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The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
DREDGER AT ALVISo.
Work of Improving the Slough Will
Be Begun at Once.

SAN JOSE. Dec. 2S.-The dredger which
is to be used in Government work at AL
viso has arrived at that place after many
veXatious experiences. and the deepening
and Strengthening of Alviso Slough will
now be rushed. Work should have COM
menced December !, but Engineer Heuer
granted an extension of time. Twice after
being completed the dredger sank in San
Francisco Bay by not being loaded prop
erly. Improvement must be completed by
June /. 1900, and. while other contractors
doubt the machines ability, Contractor +.
V. McCann is confident he will be through
by that time. The dredger is the inven-
tion of j. Jordan, a wealthy man of Oak
land, and he is so confident of his ma
chimes worth that he has backed Nc
Cam. The contract price is a little over
$4,000, about one-fourth of the Govern
ment appropriation of $4S 900 for the work
When the Improvement is completed AL
viso Channel will have width of from
sixty to eighty feet at the bottom and a
depth of seven feet below low tide. This
will give nineteen feet at high tide. The
Board % Trade and other organizations
are making an effort to have the balance
of the $4,000 expended in further improv-
ing the slough.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
SIR ROGER
CONFINED IN
AN ASYLUM
Continued from First Page.
Continued from First Page.

borne he obtained from her a remittance.
as her son, though repudiated by the rest
of the family. She supplied him literally
with money TO collect witnesses and in
formation TO be used in establishing his
identity.
Lady Tichborne died in 1858 and in 1871
the Claimant began suit in ejectment
for the recovery of the Tichborne estates,
which amounted to some ga 900 yearly.
The trial lasted 103 days. He was nom
suited and afterward was arrested and
tried on a charge of perjury. This trial
lasted 1Ss days He was found guilty and
sentenced to fourteen years penal servi-
tude.
Since the sentence of Castro, or Orton.
the question as TO whether Roger Charles
Tichborne was living or dead has seldom
been discussed, and the whole matter OF
his disappearance and alleged reappear-
ance was gradually passing from the
minds of the public.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
HAVOC WROUGHT BY The RECENT
EARTHQUAKE I'm SAN JAClNT0

the sufferers the property Of the state
Bank was damaged TO the extent or S1Do'
the Hemet Hotel. 5000; Hemet Milling
Company, 1920. Aside from this mer-
chants estimate their losses at from SlOO
to $500.
Slight shocks continued intermittently
for two days. but did very little damage
The citizens took the calamity with bet
ter grace than might be expected. and at
once went TO work with a will to clear
away the wreckage and rebuild their
ruined town. The day following the earth
quake hundreds of residents OF neighbor-
ing cities fiocked into San Jacinto and
Hemet and offered their assistance. Those
who had wealth at their command readily
opened their purses. Others pledged them
selves to supply provisions. and others,
who had nothing but warm hearts and
willing hands. Joined the ranks OF the
workers on the ruined buildings.
In view of the progress already made II
is safe TO say that within a few months
the disaster of Christmas morning will be
only a memory. and the little towns VIII
have resumed their accustomed air OF
activity and prosperity.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
WILL OF MILLIONAIRE
JOHN !. BLAIR FILED
Leaves $4,000 to an Academy He
Founded and Various Sums to
Other Institutions.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-The will of the
late John l. Blair was offered for probate
in the Surrogates office at Belvidere. n.
j., to-day, by his only surviving child,
Dewitt G. Blair. The document is very
long and characteristic of the man in
many ways. 1t was executed on March 8.
1873. when Mr.. Blair was 70 years of age,
contains no codicils and so far as known
is the only will he ever executed.
A large number of small bequests and
trusts are made to various friends and
connections, many of which have lapsed
by death. By the terms of Mr.. Blair's will
the Blair Presbyterian Academy at Blairs-
town, \. j., which Mr.. Blair founded and
maintained for many years, is given the
sum of $4,000. The Presbyterian church
at Blairstown receives $4,000: the oxford
church $4,000 and the Methodist church
$1,000. To each of his daughters children
he gives cash and bonds to the amount OF
$500 900. The residue of the estate goes TO
the testator's son, Dewitt c. Blair. who
is named as sole executor and trustee
and in both capacities vested with the
fullest powers
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REAR OF MAC BEATH BLOCK.
Photographs by F. H Rogers of San Jacinto.
0>-3e@-%-4%4 900
ASHFORD ALLEGES FRAUD.
Wants the Sale of the Mining Com
panY's Property Stopped.


