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land. As this is written revenue
vessels are out looking for the other
lightships that are adrift, and, as still
other storms have intervened between
then and now, the question of finding
them becomes moro and more doubt
full.
To recount even few of the incl
dents and adventures and daring
deeds of rescue performed alike by
men the Life-Saving Service and by
volunteers who manned lifeboats and
went to the rescue of crews on board
foundering vessels that they met on
the high seas would take far more
space than is at my disposal. Wher-
ever human life was imperiled men
were ready with daring hearts and
skillful hands to rescue their fellows
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about seven or eight days covering oil
this zone and extending southwark as
far as Hatteras. or perhaps even till
they melt away into the gentle
trade winds OF the tropics. But not
even the photographic office ventures
as yet to predict very far ahead the
approach of phenomenal storms such
as visited this coast at the end of
November. 1t could and did give
warning several hours before the storm
began to make itself felt at the Vir-
ginia capes and along up the Jersey
shore. Hurricane signals were promptly
set at every station away up the coast
as far as the jurisdiction Of the United
States extended, and il the coastwise
authorities of the British possession
had only been willing to accept the
warming OF American weather
prophets they. too, might have shown
danger signals for the benefit Of their
seafaring population.
1t is y singular characteristic Of q
great many masters Of vessels. from
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-12

The senate concurred on final pas
sage in the house bill providing for
the construction and maintenance Of
sldepaths along the highways in the
townships of this commonwealth for
the use of bicycles and pedestrians.
Because he got cold In the head
while doing service at Lattimer In 1897
as n member Of the national guard the
senate this evening decided to grant q
pension of $500 to Samuel ID. Hughes
of Scranton.
The bills passed finally: Prohibiting
hereafter the establishing or mainten-
nance of additional hospitals. pest
houses and burial grounds in the built
up portions of cities; repeating the
local option law of the Fifteenth ward
Philadelphia; providing for an addl-
tional law Judge of the several courts
of the Sixth judicial district (Erle
county) appropriating $4,000 to the
Packer hospital at Sayre: an amen
datory act providing that the term of
county solicitors shall not exceed be-
yond the term of the board of county
commissioners, by whom they may be
appointed.
The Baldwin mercantile tax bill was
q special order on second reading in
the senate Wednesday morning. Mr.
Miller of Berks opened the debate by
DTOpOSiUB tDdl lnt graduated scale nt
taxation be dispensed with; that re-
tail storekeepers be taxed one mill on
the dollar, and the wholesalers half as
much. In support of his amendment
Mr.. Miller said that the Constitution
demanded a uniformity of taxation
and, according to his opinion, as
framed is unconstitutional.
After further debate, in which Mr.
Finn stated that the merchant prince
of Philadelphia had told him he
favored the bill. the assertion of Mr.
Brown of Lawrence to the contrary
Notwithstanding. the amendment was
adopted by vote of 20 to 49, The sec
ton 1t amended was agreed to.
Senator Brown Of Westmoreland. in
troduced in the senate Thursday
morning a resolution to provide a
glorious and fitting reception for the
Tenth regiment Pennsylvania volun-
teers, the Western Pennsylvania COM
mand which has so distinguished the
state in the Philippine campaign. The
resolution provided for the appoint
ment of n committee of five senators
and eight representatives to arrange
welcome. after finding out when the
command OF Col. Hawkins may be ex-
pected to come home.
BY q vote of 20 to 10 the bill author
izing the trustees of any normal
school of the state to place mort
gage not to exceed $4,000 on the
buildings and grounds of such institu-
tion or any part or parts of the same
which shall be prior in lien to all liens
of the commonwealth for money ap-
propriated to the schools, passed fin
ally.
The Joint ballot Friday resulted:
Quay, 40; jerks. IS; Irwin. "a; total.
III.
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without hope or prospect of reward,
and while instances have been re-,
ported of alleged plundering of
wrecked persons and property along
shore, the weight of evidence, on the
side of courage and faithful discharge
of duty, is largely in the lead. Heaven
grant that the interval may be long
before such another storm descends
from the Northern Oceanl
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-12
The Passing of the Tow-path Mule.

