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The World's Seed Garden Is in the Santa Clara Valley. See the Illustrated Article in The Sunday Call Next Sunday VOLUME CVIIL— NO. S3. MANIAC RUNS AMUCK ON SHIP Captain E. B. Wood of the Steamer Buckman and Then Himself SHOOTFNG FOLLOWED 'BY LEAP OVERBOARD Insane Passenger Identified as Fred Thomas, but Little Is Known of Him OTHERS SCURRY FOR SHELTER AFTER SHOT FRED THOMAS, an insane pas senger who had run amuck on the upper deck of the steamer Buck man, bound from this port for Seat tic, snot and instantly killed Captain *-• •». wood,w ood, commander of the vessel yesterday morning while the boat was making its way southward just off the Oregon coast. Before he could be overpowered he ran to the rail and threw himself into the ocean, The first information of the double tragedy was conveyed to this city in a telegram from H. F. Alexander at Tacoma. president of the Alaska-Pa cific steamship company, owners of the Buckman. The message was ad dressed to-W. D. Wells", general agent of the company here and ran as fol lows: Wireless Flashes Tragedy "Received wireless from Buckman j advising Captain Wood was shot and j instantly killed thi> morning early by • insane passenger named Fred Thom as. It* ,mas atterwards jr.mped over board. 'Have wired Mrs. Wood at Portland suggesting that she take ; \u25a0 .. .^ Shasta limited tonight. Will wire you a,-jain when I hear from her. Notify Wood's brothers; also coroner, and do everything necessary. Answer this wire promptly. H. F. Alexander." While details of the dual tragedy arc lacking, the. steamship officials here presume that Captain Woods met his death while .endeavoring to pacify the demented man. They be lieve that Thomas must have shown come previous signs of insanity and that when the captain was called in to take charge of him, the latter drew a revolver and shot him. What little news they have indicates that the shooting of the captain creat ed a panic among the passengers and sent them scurrying to their cabins for shelter, the fear being that having killed Captain Woods the maniac would begin shooting indiscriminately at any and all who croesed his path. The panic was short lived. The' officers of the boat had the situation in hand in c moment and advanced toward Thoma s. The latter did not wait for them. Plunges Into Ocean Casting his revolver from him into the ocean he caught the top rail and deliberately vaulted overboard. He sank iron^diately and was never seen again. The Buckman. commanded now by .Second Officer Brennan, who has been sHjring as first officer during this trip, J-.^theaabsenee of First Officer Peterson. •tvlio is on a shore leave, is due in port kt 11 o'clock this morning with the body of Captain Wood aboard. Captain Wood has been in the service of the Alaska-Pacific company for five years as commander of the Buckman. and has always been considered one of the most efficient officers in the employ. He was 38 years old and leaves a. wife, but no children. Mrs. Wood was on a visit to Seattle, and when apprised of the death of her husband left on the Fhasta Limited last night. Wife Survives Victim The parc-nts of Captain Wood are dead," but he leaves three brothers, a sister and a half brother. The sister is Mrs. Arthur House of Mill Vallej'. The brothers are Seabury M. Wood of 2616 California street, who is employed by the Southern Pacific company as an agent to meet incoming steamers; Charles N. Wood of 6525 Raymond street, Oakland, and W. H. Wood, agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad at Sacramento. J. M. B. Atkinson, an insurance broker of Se r attle, is a half brother of* the dead captain. Fred Thomas, the maniac, booked his passage from Seattle, but the steam st.ip officials have been unable to fden tiVy him. Captain Wood has been at lea since he was 13 years old. and* com manded the steamship Jcannie prior to taking the Buckmart The San Francisco Call. FIRES DOOM MONTANA AND IDAHO TOWNS FLAMES CAUSE $1,000,000 LOSS AT WALLACE All Night Fight Saves Town, But Hundreds Are Left Without Homes 24 MEN PERISH Section of Wallace Destroyed During Night, but Morning Dawns on Victory Western Montana and Idaho Continue to Suffer and Many Residents Flee WALLACE,* Idaho, Aug. 21.