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avowed aspirant with all of his following
well in hand.
•'ln the discussion of this question some
interesting history is quoted, and it is
construed to show that men of Mr. Alli
son's eminence in affairs — men upon
whom the white light that beats upon of
fice has for so long been turned— are not
men selected by nominating conventions
after a hot and protracted struggle has
cleared the way for a surprise. The men
chosen in these circumstances are either
comparatively obscure and are taken on
t ru^t by strong men who expect to influence
them, or else, if well known, for qualities
chiefly amiable. Mr. Allison, it is pointed
out, is very far from being an obscure man,
and, while an amiable man, is very far
from being a weak or pliable one."
MAC KAY'S GRAND MAUSOLEUM.
It Will Be Erected in Greenwood Cemetery
at a Cost of Two Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Dollars.
JNEW YORK, N. V., Pec. 7.— One of the
most magnificent mausoleums erected in
this country has just bean ordered by
John W. Mackay, the California million
aire. The designs are now being prepared
by the architect who prepared plans for
the new Mackay building downtown. The
monument will cost $250,000.
It was Mr. Mackay's intention to erect
the mausoleum at "Woodlawn. He
lis mind, however, and finally
concluded to erect the structure at Green
wood.
Yesterday be purchased $38,000 worth of
ground in that cemetery. The mausoleum
will, it is said, be built of Westerly gran
ite, and the style will be Grecian, of the
Doric ord^r.
The entire structure will rest upon a
granite platform. It will repre?ent a chapel
and is to contain twenty chambers. The
interior walis will be of brick and blue
stone. The arched ceilings and walls of
tain corridor are to be of white enam
elled brick and the catacombs will have
white marble doors.
NO DANGER OF OUTBREAKS
Only Five Indians Are Away
From the San Carlos
Reservation.
Chief "Old George" Is Suspected of
Killing Merrill and His
Daughter.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 7.— The
War Department to-day received dis
patches concerning the Apache Indian
troubles in Arizona. One of these was
from the commanding oiiicer at Fort
Grant, and said that at the periodical
"round-up" at the San Carlos reservation
on December 5 it was discovered that rive
Indian braves of the Nosias baud of
Apaches were absent. Captain Bell was
sent after them immediately, with instruc
tions to bring them in without delay.
According to a dispatch from the com
manding officer at fort Apache, ''Old
George."' a chief who camps on Turkey
Creek, on the road to Suiiivansville, is
suspected of killing Mr. Merrill and his
daughter, and a detachment of troops was
sent to George's habitation. Tne Indian
police have also been sent out to ascertain
if any stranpers are upon the reservation.
A late dispatch from the same officer
stated that an Indian had been reported
killed near Chibuqu Decembers by a party
of five armed white men, who left a pack
mule, by which the party may be indenti
fied, in the hands of the Indians. A troop
from the Seventh Cavalry has been sent to
investigate.
According to War Department officials
there need be no apprehension that these
events will lead to a general Indian out
break in Arizona.
WHITE'S RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
The Eioping Lieutenant of the Revenue
Cuiter Bear No Longer in the
Service.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 7.—Lieuten
ant Chester M. White of the revenue cut
ter service has again tendered his resigna
tion, and Secretary Carlisle has accepted
it. Lieutenant White, some weeks ago,
resigned and then withdrew his resigna-
tion and was ordered to duty on the Bos
ton, Mass.. station. He served with Cap
tain Healy on the Bear in the Arctic Ocean
last summer, and was one of thirty officers
who made charges affecting the conduct of
Captain Heaiy. The charges have not yet
been formulated and officially presented,
but it is understood they will be. The de-
Jay in presenting them is causing some
unfavorable comment at the treasury, and
unless they are soon presented, after the
publicity which has been given them,
through the press, it is highly probable
that the officers prominent in making
them will be brought before a court of in
quiry. Lieutenant "White in the mean
tinoehas beeu charged with eloping with, a
chorus girl from San Francisco, deserting
a sick wife there, and his second resigna
tion was tendered since that alleged fact
was made public. The scandal attaching
to the whole affair has caused the treasury
officials much annoyance, and it is certain
that there will be a thorough investiga
tion.