The speediest solution of the canal
boat difficulty is offered by M. Salliot,
of DiioH, France, who has invented an
electric traction engine which will run
on any towpath without rails. The
motive power is furnished by an over.
head trolley wire. The towing cable
is fastened to the back of the engine,
and in the cab sits man who does the
steering and controls the current. The
locomotive is perfectly stable, and
stands all sorts of shunting and cross.
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goes forth from its lair in the Arctic
seeking whom it may devour, the first
land that il strikes squarely is Cape
Cod and the first large seaport that lies
in its track is Boston.
The meteorologists tell us that most
of the destructive cyclone storms orig
inato in the Gulf of Mexico or else
where in the South Atlantic, and in
truth the warnings of approaching
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-12

ing. Experiments made in Paris were
so successful that the problem of tow
ing canalboats seemed to be solved.
This photograph, taken near one Of
the European capitals, shows how the
good. old, sure-footed, long.eared
friend of our fathers has been sup
planted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-12

n the year 1871
the Life-Saving
Service Of the
United States
was fouaded by
Sumner |. Kim
ball, at that timS
head of the Rev
enue Marine Bu-
reau Of the Treas
ury Department.
He secured ap-
preparations from
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-16
OF INTEREST TO THE COAST.
Condition of Presidential Postoffices
in California.

WASHINGTON, June 15.-The Postoffice
Department issued a statement to-day
showing the condition of Presidential
Postofffces in California for six years Of
III offices in California, thirty-nine show
an increase in receipts and fifteen de-
crease. Hanford and Red Bluff have been
advanced from third to second class of
fees. San Jacinto and Sanger have been
relegated from third to fourth class of
fees
A PostofIice was to-day established at
Pierce, Riverside County, and Ross b.
Drake appointed Postmaster; also at Sun
rise Alaska, and Henry A. Smith APP
pointed Postmaster
The Department of the Interior has
written the War Department requesting
that Captain Benson, who is a member
of the commission appointed to examine
the roads of Yosemite National Park, be
designated as disbursng officer for the
commission in the field, so as to enable
the commission to commence work at
once and to prevent delay in sending to
the treasury for funds.
an, Veterans lone. Napa, So. John Y.
Napa, $12. Increase-Elisha F. Gordon,
Calistoga. Sc to IS; Henry Bucholz. San
Francisco, Sc to S. Original widows, etc.
Helen Reid Madrone, IS; Mary e. Gal
loup, San Francisco, IS; Nancy Lighbody
San Jose. $S
Cheney, Sc; experimentation E.
ows, etc.-Mary A. Mccain. Burlington,
So.
Oregon: Increase-Henry e. Slocum
Ashland IS to 49,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-16
DEATH OF A BRAVE VETERAN.
Close of the Career of Commander
John II. Stevenson.

NEW YORK, June 15.-Commander and
Pay Inspector John Fl. Stevenson at the
Brooklyn navy-yard is dead from apo
pleXy at his home in Brooklyn He was
50 years of age and is survived by his
widow and two children
Commander Stevenson had his first bat
sion and was in all the battles and Skin
mishes of the Potomac fotilla from DC
tober, 1862. to April. 1863. For bravery in
carrying dispatches through the enemy's
country from Captain Woolsey to Ad-
miral Farragut, he was nominated by the
President April %, 1870, for advancement
fifteen numbers in his grade. He was
commissioned as paymaster in 1869 In
1892 he retired with the rank of com
mander. At one time he held the posi-
ton of superintendent Of the Panama
Railway
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-16
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, June 15.-The Agricul-
tural Department to-day issued circular
giving the substance of reports received
by it up to June 10 on the condition of
foreign crops. 1t says that a British COM
mercial estimate tentatively puts the
worlds wheat crop of 1899 at 1904 O00,0OO
bushels, against 2,748 600 900 bushels in 1898,
a reduction of pa 900, 600 bushels, or nearly
SO per cent. Another estimate makes
reduction of 352 geo 900 bushels.
Reports from the country around Odessa
and Nikolaeiff. Russia, represent the grain
crops, both wheat and rye, as almost de-
stroyed by drought. Taking into account
the injuries hereafter reported IN three
or four other provinces within the winter
wheat region, it is evident that the crop
of bread grain for the empire as Whole
cannot be agreed upon. 1t has even been
suggested that the crop may not eHceeu
that of 1897.
