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The morning call., 1891-01-12
Elevated Railroad Collision.

New YORK, Jan. 11.-This morning
collision occurred on the Third avenue
line of the Manhattan Elevated Road. A
switch engine had occasion to go out on the
main track, and the danger signal was set.
Disregarding this southbound train came
along at full speed and crashed into the
switch engine, tearing away the footpath
street below The engineer and fireman
were seriously injured. The collision
created panic among four carloads of pas
Sengers on the train, but no one was hurt
The switch engine in falling to the street
struck wagon standing near the curb, and
smashed it to fragments.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
TWO STEAMERSSUNK
4 Disastrous Collision on the
Firth Of Forth.
PaTntlPS Very Bitter D6nunCiatiOn Of
Gladstone.
Outline Of His Address 10 Twenty Thousand
People at LimeriCk-A few
Inside Facts.

LONDON. Jan. 1.-THE steamer Brittania
from Leith came into collision with the
steamer Bear from Grangemouth in the
Firth of Forth, Scotland. at an early hour
this morning. The Bear sank Immediately.
and twelve Of the crew were lost, the others
being rescued by the Brittania's boats.
After the collision the Brittania. which was
badly damaged, transferred her forty pass
engers TO the steamer Thames, and was
taken in tow by that vessel. The hawser
connecting the vessels soon snapped
asunder, and before another line could be
carried to the damaged vessel she gave
plunge and sank beneath the waves. For
tunately the crew had put on life-belts, and
all. with the exception of the chief engineer
managed to keep af0at until picked up by
boats from The steamer Thames.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
The Dueber Manufacturing companu.

CANTON (Ohio), Jan. IA settlement
has been effected by number of prominent
citizens guaranteeing S9S GOO worth of notes
held by Charles Rood, which caused the
assignment of the Dueber Watch-case Manu-
featuring Company. Notes were given to
Rood IN payment for stock purchased in the
HamPden Company. All the other Due
Der creditors have agreed to an extension
and the works will probably start up in a
week. The assets of the Dueber Company
are 81, $4,000 and the liabilities S41O,0
10000 and the liabilities are 81. 20S coo.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
UXORICIDE.
A Wife Shot Four Times by Her Husband
During Quarrel

SACRAMENTO, Jan. ia Frenchman.
named August E. Forgous, had quarrel
with his wife this evening in the outskirts
OF the city, and it resulted in her death. He
says she was in liquor, and got his pistol and
hred shot at him; that he grappled with
her, and in the struggle for the weapon tina
latter was discharged and took effect in her
b0dy. When found the woman was dead.
The pistol lay by her and she had four bpIlet
wounds in the left breast. The pistol was a
six-shooter and had four chambers
empty, showing that none of ths
shots could have been fired at For
gous. He was arrested. The parties
were married two years ago. The deceased
woman has two married daughters. and a
son by former husband. The neighbOrs
say they heard the racket. and then the wO-
mans screams, and then the pistol shots.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
A Hearse Run Down at a Fnnero1

CHICAGO, Jan. 11.-A horrible accident
occurred this morning in the southern part
of the city. funeral cortege was on its
way to the cemetery, and the hearse, while
crossing state street, was struck
and completely wrecked. The driver was
probably fatally injured, and the casket
rolled over and over on the ground and
was somewhat damaged. Another hearse
was procured, and the funeral proceeded on
Its way
The morning call., 1891-01-12
A WINTER CAMP.

How to Keep Warm in the Woods With
the Mercury 80 Degrees Below Zero.
Cut two strong crotchPd posts, the one ten
the other four feet in length; these with a
stout pole eighteen feet long constitute the
tlmbers. Set the posts firmly in the ground
twelve feet apart and lay the pole in the
crotches, letting the small end, which should
be sharpened for the purpose, into the
ground foot or more, so that it cannot slip.
Fell straight basswood, poplar OF pine:
cut into proper lengths, and rive these into
shakes; place the shakes on each side of the
pole, letting them diyerge some eight or nine
The morning call., 1891-01-12
MRS. M'DowELL's MURDER.
Hale, the Man Accused of Being Her Assas
sin, in Jail at Merced

