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.' All stomach • and bowel r disorders cured.
Just write. Dr. H/Partsch, Berkeley, Cal.*
i BUTTE. Mont., Dec. 1.— Through^ the death
of hi* mother at Placerville, Cal., Charles Del
gleman. a reporter ' on the . Butte Miner, has
fallen heir to a fortune estimated at about
$4aO00.' ':-:••;. : • -.¦•.¦•¦¦...¦•., ¦.'-•¦¦¦.
For _ infant ! feeding in ¦ the . uncertain , ways
of the novice when. : you : can have always
with i you a supply of !' Bqrden's' Eagle
Brand Condensed! Milk," a;' perfect cow's
milk from . ; herdf of v ; native •. breeds, : the
perfection of infant food? Use it for tea
and coffee. / . - •
Why Modify Milk
SAN , RAFAEL" Dec. . 1.— Judge Angel
lottl handed down a decision in -the Nott
divorce -suit, case 'to-day. ; He granted the
husband legal ,. separation, r but . gave ; the
mother the custody; off the child with a
small , alimony, for. its support. „ , :
Nott Gets a Divorce.
- MANILA, Dec. l.-The- trial of theiedit
ors of the. paper Lib'ertas, a" friar's organ
and strongly anti- American in -its policy,
fox. libeling General B^ll, who - wag-,ac
cused by the paper of, stealing; the profits
from' the sale of rlce'iahd' foodstuffs in
Batangas ; and Mindoro . during the recon
centratlori period," concluded to-day and
resulted in the conviction; of 'the
of the paper, Manuel andthe ac
quittaHof Friar 1 Tamayo,, the paper's re
ligious censor. . ' Sentence on Rayago was
deferred. .-.*¦ r^-v-e;. ! 7- ' ~' y "•:.'. r ;Vw"-.-.'-v.'^*^
Manila Editor ". Convicted of Libel.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.— The President
to-morrow will submit to the Senate nom
inations for the appointment of 169 post
masters. | Of these fifty-two j are . in. cases
where appointments already, had been
made during the recess of Congress, and
forty-six are to fill vacancies caused by
death, resignation or removal of :the.in
cumbents. In sixty-one cases the 'com
missions of the Incumbents have expired
or are about to -expire and in sixty-two
the offices have . ; been , advanced" to the
third : elass and the appointment i of. the
postmasters vested in the ; President. ;'
Appointments of Postmasters.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.— At a meeting of
the New .York Yacht Club' to-night the
new c measurement' rule ; known as.' 1 1 the
"brace rule" was adopted and it was de
cided that the America's cup race should
be sailed beginning August 20, 1903, and
continuing on alternate -days .until con
cluded. ¦, ¦-' .- .¦.- : '¦ ";¦_-; :';..,- \; ."' ,¦-¦¦.. ,
Date Is Fixed 'for Cup Race.
Quacking Ducks Foil Firebug.
j SAN: RAFAEL7; Dec; 1.— The s - quacking
of ducks owned by Andrew" Donnelly
saved his feed barn from destruction by
an incendiary. The Donnelly home is/on
the corner of, Third; and A. streets. In
the rear is ¦ : the P feed \ barn. .. j Early this
morning ; the ; family. -was ? awakened by
tho quacking of , ducks -. and iWent' out to
ascertain the cause. 3 They, discovered the.
hay in the -barn i ablaze., 'Evidently the
fire had been just startei'. t With difficulty
the names were extinguished before much
damage was 'done. ',¦ •, •
Accidentally Shoots a Child.
WILLOWS, : Dec.^ L-Vlrgil Culbertson,
LOUISVILLE, KTy., Dec. 21-Chairman
Breunan of the Board of Public Safety to
day announced* that under the decision of
Judge Tbney the board will in future per
mit boxing: contests in Louisville. Bren
nan said the board would insist; that the
agreements between ;the * contestants
should be submitted: and i its members
would thejn lay- down ttie regulations un
der which. the matches should be conduct
ed. Robert C. Gray,, president : of the
Southern Athletic Club, said: to-day that
the Corbett-McGovern contest would most
likely take place in Louisville, arid that
he was now making arrangements to that
:end. • " '.- . ' '¦ # ... .;.;¦.; ..-¦•;;,•:
Will Permit Boxing in Louisville.