Information from Germany is scant, but
there has been complaint OF dencleht sun
shine and warmth, and the harvest was
thought lucky to be a week or two later
than usual Later advices indicate better
weather in various parts of Germany.
According to the official report on Tue
Austrian crop. the middle OF May WLeao
and barley promised apour ha1oy that
Weld, but rye and oats were pelo" 'h"'
standard DIDO, Minister
In report of the Hungarian Hlllil9tea
of Agriculture. issued May 70, the 6 Coz
under wheat was estimated at dp 80 ,,@ar
000 acres against 100 900 acres laSt 60 80,
and on this basis, taken IN CO.., s,ciai
with conditions of plant, some 900 900
estimates put the crop as hlgh d 41Y,o0 TJ0S
h,IsheIs against 124 900, 900 busheiS III e.
though other estimates are less I'd 81
severe drought has preValled III Iloui, Nc
MIA and the wheat ana r Kan 0iI haIf - of an
T,pprooe Weld, Other cereals also nav
S,,ffared The reports from Bulga ne, a. y
better though by no means 8oo9' ;nti
from Turkey. both European anu
(" Gcconnts from Italy are favorable anu an
those from Spain show a ma[keu IN
movement in the prospects Oh the Cei - IL
crop throughout the greater part u fiio
peninsula, though 1t seems onraalS will
that either wheat or other ceIeai9 WIN
Weld as we'll as in lSgS. - 4ba+ oq
Next TO the Russian wheat crop thdl 81
France is the largest ana most lHlpoi o al
in Europe and the outlook 1or Soou
Weld is decidedly better than IN the a, loI
me- country. According to the ofhcial
cron report for May 10 the area under
wheat is about the same as last year:
or very little less, while the condllion -
about per cent lower, On this basis Inq
oron would be in round numbers, about
% 06o 600 bushels less than that of last
In other Continental countries and aIso
in Great Britain there has been consld,tI
weather, but except in Denmark ana SWe-
den there is no mention of any serious m
i1ry to important cereal crops.
No official report has yet been MADE as
to the Indian wheat crop, recentty HtL-
vested. but it is known to be CONSIDERABLY ~
tha agricultural outlook in Australia are
very favorable.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-16
RIOTS At THE
RAILWAY STRIKE
NOn-UniOn Crews Are
Badly Beaten.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 15.-While
the sixth day Of the street railway
mems strike started peacefully enough,
there was serious rioung before night
fall and three non-union men were
taken to the hospitals in consequence.
The trouble began shortly after noon
near the Lakeview car barns on Euclid
avenue. a crowd attacked a car on
which several non-UniOn men were rid
ing and the conductor, James Murphy.
who came from St. Louis, was haunad
from the platform. Murphy drew d
revolver and fired into the air and
then took to his heels. The mob then
assaulted some Of the other non-union
men on the car, injuring them quite
severely. but the rioters had disap-
peared when the police arrived.
soon afterWard another car, in which
were several women passengers, was
attacked. Bricks and stones We're
hurled through the windows, but the
women escaped injury. The conductor,
Anthony Wuerst, from Milwaukee, was
struck in the face by a brick. and a
stone which hit him on the head rem
dered him unconscious.
Motorman Fox, also of Milwaukee,
was hit by a shower of bricks and
stones, and was so badly hurt that he
had to be carried with Wuerst to the
car barns. Both men were subsequent
~ sent TO a hospital. In this case. as in
the other, the mob had disappeared
when the police arrived.
A little later a third car was stopped
by a crowd of men which had been con
cealed in bushes at the side of the
street Fifteen or twenty men boarded
the car and a desperate fight ensued be-
tween them and z. w. Newman and
c. w. King, the conductor and motor
man. both from Buffalo. Both men
were chased from the car and were
beaten with clubs and kicked in a
brutal manner. Newman was so badly
injured that it was necessary to send
him to a hospital. This mob disap-
peared before the police arrived.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-16
HAD THREATENED
TO KILL kILROY
MoOre'S Murder of PO-
liCem an Premeditated.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEVADA. June 15.-This was a bad
day for the self-defense plea of Police
man Kilroy's slayer. After County Coro-
ner Daniels had identified the riddled and
blood-stained clothing that the officer had
on when killed, Gustave Schmidt, to-
bacconist, was called. Schmidt testified
that Moore came into his store a fort
night before the tragedy and said if Kill
roy did not quit following and threaten
ing TO arrest him he would kill him.
