more than thirty non-union men at work
in the mines at Randsburg and with this
force the companies whose men are on
strike are making an effort to operate.
The Yellow Aster has given notice that
all former employes desiring to work at
the mines must file their applications im
mediately and each case will be given
Individual consideration. Sheriff Kelly is
still at the camp and will probably re
main for about two weeks In any event,
and longer if the situation demands.
SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 11.—Twenty
seven non-union miners looking for a
place to work arrived in Mojave this
morning on their way to the Randsburg
mines. It is Bald that they have been
captured by Randsburg miners who are
now on strike. A carload ,of miners
from Joplln, Mo., also arrived on their
way to Randsburg. There were thirty
one men in the car and the union claims
to have captured twenty-three of them.
of Former Employes Individ
ual Consideration.
Yellow Aster Will Give Applications
NON-UNION MEN AT WORK
IN MINES AT RANDSBURG
LABORERS FIGHT BATTLE
IN DEPTHS OF MINE
Heinze Employes Turn Stream of
Compressed Air and Lime
Upon Opponents.
BTJTTE, Mont.. Sept. 11.— Xearly 2000
feet underground a force of about thirty
men from the Rarus mine, a Heinze prop
erty, and a force from the Pennsylvania,
an Amalgamated Copper property, had a
battle to-day In a portion of ground the
ownership of which is now In dispute in
the courts.
Rocks and loose dirt were flying when
the Rarua men secured a sack of lime,
and directing a stream of compressed air
from a hose through the mass. . hurled
the fine lime and gas among the Amal
gamated men. Several of them becajna
unconscious and had to be dragged away
by their comrades.- Their condition la
critical.
CHARGES AGAINST COUNTY
ASSESSOR ARE WITHDRAWN
Controversy Over Collection of Per
sonal Property Taxes in San
Diego Is Amicably Settled.
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 11.— The controversy
existing between the District Attorney
and County Assessor Rush, as the result
of the charge that the latter had de
frauded the county out of $3702 35 in the
collection of personal property taxes, was
ended to-day by a resolution of the Board
of Supervisors accepting a payment by
the Assessor of $500 in full of any and all
demands growing out of the matters
charged or which might arise therefrom.
The Assessor, in the settlement, agrees
that he will not collect such taxes when
there Is, In his opinion, sufficient real
estate owned by such persons to secure
the payment of the personal tax. .
The bone of contention was the Asses
sor's right to make such collections,
rather thari to permit them to be pro
posed and made by the Tax Collector,
thus involving escape from school taxes.
All charges in the complaint of improper
motives are withdrawn and the action Is
dismissed.
CHANNELS OF THE YUKON
ABE FILLING 'WITH SAN35
River Steamers Are Now Forced to
Make a Long and Circuit-
ous Journey.
TACOMA, S*ept. 11.— Dawson advices
state that the channels at the mouth ot
the Yukon River have changed so that
steamers are forced to take a new course.
200 miles out of the present route followed
in crossing the delta, to reach St.
Michael. The change In the channel has
taken place at the forks of the river near
old Kwlklok and Kwikpak, passes. Kwik
lok Pass, or the right channel, which al
ways has been used. Is filling with sand
and such difficulty has been experienced
that steamers are forced out of their
course. Captain Blair of the lower river
steamer Lavelle Young reports that his
boat was forced to take' Kwikpak Pasa
and thus make a circuitous journey of
200 miles. •* ¦„ ;-it
DENIES ALLEGATIONS
MADE BY HER HUSBAND
Mrs. Cora B. Smith Files an Answer
and Asks That Divorce Be
Granted Her.
SAN JOSE. Sept. 11-Another chapter
was added to the troubles of James S.
Smith and Cora B. Smith to-day by the
filing of an answer and cross-complaint to
the divorce suit by Mrs. Smith. Smith,
fearing his wife was about to leave him,
recently applied to the court to restrain
her from disposing of the California lodg
ing house on West Santa Clara street.