POLITICS IX KEyTVCKT.
Ex- Speaker Carroll Defeated Blatz in a
Lwely Election.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 7.— ln the spe
cial election held in the Sixth and Seventh
wards of Louisville to-day Anthony J.
Carroll, ex-Speaker of the last House, de
feated Charles Blatz, Republican, by a
majority of 452. The election was quiet
and orderly, though the A. P. A. caused
trouble at one or two precincts. The ma
jority is the normal majority of the dis
trict, though the Republicans carried it in
the November election for Governor. The
re-election of Mr. Carroll makes the Gen
eral Assembly a tie on joint ballot, with
68 Democrats, 68 Republicans and 2 Popu
lists. One of those Populists is pledged to
vote for the Republicans, who indorsed
him, and the <;tht'r with the Democrats.
In view of the importance of Mr. Car
roll's vote a hot light was made to defeat
him. There are still seven avowed candi
dates for the Senate among the Republi
cans, but it is regarded as certain that no
one save W. Godfrey Hunter, member oj
Congress from the Third District, has any
show.
Shot Himself in the Head.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 7.— Carl Rmge, 40
years of age, living at 1437 Carr street, shot
himself in the bead this morning. The
wounded man was taken to the hospital.
The doctors pronounce his recovery hope
less. Ringe was one of the most promi
nent insurance men in the city.
Forecasts Verified.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 7.— The
monthly report on forecast verifications
prepared by the Weather Bureau shows
the percentage of forecasts verified by the
mouth of November to be 85.2 per cent.
OF VAST IMPORTANCE.
Noted Decision Rendered by
the Supreme Court
of Kansas.
SALES ON MORTGAGES.
Debtors Given Eighteen Months
in Which to Make Re
demptions.
THE LAW OF 1893 UPHELD.
One Hundred Millions Involved in the
Executions That May Now Be
Set Aside.
TOPEKA, Kans., Dec. 7.— The Supreme
Court of Kansas, at its sitting to-day,
handed down an opinion of vast impor
tance to the debtors of the State, sustain
ing the constitutionality of the law of 1893,
which gives eighteen months to the debtor
to redeem on all sales on execution or fore
closure of mortgage made prior to the pas
sage of the law. The case is from Shawnee
County, where John L. Beverly, the de
fendant in a foreclosure suit, asked the
Judge of the District Court to order that
the real estate in question be Bubject to
redemption in eighteen months, as pro
vided by chapter 109 of the law of 1893.
This relief was refused, the lower court
holding that chapter 109 was unconstitu
tional so far as intended to apply to mort
gages previously executed and delivered.
On a proceeding in error in the Supreme
Court the judgment of the lower court is
affirmed, Chief Justice Horton and Jus
tice Johnston holding that the act giving;
a mortgager the right to redeem his prop
erty within eighteen months after date of
sale was contrary to the provisions of the
Federal constitution, which says that "no
State shall pass any law impairing the ob
ligation of contracts." Mr. Justice Allen
dissented.
Beverly tiled a motion for a rehearing and
when Chief Justice Martin went upon the
bench he and Mr. Justice Allen granted ir.
Chief Justice Martin wrote the opinion
handed down to-day, Mr. Justice Allen
concurring, and Mr. Justice Johnston dis
senting. The opinion covers twenty-six
type-written pages. The syllabus, bow
ever, is brief. It is:
"Chapter 109, session laws of 1593, com
monly known as the redemption law,
whether applied to existing or future con
tracts, is not in conflict with the provisions
of the Federal constitution that 'no State
shall pass any law impairing the obliga
tion of contracts. 1 "
Judge Martin holds in effect that the
remedy of the judgment creditor is only
affected hy the new law, as the farm stands
security for the debt and interest thereon,
which still continues to run. He empha
sizes the theory that a mortgage is not a
title, but only security. In conclusion
Judpe Martin said:
'•Even doubt of the constitutionality of
snid chapter is not sufficient to warrant its
judicial condemnation by this court. In
such cases it seems better to leave such
condemnation to the final arbiter, the Su
preme Court of the United States."
