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The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
OKLAHOMA MAN
BUNKOS SWIFT
Chicago Packer Invests
in Scrub Cattle.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PERRY, o. T., Aug. 13.-It is reported
here that an Oklahoma cattleman
palmed off a gold brick on George B.
Swift of Chicago in Oklahoma some
weeks ago. Swift came to the Territory
and inspected, as he thought, 10000
head of fine cattle on the Kiowa.
Apache and COmanche Indian reserva-
tions. Later he made a big purchase
and leased a large tract of land on
which to Craze his u 900 cattle. He put
competent territorial man to look
after the purchase, and soon the man
ager, so it is alleged, found that Swift
had purchased only 100 head of first
grade cattle and the remainder of the
1900 were nothing but ordinary scrub
stock.
1t appears the agent who sold the cat
tie, who is said to be a man named
Williams. had the good stock so ar
ranged on the grazing pastures as to
deceive Swift, who paid a large price
for them. 1t is said Swift will soon
bring suit to recover several thousand
dollars from the agent who sold him
the cattle
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
STRIKE OF SMELTER
EMPLOYEES Is ENDED
Detection of American Members of
the Union Causes the Mems
Defeat

DENVER, Aug. 13.-The strike of the
employees of the American Smelling and
Refining Company's plants in Colorado
was declared off at meeting of the
Smeltermen's Union in this City. The
action was taken upon the recommends
ton of the executive committee Of the
strikers
The resolutions adopted tonight on the
recommendations made by the executive
decision to call off the strike was due to
the detection of the American members
of the union, the foreigners having all
along stood out for a continuance of the
lockout. The resolutions also advise all
the men who went out tifty-nine days
ago, when the strike was declared, to re-
their old positions
1t is thought now that 1t is but a ques-
tion of a short time until all the plants of
the American Smelling and Refining Com
pany in Colorado will be going at full
blast.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
DUEL TO THE DEATH
ON A DALLAS STREET
Two Men Fight With Revolvers as
Weapons and Both Receive
Mortal Wounds.

DALLAS. Tex, Aug. ia sensational
duel to the death occurred here to-day
between Policeman A. II. Rawlings and
Charles A. Daniels. Revolvers We're the
weapons, the distance three PAGES and
both Of the principals are dead. Eight or
nine shots were fired, and plate glass win
dows for blocks around were shattered.
Rawlings lived ten minutes and Daniels
an hour. The former was shot three times
and the latter once. Rawlings was under
the influence Of liquor at the time, and. a
friend was trying to induce him to go
home when Daniels crossed the street and
sat down in front Of a drug store.
Rawlings pointed his finger at Daniels
and applied an epithet to him. This was
repeated three times before Daniels got
up from his chair and approached. Not
a half dozen words were spoken before
the shooting began.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
PURCHASE OF LAND
FROM CROW INDIANS

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. ia Jour
nal special from the Crow Agency, Mont
says: Government commissioners have
effected an agreement with the Crow In
dians which will become a treaty when
ratified by Congress. About 100000 acres
of land will be purchased on the northern
end of the Crow reservation from Fort
Custer to Yellowstone River and from
Pryor Creek to the eastern boundary OF
the reservation, embracing the lower Big
Horn and other smaller streams.
This leaves the Crows $500 900 acres
and will make them Independent in time
and furnish homes for thousands of civil
lied people. The price to be paid is about
81 per acre Part of the land is arabic
but most of it is excellent for grazing
with timber on the streams. The North
ern Pacific Railway runs along the north
ern border and the Burlington diagonally
through it from east to west.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
CALIFORNIAN SLAIN
BY ALASKAN INDIANS
L. w. Martis of Santa Rosa Falls a
Victim to Murderous Kotzebue
Natives

SEATTLE, Aug. 13.-The Indians Of the
Kotzebue country, in Alaska. have been
guilty of several atrocious crimes recent
ly. according to Hugh Kennedy. who re-
turned to-day on the schooner Townsend.
l.. w. Martis of Santa Rosa is supposed
to have been their first victim. He heard
the reports of gold on Noatak River, and
went there with one of the two Pickering
brothers from Kentucky.
Pickering returned and said Martis wan
dered off and probably had been muir
dered by the natives, as he had $l40O
Pickering and an Indian searched for
Martis and found only his pistol and COM
Kennedy says that later in the season
both of the Pickerings were killed. Two
other murders are credited to the natives,
the victims being Diamond Dick" and O..
Austenberg.
Charles Becker, said to be from San
Francisco, was found hanging by the neck
in his cabin on Kobuk River. He had
committed suicide.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14