SAN JOSE, Dec. 2S.-Action that prom
ises many sensations and at the same
time will interest mining men was COM
menced here to-day by II. J. Ashford.
one of the first prospectors who found
gold at Randsburg, Kern County, against
the Ashford Mining Company to have a
judgment by default for $3.50 set aside and
the sale of the company's property un-
der execution stopped. The suit charges
Thomas a Bull, president OF the COM
pany and Charles A. Bull, his son, who
brought the suit, with cOnsplring to OBJ
tain judgment against the Ashford Min
ing Company with the ultimate purpose
of purchasing the property OF the corpor-
alton. Ashford charges that the sum
mons was served on Thomas A. Bull as
president, by Attorney c. l.. Witten, af-
ter Bull had disposed of his interest in
the company, and that he had no right
TO confess judgment and that the stock
holders had no notice of the matter until
the property was advertised for sale by
notice being posted on the grounds.
The affidavit of j. j. Miller shows that
Bull had transferred on February 3. 1897.
all his interest in the company to him,
and that Bulls son at that time had no
claim against the corporation
Ashford claims that he has examined
the account of Charles A Bull and finds
IT to be only S22S instead of $6S7
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
KRUGER CONFIDENT OF
DEFEATING THE BRITISH

DURHAM. Natal. Saturday. Dec. "a
Winston Churchill. on arriving here after
his escape from the Beers. received a
tremendous ovation. He says that from
conversation with members OF the Trans
vaal Executive Council at Pretoria he
learned that the Beers began the war
with trepedation, but that President Kru-
ger Is now confident that Great Britain
Will soon sue for peace.
In the highest Transvaal circles. Mr.
Churchill asserts. there is serious talk Of
compromise, by which Great Britain
would cede the territory now occupied by
the armies OF the two republics, pay an
Indemnity OF $4,000 900 (slOO, ,OOo, ,OOO) and
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
DETAILS OF THE PLAGUE
SCARE AT HAWAIIAN ISLES
SCOurge Now Believed to Be Stamped
Out and Was Confined Solely
to Chinese Quarters.
BY HORACE WRIGHT.

HONOLULU, Dec. ls.-Honolum has
had terrible fright The city has been
visited with a touch of the bubonic
plague. The public-spiritednes OF the
citizens. however. and the promptness
with which President Henry Z. Cooper Of
the Board Of Health met the situation
has prevented a calamity.
The first case was reported on the 18th
Since that date five deaths have been at
tf1buted TO the scourge. But one Hawaiian
was attacked, the remaining four cases
being confined TO Chinese. A sixth death
was reported on the night OF the 18th
which was at first believed 10 be from the
plague, but which bacteriology has deter
mined was not SO that there have been
no deaths from the plague since Tuesday.
The 18TH. Chinatown, the seat OF the
trouble, is now Undergoing thorough
cleaning and IL is believed the scourge
has been stamped out
The Sixth Artillery has quarantined
against Honolulu. There are POO men al
Post Honolulu They are confined strictly
10 camp and not allowed 10 visit any other
place The National Guard has instruc-
uons 10 arrest any artllerymen found IN
town. This is at the request OF Major
Mills.
Colonel Beck Of the transport Warren
decided 10 hcaVe her anchor al about noon
on the 10th and steam away for Manila,
leaving only Island boats In quarantine.
The time limit Tor development OF plague
had not elapsed since the men OF the " ar
ren were on shore and ali over the IN
fected district, but the surgeons on board
the vessel have some doubts that there Is
plague here and in any event the time
was nearly UP. Five days. The period in
which the germs mature in most cases.
would expire on the 18th. IL cases develop
the Warren VIII not be far from port
and can put back.
There are MANY who believe that the
scare was unwarrantcd. The pioneer
HaWalians and the conservative element
among the medical men openly express
tho opinion that the public was permitted
10 become uniuly excited.
The alarm was raised on the morning
of Tuesday. December y. when IL was
learned that "a Chinese bOOkkeeper had
died. The Chinese doctor In attendance, a
graduate OF the Tung Wah Hospital OF
HOngkonC. expressed the opinion 20 DR..
Herbert that the cause of death was bu-
bonic plague. DR.. Herbert Immediately
notified the health authorities. A few
hours afterward a similar case occurred.
The victim was also a bookkeeper in
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29

