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The herald., 1898-11-30
ShIFTY ON HIS PINS
A PRISONER ESCAPES BUT Is
RECAPTURED
Charles Carson's Bold Bid for Free
dom-Jumped From Train and
Hid Behind O Crib

Charles Carson, the young man who
grabbed sack which Charles j. Smith, a
Pico-strect car conductor, was about to de-
posit in the collection box of the Electric
company in front of the Baker block one
night some weeks ago, was tried and con-
victed OF grand larceny yesterday. 1t was
straight case, four witnesses testifying for
the prosecution and Carson alone for the
defense. Judge Smith sentenced him to
three years imprisonment at San Quentin.
Deputy Sheriff Mc(klre took the prisoner
from the county Jail in the morning to start
for the north. In order to save time and
trouble, Carson was taken to the CONNER
cial-street depot, where the noon train to
San Francisco was boarded. Mcclure did
not manacle his prisoner, preferring to wait
until after they had started on the trip.
They had seats in the smoking car near the
front end. AS the train pulled away and was
moving north on Alameda street, Carson
suddenly sprang up while Mcclure was look
ing in another direction. Running to the
platform, the prisoner leaped off the east
side of the car. The train had just passed
Also street and was even with the "cribs,"
and Carson, who is said to have lived with
dens, rushed into an alley and then, turning
north along the row, ran into one of the
cribs. Mcclure ran after the escaped pris-
oner, but Carson had disappeared by the
time the officer reached the front of the
''cribs." Mcclure searched in that vicinity
for Carson. but was unable to secure any
trace of him and notified the sheriff. De-
puties were sent over the city and into the
country in search of Carson, but he did not
stray from his original place of hiding. Police
Officer Phillips, whose beat is in Chinatown,
started to hunt him up and had the good
fortune to find him in the rear of the
Cribs
Hoping yet to escape, Carson made no re-
sistance until the officer called him by name,
when he at once attacked Phillips and be-
gan to put up a hard fight. The officer was
the better man, however, and finally got
the upper hand. Taking him to the county
Jail, Phillips resigned him to the gentle grasp
of Jailer White and the gate swung to, with
Carson inside. 1t was very creditable can
ture and was SO quickly effected that the
fact OF the escape was scarcely noised
abroad before the prisoner was retaken.
Deputy Sheriff Mcclure has been very
fortunate. Holding office for over ten wears.
only once before did he lose a prisoner. That
was the first man with whom he started to
states prison, and he has carried hundreds
since. Mcclure made fresh start north
with his prisoner last night, and took the
prccaution to manacle him before leaving the
Jail.
The herald., 1898-11-30
Two Timely Rescues

GLOUCESTER, Mass. Nov. 29.-The
schooner Hiram Lowell has arrived with
twentylthree persons, the crew and pas
sengers Of the British schooner Naroissus,
from Boston for Shelburne and Liverpool,
N. S., wrecked off Seal island.
NEW YORK-The steamer Herman Win
ters Of the Metropolitan line arrived todhy
with the captain and crew of the Gloucester
fishing schooner NJ. NJ. Dyer, which foun-
dered off the Cape Cod coast in the Satur-
day gale When sighted by the Winters
the Dyer was in desperate straits. The
captain and his crew of sixteen men were
lashed on the deck. The rescue was ac-
with great difficulty.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Nov. 29.-The
schooner Hattie A. Butler, Captain Mullen,
bound from Onset to New York, with
cargo of sand, was driven ashore on the
rocks at Angelica point, Buzzard's bay. The
fate of the captain and crew isnot known.
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Put Back in Distress

