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FOG IN NEW YORK BAY.
The Liner HindOO Puts Back After
Her Collision With the Creole.

QUARANTINE On. W, Jan. 3.-Dur-
ing the past twenty-four hours the
waters of the upper and lower bay have
been enveloped in dense fog. AT .
D. m. off Quarantine this dense fog still
prevailed with little prospect OF clear
ing weather Not single vessel passed
in or out the Narrows since sunrise this
morning. Several steamers due to ar
rive in port to-day are no doubt de-
tanned outside the Sandy Hook bar and
Scotland lightship, owing to the bad
weather.
The Wilson Liner Hindoo, which was
in collision with the Cromwell Line
steamship Creole in the lower bay last
evening returned in the fog and an
chored off Clifton, S. /. Her commander
Captain Douglass, reports that the
Hindoo is leaking in the forepeak, some
of her bow plates are cracked and as
the damage is under water its exact
nature cannot be ascertained until she
reaches her dock.
The tug J. Fred Lehman, late this
afternoon, took General Agent Allen OF
the Cromwell Line down the bay to look
for the Creole. She was found at anchor
in the lower bay. There was no sign or
damage below the water line.
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ceived at the navy yard for use on the
ships of war. Such an immense GUAM
tity has never been received at one
time since the station was located at
Mare Island. AT the time of the Chilean
episode outsiders had no knowledge of
what was going on until barges began
to arrive with thousands of tons Of
coal on board. 1t soon became appar-
ent that these large supplies were be-
ing stored for a purpose, and those who
remember the activity in naval circles
at that time believe that the s,,pplies
row being received at the ward are
evidence of a sudden determination to
give some of the now idle cruisers and
men-of-war something to do What
their destination will be is. of course
not known. The Baltimore and Charles
ton can be made ready for sea. Within
a few weeks. The Petrol is taking os,
ccal and provisions, and is expected 10
go to sea the latter part of the week
The Adams is at the yard to be dock.ad
at once. In a short time 1t will re-
turn to San Francisco as a temporary
training ship.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
a certain deed of trust, executed by
SPENCER b. STRAWN of the county of
Tehama, State of California to T.. G..
ATKINSON and E. J. CROLY, of the city
of Sacramento, county of Sacramento,
State of California, rs trustees, dated Feb
ruary 13, 1889. and recorded on February
16 1889 in the office of the County Re-
corder of the county of Tehama, State of
California in Book d. of Trust Deeds.
at page ''146" and following, and on ap-
plication of the holder and owner of the
promissory note secured to be paid by
said deed of trust, and because default has
been made in the payment of the indebt-
edness, secured to be paid by said deed
of trust, the undersigned trustees will sell
at public auction to the highest and best
bidder for cash. in United States gold coin
at the front of the Courthouse of the
county of Sacramento, in the city of Sac
ramento, State of California, on MONDAY,
the 18th day of January, 1897, between
commencing at the said hour of 10 a. m
of said day) the following described real
estate with the improvements thereon, sit
uated in the county of Tehama, State of
California, to-wit:
The northwest one-quarter and the
southeast one-quarter of section nineteen
and the northwest one-quarter of section
twenty-nine, township twenty-three
north, range four west, NJ. D. B. and NJ
E. G. ATKINSON, Trustee.
E. ]. CROLY, Trustee.
A. L. Hart, Attorney. d17-td
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tracks that it is difficult for the snow
plows to work through it. The snow
has also made a wreck of the telegraph
wires to the north and west of St. Paul.
All trains are moving, though some OF
them are late.
South Dakota dispatches say the
storm extends as far west as the Black
Hills. In the region along the Mis-
souri, River from Chamberlain to the
North Dakota line railroad trains are
having great difficulty in moving,
some of them having been abandoned
for the night The temperature is from
Is to IS degrees above zero. though at
9 o'clock it was growing rapidly colder.
There will be suffering among livestock
if the mercury drops to zero.
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A CHASTITY FIND.
Two Hunters Discover a Headiess
Body Near Vallejo.

