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STORM results: Sacramento River reaches highest point ever known and thousands of
people are menaced by flood. Shasta route and Coast and Valley lines are closed by wash
outs. Food supply of La Honda is cut off and people suffer.
Flood Breaks Levees and Threatens
to Sweep Thousands to Death
ALL HIGH WATER MARKS
BROKEN BY SACRAMENTO
Thousands of People Are
Menaced by Storm-
Swollen River
APPEAL FOR RESCUE
Levees Collapse and Flood
Covers District Sixty
n Miles in Width
SACRAMENTO, March 21. — From all
downriver points comes alarming news
that the Sacramento River Is higher
than ever known and that the situation
&11 along the levees Is appalling. There
are alreafiy several breaks between
Freeport ana Courtland, whence a cry
for help comes, and every able-bodied
man Is assisting against the water -that
Is pouring into the branches and Inun
dating thousands of acres of the finest
farming land In the State.
Special dispatches from Freeport,
Courtland. "Walnut Grove and Frank
lin say that the river has reached the
highest etage ever recorded and It Is
predicted that the terrible 6cenes which
were witnessed during the. floods of
1904 will be paralleled If not surpassed.
Standing on the levee near Courtland
one may look for sixty miles to the
southeast across an unbroken sea of
water, which extends dear to Stock
ton. Thousands of cattle are being
sheltered on top of the levees, as there
Is no other place for them.
Above Courtland the situation is in
tense all the way from-lhe Rcss Moore
place on the Freeport road «j» the Hol
llster estate, a distance of clx miles,
there being three breaks In the river
levee through which the water is pour
ing. Everything Is being swept before
the flood and the only livestock Bayed
was that which was got to the top of
the levee before the breaks occurred.
The river at Coiirtland has touched
the 21.8 foot mark, two feet higher
than all previous high water records.
Randall Island Is in danger of being
swept away, and the Pierson district, in
which Courtland Is located, is threat
ened with inundation. The Randall
Island pump whistles were blowing all
evening and all the men who could get
to the scene were aiding in building
tip the levee with Backs filled with
earth.
*»Ie telegraph operator at Courtland
at 9 o'clock tonight said that the peo
pi« there were preparing for the worst.
He expected communication \u25a0with this
city to be cut off at any moment and
elnce that time no word has been re
ceived from him.
The blockade on the Southern Pacific
lines was made complete this morning
when the line to the east was ren
dered helpless by a washout of 2uO feet
of track at Applegate, but during the
afternoon the situation changed for
the better, when with the report that
the Appelgate washout had been re
paired came another message stating
that it was expected that the track
would be opened through to Stockton.
The Placerville line Is in commission
strain, but no trains are operated on
the Marysville branch farther than
. "Wheatland. It will be many days be
fore trains can pass to San Francisco
by way of Davisville and Sulsun.
On the Portland line no trains are
running beyond Redding, the tracks
being out at Keswick, Campbell and
Kcnnctt, and It is not expected that
travel can be resumed beyond Redding
for tit least ten days.
Tonopah and Goldfield are Isolated
on s account of the washout between
thr>s«- r>Uior»B and Reno.
A epecial tonight to the Union from
Couruuna, thirty-five miles down the
river, states that the levee there is
broken and that it will be Impossible
to save Brannan Island. This Island
Is between Courtland and Rio Vista on
the Sacramento side.
KNIGHTS LANDING FLOODED
People Flee as Water Rises in the
Streets
\u25a0WOODLAND. March 21. — Knights
Landing, situated on the Sacramento
River in Yolo County, Is partly under
water. There Is great danger cf seri
ous damage and loes of life. People
are leaving as fast as possible, many
coming to this city to seek refuge.
It is Impossible to get data regard-
Ing the damage to th« property along
the river, telephone communication
having been destroyed by the flood.
The water In the river was seven
Inches higher than ever known this
morning, running over the top of the
levee into town. Several stores are
flooded to a depth of a foot. Men are
working heroically In building levees
in the streets with sacks filled with
dirt.