MERGED, Jan. 11.-Hale. the man accused
of the murder of Mrs. Mcdowell at Kints
Creek, Merced County. on Thursday night
last, was brought to Merced to-day at noon,
accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Stockird.
An Associa ted Press reporter visited the
Jail to inte rview Hale, but was Informed
that reporters were not admitted on SUM-
day. The jailer in charge said that Hale
refused to talk on the subject of the murder.
Merced jail is becoming quite noted. as it
now contains two men-0lsen and Hale
both charged with murder, each being held
ON purely circumstantial evidence.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
PENDING BILLS.
Programme Outlined for Congressional
Work During the Week.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-If the agreement
made last week is observed by the Senate
Wednesday will decide the fate of the FL
nancial Bill in that body. The proceedings
of the Senate after the Financial Bill is out
of the way depend largely on whether or not
the Republican Senators succeed in holding
a caucus, as il now seems likely. If they do
a vigorous effort will he made to push the
Elections Bill This failing the Apportion-
ment Bill, the Pension Appropriation Bill,
tine pending Labor Bill, the Copyright or
perhaps the Conger lard or the Paddock
pure food bill may come up.
The Shipping Bill and the Appropriation
bills Will be the chief matters for consdera-
tion in the House.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
Death of an Insane Man.

SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 11.-Joseph Lees, an
old resident OF Marin County, who has been
confined in Jail here, awaiting examination
by the Commissioners of Insanity, died this
morning. The deceased has been acting
rather strange of late, and last Thursday
was arrested on a warrant sworn TO by a.
Z. McAllister, Superintendent of the County
Farm, setting forth that he was dangerous
to be at large. He had reached the age of
The morning call., 1891-01-12
HEAVY ROBBERY.
a Jeweler Loses Twelve Thousand Dollars
Worth of Diamonds.

WOrLu Ol UldmOuQS,
Los ANGELES, Jan. ia $4,000 dia-
mond robbery has just come to light. On
the evening of the 7th l.. NJ. Wagner, Jew
eler, reported at police headquarters the loss
of his pocket-b book and diamonds, supposed
to have dropped out of his pocket while out
driving. An advertisement was also in-
serted in the papers offering $500 reward for
the return of the property and no questions
asked. No description of the property was
given, nor its probable value. Wagner now
says the diamonds were stolen from his desk
in the store, and the loss is about $4,000.
He says San Francisco man, jeweler, was
in the store, and he showed him the dia-
mondS and then placed them in drawer of
his desk and went out riding. On his re-
turn the diamonds and pocket-book were
missing. There is no trace of either. Wag-
ner refuses TO give the name of the man who
was in the store and went riding with him,
and declines to give any particulars beyond
the fact that the diamonds were stolen and
the loss is So 600.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
George Newman of This City shot.

SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 11.-George Newman
of San Francisco. while out hunting quail
yesterday afternoon, met with what may
prove to be a fatal accident. He and two
others were about t0 pitch their tent for the
night, and when Newman went to take his
gun from the wagon il was in some way dis
charged, badly shattering his face, and COM
pletely seYering the ear. Doctors went to
the scene Of the accident and fixed him as
comfortable as possible. 1t will be some
days before he can be removed to his
homo
The morning call., 1891-01-12
SENATOR HEARST DYING.
His Disease Is Cancer cf The Stomach,
and He May Die at Any Moment.

NEW YORK. Jan. ia Washington
special says that Senator Hearst Is at deaths
door. His family have given up all hope of
his recovery, and his relatives have been
summoned to his bedside. They say he is
liable 10 pass away at almost any
time. His maIady is cancer Of the
stomach, which has grown far more
aggravated within the past day or two, and
the Senator suffers intensely. His 70 years
make his fight for life one-sided affair,
and the news of his death may now be ex-
pected at almost any hour. His men of
affairs have been engaged recentIyin invoic-
ing his estate, and they say he viii leave a
fortune Of at least twenty millions of dol
lars
The morning call., 1891-01-12
The siskiunn shrieualtu

YREKA, Jan. IL Superior Judge 3.
Beard yesterday rendered decision in tho
contest for the Sheriff>hip in favor OF
Walker, the Republican candidate. It is
thought that the case will be carried to thd
between the two contestants themselves,
but between the Democratic and Republi-
can parties Of the county.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
Drunken Indians Drowned.

