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BIG BLIZZARD
ISOLATES CITY
OF NEW YORK
Fierce Gale, Snow and Intense
Cold Paralyze Traffic on
Atlantic Coast.
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Many Succumb in the Metropolis
.. NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Not since the
blizzard of 1888. by which all storms
are estimated as great or small, has
. New York been so completely snow
bound as it is to-night. The city itself
is lying under a foot of snow. In many
places it has been banked by the wind
to a height of several feet. Surface
travel early in the day was abandoned,
overhead transit was irregular and slow
and it remained for the underground
roads to carry home the hundreds of
thousands of workers from the down
town districts.
The entire coast line from the Dela
ware capes north has been in the grasp
of a storm which, because of its heavy
fall of snow, the intensity of the cold
and the force of the gale, has exceeded
in severity anything experienced in
years. From Maine, the New England
States and the Middle Atlantic States
have come reports of a most complete
winter tie-up. Far Into the West there
is snow and a remarkably low tem
perature. Everywhere railroad traffic
is delayed. Reports of disasters to ship
ping are coming in, and with the rap
idly falling thermometer much suffer
ing must ensue.
SEVERAL DIE FROM COLD.
So severe was the storm in this city
that even during the day hours several
persons were frozen to death or died
from exposure. To-night the hospitals,
. police stations and the House of Refuge
are crowded to their capacity. More
than once police reserves were called
out to take care of the crowds that
were struggling around the entrance to
some belated ferry-boat which was
soon to attempt another trip.
Long before sundown the homeward
' bound workers learned that trolleys
everywhere throughout Manhattan had
. been abandoned, that cable cars were
stalled in many places and that for
those who lived in the suburbs nothing
remained but to take up quarters
somewhere near at hand If they hoped
to return to work the following day.
■. Soon after 7 o'clock to-night a bul
letin was posted In the New York Cen
tral station saying that no more trains
were expected to arrive to-night. This
notice referred to both local and ex
press trains.
. Not a vessel of any kind has sailed
from or arrived at this port in more
. than twenty-four hours, and at the
'port of Boston only one arrival was re
• pdrted, and that a coastwise steamer.
Two trans-Atlantic liners, the Ryn
dam, carrying the mails, and the Nord
America, have been unable to leave
their piers. Seven other steamships, all
scheduled to leave their piers during
the day, are still in port.
WORST STORM IN YEARS.
At Sandy Hook and at the quarantine
station the gale blew at the rate of
sixty miles an hour, and a number of
vessels are reported at anchor there.
The Atlantic Transport line steamship
Menominee from London, the Holland-
American line steamship Rotterdam
and the Fabre line steamship Germa
hla, all of which have been reported by
wireless, are In Sandy Hook Bay. A
dozen or more other steamships now
overdue have not been heard from.
This city, always susceptible to ab
normal weather conditions, is facing a
condition unequaled since that March
• day years ago when it was cut off from
the rest of the world by a record snow.
' fall. The present storm began yester
day afternoon in a gentle way. As the
night came the wind increased, and by
midnight it was blowing half a gale
and drifting hard. At noon it was forty
miles an hour, and with It came a
heavy fall of snow and a temperature
that fell rapidly. The thermometer
then registered about 15 degrees. To
night the mercury went to about 10 de
grees at midnight, and the wind at that
time was blowing forty-eight miles an
hour. Less snow was falling than dur
ing the day, but It was still piling high.
All traffic on Long Island was sus
pended.
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VESSELS BLOWN ASHORE.
Wrecks Line Atlantic Coast as Result
of Gale.
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 25—Three
schooners were blown ashore In Hamp
ton Roads to-day by the fierce north
west storm which swept over the re
gion last night, accompanied by a fall
of snow. The John A. Russell of Tap
pahannock, Pa,, coal laden, was a
total loss, while the Lula and the oth
er, name unkndVn, were pulled into
deep water by tugs. A yawl from the
Lula is on the beach and it is thought
some of her crew tried to make shore
in the gale. If they did they were
drowned. Those on >ard the John A.
Russell were saved.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 25.—Two steam
ers were blown ashore below Bodkins
"Point to-day. They are the British
steamship Lord Erne, from Baltimore
for Belfast, and the British steamship
• Alswick Lodge, from Baltimore to Rot
' terdam. The Alswick Lodge was !
floated this afternoon and anchored j
near Bodkins Point. No report as to
xvhether either vessel is damaged has
reached here.