— Fire fighters prevailed after an all night struggle with the flames that swooped down upon this city last night from the blazing for ests, and the greater part of Wallace was saved, though fivo persons suf fered death and the property loss amounted to $1,000,000. Daylijht this morning showed that the imminent danger of* the city's de struction had passed but it brought also confirmation of losses which were only rumored and suspected during the conflagration of the night. John J. Boyd, a pioneer of the Coeur d'Alenes, and former. Oregon Railroad and Navigation agent was suffocated in his home while trying to rescue the family. 'Two unidenti fied men were incinerated in the ruins of the Michigan hotel, and another man was burned in the. Coeur d'Alene hotel. William Hearmouth of Win nipeg, fire lighter, single, and Joe Fenc, fire fighter, single, suffocated in a tunnel on Placer creek. Many Fire Fighters Perish Of the fire fighting forces, an accur ate toll of the dead and wounded is quite unavailable, but the dead, it is known, number 24. the total injured 25, in addition to 10 blinded. The steady work of the city fire de partment, members of the Twenty fifth infantry, volunteers and forestry forces alone saved Wallace from anni hilation. Eastern Section Destroyed The entire eastern section from Seventh street to Canyon was de stroyed with three terraces of resi dences on the hillside. The principal buildings burned and the estimated loes^s follow: . V- . Coeur d'Alene iron works, foundry i and warehouse, $100,000; Standard oil company, $20,0(T0; Coeur d'AJene hard ware company, $150,000; Worstell fur niture company, $50,000; Smith & Fish er, $50,000; Sunset brewery, $50,000; Oregon railroad and navigation com pany, passenger station and row of box cars. $50,000; Pacific hotel and annex, owned by W. L. James of Spokane, $60,000; Times printing company, $25, 000; Worstell furniture company, $50,000. About 150 residences were destroyed and many other smaller business places. Providence hospital and the Federal company's big mills are the only build ings saved in the east ertd. The forest supervisor reports the en tire country between Wallace and the St. John river "is swept practically clean and the loss of timber is stupen dous. -S\. Burke and Alullan Threatened . Fires between Burke and' Mullan threatened both towns tonight and many women and Children were shipped out. At 10 o'clock the blaze at Mullan was under control, but a . bad blaze was raging above Burke. \ ; * Dead Remain Unidentified It is impossible to learn' the names of the dead, most of whom came in from Spokane and other points at the call of the forestry service. The bodies are being buriud wherever they are found. . Days and weeks may elapse before anything like a complete estimate of the fatalities is available. Two or three hundred persons are left homeless in Wallace. The water supply is good. " The lighting plant, which was disabled last night, has re sumed 'operations. HUNDREDS FLEE FROM FLAMES IN MONTANA MISSOULA, Mont., Aug. 21.— The for est fires in western Montana and Idaho are sweeping over a vast area, driving hundreds of fugitives before them, de stroying small settlements and- wiping -Continued on Page 2, Column 0 SAX FRANCISCO, MONDiiY, OTGUSTJ-22,v 1910. Situation in Brief With Partial Loss Fifty dead in and around W'nl lin-r. Idaho; property lotos ft 1.000 .-000. Fire has not enlarged area liurncd Saturday nip lit. Mullan probably safe, but fires threaten. \u25a0 . Elk City reported still un burned. Four or more dead in fires near Xewport, Waoh. One hundred and eighty men in the forestry service are miss* injr in the St. Joe country. 'J'afi, Mont., ha* been burned;- Saltese is nurrouuded by fire; Dc Borgia and St. Hcri* are nrriously threatened; llaughan, ' Mont., is reported destroyed. / Solid line of fire from Thomp son Fullx, Mont., \u25a0 for 50 miles to Idaho line, with portions of Belknap. White Pine, Xoxon and Heron burning. Conflagration rages in Galla tin forest, Montana. Thompson Falls is iif peril. t Anntone, Asotin ; county, Wash.,: Is threatened with destruction.*. * . Ymir, B. C, is in danger from fires which are burning: tin the bush. Other fires are gaining headway in that region and the situation Is alarmingr. Avcrjr, Idaho, destroyed and people flook to Tekoa. Xeiharf, Mont., is burning. TWO KILLED IN FAMILY FIGHT Brother Slays Brother and Girl Meets Death in Desperate Encounter [Special Dispatch to The Call] CROCKETT. Aug. 21.