SEATTLE. Jan. ia special to the Post
Intelligencer from Vancouver, B. c.. says:
Captain George, chief of tribe of Indians
resident on Seymour Creek, about three
miles above this city, together with another
Indian and squaw, came in from their
ranch this morning. While returning home Q
this afternoon i'll their canoe an alteration
The morning call., 1891-01-12
THE SILVER SITUATION.

speculations Regarding the Fate of the
Free Coinage Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ia representa-
tive of the Califoforna Associated Press, in
his rounds tonight, ran across group of
free coinage agtators who were discussing
the silver situation at Wizards Hotel. The
impression prevailed among them that the
Free Coinage Bill would pass both Houses
and be signed by the President. Senator
Stanford thinks that President Harrison
will sign the bill, but at the same time he
will send n special message to Congress
saying that he is opposed TO the bill, bat
signs it out Of Difference to popular
demand.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
Funeral Of Mark Twain,s Mother.

ELMiRA, Jan. 11-Rev. T. d. Beecher
preached the funeral sermon of Mrs. Lang
don, the mother of S. L. Clemens Mark
1wain). Neither Mr.. Clemens nor his " ife
attended, but listened by telephone, 450
miles away, in Hartford. Conn.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
Commander Reiter,s Case

NEW YORK, Jan. 12-The Herald's Wash
ington special says: 1t is the general opn-
ion among naval officers here that Com
mander Reiter has done the correct thing in
asking for a court-martial. They nearly all
admit that the reprimand OF the Secretary
OF the Navy was severer than circumstances
justified an1 that it was too much for any
officer to stand without a protest
The morning call., 1891-01-12
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

occurred between the two men in which an
ak and hammer were used. During the
melee the canoe was cut open and broken
IN several places, the three occupants being
thrown into the water where the currens
was very swift, and all were drowned. The
bodies have not been recovered. The Indi-
ans were supposed to have been drinking
heavily, and were unable to make any efTort
to save themselves.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
SAN BERNAKDINo COUNTY.
A Monster Protest Being Signed Against
County Division

SAN BERNARD1No, Jan. IL. = Ontario,
Cucamonga and Etiwanda are signing a
monster protest against county division to
be forwarded to the Legislature. Redlands
will send two representatives to Sacramento
to oppose the county division. Cotton held
meeting last night to raise funds to send a
delegate to oppose the Riverside scheme.
Monday night mass-meeting will be held
in San Bernardino, and a strong lobby will
be chosen to so to Sacramento. The action
OF j. 8 Noyes, Chairman of the Republican
County Central Committee, in fayoring
county division, is universally denounced as
being made without authority,
The morning call., 1891-01-12
Er11it PLANTING

SANTA MARIA. Jan. 11.-Several or
chards. of from fifty to 200 acres in extent,
are being planted here this season. Fruit
men from the best sections of the State ara
buying land for fruit purposes. The cOun-
try is in fine condition and the outlook fo
all PURPOSES is good
The morning call., 1891-01-12
Blast Furnaces Shut Down.

CLEVELAND Ohio, JAM 11.-An but two
blast furnaces in Mahoning Valley shut
down to-day in pursuance of an agreement
reached two weeks ago. owing to Increased
fallroad rates and high prices of coke. Ten
thousand men are idle.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
LAND FORFEITURE.
Action Taken Of Great Interest to Many
Settlers in California.

WASHINGTON. Cd. c.. Jan. 11.-Secre-
tary Mobiles letter to Congress in submitting
the recommendations of Land Commissioner
Goff is of the greatest Importance to thous-
ands OF settlers in California. Under the
Land Forfeiture Act, passed last Septem-
ber, yer three million acres of the Southern
Pacific lands were forfeited. Commissioner
Goff'S letter to Congress is as follows:
In the matter OF the forfeiture OF grants made
ey Congress TO AID in the construction of rail-
roads, opposite to and cOterminus with the
portions OF any such railroads not constructed
ana III operation on September %, 1890, the
uate OF The passage OF the act, have TO call at
tenlion 10 the fact that The limit prescribed by
The act for the requirement OF rights by settlers
purchasers and others, runs from the date OF
the passage of the act. In case of settlers
rights. six mouths from the date of The passage
OF the act Is the period limited by the act, and
as about three months have now expired, and
even were action taken al once more than six
weeks more would be necessary before the lands
determined upon could be actually opened to
entry, it is apparent that the time that viii re-
main Of the SIX months after, the actual opera
tion OF the bill will be but little, perhaps a
feiture is being resisted by the companies 1t
would be difficult 10 state when the matter will be
finally determined, and have therefore 10 rec
ommend, III view OF the numerous complications
that have arisen aud The time that must neceS-
saTily be consumed in proper consideration OF
the claims Of all parties presented before a final
the attention OF Congress be called 10 the matter
aud II possible that such legislation be secured,
10 the end that said act may be so amended that
the periods liked within which rights granted may
be asserted shall begin to run from the actual
toratiOn OF the lands under the act, and not from
The date of The passage OF The act. In this way
all matters presented can be fully considered
and the rights Intended TO be given by Congress
can be made available 10 arties.
In transmitting Goff's letter, Secretary
Noble says:
Believing as do that by such an amendment
the interests OF those coming within the pro-
visions of said act would be more fully protected
and tile ends Intended by said act more surely
attained. heartily join in The recommendation
OF the Commissioned.
In response to these communications
Senator Dolph promptly introduced ana the
Senate yesterday passed bill carrying out
the recommendations presented above. The
House will probably do likewise this week.
This will have the effect of relieving the
Land Department and the settlers of COM
phcations arising out of the passage of the
The morning call., 1891-01-12
Annie Oakley Not Dead.