Lyman y. Weeks. a miner, and j. j.
Hanley who tends bar at the Grotto sa-
loon, had the same remark made to them
by the prisoner. Robert Walker. a clerk
in the Union Hotel, heard Moore make
the same threat to Kilroy himself one
evening.
Fred Eilerman, a saloon keeper. said
that about a quarter of an hour before
the killing he heard kiroy tell Moore
he lied when he denied leaving the sa-
loon blinds open so the officer could in
pursuit of his duties watch the interior
of the saloon, and Moore replied. Il will
shoot you. I<ilroy; you have followed me
long enough. Kilroy was carrying a
cane at the time, but apparently paid no
attention when the threat to shoot was
made.
Barber Bob Gates, the only witness of
the whole affray, testified that the two
men went down Broad street to Pine,
upon leaving Eilermans, talking and ar
guing. AT the corner both showed excite
ment. Moore repeated the statement that
kilroy dare not arrest him, and that he
would be killed if he tried it. Kilroy re-
piled that.he could, but did not want to
arrest him, and that Moore could not
kill him. After a while Kilroy put his
hands on the obstreperous mans shout
ders from in front and leaned forward
as if to shout in his ear Moore being
hard of hearing. Then Moore drew his
gun and shot Kilroy twice in the sto-
mach. The wounded man fell against the
assassin and the force of the blow
knocked the latter on his back Moore
sprang up and pressing his pistol against
the face of the wounded man, who was
still on his knees and calling ooh, Bob,
come. here, fired again, then turned and
fed from the corpse. Once Gates heard
one of the men say, Keep away / don't
want any trouble" but he could not tell
which said it.
Printers Morgan and Boardman of the
Herald force were upstairs in the office.
and heard and saw part of the encounter
from the window.
John S Gregory. e. w. Schmidt and
others saw the body just after the shoot
ing. The officers club and pistol were
where he usually carried them and there
was no cane around. Sheriff Getchell told
Of his long and exciting chase after
Moore. lasting nearly month.
Tomorrow Sheriff r. r. Veale of Con-
ira Costa County will tell how, single
handed, he caught the fugitive at Old
Bay Point station.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-16
STRIKING MINERS
VERY INDIGNANT :
Demand a RetraCtion or
a False Story.
THEY ARE NOT CRIMINALS
THOSE WHO QUIT WORK SCI
FORTH THEIR GRIEVANCES.
They Demand Better Pay for Work at
Iron Mountain and Food That
Is Fit for Human
Beings.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

REDDING, June 15.-The striking Iron
Mountain miners, now in Redding, were
made indignant to-day by the fncendiary
dispatch from Sacramento, which was
printed in Wednesday evenings Bulletin.
The Bulletin was soundly denounced for
stating that nearly 30 per cent of the
men employed at the works have at some
time done time in the State prisons" and
that they are a class of men who hold
life lightly"
The Sacramento dispatch was posted on
a bulletin board near the pOstoffice. and
underneath it on a Western Union blank
was a demand signed by strikers" that
the grossly libelous matter be retracted.
The Bulletin was favored with a red-hot
copy by wire.
A committee of strikers composed of w.
Graham, c. H. Beeve and w. H. Day, in
behalf of their fellow Workmen. to-day is
sued an address to the public. in which is
recited the grievances which led up to the
present trouble. In part the address reads:
On June 10 grievance committee Of twelve
men waited upon Superintendent Archer and
asked for, in behalf of the employees or the
corporation, a uniform increase of 40 cents in
all branches of the mining business. At the
present time miners are receiving 81 60 day.