— Two are dead and five seriously injured as the result of a family feud that .was fought out last night between three brothers, their wives and children. The perpe trator of the double murder is in jail at Martinez, with several others con cerned in the bloody battle, and the wounded men and women are being cared for in the Contra Costa county hospital. The cause of the outbreak lies in the animosity that has embittered Stfffino Belleci and his two brothers, Joseph and Frank, since Stefino was arrested some time ago on complaint \ of his relatives for malicious mischief. At a gathering in the Toscani hotel here last night Stefino drank late with several companions and, armed with a revolver, rifle, razor and knife, went direct to the home of his brother Jo seph. He burst through the door, call ing that, he would murder his brother, but finding only the women of the family home, he attacked them with the razor, cutting Mrs. Belleci and her mother on the head, face" and neck. Frank Belleci. who lives next. door, rushed into 'the home and at this Ste fino produced the revolver and fired. The bullet went wild, and Frank se cured possession of the weapon after a struggle, in which he received a deep knife wound in the breast. Rosie Bel leci, Frank's daughter, went to her father's aid as he lay on the floor be neath his brother's upraised knife. Her uncle lifted his rifle and pressed the trigger as the girl sprang to her father's aid, and the bullet struck N her in the head, causing, instant death. Joseph Belleci and Salvator Belleci, a son of Frank, arrived at the home at this time, and Joseph seized a rifle and^ shot Steflno in the breast, inflicting a wound that may prove fatal. Stefino returned the fire with his revolver, which he had wrested from Frank, and killed Joseph with a single shot. -'By 'now relatives of the combatants were gathering from all parts of the town, armed with knives and revolvers, but Deputy Sheriff James Fox. calling together a few, citizens, rushed into the house and put the men and women un der arrest, though Stefino made a des perate fight to escape. A telephone call to Martinez brought Deputy Sher iffs Howard Veale and Charles^ Palmer, with John Hauser, deputy :: coroner. Though there were evidences "; that the relatives of ; the arrested men .were' in ugly mood, the officers "prevented any demonstration. • :\u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0 .*\;.z- : :~-l WELL KNOWN PRISON GUARD SERIOUSLY ILL George • Dunbar, a guard 'at San Quentin prison,, was Uaken from' a ho tel at 89. Broadway late; last night and removed to St; Mary's 7 liospital.v He is suffering from peritonitis' and; is'lnYa serious, condition.*- v Dunbar ' has ' been' employed ': as a ; guard at. the: state pri son \u25a0 for. a number.,, of 'years r and " -is well known- about thebay cities. *\u25a0'\u25a0-':'.'< Some 'of the main buildings in the \u25a0 low^ VALUABLE GOVERNMENT [Special Dispatch to The Call] £ WASHINGTON. Aug. • ' 21. — Several valuable documents 'to be on flic In the state.department containing the ..records,- of immigration .at. several of the most' important .ports; of entry of this country; j including; San; Fran cisco, are . "missing. ' .This -fact'- was brought to-Uighti today .when anxomcial of \u25a0 the immigration * commission ? made a request* for; the complete set of rec ords for, the last-three, quarters .of the fiscal year : ended -June .! 30," 1868.". A thorough ; but ' unsuccessful search ;• for the missing/documents was jmade by the bureau* of .indexes: and archives. : "The immigration' 'commission- has'un REVOLUTIONISTS ASSUME CONTROL OH NICARAGUA NEW ORLEANS; Aug.' 2 1.— According to cable advices v received* from 'Man agua, Jose Dolores Estrada, reported to have temporarily /received- the .reins of de factor • government of \u25a0 Nicaragua from Madriz, issued: a proclamation to day turning over the goVernment to the insurgents. - It is believed Juan "die > Es trada, leader of : the insurgents, will; be come, president.' . .... ,': . .' Death ta Yankees v^'WASHINGTON.^Aug/^i.