BALTIMORE, Jan. ia private letier
received here contradicts the recently pub
lished story of the death of Miss Annie
Oakley, the marvellous female rifle shot,
She is alive and well in London.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
Snow in Taxas

DAN ANTONIO Tex.), Jan. 11.-Snow fell
last night at Del Rio. 150 miles west of here
on the Southern Pacific road, the first in four
years, and the fall was. the deepest ON
record, being five inches. The storm was
general west of there.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
AN ALAMEDA IMPROVEMENT.
Handsome Iron Bridge to Be Constructed
Over Park Street.

WASHINGTON Cd. c., Jan. Ill. A.
Grant. Assistant Secretary of War, has
written as follows concerning the construc-
tion of bridge over the tidal canal, Park
street, Alameda: 81 have the honor to in
form you that Colonel G. H. Mendell of the
corps of engineers, the officer in charge of
the works, reports that it is proposed to
erect a handsome iron bridge at the point in
question:" The advertisement having been
published and specifications being in
print, it is expected that the bridge
will be completed during the summer.
The morning call., 1891-01-12

ELK GARDEN (W. Va.). Jan. lion the
inclined plane of the Atlantic mine yester
day. the cable broke, letting the car go
down the plane at terrific speed. Two
men were killed and several badly injured
The morning call., 1891-01-12
a Suspected Murderer

MADRID, Jan. 1.-THE man arrested at
Olot on suspicion of being Padlewski, the
murderer of General Sliverskof, is exhibit
ing symptoms Of insanity The police lack
convincing proof Of his identity, and French
police agents are now on their way to Olot,
The morning call., 1891-01-12
SNUBBED THE CLERK.

Young, but She Wasn't to Be Told About
Baby Carriages.
There was a little. young thing, with
childlike eyes and a positively infantile
smile, buying baby carriage. She might
have been 16 years old, but the smart and
painfully blonde clerk who was exhibiting
The morning call., 1891-01-12
EIectric-Light Plant Frozen In.

GRASS VALLEY, JAN 11.--This town has
no electric lights tonight, because the wa
ter-pOwer that runs the dynamos is all
frozen. EThe miners are still idle.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
Proposition for Disarmament.

NEW YORK, Jan. PA SUMS Berlin
dispatch says; "There is rumor
that Emperor William has during
the past week been engaged upon
negotiations for a proposition for European
disarmament 1t is SAID that he has en-
tirely gained the Emperor of Austria over
to the idea
The morning call., 1891-01-12

CHICAGO, Jan. 11.-As result of an at
tempt of the employers to enforce new
wage scale, the employees OF all the stone
yards in the city will strike.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
SaW-Mill Rnrnad

NORFOLK (Va.), Jan. 1.-The Tuns Lum-
Der Company's saw-mill plant was burned
to-day. Loss. &lOO.OOO
The morning call., 1891-01-12
BADLY BEATEN.
| What 1t Costs n Cinnamon to Give His

What 1t Costs n Cinnamon to Give His
Evidence.
In the case Of Chu Fook, charged with the
murder of Wong All Lee, the hearing of
which Is being held before Police Judge
Joachimsen, Wong Que Chuck testified
against the defendant on Friday last Last
night he was enticed into the headquarters
of the Gong Ah Long Society at 13 Bren ham
place and beaten nearly to death. The in
Jured Chlnaman was removed to the home
OF sam Sing at 75S Clay street, where he now
lies at the point of death.
Mrs. Belle Wooster Higgins of Sullivan,
Me-, has had nineteen Years of sea life. an
has sailed to every part of the globe.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
Minister Pitkin,s Derarture Censnred

