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recent accident as to be able to be removed to
his fathers residence to-day.
Charles Kantze, well-borer, had two fingers
OF mis- left hand smashed between timbers This
morning. He went to the Receiving Hospital
Tor treatment.
Property-owners of Adeline sanitary district
voted yesterday in favor OF bonding for the
construction Of g sewer system. The vote was
30 In favor and against.
The Grand Jury was in session to-day pre-
pairing its final report. The members visited
the jail and expressed themselves as well
pleased with the condition OF things.
f. Percy Pease, an old resident of San Lean
gro, has been committed to the Agnews Insane
asylum by Judge Ellsworth. Pease has become
1emented through spiritualistic Investigations.
NJ is at times dangerous to be at large.
A family allowance of $500 month is asked
Tor the maintenance OF Mrs. Kate L. Kirkham
on petition OF her daughter, Mrs Kate Kirk
nam Wheeler- who is her Mothers guardian.
Inc estate has an income of $3.50 month.
There will be meeting of the Alameda
county Sportsmen st Judge Cliffs courtroom,
at Broadway and Eighth streets, tomorrow
evening, to discuss the advisability of holding
a dog show IN Oakland. All are cordially in
vited to attend.
Henry Wilkinson, charged with breaking
into the house of j. C. Butlar on Decem Der Is,
1893, is on trial to-day. When the defendant
was asked TO stand up for Identification he re-
FUSED TO do So and the Deputy Sheriff was di-
Iected TO stand him up, which he did. De-
1endants counsel took exception to this pro-
ceeding.
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Important

rescued and carried to the Receiving Hos
pital- where he now lies seriously injured.
But, while all the men and boys work.
ing about the building were bleeding,
helpless or dead, there was one little
cherub, Edna Matthiesen, pretty six
year-old little girl, tucked securely away
at the foot OF a brick wall two feet high,
forming the buildings foundation. Above
her lowered ten feet of lumber-enough to
crush out score of lives-but not single
pound oft weighed upon the child.
When the building was blown over,
Edna was amusing herself playing with
the fresh mortar between the bricks She
was sticking chips of wood in the soft sub
stance, and became frightened only when
the loud crash came and she found herself
imprisoned in niche. where she was safe
enough from all harm, but'which shut her
away from the outside world. Then it
was that she gave vent to her frightened
voice, and it did not take long for her res
cuers to lind her among the wood.
Fortunately about the time of the catas-
trophe Mrs: Mary Ann Cronin, living on
Iwenty-second street, near the scene of
the disaster, was hunting up her stray
COW. In this pursuit she passed near the
Williams building and observed two little
girls-named Annie Kennedy, aged S, and
Lilly Jackson, aged 6-playing on the side
walk. Mrs. Cronin saw the building tot
tering, and anticipating its fall she
screamed:
"Lillyl Anniel Come here, quick!"
The children, frightened at the way they
were being addressed, ran as directed, and
few seconds later the place where they
stood was covered with tons of scantling.
| Mrs. Cronin had also observed little
Edna Matthiesen, and she was able to
direct the volunteer rescuing corps in
| their labors, and the child was brought
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strong as it could be. do not know how
it happened. / am badly bruised about all
parts of the body but could stand it all right
if only my boy was alive. I do not blame
any one, as do not know how it hap
pened."
Chief w. Fl. Fair of the fire department
had his first work to perform yesterday,
when he was called out after the disaster.
The Chief took office only five days ago,
and after helping out the living and pull
ing out the dead he remarked, sadly,
"Well, I>didn't think I'd have to fight
anything but fire; don't like this begin
ming"
1t is likely that an investigation will be
set on foot to-day after the inquest on
young Hurley's remains to locate the
party or parties responsible. The Will
liams Brothers, who were having the
building erected, contracted with Herbert
E. Jones to do the work for $780, Jones
is not an architect, but he has a friend in
San francisco named Howard Burns who
does some drafting. Burns made the
plans of the building, and followed ont by
Jones' building the structure was unequal
to the force of an ordinary northern blast.
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Very much like lizard, too, it is, but the
fishermen say that nobody eyer saw a
lizard so big as that.