consequence. [ must give the Nation
alists credit for having, from the very
beginning, foreseen what the revision
would lead to. They in many things
showed blindness. They accepted the
madman, Quesnay de Beaurepaire, as
their spokesman. But they had a keen
instinct for the ultimate trend of the
revisionist movement.
Dreyfus is generally unfortunate in
the use of the pen. He lacks artistic
sensibilities and cannot disassociate
himself from his ego to enter the feel
ings of others. One sees this harsh
egOtism in his correspondence with his
wife. He was never more unfortunate
than in the letter complaining that NJ
Casimir-Perier did not keep a promise
to him. 1t eXasperated Casimir- Perier
who treated as a foul libel the asser-
tiOn that he, as President of the re-
public, entered into a pact with an Off
Ger accused of treason. Casimir-Perier
has habit Of thinking mOrbdly. He
has taken deep Offense at several asser-
tions of MERCER and will try conclu-
sions with him tomorrow We expect
fur to fy-in Casimir-Periers case,
canine; in Mercier's, feline.
Some of Countess Marie Won Nun
ster's letters in the secret dossier were
to Mile. Lucie Faure They may be
feTgeries. I cannot imagine that she
gave them to the Minister of War as
proof that the family of the German
Embassador took an interest in Drey-
fus.
The Schwarzkoppen letter, speaking
of the impetuOus intervention in the
affair of the German Emperor for rea-
sons unknown even to HOhenlohe, is
believed to be genuine. In this connec-
tiOn it is said in military circles that a
lady in whom Emperor William took a
deep interest has fished out for him
Dreyfus as a person competent to in
form his Majesty on French military
questions. This lady, it is said, was a
relative of the late Jacques Saint Cere
of the Figaro, who was condemned to
thirteen months imprisonment for
blackmailing the late millionaire, Max
Lebaudy. He came to Paris a pictorial
artist, as the story goes, and exhibited
in the Salon, There was such a lady,
but I would be sorry to declare her the
mistress of the German Emperor and
the temptress of Dreyfus. What the
officers say about her may be another
lie, which should be nailed to the cOun-
ter. Military credulity is boundless
EMILY CRAWFORD.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
SHERIFF WHITE FEARS
ASSASSIN'S BULLET
Believes the Baker Faction Will Muir
der Him, but He Will
"Die Game"

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Aug. 13.-JOhn
Feland, a prominent Eastern Kentucky
politician, who has just returned from
Lexington, says while there he met and
had a long talk with Beverly White,
Sheriff of Clay County, from whose
house Tom Baker was assassinated
while being guarded by State troops.
Sheriff White told me- said Feland
to-day, that he knew his days on
earth were numbered. He is confident
some of the Baker crowd Will kill him
as soon as a good opportunity is pre-
sented He added however, he was
prepared for the worst, and touched
his belt, in which he carried two huge
Colts revoIvers and a bowieknife.
White remarked he might leave Clay
County but for the fact that all his
relatives and property We're located
there"
There are at present, however, no in
dications of another outbreak in Clay
County. though it is not believed the
end of the HoWard-Baker feud has
been reached.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
HIS SEREON WAS
ON JESUS JHE JEW

Rev. E. A. Woods spoke on Jesus the
Jew last night. A large congregation
filled the First Baptist Church to listen to
the stirring address of the pastor. DR..
Woods spoke in part as follows:
Many of the great men of ancient and
modern times were Jews. Jesus was a
Jew. Was He something more? In a
sense all great men are the product of
have their national characteristics. Plato
was a product of Greece; Caesar was
true Roman; Gladstone was essentially an
Englishman, and Washington was the en-
bodiment of the American spirit.
But Jesus belongs in character to no
one nation or age He was manhood in
perfection. He had not the characters
tics of a Jew. The world has crowned
Him as the ideal perfect man
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
TROUBLE OVER FRANCHISES.