Later he sued her for divorce, naming
one Lucas as co-respondent. Mrs. Smith
in her answer states that she married
Smith on November 22, 1SS8. She declares
the lodging house property is hers, her
husband having given It to her. She says
her husband has upwards of $12,000 worth
of property in Wisconsin, which she
claims is community property, and wants
half of it. She asks a divorce on the
ground of cruelty and denies the allega
tions made in her husband's complaint.
TUG VIGILANT STRIKES
ROCK NEAR FOX ISLAND
One of the Crew Is Scalded
to Death.
Steam Pipes Afterward Burst and
TACOMA. Sept. 11.— Skagway advices
contain the news that the steam tug
Vigilant, belonging to the Kasaan Bay
Gold Mining Company, owning extensive
mines In Southwestern Alaska, struck a.
submerged rock near Fox Island a few
days ago and was badly damaged. The
steamer struck the rock with sufficient
force to cause the steam pipes to burst.
One man whose name Is unknown was
scalded to death and George Ellison, an
employe of the Kasaan Mining Company,
was seriously if not fatally burned. Med
ical 3id was summoned from Wrangel
and Ellison was placed in the hospital
there.
FRAU WAGNER'S DEMAND
GRANTED BY THE KAISER
German Emperor Persuaded by the
Countess von 3ulow to Make
Concessions.
BERLIN, Sept. 11.— Countess von Bu
low has induced Emperor William to
bring ahout peace between the Wagners
and the Wagner monument committee.
She represented to the Emperor that the
absence of the Wagners would really de
tract from the -Interest in the commemo
ration exercises. Frau Wagner only in
sisted on, one change of the programme
and that was the theoretical discussion of
music such as the congress was to en
gage In, which was opposed to the mas
ter's Ideas as expressed In all his writ
ings, and the Countess begged the Em
peror to make this concession, which he
did. Therefore Frau Wagner and all the
other members of the Wagner family will
attend the unveiling of the Wagner monu
ment October 1.
North Wind Damages Prune Crop.
WOODLAND, Sept. 11.— A north wind,
even stronger than the disastrous wind of
last July, has prevailed here since Thurs
day at midnight. Much damage was done
to prunes, half of which crop was shaken
from the trees. Other fruits have been
harvested. Raisins In process of drying
were damaged slightly by dust and will
have to be dipped again. The telephone
wires throughout the county are pros
trated.
COATES AND OSRORNE
CONVICTED OF CRIME
Two Philippine Officials Are Found
Guilty of Misappropriating
Government Funds.
MANILA. P. I.. Sept. 11.— Customs In
spector Thomas P. Ccates and Lieutenant
Osborne. constabulary supply officer, both
stationed at San Fernando, who were
arrested recently on the charge of mis
appropriating Government funds, have
been tried and convicted of the crime.
Lieutenant Osborne has been ' sentenced
to ten years' and Inspector Coates to
eight years' imprisonment.
Dean Tompklns, treasurer of the prov
ince of La Union, has also been con
victed of forgery, but sentence has been
reserved. The minimum penalty for the
crime is imDrtsonment for twelve years.
PERSONAL MENTION.
| TACOMA, Wash.. Sept. 11.— The Hall
! theatrical stock company disbanded at
! Dawson last week, after giving the Klon
; dike the best dramatic entertainments
] seen there. The severe drought and the
j ensuing exodus of. miners made business
I light and It was decided best not to con-
S tinue so expensive an organization. Mrs.
j Hall, manager of the company, turned the
! closing performances into a benefit for the
; players and packed houses resulted, the
: bill including scenes from "Camllle," "The
j Christian" and "A Bachelor's Romance."
i Mrs. Condon, leading woman of the com
| pany, returns to her home In San Fran
j clsco, as do also Mr. McDonald, Mr. Fan
i ning. Miss Gale and Miss Jocelyn. Messrs.
| Clarke and Morgan return to New York.
! Miss Chandon and Mrs. Hall, who are sis
', ters, will remain in Dawson, where Mrs.
i Hall owns the Auditorium Theater and
other property. Messrs. Montgomery, Mo
: ran, Bittner and Thorn also remain there.
' At a large expense Mrs. Hall attempted to
; give Dawson good, wholesome drama, but
it paid only three weeks..
