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ceeded to search the place. Frank Cal
darella was induced by officer Mackay to
go down Third street from his residence
to search for Mangini.
Just as Frank was passing the corner
of Tehama street George Caldarella, the
13-year-old son of Luigi, began firing at
him. One bullet struck the old man in
the head and the second penetrated his
shoulder blade. The lad fired a third
shot, which is probably the one that
grazed Special Officer King.
George, pursued by Officer Mackay, ran
around to the rear end of his fathers sa
loon, at 245 Third street, and as he dashed
into the door Michael, who was tending
bar for the father while the latter was
arranging for the release of Orlando AT
the Hall of Justice, fired a shot at Mack
ay, but although the weapon was held OF
his knee he missed his mark.
George hid himself in a rear room and
Sergeant German, who was passing in a
car, went to Mackay's assistance. Cor
man grabbed Michael, while Maekay went
after George. From his concealment the
latter took several shots at the officer
but without effect. He was promptly
placed under arrest. While Sergeant Cor
man and Officer Mackay were taking
their charges to the patrol box crowd
of excited Italians endeavored to get the
lads away, but by swinging their clubs
right and left the officers soon quieted
them. Sergeant German says but on,
shot was fired by the police during the
excitement, and that was by Mackay over
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LARGE SNAKE SWALLOWS
A SLEEPING ALLIGATOR
A Python in the Central Park Men
agerie Makes Rather Strange
Meal

t NEW YORK, Nov. 14-The largest of
three pythons in the Central Park menag-
erie felt hungry to-day. 1t crawled over
to tank of water, where three young
alligators were lying asleep and swal-
lowed the largest one, which measured
two feet eight inches The snake was
eight feet long.
Jake Cook the keeper, entered the
building as the snake was completing it's
meal. He reached the cage in time to
see the alligator's tail twitching as it dis
appeared from view. The other two alli-
gators were taken from the cage, lest the
snake swallow them Also When the
snake stretched itself on the floor there
was an apparent bulge in the middle, and
the outlines of the alligator could be seen
plainly. Superintendent Smith was sur
prised at the conduct of the python. as
the two species of reptiles live in peace
with each other when in a wild state.
q "a, n
loaded with lumber and cedar, sprang a
leak and became waterlogged in the
heavy gale last night off Point Aux
Barques. The life-saving crew rescued the
crew of nine to-day in a freezing condi-
ton. No effort was made to save the
ship, which is now drifting down Lake
Huron.
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bid, with offers at 112. Northern Pacffc
convertible per cent bonds were 1O4 bid.
with no transactions. It was said that an
application would shortly be made to the
Stock Exchange for the listing of the Sc
curities Of the new proprietary company.
1t was also said that Northern Pacific As
would not be listed as it was intended To
convert them into common stock.
More Roads Included.
Practically no additional news was OBJ
tainable to-day concerning the settlement
finally effected yesterday, and those d.
rectly connected Herewith said that there
was nothing more to be divulged at pres
ent. No details, it was said, have been
worked out in connection with any roa1
other than those directly concerned in the
agreement. These roads were the Union
Pacific, the Northern Pacific, the Great
Northern, the Burlington and the South
ern Pacific, which is controlled by the
Union Pacific. 1t was intimated by one
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SHIPS LOST ON
BRITISH COAST
During the Present Storm
Fifty Vessels Go Down
and Over I8o Men Perish

LONDON, Nov. 15.-It is still imposs-
Bile to estimate with any exactitude the
total loss of life and property resulting
from the protracted gale, and probably
the full extent of the damage will never
be known.
Much wreckage of unidentified vessels
is still being thrown up. Altogether it is
known that some fifty vessels have been
wrecked along the British coast. Thirty
four of these have been absolutely
wrecked, involving, it Is believed, a loss
Of more than 100 drowned. The Var
mouth lifeboat disaster alone leaves
forty-four fatherless children.
BELFAST, Nov. H.-From wreckage
seen in Belfast Tough to-day 1t is sup
posed that the Seton collier White Abbey
has been lost and her crew of nine
drowned.
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SNOW BLOCKS
COUNTRY ROADS
Billiards Rage Throughout
Central New York With
Great Fury--B;g Snowfall