GRASS VALLEY, Aug. 13.-Captain
John Cross and Major Payne of Los An
geles have been in the county for several
days in the interest of capitalists Of
Southern California trying to obtain a
franchise for an electric railway between
this city and the county seat The
Trustees of each city have signified their
intention to advertise for bids for the
franchise. Hon. John +. Kidder who now
owns both county road franchises, has
presented to the Grass Valley board a
protest against the granting of a fran
chise to include the streets of the vest
ern part of the city Mr.. Kidder owns and
controls the greater portion OF the prop
erty on these streets and has improved
them and kept them in repair for years
not build the much-needed new theater
nor spend another cent for improvements
in the city.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
CAPE MONIES FUTURE
NOT A BRIGHT ONE
Good Place for the Poor han to Re
main Away From, Says Cap
tain HarkenS

PORT TOWNSEND, Aug. Bone
thousand dollars worth Of gold dust from
the Cape Nome mining district was
brought down by Captain Harkens of the
schooner Una. twenty-seven days from
the mouth of Snake River. The gold rep
claims owned by Captain Harkens and
partners Harkens does not predict a
great future for the country. owing to
the o shorfness ,I1 ea OF the I'M mining season
scarcity of wood prevents winter mining
and will make wintering there very ex-
pensive. When he left miners were ex-
periencing much difficulty on account of
the frozen grounds. He says it is a good
place for poor man to stay away from,
as nearly all the country has been staked
Up to tho time of Harkens' departure
not to exceed $40 600 had been taken out,
but mining operations had just com
menced; There were about 5000 people at
Anvil City, but many were leaving
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
GERMANS RIDICULE
MERCIFR'S STATEMENT

BERLIN, Aug. 13.-The statements of
General MERCER before the court-mar-
tial at Rennes yesterday regarding the
imminence of war between Germany
and France excites only ridicule here.
The general opinion is that the former
War Minister ought now to be judged
from a pathological viewpoint.
The semi official newspapers declare
that there never was any idea of war
and that even had Count Won Munster,
the German ambassador in Paris, been
recalled a Charge d 'Affaires would have
been left to carry on the embassy bust
ness.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
HAY TO VISIT tcKINLEY.
Will Discuss Questions Arising From
the New Possessions.

PLATTSBURG. n. Y, Aug. 13.-The
President decided at the last moment
not to attend church this morning. but
instead went for a drive with Mrs. Nc
Kinley. who has been prevented by the
cold, rainy weather from going out of
doors for the last two or three days.
This afternoon the President and Mrs.
Cortelyou took short walk around the
grounds.
Secretary of State Hay will be here
on Tuesday, coming from his summer
home at Newburg, N. H. The greatest
Importance is attached to the Secre-
tary's visit here at this time. as it is
believed he is coming to confer with
President Mckinley regarding the
many questions of state arising from
Americas new possessions. Attorney
General Griggs and family will arrive
Thursday.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
Swiss to Celebrate.

SAN RAFAEL Aug. 13.-The OIema
Swiss Club is making extensive prepara-
tions for the celebration of the anniver-
sary of Switzerland's independence on
September II. A basket picnic, a pro-
gramme of musical and literary exer-
cises and dance at the large pavilion
in Bear Valley will form the principal
features of the day. In the evening a
ball will be given at the Drulds' Hall in
Olema The officers OF the club are
President, A. Bulletti; vice president Jo-
seph Martella: treasurer, a MartineIli :;
secretary, d. Cavilli. The committee on
arrangements is composed of Messrs
Gambont, Compili and Ressili.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
Two Homeless Children.

Two children, John and Joseph Gere,
were lodged at the California street Po-
lice Station in a pitiful plight last night.
They had gone to their mother, who
street, to get the key to the woman S
room, at 127 Trenton street. She refused
to give it to them; The luckless young
sters then searched for their father, find
ing him in a saloon. He refused to have
anything to do with them. He had plenty
of money to spend for drink, but none to
shelter his children.
officers Fleming and Daggett took the
boys to the station. They will be doubt
less taken to some public institution to-
day. Gere, who resides at 519 jackson
street. has quarreled with his wife, and a
suit for divorce is pending between the
two.
It's always the man with the short
end of it who advocates enualitY
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
Lumber Yard Burned.