PORTLAND, Me., Jan. 25.—During a
hard snowstorm to-day the three
masted schooner Rodney Parker was
blown on the rocks Just outside of
the harbor. The captain and crew
' later left the vessel and were brought
to this city. The schooner probably
>vjll be a total loss. She was loaded
with granite.
PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Jan. 25.—
An unknown two-masted schooner was
blown on the bar at the upper end of
the harbor to-day. The seas are break- j
ing over her. It Is feared she may
sink.
. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Jan. 25.—A
" large steamship came ashore during j
the gale to-day on the shoals at Brig- ;
antine. Owing to the high wind and
blinding snow it was impossible for the
life saving to render aid.
COLD WAVE IN WIDE AREA.
Freezing Weather From Rockies to |
. . Alleghnnics.
. CHICAGO, Jan. 25.—Practically every
town in the Mississippi Valley and the
• lake region had its weather troubles
to-day. In some places it was ex
tremely cold, in others it was less so.
but was snowing heavily, and In a [
great many others It was both cold and ;
snowing.
In this city the mercury, which was t
2 below zero last night, mounted this I
morning to 20 above. Then came the
snow and a gale from the north. In the
Outlying portions of the city street car
trafflo was badly hindered. The wind ;
died somewhat to-night and the snow
ceased, but the mercury is falling and j
it is predicted that it will be from 5 to !
10 degrees below zero before morninsr.
In Kansas and Western Missouri the
weather was the coldest recorded in '
the last five years. All through the I
Ohio Valley the weather was the cold
est of the winter, ranging from 8 de
grees above to 2 below. In the major
ity of cases the cold was accompanied
by a high wind and driving snow
that interfered seriously with railroad
traffic.
Reports from the South show that ;
the most severe weather of the winter
is prevailing In that section of the I
country. Mobile had a temperature
of 26 and New Orleans 30, and in both
places the mercury is still falling. At
Mobile a cold northwest wind drove so
much water out of the slips that many
ships were left aground. It is expected j
that all along the north coast of the
Gulf of Mexico the temperature to
night will approximate 12 degrees
above zero and that all exposed truck- j
age will be killed and much damage
done to fruit trees.
The extent of the cold wave can be
estimated by the statement that with
the exception of Helena, Mont., and
some points in the State of Texas,
there was not a city to-night between j
the Rocky Mountains and the Allegha-
Dies that reported a temperature as
high as the freezing point, and in all
places the mercury is falling to-night,
with the probability of being 10 to 12
degrees lower before morning.
FIREMEN INCASED IN ICE.
Fight Blaze During Terrific Storm in !
New York.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—While the
worst storm of. many winters howled
around them, a dozen fire companies j
under the personal direction of Chief j
Croker for eight hours to-day fought j
a stubborn fire in the Kips Bay Brew- !
cry at First avenue and Thirty-eighth j
street. All the men suffered intensely |
from long exposure to the chlllling I
blasts and five of them were more or j
less seriously hurt by being caught
beneath a falling wall.
The firemen worked under the most I
discouraging and trying conditions, i
Flying spray froze the moment it !
touched their garments and long be
fore the fire was controlled many of j
them resembled huge icicles. Chief j
Croker was obliged to discard his hel- j
met because of the accumulation of i
ice. The financial loss is placed at
ShOUt $150,000. •
MERCHANTS DISCUSS
MATTERS AT DINNER
The San Francisco Credit Men's As
sociation held a meeting and dinner
last evening at a well-known Pine
street restaurant, where, for several
hours, the members of the organiza
tion discussed numerous subjects of
interest to their respective business
enterprises.
President Gustav Brenner presided at
the dinner. Among the subjects that
came before the assemblage was the
bulk law, which was read by Sol Mag
ner and then thoroughly discussed by
B. T. Alexander, Alexander Bell and
Gustav Brenner.
W. H. Preston, first president of the
national association of credit men,
who recently returned from an East
ern trip, addressed his fellow mem
bers on the conditions existing among
the credit associations in the East and
compared the work of those organi
zations with the work of the local as
sociation. Walter Mansfield spoke of
the laws covering the fraudulent con
cealment of merchandise and of the
difficulties encountered by lawyers and
merchants in trying to enforce them.