VALLEJO. Jan. 3.-William Colvin
and Robert Craig, while hunting on the
marshes near Dutchman's Slough yes
terday afternoon, discovered the mead
less body of man partly buried In the
sand on the seashore. The clothing was
badly torn and around the waist there
was a small leather belt which had eVl-
IDENTIFY done service in lieu of suspenders.
About twenty feet from the corpse
the Young hunters found mustard bot
tie containing a piece of wrapping paper.
On this paper was written: j. ID.
Peters. September s, 1896" The bottle
had evidently been thrown overheard
from the Stockton steamboat bearing
that name. 1t is likely that it had been
cast from the vessel by some one re-
turning from the Native Sons festivities
at stockton on September Sth. Whether
this bottle and the note it contained had
any connection with the drowning of
the person whose body was found to-
day can only be conjectured. Evidently
the body had been in the water for
several months.
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FROM RAIN TO SNOW.
Kansas is Covered With Deep Drifts
of the Beautiful.

TOPEKA (Kas.), Jan. BIN Kansas
the rain, which begun Thursday last,
lasted until last evening, when heavy
snowstorm set in, which is still IN prog
reSs
At Larned, Kas., snow is piled In
drifts four to six feet deep. Traffic on
the Larned-Jetmore extension OF the
Santa Fe road is completely blockeds
Travel overland in any direction is al
most impossible.
Abiline reports heavy snow, accom-
panied by wind reaching the proper
tions of a blizzard 1t is feared that
loss of cattle will result from the storm,
particularly in the western and north
ern sections of the State. In North Ar
kansas and as far west as Fort Smlth
rain fell during twenty-four hours UP 10
noon to-day, when it turned to snow,
accompanied by a drop of ~ degrees IN
temperature.
Guthrie, Ok, reports drop OF oU de-
grees since last evening and severe
snowstorm prevails in the western por-
tion of Indian Territory.
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HIS WIFE SENT FOR.
Lieutenant Governor Kirkpatrick of
Ontario Seriously III.

LONDON, Jan. "a cable dispatch
has been sent to Mrs. Kirkpatrick, wife
of the Hon. George A. Kirkpatrick,
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, sum-
moning her to London, where her hus-
band is lying seriously i'll in the South
street Hospital.
Professor Jonathan Hutchins, former
ly President Of the Royal College OF Sur
geons, and DR.. Allingham, a specialist
in the disease from which Mr.. kirkpat-
rick is suffering, have held consulta-
ton in the case and decided that in
order to save the patients life an opera
ton is imperative. DR.. Allingham will
perform the operation as soon as Mrs.
Kirkpatrick arrives.
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GIGANTIC RAILROAD SCHEME.
REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
1t Looks to a Line Connecting the
United States With Central and
South America.

NEW YORK, Jan. "a Herald"
Washington special says: The Interna-
tional Railway Commission appointed in
1890 to select a route for railroad line
connecting the United States with the
republics of Central and South America
is now preparing it's final report to the
Governments interested.
A preliminary was submitted three
years ago, but the data then at hand
was insufficient and did not adequately
describe the details of the proposed en-
terprise. The final report will show the
entire practicability of such a line and
the interest displayed by all the Gov
ernments south of the United States in
the proposed railroad. Several of the
Governments have already adopted the
route laid down by engineers appointed
by the commission to make the survey
and Guatemala is engaged in carrying
out the recommendations of the COM
mission.
The report will be made by represen-
tatives of the United States, Colombia,
Ecuador Peru, Venezuela and Para
quay The United States is connected
with the Mexican system on the Texas
frontier. The railway line in Mexico
extends to the Guatemalan frontier.
where the commission commenced it's
survey work. The proposed line runs
along the Pacific Coast through Guate-
mala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
and Chile, whence it converges to the
east.
A small portion of the line is already
built and several of the Governments are
now making concessions to private en-
terprises to extend the rail communica-
tion The commission will estimate in
it's report that about 1900 miles Of rail-
road will have to be constructed, reach
ing from the Mexican frontier to Lake
Titicaca in Peru. Only few hundred
miles will have to be built by the
Chilean Government in order to con-
meet terminus of her system with the
proposed lire.
Some trouble is being experienced in
estimating the total cost of the line on
account of the fact that in some Sec
tions the cost will be $4,000 per mile
and in others it will reach 100000. One
of the engineers has estimated the cost
Of the line across Ecuador at more
than $1S,000,0O0 and the estimate for
Peru is about $40.OOO0OO.
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LOST A MILLION.
The Illinois Steel Company flakes a
Cut in Wages.

CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-.-The employees of
the Illinois Steel Company We're notified
yesterday that their wages would be
cut February 1st. The notice was
brought to the 3,100 men at the South
Chicago mills early In the day. They
were told that the amount of reduction
had not yet been decided, but 1T is
generally believed that vt will be about
20 per cent.
President Gates said last night that
every official and employe would be cut.
The salary of every head of department
which is now more than 500 per month
will be reduced from 15 to 30 per cent
This is simply the result of poor busi-
ness" said President Gates. During
the past year the price Of steel rails
has been reduced So ton, and this of
itself means a loss of over $1,000, 900
to the Illinois Steel Company"
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TOWNSEND'S REPORT.
He Presents Data Affecting interests
of American Manufacturers.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.-W. r.
Townsend, the special agent recently
dispa tched to Japan by the San Fran
cisco Bureau of Foreign Commerce for
the purpose of collecting data with ref
erence TO matters affecting the interests
of American manufacturers, has sub
mitted his first report.
He states that during the past two
months there has been almost a panic
in japanese financial circles, but the
worst is now considered over. After the
war with China speculation was ram
pant. Thousands of stock companies
were floated and the shares doomed.
Everybody invested, but the collapse
soon came The native banks shut
down indiscriminately of late and mer-
chants were allowed no accommoda-
tions. Heavy stocks of merchandise
We're thus thrown back upon the market
and warehouses are crowded. over ~
per cent of the import business of
Japan is controlled by foreign houses, a
loss of 3 per cent. within three years.
Very little credit is allowed by import
ers. Freights from England and Con-
tinental Europe and are lower tnan
from America, consequently the bulk OF
the business is done with English,
French and German houses. While
there is a temporary stringency IN the
money market there is no disposition to
handicap industrial people.
The Railway Congress, which opened
December 14th, will probably remain IN
session for two mnoths. Already 1oo
applications for charters for new rall-
roads have been filed, and it is stated
that over forty will be granted. Dur
ing the first week in December con-
tracts were made for eighteen American
locomotives. Hitherto English rolling
stock has been used exclusively Amer
leans will shortly be granted the PRIV
ilege of filing applications for trade
marks and patents, although pul nj
tie protection is promised in regard 10
the latter.
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McCULLAGH'S FUNERAL.
The Last Honors Paid to the Dead
Journalist Yesterday.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3.-The funeral Of
the late J. B. McCullagh, editor of the
Globe Democrat, took place this
afternoon ait his late residence. The
services We're conducted by Rev. John
Snyder of the Unitarian Church and
Rev. DR.. w. w. Boyd of the Second
Baptist Church.
The services were exceedingly SIM
pie in character, in accordance with
the well-known wishes of the deceased.
Among the visitors in attendance "a
the funeral was Hon. Henry Watterson
of the Louisville Courier Journal" !"
The active pallbearers were coworkers
of Mr.. McCullagh on the "Globe-Dem-
ocrat' and the honorary pallbearers
were selected from men. prominent in
nearly every walk of life.
The remains were inferred in Belle
fontaine Cemetery.
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Claims That He Acted Clearly in Sslf-
Defense.
SAYS Muller Fired at Him With a
Rifle, and He and White Returned
the Fire With Their RevOlverS =
w. r. rownsend's Report on Mat
ters in Japan-Two Hunters Make
a CHASTITY Find Near Vallejo of a
HeadIess Body.