NEW YORK, Nov. 29-The British
steamer County, Captain Tullach, which
sailed from this port November 26 for Lon
don put back today in distress, with cargo
shifted, loss of boats, bridge and other dam
age above decks and LISTING heavily to
starboard.
The steamer Bowie from Liverpool reports
that at 3:0S p. m. yesterday, when about
eight miles west of Nantucket, she passed
the Pollock Rip lightship No. AZ, which
broke from her moorings during the recent
storm. The Bowie hoisted signals inquiring
il any assistance was needed, but the hight
ship only hoisted the American ensign in
reply
The steamer Martello, from Hull, reports
that at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon a wreck
was sighted in latitude 40.O6, longitude 7l.l6.
The vessel was a bark or barkentine. No
signals could be made out from the Mar
tello, which was about five miles to the
north of the wreck. Soon afterward
steamer was seen going toward the wrecked
craft. The steamer is thought to be Ho-
gan liner, bound for BALTIMORE.
The steamer Comanche, from Jacksonville
and Charleston, reached port about ten
hours late, owing to the storm. She reports
that mile north Of Northeast End light
ship she passed spar standing out of the
water and attached to sunken vessel OFF
Martins Industry light two floating wrecks,
apparently bottom up, were passed.
/ A special to the Evening World from
Providence, R. l., says:
Rock Island has been heard from for the
first time since the blizzard began. The
island is wreck, hotels being shattered and
vessels torn to pieces by the storm. The
entire fishing fleet of twenty-four vessels
is total loss.
The three-masted schooner Lexington Of
Maehias, Me-, IL lost, Ths Hartford
Dredging company's plant il gone.
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ment in active operation within four weeks.
The burning buildings were within 100 feet OF
the nitro glycerine house, butGlotwithstand-
ing that dangerous circumstance the COM
panyis men and the volunteers fought the
fire calmly, Systematically and effectually.
A railway bridge and trestle on the overland
track which caught fire was slightly burned,
but was extinguished by a brakeman OF a
freight train. All trains were stopped and
retained in places of safety until every pos
sble danger had been averted
The fire is believed to have started in the
picker, through contact with nail or bit of
steel in the waste. Loss, $4,000 No one in
jured
The herald., 1898-11-30
The Desert Murder

SANTA ANA, Nov. 29.-Hancock was
seen at the Jail by correspondent just be-
fore leaving for states prison. He still
stoutly denies numbering Engelke and Ed
minston. He admitted, however, that he
had left Pahrump ranch in company with
two men, travelling with them two days
when they took roads in the opposite direc-
tion. Hancock says that he did not know
what their names were but is sure that they
were not Engelke or Edminston. He claims
that the story Of their murder was only con-
cocted by the woman who was with him
then, so she could get him out of the way
to marry Gross, her present husband.
The herald., 1898-11-30
Off provincetown

PROVINCETOWN, Mass, Nov. 90
lIwenty-seven vessels were driven ashore
and totally wrecked in this neighborhood.
From the majority of these the crews were
saved, although several lives were lost. Four
or five of the wrecks were coasters and the
rest were fishermen. During the storm
shipping was destroyed and the beach was
strewn with wreckage, streets were flooded
and wharves drifted out to sea. Four ice
houses and lobster hatchery, situated at
Beach point, were destroyed.
The list of casualties includes the schoon-
ers Daniel Boone, Mary Cabral, Isaac Col
Inns, the steamer A. B. Nickerson Of
EProvlncetown, the schooner Clara Sayward
OF Gloucester, Sylvester Whalen of Boston,
+. 7. Foster and f. II. Smith of Province
town and the fishing schooner Unique of
Boston. Fragments of the schooner r.
Walker of Gloucester and the coaster Addie
L. Snow of Rockland, Me-, drifted ashore
at Race point this afternoon. Flour, pork,
lard and whisky barrels have been drifting
ashore along the beach between Race point
and Highland life-snving station today. Sew
eral bodies have also driftcd ashore near
Highland light and part Of a boat marked
Steamer Portland"
The Wood island life savers made several
gallant efforts yesterday to reach the
schooner Jordan l.. Mott, bound from New
York to Rockland with coal and finally sue
ceeded. The Mott put in here on the Goth
Tor harbor and sank early the same night
The captain and crew Of five men took to
the rigging. A terrible sea and gale pre-
vailed at the time. The captain, Charles F.
Dyer, lashed his father, c. G. Dyer, who
acted as steward, to the mast. For eighteen
hours they were exposed thus before assist
ance arrived. When the Wood island crew
made their successful launch and came with.
in hailing distance Of the Mott, Captain
Dyer said
Il can hold on. Ny father is frozen 10
death at the mast. DO not wait to cut his
body down, for the men are freezing"
The three-master, Lester A. Lewis, Cap
tain kimball, from Elizabethport, N. j., for
Bangor, with a cargo of phosphate and
guano, came in shortly after the Mott, and
Captain Dyer of the Mott thinks both cap
sized and sank about the same time. The
captain and crew of the Lewis all perished.
The Peekskill live-saving station reports
that the schooner Albert L. Butler, Captain
Leland, from Black river, Jamaica for Bos-
ton, went ashore one mile east of the life
saving station at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
The captain and four men were saved. Mate
Rathburn, Sailor Offlander and n colored
passenger named Weatherburn were
drowned. The Butler is total loss.
The herald., 1898-11-30
An Ex-Soldier,s Suicida