The concluding speech of the evening
was delivered by Congressman Julius
Kahn.
SCHOONER MAHUKONA
IN DANGEROUS POSITION
ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 25.—The four
masted schooner Mahukona, in ballast
from San Pedro, lies almost ashore at
the mouth of the Columbia River at
the very edge of the seething breakers
which are pounding over the bar. She
is dragging her anchor. The crews
from the life-saving stations at Fort
Stevens and Fort Canby are in readi
ness to go to her assistance the mo
ment rockets are sent up. The power
ful bar tug Tatoosh is standing by,
but is powerless to render assistance.
The Mahukona came up to the bar late
to-day, but found a strong ebb tide
running.
She made an effort to put out to sea,
but was almost carried on the rocks at
Cape Disappointment by wind and tide.
As a last resource she was headed for
the mouth of the river and an attempt
to cross the bar was made.
The Mahukona wallowed through the
big breakers, but the tide finally com
pelled her to anchor within a few rods
of the bar. To add to her distress, the
wind has increased from twenty-five
miles an hour to forty and her anchors
are dragging.
The pilot of the Tatoosh believes If
the Mahukona can keep off the bar un
til midnight and if the wind blows no
harder he will be able to get a line
aboard her, but even in case that Is ac
complished he expresses faint hopes of
saving her.
ONE-MILE AUTO RECORD
BROKEN THREE TIMES
ORMOND, Fla., Jan. 25.—The world's
mile record was broken three times at
the automobile ra*es to-day in spite of
the cold weather. Louis S. Ross in his
twenty horsepower car covered a mile
In 38 seconds flat, one second under the
world's record made by Vanderbllt in
his ninety horsepower car on the Or»
mond-Daytonia beach one year ago.
Ross held the record but a short time.
Arthur E. McDonald in his ninety
horsepower crossed the mile tape in
34 2-5 seconds. Shortly afterward H.
L. Bowden In his 100 horsepower ma
chine covered a mile in 34 1-5 seconds.
The one-mll# international champion
ship for the Sir Thomas Dewar chal
lenge cup brought out a field of entries,
all the fast racers competing. In the
final Louis Ross in his twenty horse
power Teakettle won in 42 seconds. Ar
thur Mac Donald was second in 42 2-5
seconds, William Wallace third and
Barney Oldfleld last.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1905.
LODGE DEFENDS
GENERAL MILES
Sharp Debate in the Senate
on Tart of Army Bill Di
rected at Retired Officer
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NO DECISION REACHED
♦
Effort Made to Curtail Pay
of Men Who Take Service
With the National Guard
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—1n connec
tion wiih the consideration of the army
appropriation bill, there was an ani
mated discussion In the Senate to-day
of the assignment of General Miles to
service In charge of the Massachusetts
State militia.
The controversy was begun by Lodge,
who criticized In sharp language the
provision of the army bill prohibiting
the awarding of extra pay to retired
officers assigned to active service when
1t exceeds that of major on the ac
tive list. Lodge declared the provision
was directed at General Miles and was
most unfair. Lodge, Proctor, Piatt of
Connecticut, Spooner, Bailey, Patter
son. Carmack and Money took part In
the debate which followed. Spooner,
Piatt and Money contended that the
enactment would have the effect of
limiting the salaries of all retired of
ficers assigned to active duty to a ma
jor's pay regardless of rank. Spooner
contended that the paragraph was an
indirect effort to prevent the assign
ment to active service of officers and
denounced it as "cowardly."
Nelson said the real desire is to place
officers in a position to get not only
their full pay but also an additional
$2000 or $3000 from the States. "That is
the germ of the Senator's contention,"
he said, referring to Lodge.
The latter replied that General Miles
is getting no pay from Massachusetts;
that he had refused it.
Several amendments were suggested,
but action on them and on the provision
went over for the day.
In connection with the provision for
the support of a provisional regiment
of native troops In Porto Rico, Clay
called attention to the fact that Secre
tary Root had recommended the dis
continuance of that regiment. Proctor
replied that Root subsequently had
changed his mind and had urged the re
tention of the regiment.