The verdict of the fishermen, as we'll as
a verdict could be obtained, was that the
reptile is part alligator, part lizard and the
remainder crocodile.
1t is a mugwunlp, probably, if there is
any such thing as mugwump where the
crocodiles, alligators and lizards live.
Whatever the strange creature may be,
1t was caught by Captain Camilo at. Monte
rey. Bay on Wednesday. Captain CamiIo
is the fisherman at Monterey for Mr.. Pala-
DIM, and while hauling in his nets late
Wednesday afternoon he discovered the
reptile in the meshes. He had never seen
that variety of ocean product before. and
he and the other men of the, sea in the
Monterey region were unable to classify it.
Captain Camilo carefully fitted out the
reptile for voyage to this City, and now
there is new curiosity for the local fish
ermen to talk about.
The alligator, or lizard, or crocodile, or
all OF them in one, is about four feet and,
seven inches in length, and is otherwise of
a bout the ordinary lizard or crocodile pro-
portions. 1t is probably huge sea lizard
pf some kind.
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the entertainment IN Los Angeles is aA
much mystery to the visiting Shriners
as the thirty-second degree is to the mem
bers of the gentle sex that form part of
the jolly company which fills three special
cars. The travellers left here as though
they had taken preeaution against having
nothing to expect from their commissary
department at least for they seemed to
have laid in an abundance of everything
that was most palatable.
On Sunday the imperial potentate, with
the officers of Islam Temple and of Al
Malaikah Temple, will leave Los Angeles
for Phoenix, Ariz., where the imperial po-
tentate will institute what will be the sew
enty-third temple of the order in the
United States.
In addition to the officers from the two
shrines of California, many of the men,
bers OF Ballut Abyad Temple OF Albu-
querque. n. NJ. will be present, to honor tie
installation of the first order of shriners in
Arizona.
Among those in the party that went
from here are: Imperial Potentate Charles
L. Field, Mrs. Field, Miss Field, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. S. Benedict, Mr.. Benedict Mrs. L.
A. Judson, Miss Judson, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
u. Davis, Miss Muir, Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence NJ. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Bacon,
James G. Walker, John H. Gray, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. G. Hughes, Major and Mrs. VIII
liam Cuff, General and Mrs. E. Graham,
James Mccormick, the Misses Mccormick,
Mr.. and Mrs, S.. L. Lent, Mr.. and Mrs.
Crawford General and Mrs. J. s. Wall,
Mr. and Mrs. John Harpst, J. WE. Sket-
terle, w. C. Murdoch, Mr.. and Mrs. V. D.
Duboce, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Brown, Miss
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Edmondson.
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dead man and a baby girl lay. They
were almost side by side, the silent corpse
a victim of one mans penury and an
others greed, and the loud-yoiced. little
one whose lusty lungs proclaimed in
shrieks her escape from serious injury.
1t was at the gore of oan Pablo avenue,
Brush. and Twenty-second streets, where
r. ]. and J. c. Williams, the grocers,
were having a $500 building erected in
which to transact their business, and from
which they expected goodly returns in
rentals of the fats above.
Halfa dozen workmen were engaged at
the time in the building, either on the first
or the second floor, and without a mo-
ment's warning the entire edifice toppled
over, lifted by the wind, and smashed into
kindling on San Pablo avenue.
The only thing to be wondered at is that
poor Charlie Hurley was the sole victim to
give up his young life, while others, in
what might reasonably be expected to be
more risky positions, escaped with only a
few scratches and bruises.
Hurley, a lad not quite % years of age,
went to work yesterday morning helping
his father, who was mailing laths on the
lower floor of the building. They were
alone on that story and when IL O'Clock
struck from a neighborlng clock Charlie
spoke over to his father, saying:
dad, wish it was dinner time; I'm
as hungry as wolf"
Before noontime the unfortunate boys
body was occupying slab in the morgue.
In the second story of the building were
Tom Morrow, w. J. Mcdonald, Andy
Pierce and William s. Judson, who were
laying the groundwork for the plastering,
under directions Of Jack Kearns, the boss
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forth with no injury more serious than q
self-inflicted bite of the tongue.
Among the rescuing party was D. 81.
Matthiesen, the father of the child. who
had not the slightest idea his baby was
away from her toys at home.
