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KINGS RIVER IS
TO BE HARNESSED
CALIFORNIA TO BE FLOODED
WITH POWER
Capitalist Will Furnish Electricity for
Loa Angeles and San Francisco.
No Competition with the
Owens Project
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Within less than three years Los An- !
geles will be the market for a large
portion of electrical energy amounting
lsI Is not less than 400,000-horse power, if
the present plans of H. H. Clark of
Nevada shall be successfully completed.
San Francisco will be the market for
another large portion of the same
power, while towns between the north
ern city and Los Angeles and the entire \
southern section of Nevada will have
an opportunity of utilizing the re- 1
mainder.
This power, it is expected, will be sold !
to eOBSOmcn at a r.tc possibly as low :
as {. per horse power per month, or I
considerably lower than the rate now
charged.
At such a price, or at a cost approxi- |
mating such a figure, it is expected that i
electricity will be used to a large ex- |
tent in heating office buildings and resi- i
dences and in cooking.
Compared with this power-producing
project, the electrical energy expected
to be generated by means of the Owens
river aqueduct, which In Itself will be '
lmmense, dwindles considerably, but
inasmuch as Los Angeles will be the |
market of only a portion of it, this I
Owens river power, all of which will be \
brought direct to Los Angeles, will not
suffer by reason of competition.
Owens River Project Not Affected
"There is, or will be, a market for all j
the electrical energy that can be j
brought into Los Angeles, and my i
plans will have no effect upon the |
Owens river project," said H. H. Clark !
last night.
■ Mr. Clark conceived the idea of de
veloping power from the Kings river, ';
high up in the Sierras on the dividing ',
line between ■ California and Nevada,
and thus far he alone is interested in a
project, which will mean the expendi
ture of not less than $6,000,000 in the
construction of dams, generating plants
and wire lines which will convey the
electricity to Los Angeles, 280 miles
away, to San Francisco, about 350 miles,
and to the various mining camps In
western and southern Nevada.
Mr. Clark, who is one of the best
known and possibly one of the most
successful mining men in Nevada, was
found last night at the Temple audi
torium, where he occupied a box with
Mrs. Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Brown, the latter the only child of Mr.
and Mrs. Clark.
Although successful to such an ex
tent that he has become a multi-mil
lionaire through his mining operations
ln Nevada, Mr. Clark retains an open
frankness which his friends say has
been a characteristic of the man all
through his ups and downs in life in
various pursuits, and even as a boy,
■when he sold newspapers on the streets
of Fort Wayne, Ind.
No Stock to Market
"It was not my intention to say any
thing for publication regarding this
project until all the plans had been
completed," said Mr. Clark, "but as
publicity now can have little or no
effect one way or another I have no ob
jection to discussing the affair. In the
first place I would like to say that it
•will not be a stock selling affair. The
amount of capital which will be re
quired can only be approximately
figured upon, now, but whatever the
amount the stock will be fully sub
scribed and not a dollar's worth will be
placed upon the market.
" I have been assured by capitalists
■with whom the project has been dis
cussed that the capital, regardless of
the amount necessary, can be raised
within twenty-four hours. The ques
tion of the organization of the com
pany, however, I have given very little
consideration.
" I am now waiting for the final re
port of engineers now at work. The
engineers have made partial reports,
showing the plan to be entirely feasible,
and the final report probably will be
made within sixty days, when actual
steps toward construction will be taken.
At a Low Cost
"Engineers say that electricity can be
conveyed to Los Angeles within twenty
four months after work is begun. A
line will be run to Los Angeles, about
2 80 miles, and another to San Fran
cisco, about 350 miles. Other lines will
bc run into Nevada for the various min
ing camps.
"The cost of electricity in San Fran
cisco Is about $4.50 per horse power per
month. The price is less in Los An
geles, and while I would not like to
promise that power can be brought here
from Kings river for $2, it is possible
that the price will be as low as that.