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29.-Willam
Hedge of Redwood City, while respondent
over love affair, took rat poison tonight
and will probably die. Hedge was taken to
the receiving hospital about six months ago,
when he was a member of the Sixth regi-
ment, from which he was dishonorably dis
charged. At that time he was suffering from
the effects of poison taken, he claimed, be-
cause of troubles in the regiment.
The herald., 1898-11-30
All Hands Lost

BOSTON, Nov. pa special to the Her
aid from North Truro says the steamer
Portland of the Boston and Portland Steam
Portland was totally wrecked at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning off Highland light, and
the entire crew and passengers perished
within a short distance of land
A large quantity of wreckage, including
trunks and material have come ashore, and
at dark last night thirty-four bodies had
been recovered from the surf One body
was that OF woman.
The news of the disaster was brought to
the Herald through the agency of a special
train, as communication to Boston by wire
from Cape Cod points is impossible on ac-
count Of the storm.
From reports that came by wire, mail and
messenger to the Associated Press from New
England points, up to 10 o'clock this forenoon
it was difficult to estimate the total loss Of
life and damage to shipping along this coast
as the result of the recent storm. The list
Of disasters seems to grow every hour and
from dispatches thus fai,received, it appears
that at least thirty schooners have been
wrecked at different points from Eastport,
Maine, to New Haven, Conn. Eighty
schooners have been driven ashore and six
teen barges, loaded or empty are aground.
This list does not include the thirty ves-
sells either wholly or partially wrecked in
Boston harbor, nor half dozen or more
craft which are reported missing, including
the Wilson line freighter Ohio, which is
ashore on Spectacle island, in this harbor,
and the steamer John j. Hill, which is also
ashore at Atlantic, the Merchants and Min
ers' transportation steamer Fairfax is ashore
on Sow and Pigs ledge off Cuttyhunk, north,
and small steamer, the George Chaffee,
foundered at Rockport, Mass. When these
are added the list exceeds $50 vessels.
The loss Of life is hard to determine. II
is known that about fifty persons perished
in and about Boston harbor. Reports from
other places in some cases state that the
crew of this or that vessel escaped; many,
however, state that the fate of the crew is
unknown. Some survivors have turned up
and life saving stations and incoming vessels
have brought few sailors from wrecks. Per-
haps a score would cover those of whom
nothing is known, not including the sixty
five or more who were on board the Port
land.
A special to the Herald from Highland
light says large three-masted schooner,
name unknown, is ashore on Peaked Hill
bar. Two sailors and one passenger were
lost The captain and two seamen were
saved. The schooner will be total wreck.
A two-masted schooner, supposed to be
the Philamon of Providence, was picked up
by the steamer Longfellovs, The schooner
was dsmantled and the fate of the crew is
unknown.
DIR. Maurice Richardson of Beacon street,
this city, was at his summer home at Well
fleet during the storm and corroborated the
III accounts of the loss of the Portland,
: Eass.aw two of the bodies washed ashore
Wednee>bem were life preservcrs marked
to charlesNSsers name. DR.. Richardson was
sl8, for then
The herald., 1898-11-30
Horace Goes Free

SAN FRANCISCO Nov. 29-Amadeo
Horace, the Chilean adventurer who has
been borrowing money throughout the
country on the pretense that he was au7
thorized to purchase ships and war NUM-
tions for the Argentine republic. has been
set at liberty conditionally by Chief Lees.
He has agreed to leave the city within
five days, and meanwhile he will report
personally at police headquarters once a
day while he remains here. Unsuccessful
attempts were made TO have Horace ex-
tradited to New York or Maryland.
The herald., 1898-11-30
The Sugar Industry

LONDON, Nov. 3O.-The Daily Mail this
morning makes the following announce
ment: 1--WE are able to state that on the
invitation of the secretary of state for the
colonies, Hon. James Chamberlain. some
English capitalists have Indicated their
readiness to endeavor to revive the sugar
industry in the West indies, If bounties
are abolished. Sir Thomas Upton is pre-
pared to spend one million pounds sterling.
and it is probable that some arrangeme ent
will be arrived at"
The herald., 1898-11-30
Goodbye to Blanco

