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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
dent American commercial men

dent American commercial men in
Guatemala City.
Just before Mr.. Griffith left it was stated
that the sale. of the Guatemala Centra,
Railroad TO the English and Scotch syn
dicate had been consummated. It will be
recalled that some months ago it was n.
nounced that c. P. Huntington had sold
the road to the said syndicate for SIS. .OO0,-
900 in silver, sum equal to 81, 400, 600 in
gold. However, at this point President
Barrios stepped in. He was willing any
American syndicate should buy it, but ne
did not like the idea of British capitalists
getting such grip on the country.
~ think now, however, the matter has
been Strengthened out" said Mr.. Griffith.
THE agent of the syndicate, H. E. Bag
gerly, was. passenger down with me the
last time 1 was here. He completed his
report, and, as l understood it, it had been
accepted and the sale made.
"There is a northern road to reach Port
Barrios, on the Atlantic side, from Guate-
mala City, now being built, and there is
danger that when it is finished, or even
before, the trade that now comes here will
be diverted to New York. San Francisco
ought to look out for this and do all it can
built by the Government. The entire dis
tance between the two places is 1s0 miles.
Sixty-five miles of this, from the Atlantic
side, is now in operation. Besides this,
fifty miles more there are under contract.
'There is also 45-mile section from the
Guatemala City end to be let right away.
When these two contracts are completed
freight can be transferred between the ter
minals. The coffee shipments then, in
stead of coming here, may go that way.
The route of the road is very rough,
being largely over mountains. The cost of
building it is 100000 mile. There are
many gorges and canyons, requiring in all
thirty-ive miles of bridging in The 1SO
miles.
Besides this important work the San
Luci branch road from San Luci south to
connection with the Occidental road at
Retaluhne, is being pushed forward
rapidly. This runs along the base of the
mountains on the Pacific Coast side
through rich coffee belt. The road will
be an important feeder.
Another important project by the Qua
temalan Government is the spending of
81, ,000, 900 at the new port of Estrapa, nine
miles below San Jose. 1t is at the mouth
OF river and dockage is there furnished
for large ships. Over 100000 feet of
lumber have been sent down there from
San Francisco during the last few months.
The harbor is to become the important
one for the Pacific coast in Guatemala.
All our steamers will eventually change
from San Jose to that point
Mr.. Griffith is here on a business trip,
He will be here about three weeks. He
says the completion of the San Luci road
will cause the shipment Of large quantities
OF mahogany as well as coffee. Mr.. Griffith
Gays he expects to build his streetcar line
within the present wear.
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FOR A NEW CONEY ISLAND
Colonel 7. P. Robinson in Part.
nership With Mr.. Sutro
at the Beach.
Together They Will Inaugurate a Be-
wildering Series of Perpetually
Changing Attractions There.

There is to be an injection of life and en-
ergy into the Cliff House, Sutro Heights
and beach attractions from now on.
The ever popular ex-baseball manage,
and Midwinter Fair amusement commit.
teeman, Colonel Thomas Poniatowski
Robinson, has signed articles with Mayor
Sutro as arbiter elegantiarum, otherwise
amusement impresario at the Cliff.
The colonel will have sole control to
make contracts and bewiIder the visitors
minds with a kaleidoscope of wonders.
Already his sanguine soul sees new
Coney Island or Manhattan Beach at the
terminus of the Sutro line. He has
prophetically arranged a trolley-wire to
the seal rocks, built an amphitheater for
entertainments, a bicycle-track, drilling
ground, target range and venetian
canal besides establishing q Cairo mid
way, with real camels, mirror-maze,
haunted swing and other favorite mar
vels.
The giant Sutro baths will be the
cooneTs piece de resistance, however.
Hero he will give great water vaudevilles.
acrobatic and gymnastic tournaments,
while every day the band will play. The
Sutro museum is not overlooked by the
colonels keen eye as solid attracted.
1--WE don't intend to have any&ommon
Punch and Judy shows" said General
Robinson yesterday, "but we will look ont
for specialties, and, if necessary, engage
them to come here from the East The
people will have a place where they can be
sure of entertainment, at a moderate cost,
in the daytime"
These vast projects will take time, bat
it is the coionels secret am bition-the
colonel is nothing if not dramatic-to have
all the wheels commence to turn at once
probably on March IA, two weeks from
next Saturday.
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CRAB-FIsHERs ALARMED.
They Lose n Days Work in Order to
Pay Their Licenses.