GRIDLEY'S WIDOW A CLERK
AT THE AGE OF SIXTY
Relict of Date Naval Hero Asks Con
gress to Erect Monument to
His Memory.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. —Senator
Alger to-day introduced a bill appro
priating $5000 for the erection of a
monument to the memory of Captain j
C. W. Gridley, who commanded Ad
miral Dewey's flagship Olympia at
tbe battle of Manila Bay. In ;
tion with the presentation of the bin !
Alger had read a letter writen by ;
Mrs. Gridley to President Roosevelt. |
In this letter Mrs. Gridley stated i
that at 60 years of age she is working j
as a clerk in one of the executive
departments of Washington, and is |
financially unable to erect the monu
ment herself. She therefore asks the
President to exercise his influence for
the monument. She also mentions j
the death by accident of Captain Grid
ley's only son on the Missouri, and
suggests that the monument might be J
of a joint nature.
Smoot Case Near End.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. —The in
vestigation of protests against Senator
Smoot, so far as the introduction of
testimony is concerned, was brought
to a close When the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections
convened, A. S. Worthington, counsel
for Senator Smoot, announced that
he would not DUt other witnesses on
the stand, and that he had nothing
further to offer.
Baker Assails the Tariff.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—The
House to-day passed the District of
Columbia and the Military Academy
appropriation bills. Except for a
speech by Baker of New York, bitter
ly assailing the protective tariff pol
icy of the Republican party, the pro
ceedings were devoid of interest.
Rich Gift of Curios.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—A gift of
curios, valued at 1500,000, has been
made to the Smithsonian Institution
!by Charles L. Freer of Detroit. Freer
jis a millionaire and the owner of the
i famous collection of Whistler paint
j ir-gs.
New California Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Post
masters were appointed to-day as fol
lows for California: Marx C. F.
Riecken, at Oakville; Claude B.
Wright, at Concord.
SOCIETY FOLK WILL ACT
TO-DAY IN AID OF CHARITY
Prominent Members of the Smart Set
Are Ready to Appear at Colum
bia in "The Liars."
Society will turn out in full force
this afternoon at the Columbia The
ater, when several well-known women
and men whose names are familiar In
select circles will tread the boards In
Henry Arthur Jones' comedy, "The
Liars." The amateur Thespians have
been rehearsing faithfully and expect
to make a hit in their benefit per
formance in aid of the new Naval Club
house at Vallejo.
Miss Frances Jolliffe will play the
leading role, that of Lady Jessica Ne
pean. Lloyd Lowndes is to appear as
Edward Falkner, while Dr. J. Wilson
Shiels will take the part of Gilbert
Ntpean. Others in the cast are Court
ney Ford, Royden Williamson, Mrs.
Mark Gerstle, Mrs. J. Wilson Shlels,
Miss Olga Atherton, Mrs. H. M. Spen
cer. L. S. Ford, Jack Baird, Joseph
Eastland and Thomas Eastland. The
matinee will begin promptly at 2:15.
To Guard Japanese Girl.
Margarita Lake, superintendent of ;
the Japanese Woman's Home on Bush |
street, yesterday applied to the Su- j
perlor Court for letters of guardian- j
i ship over Katsura Takao, the 15-year- I
old Japanese girl, who came from the
1 Orient a few days ago to Joint the hus- |
! band she had married "by photo
! graph." A more valid union will be ;
required, and, as the girl is under age, '
the consent of a guardian will be nec- |
| essary before a license can be pro- :
cured. Hence Mrs. Lake's application. •
TOPBKA. Kan*., Jan. 25.—There Is some j
improvement to-night in the condition of A.
A. Hurd. general attorney for the Santa Fe, 1
j who la suffering from pneumonia. His physi- '
i clans aay there is some chance for recovery. '
GOOD NOW FACES
GRAVE CHARGES
Resolution in House Galling
for Inquiry Into Acts of
Shanghai Consular Judge!