HAVANA,; Dec. 1.— All possibility- of
anotlier general strike, has ended, as the
ftgar-makers have ' voted to : return to
work and i$Jie factories were running as
uual to-day.. The detachmenfof artillery,
from Fort Cabanas which has been guard
ing the public buildings in this city since'
the outbreak of the,' strike was ordered
back to .the barracks.' . . ( '
The police have reported to the authori
ties that anarchists from " Barcelona.
Spain, 'are in Havana and are supposed
to have been in collusion .with the* So
cialistic element during the , strike. The
authorities are conducting, an-Investiga
tion'with a view to the arrest and de-;
portatlon of these anarchists. .'
Factories Are Running- as Usual- and
¦;¦ No Purther Disturbance' Is ; .
HAVANA CIQ4*l -MAKERS .... '£¦¦
WILL RETirBN : TO
. BLOOMINGTQN. Ipd.. Dec. 1.— At White
hall.. t$n miles, east,- Thomas Livingston labt
night phot and fatally wounded Fannie L.. Free
man, his sweetheart, and then shot himself.
Dr. James F. Love, formerly of Phila
delphia, but now ; a surgeon in Egypt, is
aemplainaxit in ; the case. Through Dr.
Edward . R.' Bedloe, formerly United
States. Consul at Canton, China, the mat
ter has been presented to "Colonel Ed B.
Hay,: who as attorney for the claimants
will lay the matter before) the Secretary
o: \ State. ; It ; ia said that some ¦ 6f the
.representatives of the State Department
abi-oad,~ as well -a3 . several ' prominent
Americans, 1 may become involved in the
question. . ' -
WASHINGTON, Dec, 1. — Charges
against; Thomas Skelton Harrison of
Philadelphia;. in 1899 diplomatic agent ajid
Consul General of: the United States at
Cairo, Egypt, will be! brought to the at
tention of the State Department in a
few; days, concerned in which is an'im
perative international question. It - Is
claimed. by several Philadelphia capital
ists that Harrison, .while occupying his
diplomatic position at Cairo, induced a
number of Americans to invest in . a
scheme for the acquisition of large pe
troleum, brimstone and sulphur 'deposits
near Cairo. , It is further alleged ¦ that
after ; investing the money nothing more
was heard, from the project. ; - , „
He Is Accused of '• Inducing Ameri
cans to Invest in a Money
"Losing Scheme. '' ;-
CHARGES AGAINST FOBMER
CONSUL GENERAL AT . CAIRO
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.— The following
Californians registered at the hotels to
day:" At the Ebbitt.vE. A. Trefethen and
wife of -San-Francisco; at the St. James,
D. Minarty of Oakland'andG. W. • Day
wait of San Francisco. ; ~
Californiansin Washington.
. B AK ERSFIELD, Dec.-' 1.— Twel ve men
discharged by the California Power Com
pany at Kernville blew up and destroyed
about $500 worth of property of the : com
pany , on Saturday 'night. No portion ; of
the plant . itself was .wrecked, , but a lot
of machinery was destroyed or damaged.
There is no trace of the perpetrators of
the outrage. ... :^ . , /% ,
: Saturday night 'twelve men were "dis
charged; by Foreman' Burleighi' and left
the camp .vowing vengeance. ; On their way
to Caliente they, passed, a second ; camp.
Here the damage .was done. .