There Is also danger from a flood
from the backwater. The levee broke
on Long Ranch, seven miles below
Knights Landing, rapidly filling the
' basin, which gradually slopes upward
toward town. The **ater is now dan
gerously , near the outskirts and ap
proaching rapidly. It Is feared that
communication will be cut off and the
people left no means of escape other
than boats end rafts.' The water Is
also flowing over the levees on the
Eutter side of the river.
SHASTA nOUTB BLOCKED
• REDDING, March 21.^-Owing to the
storm northbound passenger trains can
not get beyond this, city, and trains
coming from Portland are compelled
to stop at Aehland, Or. One train Is
running back and forth between Slsson
and Grants Pass. With this exception
the Shasta route la without train serv
ice.
BAXK. ACCUSES KCRAVAGA
F. T. Kuranaga was arrested by De
tectives Freel and Bunner yesterday
on another charge preferred against
him by the First National Bant. Th«
second complaint alleges the Japanese
merchant • obtained J 6OOO under false
nretenses. He was unable to secure
toalL
Pace noble* Hot sprinin
An all year round recort for those who need
r«t and recreation and a chans* • tronv ,tb; \u25a0
nun-fins . bustling city life. - - New 1100,000
batfcfeMM, with all the .latest appliance* for tb»
ft*B«dlal «we« of : mlßeral waters. - Stopover* on
(nuUu rail and PoUman tickets. ' Special
radoced nil rate*, IbcUmU&s board at hotel. Ask
af ants ttouthern Pacific *
FOOD SUPPLY OF TOWN
IS CUT OFF BY STORM
Mountain Landslides Block
Freight Wagons and
La Honda Suffers
NO COFFEE OR SUGAR
Man Will Make Attempt to
Reach Place With the
Needed Provisions
REDWOOD CITY. March 11. — Samuel
"Wetherbee, the freight man between
Redwood and Pescadero by way of La
Honda, arrived here today from the
latter poinj after a dangerous trip over
the mountains. He Bald that the food
supply was running low at La Honda
and that he had> risked himself and
his outfit to get In. some provisions. On
this Bid© of the range the road Is In a
fair condition, but on the other 6lde
the road and In places the mountain
sides have slid Into the rushlngr tor
rents In the creek beds and have been
washed out to sea.
Tho etage goes only to Woodslde, the
mall being carried from there to La
Honda In a cart and on horseback and
afoot from there Into Pescadero. La
Honda has not Been a butcher wagon
for the paat three weeks and the sup
ply of flour Is about exhausted, with
coffee and sugar entirely out. Wether
bee says:
"Plain pancakes are tiresome enough,
but I never heard of their being mr^le
without nour. bo I "will have to get
through with my load."
His load for four strong, sure-footed
mules will be one drum of coffee, one
sack of sugrar and four barrels of flour.
Experienced freight men Bay he can
not make It through, but the freighter
with hungry friends and neighbors in
mind 6ays he will make a desperate at
tempt to reach the town.
A number of alarming stories are in
circulation as to the amount of dam
age done by the swollen streams.
The road beyond La Honda is abso
lutely Impassable. No loss of life has
occurred, but many have had narrow
escapes.
"HARRIMAN OUGHT TO BE
IN JAIL," SAYS CULLOM
Senator Asserts Financing
of Chicago and Alton
Merits Stripes
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THB CALL.
CHICAGO March 21.— The In
ter Ocean will print the following from
Washington tomorrow:
"If I had my way I'd put E. H.
Harriman in the penitentiary," declared
Senator Cullom of Illinois, as he
emerged from the White House today.
Senator Cullom intimated that he had
told the President the same thing.
Cullom explained that he believed that
Harriman deserved a term in prison
for his financing methods in connection
with the Chicago and Alton Railroad,
especially in the issue of $32,000,000
of bonds. He said that the investors
in these bonds, in his opinion, were
certain to lose money on them while
Harriman reaped a rich profit.