It is said that the decision involves over
$100,000,000, and that under it every fore
closure and execution sale made in Kansas
since 1893 can be set aside.
STUDESTS WAMT ISGEKSOLIj,
But the College Faculty Is Opposed to
Inviting Him.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 7.— The senior
law class of the Missouri State University
at Columbia, Mo., recently proposed to in
vite Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll to deliver
an address during the next commence
ment and have brought down a storm of
disapproval from both the faculty and
other students of the university. The in
vitation has not yet been tendered, but on
a recent vote in the class it passed by a
large majority. President Jesse and a
large number of the faculty are opposed to
the invitation and a number of the stu
dents are siding with the faculty.
A meeting was held to-day by the mem
bers of the senior law class to again con
sider the proposed invitation, and a num
ber of addresses were delivered on the sub
ject by members of the class. Proposition*
were advanced to withdraw the invitation,
which brought forth a storm of condem
nation by many members of the class, yet
there were a number who approved the
idea.
Paul Davis of Kansas City, a member of
the football team, then offered a resolution
that the class instruct the committee to
proceed with the invitation to Ingersoll,
and his words were cheered by many of
those present. Several members urged
that the class had no right to invite any
one for commencement week, and such an
invitation could only be extended with
the authority of the faculty. The class
meeting adjourned with the Davis resolu
tion pending.
Surrendered to Motley.
NEW ORLEANS. La., Dec. 7.— J. M.
Pannell, a mining engineer who arrived
here on the steamer City of Dallas after
seven months spent in Honduras, throws a
new and altogether different light on the
sensational capture of A. K. Ward, the
Memphis defaulter, by Chief of Police
Mosley of that city. Pannell says that
Ward was a passenger on the steamer on
his way to Memphis to surrender himself
when he learned that Mosley was on board.
He could easily have escaped, as Mosley
did not know of his presence, but instead
of doing so he surrendered himself to Mos
ley.
Coming to California.
NEW YORK, N. V., Dec. B.— A special
from Akron, Ohio, says: The death of his
wife has prompted Jason Brown, one of
the only two surviving sons of John
Brown — whose body has been "molder
ing in the grave" for thirty-six years — to
turn his back on Akron, the scene of his
boyhood days and the home of his declin
ing years, and go to California and reside
with nis brother. He is now 73 years of
age. John Brown lived in Akron before
he went to California to live.
Heading Reorganization.
NEW YORK, N. V., Dec. 7.— lt was
learned this morning that at yesterday's
meeting of the Olcott-Earle reorganization
committee a plan of" reorganizing the
Reading Railroad Company, prepared by
the sub-committee, was formally submitted
and unanimously approved. It recognizes
in full the claims of the^general bond
holders for principal and overdue interest,
ana gives the control of the property for a
certain period to these creditors.
Fire in a tioap Factory.
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 7.— A tire early
this morning destroyed part of the exten
sive soap manufacturing works of the
James S. Kirk Company, North Water
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1895.
street. The total loss is estimated at $130,
--000. The factory was divided into three
buildings. It was the central one, five
stories in height, that caught, fire. The
principal loss— sloo,ooo— is on the machin
ery, and the remainder is on the contents
and building. The loss is covered by in
surance.
PACIFIC CABLE COMPETITION.
An American Company Proposes to Con
nect San Francisco With
Hawaii.
NEW YORK, N. V. ( Dec. 7.— A meeting
was held to-day at the offi°e of the Central
and South American Telegraph Company
for the purpose of completing the organi
zation of the Pacific Cable Company. The
proposed cable will connect San Francisco
with the proposed American naval station
at Pearl River harbor in the Sandwich
Islands, Japan, China, Australia and In
dia.
