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The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
LONDON MONEY
RATES HIGHER
Expected Activity on
Exchange Fails to
Materialize.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE activity expect
ed on the Stock Exchange last week failed
to materialize. The week opened with fails
promise. but it was quickly seen that the
public was not the eager buyer predicted.
Money at first was easy. 1t hardened
gradually, however, until at the close Of
the week it was found to be scarce and
the rates for short loans were higher.
Trading was slow, in view of the approach
of the mid-mOnth settlement.
Americans were the one bright spot In
the disappointing retrospect. These
shares were active and higher, especially
coalers, on news of the Reading develop
ment and the general belief that the
plans of the combinations were nearly
COMPLETED. Canadian Pacific was also in
good repute, and Northern Pacific and
Grand Trunk played imported parts in
last weeks trading on the exchange.
During the first part of the week KAT
frs were stimulated as the result of the
attitude of Chamberlain in South Africa,
but they received a setback on the canard
of his assassination and by the reports of
the illness of Alfred Belt, which followed
the Chamberlain rumor. The effect OF
Belts illness is thought TO be only tempo
rary for his recovery set in before Satur
days closing.
BERLIN, Jan. ll.-l0e bOeIS6 mas haQ
another strong week, although the volume
of transactions was below that OF last
week The efforts Of the professional ele-
ment to entice outsiders to participate in
the present bull movement have not yet
been successful The tendency of the week
was prompted by the strength of foreign
boerses and the cheapening of money
here. The latter condition caused a good
demand for domestic and foreign govern
ment funds. Foreign investors appeared
upon the German boerses as buyers of
German Government securities. German
investors are also buying foreign rentes
in marked quantities, especially Spaniards
Portuguese and Turks.
Almost all Industrial shares continued to
advance. Irons were unusually strong, on
rumors of forthcoming price advances and
a more hopeful mood among manufactur-
ers. Coal shares were in less demand but
they shared the upward movement. Cen
eral industrialsshad an unusually bullish
week.
The price OF money has fallen rapidly
the private rate Of discount dropping from
25s to 81. per cent, calls dropping from to
2 The Reichsbank shows a rapid recOv-
cry of it's former status. The offering of
money in large sums is causing a rise in
foreign exchange.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
SUFFERS AGONY
IN ICY WATERS
Mine Owner Has a Ter
rible Experience at
His Mill.