GREAT FRAUDS ALLEGED j
Said to Have Extorted and|
Misappropriated Money in I
the Conduct of His Office
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. — Repre-
I sentatlve Hughes of* New Jersey lntro
| duced a resolution In the House to-day
j directing the Committee on Judiciary
; "to inquire and report whether'the ac
' tion of this House Is requisite concern-
J Ing the official misconduct of John j
| Goodnow, Judge of the United Statei
Consular Court at Shanghai. China,
and to say whether the said Judge has j
! been guilty of corruptive conduct in j
I office and whether the conduct of his
| office has resulted in Injury and wrong*,
to litigants in his court,"
The resolution is accompanied by sev-
I enteen specifications. The first charges
I him with the embezzlement of $946 on
! various dates during the fiscal year
I ended June 30, 1903; the second charges
! that he mailed false accounts to the
' Secretary of State as to moneys re-
I celved and expended for alleged court
expenses; the third charges that he
j presented a false claim against the j
United Btates to the Secretary of tho
Treastiry: the fourth charges embez
zlement on November 19, 1903, of $643;
' the fifth charges the appointment of
| George A. Darby as an expert ac
countant, the appointee beljig asserted
Ito be wholly Incompetent. The next
nine charges include extortion and
fraud in financial transactions.
The fifteenth specification charges a
conspiracy to "manufacture aliens into
citizens of the United States (n con
sideration of large sums of money,
the plan being to issue bogus identifi
cation papers, to be presented by other }
parties to the conspiracy to Minister
Conger, who issued the proper pass
ports. Four Russian aliens, one Turk
I and one German are named as receiv
ing such passports. Two aliens, a
British subject and a German, were
registered at the United States con
sulate, it Is alleged, as citizens of the
United States.
The sixteenth charges Judge Good
now with appropriating to his own use
fees collected in settling the estates of
American citizens who died at -Shang-
hai and making false returns thereof.
The seventeenth charges that Judge
Goodnow did unlawfully and knowing
ly take Jurisdiction in the case of
George A. Derby and one H. P. Plant,
the case being triable only before the
United States Ministerial Court at
Peking, the result being that Plant
was sentenced to a long term in prison,
which, it Is believed, he is serving in a
I California Jail.
The resolution charges that said
I Judge Goodnow is Incompetent to hold
I the office of Federal Judge, that he has
j never been admitted to practice law
; before any court in the United States
lor elsewhere and that he Is not a
1 lawyer.
j A protest against the retention of
' Judge Goodnow, signed by twenty
American residents of China, is made
j part of the resolution.
BALL BY SAN FRANCISCO
TENT OF THE MACCABEES
Delightful Function in Pioneer Assem
bly Hall Attended by Four Hun
dred Persons.
San Francisco Tent of the Knights
of the Maccabees gave ball in the j
assembly hall of the Pioneer building
last night to its members and friends.
It was an invitation function that was
attended by about 400 persons and in
the grand march there were 150 cou
ples, mostly young persons who, as
they moved to the strains of delicious
music through the many pretty fig
ures, presented a most beautiful sight.
The order of the dances was made up
of twelve modern numbers with three
extras. This affair, the most delight
ful ever given by the tent, was under
the direction of the following named:
Committee of arrangements—Past Com
mander G. V. Lerol (chairman). Past Com
mander E. H. Stephens, Past Commander H.
A. Knox, Paat Commander Cheater Smith,
Past Commander G. L. Morgan.
Reception committee —Past Commander H.
A. Knox. Paat Commander D. B. Richards,
Past Commander Theo. Frollch, Paat Com
mander M. B. Schofleld, fast Commander S.
W. Crelgh. Colonel C. W. Seeley.
Honorary committee—San Francisco Hive
No. 8. Ladies of the Maccabees.
Floor manager—Past Commander G. V.
Lerol.
Assistant floor manager—Paat Commander
E. H. Stephens.
Floor committer—Paat Commaftder Chester !
Smith. Paat Commander Carl Lensen, Past I
Commander J. H. Sampson, Paat Commander j
Frank Sampson, Past Commander Ed Savery, |
Past Commander G. L«. Morjran.
STREET RAILROADS WILL
RENEW PRESENT AGREEMENT
Employes Also Are Satisfied That the
Conditions Continue for Two
More Years.
' Everything: points to industrial
peace for two years from and after
next May between the directors of the
United Railroads and their employes
of the Street Carmen's Union.
After holding a few meetings, at
which both parties were fully repre
sented, a renewal of the existing
agreement, known as the Strauss ar
bitration board settlement, was con
sidered and agreed to as the one that
will continue in force for two more
years.
This course was decided upon by
all the parties interested and during
the present month will be" counter
figned by the duly accredited repre
sentatives of the company and the em
ployes. .
Army and Navy Union Election.
Colonel Oscar F. Long Garrison No.