RED. BLUFF, Aug. 13.-Telephone re-
ports from Lyonsville give news of the
destruction of the lumber yard there this
morning The fire started near the rear
end Of the Champion mill, and the entire
yard was destroyed. The mill and build
ings were saved. The property belongs
to the Sierra Lumber Company, of which
Peter Dean of San Francisco is president.
Superintendent Ransom was absent from
town. There were two or three million
feet of lumber in the yard. The sash, door
and box factory of Red Bluff was largely
supplied from the Champion mill The fire
will probably cripple local operations.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
TRANSPORTING TROOPS

JOHANNESBURG Aug. 13.-The Trans
vaal Government it is reported, has pro-
visionaIly arranged with the Netherlands
South African Railroad Company for
mobilization on the shortest notice II, re
quired Immense stores of provisions
and war material have been collected at
Pretoria It is reported that orders have
been issued to mobilize the artillery re-
serve.
1t is alleged from Boer sources that the
Government proposes to introduce pass
port law aiming TO prevent outanders
from leaving the country without per-
mission in the event of war.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
PLANS MADE FOR A
SENSATIONAL ARREST

LONDON, Aug. 13.-The correspond
ent of the Times at Rennes says strict
orders have been given to the local po-
lice and special commissary men to
hold themselves in readiness, and on
the slightest provocation effect an ar
rest which will be more sensational
than any yet chrOnicled.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
AFRIKANERS FAVOR
CHAMBERLAIN'S PROPOSAL

CAPE TOWN, Aug. 13.-A meeting Of
prominent Afrikaner leaders to-day advo-
Gated acceptance by the Transvaal Gov
ernment of Mr.. Chamberlain's joint COM
mission proposal. According to dispatch
from Durham, Natal, the Liverpool regi-
ment, which recently left here. will be
sent to form camp at Laings Neck. The
Portuguese have detained the steamer
Reichstag, from Hamburg June %. at Del
agoa Bay. She has on board 1900 rifles
and other war material consigned TO the
Transvaal Government.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
. Convicts Armed With Knives.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Aug. 13-The
rule adopted by the Board Of State Prison
Directors consigning every convict found
with weapon on his person or in his
cell to the incorrigtble ward is proving
almost worthless. Yesterday jeff
White serving an eight-year sentence for
grand larceny committed in San Francis
knife with an eghteen-inch blade. 1t is
said ten such knives are carried by other
prisoners.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
EXCITEMENT OVER THE
COMMUNICATING DECISION

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Johannesburg
correspondent of the Times says: The
Germans and Americans are especially
excited over the new Communicating de-
cson. Many who had retained linger-
ing sympathy with the Transvaal
Government are now altenated because
of this measure
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
ADDITIONAL SOLDIERS
FOR THE TRANSVAAL

LONDON, Aug. H-The Times this
morning in a special article on the Trans
vaal situation says: In the event of war,
in addition to 1900 troops from India,
80 900 will be sent from England, making
the total British force 1000
1t would be idle to ignore the fact that
should we unwillingly be driven to OBJ
tain by force that which justice should
accord, an entirely new South African
situation will have been created.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
Chaplain Mailev Lectures.

STOCKTON, Aug. 1S.-Chaplain Jane!
Mailey of the First Nebraska volunteer!
spoke on MY Experience on the Firins
Line in the Philippine Hospitals at tn,
Central M f. Church tonight. The po
liticaf phase of. the Philippine campaign
was left severely alone. His tragic, pa
thetic and humorous word pictures OF
the First Nebraska's s experiences in the
field were interesting to the 1900 persons
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
BRUTALLY BEATEN AND
DRAGGED IN THE RIVER
Henry Henson, Witness in Water Right
Case, Set Upon by a Band Of
WhitGCapS.

ANACONDA, 13-News received of
at endo of a n
md consid
he disguised whecaps
until could
fter a
dragged about until nearly drowned He
he
officers investigating the Of considerable
prominence and are said in he afa
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
Artillery for Victoria

HALIFAX, Aus. lat is stated here
that one of the companies of Royal Ar
tillery at present attached to the Halifax
garrison will shortly be transferred to
Victoria, B. c., being replaced by COM
many now IN the West Indies.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
DIR. FINCKE DEAD.
Had Charge of a Department in the
Paris Exposition.

CHICAGO, Aug 13.-Dr. f. H. Fincke of
Baltimore, a member of Commissioner
General Pecks staff, died here to-day of
heart failure. DIR. Fincke had been as
signed to duty as an expert in medicine,
surgery, dentistry and chemistry in the
industries at the Paris Exposition.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
HORRIBLY MANNED IN
THRASHING MACHINE
Peculiar Accident Causes the Death Of
Bank Director Henry c. Toilet
of Salinas.

SALINAS Aug 1Senry Toilet director of the First National
accident
his
miles south
of still
the
cylinder.
stopped when physicians arrived the spot
of the framework before he could be released
terribly
he raried the shock
widow, and
a
will he buried dunder the
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
Beveridge in Good Health.