DAWSONITES DID NOT
APPRECIATE THE DRAMA
Thompson started with his charges
down the elevator, but at the floor be
low he met a friend and stepped out of
the cage for a moment. The elevator
tr.an, not understanding that the Chinese
tvrre in custody, immediately proceeded
to the ground floor and before he was
n via re of his mistake the Monogolians
had left the elevator and made their
escape from the building. It was several
seconds before Thompson realized that
the elevate r had left him behind and then
it was too late for him to overhaul his
men. An attempt to find the Chinese last
night proved unsuccessful.
Two Chinese fishermen, who returned
from the northern canneries yesterday on
the ship Electric, are. being eagerly
nought by the customs officers, front whom
they escaped yesterday afternoon. When
they arrived In port the Chinese were sub
jected to an examination by the repre
sentatives of the Chinese Bureau. Find-
Ing some discrepancies In their papers.
Inspector W. 1Z. Thompson of the bureau
took them to the Appraiser's building for
a further examination. It was there de
cided to detain them pending a more thor
ough investigation and following the
usual practice the men were remanded to
the Countv Jail.
Are Lowered to Floor and
Quickly Flee.
Left Unguarded in Elevator, They
TWO CUNNING CHINESE
ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 11.— Dr. John P.
Frizzell is organizing an expedition here
to bring back to this city the body of a
mastodon which he firmly believes exists
upon Unlmak Island, off the western
coast of Alaska. While in San Francisco
recently; he stated that while em
ployed as United States surgeon on that
island on July 4, 1903, he saw tracks
which were twenty inches long by nine
teen and a half wide, followed them for
two miles inland, and traced the course
of the monster into a cave that makes
Into the side- of a smoldering volcano.
Dr. Frizzell was accompanied by James
Nugent, James Geary and S. F. Smith,
sailors from the Nellie Coleman, a San
Francisco ship. These sailors corroborate
Dr. Frizzell's statements, and all of the
party agree regarding the evidences of the
presence there of an animal the like of
which has never been known to natural
ists as living In modern times. So tangi
ble are these evidences that prominent
citizens of Portland propose to back Dr.
Frizzell in an expedition to hunt and kill
the mastodon.
Expedition to Hunt and Kill
the Mammoth.
Propose to Back Dr. Frizzell in an
CITIZENS OF PORTLAND
CREDIT MASTODON STORY
Sibley has been active In all the affairs
of the university since entering it and
has shared largely In its honors. The last
year of his college career he was editor
of the Journal of Technology: at the
commencement exercises he was one of
the three student speakers in the Hearst
amphitheater when President Roosevelt
spoke, and for proficiency in the drill he
was chosen colonel of the cadet regiment.
He Is a member of the Young Men's
Christian Association and the Delta Up
sllon fraternity.
This -was the announcement made, by a
well dressed man who walked into the
Stephen Merritt Burial Company's office
on Eighth avenue this morning and Iden
thied himself as the man in whose name
another had committed suicide by taking
carbolic acid in the Broadway Central
Hotel last Wednesday. The dead • man
had registered as James E. . Sharp, San
Francisco. He was apparently a well to
do business man and had $200 In his pock
ets. He left a note which read: "Fall
ing health, suicide. Nemo."
The body was taken to the burial com
pany's parlors to await instructions from
California. Nothing came and no one ap
pears to claim the body. He was shown
the body and after gazing upon it for
some minutes turned away, coolly remark
ing: "I think I look quite natural. Thank
you."
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.— "I am James
E. Sharp of San Francisco. I understand
you have ray dead body here. If it isn't
too much trouble I would like to view It.
I am quite curious to know how I look
when dead."
James E. Sharp of San Francisco
Throws No Light Upon Iden
tity of Suicide.
VIEWS BODY OF MAN
WHO "USED HIS NAME
• T-^v ERKELET, Sept. 11.— Robert Slb-
L2£ ley, who was graduated with the
\/j\ class of 1903 of the University of
California, has accepted a call to
the head of the department of
civil engineering at the University of
Montana and will go at once to assume
the duties of his new position. The an
nouncement of this appointment was
made at the university meeting to-day by
President Wheeler and it was received
with cheers by Slbley's fellow students.