Cullom was asked whether the State
of Illinois would be able to Invalidate
the bonds.'
"I doubt it/* he replied. "Governor
Deneen is giving the subject consider
ation, but- I 'do not know that any
thing can be done about It."
Senator Cullom indicated that lie
thought that President Roosevelt was
of the same opinion., but said that he
had not taken up railroad affairs in de
tail with *ilrn
"I believe that Congress should go
slow." said Senator Cullom, "and
should see how the law as it now
stands works out. We do not want
to do anything radical, calculated to
hinder railroad development. We are
not ready to tear up the ties or any
thing of that sort Just yet."
Senator Cullom discussed the rela
tion between Federal and State legis
lation and thought it inadvisable to
do anything to override the rights of
the States.
HARRIMAN A MYSTERY
Market Is in Doubt as to Magnate
and Itself
NEW YORK, March 21. — Opinions in
the brokers*, offices as to the future
course of the market differ widely. In
certain quarters the belief Is ex
pressed that liquidation has about run
its course and that the present fever
ish market will be replaced by a more
or less bull market. Those > who hold
to this view believe that E. H. Harri
man was sincere when he said the other
day that the : bears had had their in
nings and that there was going to be
a change.
But- there are many who feel that
Harrlman's cheerfulness was ', assumed
for the occasion, and that he was, and
still Is, very much worried over the
swing N of Union Pacific The street
would like most of all to have this
Union Pacific matter cleared up.
.While the question, "Has Harriman
lost .control of Union Pacifier* is now
asked less frequently. than in. the past,
it has never been answered in a way
satisfying to most people.
if AKIKE XA-S- CATJSE EIBn-G—Shmebal.
Much 21.— Viceroy Tu«n SUng. v conyfiieei
that the eltaation la the famine fiistrlcU li To
•ertous th»t a central rising will be anarolOable
tmlww proniDt wllef be afforded. Be bar Dt .
mortauzrd the throne, asklas tor . $150,000 for
the purchase of rice la. 61am. ""•««« ioc
ETZIX.WOaKERS GAIN KAISE-Hammond
to *-» Mft S? 21---The etrJkft.at- the plants, of
the , Republic . Iron and Steel , Company . and the
Interstate Steel Company, at' East Chicago was
settleA today, the yon accepting a 10 per rent
Increase and returning to work. '
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALU FRIDAY,' MARCH 22, 1907;
STORM CRIPPLES RAIL
TRAFFIC IN CALIFORNIA
Washouts Close Coast and
Valley Lines and the ;\u2666;
Shasta Route
OGDEN SYSTEM OPEN
Gale Does Little Damage to
Lucin Cutoff , Which Is
Soon Repaired
The railroad situation, due to the
\u25a0form, nan nn follow* yesterdays -•''
Shasta line closed for one week until
the break near Redding: I* repaired.
Sacramento line closed to - traffic
ovring; to a washout near Washington
Spnr.
Coast Line closed as result of sev
eral washouts.
Valley line closed by break In San
Fernando tunnel, and trains are run as
far as Sauicus, then over Santa Bar
bara Branch to.Montalvo and Los An
geles.
Santa Fe • track washed out at Or
wood, between San Francisco and
Stockton.
The only lines open for travel east
were the Ogden route and the round
about Journey to Los Angeles.
A train was started east on the
Ogden route at 0 o'clock last night.
Orders were Issued early yesterday
to stop selling tickets to Portland, and
travelers for the north were offered
the cholee of colng to Portland by
Tray of Ogden and the Oregron Short
Line or by steamer, for which tickets
were exchanged.
Instructions were sent out to agents
to look after all detained passengers
and to provide those without money
with food.
People held up on the Shasta route
were given the choice of being; re
turned to their starting points at the
expense of the company or continuing
their Journeys via Ogden.
A dispatch was received at the gen
eral offices of the Southern Pacific stat
ing that It was snowing hard on' the
Shasta line, and that there was, every
Indication of another heavy rain set
ting; in.