The story published in THE CALL yester-
day of how Deputy Fish Commissioners
Wilson and Davis caught four crab-fisher-
men who had failed to pay the State
license and caused the offenders to be fined
by Justice of the Peace in Sausalito
low this line of business. Dozens of the
crab-tishers focked to the commission
headquarters in the Flood building to pay
for their licenses.
In consequence of the rush for licen ses
but few boats went out yesterday, their
owners fearing to be caught by the depu-
ties as they returned from the fishing
grounds. During the day nearly all the
crab-fishers obtained their licenses. In
consequence of the boats staying at home
yesterday it is likely that there will be a
scarcity of crabs on Friday, as much OF
Fridays stock is carried over froma live
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Burglars Arrested.

Three burglars were booked at the City
Prison yesterday. Richard Cody and John
Williams alias Neill alias Hanlon, ,ex-convicts
were arrested by detectives Dillon and Crockett
tor breaking into the house of Mrs. J. R.
Sechrist, 1920 Sutter street, on February II, and
stealing quantity of jewelry and other arti-
cles portion being found in Williams pos.
session when arrested. William Cooney alias
Mcguire was arrested by policemen Ryan and
Freel for breaking into the house of Mrs. NJ.
Donovan. 2 Rltch street, on February "a and
stealing lot of jewelry.
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A BRUTAL MOTHER.
Mrs. Eliza O'Brien Arrested for Cruelty
to Her Little Daugh-

Mrs. Eliza O'Brien of 292 Union street
was arrested yesterday by the officers of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children, and booked in the City Prison
on the charge of cruelty to children.
When the officers visited the house they
found the mother in state of intoxica-
tlon, and the children hungry. There
was no food in the house, and everything
was in filthy condition. Complaints
had been made to the society that while
s, on the stove. The child, when ques-
toned, admitted that this was so, her
right hand was badly burned and her left
hand bore the marks of scars. Tessie was
sent to the Children's Hospital, where her
wounds were cared for, and Maggie and
Katie, aged respectively 8 and 2, were sent
to st. Francis Orphan Asylum.
The father of the children, John O'Brien,
is in the City and County Hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
AMUSEMENTS.

BALDWIN THEATER.-"The Lions Mouth
CALIFORNIA GHEA-ER-"The Bicycle Girl"
COLUMBIA 1BEATER-aThe Old Limekiln,
York.
1iNoLI OPERA-H HoUsE.-"Del Freischutz-"
oRPBEUM.-Hi gh-Class Vaudeville.
bRoVFR's ALCA7AR.-"Lily OF Killarney"
- AUDIToRIUM-Corner Eddy and Jones streets
SouSas Peerless Band, Friday evening Feb 2S.
Carmen" ~ f-
SHooT THE CHUTEs-Daily at Haight street,
one block east of the Park
tAN DISTRICT TRAcK.-Races
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An Omcer's Contempt,

G. ]. Ely, police officer from Oakland, mar
rowly escaped being fined for contempt of
court by Judge Conlan yesterday. G. L..
Turner, charged with attempt to rob, and as
soon as he had given his testimony Ely
stepped up to him and arrested him. The at
tention of the Judge was drawn to the matter,
and it looked serious for Ely. He explained
that Fountain was wanted for an attempt to
rob in Oakland, and he meant no disrespect to
the court by arresting him. The Judge purged
him of contempt
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
League of the Cross Rally.

The parish rally of the league for ST. Mary's
Cathedral branch will be held this evening
Thursday in Saratoga Hall. The most in
ieTestlng events on the programme are an ad-
dress by Rev. Z. c. Yorke and an essay contest
TO decide the parish representative at the next
district rally Company A of the Cadets will
attend. The public are invited TO be present.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

Ell REPoso PERFECTos arrived yesterday.
Goldberg, Bowen & Co.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
AUCTION SALES.

h1 Won RHEIS Co. - Thursday, March s,
heta Estate, at Salesroom, BIB California street,
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
MACDONOUGH THEATER