"It is certain that therts will be a
market for all the electricity that can
bc brought to Los Angeles. There
should not be a pound of coal used in
the generating of electricity. With the
increased production of electricity there
will be a corresponding increase in its
use, and I believe that in time the
greater amount of heating and cooking
in Los Angeles will be done by elec
tricity. At present the appliances for
the use of electricity for these purposes
are not sufficiently perfect to make their
use economical, but these will be per
fected.
An Extensive Market
"There need be no fear that the
Kings river project will be a serious
competitor of the power to be gen
erated by the Owens river aqueduct,
for the season, as I have said, that the
market for electrical energy In Los An
geles, will lncreas ewlth the supply.
"Thus far I have been alone Is the
project, and I have put a large amount
of money Into perfecting title to lands
lnvolved and In securing water rights.
These rights contemplate only the use
of the water for power purposes, and
the water will be turned back into the
original channels for irrigating and
other, purposes, but In which 1 have no
lnterest.
"1" 1 anticipate that the generating of
the amount of power, estimated at not
less. than 400,000-horse power, will re
sult In Increased mining activity In Ne
vada, where power now is the big item
of expense, and In greatly increasing
manufacturing In Lob Angeles."
Mr. . Clark said that for the last
eighteen months engineers have been
steadily at work gathering the data
necessary to project such an enterprise
They are. at the proposed site of the
Plant figuring out the last details, and
lnI In not more than sixty days they ex
pect to turn over to htm complete work
ln* plans for the entire project. An
soon us these plans art. received th«
work will be started, Clark says, and
within two years he expects to have
power carried Into Los Angeles nnrt
lntoI Into Ooldfleld, Tonopah, Rhyollte, Hull
frog, Manhattan. Green water and other
Southern Nevada minjng camps. -
The Kings river project was the re
sult, Mr. Clark laid, of the high prlc«
bcb be Is compelled to pay for power at his
mines. He knew of the Immense quan
tities of water lone the Plerra Nevada
watersheds, running enst and west from
the perpetual snows of the great peaks
there found. Investigation convinced
him that one of the most promising
points was at the head of the Kings
river. He took engineers and went Into
the district himself.
Secures the Rights
Heine- satisfied with the conditions he
found there, he proceeded to secure the
necessary rights and property.
The site of the proposed plant is near
the narrow gnuge road running from
Sodavllle, Nev., to Keller. Cal.. and -
controlled by the Southern Pacific. A
wagon road now leads over the sum
mit, 6000 feet above the rnllrond and
nearly 10.000 above sea level, and
thenco a bridle path leads down the
west side of the mountains, through
a country rich In game, water and tim
ber Into the canyon nt the head of
: King* river. Springs nnd small streams
feed the Kings river nt this point and
swell the little mountain stream that
marks the source to a raging mountain
torrent at the point where Clark pro
poses to construct the plant.
Half Million Horse Power
Within a short distance there are six
teen falls, and that volume of wa
| ter will produce 600.000 horsepower, al
i though the minimum has been placed
at 400,000.
lt will be necessary to construct on?
largo dam at a cost of about "00.000. i
Mr. Clark soon will leave for Niagara
Falls, when he will inspect the big '
electrical power plants and decide upon
| the machinery necessary.
! With comparatively no capital, Mr.
J Clark went to Nevada in INI. His was
the second tent at both Gold field and
' Bullfrog.
( His Interests now extend throughout
i the mining region of Nevada.
SEVEN TO STUDY
LIQUOR TRAFFIC
MUNICIPAL LEAGUES NAMES
NEW COMMISSION
Asks Chamber of Commerce and Mer.
chants' Association to Jcin the
Movement to Revise
Legislation
The Municipal league has invited the
chamber of commerce and the Mer
chants and Manufacturers' association
to join it in naming a commission of
seven to make a thorough examina
tion of the liquor traffic and decide
upon the best and moat equitable regu
lation of the business.
The resolutions of the league, which
are self-explanatory, are as follows:
Resolved. That the Municipal league
hereby requests the chamber of com
merce and the Merchants and Manufac
turers' association to join in the appoint
ment of a special commission of seven to
consider what permanent legislation is
needed in this city on the subject of the
liquor traffic; said commission to hear
witnesses and gather data of the experi
ence nf other cltits. and within three
months to report a plan covering the fol
lowing points and such additional mat
ters as the investigation may develop;
Subjects of Inquiry
1. Limitation on the number and kind
of liquor selling establishments.