GRIDLET. Jan I--Fred Bennyhoff Of
Berry Creek is at the county hospital in
OrovIle receiving treatment for an injury
which is the result Of a more terrible ex-
perience than falls TO the lot Of many
men.
Bennyhoh owns a quartz mine near AIer-
rlmac and on the night Of his injury he
vas running the mill alone. About y
e. clock he shut the machinery down. and
as there was some defect in the gearing
connections he showed a gunny sack be-
tween two wheels 10 act as a brake and
50 his arm was caught in the gearing and
drawn In 10 the elbow, the wheels crush
ing il and holding him fast
The man stood in water three feet deep
and the night was bitterly cold. He was
compelled 20 move about in the water as
much as his position would allow 70 keep
from freezing. and ice actually formed
on the pool in which he stood.
All through the rest Of the night until
: o'clock in the morning. he endured ex-
crucia-ing pain and tried in every way to
free himself The machinery was so
heavy that he could not turn the wheels
back with his free hand. but at last he
xrenched his arm loose and started
homeward. He was so exhausted that il
was after dark when he reached the
house Of a neighbor He was taken TO
the hospital In OrOville and the physi-
clans say they can possibly save his life.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
HAzINC RESULTS
IN BROKEN JAW
Student at Annapolis
Academy Is Forced
to Fight.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. Jan. u.-As a result
of a fight between Midshipman Robert
A. Pearson, member of the fourth class
from Concord, n. H., and Francis G.
Blasdel of New York, the former is in
the hospital with a broken jaw and Bias
del is locked up. The affair occurred last
Sunday night and was the result of Pear
sons refusal to be hazed by the upper
class men. The upper class men had
been running" him, and some time ago
he Is said to have tainted under the or
deal He was accused of cowardice and
was required to fight a third class man.
Blasdel was pitted against him, and in
the first round broke Pearsons jaw. The
latter, however, continued to fight until
the fifth round. when a first class man
present stopped the contest. 1t is re-
ported that first class man was referee
and that seconds were chosen by the
men from their respective classes. Bias
del has been placed under arrest and
others connected with the affair will be
arrested also by the academy authorities,
who are determined TO punish the guilty
parties.
Young Pearsons father, Edward W.
Pearson, Secretary of State of New
Hampshire, arrived tonight and visited
his son. Pearson will not meddle in the
affair. but will leave it entirely IN the
hands of the naval authorities.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
THREE STRIVE
FOR The TOGA
Senatorship Fight in
Washington a Lively )
Affair.
Legislature Of Oregon Will
Begin It's Session
To-Day.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Jan. IA successor
70 George Turner n the United States
Senate will be elected by the Legislature
which convenes at noon tomorrow. The
leading candidates in the contest are Levi
Ankeny. the millionaire banker of Walla
Wana; Harold Preston, a well-known
lawyer of Seattle, and former United
States Senator John L. Wilson.
Probably the most important piece Of
legislation 10 come up at this session
VIII be a bill to provide for a Railroad
Commission TO be appointed by the Gov
ernOr Governor Henry Mcbride cham
pioned the Railroad Commission bill on
The stump during the recent campaign,
and he has announced that he Will en-
deavor TO have it passed by the Eegsla-
ture. Harold Preston in his campaign for
The Senatorship has championed the Rail-
road Commission bill, and consequently
has the support of Governor Mcbride.
Shortly after midnight combination of
the anti-commission interests was effect
ed. which insures the election of DR.. W.
II. Hare for Speaker of the House. The
anti-commiSSion people are also sup
posed TO have control Of the Senate.
SALEM, Jan. 1L-Most of the members
Of the Legislature, which convenes at
noon tomorrow. arrived at the capital
to-day. The questions of the presidency
OF the Senate and the speakership of the
House are still unsettled tonight, and at
6 o'clock it is understood that the
Republicans of both houses will hold
caUcus on organization tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
AT this time c. W. Fulton State SEN
ator from Clatsop County, and Governor
T T Geer are the leaders in the race for
United States Senator, though Jonathan
Bourne and Binger Hermann are able to
control number of votes. There is no
probability Of a caucus call on the Sen
atorship being circulated, at least until
the organization of the Legislature is ac-
complshed. GOvenor-elect Chamberlain
will probably be inaugurated on Tuesday
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
BonERMAKER LOSES LIFE
IN WATERS OF THE BAY

Lawrence Matthews, a boiler maker re-
siding az s97 Tennessee street, got too
close to the edge Of Howard-street wharf
No l yesterday afternoon and fell into
the water and was drowned
The patrol wagon from the Harbor po-
lice station was transferring a sick man
TO the ship Vallero. and Matthews ran
with the crowd TO see what the excite
ment was. He lost mis- balance at the
edge OF the wharf and toppled into the
bay between the ship and the dock Frank
Smith Of II East street and Adolph Mel
son Of IS Jackson street fished him out of
the water in suffocated condition. He
was at once removed to the Harbor Hos
pital, but died soon after being brought
in.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
COLDEST SPELL
Of THE WINTER
Nebraska, Michigan and
Missouri in Grasp
Of a Storm.

OMAHA, Jan. 11.-To-day was one of
the coldest of the winter One degree be-
low zero was registered this morning and
tonight the thermometer Is still lower.
The cold wave extends throughout Ne
braska and parts of Iowa and South Da-
kota.
William d. Beckett, prominent LAWYER
of this city, was found on the roadside
five miles west of the city early to-day
frozen to death.
DETROIT. Mich, Jan. 11-Lower Mich
igan' has been in the grasp of a snow
storm to-day that in the western part of
the State assumed the proportions of a.
blizzard Lake Michigan is tonight
lashed by wind that made 1T impossible
for any boats to leave port for Chicago
At Benton Harbor the street car service
is stalled tonight and Sunday trains on
the Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Chi
cago Railway had to be abandoned. Three
Rivers and Niles report a blizzard. At
Grand Rapids the storm is the worst of
the season and the temperature has fallen
20 degrees since noon.
In Detroit snow began falling about :
o'clock in the morning and there was no
cessation until afternoon. The fall con-
tinued intermittently during the after
noon and tonight five inches of snow
had fallen
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. 1.-THE low
est temperature of the present cold SMELL
was four degrees above zero at Z o'clock
this morning. Zero weather was expert
enced last month, but a sharp wind made
to-day the most uncomfortable of the
winter thus far. At o'clock tonight the
temperature was eleven above. Yester-
days snowfall was one and a half inches
There is suffering among the poor. owing
to the high price of coal. In many towns
of Kansas and Western Missouri fuel of
any kind cannot be purchased and every-
thing combustible is being burned-fruit
and shade trees, old buildings, sidewalks
and fences.
ST. PAUL, Jan. n.-Although the ther-
mometer registered but two degrees be-
low zero. to-day was one of the most dis
agreeable Of the winter. A high north
west wind served to greatly intensity the
cold. The snowfall, however, was not
sufficient to interfere with traffic While
fuel is both scarce and high conditions
have not yet reached the famine stage
and consequently there is little suffering
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
SITUATION IN COLORADO.
A Anti-Wolcott Republicans Deny
That They Will Support Democrat.