He grabbed his little one in his arms
and began kissing her, mingling his tears
with hers, for the little one by this time
she saw little blood she had wiped from
her tongue.
81 won't do it again, papa" she sobbed.
'Don't take me to the DOCTOR
1t appears that the little one three wears
ago was severely scalded and she is but
row getting over the operation of skin
grating, and she hates the entire medical
fraternity.
Herbert e. Jones is the contractor for
the building. He did not know of the
accident until about 2 O'Clock, when he
fastened to the place to confer with his
men.
"There were four men," said lie, 'swork-
ing under W. F. Judson in the building.
They were Messrs. Mcdonald, Pierce.
Stuart and one we called Tom. The only
one hurt was Mcdonald. The contract
price of the structure was $1,000. and it was
being put up in very Observation-Disclosures.
s'The cause of the accident as far as
can see was the removal of braces by the
lathers and the blowing over of the weak
ened building by the wind. They began
work before the partitions were in and be-
fore any of the permanent braces were in
place. They were repeatedly cautioned,
but persisted in removing any of the tenn
porary braces that were in their way.
Only yesterday had Judson replace sew
eral that they took out, so as to strengthen
the building. Then the front was not in
closed and this allowed the wind to blow
in without obstruction, which added to
the danger.
81 do not care about the loss of the
house-it can be rebuilt-but I feel the
death of that poor boy. / am not willing
to say who is to blame for the weakening
OF the building by the removal of the
braces"
Grocer Williams did not have much to
say of the wreck. He declared, however,
that the mEch-discussed question of the
hracing had been discussed with Contractor
Jones, and the grocer said he thought the
braces We're not strong enough.
James Hurley, father OF the young man
killed, lives at 1164 San Pablo avenue. 81
was facing Bush street." said he, sand was
standing near the center of the building
when heard cracking sound. Looking
UP / saw the wall falling toward me. /
sprang for the side door and found myself
lying on the sidewalk. / was struck in
half dozen places, but didn't mind that,
as could only think of my poor boy, who
knew was in the building
II don't know what happened. as was
SO excited. / can't tell who was hurt or
who escaped. The building was built as
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-07
A REPTILE FROM THE SEA
The Overlooking Creature Was
Captured in Monterey
Bay.
1t Is Nearly Five Feet Long-The
First of Its Kind Ever
Seen Here.

All the fishermen who happened to be at
the water front, and all the marketmen
along Washington street, looked critically
at the new specimen exhibited by Paladini,
and then they all declared in Italian that
they had never seen anything just like it
before.
This wonder OF the day was reptile of
some sort, and nobody knows exactly of
which sort. 1t is much like an alligator.
but man who used to go fishing away
down in Florida says it is not an alligator
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doomed up so prettily when the sun peeped
over Mount Diablo, lay battered and
broken across the San Pablo avenue car
track. AS matter of fact the cupola was
the only thing in sight to relieve the
monotony of the big pile of debris and
give the observer any idea that there once
was building on the site covered with
broken lumber.
cit was all so sudden" stated Melon
aid. az don't know how to describe it.
The wind was high, and while the build
ing shook we never thought of danger.
Suddenly we were lifted as if in a balloon,
and the next thing was crash. 1t was
| to quick TO realize what was happening. /
was dazed, and / crawled out of pile of
lumber on top of me. There were hun
dreds of people around by that time to
give a helping hand, and some of them
took me home. I'm only slightly bruised. !"
McDonalds experience was similar to
that of his feIlow-workmen. They all fell
together within an area OF twenty feet
square, and none was hurt to- any extent.
But on the other floor it was very diff
ferent. Poor young Hurley was up on a
ladder lacking the laths. His was
double fall, if such it might be called. He
fell from the building and the ladder, too,
and when his comrades dug him out of
the de bris he lay unconscious with sharp
corner of one of the scantlings forming
the ladder buried in his left temple. That
is what killed him, although the other
bruises about him were sufficient to Law
him up in bed for weeks, even if they did
not prove fatal.
The boys father, stunned by the weight
of debris breaking about and over him, lay
unconscious for half an hour after being
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-07
MYSTIC SHRINERS MOVE.