^The provis- Inal government of Nicaragua- is \u25a0 totter ing, the. Madriz army ; is demoralized, SENS ATION MA Y LURK IN STATE BOARD'S MEETING [Special Diipalch iq The Call] y SACRAMENTO, .Aug. 21.— The 5 state board 'of equalization .meets 'tomorrow, and >it wasCstated' at^theTcapitoF that 10 county 'assessors :had v been} cited 'to appead .afidr explain* .^the : assessment rolls" which they : have; submitted. * • r 'Among -the "assessors., cited ; are 'those from. San . Francisco,<-Santaj.Cruz,- San Joaquin, Los ; Anseles c -and Jliiveirtside.C, s dertaken to compile -a- table showing the. total, immigration . to • the. United States from the . year 1522- to- date by years, ports of .entry and. sexes. To ' obtain this information it was necessary to, go \u0084to . the files xof :. the state'-department,, where original -ship ping were V supposed ~ to be stored. ; None "of the ; manifests for' the last, nine months ;• of the -year 'ending June i .30,,1565,;. can >. be ', _ found .-',for ; the ports* of Portland; -Philadelphia, 'Balti more, 7 Charleston, .Savannah', Key. West, New. Orleans,; Galveston and San Fran cisco. -It- is feared - that 'i many valuable records supposed to be safely stored. in the state, department^ have been 'lost. consternation.' reigns in^Managua,, and Doctor ; Madriz,-.his general in chief,.Tol edo,, and: General I ri as are preparing to flee from the country. This, is the news received, today, from United States Con suls; Ollvares ,at Managua, and-'John son, at" Corlnto. ~ : ~] '•'. :; > ; " • \u25a0'.".' .; \u25a0•.. :\u25a0' In Managua.crowds are crying "Death to : the Yankees.'- \u25a0 , • ;>; > The cruisers. Vicksburg, 'and : York town are ;atCorinto,and ; the American legation and. consulates. "at Managua are under police guard. ; Preparations have been made to' meet'attaeks on' American lives and' property.'* - \u25a0•\u25a0 * • . v The citing of the "county assessors -of i Riverside and Los means" that , the controversy ' which \u25a0 developed" seri i sations: last : year! may.be; re<^i/ined. v JThe I Los^ ;Angeies --assessment- .Aqlls J^jve're "^adjudged; too^low" by "the 'state :eq\ial ? izersillasfyear ahd;were boosted almost i.50 "per* een£~ causing a' ruction''^;' the \u25a0 state ; ;board,'vas;iwell as jbittj^ ; feeling i ini the souUu : • "•"--:<"\u25a0. -A^O^ THEWEATHBR^^. iY'ESTERDA Y— Maximum &npcratffeA>4^ minimum temperature, 50. ft pi w 'FORECAST FOR TODAy^ifSl^/] light northwest ivrnd. V\.\vV «&$ JAPAN ANNEXES HERMIT KINGDOM Vi > Dynasty in \Korea ; Falls Be= \u25a0 * \ fore . Conquerors After [ ;• VV " 518 Years: .TOKYp, Aug. ,21.— Within the week "the -hermit kingdom" and the empire of; Korea will- become historical terms, 12,000.000 people will be added to the population \u25a0of Japan -and territory as' large as England will be one -part of the Japanese empire. ; ' . Theltreaty of Portsmouth, which set ,tled'th6;war between Japan and Rus sia,'', pro'vlcles that Japan shall have the "guidance, protection and' control. of •Korea and the last stage of this "agree ment _is ; now: becoming an' actuality .af.ter.-i^hree years of experimenting to discover a practical ~ method ' for -con servation of, the. national entity- of .the Korean, peninsula. The privy council of Japan today was summoned to* meet at " 10 :"30/o'cfock to morrow" mourning, and this is, regarded by well informed persons as practically the signal to' complete the negotiations .between ; Lieutenant; General Terauchl, the 'Japanese ' resident : general in Ko rea,-and'the emperor of Korea and his "which have continued a week. •Whiler the /negotiations are shrouded in : official j silence 'there 'no longer can be'anyTdoubV that .the' Korean' emperor has^ agreed to "sign' -a convention by which,, inoriew.of the untenable condi tions obtaining, he*andhis ; government and people consent'to theabsolute con trol of Korea by Japan.' \u25a0I The* Yi. dynasty in ,K6rea hi|i, lasted forHlS years. Seven branches of the family remain and ,'the heads of , these -will-be given -rank as princes. 'Throughout- negotiations the mass of the, Koreans have. been' kept in entire ignorance ; of -what 'has'"been-transpir ing.; The newspaper censorship is com plete j'and;, Japanese newspapers have "not 'been' permitted to be' sold in Korea. 