and the lower grades Of workmanship from
considerably below the average schedule in
force on similar properties in this and other
parts of the State We believe our course is
just one, and desire to inform the mining
The strikers also complain of the COM
pany's boarding houses asserting that
1.-The food is not fit for human consump-
ton but that the employees are COM
PEELED to patroniZe the institution under
penalty of discharge. The address states
that of the 500 men who quit work only
two were opposed to the move, and re-
manned with the company. Their names
are Charles Smiley and one McDroom. All
stories sent out to the effect that grave
complications are feared, necessitating
the calling out of the militia, are without
foundation. as all of the strikers have
left the vicinity of the property and are
CHARTERED in town. from which the mine
is not readily accessible
Further evidence of the peapceable ma
ture of the strike is found in the fact that
an extra coach had TO be switched into
the overland train last night to accom-
modate the strikers who were bound for
Colorado and for British Columbia by
way of San Francisco. Over a hundred
men have left for other fields and more
are going. There is no disturbance here.
at keswick or Iron Mountain No at
tempt is being made to reopen the mine.
1t is given out. however, that Superin-
tendent Archer will nave some improve
ments made in the mine for the better
ment of the air supply, the work to be let
out by contract.
1t was rumored about that the company
had made an offer of 50 per day for the
miners to go to work, but credence
is placed in the story here.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-16
ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT
VETERANS ASSOCIATION
Old Soldiers of Sonoma and Napa ana
Families Gather at Peta-
luna

PETAIJJMA. June 15.-The second an
nual encampment of the Sonoma and
Napa Veterans Association opened this
evening There was a gathering of vet
Grams and their families at Camp Dlll,
Agricultural Park, and an impromptu
welcome by Antietam Post, G. A. r., and
Antietam w. X. Z.
The sessions of the business meetings
IF +he association will be held at the pa
vilion at the park, which will be pretuly
decorated for the occasion and illumin-
ated with electric lights. The citizens are
preparing to decorate their residences
and places of business, and Petaluma will
present gala appearance in honor OF
her hundreds of honored guests, The
Ladies' Veteran Aid Association will also
be in session during the week, and the
ladies will be the special guests of the
Relief Corps during their stay here.
The committee has announced the Off
cial programme for the week. 1t will,
however, be enlarged upon and only the
features which have been positively as
sured will be published. General Shafter
will be there without fail, and Friday of
this week will therefore be the big day.
The official programme is as follows:
Friday evening. June 16, at opera house
Grand reception rendered the visitors. The fol-
lowing programme will be rendered Overture,
Company band; plano solo, Miss Estella
Newburgh: address of welcome, A. r. Winans :;
patriotic selections, Mrs. Princess Long of
:,
Judge r. F. Crawford of Santa Rosa; address
of welcome in behalf of the city II. p Brain
erd president of the Board of Trustees; address
of welcome to the Ladies Veterans Aid Asso-
citation Mrs. Arletta Winans; response to the
address OF welcome Dr. NJ V. Ki1nball of
Healdsburg: vocal solo, Mrs ]. P. Rodgers;
recitation "Our Countrys Flag" Miss Ger
trude Winans; address, Major General Shafter
of San Francisco.
Saturday June &c. 10 a. M, Agricultural
Park-Election of officers of the Veterans AS
sociation and the Ladies' Veterans Aid Assoc
citation 2 p. m. park-Address, Cuba, DIR.
c. n Thomas of Healdsburg.
Sunday June 49, 10 a. m, park-Memorial
services and short eulogies by comrades on de-
ceased veterans who have passed away in this
jurisdiction, intersDersed with sacred songs
p. m-Address, Mrs. Addie Ballou of San
Francisco; address, Mrs. Veeder Dow of Sc
bastopol.
Monday, June 10, 10 a. m, park-Short talks
and "reminiscences by the veterans. p. M
Address Judge A. ]. Buckles. past department
commanders, of Solano County. p. m.-Re-
ception by Morning Star Chapter. Order East
ern Star to the visiting associations.
Tuesday June 90 ladies' day, park 10 a. M
Address Eva j. French, Santa Rosa; solo, Mrs.
Clara Mcdonald, San Francisco; reading Miss
Bessie French, Santa Rosa; skirt dance. Anna
belle Rodgers; remarks, visiting ladies'; solo,
patriotic selection Miss Lowery; recitation
Miss Laura Hutchins.
Wednesday, June q. recreation day-The Wis
itors will be driven about the city and vicinity
and shown the various places of interest.
Thursday, June 22-Breaking camp and fare
wells