SYRACUSE, n. Y, Nov. 1.-THE snow
storm throughout Central New York con-
tinues tonight with undated severity.
and huge drifts are piling up along the
fences. Streams are rising and several
places report threatening floods. In SYRIA
cuse sleighs are running even in the
downtown streets. Trolley service is de-
moralized, but the steam railways are
making their usual time. About ten inches
of snow has fallen. The mercury is about
at the freezing point.
PORT HOPE, Mich, Nov. 14-The
steamer Emerald from Alpena to Detroit,
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DAMAGE DONE
BY THE SHOCKS
Severe Earthquakes in South
ern Utah Crack the Walls
Of Beaver City Buildings

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Nov 14-Ad-
vices received to-day from the more re-
mote sections Of Southern and Southwest
ern Utah show that last nights earth
quake shock Was very heavy in some lc-
calities and considerable damage was
done The shock was apparently the
heaviest at Beaver City, where the Nor
mon Westinghouse, the Courthouse ana
the Beaver Academy were badly dam
= aged. especially the latter building, whose
walls show great cracks as a result Of
the shock. O--4mneys were toppled over
and plate glass all over town was shat
tered Hardly a house in the town es-
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Competition Is Avoided.
1t is further said that the territory west
Of Chicago is to be divided in such a way
that competition will in a great measure
be avoided on any except wholesome
lines, and there will be a large increase
in net earnings for all concerned. There
were fanciful suggestions in regard to
another proprietary company, to take in
the Union Pacific, the Northwestern and
the st. Paul roads, but it is declared to
be too early to give any details about the
schemes. The notion that they are to be
controlled by the Northern Securities
Company was generally discredited, for
the reason that further increase in the
colossal aggregation of capital might en- g.
courage adverse legislation.
The question that most interested the
financial community to-day in connection
with the big combination was how much
cash had been required to put through
the scheme and whether the money mar
ket would be deserted at the time when
the surplus of the local banks is at a low
level.
Financiers who are interested in the
deal soon dispelled all doubt on this sub .
ject by declaring that the underwriting
syndicate would have little to do, one
authority asserting that not more than
Sc 900, 900 to 100000 would be required
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Accuse Boerg of Murdering Kaffrs.

Accuse Beers of Numbering Kaffi1s.
LONDON, Nov. 15.-In an article on the
war in South Africa the Times says to
day: 1.-The Beers, as far back last May,
were guilty Of numbering whole kraals of
Kafirs in order to destroy the traces of
the movements of their own commanders
The British authorities at the time, for
some reason not specified. prohibited any
mention of these outrages''
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capped damage, many of them being badly
cracked.
No fatalities are reported. Another
slight shock was felt at Beaver this
morning. At Cedar City, Kanab and Par
owan the shock is reported as being very
severe, plastering was shaken from walls,
dishes We're broken and brick buildings
cracked.
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Prima Donna Secures a Divorce.