NEVADA CITY, Jan. 3.-Further de-
tails Of last Thursdays gun fight at the
Gold Ridge mine were received here to-
day. 1t is learned that two of the par
ticipants in the combat in which Paul
Muller of San Francisco lost his life
and James O'Connor was seriously in
jured were the stockholders of the mine
company. They had quarreled, and
soon pistols were brought into play to
settle their differences.
There had been much trouble in the
company, resulting in a lawsuit, and
Richard Phelan, Superintendent of the
mine, was put in as keeper. Phelan
and two others visited Hilda Camp and
the Milton dam ON Thursday, and upon
their return to the mine We're met by
Muller and O'Connor. The former, who
was one of the stockholders, informed
Phelan that a sufficient bond had been
put UP to release the mine from his
care Phelan expressed his satisfaction
that such was the case.
Here O'Connor began to abuse Mr..
Phelan, and finally attacked him. Phe-
Ian drew his revolver and fired. He
claims that he shot over O'Connor's S
head to intimidate him, but when he
did so Muller fired ait him with a
rifle. The bullet missed Phelan and
lit O'Connor instead. Before Muller
could fire a second shot Phelan and
Owen White returned the fire with
their revolvers Both shots took effect,
ard Muller received wounds from which
he died in a couple of hours.
O'Connor, who was seriously wound
ed was taken to Sierra City the next
day. Coroner Hooking of this county
met the party there tonight. The
Coroner is authorized to arrest all con-
cerned and bring them back to Nevada
City for trial. Phelan makes no de-
malls and claims it was clearly a case
Of self defense with him.
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MISSOURI STREAMS OVERFLOW
A Tremendous Rainstorm Turns to
SIeet and Snow.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3.-The heaviest rain
storm of recent years has prevailed
throughout Missouri, Northern Arkan-
sas and Indian Territory during the past
thirty-six hours In many places in
Missouri the streams are overfioWed
and in some places railroads have suf-
fered from washouts. Last night the
rain turned to sleet and to-day furious
snow storm is raging. The temperature
has fallen forty degrees in Missouri and
Eastern Kansas in the last twentyfour
hours and in the latter section a genu-
inc blizzard is sweeping over the coun-
try.
At Ragnell. Mo-, the Usage River has
risen fifteen feet and Warsaw reports a
rise of twenty-five feet and a repetition
of last winters flood is feared. At Os-
ceola the river is out of its banks and
the bottom lands are submerged. At
Fayette the electric light power house
is flooded and the city is in darkness to-
night A number of washouts have oc-
CURED on the railroads and traffic is
badly delayed. In the vicinity of Sc
dalia every stream is reported out of it's
banks and the rainfall continued until
this morning, when it turned to sleet
and later in the day heavy snowstorm
set in. At Lamont and Knobster a small
cyclone prevailed last night, many trees
being uprooted, but no large damage to
property has been reported so far.
Webb City reports heavy damage to
property by rain and wind. Clinton,
Warrensburg and Shelbina suffered
serious damage from the downpour; the
rainfall being the greatest since the
floods of 1880.
In many places in Western Missouri
the mercury has, fallen almost to zero
and this drop in temperature will prob
ably result In checking the flood.
In ST. Louis a heavy rain has fallen
during the past twenty-four hours. but
at Z o'clock tonight it was checked by
a decided fall In temperature and at 9
o'clock the mercury had fallen 80 de-
gress and was accompanied by a high
northwesterly wind.
The indications are that the first snow
fan OF the season will begin before
morning.
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titles.

CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-The rainstorm
which has prevailed over Chicago and
Northern Illinois uninterruptedly for
three days has been the Severest eX-
perienced in this locality for two years.
The observations taken at the Weather
Bureau in this city tonight showed
that the rainfall was two and one-half
inches since the beginning of the storm
early New Years morning. The tenn
perature fell twenty degrees in this city
during the last eight hours and at IL
o'clock Ito-night the rain turned to
snow. 1t is not expected by the Weather
Bureau that the thermometer will reach
the zero mark, although they predict
temperature considerably below
freezing before tomorrow evening.
In Chicago considerable damage was
done by the downpour Of rain, espe-
cially in the suburbs where the sewers
We're insufficient to carry away the
volume of water. Reports of flooded
Easements from the southern and west
ern portions of the city were numerous,
while at Grand Crossing, a nearby su-
burb, the streets were inundated and
heavy damage done. At Austin and
Oak Park, on the West Side, the condi-
flooded with several feet of water and
furnace fires in many localities were
extinguished. The pumping works at
Bridgeport are being operated with
great difficulty 1t was thought at one
time this evening that the pumps would
have to be shut down ON account of
rapidly accommodating water, but the
flood gates We're resorted to and the
q
canal The rain confined steadily all
day, and at times the precipitation was
in the nature of a cloudburst. The
downtown streets were deserted and
the continuous shows and other resorts
lacked patrons.
A concrete sidewalk surrounding the
Lincoln Bank at Michigan and Clark
streets collapsed during the afternoon
as the result of the rain. c. B. Roser,
a barber of Ravenswood, was the only
person in front of the building at the
time. He was precipitaIted to the base
ment, distance of several feet, but
was rescued from his impromptu bath
about the opening.
A number of cedar block pavements
in various parts of the city were also
more or less damaged by the water.
In many instances the blocks have been
noated out of position by the water
and the street left in an impossible
condition Nearly all the large catch
basins along West Madison street,
Michigan avenue, Wells street and
North avenue were stopped UP and as
a result large ponds of water filled
the sides of the streets. Many base
ments were flooded along West Madi-
son street and much damage done to
the occupants.
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Cyclone in Arkansas.