A boat carrying passengers and mall
was started from Sacramento by the
Southern Pacific yesterday afternoon,
and is expected to arrive In the city
this morning.
G. F. Richardson, superintendent of
transportation, said late last night: ;
"We sent a train out at 9 o'clock
this evening to run to Sacramento by
way of Fresno and then up to Sacra
mento by way of Stockton. The break
in the San Fernando tunnel compels us
to run our tralnß as far as Saiigus
and then use the Santa Barbara branch
to Montalvo and then the coast line to
Los Angeles."
A dispatch received at S o'clock yes
terday afternoon from Ogden 'said that
a high wind raged-,over Salt Lake on
Wednesday night and prevented the
running of trains across i the Lucin-
Ogden cutoff. Some damage 7 was done
to the embankment, but the breaks
were repaired at once. The weather
at the cutoff : yesterday was clear and
sunny, and train service across It was
resumed fully.
STOCKTON FLOOD
Eight Trains Stalled in City by
t Washouts on Lines
STOCKTON, March , 21.— With the
usual exception here ' and there the
flood has subsided in every, street in
Stockton. Turmoil, however, survives
the disaster. The telephone * service
still Impaired. No trains reached
Stockton from any point until 9 otlock
tonight, "when two overland v trains.ar
rived only to learn that the tracks were
impassable to Tracy and . other points.
Eight trains from valley and eastern
points are waiting to continue on to
the bay via this city. Mail Bervice is
Impaired severely, only. a few scatter
ing sacks coming and going.
The citizens held a mass meeting to
night and unanimously requested the
City, Council to call for an election to
vote $200,000 bonds, for the repairing
of the streets of this city, all of .which
have been ' torn up .by the .flood waters.
. The San Joaquln River in this" vicin
ity is high and rising ; steadilyl \u0084
ROADS TO SOUTH^CLOSED
Traffic to Lo 3 Angeles Cannot Be
Restored for Several Days v .
LOS ANGELES, March T 21.— For :the
first . time -in years . all communication
with San Francisco and the north' was
severed today ; as ' a \u25a0 result 'of ; the ! floods
and consequent < washouts '. and /, land
slides. The railroad situation is dis
astrous in the- extreme. . All three
transcontinental,- lines are affected-
Southern Pacific, Salt ' Lake , and - Santa
Fe-^the latter, "however, suffering the
least. ' ' -•'.\u25a0•" \u25a0. .: -i> ,',. ' \u25a0.!
The Southerns Pacific Coast- line Is
blocked by a • big caveln ' at Santa' Mar/
garlta tunnel/ north of San Luis Obispo
and traffic .will be suspended many
days. The valley "line- is closed ",by a
slide at San: Fernando ; tunnel and no
trains " t can pass \u25a0 for several days. v In
addition elides have occurred at tunnel
17 and at.Tehachapl.
.The Santa ;Fe*and Southern Pacific
Eastern : lines are ' open and traffic un
impeded. , The' congestion . of > passenger
and freight traffic: to 'the* north;; Is of
the worst. The movement of mails a\sp
Is, badly. Interfered i with."; .-/•'\u25a0 , ' ' \u25a0:
DROWSED ]IN LA GUN A
. PETALUMA, March 21.— Angelo.Marf
tlriLV aT young;;. manT* employed - 'on ;j the
Frank ; Cossassa place, was i drowned in
the flood water of the Laguna yesterday.