It is understood that the contract rela
tions between the Western Union Tele
graph Company and the English Atlantic
cables expressly provide that the Western
Union Telegrsph Company is free to use a
Pacific cable route with the countries
named, but aside irom this fact it will be
in the interests of all the Atlantic cables to
route their messages to the East via this
Pacific cable, as it is estimated that over
90 per cent of the traffic is European. Thus
the establishment of an American Pacific
cable will attract to it a large trallic which
is now diverted to other lines. -
This American company is destined to
become a serious rival to the lines repre
sented by Sir John Pender and the pro
posed Canadian and Australian cable now
being considered by the English Govern
ment. A committee on plan and scope
was appointed, with Edmund L. Baylies
as chairman. _^___
DEATH WARRANT SIGNED.
Harry Hayward, the Murderer of
Miss Ging, to Be Hanged
Next Wednesday.
The Condemned Not at All Surprised,
for He Fully Expected to
Die.
ST. PAUL, Minx., Dec. 7.— At twenty
minutes to 3 o'clock this afternoon Gover
nor Clough signed the warrant ordering
the execution of Harry T. Hay ward be
tween the hours of midnight and daylight
Wednesday, December 11.
There was a touching scene at the Gov
ernor's office shortly before 10 o'clock this
morning, when the father and mother of
the condemned man appeared and made a
tearful appeal for the life of their son.
Governor Clnugh heard them patiently,
and shed tears with them, but refused to
interfere with the work of the court and
jury.
Sheriff Holmborg of Hennepin County
is fully prepared for the execution, having
secured the rope and erected ,the scaffold
last June. At the request of the prisoner,
the gallows has been painted red.
The news was taken to Hayward a few
minutes after 3 o'clock. Wuen he was
told that he must hang on Wednesday, his
sallow face deepened in sallowness and he
curled his lip as he said : 'It is a long time
since I have expected anything else. I
have not had justice from the start, and it
is very late to expect it now. The news
papers prejudiced the public against me
right at the start, and the public has
wanted my blood ever since. I have
sought for my freedom on the ground that
I am innocent. I take no stock in this
plea that lam insane. lam just as sane
as any of the people who are saying that I
am insane."
REVOLUTION IN ECUADOR.
Accounts of Uprisings of Cleri-
cals From All Over
the Country.
During a Fight With a Regiment of
Rebels at Quito Two Hundred
Were Killed.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Dec. 7.—Ac
count" of uprisings by Clericals come from
all over the country. Many rebels have
been obliged to seek refuge across the bor
der in Colombia. The Government has
been forced to declare martial law. To-
day fourteen persons were arrested and
political crimes charged. Among the ar
rested were three military officers, who
were tried by drumhead court-martial and
were shot within three hours after their
trial.
At Quito Thursday one reeiment in the
garrison there rose. The garrison was
called out and citizens in great numbers
joined the rioters. During a terrible bat
tle, lasting over two hours, over 200 were
killed. Most of the rioters were forced to
leave town. The rebels claim that they
will soon have sufficient men to return and
capture Quito, where they claim to have
many partisans ready to join them.
In Benalf of Mr», Mayhrich.
LONDON, Ekg., Dec. 7.— Sir Matthew
White Ridley, the Home Secretary, has
undertaken to reconsider the case of Mrs.
Florence Maybrick, the American woman,
who is undergoing life imprisonment on
conviction of having some years ago
poisoned her husband, a well-known Liver
pool merchant.
Mrs. May brick's friends are hopeful that
Sir Matthew will find grounds to release
the prisoner.
Stockmen's Convention.
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 7.— At the Na
tional Livestock Exchange Convention
to-day the election of officers was held, re-
Bulting in the re-election of W. H. Thomp
son Jr. president, C. W. Baker secretary
and L. B. Doud treasurer. The delegates
discussed the foreign embargoes and the
tax on oleomargarine, but no decisive ac
tion was taken, these and other matters
being left to the executive committee.
Earnings of the Santa Fe.
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 7.— The approxi
mated gross earnings of all the lines of the
Santa Fe Railway for the fourth week of
November are $1,017,151; for the same
period last year $1,084,996; decrease, $67,
--844; for the month to date, compared with
the same period last year, decrease of
$120,701.
A. Minister Gets a IHvorce.
PERRY, O. T., Dec. 7.— Rev. George C.