To-day at 2-To-night at S-Farewell Performances
Marie Tavary Grand Opera Company.
Matinee To-day (popr prices) Bohemian Girl
To-night-Bizets romantic Carmen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29
WIND AT WASHINGTON.
DIFFERENT VARIETY FROM THAT
OF THE CAPITAL.
Heavy Breeze and Rafting Rain
is Very Suggestive of st. Louis
Horrors.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-For the
third time in ten days Washington has
experienced a cyclone, and for twenty
minutes this afternoon the wind swept
the city and the rain beat down with
violence suggestive of the St Louis
horror. With the newspaper stories of
yesterdays tornado fresh in the mind,
the sudden sweep of the stoTm caused
much suffering to nervous folk. The
wind came from the southwest at the
beginning, about $50, and with rapidly
increasing velocity, swung around to
the northwest and north, and tore
along, sweeping away roofs from
number of buildings. including the
Lutheran Memorial church, uprooting
scores of trees all over the city. and
dooring other injury. Much damage
was done to the splendid foliage in the
executive mansion grounds, and two of
the finest of the large old trees were
torn up by the roots, making four lost
in a week for the storms. The wind
acted like a genuine cyclone in the
White house grounds, cutting the trees
and limbs away in a clean, narrow
patch across the rear lawn: AT the
capitol the storm caused a temporary
suspension of business. In the house,
members rushed through thelIobbies to
the portacoes and watched the storm.
Mr.. Dingley of Maine, who temporarily
occupied the chair. was for several
minutes almost the sole occupant Of
the house. The meteorological instru-
ments in the house lobby showed re-
markable chances. The temperature
fell thirty-one degrees in fifteen min
utes. The force of the wind for the
an hour, gradually increasing to sew
enty-One miles for the last five min
utes, the wind at the height Of the
storm suddenly shifting from south
west to northwest.
The barometer had been gradually
falling all day until this storm came in,
when it began to rise. = Daring the
progress of the storm it rose 14-100th
of an inch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29
RAILWAYS DEMORALIZED,
NOT A TRAIN BETWEEN CHICAGO
AND ST. LOUIS.
Alton and Wabash Practically Para
Iyzed So Far as Doing Business
With the Stricken City is Con-
cerned.

CHICAGO, May 2s.-All of the lines be-
tween here and st. Louis claimed dur
ing the afternoon that their service was
afternoon not a train had entered the
of the offices of the Chicago-St. Louis
roads, 1t was said absolutely nothing was
known of the train service from either
of the Mississippi river towns.
The two principal Chicago-St. Louis
lines, the Alton and Wabash, were
business was concerned. Wabash people
declared they knew nothing of the move
ment of trains and could not until tele-
graphic communication was established.
The company ran trains but they were
made up this side of the windswept dis
trict. Alton officials admitted they were
getting nc trains into st. Louis. Some
of them denied that the Eads bridge was
disabled to a degree to make it impos-
sible for trains TO use and others ad-
mitted it was.
The road reported a train out of st.
Louis during the afternoon.
General Manager Brown and the sup
erintendent of the Burlington left for the
stricken city on an early train this morn
ing Nothing was heard from them dur
ing the day. A dispatch was received
from St Joseph, which reported the
Louis to have been totally wrecked, and
that about forty box cars had been blown
from the tracks and nearly all demoliSh-
ed 1t housed several locomotives, but it is
reported they are not badly damaged.
The same St Joseph dispatch confirmed
the Vandalia freight house.
At the depots of the Chicago-S.. Louis
roads crowds Of people were making
anxious inquiries all day long.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29
REJECTED SILVER.
PROHIBITIONIsTs ADOPT MAR
ROW GUAGE PLATFORM.
Women Suffrage Also SheIved-JOsh-
ua III. lowering Named For Presi-
dent and Hale johnson For Vice
President.

PITTSBURG, May 2S.-The Prohibition
national convention today nominated the
following ticket: For president, Joshua
H. lowering, of Maryland.
For vice-president. Hale Johnson, of
Illinois.
The free silve plank was rejected, and
the candidates were placed upon the
thfnnest kind of narrow-guage platform
embodying merely the principle of prohi-
bition and even emitting the woman suf-
frage plank. which has been a feature of
ernor John P. ST. John, seconded by
nearly all the western delegates, made a
gallant fight for the free coinage of sill
yer and Helen NJ. Cougar of Indiana and
Mrs. l.. A. Pool of New York, struggled
in vain for woman suffrage, but the mar
vention and took everything. When the
nominations for president were reached
the name of Charles E. Bentley of Ne
braska, the broad-guage candidate, was
not presented, his boom having been
bursted by tine overwhelming defeat Of
the silver forces at the afternoon session.
At late hour a large number of the
broad-guage delegates left the hall with
the avowed intention of organizing new
party.
Joshua H. lowering. the prohibition
list nominee for president is promi-
nent coffee merchant Of Baltimore He
is SO years Old reputed to be very
wealthy and is president of the Y. M. c..
A. He was formerly a Democrat.
Hale Johnson, the nominee for vice
president, is 40 years of age. He was
born in Indiana and served through the
war In 1884 he was a delegate to the
national Republican convention but
shortly afterwards became prohtbl-
ZIONIST
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29
RESULT OF A FRIGHT.
Death of Mrs. s. y. Thatcher at Lo-
gan City.