Martini^was' ln|a',rowboat, and' was at^;
tempting: to ! right; another. boat which*
had capsized, when he lost hip balance
and fellf overboard. l.*'.^O.*" - . \u25a0 ' V
STAKnARD'OIL CASE^-Chlcago,- March 21.—
VTar bills • Cf ' the ' Chicago <; and • Alton Bailroad
were Introduced \u25a0as evidence against 1 the ' Stand
ard Oil Company todujr. " : .- \u0084 "^ '/
Nominator of Supervisors
Now Police Commissioner
H. M. ALEXANDER GIVEN
SEAT ON POLICE BOARD
Schmitz appoints Man Who
Helped Nominate Bobd
ling Supervisors
Mayor Schraltz announced the ap
pointment of 11. M. Alexander yesterday
as a member of the Police Commission
to succeed George H. Umbsen, who re
signed recently. Alexander ! is' a per
sonal friend of Schmitz and Ruef and
has aided them materially in their.po
litical activities. The new commission
er took his seat last night.
In the communication to the board
apprising It of Alexander's appoint
ment Schmitz stated that he would
name former Commlslsoner Creswell's
successor before its next meeting.
Charles Skelly was elected secretary of
the commission Immediately on its
reorganization. He has acted as secre
tary for some time, having served dur
ing the fatal Illness of Secretary
George Boyjie.
Alexander has long been a leader In
the ranks of. the Union Labor party. He
was chairman of, the committee which
slated the 1 no— i nations of' the present
board of df 'ted Supervisors. He
Is a delega * -in the Typographical
Union to thw.abor Council, in which
he is a member of the executive com
mittee. -, - .
"I. do not caro to discuss matters re
lating to the present investigation of
the Supervisors," he said yesterday,
"because I believe" that my appointment
is due to my work for the Union -Labor
party rather than to any friendly re
lations with the Mayor. \u25a0
"I shall be a free lance on the board.
I have mapped out-. no policy* except
to do my duty as a citizen and as I
see it." • § \u25a0\u25a0—\u25a0'\u25a0
The new commissioner said that he
had been a resident of this city for ten
years. He is proprietor; of .a. printing
establishment at 365 McAllister street.
The commissioners decided to meet in
the afternoon in the future on Tuesdays
and Thursdays.
\ A resolution was read and laid over
providing that when the total number
of liquor licenses should ; have , reached
2500 no further permits • should be
granted. This will apply to the sale of
liquor -in restaurants as well. There
are now 2076 permits, with 130 more
on file. A point was made 'in favor
of. saloon men who were in business
at the time of the flre.and who have
not as yet reopened.: They will; be
given flrat. chance at the remaining
number of permits available. '
The resignation of; Patrolman D. J.
Koehane was accepted, and a' letter was
read from the City Attorney In the case
of T. M. Hyland, who, * after \ having
been dismissed from the, force," took the
civil service examinations and passed.
The City Attorney's . opinion '.was that
Hyland was eligible to serve . again as
patrolman. • .
THREE CHURCHES FUSED
INTO ONE ORGANIZATION
Conference at Chicago Re
sults «f Union
a Bolt
. CHICAGO. March 21. — An act :J- of
union by' which the .Congregational,
United Brethren and Methodist Protest
ant • churches . of i fourteen. States are
fused ; into one "religious \u25a0 organization,
to be known as the }United- Churches
was - consummated 'here; tonight at a
general conference of delegates from
the churches, i
The' final vote -on the ; polity, report
was- taken .after a. strenuous session,
in which the Methodist Protestant del
egates * from; Louisiana and Mississippi
bolted jthe- conference "and S refused ; to
have 'anything to "do. with the union as
planned. . .".
BURTON COMPLETES: SIX
"MONTHS' ; IMPRISONMENT
Former Kansas'. Senator Who Sold
ii His Influence Will Be Freed From '
; County Jail Today
'\u25a0\u25a0 ST. 't LOUIS, . March \u25a0' 2 1^-Former; Se'n^
ator. James ' R. > Burton] of j Kansas/, who
has been ? serving ; a ; sentence *~of ••'," six
months* ! V Imprisonment .," in . the Iron.