A Large Delegation Started From
Here Yesterday for Los
Angeles.
The Imperial Potentate Will Install
the New Arizona Shriners on
Sunday.

A modern caravan, composed Of the
imperial potentate and about hundred
mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, accompanied
by their wives, left the City on the 80
train yesterday afternoon for a journey to
Los Angeles, where Al Malaikah Temple
of that place will receive an official visit
tonight and tomorrow from the great
head of the order of high-degree Masons.
The large delegation from Islam Temple
of this City started out for its visit with
the warning, Expect nothing; be pre-
pared for anything" and so the nature of
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plasrerer. All these men are young and
active. or rather they were active until the
building toppled over, and they were
cheering each other on in their work with
gossip and song, little thinking any posi-
BILE danger could befall them.
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Mrs. Mckinley, whose husband has Just
retired from the goyernorship of Ohio, re-
ident Hayes she and her husband occupied
the White House for ten days by invita-
ton to keep house" there while the Pres
ident and his family were absent. She
says she had all of the White House she
ever cated for, having had "all its pleas
ures with NONE of its woes"
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Mcdonald, limping from much-bruised
limb, was around the ruins of the building
later in the afternoon.
The implanted five-faeade cupola. which
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HISTORY OF A DAY.

Alameda County Happenings Told in
Brief Chapters.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
90S Broadway, Feb. &.
Captain Moody has SO far recovered from his
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OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
90S Broadway, Feb. 6.
Under the ruins OF house blown down
by the clustering north wind of yesterday
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The price of the four-pound loaf in June,
1867, was 1Od; in December, 1867, 1oHd.
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FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

unrestricted and independent coinage O.
gold and silver at our mints at the ratio
OF 16 parts silver and one gold.
Senaor Teller then nssadvanoed to the front
and inRearnest tones addressed the con-
ntion in explanation of his course. He
disolaimed that his advocacy of free sill
yer was in any manner controlled by the
fact that he represented state which
produced silver. He contended for 1t be-
cause he believes that it was the great
weight that was now weighing down the
country.
Protesting tolerance for those who
differed from him Mr.. Teller said his dis
cision had been arrived at after many
years of deliberate thought. The great
contest whether there should be one flag
or two in this country was not more i'm
portant than this. Confronted for the
nrst time In the history OF this glorious
party With the danger OF hnanolal sys-
tenn which in his Judgment would be de-
structive to the countrywe are soalled up
on whether to adhere to it or respect 1t.
Continuing Teller said eff l go out of
the Republican party care not what the
consequences may be.
whether 1T takes me out OF pohGical
ilfe or not, go out with the feeling at
least That maintain my consistency ana
man nood approves the sacrifice. recurring
as 90 from you perhaps never again TO
aodress Republican convention, can
not go without saying that l cherish
ooWn IN my heart hope, nay belief,
5naG better counsels will prevail at some
future day on true Republican platform,
sustaining Republican principles, I may
have the inestimable privilege of again
addressing YOU"
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At so the President, Senator Thurs
ton announced that the divine blessing
would be inovked by Rev. John r. Scott
of Florida.
Mr.Scott made very short and feeling
prayer beginning, "Father Of all, on
whose hands the centuries fall like grains
of sand, we meet today united, free, 10y
al" He asked blessing on the conven-
tion and its work, and closed with the
recital of the Lords Prayer.
The chairman said that the first order
of business was the reception of th Q re-
port Of the committee on resolutions,
and the chair recognized for that pur-
pose Senator-elect Foraker of o hio who,
as he stepped on the platform was re-
ceiyed with hearty applause, and said:
AS chairman of the committee on plat
form I have the honor to report the fol-
lowing platform :"
Mr.. Foraker read In clear voice with
distinct enunciation. He gave pointed
emphasis to President Harrison, which
was received with cheers but not with
any overwhelming demonstration.