His heaviest creditor is Caroline Colton
Martin, administratrix of the estate of
Henry Maclean Martin, deceased, for
money borrowed in- 1SS0 and for -which
several judgments have been obtained
since then in the Superior Court. They
amount to the sum of $113,433. including
accrued interest. The next largest credi
tor Is Henry Graves of New York, foi»
$10,000 for money borrowed in 1S99. The
next largest obligation is a debt of $143-*.
owed to W. P. Wilder of this city, and
consists of a judgment on a promissory
note. The 51272 of indebtedness' remain-
Ing is made up of small sums.
Mr. Graves was a prominent operates
In Gould & Curry stocks at the time the
largest obligation was incurred. The rap
id decadence in value of the Comstocl*
properties swept away all hla fortune.
He has no assets.
Robert X. Graves, a well-known min
ing man and broker, filed a petition in
Insolvency yesterday In the United States
District Court. His total liabilities ar«
$132,213, the greater portion of which was
contracted twenty-three years ago.
trict Court.
Robert N. Graves of Comstock Celeb
rity Files a Petition in Dis-
PROMINENT MINING MAN
GOES INTO BANKRUPTCY
Fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the
San Bruno House at San Bruno, entailing
a loss of about $5000 on the building and
contents. The blaze was discovered short
ly after 4 o'clock on the roof of the build
in?, but owing to the lack of water fa
cilities and the fact that the fire had
gained considerable headway, all at
tempts to chock the flames proved inef
fectual and the structure and outhouses
were burned to the ground.
Passengers on the electric car which
left San Mateo at 4 o'clock noticed the
lire on the roof as the car passed San
Bruno and at that time no one around the
place seemed to be cognizant of the fact.
Owing to the speed of the car passing
the station there was no chance to give
the alarm. Some time afterward the dis
covery was made that the roof was in
flames, but it was then too late to save
anything of value, as the fire ppread with
great rapidity. The barn and outhouses
wore also soon ablaze and in less than an
hour nothing remained but a pile of smok
ing ruins. Owing to the proximity of the
burning buildings to the railroad station
it was feared for a time that that struc
ture was also doomed to destruction.
The San Bruno Hcuse was owned and
conducted by Andy McSweeney as a road
house and was one of the most popular
resorts on the road to San Mateo.
Owing to Lack of Water, Popular
Resort and Outhouses Are
Totally Destroyed.
E.OADHOTJSE AT SAN BRUNO
IS BURNED TO THE GROUND
The taking of the testimony in the case
of Victor Walkirez. charged with the
murder of Elizabeth Leroy. was finished
this evening, and the arguments befora
the jury will begin in the morning. Tes
timony put on in rebuttal to-day by the
prosecution was strongly against the in
sanity theory of the defense. Drs. O. D.
Hamlin. J. W. Robinson and J. T. Kltch-
Ings. experts on insanity cases, have been
observing the accused since the begin
ning of hla trial and said that in their
opinion he was sane and, in answer to a
hypothetical question, stated that they
believed him to have been sane on May
4. the day the murder was committed.
Dr. Kitchlngs was asked by the defensa
how he arrived at his conclusions. This
opened the door for him to give his ob
servations and reasoning. He stated that
he had been observing the accused; that
when his companion, Anna Ross, was on
the stand he had particularly noticed
Walkirez. His actions and glances to-«'
ward his attorneys, at times contradict
ing her statements of events which oc
curred at a time when It is pleaded ha
was insane, the doctor stated convinced
him that the prisoner recollected the oc
currences of that night, and which the
doctor believed he would not have done
had he been acting under temporary ab
erration.
Dr. Kitchlngs' answer took even a
wider range, and he attacked the fact of
epilepsy, from which Walkirez Is said to
be suffering, and stated that the fita
Walkirez had might have been merely
paroxysms without Indicating insanity.