County Jail'at' lrontoni.MoV^ will be' rer
leased early-, tomorrow, morning.^; He
was convicted ', of Shaving
the • Rlalto ' Grain : Company,; of j StSi Louis
before the rPostofflce^ Department while
a member ; of * the United \u25a0, States Senate
and vof having,; received compensation
for, ; so >doing. v. .-» .•;\u25a0_.' ;--"}•"/.. -. ~-.'y^< j •'\u0084'{\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0'.\u25a0'..'\u25a0'.
v^Burtbn ; said *today.: : over t the^ long ' dis
tance I, telephone ; from ';the 'j Irontonv Jail
that »hoi* expected to come; to; St.i Louis
tomorrow, ;stop"i a ;few,' hours ; and 'then
proceed >. to"-; Abilene, --I Kans/i;; where"' he
will make, his; home.
DnOPS I DEAD ' IN .BATHROOM
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keeper^ employ ed ; at ,the Spreckels Sugar
Reflneify.^dropped; dead: In i the; bathroom
at j l)is ?. residence, « 6 1 7£ Hill ;- street. >* last
night ! at v7 :3oj[o'clbck.*|^Royce'B5 v h*ealth
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NICARAGUA TRIUMPHANT
IN FIERCE CONFLICT
Combined ' Army of Hon
duras and Salvador Suf
fers Heavy Loss
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 21.-— A
dispatch received here from the front
at • 10. --5 p. m. yesterday said:
-The : Honduran and Salvadofan
army, numbering over • 6000 men, at
tacked . the Nlcaraguan posltons \u25a0at
Portillos de Namaslque and after three
days X and two nights of fighting the
i-onduras .;. and --.Salvadorans were
completely, defeated, leaving hundreds
of dead i and - wounded upon the battle
fields.. The :Nlcaraguans also captured
many prisoners, among them several
high -officers, •besides. 2000 ; rifles and
great, quantities of .war munitions.
''The defeated Sal vadoran officers in
cluded General Prea, : .General Avolar
and General Colocho. The Honduran
commander defeated ' was General Li
conla. '- ;.,"". (
"The Nlcaraguans ; lost • many , men
wounded and had a few; killed.
"General 1 Lopez* Garcia and v Colonel
Pedro Nolasco , have ; been defeated, at
Maraita by. the Honduran ; and Salva
dorean forces. '• Many NNlcaraguan sol
diers and: a number •of rifles : with am
munition were; captured by the allied
troops. .:
.; "La* Celba, a Honduran port upon the
i Atlantic,:: has •: been captured' i by 'the
Nlcaraguan forces.',* .
MARINES ARE LANDED
Uncle Sam Is ; Prepared •to j-. Protect
Foreign" Interests ?
WASHINGTON. ; ;; March ' 21.—Blue
jackets and . marines have been landed
from the , United ; States i gunboat Mari
etta at' Trujillo and -Ceiba. and prob
ably :; at ; Puerto Cortez, ; Honduras,' in
order,* to • protect American Interests In
those ports. : Advices to this effect were
received :-at ' the Navy Department; to
day <, from Commander Fullam of the
Marietta,' and they were at once trans
mitted to the State -Department.,
; The Navy Department feels^that the
action ;. taken ;; by .Commander, Fullam
brings the situation completely j in ", hand
so far as the; ; safeguarding; of trade in
terests 2ls i concerned. "' .The "i landing sof
bluejackets "; ;• and ; marines >- and :-fC the
patrolling -of i shores ; of the -\ Central
American' republics jby American troops
before 'trading ; had been i mo
lested in : any- manner,' or] foreign : Inter
ests, Jeopardized is regarded here as a
diplomatic move ' that ; will prevent ' any
international i > 'complications lv, growing
out Jof ithe^ policy^ of the -United- States
not to I permiti t European I demonstrations
In : Central ' American or . South 'American
waters. -\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0_ -\^L '-:;",_"\u25a0 a '\u25a0'•'.-.'
Both coasts i of : the- warring Central
American republics are completely cov
ered ' by, American fgunboats." In; addi
tion 'to;. the >Marletta«on- the [Caribbean
coasts which. Is the i point' regarded as
most in danger/ the Paducah is farther
south' on : the Nlcaraguan coast, ;On the
Pacific 'coast \ are I the . Princeton, patrol
ling? the ~ Nlcaraguan \u25a0 coast, ; and the
Chicago 3 patrolling • the Sal vadoran and
Honduran i coasts. ';%:*', J .: '..