2. Zone to be observed In granting of
licenses.
a. Amount of annual license tax.
4. Frontage consent to be required for
locations.
B. Distinction between saloons, res
taurants and wholesalers.
G. Police regulations pertaining to the
same.
7. What points should be covered by
charter, what by ordinance and what by
police commission regulations.
8. Use of Initiative in conjunction
with proposed legislati'in
The league would recommend to your
honorable bodies that the same courses
of procedure be followed as In the case
of the railway accident commission, viz.:
That the sessions be executive; that wit
nesses be called to Include all classes of
parties interested, including the class
most directly interested, to wit, the pub
lic, and that the report, when finally
framed, shall be made to the public and
filed with the executive committee of
each body, leaving it open to each body
to indorse or not as they see tit.
We bcleve that such a commission
would be able to get at the root of many
of these vexed questions and work out a
solution that would be satisfactory to a
majority of our citizens.
To Protect the Public
The Municipal league, after the paßS
nge of the recent ordinances allowing a
saloon in any block where a majority
of frontage owners signed the petition
and allowing wholesalers to sell as lit
tle as a tenth of a gallon promptly ob
tained a restraining order against the
mayor and city clerk.
The proposed commission is simply
another step In the movement to pro
tect the public against raids by friends
of the liquor interests.
After dally sittings by the commis
sion it is thuught that some ordinance
will be adopted after all the Informa
tion gleaned from witnesses, reports
und other sources has been compiled.
Coplei of the final report will then be
presented to t->e executive committee of
tho three organisations so that they
can separately vote on the provisions.
Traveling Men Elect Officers
SAN francis< » 1. Dec 11, The Pa
oiflc Coast CommerctM Travelers' asso
olatlon In annual convention yesterday
elected the following officers to serve
•iLirinK ths ensuing year: President, 11
v judfii of San Tranolsco; lirst vice
president, Orrln s. Henderson of Stock
urn 1 vice president, w. it. Freed
of San FramiKco; secretary, s. sfosley
Woods; treasurer, B. H. Oallandi dlrei
' large, W. W. Knickerbocker, 1,.
C. Miller, A. C. Boldemann, O. C. Sbaw.
Milton Hull and J. H. Barker. Outside
directors— For Southern California, 11
C. JagKer. George W Jordan; Eureka,
f. X Iferrltt Nevada. A. Moynllian:
Oregon, B. F Jacobson nf Portland;
Washington, Jacob Davis nf Seattle.
Strike Will Last Long
GOLDFIKLD, Nev., Dec. 28.— The
Htriku continue!) and Indications show
that It will last far longer than ex
pected. Th« miners have posted on
their bulletin board ■ statement that
the Western Federation of Miners has
agreed to assist them. Many leader*,
tiring- of the iltuatloo, are beginning
work under the new ale KeporU
have been spread that tin- big operators
and the Wlngtteld-Nlxon merger are
trying to indue* all to shut down, pend
ing 1 a Mi-in. -mi, in Many of the miner*
are working and there are no outward
utHim mull un 111.- gathering of unem
ployed ont street corner* to denote that
a btrlku In in progress
LOS ANGET,ES HERALD: SATURDAY MORNTNG. DECEMBER 20, IQO6.
NEGRO JUMPS
AT TESTIMONY
WITNESS TELLS OF JAXONS
HATRED
Had Declared Pasadena Would Be
Better Off if Logan Were Wiped
Off the Face of the
Eearth
The first valuable evidence of the
prosecution In the trial of the nrjrro.
.1. 1 C, C. Jaxon, under charge for the
murder of James 11. Logan, came to
light yesterday Afternoon in depart
ment one of the superior court when
E . .1 Howell testified that lie had
heard Jaxon say that Logan ought to
bc wiped oft the face of the earth.
The evidence proved a sun
rnatlon.