Prior to the doctors being put on the
stand the defense had put on Jailer Har
ry Clark and several prisoners who saw
several fits Walkirez had when first
placed In jail.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
HIS Broadway. Sept. 11.
Failures this week were 172 in the
United States against 205 last year, and 19
in Canada, compared with 22 a year ago.
On September 1 for the first time this
year furnace stocks of pig iron exceed a
week's capacity of the furnaces In blast.
Notwithstanding heavy receipts of cat
tle packers are asking fractionally higher
figures for hides.
The salmon pack on the Pacific Coast
will be a short one and higher prices are
looked for.
Railway earnings con-tinue good, the in
creases for August being fully 8 per cent
over the best previous year. Collections
show a slight improvement, the result
probably of crops leaving to market.
Wheat, including flour, exports for the
week ending September 10, aggregate
3,445,900 bushels against 3,131,839 last week,
5,444,143 this week last year, 6,648,609 in
1901 and 4,665,982 in 1900.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending September 10 number
165 against 162 last week. 197 in the like
week of 1902, 182 in 1901, 187 in 1900 and 149
In 1S99.
In Canada failures for this week num
ber 12 against IS last year and IS in the
same week one year ago.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade to-morrow will say:
There is much activity in all classes of
business. An encouraging symptom is the
decreased complaint regarding collections,
accompanied by more discounting of
bills. Weather conditions have been fa
vorable for retail trade, distribution of
merchandise expanding, while there are
frequent reports of larger jobbing fall
business than last year. Some caution in
selecting goods owing to high prices is re
ported at the West, but this is chiefly
confined to textiles. Labor disputes de
crease, all but one of the unions having
signed the agreement In the local build
ing trades and several other settlements
having been effected through concessions
on both sides. Railway earnings in Aug
ust were 9.1 per cent larger than last
year and 15.4 per cent greater than in
1901. Owing to the lateness of the crop
there is little complaint of traffic conges
tion.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.— Bradstreefs to
morrow will say: Trade conditions are
still uneven, but the general drift is to
ward improvement. A more assured feel
ing as to the corn crop outturn is mani
fest, conditions in most States having
Improved since September 1. State fairs
and low rate excursions have stimulated
Western distribution, while good pros
pects for corn, cotton, rice and sugar in
the South have made things cheerful In
that section. The lumber market shows
oontrast In the different sections. In the
West lumber and building material of ail
kinds Is active and firm, but at the East
the resumption of building operations
about strike-Infested cities has not been
sufficient to keep the markets strong.
The iron trade is rather pessimistic,
buyers persisting in holding off, but the
declines in Northern and Western Jron re
ported this week are largely sympathetic,
the result of the reported additional -cuts
in the Southern product.
He suggested that perhaps the United
States would decide to police these isl
ands herself and that perhaps this coun
try could do It as well as his own.
LONDON, Sept. 11.— With reference to
the representations made to Washington
by the British Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Ra
rikes, regarding the seizure of two or
three islands off the northeast coast of
British North Borneo by the United
States gunboat Quiros, a Foreign Offlco
official said to-day:
"The case seems quite simple. The
Amercians seized the islands, which they
claim were Spanish. We believe them to
be British. 'Protest' Is a very strong
word to use in connection with our com
ments upon the subject."
NEWPORT. R. L, Sept. 11.— The British
Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Raikes, when seen
here to-day, expressed the opinion that
the incident growing out of the Beizure of
the islands off the coast of British North
Borneo by the United States gunboat
Quiros was of minor importance and one
that would be amicably settled. He stated
that he was not in a position to divulge
the exact nature of the representations
made to the Washington Government, as
the affair was a matter of state.
As ho understood the question it con
cerned a couple of small islands off the
coast of Borneo which had been made a
resort by pirate*. For the protection of
its commerce. Great Britain had driven
off these robbers of the sea and then po
liced the islands against their reoccupa
tlon by the outlaws. Mr. Raikes could not
say that the islands were even inhabited,
and so far as he knew they were not
likely to be a source of profit to any one.
Before Spain had relinquished control of
her possessions in that quarter of the
world to the United States that country
had offered no objection to the occupation
of thete islands by Great Britain, and his
country had only done as she had to pro
tect her commerce.