BANFF. n. w. T.. Aug. 13-The friends
of Senator Reveridge of Indiana, who IS
taking the waters in the Canadian Ma
tional Park, are crowding him with dis
patches of inquiry concerning his health.
To all the Senator has answered that he
is we'll
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
Troop K at Seattle.

SEATTLE, Aug 13.-Troop K, Third
Cavalry, arrived tonight under command
of Captain Hunter.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
MAITRE LABORI OF
DREYFUS' COUNCIL
SHOT FROM AMBUSH
Continued from First Page.

attack of a certain section of the
French press with silent contempt.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14

ct5FPMANS COURSE FROM YOKOHAMA SAN FRANCISCO
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The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14

It's always the man with the short
end of it who advocates equality.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-17
NUMEROUS CHANGES

ro Be Made in the Management of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ON July 1.
BALTIMORE, June 16.--A number
of important changes will be made in
the transportation department of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad on July /.
The position of general superintendent
of the trans-Ohio lines. now held by ].
M. Graham. will be abolished. and the
jurisdiction of General Superintendent
Thomas Fitzgerald will be extended
over the main lines from Philadelphia
TO Chicago. including its branches.
Mr.. Graham will become chief engineer
with headquarters at Baltimore, sue
ceeding w. T. Manning, who resigned
on March 10. with P. H. Irwin as as
sistant.
The jurisdiction of John E. Srarrier.
superintendent of first division and
branches, with headquarters at Balti-
more, will be extended over the second
division.
F. A. Hustled. superintendent Of the
middle division. will have the third,
fourth and fifth divisions. with head
quarters at Grafton. w. Va.
r. NJ. Sheats. superintendent of the
fourth and fifth divisions, will be
superintendent of the Chicago termi-
nails.
T. ]. English, superintendent of the
Chicago division, will have the Ohio
and Midland divisions. with headquar-
tiers at Newark. o.. vice ]. r. Glover.
designed to other duties.
f. c. Hatchelder OF the 500 line. will
be superintendent of the Chicago divi-
sion, with headquarters at Garrett. Ind.
Charles Galloway, train master of the
first division. will be assistant superin-
tendent of the first and second divi-
sions, with headquarters at Cumber-
land.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-17
OTIS.
DEATH OF LUNA,

Declared by NJ. Andre, the Belgian Consul
to be a Harbinger of Peace.
NEW YORK, June 16.-In an inter-
view at Brussels with a Herald CORES
pendent, M. Andre, the Belgian consul
general at Manila, declared that Lunas
death was a godsend, that he was the
soul of the rebellion and the most san
culinary man of all Aguinaldo's army
and the one who tortured Spanish pris-
oner5 and lived by instruction. Be-
fore M. Andre left Manila for his pres
ent visit to Europe he obtained from
the Americans some concessions for
Philippine insurgents in consideration
of Luna's formal promise to release
Spanish prisoners. Luna afterward re-
fused to fulfill his promise and NJ. An
DIRE having then described Luna's con-
duct as treacherous and felonious, the
latter sent him a challenge to a duel,
but he disappeared without fighting.
M. Andre says the assassination Of
Luna removes the principal obstacle to
peace which the Americans now have
a great chance of speedily securing even
by simple persuasion
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-17

forts to check their spread. The work,
moreover, had to be stopped at fire.
quent intervals, owing to danger from
fire damp, and with each retreat of
fury. The wreck of the mine seemed
beyond question, but later the atmos-
phere cleared somewhat and the work
of fighting the fire was resumed. At
noon word was sent to the surface that
it was believed the fire was under con-
troll, and that further search for bodies
soon would be taken up, although at
that time the rescuers were 500 feet
from the scene of the explosion. The
names of men still missing cannot be
given at this time. 1t may be night
before the fire will be subdued suf-
ficiently to permit of entrance into the
mine. 1t is learned that the coal in
the mine has not taken fire generally,
but that the timbering took fire.
The Caledonia mine was sold TO the
Dominion Coal Company by Senator
McKeen, the present general manager
OF the company. 1t supplies coal for
gas purposes and has been producing
on an average of 1000 tone per day,
much of which was intended for ex-
port for the Everett Gas and Coke
works in Massachusetts. The mine
was equipped with the most modern
machinery.
DR.. Gilpin, the deputy commissioner
of works and mines. who happened to
be in Cape Breton, is here and will in
vestigate the cause of the disaster on
behalf of the province.