Capron, a well-known minister of Massa
chusetts, was granted a divorce here to
day from his wife, Lillet M. Capron, on
the grounds of incompatibility of temper,
cruelty and infidelity.
Death of Or. Knapp.
NEW YORK, N. V.. Dec. 7.-Dr. Gideon
L. Knapp, the well-known turfman and
member of the Jockey Club, died eariy
this morning, after an illness of thirty
days, from typhoid fevur.
MYSTERY OF A DEATH.
Friends of a Capitalist Now
Suspect Foul
~Play. - %
ROBBERY OF W. H. ORVIS.
Subsequently Bonds Were Re
turned to Him in a Pe
culiar Manner.
AN INVESTIGATION IN PROGRESS
Those Who Had a Hand in the Daring
Theft Suspected of Plotting
Murder.
WICHITA, Kans., Dec. 7.— The mystery
surrounding the death of W. H. Orvis, a
Canadian capitalist, who was found dead
in his room at the hotel in Seyery, Kans.,
November 28, deepens as the investigation
into the case progresses. The theory of
foul play is advanced by the majority of
those who are familiar with the circum
stances.
About six months ago, as Mr. Orvis was
about to board the train on his way to
attend the National conclave of the
Knights Templar, he was sandbagged by
unknown parties and robbed of $6000 in
Government bonds and $600 in money.
Subsequently he recovered the bonds
through the agency of some unknown
party. Some one gained access to his
room at night and left a note telling him
to come to Kansas City, bringing $150 with
him, and that his bonds would be returned
to dim on the payment of that amount,
provided no attempt was made to appre
hend the parties to the transaction.
"Should you bring officers or detectives
with you," the letter read, "I will not
make myself known. If you come unac
companied you will be treated on the
square." Mr. Orvis decided to accept the
terms offered by the anonymous corre
spondent. He took the first train for Kan
sas City, and shortly after he disembarked
some one topped him lightly on the shoul
der and whispered. "Follow me." Turn
ing he faced a stranger who beckoned him
to follow and walked rapidly around the
depot, up the stairway of the Union Depot
Hotel, through devious corridors, and at
length they came to a little room in which
a light was burning.
Both placed their pistols on a table in
the center of the room, and the stranger
drew from his pocket a package and
handed it to Mr. Orvis. It contained the
missing bonds. "Count them," said the
robber, "and see if they are all there." Mr.
Orvis lingered them -over nervously and
overlooked one in hisha?te. "Count them
again," said the stranger. "You will find
them all there." Again Mr. Orviscounted
them, and this time he found the missing
bond.
He drew from his pocket a roll of bills
and laid it on the table. "Count the bills,"
said he to his new acquaintance. The rob
ber did so, and found just $150. "You are
a gentleman," said be to Mr. Orris. "I
wish you well. Good-day, sir."
"Just one question," said Mr. Orvis,
"and then lam ready to adjourn. I want
to know how it comes that you let me off
with such a small payment in return for
the $6000 in bonds?"
"I will tell you, my friend," explained
the robber. ''We do not like to handle
Government paper. It is too risky ; and
now I want to explain further, Mr. Orvis,
that I am not the man who robbed you; I
am simply a commission man."
With his bonds stowed snugly away in
his inside pocket Mr. Orvis hurried down
just in time to catch the train for Severy.
It is now believed by many that Mr.
Orvis was murdered to prevent the ex
posure of the parties who robbed him.
Mr. Orvis had large landed interests in
Kansas and was a retired merchant. His
home was in New Market, Ontario, and
his death occurred just one day before the
time he had set to return home.
WRECK OF THE "FLYER."
Disastrous Collision on the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie
Road.
Three Trainmen Terribly Injured and
the Passenger Coaches Set
on Fire.
NEWCASTLE, Pa., Dec. 7-— The Pitts
burg "flyer," a fast train on tbe Pittsburg
and Lake Erie road, which left Newcastle
at 6 o'clock this evening, collided with an
eastbound freight train near Newport
station, six miles from this place.