Denth of Mrs. s. b. Thatcher at Lo-
gan City.
LOGAN, May 2S.-One of the saddest
events in the history of this city oc
Cured yesterday, when Mrs. S. b.
Thatcher nee Lufkin, passed away at
the residence of her mother, as the re-
suit Of terrible fright she received
about ten days ago. While leaving her
fathers gate for Mrs. Carriers home,
where she and her husband roomed, a
big bull chased her and she, to avoid
him, jumped a ditch several times,
finally escaping into neighbours lot,
where she fell TO the ground. Two days
go Mrs. Thatcher went totally blind.
Yesterday a perfectly developed male
child was born but Mrs. Thatcher never
recovered and the lives of both mother
and child went into eternity. Mrs.
Thatcher had been married only a lit
tie over a year, and her sad death will
be regretted by hcsts of friends in this
city, Salt Lake city and other places
where she was we'll known. Her be-
reaved husband and relatives have the
heartfelt sympathy of the entire COM
munfty.
Verne Lufkin Thatcher was born in
September. 1871, in Pannaca, Lincoln
county, New. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow (Friday) at l o'clock
p. M, in the east basement of the tab
ernacle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29
COLLECTING RENT.
The Old Lady Took Her knitting
and Waited on the Doorstep.

The Old Lady Took Her knitting
and Waited on the Doorstep.
Commend me to the old lady in
Rochester who sought novel and sue
cessful means of collecting her house
rent last week. She was an old lady Of
ideas and knowledge of human nature
cleaned from a lifetime of experience
with the world. She owned a house and
lot in Rochester. and the income from
it was the substance upon which she
depended for life's necessities. 1t was
rather an oStentatious house and lot,
and the tenants were persons with a
reputation to sustain, although en-
barrassed for ready money. 1.-THE two
months rent was due and the agent
was not able to collect.
The old lady said it was simple
enough. She would collect it herself.
Now, she wasn't Il stylish n5r an ar
tistic old lady, but she was sturdy and
imperturbable, and her proportions
were ample and her spirit urfaltering.
She rang the door bell at an early hour
the other morning and inquired for the
head Of the family. The servant glow
seen yet for two hours, because the
family had not yet risen. The early
caller was cheerful, and said she's sit
on the doorsteps and wait.
Finally she was granted am audience
with her tenant, who put her off with
smooth promises. III just. sit here
and wait till you can pay it," replied
the righteous collector, and she settled
herself once more on the doorstep. took
some knitting from her basket and pre-
pared to spend the day. She made a
quaint-looking picture, and. all the
neighbors wondered. When anyone
came within conversing distance and
stared rudely at her she explained in
a friendly way that she waiting till the
tenants paid their rent. She looked
truthful, and no one doubted her, and
her plan worked like a charm. The
rent was paid long before shutdown,
and she ambled home more than ever
convinced that nothing is impossible
Philadelphia Press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29