LONDON, Nov. LILLIAN Decima
Moore, the prima donna, has been grant,
ed a divorce from Cecil Walker Leigh on
statutory grounds. She was married to
Leigh in 1894. while making a tour of the
United States.
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| hand, and a special officer named J. G.
King received a slight wound in the hip.
About year ago the Caldarellas were
Jointly interested in the fruit store at 1O2
Second street. They disagreed and Frank
bought out the interest of Luigi, who
then opened saloon. The latter had sent
previously for his two sons, who were
then in Sicily-Michael, aged about II, and
George, aged 13. Both of these arrived in
San Francisco last November and es-
poused their fathers cause. Against
George, the younger, two charges of as
sault to murder are pending as result
of yesterdays fray, and similar charge
Is hanging over his elder brother. One
of the charges against George may be
changed into murder, there being a prob
ability that the injuries inflicted by his
nistol upon his uncle Frank may result
seriously.
About 7;3o o'clock yesterday morning,
when George Orlando, who is a brother
in-law of Luigi Caldarella, was about to
90 to work for the Roylance Brass Works
at 112-14 Main street, he had a dispute
with Frank Mangini, who Is employed
there and who is brother-in-law of
Frank Caldarella, over the possession Of
a seat. Both men were in the finishing
room, and Mangini pulled out his pistol
and fired two shots at Orlando. The lat
ter ran around the corner of the finishing
room toward the entrance and returned
the fire. For a few minutes the shooting
was lively and Olando received a bullet
in his left hand and Mangini retreated to
the rear.
Police officer Mackay was called in and
he sent Orlando. to the Harbor Receiving
Hospital and later to the Harbor police
station, where he was booked on charge
of assault to commit murder.
Shooter Makes Escape.
Officer Mackay, aided by Officer Ing
ham. made a search of the brass works
for Mangini. They were informed by en-
ployes that he had run through the build
ing. dropped his revolver in his flight, re-
turned and later went into the cellar.
Officer Mackay made a search of the cell
lar, but could not find his man. Ascer-
tanning his address, the officers went to
the residence of Frank Caldarella, 500
Howard street, where he resided, and pro-
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the settlement in the Northwest
ern situation, was announced to-day. 1t
is composed as follows: John S. Ken
neoy, willis James, Samuel Thorne, J. ].
HiIl, z. T. Nichols, J. F. Baker. Robert
Bacon. George W. Perkins, Daniel S. La
mont, z. H Hartman, Jacob H. Schiff,
James Stillman. ". P. Clough, George c.
Clark and n. Terhune.
J. J. Hill, president Of the Great North
ern, was elected president Of the new
ombinstion.
Trading in the stock Of the Northern
Securities Company began in the outside
market to-day. All transactions were
made subject to the provision when is
sued" The stock was started at 10 bill.
Operations were very light in volume, and
later IN the day the stock declined to lob
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of the parties to the compact for peace
that other properties might be taken
later.
In some way not yet made known the
Chicago and Northwestern and the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul railroads
are to be included in the present deal, or
subsequent one, whereby all of the
Western roads will be welded together in
a harmonious community of interest
which shall prevent the decentralization of
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the head Of the fleeing George. Ingharl
Joined in the ARRAY near the close ann
participated in the arrest.
Frank Caldarella was removed to the
Central Emergency Hospital. where the
bullet that penetrated his skull was To-
Gated. Thi5was removed by Dr. BunneL
The more serious wound is the one In
f1icted by the bullet that entered his
shoulder. The bullet ranged down into
his abdominal cavity. and on account Of
his enfeebled condition could not be 10
Gated.
Uncle Accuses Nephew.
Michael and George CaldareIla were
taken before their uncle in the afternoon
and he was questioned in their presence
as to the causes of the ARRAY As we'll a.
he could he told that the little boy was
the one who shot him-the one who trie
to kill him. He said that fireman named
Sullivan told him that his brother. Luigi
had offered the boy George $50 to kill
him, and that the whole trouble came
from family disputes.
The scene at the bedside of the wound
ed man was intensely dramatic Franz
CaIdareila, with his head and body
swathed in bandages and breathing heav-
lily, was aroused from an almost lethargie
sleep. He gazeG around for a moment cr
two. and his eyes glanced in the direction
of his two nephews, seated in chairs b.
his bedside.
do you know who shot you?" quietly
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Y Ew YORK, Nov. 1A-The direc-
torate Of the Northern Securities
81 Company. incorporated yesterday
at Trenton, in connection with
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DISPUTE OVER BUSINESS MATTERS
ENDS IN SHOOTING OF AN UNCLE
BY THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD- NEPHEN

FEUD among the members of two
AZ branches of the Caldarella fam
~ lily, one of which is headed by
Il II Frank Caldarella, the proprietor
of a fruit store at 102 Second
street. and the other by Luigi Caldarel,a.
proprietor of a saloon at 245 Third street,
eliminated yesterday in series of shoot
ing ARRAYS, in which Frank was possibly
fatally wounded George Orlando, a
brother-in-law of Luigi, was shot in the
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PROMINENT MEN ON THE DIREC-
TORATE OF THE NORTHERN Sc
81 CURITIES COMPANY.
Competition Is Avoided.