BENTON (Ark), JAM 3.-At $40
O'Clock last night q cyclone struck this
town, wrecking nearly every building
in South Benton, and passed on in a
northeasterly direo non, damaging every
building in its path In an clubhouse
near the depot a tramp was killed.
Many families are homeless. The prop
erty loss will reach into the thousands.
Freight cars ON the siding at the depot
We're overturned and a wrecking crew
has been at work all day
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WILL RESUME WORK.
JohnStown Steel r1Ot0r and Other
Plants Will Open Up.

JOHNSTOWN Pa-), Jan. 3. - The
J Johnstown Company Steel Motor
Works, which have been idle for sew
aral weeks, will resume in full next
week This means that several hundred
idle men will be put TO work. The
Cambria Iron Company's open hearth
mill will resume operations tomorrow
morning, and the steel works, blooming
mill and billet mill will start up Tues
day.
Besides other work, the company
has received orders for making 10000
tons of finished rails for the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad
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MONDAY. JANUARY 4 1897

ing the past week came to a close at
midnight tonight. The contestants
walked twelve hours each day from
noon until midnight. Hart of Chicago
was the winner. The match did not
occa sion much interest and was not
a success financially There We're only
thirteen starters and six finished the
route. The final score was: Hart BOB
miles Z laps. Hoagland 303 miles, Ste
phens 292 miles. Oddly 27S miles. Smith
202 miles l lap. Kennedy 121 miles IL
laps.
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ALMOST SNOW-BOUND.
Lincoln, Nebraska, is Wrapped in a
FIeecy ShrOud.

LINCOLN (Neb.), Jan. 3.-Lincoln is
almost snow bound tonight, a light fall
which began early this morning in
creasing during the day and developing
into a regular northwester by night
with the wind blowing a gale.
Street car traffic on suburban lines
was abandoned during the day, and at
8 O'Clock nearly every line was blocked.
Trains on nearly every road entering
the city are delayed. Specials from
over the State Indicate that the storm
is general and that cattle on the range
may suffer.
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A BLIZZARD BLOWING.
II Extends Over Twenty-Five Hun
dred Square Miles.

gT. PAUL (Minn.). Jan. "a bliz-
zard is blowing tonight in this section
over an area 400 miles north and south
and 600 miles east and west. Over most
Of Minnesota It has been showing from
fourteen to twenty hours, and there are
from seven to sixteen inches of snow on
the ground. The wind is blowing
gale from the north. The snow Is damp
and packs so solidly on the railroad
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Senator Palmer Improving.

SPRINGFIELD Qll.), JAN 3.-Sena-
tor Palmer, who has been confined to
his bed by severe cold. is much I'M
proved tonight Four days ago Gen.
eral Palmer was put to bed by his phys
ieian, who feared a return of his old
trouble, pneumonia, which has several
times threatened him as a result of
colds, and the precautionary move re-
suited in a favorable outcome to-day.
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A PERILOUS SITUATION.
Several San Diego Firemen Penned
i'm by Falling Walls.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 3.-Fire tonight
burned out the second floor of Horton
Hall, Sixth and f streets, the oldest
brick structure in the city, running the
properties of several lodges. Three
small buildings adjoining were also de-
stroyed together with their contents, the
total loss aggregating about $4,000
Owing to low water pressure several
firemen were obliged to enter the build
ings with hose and sudden collapse
penned a number of them in. Fortu-
nately they We're rescued uninjured
though not without great difficulty.
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DREYER Is WORSE.
They Do Not Let Him Know of Ham,
mOnd'S Suicide.

CHICAGO, Jam 3.-The condition of
E. S. Dreyer. who has been i'll most of
the time since his failure, changed for
tire worse to-day. He was reported to
be nearly helpless from old complica-
tons, which have been greatly aggra-
waited by mental worry since the sus-
pension of his banking firm. The po-
Ice, who were stationed around the
house as watchers, have been with
drawn.
Mr.. Dreyer is not allowed to see the
newspapers, and it is said he does not
know of the suicide of William A.
Hammond of Evanston on Saturday
naorning.
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The Carthagenian Afloat.

LONDON, Jan 3.-The Allan Line
steamship Cartha genian, Captain
French, from Philadelphia, which ran
aground In the Clyde, was compelled
to discharge part of her cargo in or
der to get afoat. She sustained con-
siderable damage. She will discharge
the cargo yet on board of her, and will
then go in dock to repair.