Howell of the
dlstrii t attorney's office and he iliil
nol appear at the preliminary exam*
Inatton. The evidence of the lower
court had been thoroughly thrashed
over by attorneys for the defei
there "as but little "f it thai
them any particular fear.
And even yesterday Jnxon sneered at
the men who were testifying against
him, until Howell's name was called
and that negro appeared In court to
take the stand. Then Jason seemed
nervous and did not appear as light
hearted as he had been.
■■] was In Jaxon's shop about eight
months before the murder." testified
Howell, "and we were talking when
Jaxon s.n.i that Pasadena would be
better off if a certain "damned nigger'
was dead, and when we asked him
who he meant, he said he was talking
about Jim Logan."
At that piece of evidence Jaxon
jumped to his feet, and BO did Attorney
Rogers, and a lively scene resulted, but
it failed to shake the witness. The tor
rent of questions rained upon him
failed to shake his testimony and he
left the stand still making- the state
ment that Jaxon had said it would be
bc beter if Logan were dead.
Mother Testifies
Mrs. Louis Young, thr mother of the
dead mulatto, was one of the wit
. ■ ourt yesterday. Bhe is as
)ipht colored as hp;- son was and she
told how Jaxon seemed to take but
little iTiterest in the death of tlv- man
whom he was always claiming was his
best friend.
As Mrs. Young left the stand she
rasserl within a few feet of Jaxon and
as she did she muttered:
"You dirty black ." the rest of
the sentence bf-ing lost in muttering.
In the rorridor she collapsed at the
recollection of the testimony of the
murder.
Another important witness of the
day testified that on the night of the
murder he saw Jaxon. a white man
and a man whom he could not see very
well going toward the wash near the
golf links, where the body was found
the next morning.
It is thought that the white man
acted as messenger to lure the young
mulatto to some trystlng place and
that the third man who was seen
hanging around near the couple fol
lowed them there and sprang upon his
victim as soon as he was out of call of
the road.
This third man, according to the
prosecution, was Jaxon, but the wit
ness stated that he could not even tell
in the darkness whether the myster
ious third man was a negro or a white
man.
It is expected that Miss Ida Mc-
Daniels, a former Pasadena nurse, will
arrive in Los Angeles today from Chi
cago to give testimony in the case.
Miss MoDaniels is a negress, a
former sweetheart of Logan. She was
nurso for the wealthy Mrs. Hariette
Mr-Vicars two years ago when Mrs.
MCVicara died after a lingering ill
ness. At that time there were allega
tions of poison having been used, but
those allegations fell through.
It will be alleged by the prosecution
that Miss McDaniels was approached
by Jaxon, who proposed some scheme
whereby they were to get a slice of the
McVlcar estate through some secret
deal.
It is alleged Miss McDaniels carried
the story to her seetheart, Logan, and
that he advised her ag-ainst having
anything to do with Jaxon. Jaxon is al
leged to have planned revenge against
Logan from that time until Logan was
killed.
THINKS CORPSE
IS ROBBED
(Continued from Pare One)
sum of money In hia pocket at the time.
It was some time Saturday nißht when
he was killed, and it dors not seem
probable that he had expended it all
before that time.
Thinks Body Was Robbed
"I bave tried to get some satisfaction
from Coroner Trout In the matter, but
he lias refused to give me any. i have
demanded ail my brother's: effects from
him but have not received them. I do
not know why he has not seen fit to
gjye them to me, but I will instruct my
attorney to go ahead, and do what he
sees proper In the matter.
"i saw Trout today and ha asked me
to give liini Until tomorrow to look up
the effects, and i have done no. This
afternoon i conferred with my attorney
ami then telephoned Coroner Trout to
meet me at Pierce Bros.' tomorrow
morning at 0 o'clock, and 1 expect that
the undertakers win be there at the
name time with the men who removed
the body.
"Whether my brother committed sui-
Olds or was killed, I am certain valu
ables have been taken from hia body
or room. These I am bound tO get iuiil
will go ti> a.ny ends to do bo.