HAVANA, Nov. $3.50 p. m.-Marshal
Blanco. it is expected, will go on board
the steamer Villa Verde tonight shortly
before midnight, and the steamer will
probaly leave for Spain early In the morn
Ing AT the request of the mayor of the
city. the tnsurgent troops have been sta
tion1d ~ the city hail, ths city prison, the
Spanish bank and tho usual guard pos:s.
The herald., 1898-11-30
Rart Read,s Death

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 29.--Bert G. Reed, son
Of Mayor D. 9. Reed of this city, died this
afternoon as the result of injuries sustained
on the l4th of last August at La Jolla, near
this city. He made dive of 100 feet and
struck on the bottom. He was paralysed
and has since gradually wasted away 10 a
mere skeleton. He was a years old,
The herald., 1898-11-30
Prison Made Bags

san QUENTIN PRISON, Nov. 29.-The
state board of prison directors has author
lied Warden Hale to sell 10000 jute bags at
$4.15 per 100. There are about 100000 sacks
now on hand at the prison available for sale,
and sufficient raw jute to keep the mill run
ming until May l5, 1890. A large consign-
ment of raw material has been ordered,
which will be shipped from Calcutta during
the next month.
The herald., 1898-11-30
Lake Steamer Lost

CHARLEVOIX, Mich, Nov. 29.-The
wrecking tugs Protector and Sweepstakes
returned today from the wreck OF the
steamer II. W. Sibley on North Fox Island.
The stranded steamer is total wreck. The
of the steamer consisted Of &c, 600 bushels OF
corn, which was insured for $4,000. The
vessel was insured for $4,000.
The herald., 1898-11-30
Men for Manila

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. pa rumor is is
now and January lst 5000 soldiers will be
here to embark for the Phil
ippines. 1t is said that the Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Seventh, Thirteenth and Twentieth
Infantry regiments will be assigned to duty
ON the islands and that some OF the volun-
teers stationed there will be returned to this
for mastering out.
The herald., 1898-11-30
News From Peru

LIMA, Peru, Nov. 29.-The republic OF
Ecuador has proclaimed state of siege.
This afternoon the rsw archbishop of Lima
took the oath of fidelity to the state before
the supreme court. Captain Hickey, mill
tary attache of the United States legation
has been recalled, and will leave next
Tuesday to join his regiment in Cuba
The herald., 1898-11-30
A Well-Known Pioneer

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29.-L. P.
Fisher, an old newspaper man and for many
years we'll known in the advertising bust
rsess, died at his home in Oakland this
morning. Mr.. Fisher has long been one of
the tenants of the Merchants exchange in
this city, and was known to nearly every
business house on the coast He was pio-
neer of this state and was born in Connecti-
cut seventy-six years ago.
The herald., 1898-11-30

NEW YORK, Root, possible
to OF
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in the l and Iiavemeyr will lie appeared for the
and Wheeler in the proceedings these office He
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has been employed by the most its important tions He
Bank New York the ede forgery He has likewise
wealthy Mr.
born Oneida county 1s His father professor
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More Regulars Needed

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 29.-Pursuant to
telegraphic instructions from the War De-
partment, First Lieutenant Ora E. Hunt,
Eighteenth Infantry, is appointed recruit. M
to Los Angeles, CAL, and there establish
general recruiting station.
The herald., 1898-11-30
Stnne,s SUCCESSOR

PITTSBURG. Nov. 29.-When W. A.
Stone Yves elected governor of this state at
the late election he resigned his seat as
representative of he Twentythird district
in congress, thus ieaving the unexpired
term vacant Ry special sleetion tadaY.
W. H. Graham has besn elected TO snecskd
Stone and fill the unexp!yed term,
The herald., 1898-11-30
The Warinp Fund

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.--The subscriptions
to the funds for the benefit of the widow OF
Eo!ansl Gsorge, Z. Z: WaringA Jry formerly
mcnt Of the city. today amounts to s52, 900.
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New York, Nov. 29.-The French Gable
company has received dispatch from its
office at Cape Cod, Mass, saying that twelve
bodies from the steamer Portland have been
washed ashore at that station.
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The Grew All Drowned

HALIFAX, N. s., Nov. 29.--An unknown
four masted vessel is ashore at Herring Cove,
entrance to the Halifax harbor. One BODY
has washed ashore.
The vessel is fore and aft rigged. All on
board have persisted.
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The Industrial Institute.