WASHINGTON'. Sept. 11.— The appoint
ment of an American-British boundary
commission to determine the boundary
lines off the coast of Borneo separating
the possessions In those waters of the
Islands belonging to the two countries
may bo the eventual solution of the in
quiry which the British Government has
addressed to the State Department as to
the sovereignty over certain of these
islands.
The communication received from the
British Charge d' Affaires regarding the
control to be exercised over these Islands,
which have frequently been a resort for
pirates. Is still under consideration at the
State Department, and Acting Secretary
Adee will consult with the Secretary of
the Navy before replying. So far as can
be learned there is nothing In the con
troversy over these islands which will
call for arbitration. <
The injured men were removed to the
City and County Hospital, where It was
fourd that Rcssi had sustained a fracture
of the skull, a fracture of the right arm
and Internal Injuries. He has a fighting
chanoe for life. Rasso's Injuries consist
of a badly wrenched back and possibly
Internal injuries.
The engineer, Edwin Bunnell, was ar
rested and locked up at the City Prison.
It is said the gateman at the crossing
failed to drop the gate on the approach of
the locomotive.
A Southern Pacific freight engine col
lided with a vegetable wagon at the cross
ing of Mission street, between Twenty
third and Twenty-fourth streets, at 1:30
this morning. Antonio Rossi, the owner
ot the wagon, who was driving, was
probably fatally Injured; Vlttorlo Rasso,
his helper, was seriously Injured, one of
the horses was killed, and the wagon de
molished.
We have met here for the purpose of con
demning the action of four ot our five City
Trustees. One week ago I could not be Induced
to believe that four men elected by the peopln
of A lame la to serve them would submit to sum
bulldozing tactics as have been employed by
the Southern Pacific in the matter of the fran
chises. I am appalled and I feel that the citi
zens of this city have been humiliated by their
servants. But I tell you, gentlemen, that
there are men in this city who will not be bull
dozed: who will stand for their rights, and. if
needs be, who will fight for their rights.
Dr. W. H. Robinson, another speaker,
said:
We may not understand our City Trustees.
I don't see why they should give these valuable
franchises away. I did not believe that the
City Trustees would offer these privileges to
the Southern Pacific for nothing. Xo sensible
man believes that the company intends to tear
up any of its tracks here. Mr. Kruttschnltt is
no fool. He understands his business or he
would not be where he Is. . I do not think that
the injunction proceedings we have begun will
prove effective. I cannot satisfy myself that
the City Trustees will grant these franchises
for fifty years. Under the circumstances I feel
that it is more honorable to make a straight
stand-up American flght and get licked than to
lie down.
Other speakers were Jacob Hoeck, Ben
J. Smith and E. H. Lancel.
Resolutions denouncing the attitude of
the City Trustees with respect to the lo
cal referendum ordinance were introduced
by F. W. Voogt and unanimously passed.
They were as follows:
Resolved, That the Board of Trustees of
the city of Alameda Is directly responsible tor
continuing the ceaseless agitation on this sub
ject by refusing to grant the petition applied
for; and be It further
Resolved. That we, citizens of Alameda. In
mass meeting assembled, do hereby Indelibly
set our stamp of Intense disapproval and un
qualified condemnation ' upon Alameda's Board
of City Trustee*, and we unhesitatingly charge
that no self-respecting body of public men,
acting in the Interests of the whole people,
would dare to assume their present position
and effrontery: and be It further
Resolved. That this meeting Is more than
ever convinced of the crying and unavoidable
necessity of the referendum method of set
tling and disposing of this matter of public
interest; and be it further
Resolved, That none of the censure herein
contained is Intended for Joseph V. Forderer.
chairman of the City Trustees, he having con
sistently and persistently stood or the law
and the referendum at all times.