"My brother was ■ Qerman, 49 years
of age. Re wan born In ITreeport, 111.,
and at one time conducted a cigai
In Chicago Hi ■ served in the United
regular army anil has i
In many parti <>r the country. 11. was
never married, but was well-to-do, He
owned the bouse In which he was found
il, ad .ui'l alhu Hi,. hiHiKi- In the rear."
DENIES STEALING FROM GIRL
Charged with stealing several valu
able Christmas presents from his
sweetheart, Ida Spencer, Wednesday,
Hoy Foul was bi*iught up before Police
Justice ltose yesterday and pleaded not
guilty to the charge.
The case wan set for January 15 and
he wat released under 150 ball. Foul
it* said to have stolen a gold mounted
purse, a pair of valuable gold mounted
opera glasses and a shopping bug.
JUSTICE WARNS ACCUSER
"Fisher, i have my own opinion of
you. Ton ore n man who Is :ih\ :iv<
getting Into trouble. Keep out of It.
You nrp always tnkln* up the time of
the court with neighborhood rows, and
t am ge.|ng to dismiss the charge
ngalnst Mr. nnd Mrs. Abraham Oohn."
With these words Police Justice Hose
yesterdny put .in end to the Flsher
t'ohn controversy, nnd the charges of
disturbing the pence, brought by 11.
Fisher njtfllnst Abrnhnm Colin and Mrs.
Fanny Conn, were, dismissed.
Sunday n«hrr Mi rhiirgpd with
Mealing $33 from n purs*» owned by
Mrs. >hn. Up i*m not arrested, but
the following day applied to the proae-
> Hl tine ntltoriify for n Mint for the
nrrc!>t of his RCCUMfP., claiming- they
had ninrtp thrrnts nsnlnst him.
Mr. nnd Mi- Colin Were then nr
restcd nnd wrre relenjed on bond*.
Fisher did not have liny proof in court
that they hud f>nld or done Anything
to disturb hi ponce, so Judge Rom
discharged them.
HARPER NAMES
COMMISSIONERS
(Contlnurd from t'ner Onf )
incoming eouncilmen held an infonnni
meeting in Waiter .). wiens office in
the Lkughlln building, out of which
grew ,i stoi y thai a .-l its had bet n
p .is follows;
President Nllea I'ease, non-partisan.
Legislation committee — Blanchard,
Repbullcan, chairman.
Finance— Wallace; Republican and
non-partisan.
y h. iiy. Republican.
Gas and light— Clampitt, Republican.
I Irldge— Dromgold, nun-partisan.
i —Tonkin, Republican.
Building— Blanchard, Republican.
Bojs Blanchard's Slate
Thi:"-. it is understood, was the slato
1 by Blanchard, the .Ninth ward
boM, who could have had the presi
if the council at the Republi
cans' hands, but who preferred the
chairmanship of the legislation and
building committees.
Absence of tinder Sheriff Tonkin, who
king a prisoner to Ban yucntin,
prevented formal action, but as Mr.
Tonkin win reach the city this after
noon tonight's caucus is called to en
able him to tnke a hand in it.
There will be some kicking over the
traces no matter what the slate agreed
on may be. Councilman Healy, who
will also go Into the new bunch, boldly
told his friends yesterday that he op
posed Pease for president.
"1 want a Republican, not a non
partisan, for president," said h". "Wal
lace Is my candidate. This caucus talk
is foolish. We discussed the commit
teeman places in the lobbies of the city
hall, but took no formal action any
where."
The now council expects to creatp a
new committee on public utilities and
there will be a scramble for member
ship thereon. It will fix the price of
gas, electric lights and telephones.
Important Announcement
of the
Metropolitan Life Inmirunir Co.
What is in many respects the most In
forming and significant paper issued by
any life insurance company during the
present year lias just appeared over the
signature of John R. liegeman, president
of the Metropolitan Life. While the com
munication is addressed to the company's
agents, and is In the nature of a review
and announcement covering matters
chiefly interesting to the field force, it
deserves attentive reading by every one
who holds or intends to secure a life in
surance policy.
lt appears that the Metropolitan Life
has for some time been engaged in the
preparation of new "mortality tables"
based upon its own experience. By com
parison of given periods in recent years
with corresponding periods in former
years, back to 1!>SO, the fact is established
that among the company's pollcyholders
there has been sufficient Improvement in
mortality (that is, a smaller average of
deaths at various ages) to warrant certain
changes affecting future premiums and
benefits, all directly in the interest of
those insured In the company. With char
acteristic thoroughness and frankness
these results and changes are specified in
minute detail, not put forth as "esti
mates" or vague promises.