:,'..'¦¦ . : '- ' ' 'r ' • ¦ ' ¦ . t ¦
Damage the Plant of the California
Power, Company Located at
' ' Kernville. - X '
DISCHARGED MEN ARE i :
ACCUSED OF VANDALISM
BAKERSFIELD, Dec. l.-Angel Cor
dova, a native of Mexico, about 70 years
old, was burned to death last night in.a
little cabin in the mountains forty miles
from'Bakersneld,'. where he-lived with an
other Mexican named. Parga. The . two
were intoxicated, and Cordova lighted his
pipe to smoke in.bed. A spark: set fire
to the bed clothing, and the old man was
terribly burned before his drunken com
panion sufficiently collected his. senses to
extinguish .the fire. He. finally did so,
however,; but did: not ; realize how seri
ously j his comrade was injured. The lat
ter, when asked how he felt, replied that
he . felt "kind of' hot.", and Parga went
to sleep. When he awoke Cordova was
dead, ! and Parga, thoroughly sobered,
mounted his horse and came to town ¦. to
get help. .The Coroner is investigating
his story. V ' ," I.
Succumbs to His Burns While Com
panion Continues Drunken
1 Sleep. - '
INTOXICATED MAN SETS
FIRE TO BED CLOTHING
¦ SAN RAFAEL,, Dec. 1.— Antohe Morris,
the nine-year-old son, of Mrs. M. Morrla,
will 'be prosecuted on a charge of arson.
Young Morris, . is accused -of having set
fire to the Cheda & Co. feed barn on the
night . of March 26, 1502, entailing a loss
of more than $5000. *
Young Firebug to 3e Prosecuted.
SOLOMONVILLE, Ariz., Dec. 1.—Pat
rick Lynch, a cattleman, 89 years old,
living alone on his ranch in Aravaipa
Canyon, was murdered on Friday night.
A neighbor discovered the body yester
day when he went to the Lynch ranch.
Lynch was shot in the back with a rifle.
There was evidence of a battle between
Lynch and his assailant. Officers ; are
looking for a stranger who \ passed the
Lynch, ranch on Friday night in a buggy.
It is believed the murder was the result
of an attempt to rob the old man, who
was a miser and was generally believed
to have much money burl edf ' '-¦»--
Aged Cattleman Murdered.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l.-Commisslon
ers of Immigration stationed at all the
important points ; of the -country, called
together by; Commissioner , r General Sar
gent, began a series of- conferences here
tQTday. Amongthe subjects to. be dis
cussed are Chinese, exclusion, border in
specti6n and ,the [ immigration bill now
before the* Senate. Uniformity of .In
spection throughout the is one
of the objects sought. -The., whole subject
of immigration will be -exhaustively dis
cussed. The'meetings will likely continue
through the greater part of the week.
There were present' to-day Commissioner
General Sargent and Commissioners Wil
liams of New. York, Healey of Vancouver,
North of . San Francisco; Weis of Balti
more. Rogers of Philadelphia, Billings of
Boston, j Thomas ; of Quebec and Special
Inspector Wachtkorn of Montreal.
Commissioners of Immigration Begin
a Series of Important Conferences
i r] ,. r at Washington. ..\: *
CHINESE EXCLXJSION
. . i. IS TO, BE DISCUSSED
SACRAMENTO, Dec. "" 1.— Secretary of
State Curry reports that the , total vote
for the Prohibition candidate for Gover
nor in the recent election was 4636, and the
total vote for. the Socialist 1 candidate for
Governor was 9592. This is Inclusive of
Riverside and Fresno' counties, whose
tally sheets have been returned for some
minor corrections.. '.. •• .¦ *¦¦- ¦ .• • .
Prohibition and Socialist Vote.
BAKER CITY, Or. Dec. 1.— Charles Ed
ward'Simonis, has. been "convicted the sec
end time on the charge of- having, at
tempted to poison Lena Howell and Nora
Wallace. This was one of the most sen
sational cases ever tried in the Circuit
Court of' this 'county.
' Simonis, who is a resident of Eagle Val
ley, was once the lover of Lena Howell,
it was alleged j. but the young, lady dis
carded'him for James Schultz,- whom she
has since married. On the 11th of June,
1900, Simonis sent two powders by Nora
Smith, one to Miss Howell and the other
to Nora Wallace, telling Miss Smith they
were complexion powders. The girls took
the powders and soon afterward became
violently ill. A doctor -pronounced it ar
senical poisoning: ¦ Miss .Howell was- at
the point of death for several -days. Af
iter suffering; from : a long 'and severe ill
ness both girls recovered. -, .. .: ¦ : •
The first trial of Simonis : resulted, in a.
divided jury, but a second; trial ended, in
a conviction i and sentence to three years
in" the penitentiary. .The case.,- was ap
pealed to the Supreme Court, where the
verdict of the lower court, was 'reversed!