WASHINGTON, May 2S-Almost
the sole topic of conversation among
the members of the house today was
the St Louis tornado. Members stood
about in groups and discussed the hor-
rible details
AS soon as the journal had been read
Mr.. Bartholdt Rep., MOI asked unan-
imous consent for the consideration of
a resolution prepared by Mr.. Joy of
ST. Louis, directing the secretary of
war to place at the disposal of the
mayors of st. Louis and East st. Louis
temporary relief to the homeless in
those cities and to give such relief as
might be proper. etc.
Mr.. Bartholdt explained that his COL
league, Mr.. Hubbard, had called upon
the secretary of war this morning and
had been informed that if congress
would give the authority
EIGHT OR TEN BOATS
used near st. Louis in the Mississippi
river Improvement could be sent to
the Mound City to render assistance
and relief. The resolution was unan-
imously adopted.
The house concurred in the senate
amendments to the sundry civil APP
preparation bill, increasing the appro-
priation for the st. Paul and Little
Rock public buildings.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
was sent back to the conference on the
remaining amendments.
Mr.. Crowther Rep., Mo- and Mr..
Blue Rep., Kan.) opposed the confer
ence report on the bin to pension the
widow of General O. M. Poenat SIS a
month ON the ground that the rate was
excessive. The house fixed the rate at
$50. The report was disagreed to and
the bill sent to further conference.
The ST. Louis tornado resolution,
with the senate amendment, was re-
turned to the house and the amend
ment was Immediately agreed to.
The house agreed to the conference re-
port on the bill to lease the Fort Omaha
military reservation to Nebraska for edu
cational purposes. A favorable report or
the Grosvenor resolution was Offered
calling on the president and the various
cabinet officers for complete list of the
changes in the personnel of the severa
departments since March g. 1898, bu
under protest from Mr.. McMillin and othel
Democrats 1t was withdrawn.
THE JOHNSON-STOKES
contested election case from the Seventh
South Carolina district was then called
up and Mr.. Overstreet (Rep. Ind) in be
half of the minority of the committee
which reported in favor of seating thu
contestant, addressed the house Mr.
after which, at Sis p. M, the house ad
journed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29
SYMPATHY FROM ABROAD.

LONDON, May 2S.-All of the morn
ing papers here have editorials on the
terrible disaster at st. Louis, and all
express their sympathy with the resi-
dents.
The Chronicle urges England to send
some prompt and expressive express
sion of sympathy. 1T is quite GER
TAIN" says this English journal, that
if it had happened in England, the
sufferers would not want long for SYM
pathetic words. or, if necessary, for
actions. in America"
The Graphic says: Not even the
stories of Pompeii and Herculaneum
can compare with it in awful solem-
nity'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29
Villages wiped Out.

CENTRALIA, H., May 2S.-The
storm last night passed through south
Illinois and spread destruction over
large extent of territory west, south
and southeast of Centralia.
The New Baden village on the AIT
Line railroad. west of Centralla, was
completely wiped out, only six houses
remaining.
Thirty-six lives were lost there. Al
New Madrid, southeast of this CITY,
seven persons are reported killed and
thirty injured. The cyclone pursued
an easterly course, taking in the VII
lagos of Irvington, Richview, Ashley,
Boyd and Dix. Houses were blown
down and persons killed at all these
places.
It is estimated that in the counties
of Clinton. Washington and Jefferson
fifty lives have been lost. All wires
are down.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29
GRAND COUNT BAIL.

LONDON, May pa dispatch from
Moscow to the Chronicle says:
The grand court ball at the palace
began at 9 o'clock in the evening. It's
brilliancy battles description, with the
uniforms of every nation from China
to Peru, the Russian ladies with their
magnificent costumes, which have cost
thousands of roubles each, and the
scarcely less striking toilets of many
English and American ladies'; the car
and czarina, with all their royal
guests, entered and made the round OF
the ballroom, the car in a simple scar
let uniform with silver facings and
his breast ablaze with decorations, and
the czarina with an amazing tiara of
diamonds of priceless worth. Dancing
was next to impossible, owing to the
crush and to the fact that there were
three times as many women as men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29
PERrLoUs POSITION.
Released, However, Under Full
Head of Steam.

While the soorm was at its highest
train on the Chicago & Alton railway
pulled out of the bridge from the Mis-
souri, side on the way east. Engineer
Scott proceeded only a short distance
when he realized the awful danger
The train was only about half way
across when the overhead posts were
swapping and tunrbling into the river,
while large stones were shifted loose
from the foundation and plunging into
the water. Realizing that at any mo-
ment his train might be blown into
the wafer OF the bridge blown away.
Scott put on full head of steam IN an
effort TO make the east side shore. The
train had scarcely proceeded two nun
dred feet when the upper span of the
bridge was blown away, and tons OF
huge granite blocks tunbled to the
tracks. where the train, loaded with
passengers had been a moment before.
The same instant the wind struck the
train, upsetting all the cars like play
things. Luckily no one was killed,
but several were taken out severely in
jured.