101, Army and Navy Union, elected
and installed the following officers at
the post headquarters last night:
Commander, Denis Geary; senior
vice commander, John Haaise; junior
vice commander, J. W. Lord; chap
lain, J. A. Barstow; adjutant. James
H. Riley; paymaster, Henry Miller;
officer of the day, C. M. Marvine; of
ficer of the guard, William Moore; of
ficer of the watch, E. Lambert; board
of trustees, Denis Geaiy, James H.
Riley, J. F. Fitzgerald.
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INVESTIGATION
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viding for an Inquiry
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Special Dispatch to Tha Call.
CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Representa
tive Little's resolution, offered in the
House some time ago, providing for a
thorough Investigation of the steel
trust, was ordered favorably reported
at the meeting of the Judiciary Com
mittee to-day.
Representative Little's resolution is
similar to the resolution Introduced
last fall, asking for an Investigation of
the beef trust, which Investigation is
now under way In Chicago and other
Western cities. The resolution calls
upon the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor to take up the <york under the
law creating his department.
The resolution was amended in one
respect. The original directed that the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor re
port the result of his findings and any
recommendations he might deem wise
to the first session of the Fifty-ninth
Congress. This was amended to direct
that the Secretary report his findings
according to law, which means that he
must report direct to the President,
who can use his discretion about mak
ing the report public.
The bill directs that the following
facts be ascertained:
la the United States Steel Corpora
tion and its associated and constituent
companies engaged in commerce be
tween States and Territories or with
foreign countries, and, if so, to what
extent is the steel and iron industry
In the United States, Including the
output and prices of its products, con
trolled by said corporation and its as
sociated and constituent companies?
To what extent does the corporation
and its associates control the output
and prices of finished product made by
independent companies dependent upon
it for their raw material?
To what extent, if at all, does the
corporation or its associates sell Its
products more cheaply to its export
trade than it does to Its domestic con
sumers?
What conditions have resulted in
whole or in part from any contract,
combination or agreement in the na
ture of a trust or conspiracy in re
straint of commerce between the
States and Territories or between for
eign countries?
Army Orders.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—8y order
of the War Department First Lieu
tenant George. R. Armstrong of the
Sixth Infantry will proceed to Colum
bus Barracks, Ohio, for assignment to
duty with recruits to be sent to Van
couver Barracks, Washington, and
upon completion of that duty will pro
ceed to San Francisco and report to
the commanding general of the De
partment of California for assignment
to duty pending the arrival of his
regirrflent at San Francisco. Private
(first class) Hugh Gywnn, hospital
corps. Fort Niobrara, Nebraska, will
be sent to the department of recruits
and casuals at Fort McDowell. Cali
fornia, and will be sent to Manila on
the transport sailing from San Fran
cisco about February 28. Post Com
missary Sergeant Fred P. Bliss will be
relieved from duty In the office of the
purchasing commissary at New York
City, on March 1, and be sent to San
Francisco, reporting to Major CharKes
R. Krauthoff for assignment to duty
on an army transport.
To Take Up Land Question.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—The
House Committee on Public Lands to
day refused by a vote of 11 to 4 to in
definitely postpone consideration of
the bills increasing from 160 to 640
acres the amount of land that may be
taken up under the homestead act.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.—The President to
day sent to the Senate the nomination as
agent for the Indians of the Blackfeet Agency,
Montana, of Captain James Zedare. it S. a.,
retired. Washington. D. C.
NEVADA NAMES
NIXON SENATOR
Chosen on First Ballot, Re
ceiving Thirty-One Votes
to Twenty-Five for Sparks
« .
Special Dispatch to Tha Call.
CARSON CITY, Nev., Jan. 25.—
George S. Nixon, the Republican can
didate for United States Senator, was
elected to that position to-day by the
Nevada Legislature at a Joint session
held in the Assembly chamber at the
Capitol building. The room was crowd
ed with prominent citizens and eager
spectators gathered to witness the pro
ceedings. At the noon hour Lieutenant
Governor Allen called the two houses to
order. The vote for Senator followed.
Nixon was elected on the first ballot,
the vote being 31 for Nixon and 25 for
Governor Sparks.