The chair recognized Senator Teller
who sent to the seoretary's desk end had
read the following minority report: we
tho undersigned members of the commit
tee on resolutions being unable to agree
with that part of the majority report
which treats of coinage and finance re-
spectfully submit the following para
graph as substitute therefor Inc ne
publican party fayors the use OF potn
gold and silver as equal standard money
and pledges Its power to secure tne iIee'
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St. Louis, June 18-Bright sunshine,
with oloudless skies and temperature
in the eighties and going higher diff used
an inspiring influence todayson the many
men and men and women who were
swarming through the streets or jam
ming the cable and trolley cars which
converge to the building in which the
Republican national convention holds it's
session. :
1t was the day, the third day, the decis-
i've day, the day which was to give to the
grand old party for victory or defeat, its
battle cry and It's leader.
At TO- 80 all the delegates " ere in the
hall, most of them assigned to their respect
i've seats, but many still surged up and
down the rather narrow aisles, chatting
pleasantly with each other or consulting
about possible com mbinations.
AS to the galleries they were closely
packed the fair sex being well represent
ed. While all were waiting for the presi-
dent to announce the opening. the time
passed pleasantly in listening to the
bands stationed about and behind the
platform.
In the preliminary discussions among
the delegates ON the floor interest IN the
vice presidency overshadowed all other
considerations.
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otic devotion to the loyal allegiance to
this government, and tenets of this party
to none.
''We did not come here he said. ''for in
spirasion on the silver question. W
brought our inspiration with US. We be-
lieve in the single gold standard because
we believe because we believe the money
which pays the banker on Wall street
his money 1t none too good to pay the
laporer in Montana" Then he added,
with protection, reciprocity, her chos-
en- standard bearer, William Mckinley,
Washington would give a good account
of herself in November" This was the
mentioned in the proceedings and it was
received with cheors. The states were
called for choice of the members of the
national committee and the names were
sent up. When the District of Columbia
was called, the name of Andrew Gleason
was sent up. Perry Carson objected.
saying he was in favor OF himself as
member of the national committee and
he proposed that the question be submit
ted to the alterBates. Laughter.)
A resolution was offered and adopted
for meeting of the national committee
this morning to fill vacancies.
The president directed call of the
states for the nominations for President.
The first state to respond was Iowa. K.
Nj. Baldwin of Council Bluffs came to the
platform and nominated Senator W. B.
Allison of Iowa in the following speech:
Mr. Chairman and lGentlemen of the
Convention:
There is one, but only one Of those
whose names Will be presented to this
convention who can claim that there has
been placed for him in history's golden
urn an estimate of his character and
worth made by him on whom Nature
STAMPED her rOyal seal. God exhibited as
| his greatest design of American man
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Weather Observations.

The Agricultural Department. Weather
Bureau for yesterday, June Is, taken at
8 p. NJ. meridian time, the observations
for each station being given in this order
Temperature, direction of the wind. state
of the weather:
Boston. 7a degrees, SW, clear New York
6S degrees, 8, clear; Philadelphia, 76 de-
grees, SW, partly cloudy; Washington, "a
degrees. SW, partly cloudy; Albany, u
degrees, NV, partly cloudy; Buffalo, Il
degrees, W, rain; Detroit, 72 degrees, W,
clear; Chicago, ~ degrees, SE, partly
cloud; st. Paul. "a degrees, S, partly
cloudy; Huron, Dak., so degrees, N, part
ly cloudy; Bismarck, 80 degrees, NV,
partly cloudy; Jacksonville, so degrees,
Sc cloudy.
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Continued on Second Page.
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THE WEATHER.

Local Weather Report.
Portland. june 1s.-Ths local weather
bureau office records as to the weather
are the following.
sa. m.-Barometer. 30, 945; thermom-
eter. $50; dew point 80; humidity. 80;
wind, s; velocity, 9; weather. partly
cloudy.
8p. m.-Barometer. 29. $50; thermom-
eter. 66.0; dew point. 60; humidity. so;
wind, SW; velocity, u; weather, clear.
Mean daily thermometer, $50; maxi
mum therm ometer, IL; minimum ther-
mometer, 66; maximum velocity wind,
IA, s; total precipitation, %.
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Bore False Witness.

Norway. June 18.-Willis Anise, ar
rested yesterday for larceny was tried
and acquitted today. Josiah NJ. Good
win. the principle witness against him
was Immediately arrested for the offense.
He pleaded guilty and was s-ntenced to
the county jail