BUENos AYREs, Jan. Little American
residents Of the Argentine Republic are said
to be very indignant over the departure of
Minister Pitkin early in October last for
Louisiana, just when the affairs of the Re
public were at their m0stcrticaI period. On
October Sth he informed Consul Baker in an
Otfband way tnat he was going home and that
his Secretary would look after the affairs of
the Legation. On the Saturday following
Iitkin'S departure the Secretary of the Le-
CATION called on Baker and said: "WelI.
the games up. My time expires to-day and
am going to let you play Minister for
while"
" What on earth do you mean?" ejacula-
ted Baker. Well, just this. My salary
expires to-day, aud so do my official
functions. l am leaving at once, and you
had better 90 over aud close up. The land
lady has the keys, and the seal is in
the table-drawer Baker closed up the le-
cation, and ali of the residents except the
Americans laughed. Baker has written the
President to Inform him Of the curious
abandonment of the legation.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
GLADSTONE BLAMED.
Statements Made by Parnel Before Large
Assemblage at Limerick.

Statements Made by Parneu Before Large
Assemblage at Limerick.
LIMERICK, Jan. 11.-Fully 10000 persons
assembled here to-day to greet Parnell,
thousands coming from the adjoining
counties. He made q long speech. He held
that Gladstone caused the present trouble
by his mandatory letter. Referring to
Gladstone's denial Of the accuracy of his
statements regarding the interview at
HaU arden, Parnell read a letter he had writ
ten 10 Premier Rhodes at the Cape of Good
Hope, Warm friend of home rule, only
three months after the interview, making
the same assertions. Another important fact
yet unreyealed, Parnell said, he would now
publish. Twenty-fOur hours before issuing
his manifesto he saw Mccarthy, 10 whom he
told What lie intended to do, and gave an
outline Of the statement he was preparing
TO Issue as manifesto. Mccarthy, he had
reason to know, placed his Intentions be-
lore Gladstone. Kisses. Mccarthy also
communicated to him Gladstone'S obserya-
tlons upon the outline Of the manifesto,
and there was no reference whatever then
made by Gladstone against the manifesto
on the grounds of a breach of confidence.
lCries of Hear. Heart Touching the
present position of the land question, Par
nell thought the action of the Liberals
toward the Land Bill proposed by the Gov
ernment showed that the Liberals had no
genuine policy.
The leaders of the Liberal party. in order
TO concllate the Radical section, abandoned
the idea OF peasant proprietv and land pur-
chase, and, in order 10 conciliate the Wings,
refused to entertain proposals for the reduc-
ton Of rents by means Of amendments to the
Land Act of 1881, by comforting upon the
future Irish Parliament the power to deal
with the question. 1t was. therefore, per
fectly useless for the Liberals to talk about
home rule at all, because home rule SO re-
strlcted would be sham. Whatever might
be the motives of the Irish members who
opposed him, il was certain that they were
not In position to sit in judgment on him
or pretend to express, on the opinion
OF the country. Parnell said he could not
forecast the result of the present negotia-
tions without a breach of confidence. He
thought, however, tht O'Bren would not
object TO his saying that. so far, the negotia-
tlous had resulted in an agreement and that
they fully recognized that future steps will
have TO be taken by other men, upon whom
very great respOD sibiity viii rest, if MI
OBrien aud himself are not able to resume
negotiations with assured hope of success.
lCheers.I AS soon as the future of the Irish
question was secured he would cheerfuIly
retire from the leadership Of the Irish party
The future would vindicate him fully.
The morning call., 1891-01-12
OBITU AIRY.
ANDREW H. DILL.

Andrew II. Dill, United States Marshal
for the Eastern District of Pennsy lyania,
died yesterday in Philadelphia.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-30
Sousa'. Band Coming West.

WASHINGTON CITY. March 3l-The
Marine band, with Mr. John V Philip
Sousa, conductor, will leave next Tues
day for a months tour of the United
States. Miss Marie Decca will accompany
the band as the soprano. 1t will play at
Detroit, April -; Lansing and JaNson,
April "A; Battle Creek and Kalamazoo,
April Is; Grand Rapids, Mich. April 10;
Chicago, April 10 ard i; Sioux City.
Ia, April 90; Dss MONIES, Ia, April %:
Quincy. Ills, April "a; Springfield, His,
April p; Decatur Ills, April 26; Indian
aDoIis \ Drll %