prominent Chinese firm, a block distant.
Both men had been residents of the coun-
Try for upward Of twelve months. and so
Tar as has been learned were cleanly and
healthy men and never handled Oriental
freight. Their bodies were carried away
and cremated after an autopsy had been
held, at which among others was present
Or. Carmichael Of the United States ma
rine hospital corps.
At noon OF the same day President
Cooper summoned meeting Of the Board
OF Health. Volunteer sanitary inspectors
were called for. Twenty blocks consti-
tuting the Asiatic quarters were quaran-
tined by the National Guard. and the Is
land steamers We're prohibited from leaV-
ing the port. Every precaution was taken
70 prevent the spread of the disease.
There was room TO room inspection of
the premises in the quarantined district
a gathering up and burning of the refuse
and garbage, a general disinfecting and
purincation, and all done under the per
sonal supervision OF the young men who
1895.
Then a South Sea Islander died of the
same symptoms. His premises were
Quarantined All persons dying from sim
ilar SYMPTOMS were cnemated. The board
ordered a crematory TO be erected on
Quarantine Island.
a woman died. For ten years she had
suffered from an ailment from which
death frequently results in similar symp-
toms. In the haste of the moment ii was
declared to be the plague and her body
Bacterioiogist DR. Walter Hoffman. a
young but conscientious man. declared IL
not TO be the plague but the disease
which ] have superficially indicated A
suit consequently-she being Hawaiian
has been brought by her relatives TO re-
cover $4,000 damages for cremating- the
body without their consent.
on Saturday evening the medical asso-
citation OF Hawaii met 10 discuss the situ-
alton. There was a large attendance and
a division Of opinion. Dir. Hoffman. the
bacteriologist Of the Board OF Health,
said:
Il have made a positive diagnosis. I
think. and l am positive we had case Of
plague in this Chinaman. / have no doubt
in saying that these bacilli are the bacllli
of the plague
Four other physicians present stated
that there had been no plague.
This afternoon the Board OF Health will
again meet, and the indications are that
the quarantine will be declared off from
Chinatown and the city be declared clean.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
STORY OF THE TREATY
WITH PORTUGAL DENIED

BERLIN. Dec. 2S-Regarding the state
fnent by the Lolal Anzeiger that a secret
Anglo-German-Po Portuguese treaty exists
Cor the division OF the Portuguese colo
mics in South Africa, the correspondent of
the Associated Press IS able 10 assert on
the highest authority that the story is
pure fiction. The high official who author
izes this denial made the following decla-
ration:
There Is no objection 10 stating that
the understanding had by Great Britain,
Germany and Portugal refers only 10
Africa and leaves Asia wholly out OF the
account. IL IS quite certain. however,
that Germany under no consideration
would conclude such a bargain with
Portugal as the Lokal Anzeiger sets forth.
Any one with the slightest political sense
ought 10 see that these tiny enclaves in
the midst OF British India are the last
colonial possessions Germany would
dream Of"
LONDON. Dec. 2s.-The Standard says
that no credit should be given 10 the ru-
NOR from Berlin OF a secret Anglo-Ger-
man-Portugucse treaty for the partition
OF the colonies of Portugal
The Standard further SAYS: Lord Sails
bury would be reluctant 10 bring pressure
10 bear upon Portugal except In a case Of
urgent necessity. Great Britain would
position of using force toward another
petty country. and there is no temptation
10 raise any further International quee-
tions."
WASHINGTON. Dec 2S-Nothing is
known here Of the reported intention OF
Great Britain and GeEpany 10 partition
Portuguese East Africa between them.
Great Britain taking the country aroun ]
Delagoa Bay and southwark and Germany
the northern half Of the territory, which
adjoins the German East African posses
sions. The officials here attach no ere
oenoe 20 the story, because. as they point
out. movement Of this kind. disturbing
the balance Of power in Africa. would lead
almost certainly TO serious complications
between the principals and the other pow
ers OF Europe. Moreover. the old rumor
OF a secret treaty between England and
Portugal. whereby the former might for
a proper consideration possess itself OF
Delagoa Bay whenever the place is needed
for military purposes. has always bpen
credited 10 some extent here. and IL such
treaty really exists there would be no
need for Germany's participation. as re-
ported.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
NATIVES PUNISHED.
Sailors Burn Villages in the New
Hebrides.