rates and prevent the contest for control
such as occurred last summer.
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CALDARELLA FAMILY EXPOSES ITS DIFFERENCES
BY PRONISCUOUS EXCHANGE OF PISTOL SHOTS
MEN CHOSEN TO GUIDE THE DESTINY
OF THE GREAT RAILROADS UNITED IN
NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY

composition of the Directorate in the Vast Scheme of Comu-
nifty of Interest Shows That Representatives of All the
Rival Combinations Will Have Hand in the MANAGEMENT
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-19

produce a shock with thrills running all over New Haven. The neighbor1ng property would all have to be re-assess- ed, then the property neighboring the neighboring property would come in for change and so on until it had spread over the whole city. In other words, each drop of the assessed valuation or any piece of property anywhere would necessitate a reassessment Of all New Haven to get the city on the basis Of any gentleman that wanted to sell out. If society is prepared for all this, let's amend the bill so as to make 1t a logical whole and then shoot it into the envi- ronment and let it and us take chances with the million or more factors nature will run up against it. II 1t doesn't make confusion worse confounded, 1t ought to work well. My idea would be to take little more time, take up the whole great tax question as proposed in the motion I was permitted to read to the Chamber of Commerce the other evening, then after exhaustive and careful investigation and study endeav- or 10 devise something that shall ade- quately meet the tax muddle here and the whole great tax question now con- fronting the cities, Possibly it will all lead back to the proposed bill.
 Geo. M. Wallace.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-19
THE COMM UNITY OF INTER EST

THE COMM UNITY OF TNTER EST. It is not surprising to find the Rail- way Age expressing the opinion that it
 is the Interstate Commerce act which
 has caused the recent astounding con- solicitations of railroads. The Interstate Commerce act, says the Age, requires carriers to publish their rates and ad- here to them, while the same law and the antitrust act declare any agree ment to make or maintain rates illegal and criminal What Is to be the result of this contradictory legislation? The Interstate Commerce Commission is forced to admit that if there can be no agreement between separate roads it is inevitable that there will be unity or agreement in their ownership and in preference to this it now favors leg alized pooling. Combination in owner- ship is rapidly going on, while congress is silent and the public indifferent. If the present situation is not satisfactory there must be new legislation, and with a view to this there must be conference and conciliatlon.
 The Interstate Commerce act is doubtless factor in the present situa- ton. but it is perhaps little too much to call it the cause of the big railroad consultations. These consolidations are in the main an application of an idea which has been applied in other branches of business in much the same way.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-19
TROUBLE ON UBLE'S HEAD,

Soon the renting season" will begin, and there will be plenty of trouble There will be trouble about prices, re- pairs, children, dogs, etc., etc, etc. But it is to be hoped that nobody in New Haven will have such an experience in trying to get a place to live in as printer and his family in Emporia, Kansas, have had, This printer had three children who called him father" or papa" He couldn't conceal them in his negotiations for a house, and just as soon as he revealed them there was trouble. Nobody wanted his children as tenants, and finally he advertised for house, and in the advertisement offered to kill two of his children. And ifyou will believe it, before anybody &C., cepted this generous offer his wife add ed twins to the family. Of course he is a happy father" but he really does mt know what to do with five children when three were considered too many by the landlords of Emporia.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-19
MISTAKES ABOUT MARS.

The daily press of the United States and elsewhere has found Human Life on Mars to be a taking headline, and 1t has been often employed. The gene ral reader, hearing only one side and having the unfortunate nomenclature of 'seas'' and canals before his eyes, has very naturally accepted results that appeal to his imagination and that he had no way of testing for himself. In the light of what has gone before it is clear that change of popular opinion must be made. Popular opinion has no other desire than to be well founded and is entirely ready to be guided by the judgment of experts. We may ap- peal to them. Professor Young, of Princeton, has this to say on the mat ter of the temperature of Mars; Re calling the fact that the solar radiation Is less than half as intense as here the inference is almost irresistible that the must be appallingly low
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-19
WAKING UP.