4 It ; is not^believed thatfannexationby rJapan. will -involve, disturbances in any section of Korea, which is thoroughly \u25a0policed. , -; . BRITISH. CRUISER RUNS " INTO QUELPART ISLAND »Bedford*ls "Ashore and: Japanese "Wairships Will Aid It ;< TOKYO.'Aug; 21— The British cruiser ißedford ran ashore on the -southwest portion - . of Quelpart island; today/. Jap anese warship's have^ been sent :to.iis assistance. s i The r weather ; is bad. >: The \u25a0Bedford /at; the. time ~of the acident was sailing : with. the .British! squadron"; from China, ;for* Nagasaki, Japan, japan../;-..-. :;,.„,.. . ... . ; ....;;. :, ;:; \u0084..,_ PRICE FIVE >m^sT^ FIRST TRAIN HAILED BY TOWN AND GABIN Mountaineers snd Hundreds From Country Villages Wild ly Cheer for Western Pacific Special , NOISIER GREETINGS ARE FOLLOWED BY SPEECHES Road Passes Through Wonder ful Country in -Which Vast Area Is Still in Its Vir gin MARVELOUS Su : LINES PA :' ; <j: RAILVMY ERNEST S. SIMPSON [Special Dhpatch to The Call} OROVILLE. Aug. 21.— This day "through the ranyons to the waters of the west" the West ern Pacific led its iron stallions down to drink. It has been a great day for north ern California. More than a half century the sturdy folk of these mountains and valleys have waited for jthe first transcontinental train. To see how they welcomed the train has been a spectacle worth long- jour neying. It began early in the morning when the special wound through the long Beckwith tunnel, which pierces the Sierra divide for the. Western Pacific, and drew up at the new made town of Portola. There the people of the new countryside were gathered to set a look at -the first overland trai/j of the system that now links them to the busy world. Night at Oroville Tonight the first day of the Cali fornia phase of the spectacle reached a climax here at Oroville, where we halt until morning in order that there may be no travel in the dark and so that the entry into Oakland and the Pacific terminus may be made Mon day afternoon in due state and style. The Oroville celebration was well done, after the enthusiastic and whole souled fashion of a community from which any city north of the Tehachapt might very well take lessons. in civic team work. Four of the Orovillians, they don't mind the smile provoking designation, were on hand ak Portola with a ton of fruit — melons, oranges, grapes, peaches and figs — with badges of thcrr favorite golden yellow to pin on every breast and with four des tined lines of Orovillc talk just to give the travelers a foretaste of tonrght's rousing welcome. The Oro ville advance guard was made up «ff X. B. Cran,?, secretary of the chamMf of commerce; A. M. Smith. E. Meyer and Major A. F. Jones, veteran boomers and boosters all. From every cross roads and every cabin in the pine clad uplands with hat. hand or 'kerchief greetings were waved to the speeding train. Powder Burned Hisrh up in the Sierra valley, the fer tile mCadow land that lies at the very top of the mountain barrier, a stalwart rancher stood close to his cottage wait- Ing for the tsain, and as it came abreast of him he presented arms with his shotgun and then blazed away with both barrels at the blue sky, the first powder burned In California in honor of the "Western Pacific's completion. Though he may not have heard them, appreciative cheers and shouts were tossed back to him from every open car window. A little farther on another Sierra val ley man had brought bis wife and the baby to get the first look at the-his toric first passenger train. Their expe dition seemed to bo chiefly for the baby's benefit. „ Held high in its father's arms, the future citizen or cltizeness of proud Plumas was given the first and best look at the flying special. In its beginnings, at least, the people are for the "Western Pacific, doubtless because they believe that the new road is for them for their prosperity. To Blalsden they came by saddle and team. Village Band Was There Johnsville sent, a decorated wa.goi> with its band, wide halted mountain men blowing and thumping out melody with a refreshing fervor. Women and babies were there In summer white, with flags and smiles and cheers. A; C." Agnew climbed ; into ' the bane wagon and steadied _ himself .with on* hand by 'the- streaming silken flag a* he {told f h«i his own Johnsville and al of prosperous :Plura*s how sood if. f«S -