The trial just concluded, was the third.
Simonis will be sentenced on. Wednesday.
Third Trial of , Alleged
Poisoner Ends in
.Conviction,
GILABEND, Ariz., Dec. 1.— Word was
brought to this' station' this morning that
the residence of Charles Wall',, on Gila
¦River,, about fifteen miles north, had been,
'burned and that Charles Walz was.miss
ing. .. Deputy, Sheriff Williams visited the
scene this afternoon and found the body
of .Walz among the ruins. Walz had been
shot- through the heart, and it Is pre
sumed the t house was set on fire to de"
stroy the evidence of the murder.
Walz ./was a. well-to-do .ranchman and,
had | lived here for more than twenty
years.' ' It is ' believed he was murdered
for his money. He -was well known
throughout this part of the Territory and
in Phoenix,- and had relatives living near
Topeka, Kans. V : .-¦' ¦.
Is Found in. the Ruins of
*.*! ; . ; ' ' ¦ His ; Cabin.
Body of Murdered Arizona Rancher'
ASSASSIN XTSES ' TORCH
TO- COVER HIS CRIME
GRASS VALLEY, DecJ 1.— At the bot
tom of a seventy-foot shaft at noon to
day Peter Gassaway, aged 18, and.H. E_
Sharp, aged about 30, faced death in aw
ful, form and by a miracle are still alive
to tell the story. . They were sinking r a
shaft in the Nichols mine and had just
set off eight lines of fuse leading to a3
many "shots" of giant : powder. When
they stepped into the tub and gave the
signal to hoist, three shots went off pre
maturely, filling the tunnel with 1 a shower
of broken rock. The other 'four shots
were still burning, and though nearly un-'
conscious the men clung to the tub and
were drawn up by their partner.
The bodies of both were peppered with
rocks from the size ' of a pea to that" of
a pigeon's egg. 'Two chunks of rock were
driven through Gassaway's left leg, while
his body was literally riddled. Gassaway
may not recover, but it is expected that
Sharp will survive.. Had either lost his
hold on the tub and fallen back among
the remaining four blasts he would have
been blown to atoms.. . " ¦ '
Hoist.
Injured Miners. Save Their Lives by
Pluckily Holding Fast to a
PREMATJTRE BLASTS :;
; . ¦::¦ MANGLE TWO MEN
: SUJStIN,' Dec; t-Ge6r&e ,:Hi' tSavage,
who -was defeated : by- James ,*A.-' Keys »f or'
the office of Sheriff in the late election by
111 votes, filed a contest to-day, and asked
for a recount. The case will come before
the Superior Court on December 16. Sav
age is. the present Sheriff and was again
renomlijated by the Republicans. Keys
is the present County Treasurer, but the
Democratic . party nominated ' him "for
Sheriff and on the. face" of the returns he
¦was elected. '.The ground' on which the
contest is. based is . alleged malcbnduct on
the. part of election -judges in counting
votes for the contested : which were cast
for the contestant. •"' -
Solano Election". Contest.
'.At 2:20 a. m.. Johnston was resting easy
in the- hospital- The doctors are as yet
unable to eay whether-he .will live. ..¦ He
lies -in a semiTConscious .state; and .-'fre
quently the. j words:;.- '.'She. .was
false ; to ,me." /;—•'¦¦:•-> ' *;.•..,'¦ * '-..'¦
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.— Miss Kate
Hassett, aged 28 years, leading "woman, in
Keith's Eighth-street- . Theater- — Stock
Company, was shot and killed .to-night by.