The injured are: Engineer Frank
Adams, both legs cut off, skull fractured,
will die; Fireman John Doubt of McKees
Rocks, knee cap torn off, badly scalded,
may not recover; W. W. Bishop, mail
clerk, of Pittsburg. badly scalded, recovery
doubtful; unknown passenger, slightly
hurt on the scalp.
The wreck caught fire and a panic re
sulted among the passengers, all of whom
were badly shaken up and terribly fright*
«ii'-'i. Willing hands fought back the
flumes and the passengers escaped without
serious injury. An engine and coaches
were sent from Newcastle and the pas
sengers and injured were brought to this
place.
SECURED A THOUSAyD.
Daring Robbery of a Newspaper Cashier
at nttsburg.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 7.— Saturday
afternoon is pay day at the Commercial
Gazette. Just as Cashier Cratty who was
alone in the business office had completed
the task of inclosing the money in the
envelopes, two men, business like in ap
pearance, addressed the cashier on the
subject of placing an advertisement in
Monday's paper.
Cashier Cratty placed his pile of en
velopes on the bookkeeper's table back of
the counter and gave his entire attention
to* his supposed customers. One of the
latter secured the treasure and leaped
through the window. Tne other stranger
quickly withdrew through the front door,
and was soon lost to view. The amount of
cash taken is $1000.
Sentence of a Lieutenant.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dae. 7.—Briga
dier-General Wheaton, commanding the
Department of Colorado, has disapproved
the finding of the courtmartial in the case
of First Lieutenant Odon Gurovits of the
Eleventh Infantry, recently tried at Fort
Whipple, Ariz., for being drunk in the
presence of enlisted men, and sentenced to
confinement in the po?t limits for three
months and to be reprimanded. The offi
cer will be restored to duty.
AX EX-TREASURER CLEARED.
Hill Xot Responsible for the Los* of
Xebraska's Money.
LINCOLN* Nebr., Dec. 7.— After a tedi
ous trial, occupying just one week before
the Supreme Court and a jury, a verdict
for the defendant was rendered this even
ing in the case of the State of Nebraska
against ex-State Treasurer J. E. Hill. The
argument was concluded at noon and the
jury deliberated less than two hours. The
vote on the first ballot was eleven to one
for acquittal and on the second was unani
mous. Hill was charged with responsi
bility for the loss of nearly a quarter of a
million dollars of State money through
the failure of the Capitol National Bank,
the designated custodian of public funds,
and the case has been pending in different
courts for nearly two years. ,
Sentenced for Conspiracy.
PITTSBURG, Ta., Dec. 7. —In the
Criminal Court this morning Andrew
Wall, vice-president and local manager of
the Fidelity and Columbia building and
loan associations of Washington, D. C, re
cently convicted of conspiracy to defraud,
was sentenced to three months in the
County Workhouse and to pay a fine of $30
and the costs of the suits.
Convicted the Agitator.
KALISPKLL, Mo.nt., Dec. 7.-Roy
Goodwin, agitator of the A. It. U., who or
dered the strike on the Gieat Northern
November 4, was tried in the District
Court on the charge of destroying railroad
property. The State made a strong case,
but the jury, after being out eighteen
hours, brought in a verdict of not guilty.
WAS WON BY THE WIDOW
Heavy Judgment in a Suit on
a Life Insurance
Policy.
Knotty Legal Points Grew Out of the
Sudden Death of the Beneficiary's
Husband.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 7.— Mrs.
Delia E. McElroy was awarded a judg
ment for $34,067 against the Equitable Life
Assurance Company of New York, on the
life policy of her husband, by a jury in
the Federal court to-day. The case went
| to the jury after the instructions of Jud^e
Phillips, which were favorable to the
plaintiff's cause.
Knotty legal points were involved in the
case, and the company will at once ask for
a rehearing. In December, 1892, Mr. Mc-
Elroy took a life policy in the Equitable
for $100,000. The premium was allowed to
lapse after a year, and Mr. McElroy re
moved to New York.