VANCOUVER, b. c., Dec. 2s.-At the
request of the missionaries of the New
Hebrides group a punitive expedition has
been sent from Sydney to Tanna by Ad-
vices of the outrages by the natives
brought here a month ago by the steamer
Warrimoo are duplicated by the latest
Australian papers eliminating in the at
tempted massacre of all the white mis-
sionaries and the actual murder of a ma
tive teacher. The warship Wallaroo was
sent to Tanna, but the blacks got word OF
the vessels APPROACH and escaped to the
interior, which Is inaccessible for whites.
The villages where the offenders resided
were burned by bluejackets.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
NEW TRANSATLANTIC LINE.
Six Splendid Steamers to Ply Be
tween New York and Liverpool.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-The announce
ment was made to-day that arrangements
had been completed by Frederick LeyIand
& Co., Ltd. OF Liverpool for the estab-
lishment OF a weekly passenger steam
ship service between New York and Liv-
erpool. This new line which Will con-
stitute the most important addition 90
transatlantic service I'm recent years.
will have in operation within two months
six big vessels and will conduct a weekly
service similar in methods 20 those Of
the Atlantic Transport line. now running
between this port and London.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
MANILA RAILWAY CAN
PAY NO DIVIDEND
Claims for Damages Aggregating
About $4,000 to Be Presented
This Government

LONDON. Dec. 2S.-The directors of the
Manila Railway Company, limited, an
nounce the suspension OF interest on the
prior lien bonds. They point out that no
revenue Is available, the line has been
in the possession of the insurgents or the
Americans since February last. They
also aver thar the United States Govern
ment is liable for the guaranteed inter-
est, having assumed sovereignty over the
Philippines
The company has claims aggregating
G%,OO0 against the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
Revenue Launch Sinks.

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 2S.-A special to
the Oregonian from Astoria says: The
steam launch Of the United States reve-
nue. cutter Commodore Perry was sunk
Grace rocks about COO yards from shore
The Perry was lying near Tongue Point
and the launch put off with five men on
board TO bring back some of the officers
who were in this city. Soon after strik-
ing the launch began 10 fill. A fisherman
on shore heard the distress signals and
reached the wreck in a small boat just in
time TO take the men off before the launch
sank.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
Fell Over a Banister.

FRESNO, Dec. 2S.-While playing in the
hallway on the second floor of the Fresno
Stamford. the 5-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Stamford, fell over the ban
lister to the ground floor. a distance OF
about thirty feet. He was picked up un-
conscious, with blood oozing from his
ears. Tonight the little fellow is partly
conscious, but Drs. Dunn and Maupin
have little hopes of his recovery.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
GUARANTEE "oPEN DOOR,
All of the European Governments
Save Russia Make Reply.

CHICAGO. Dec pa special to the
Record from Washington says: All of the
European governments except Russia
have notified the Department of State
that they are prepared to give in writing
the guarantees required some weeks ago
by the merchants and manufacturers OF
an 'open door, for trade in the markets
of China wherever their spheres of in
fiuence" extend.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
SAYS His Boat Was Stolen.

SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 2s.-A young man
of Alameda, who says his name is julius
c. Back, arrived here this morning in
company with three members of the Oak
land police force to search for a missing
boat. The sloop, which is called the Nei-
lie c. has been anchored in a creek near
the powder works for some time. The
four men whom Back accuses of purloln-
ing ii have been spending their time in
hunting and fishing. Back is very reticent
In giving details of the alleged theft. and
II is thought locally that he has been in
dulging in pipe dream" The myste-
rious thieves of the craft have vanished.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
A Whiz With a Cyclone

In the cyclone countries the wind gener.
ally has everything its own way when
fairly started, and does all sorts OF tricks
on the order OF transplanting towns etc
But the best out is a man who rode a
bucking cyclone for nearly a mile and yet
came out on top and alive. Read in next
Sundays Call how he managed TO do II
and just what the sensation was. You
might like TO try II yourself some day!
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29

To Ine lerTlDle havoc
wrought in San Jacinto early
Christmas morning by the most Sc
we're earthquake felt in the south
ern portion of the State in many years
Although almost every building in the
city was ruined by the seismic disturbance.
the loss of life was, fortunately, very
small. An adobe building in which a num-
Der of aged squaws were holding a Christ
mas celebration collapsed. Six were killed
outright and many injured. OF these, two
died on the following day. This was the
only loss of life. 4
The loss OF property. however. was very
great. Heavy timbers and tons of loose
plaster ruined the stock in almost every
store in the city. and prosperous mer-
chants find themselves almost pennies.
The wooden buildings, as usual. resisted
the strain better than the brick struct-
ures, but the majority of these are hope
lessly sprung. Tthe brick buildings pre-
sent a sorry sight. All are cracked from
top 10 bottom, and in most cases the walls
spread so much that the roofs fell in.
a special providence seemed to watch
over the patients in the County Hospital
In South San Jacinto. The building IS
ruined and must be torn down. but not one
of the helples invalids was injured. Their
escape is considered almost miraculous.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
To Enlarge Yolo.

WOODLAND, Dec. 2S.-From a reliable
source IL is learned that an organization
is in process of formation among the
farmers of Northern Solano the purpose
of which Is 10 urge the passage of a bin
by the next Legislature annexing all Of
County
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
Block of Wrecked Stores.

The total loss Of property at San ia
cinto and the neighboring town of Hemet
is estimated at at least $50, 900, and may go
considerably above this figure. Among
o>~e-~@<-@->- -@->-9->-@~@%
NJ. Shortrdge. who with his brother. Sem
ator c. NJ Shortridge, are defendant in
a suit for $4,000 due on promissory notes
by W. a. NeVills. to-day filed bill Of par
tculars in the action. For professional
services he claims an offset of $4,000 1t
covers long list OF acts, in which he re-
fers 10 defending Nevills from prosecution
by the Government for buying timber cut
on Government land. and also i'm the mat
ter of alleged statements by W. II. Mar
tin rejecting on Nevills' character.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29

DURHAM, Natal. Dec. 27.-A German
farmer named Stucke and the Rev. Mr..
Harles, director of the Hanoverian Mis-
sions in Natal. have been arrested at
Estcourt on the charge of aiding the
Beers. They both claim the protection of
Germany.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
Does Not Seek Reelection

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Dec. 2S.-At the
gathering of Illinois Republicans for their
annual love feast a bombshell was ex-
ploded this evening by the declaration Of
Governor John r. Tanner that he was
not7a candidate for reelection.
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on both sides. There IS nothing. however.
10 show a pro-Boer or an anti-Briush in
cllnation. nor IS there any discussion OF
the political aspect OF the war.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
Smallpox Among Indians.

SPOKANE. Dec. ga telephone mes
sage received here tonight reports that
smallpox has broken out among the In
dians on the south half OF the COlville
reservation.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo ouinine Tablets All
druggists refund the money II 1t fails 10 cure.
E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
FOR AIDING THE BoERS.

acknowledging the complete independence
Of the TransVaal.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29
Riverside County Hospital.

THE accompanying photographs,
made especially for The Call. serve
TO illustrate the terrible havoc
wrought in San Jacinto early
Christmas morning by the most Sc
Nara ca II thnnlaka falt LIZ, The snuth-
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Shortridge Files Answer.
SAN JOSE. Dec. 2s.--Attorney Samuel
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