Their significance to the Insuring public
is a reduction in the price of Insurance in
the industrial department, and through
a readjustment of rates of commissions
to agents, a reduction of premium
charged in the ordinary department.
Concerning the policies to be Issued In
1 907 this information Is given:
"Our new policies will be found most
attractive In form and even more attrac
tive in substance. They contain all of
the advantages and concessions which we
can afford to give and which the public
have the right to expect The surrender
values will be found to be generous and
take the optional forms of extended in
surance, paid-up insurance and cash.
They are the standard forms of the New
York department, the work of experts
which has legislative approval. They are
as plain to the understanding as they can
bc made. We have discontinued many
plans as unnecessary. We shall issue
ordinary life, limited payment, endow
ment and term plans, and we have ap
plied for permission and hope to Issue. In
addition three plans which the public
have stamped with their approval —
namely, the optional life or endowment,
unler a new name, the modified endow
ment with life option, the guaranteed
dividend, also under a new and more
descriptive name, me guaranteed In
creased endowment; and the reduced
premium life under Its new name, Ilfo
with reduced premium after 20 years."
One noteworthy passage relates to the
company's liberal policy of distributing
dividends and benefits not contemplated
ln Its contracts with polleyholdeis.
President Hegcman asks his agents to
note • that 'this year the company
has bean disbursing the enormous sum
of about two millions of dollars in volun
tary dividends Upon non-partlclpatlng
lndustrialI Industrial policies, bringing the total
amount of unproml.sed dividends in twelve
years to about ten millions of dollars to
lndustrial policyholders In the form of
dividends on premiums, dividends on
death claims and Increases of benefit i
upon existing policies." He adds: "We
have been enabled to accomplish this
work all theso years by steady improve
ments in business methods, by steady ex
tensions of business territory, by steady
additions to insurance In force, by watch
fulness In writing and taking care of
business, resulting in a decreasing death
rate, decreasing lapse rate and decreasing
expense rate. These improvements we
have announced to you from year to year,
but perhaps from this very fact their
gradual, steady progresslvenoss— you have
railed to grasp their full significance. Yet
year by year we have told you our aim
to reduce expenses, to Improve the death
rate, to better the policies, to distribute
the surplus, so that each year a larger
proportionate amount could be returned to
pollcyholders and a smaller proportionate
amount used In expenses."
tie goes on to cay that although the
year Is not ended, the records show from
July 1 to date (Dec, 1) that the company's
lncrease of industrial business exceeded
the Increase of any previous year with
the exception of two, that in the ordinary
life department the business of September
equaled that of September, 1905. while
October and November showed a large in
crease, and December "promises to be a
record-breaker." Further he says:
"Taking the last six months for com
parison— june to November inclusive—
you rote more ordinary than ever wua
written by the company In the corre
■■ponding months, and exceeded 1906 by
over nix millions and a half, and this II
must I'" remembered by more than 8000
le»s men."
Other matters discussed In the an
nouncement are no lestt interesting than
those referred to 111 this brief review. The
entire paner is commended tan an educa
tional and timely contribution to Insur
ance literature.
ft -s
ffiHhdL
twf^ Ixew loirmm
• , .0 " By WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE ' '* X
Who gets most out of life — the small-town dweller or the New Yorker ?
Which offers most — the serenity of the country community or the
rush and glamor of the city ? Which would you rather — a cottager on
a shady avenue, or a flat-dweller in a six-story cell-house ?
Which would you rather do — wear old clothes and know everybody or
new ones and know hardly anybody ?