On March 8, 1801, he was examined by
the Equitable medical representatives and
signified his intention to reduce his policy
to $50,000 and pay the premium. This was
ratified. on June 14, in the Equitable office,
New York. The next day the Doiicy was
sent to Mr. McElroy, but he returned it
asking that the beneficiaries be changed so
that his wife and children would get the
insurance.
On June 28 he was taken sick, and sent
his secretary to pay the premium and get
the policy. This was done, and the policy
delivered June 29. The next day Mr. Mc-
Elroy died after an operation for acute
appendicitis. The assurance company
claimed that the policy was secured by
misrepresentation of facts.
BUFFETED ON THE COLUMBIA.
Desperate Struggle of a Fisherman Against
Wind and Waves During the Recent
Storm.
PORTLAND, Ok., Dec. 7.— A fisherman
named Sara Oliver, seining on the
Columbia, had a narrow escape from death
by drowning during Thursday's storm, his
agonized wife and children standing on
the beach watching the struggle between
their husband and father and the
elements.
Oliver's fishing-boat was anchored some
distance from the shore, and fearing it
might ago adrift during the nitrht he
started out in a skiff to bring the boat in to
the beach. Hardly had he reached the
boat and raised the anchor before a terrific
squall bore down upon him, half swamp
ing the skiff. Dropping the anchor Oliver
bailed out the skiff and getting into it at
tempted to tow the fishing-boat, but was
unable to make any headway. It was by
this time dusk and he had drifted well out
in the stream, where a heavy sea was
running.
it impossible to use his oars the
man made sail, hoping to beat up against
the wind to where his wife and children
were standing. A squall threw the boat
over upon her beam ends. Seeing his only
chance of safety was to "run" for it Oliver
got the boat off before the wind and head
ed for Tongue Point, ten miles distant.
Mrs. Oliver, seeing the sail of her hus
band's boat disappear in the blackness of
night, at once concluded that the craft had
been capsized and Oliver drowned. In
stead, however, the fisherman guided his
boat safely across the river, through the
breakers on the sandspits, and wet, cold
and exhausted arrived at Astoria, return
ing to his home ihe next morning to rind
his wife half crazed with grief, mourning
his supposed loss. Her happiness at his
return "almost repaid Oliver for his hard
ship of the previous night.
MOSOOLS IN A FRACAS.
}A Sing Fatally Wounded by One of His
Countrymen at I'ortland,
PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 6.— Li Sing was
.mortally shot by Charley Sing, another
Chinaman, in front of Ark Kee & Co's
store, between Oak and Stark street, to
day. The two Mongols had been discuss
ing business matters in the store and
stepped to the sidewalk, apparently satis
fied with the result of their talk; but the
moment they reached the street Charley
Sing drew a sixshooter, firing two shote
into Li Sing's abdomen.
The shooting attracted the attention of
Officers Cole and Alex Johnson, tben on
their way to the Central station. When
they reached the scene Li Sing was lying
on the sidewalk, bleeding from his wounds,
and he was removed to the Central police
station.
Purchases a San Mateo Ranch.
REDWOOD CITY, Cal., Dec. 7.-J. C.
Johnson, the millionaire harness manu
facturer and capitalist, of *400 Market
street, San Francisco, bought the Brittan
ranch at auction to-day for the sum of
$46,000. The property, containing 1150
acres, lies about one mile north of Red
wood City, next to Wellesley Park, and
extends from the country road back to
and among the foothils. It includes the
memorable Brittan family homestead and
fine grounds.
, Nail-biting, according to ■ a French doc
tor, ia hereditary. Almost one-third or
the French school children bite their nails
and the girls are worse than the boys, '
SWEEP OF THE GALES
Great Damage Done Along
Vthe North Atlantic
Coast.
THE MARINE DISASTERS.
Terrible Destruction Among the
Fishing Villages and
Vessels.
MANY BODIES WASHED ASHORE.
It Will Be Weeks, However, Before
the Full Extent of the Dam
age Is Known.
HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 7.— The terrific
gales which have prevailed along the North
Atlantic Coast during the past week have
done frightful damage, and to-day the first
authentic reports of the marine disasters
began to flow into the customs office.