Henry Rosenthal, president of the Board
of Trade, was chairman of the meeting,
which was attended x>y about seventy
five citizens, comprising- members of the
Board of Trade, of the local Social Demo
cratic party and others. After calling the
assemblage to order the chairman Bald:
ALAMEDA, Sept. 11.— "Let us find out
the price of tar; let us find o'nt the price
of feathers; let us find out the price of
rope. Give these City Trustees the tar;
give them the feathers, and then, if they
do not come to time and save the city
from the Southern Pacific monopoly, give
them the rope."
Such was the course advised by C. 11.
Bassett In an impassioned address deliv
ered at a meeting of the Board of Trade
held to-night for the purpose of discuss
ing the matter of the two local railroad
franchises. Bassett's words were re
ceived with applause by many of those
present, but later In the meeting F. W.
Voogt said that he believed the remarks
were not temperate and were made in a
moment of excitement.
American - British Commis
sion May Have Some
Work to Do.
Accident Occurs at Crossing
on Mission Street, Near
Twenty- fourth.
Board of Trade Protests at
Threatened Granting
> of Franchises.
t - •
Pacific Coast Salmon Pack
Will Be Short and
Prices High.
Experts on Insanity Tak3
Stand and Say That Negro
Is Sane.
Ownership of Posses
sions Off Borneo Is
in Doubt.
Building Operations in
the East Resumed
Slowly.
Fiery Alamedan Lets His
Anger Override His
Judgment.
A. Rossi Fatally and V.
Rasso Seriously
Irjured.
ISLANDS NEED
BOUNDARY LINE
Arguments in Walkirez
Trial Begin in the
Morning.
SWITCH EHE
WRECKS WAGON
CROP OUTLOOK
IMPROVES TRADE
ADVISES ROPE
FOR TRUSTEES
TESTIMOMY NOW
BEFORE THE JURY
MONTANA CALLS SIBLEY
TO UNIVERSITY CHAIR
Clever Berkeley Student Wins New Laurels and
Will Soon Take Charge of the Department of
. Civil Engineering at His Future Post of Duty
THE SAN FEANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1903.
GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, "WHO HAS AC
CEPTED AN APPOINTMENT AS HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA.
OAKLAND, Sept. 11.— The following
marriage . licenses were issued . by the
County Clerk to-day: Mathias Hugo.' 28,
and Margaret O'Toole," 23, both of Berke
ley: John T. Marion, 33. Fruitvale, and
Samantha Darneille, 18, Oak>-a/
Marriage Licenses.
"Well, some newspapers may be trying
I to kill me off, but nevertheless I am still
j attending to business every day, although
f It is true I have not entirely recovered
1 my normal condition."
CLEVELAND, Sept. U.-Senator Hanna
referring to the sensational reports sent
cut to the effect that he had suffered a
relapse and that his condition was worse
than at any time since he was taken
ill. to-day said:
Senator Hanna in Fair Health.
Fire in Barber Shop.
A fire broke out in A. Gularte's barber
t-hop. at 410*2 Powell street, a little after
1 o'clock this mornln,?. The engines ar
vivrd shortly after tho alarm was given
jmd quickly rxtlnpuishtd the flumes. Gu
larte at the time tho fire broke out was
<lanc$nj? at Austrian Hall. Suiter street, a
few doors from the vt( mis'-?. He hur
riedly left the social to lind his stock in
trade a wreck. H«» is insured for {300, but
claims that his loss will not 1-e less than
9700.
PHOENIX, A. T.. Sept. 11.— Extradition
papers were honored to-day by -Governor
Brodie for the return to Brown County
frqm Texas of a man known in Arizona
as John Hughes, but said to be Joseph
Humphries, an alleged cattle thief.
Governor Signs Extradition Papers.
ST. HELENA, Sept. 11.— Two flres broke
out here to-day, but owing to the prompt
work of the Fire Department both were
extinguished before any great damage re
sulted. The first fire occurred at the
Methodist parsonage, where several
women were cleaning house. A lot of
rubbish was placed in the tireplace and
ignited. A piece of burning paper drop
ped on the roof and the entire top of
the house was soon on fire. The roof was
destroyed and considerable Injury was
done to the interior of the house by water
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon a fire was
discovered on the roof of the kitchen at
the Grand Hotel and quickly put out.
Two Small Fires at St. Helena.
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