Barry Johnston, a well-known actor, for
merly a member of Richard." Mansfield's
company. After the murder Johnston at
tempted suicide. The' tragedy occurred at
Darien and Wood streets, in Philadel
phia's tenderloin. Johnston fired .at his
victim five times. Two of the bullets took
effect, one in the left breast and the other
in the left arm. Johnston shot himself
through the breast and is not expected to
live.- ¦¦¦¦¦ , : -,¦¦•¦¦•'. ¦;¦;,,
Kate Hassett and Then. At
\ tempts Suicide.' \"
Barry Johnston Shoots and Kills
Republicans elected— Mathews, City At- I
torney; linger, City Auditor; ; Johnson*
Tax Collector; Stafford, Engineer; 'Wer
den. Street Superintendent; Wismer, City
Assessor; six Councilmen. In doubt, City
Treasurerahip. - . . . ." '
Powers, the Republican candidate for
Mayor, was opposed by a heavy vote,
partly on the grounds of his having voted
in favor of the "unpopular freight fran
chise bill and partly because in, the coun
cil he introduced the police and flro der
partment tax bill, which adds J72.000 to
the people's tax bur*den annually.
ACTRESS IS MURDERED. . ,
BY WELL-KNOWU" ACTOR
- The Republicans elected their, entire
ticket, with the exceptions noted. This
gives the following result: w.
Democrats elected — Snyder, Mayor; Has
kins. City Clerk (probable) ; three Coun
cilnlen. ; . • .
. between 2500 and - 3000. .Besides
electing the" Mayor, the Dem6erits prob-'
ably have won the City. Clerk' and, pos
sibly, the City Treasurer. They also
elected three out of nine Councilmeri. Mc-
Gahan, the Union Labor candidate for
MayorV polled about 1800 votes' out of : an
approximate total of 18,000. ¦ '
LOS ANGELES, Dec. l.-Meredith
¥.* Snyder was re-elected Mayor
of, Los Angeles to-day by a plu
rality" which" "probably"* wul're'ach
This is the fourth" time Synder has run
for Mayor of Los Angeles and it is the
third time he. has been* elected to. that
Office. .--:--^ ,'.-•-• .-*: --¦:•>.- .<** r . .-. v :7^r^tH.
MEREDITH P. SNYDER, LOS ANGELES 1 . DEMOCRATIC MAYOR, WHO
HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THE GREAT
REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN THAT CITY ON NOVEMBER 4. 1 -
.OAKLAND, Dec. 1.— The friends and
companions of Assemblyman and Super
visor-elect Joseph M. Kelley gave the
young official a bachelor supper to-night
In honor of his wedding to-morrow to
Hiss Belle Mathews of Sacramento,
daughter of Dr. W. P. Mathews;" secre
tary of the State Board of Health. A jolly
crowd was gathered together, a sumptu
ous supper was served, many toasts were
given, and at the conclusion Mr. Kelley
made a few remarks of thanks and then
took the train for Sacramento, where he
¦will be married to-morrow at noontime.
Superior Judge H. A. llelvin acted as
toastmaster. Those wno responded to
toasts were:
County Clerk-elect J. P. Cook, District
Attorney J. J. Allen, Frank Barnett, J.
J. McElroy, Dr. O. D. Hamlin, Judge
John W. Stetson, J. F- Glover, L.. . G.
Hllborn, James G. Quinn, Assemblyman
elect John W. Mott and Charles B. Shear.
Besides those who responded to toasts
the following named were present:
Judge H. A. Melvin, George S. Pearce,
J. B. Lanktree, H. T. Hempstead, Charles
Carpenter, Clarence CrowelU John A.
Brltton, Ray Baker, P. M. Walsh, * Jeff
Scanlon, C. E. Snook. G. R. LxiUens, J.
Cal Ewlng, Michael Kelly, J. W. Wake
man and Judge W. R. Geary.
He Is Tendered Bachelor Supper on
Eve of His Wedding to Sacra
mento Girl.
ASSEMBLYMAN XELLEY'S
FRIENDS BANQUET HIM
18 years of 'age, shot' hi3 little sister ac
cidentally; near - Norman this morning.