It startles you at first — this witty contrast of typical country town
with the metropolis. And then you take in its illuminating truth. Em-
porians, New Yorkers and everybody else will surely want to read it, in
THE AMERICAN
MAGAZINE
In this number For January
Ida M. Tarbell R/,y Stantifcrd Baker
describes "An Outbreak of Protectionism," being reports "An Extraordinary Experiment in Brother-
the second chapter of her great political history, hood," picturing Mrs. Katherine Tinelev't Colony
"The Tariff in Our Times." at Point Loma, Cal. ' ', '
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FLASHES FROM THE WIRES
By Associated Press.
New York Central Gives Increase
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. — It was an
nounced yesterday from the office of C.
W. Smith, general superintendent of the
New York Central railroad, that the
company had advanced the wages of
30,000 of its men and that statistics of
general increase would soon be issued.
In some cases, it is said, the increase
would date from December 1, and in
other branches from January 1. This
increase, it is understood, includes a
recent advance of five cents an hour
given to the yardmen.
Farmer Dies from Accident
STOCKTON. Cal.. Dec. 28.— M. Koch, a
farmer who sustained a fractured skull
by being thrown from his wagon as the
result of a runaway, died at the emerg
ency hospital this morning- without hav
lnß rpprainpd consciousness. The de
ceased leaves a wife and child, who had
joined him from Pennsylvania but two
months before, lie having recently pur
chased a country home here and gone
into farming.
Seamen Demand Wage Increase
NEW" YORK, Dec. 28.— Conferences
concerning the demands of 5000 mem
bers of the harbor boatmen's branch of
the International Seamen's union for
advances in wages will begin today be
tween committees representing the
boatmen and the companies owning the
harbor craft. It is stated that an ami
cable agreement will probably be
readied.
Transports for Relief Mission
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Quarter
master General Humphrey has notified
Secretary Taft that he has available two
transports in which supplies for the
Chinese famine Bufferers may be sent.
These are the Buford and the Warren,
both at San Francisco. Secretary Taft.
upon the reconvening of congress, will
ask for authority to use one of these
vessels for the relief mission.
Bishop A. Coake Smith Dies
NASHVILLE. Term. Dec. 28.— Bishop
A. Coake Smith of the Methodist Epis
copal church, south, Asheville, N. C.
died last night. Mr. Smith was elected
bishop at the general conference in Dal
las four years ago. He had been In
fail I nsr health for some time. Pleurisy
was the immediate cause of his death.
Switch Engine Runs Down Man
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28.— Abe
Hyman, keeper of the corporation yard
in tlie department of works, was run
down and instantly killed yesterday by
a switch engine of the Southern Pacific
company at the corner of Fifteenth ami
Harrison streets. Hyman was BO years
of age.
Prominent Merchant Dies
BAKBRBFIBLD, Cal.. Dec. I!*.—Sam
uel Welll, brother of Alphonse Wolll,
one of the largest merchants in Kern
county, died at Woody this afternoon.
He- was a business iimn and member of
several fraternities. The funeral will
be held In Ban Pranclaco Sunday
Russian Governor Assassinated
OMSK. Asiatic Russia, Dec 2X — Gen
eral Lltvlanott, governor of the prov-
Inee of Akomiinsk, was assassinated in
the street close to his office today by
two unknown men.
Professor Gets Decoration
BERLIN, Dec, 18, Emperor William
has bestowed on Prof. Hugo Muenster
berg, prufugxor of physiology at Hnr
vard university, the crown order of the
second olaai,
Killed by Key Route Train
OAKLAND, Pec. ||, p, i:. Blgdoa au
Insurance adjuster, was run down by a
Key Route train last nixlit at Twenty
second street and Telegrapb avenue and
killed.
Will Not Visit Islands
WABHINOTON, Dec. BS.—Tb* atate
ini in was made at the White House to
day that President Roosevelt did not
contemplate visiting tlits Philippines.
Mill Suffers Heavy Loss
PHILADELPHIA, Deo. as The plant
of the Quaker City Flour Mills company
lnI In this city was damaged by fire to the
extent of $80,000. ■
Violated Child Labor Law
ALTON, in., Deo, gs. "Hve merchant!
were tin-it |( ami costs each here by
Nathan for violation or the i hiM
labor law.
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