The storm came so unexpectedly that it
was almost an impossibility for the Signal
Service Bureau to give the least notice to
mariners, and what few fishing vessels
of the fleet that were out were in no wise
fitted for the rough weather. Not only has
the damage at sea been great, but on shore
similar reports have been received. The
telegraph wires are down in all directions,
and only the most meager accounts have
been received from far distant towns.
The reports of yesterday stated that the
loss would be great, but the fuller reports
to-day show that the destruction of prop
erty in the fishing villages along the coast
will be far greater than was expected.
Many of the inhabitants have been bereft
of all their possessions and the damage ex
tends for fully 100 miles along the shore.
Such a disastrous storm has not been
known for a quarter of a century.
Subscriptions for the relief of the desti
tute have been open in this city. It has
been impossible to receive any accounts of
the damage done by the gales in New
foundland, but it will undoubtedly surpass
that on the mainland, as the center of tbe
storm passed right over the island while
the extreme western edge touched the
mainland. What few vessels have made
port are in a bad condition and report
news of broken spars, ships' boats found
floating and other evidences of disaster.
The regular fishing season will not com
mence until the first of the year, and those
boats that had gone out were not fitted for
an extended cruise, but merely for two or
three days' trawling, and as none have
been seen or have been heard from the
gravest anxiety is felt.
Reports from the life-saving station all
along the coast record a number ot brave
rescues, and accompanying this is the
news of wreckage, dead bodies and other
evidences of the storm constantly washed
inshore.
For the first time to-day the gale has
shown some signs of abating, but the ex
act amount of the damage and loss of
human life will not be known for several
weeks.
OX THE ENGLISH COAST.
The Storm Caused Much Damage at Sea
and. Ashore.
LONDON, Eng., Dec. 7.— The storm that
has prevailed here since Thursday has
done much damage, not only at sea, but
ashore. Many persons have been more or
less seriously injured. A snowstorm ac
companied by severe thunder and light
ning prevailed to-day in the north and
middle of England.
A pilot-boat vainly tried to put a pilot
on board the steamer Cambroman off
Lynas Point to-day. A heavy northwest
gale was blowing and the pilot-boat col
lided with the steamer. The sixteen pilots
on the boat took to a punt, as their vessel
threatened to founder. They were adrift
for a long time and were in a very dan
gerous position, as a baa sea was running.
They were picked up and landed at Liver
pool.
The lightship at the mouth of the river
Dee broke from her anchorage and went
adrift. In-coming vessels report terrific
weather in the Bay of Biscay.
SANTA BARBARA DISCOVERY.
Vast Tract of Unclaimed Land Located
a Short Distance From the South
ern Town.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Dec. 7.— An
Eastern surveyor who has been spending
the summer and fall in Santa Barbara and
vicinity announces that he has discovered
close to Santa Barbara a large tract of
land still open to homestead entry and de
sirable for residence. This tract comprises
no less than 11,500 acres of land. It is well
wooded and watered, and while a certain
portion of it is steep hillside or rock, he
gives as his opinion that not less than forty
acres out of every 160, are level or lightly
i roiling, with deeD soil of a superb quality.
This land lies high up on the Santa
"Xnez range, close to a good road, but it
would be necessary for settlers to combine
and build their own connecting roads.
There is little frost, and it possesses dur
ing the greater part of the year an ideal
climate, as well as a surpassing view. It
is not only adapted to raising barley, corn
and wheat, but is excellent soil and
location for olives and all manner of ber
ries and deciduous fruits, as well as early
vegetables. The tract is fifteen miles from
Santa Barbara, but it lies close to other
promising villages along the coast.
The man who has made this discovery
in a locality where, it has been supposed,
all lands suitable for cultivation or fit for
habitation were long ago taken up, offers
to locate actual settlers upon it free of
charge.
Death of a Chico Citizen.
CHICO, Qxl. Dec. 7.— Randall Rice, an
old resident of Chico, died this morning of
heart failure. He was a native of Ver
mont, aged 77 years, and left a consider
able fortune.
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