Inflicting^, wound which may prove fatal.
Young- Culbertson was preparing - for a
hunt, and ¦"- was trying to unbreach his
shotgun when a cartridge ¦* exploded. The
charge of ¦ shot took effect in one of 'the
hips of the unfortunate girl, inflicting a
terrible wound.
by-the President, -whom. he saw in. con
nection with the matter last Saturday.
Secretary Hay not having returned to
Washington, Seligman stated his propo
sition to Dr. Hill, who is acting as Sec
retary of State. Neither of the parties
to the conference . cared to; make any.
statement as to- what. took place, but it'
is known that the State Department has
not changed its attitude as to the un
desirabillty of 'embarking upon a policy
that might Involve it in the financial
troubles of . the" South American repub
lics. It. is. regarded at this time as espe
cially desirable to avoid endangering the
relations which this Government now
enjoys .with • President" Castro,- who. it
has every reason to believe, is about to
do full justice to all American Interests
In Venezuela. For this reason the news
from Berlin that' Germany has adjusted
her claims. with .Venezuela and England
is about to' do the same 'has given great
satisfaction here, as It removes from the
situation the danger of .involving- the
United States in the controversy. .
Tb© vineyards of France cover 4,283,037
acres. - ¦
ISAAC N. SELIGM AN. FINAN
CIER WHO MAY FLOAT VEN
EZUELAN LOAN. . - y
Smith. was about 35 years old.' The mur
derer was described by: Mrs. Smith as a
heavy set man, wearing; a dark mustache,
young and apparently a foreigner. .¦¦••-
Mrs. Smith told the officers that after
the highwayman commanded her husband
to hold up his hands he did not give him
time to • comply ' before beginnings the
shooting. It was then that she. ran to
waFd Hudson's place in fear of her own
life and in the hope of bringing assist
ance tao her husband. ¦ '.' ' '
Mrs. ; Smlth, a comely young woman,
¦witnessed tjiis action, and then,- hearing
several shots fired in rapid succession," she
ran terror-stricken down the road to Sam
uel Hudson's place, a 'quarter of a mile
away. She appealed to Hudson» to save'
her husband,' and .Hudson accompanied
her back, to; the scene of the hold-up.
Smith was lying : on the road dead, with
blood flowing from three bullet: wounds,
one In the temple, another in the neck,
and the third, iri' the cheek. ' His overcoat
had been pulled' back, evidently to permit
the highwayman to gain access to his
pockets. '.'¦¦':''¦/¦-: "
Mrs. Smith said that" there^ was more
than $90 in her husband's pockets when
he started, for home, and this was gone
with the exception of .a couple of dollars
in change. . ¦
The Sheriffs office and the Coroner were
notified and the body was Drought to'the
Morgue. ¦ Constable .Michael Judge .'aided
Acting Sheriff Reese and his deputies in
the search for the highwayman, but he
had not. been apprehended up to "a late
hour to : night. : / ' ' *
""Throw up your hands," he ordered^ at
the same* time leveling a' revolver ; at
Smith's head. '¦ V '
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 1.—F. M. Smith,,
a barber* employed at 408 J street, was
shot 'and- killed [ to-night by a..highway
man, about, a mile from_tbjs city, In the
direction of the American River. He was
murdered in the presence of :h!s . young
wife.. The body was rifled of $00 in coin
ar.d the assassin, wh,o wore a mask, es
caped.,' ,. . '•'.'¦ , . \
Smith arid his wife left the . city this
afternoon to fish in a Tittle stream trib
utary to the American River.' They plan
red to reach their home for the evening
meal and toward duek they took the road
in the'" direction . of the city. //• As they
reached Ah Kee's place, on. the English
estate, : where the '; road Is j shaded arid
lonely, a man, wearing { a mask sprang
from the brush and,! placed himself In
their path'. - .-' - ; . [¦£;•
¦ '•.-.: — : — :'? '.. ¦.'¦ — ¦ •
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Assassin Orders Him to Hoi- Up Hi3
Hands and Begins Snooting
./• i-- Before : He -Can .-••/¦ .