;• Joint by. Mexico and the
United States [ in •! the war which threat
ens ; to"' involve vail -Centrali'America.Vla
now -regarded \ as v probable* by ' dlplo
mats. .'•'.'\u25a0>' ' : : .-/-'\u25a0 '• ' . '..\i.- ;.*•\u25a0• r,A \u25a0"
AGAINST .CHANNEL TUNNEL : '
LONDON, •'•„ \ March -j 2 1.— The : revived
project 'of ; tunneling] the! English ? chan
nel^ received wi Its * deathblow.^at^ least
for j at long^time.^byj the i annouueement
lri^ Parliament^ today : of ithe f ? Govern
ment's\well; considered "decision "against
the'ehterprise> ; - ; ; - ; /, •"^;.<- % - '•""'-"-..
MERCED OFFICERS SHOT
BY DESPERATE MEXICANS
Constable and Deputy
Sheriff and Private Citi
zen Wounded
. MERCED, March 21. — Constable J.
H. McNamara, Deputy Sheriff George
Yoakum and Jack Middle ton were shot
this evening while attempting to ar
rest Juan Perez and Antone Montan.
Mexicans, .who had escaped from the
chain gang at the county Jail this- af
ternoon."' ;\u25a0 •
McNamara was shot In the chin, the 1
bullet , ranging downward and lodging
In the shoulder. . His condition is se
rious. One of the bullets of the Mexi
cans grazed Yoakum's forehead. Jack
Middle ton was rassing along in the
vicinity of the shooting and was struck
in the arm by a stray bullet.
The shooting occurred In the tender
loin district, where the Mexicans were
hiding. The officers got one of them
down on the sidewalk, but his cries
brought- his companion to the rescue.
The latter began shooting and before
the officers could retaliate the fugitives
escaped in the darkness.
SUCCESSOR TO DOWIE
GUADALAJARA, Mex., March 21.—
Deacon John Lewis, an official of the
Zion church who arrived . In Guadala
jara last week to look over some . min
ing Investments, received . today, . the
news of his appointment as first apos
tle of the church by the last will , and
testament' of John 'Alexander Dowle.
Leyris intends to return to Chicago Im
mediately and take charge of the busi
ness affairs of Zion.
AGITATORS ARE VOTED
DOWN AT GOLDFIELD
Miners Decide to Keep Aloof
From Industrial
Workers \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0*•
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
GOLDFIELD, March 21.— Despite the
efforts of the agitators and question
i able methods employed by those hav
ing the election in charge, the result
of the referendum vote taken .yester
day and announced this afternoon was
an overwhelming victory for the law
and order element among the miners.
The vote was to determine whether or
not the miners should hold meeting*
separately from those of the L W. W.
It was feared that the socialistic ele
ment would prevail and defeat the
measure, and there is no little satis
faction over the result. A large num
ber of the ballots, mostly marked
"yes," were found hidden In a pile of
ashes back of the hall, and It Is openly
charged that a number of I. W. "W.
members voted several times.
The result of the vote, as finally
given out, is 1120 in favor of separate
meetings and 76S against The victory
of the miners Is unquestionably a long
step in the direction of a settlement
of the labor difficulties in this camp,
and is hailed with delight by all but
the socialistic contingent and the
L VT. W.
ARRESTED FOB DEBT — retalnms, M*rcb 21.
Le« Fuller. 1 IVtaluma contrtctor. who ni ir
rested in San Francisco on Wednesday by Mu
ghal Ward of Petaluma. Is charged with hariaz
defrauded an Innkeeper. R. H. Johnson, for
merly of the Petaluma Hotel, swore to the com
plaint. Fulletv was released on bonds and will
bare a hearing" next Tuesday.