Michigan, like many other States, is
 beginning to realize that she has been
 recklessly extravagant in the way she
 has allowed her forests to be used.
 What has been going on is strikingIy shown by the figures of the product of 1900. In the Saginaw river listric.
 there were produced in 1882 1,O11, ,OO0 900 feet of pine lumber, while last year the pine output dropped to 129, ,921 ,40S feet The decrease in some of the other iun- Der districts of the lower peninsula is not less pronounced. In upper Mi2hi- gan also the pine supplies are being rapidly diminished, but there is vast quantity of hemlock and hard wood timber yet available in both peninsulas. The high-water mark in the production of lumber in Michigan was reached in 1888, the output in that year being 3, 292, 1S9,914 feet, since which there has been a gradual decline. There was pro- duced in 1900 fl 100000 feet more lumber than in 1899, and the output that year exceeded that of 1898 by about 210 000, 900 feet. The increased production last year was chiefly due to the conditions which obtained in the lumber market and the general prosperity in 1899,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-19

nese themselves. In every town from Taku to Picking the first evidences of footing bore the imprint of Chinese en- terprlse. As the allied troops advanced, vast caravans of carts and coolies made away with the wealth and treasures of the cities The troops invariably con- quered halfdestroyed and systematical ly footed towns. To protect the desert ed territory has required an army it. self, and to leave it untouched but of fered a further field of operation for the refugee Chinese who soon came back
 In Tien-T Tsin nothing was too inslgnif- icant for the Chinese to loot. They carried away their neighbors' doors, the partitions to their rooms, and the tiles of their houses In Picking similar tac- tics were attempted, but the flight from the capital was too precipitate to per- init the inhabitants to do the job thor oughly. They burned some of their most sacred and ancient buildings, and carried away all that horse and man could transport. What was left of Value--tlle silver, jade, silks and furs- the allies took under the natural law of conquest. It was contraband of war,
 
 job. The English, under war orders, systematically gathered in the furs, or naments and furniture from the houses In their quarter and sold it at public auction. The Japanese devoted their energies largely to gold, silver and mu- nitions of war, which they shipped to Japan, giving the private free rein to collect souvenirs. The Russians off, cially ignored footing, and every one helped himself. The Americans both recognized and ignored the proposition. Much loot was gathered in and shipped to Shanghai and the Philippines and sold to the highest bidder The French took what they could get. The Ger man method was questionable; they came late and organized punitive ex- petitions. But I think the punishment they administered will rebound to the lasting benefit of civilization.-Leslie's Weekly
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-19
4 ABATEMENT.

| It is early to get agitated over the presidential campaign of 1904, but many are getting agitated over it. Some of the agitation is interesting. For in stance special correspondent of the
 New York Evening Post writes from
 Seattle saying that there is well-de-
 fined movement among the Democrats of the Northwest to organize for the nomination of David Bennett Hill of
 New York as the next presidential can
 didate of the party. In considering the
 candidates who can probably unite both
 the former Bryanites and the remnant
 of the conservatives in the Northwest
 the leaders are turning to Hill. They
 have practically discarded Richard Ol-
 ney from their consideration, because
 he is obviously unable to get the sup
 port of the Bryanites. Bryan and oth- CTS of his kind are equally unacceptable, because their candidacy will again estrange the conservatives and will mean defeat. By this process of elimi- nation Hill has been selected. The leaders freely admit that he is no bet ter than he was in 1892. and that he is by no means a statesman. They say, however, with some show of force, that in the Kansas City convention of last June he was, outside of the Bryanites. the only figure of national importance The leaders in the Northwest think that he would probably get the support of most of the Bryanites, because he stuck to the party In 1900, and nominally, at any rate, was regular They also hope that he might have the support of the more conservative Democracy of the East. This hope is not based on the theory that Hill Is particularly popular among the conservative Democrats, but that he would not antagonize them as a Bryanite might
 This seems to be rather feeble foun- dation for boom, but politics is poli- tics, and there is no telling what Demo- crats will do.