Comply. ' '
F. . l/l Smith the Victim of
.Masked Man's Thirst
1 .for Blbcd.
The highbinders jumped into the
ing buggy and hurried away down the
river bank toward Walnut Grove. They
appeared to the merchant to be strangers,
and it is believed they were imported
from San Francisco for the purpose of
taking his life.
Deputy Sheriffs Conran and Hinters
nave returned from "Walnut Grove,
¦wrhither they had been sent by Acting
Sheriff Reese in response to a request
from the Chinese Consul General in San
Francisco, who represented that the mer
chants of the town had fled in fear of
their lives from the warring highbinders.
The officers reassured the merchants, who
returned to their houses, and it appeared
that peace had been restored. The latest
ghooting, however, is taken as a renewal
of hostilities between the rival tongs,
and more trouble is feared.
The assault forms another chapter in
the bloody- highbinder feud which origi
nated in the killing "of Jeong Yim at Wal
nut Grove on November 21. Until this
encounter the Suey Dongs and Ping
Xongs.were on even terms, there having
been two killings on each side since the
day when the Walnut Grove Chinese met
his death from an assassin's bullet.
Courtland is some distance down the
Sacramento River and communication
with the town is difficult. To-night, how
ever, the particulars of the latest shoot
ing were learned by telephone. Chin Sun
and his companion were seated at their
evening repast when two highbinders hur
riedly drove up in a bug-gy, coming from
the down-river region. They broke into
tee room, one of them whipping out a re
volver, while the other waited to aid in
tile escape.
The merchant dropped from his chair
and trawled under the table. The armed
highbinder fired several shots at the ta
ble, one of the bullets glancing and
striking Chin's companion on the head,
inflicting a slight wound. Another bullet
took effect in the merchant's ankle.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 1.— The war be
tween the Suey Dongs, and the Ping
Kongs, rival Chinese societies, is still
waging merrily In this county. The Sher
iff's office is searching the county for two
highbinders vrho participated last night in
a murderous assault upon Chin Sun, a
prominent merchant of Courtland. Chin
S*m and a Chinese companion were
wounded. The highbinders escaped in
the darkness.
Special Dispatch to the Call.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Dec. 1.— The
most remarkable struggle between rival
railroads for business ever seen in this
I country has just' closed here, eighteen
; prominent passenger agents, representing
i some of the big Western lines of the
i transmississippi States, having been en
| gaged in a desperate attempt to "scoop"
[ each other on the transportation cast of
i 100 colored cavalrymen. When general
! orders went out to reduce the military
i forces, 100 troopers were released from the
i Ninth (colored) Cavalry, stationed at
Fort Walla Walla, The news went abroad
! and the . struggle for business started.
On the second day S. B. Calderhead.
general passenger agent of the Washing
ton and Columbia River, engineered & coup
against the Oregon Railroad and Naviga
tion Company, which gave him twenty
five tickets. Calderhead saw the cavalry
men surrounded by agents from the rival
lines. Hurrying to the head office he sent
] the chief treasurer, J. G. Cutler, to the
i fort with $3000, cashed the men's pay
| checks by the Viozen and sold the tickets
j on the ground.
] When the Oregon Railroad and Naviga
; tlon Company saw this it wired for pas
" senger agents from connecting lines. The
; Great Northern, the Chicago, Milwaukee
I and St. Paul, the Cnicago Northwestern,
• the Oregon Short Line, the Union Pacific,
i the Denver and Rio Grande, the Chicago.
S Rock Island and Pacific, the Missouri
j Pacific and the Wabash were a few of the
! companies that responded. As a result
! the rival lines out of Walla Walla broke
: about even. Of the connecting lines some
got a few, others cone.
The "scrap" was inspired more by busi
ness rivalry than by the profit involved.
«
Special Dispatch to the Call.
Assassins Boldly Invade the
Home of Mongolian
Merchant
High way nian Commits
Wanton Crime Near
Sacramento.;
Eighteen Lines Rspresented
- in a Competition at
Vv£i Walla Walla.