Permanent organization of the
General Armstrong Industrial In
stitute has been effected by the
election of the following officers;
President, Edgar Wood; ice-presi-
dent, U. Thompson, and secretary
H. NJ. Wells. The following names
we're added to the executive com
mittee j. X. Burkett, j. N. Tag
gard, Osmer Abbott and Miss
Josephine Deyo.
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Deserves Commendation.

Mr.. w. H. Hoogs, who has charge
OF loading the American transports
at this port, is anxiously awaiting
the arrival of the Peru and City Of
Puebla. The active way in which
Mr.. Hoogs has worked on the trans
fer of coal to Uncle Sans ships is
worthy of much commendation. He
has experienced 81 hours watch at
a stretch, kept his native gang peg
ging at their work for that time
without stirring hair. Awakened
the boy at the scales (weighing) at
2:30 in the morning by the splendid
rendition of Beautiful Snow. Consul
Haywood and Vice Consul VIM.
Porter Boyd highly praise Billy's
tact and energy.
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The Band Concert.

The band concert at the Hawaiian
Hotel last evening delighted large
audience, and the visitors were es-
pecially we'll pleased with the
charming singing of the Misses
Annie and Minnie Kanoho, the solos
of D. Moe and the very clever
yodeling of S. Kekahuns, Charles
Kreuter was also excellent with his
cornet solo. The audience was very
appreciative.
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Worth Knowing About Fruits

Ii man persists in using or trying
to use that for which he has neither
power for digestion nor assimilation,
he must, without doubt, pay the
penalty. To many persons straw
berries are such a violent poison
that single dish will produce a
rash ina less than two hours. The
cooking of the fruit seems to destroy
this active, irritating principle, but
again, here comes our fashion Of
adding sugar. Canned or preserved
fruits, as we'll as jams and kindred
articles, are to be condemned on
account of the mass of sugar used.
With the fruits it is more prone to
ferment alton, and even if the sugar
lie inserted we have far greater
amount than can be cared for by
the liver, and here is the origin Of
the "torpid liver" we hear so much
about. The liver is not torpid at
all, it is simply overworked. The
given capacity is exhausted.-MRs.
S. T. RoRER in the June Ladies'
Home Journal.
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Concentrating His Work.

Mike is very good man, as hired
mea 90, but he has his faults, prin-
Opal among which is that he is OF
an inventive turn OF mind. One of
his duties is to clean the windows
OF his employers house. For several
weeks these were far from i'm
maoulate, and finally he was sum-
moned into his employers presence.
Mike" said the latter. "do you wash
the windows OF this house9" "Yis,
sorr." "When9" "Ivery Thursday,
sorr." "Did you wash them last
Thursdayp 81 did, sorr. "SureY'
"Yis, sorr. '"Well, now look at them
Nike. Day before yesterday was
Thursday, and there are spots all
over them, and you needn't tell me
that all Of those spots have come in
forty eight hours" "Thim's on the
insoide, sorr," said Mike. "Inside"
cried the employer; "what has that
got to do with it9" "Oi concentrate
mo work, sorr," explained Mike.
IVAN week. oi washes the windies
outseide, and the next oi washes
'em insoide, sorr. It's quicker
Harper's Magazine.
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Lady-"Now that you have par
taken of a good dinner, are you
equal to the task of saving some
wood2" Tramp-"Madam, equal is
not the proper word; I'm superior
to it,"
Now that Mr.. Gladstone is dead
there are only four men living who
were member OF the House of Com
mons when, on the 20th of November
1887, Queen Victoria opend the first
Parliament of her reign. These are
Mr.. Leader, then member for West
minister; Mr.. Hurst, then member
for Horsham; Mr.. Wentworth -Fitz-
william, then member for Melton,
now Earl Fitzwilliam; and Sir
Thomas Acland, then member for
West Somerset, whose family namI
is represented in the House of Copi-
mons, at present, by the ex-Vics-
President Of the Council.
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Another carload of Jewel
Stoves and Ranges just re-
ceived.
We carry in stock twenty
six styles and sizes of these
celebrated stoves.
Don't wait until your old
stove is burned out.
We will have it cleaned
and sold for you, free of
charge.
Remember we have o stove
repair department and can be
of service to you in many
ways.
Fuel is expensive. The
"Jewel" stove is a fuel saver.
Call and examine them and
read testimonials from many
of the best housekeepers in
Honolulu.
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In Hawaii there will be the longest
day that human endurance can
stand. There will be contract labor,
there will be free immigration Of
coolies under contract,