Nixon entertained the members of
the Legislature and the State officers
at a banquet this eveniri§. Governor
Sparks, his opponent, was the guest of
honor.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Jan. 25.—
The bolters gained one vote to-day on
the eighth ballot for United States
Senator to succeed Francis M. Cock
rell. There was no choice and the
Joint session adjourned until to-mor
row noon. The ballot resulted: Cock
rell, 80; Niedringhaus, 76; Kerens, 12;
Goodrich, 2; necessary to election, 86.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 25.—Clar
ence Don Clark was re-elected United
States Senator by the Legislature in
Joint session to-day by a vote of 67 to
7. Clark received the unanimous vote
of the Republican members. The Dem
ocratic votes were glYen to Samuel T.
Corn, who has Just retired as Chief
Justice.
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 25.—The Texas
Legislature In Joint session to-day for
mally elected Charles A. Culberson
(Dem.) to succeed himself in the United
States Senate.
CHARLESTON. W. Va., Jan. 25—In
joint session to-day the Legislature re
elected Senator Nathan B. Scott. The
vote stood: Scott 82, McGraw 29.
TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 25.— The Leg
islature in joint session to-day declared
John Kean elected United States Sena
tor.
DOVER, Del.. Jan. 25.—The lone
deadlock in the Senate was broken to
day by the election of A. B. Conner.
Union Republican, as president pro
tern. The three regular Republican
Senators who had been holding out
against Conner voted for him at the
last moment. This is regarded as a
victory for Addicks.
Phelps Must Explain His Absence.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 25.—Carl
Phelps, the secretary of the Federal
Grand Jury, who had b een missing,
put in his appearance to-day, explain
ing that he had been sick. He was
ordefjfed by the court to appear before
the Grand Jury to-morrow to explain
his conduct. 4
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APPLICATIONS AT PROMINENT BAHBEB SHOPg.
TRAINS CRASH
NEAR A SIDING
Owing to Fog Engineer Does
Not See Signal to Stop
and a Collision Follows
STOCKTON, Jan. 25. —A number of
persons hurt and a car thrown off the
track are the results of a train acci
dent on the Santa Fe this morning at
Blum, forty-five miles west of Stock
ton.
The injured: J. C. Hurle of Stockton,
superintendent of the Pacific Glass
Works, scalp wound; Johannes Reimers
of Stockton, landscape gardener for
the Santa Fe, cut on the face. A few
others suffered minor bruises.
F. Dohnken Sr. and wife and F.
Dehnken Jr. and wife of Antioch, con
ducting the Arlington Hotel, were bad
ly shaken up, and Conductor H. A.
Bankead of Kansas City, on a visit to
San Francisco, had his back badly
hurt. The injured people were brought
to Stockton and cared for. All were
able to proceed to their homes. Hurle
is probably the most painfully hurt and
had to be conveyed to his home in a
cab. It cannot be told yet whether his
injuries are serious.
The dense fog prevailing Is partly re
sponsible for the accident. No. 41, car
rying passengers for San Francisco,
left here at 9:20 this mornimg, No. 6
leaving San Francisco at 7:307 While
No. 41 was going on the siding at
Blum Engineer Deardorff of No. 6 con
tinued on, striking the rear coach of
No. 41. He thought No. 41 had cleared,
but he was deceived by the fog.
There will be an investigation to fix
the blame for the accident. The Santa
Fe officials here say there are mitigat
ing circumstances in Deardorff's favor.
A flag was to have stopped him at
Blum. He had no previous orders to
stop. In the fog, however, he did not
see the flag, evidently, and so ran by
the. station as No. 41 was taking the
siding. Had either train been ten sec
ons earlier a serious accident would
have resulted, though both trains were
siowing down at the time.
ANDREW CARNEGIE FOILS
CONFIDENCE MAN'S GAME
Investigation Reveals Fraud in Re
quest for Donation to a
Library Fund.
COOPERSTOWN, N. V.. Jan. 25.—
Andrew Carnegie, through his secre
tary, has sent an inquiry to the Coop
erstown postmaster regarding one C.
Stanley Cooper, who wrote to him
from this place last April, asking for
$6500 to complete s fund for the erec
tion of a $10,000 library building.
Cooper use£ stationery bearing the
name of the "Fenimore Cooper Li
brary Association. CDoperstown. N.Y."
No such person or association is
known here. The writer of the letter
evidently was trying, to swindle Car
negie.
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