SIMONIS FACES
TERM IN PRISON
Isaac ,M.>Seligman_ of New York called
at"- the. ; State Department to broach his
project for floating' a- Venezuelan loan,
having* been referred to the department
The German cruisers Amazon, Ariadne
and Niobe continue fitting out at Kiel for,
prolonged absence. The view in naval
quarters is that the cruisers will be sent
tc the West Indies, irrespective of th«j
Venezuelan affair, hfnee it is believed
they will tail even though President Cas
tro may yield. It is understood that the
squadron will touch at the Azores and
thence go to St. Thomas, where it will re
ceive Commodore Scheder's instructions.
This, is the commodore's first; command
promising action ' beyond routine sea du
ties. He is reputed to be a cool, sensi
ble man, who. will do nothing hastily.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.— The State De
partment is .perfectly satisfied with Mr.
Bowen's neutral attitude respecting the
blockade' of the Orinoco River by. the
Venezuelan Government. According to
the department's information the Minis
ter has not committed his Government to
a recognition of the effectiveness of the i
blockade, nor has he made ah issue with
the Venezuelan Government by refusing
the blockade. The State Department has
seen no occasion yet to make that issue,
for its reports do not indicate that Amer
can commerce has yet suffered from the
blockade, . /. ': \
Minister Bowen, at Caracas, under date
of ' yesterday, reports -to the State De
partment by cable that the revolutionists
were ..yesterday driven out of the town
of ' Barcelona, which is now occupied by
Government' troops.
VENEZUELA WANTS A LOAN.
FITTING, OUT CRUISEBS. .
Foreign Secretary v von Richthofen and
the British Foreign Secretary, Lord
Lansdo wrie, are no w in correspondence
pvtiv Venezuela's change . of front. ' This
government considers that a peaceful
settlement of the questions in dispute is
quite probable and attributes President
Castro's yielding to the fact that he has
become aware ;that the United States
would not interpose any obstacle to the
forcible collection of the claims of Ger
many and Gnat' Britain. ;.
- President Castro tried by every means
to - keep Great Britain and Germany
apart in discussing the settlements, in
timating, or promising first one thing and
then another. Germany, having entered
into a : general agreement / with Great
Britain to exact a settlement. jointly, will
not make a separate agreement. Conse
quently the two powers may conclude it
necessary to disregard President Castro's
qualified offers ' and present an ulti
matum'to. Venezuela. }VJ
acceptance of part of. Germany's
claims, 1 sufficiently comprehensive to,de
lay, the presentation of a joint ultimatum
by Germany and Great- Britain, if not
rendering it altogether unnecessary. It
is also . understood; that Great Britain's
demand will be satisfied.
• y-«^ ERL.IN,' Dec. 1.— President Castro
I— 2£ of Venezuela handed, probably
Y^J\ on Thursday last, to the. German
• 1—^ Minister at; Caracas, a' written
Two Courtland Chinese
Are Wounded by
Highbinders.
Passenger Agents Bid
for Patronage of
Soldiers.
Will Not Make a Separate Agreement : With
Venezuela Because of a Prior Arrange
ment : Into With Great Britain
WIFE SEES
ROBBER SLAY
HER HUSBAND
BULLETS FLY
IN TONG WAR
LIVELY RIVALRY
OF RAILBOADS
GERMANY MAY REJECT THE OFFER
OF SETTLEMENT MADE BY CASTRO
THE, >SA^; iFBAHCISGO CALL,- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, -1802:
Democratic Executive "of. the -Sbtithern Gity.
Is Re-elected Over the Nominees of the.
Republicans and the .Labor 1 ; Unionists
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(Legal Holidays).
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nance: No. 324 of the Board of Super-
visors duly approved July 19, 1901,
providing that all day? upon which
general municipal elections are held
in San Francisco shall be holidays.
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notice is hereby given to the electors
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purpose of voting far or against the
proposition to issue bonds for the ac-
quisition of the Geary-street railroad
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