DENVER, Jan. 1.-THE confusion ex-
listing in Colorado as result of the fight
over the selection of a successor to United
States Senator Henry NJ Teller is puz-
zling even to the most acute political
minds What the outcome will be. not
even the most skilled political forecaster
Will venture TO say. That ex-senator Ed
ward o. WalcOtt has seventeen stanch
supporters as well as seventeen equally
persistent opponents in the lower house
Of the Legislature. which is the real bat
tlegrOund Of the contest has been proved
by events up to the present time Should
those who are fighting Wolcott in his own
him, there is little doubt that he will be
defeated
The anti-WOlcott Republicans have
maintained all along that no deal between
the Democrats and the anti Wolcott
forces has been made and that they will
never vote for a Democrat for United
States Senator. Among the several can
didates Of the anti-WolcOtt people. Frank
c. Goudy Of Denver probably has the larg-
est following
Some knowing ones say that the split
in the Republican party will result in Tel
lers return to the Senate. and should
the contested seats in the House be given
to the Democrats there is little doubt that
Teller will be chosen. as he was indorsed
by the Democratic State convention and
by nearly all the county conventions.
However. former Governor Adams OF
Pueblo looms UP as a possibility.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
DISTRESS IS WIDESPREAD.
Many Pennsylvania Plants Must
Close for Lack of Fuel.

READING, Pa, Jan. 1.-THE Philadel
phia and Reading Railroad officials an
nounce that for the week ending tonight
more anthracite coal was taken down the
main line than in any previous week in
years. The total is 10,200 of all classes OF
cars, or an avera ge Of 100 cars for each
working day of the week, equal to nearly
225, 900 tons. This was distributed in the
company's territory as far as New York
and along its branch in this State and
elsewhere.
The coal famine throughout this section
has reached such an acute stage that
many industries in the smaller towns Will
soon have to close, and in the country
districts the distress Is so widespread
that teams have started for the Schuykill
County coal fields, thirty and forty miles
distant, to supply pressing necessities.
In answer to the criticism why, If so
much coal is mined and shipped it does
not relieve the famine, il is said there
are many industrial establishments that
do not use coke or bituminous coal, and
that many scores Of these must be sup
piled with anthracite to keep them in Op-
Grafton.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
Feito's Bullet Intended
for Grand Cham
berlain.
Madrid Assassin a Former
Inmate Of a Lunatic
Asylum.
Young Ruler Shows Great Courage in
Face Of Grave Peril Seem
ingly Confronting
Him.

MADRID. Jan. I-Feito. the man who
tred pistol yesterday at the carriage in
the royal procession in which the Duke of
Soto-Mayor. the Grand Chamberlain was
supposed 20 be riding. was examined
gain to-day. His bearing during the
questioning confirmed the previous reports
that he is suffering from nonomania.
careful Official inquiry has shown that
ello Is not connected with anarchists 1t
Is now considered probable that Feito had
no intention Of assassinating King Alton
So The King has received a host Of royal
ana other congratulations upon his escape
A dynamite bomb which was sent here
10y rail in box from Barcelona has been
found at the railroad station All at
Iemprs 10 discover the COnsfgnee Of the
box have been fruitless. The box reached
here the day before the funeral OF SenOr
Sagasta and is supposed TO have been IN
tended for use during the passage of the
funeral cortege.
When Feito fred at the carriage Of the
Duke Of S0to-Mayor yesterday the Queen
mother and Iufanta We're very much
alarmed. The King was very cool. how
ever, and inquired If any one had been
hurt. After being informed 70 the con-
rrarE-. he chatted with the civilian Gov
ernor who walked alongside the royal car
rage giving him the details Of the out
King Immediately repaired TO a balcony
70 watch the excited people The Queen
ln the meantime was so unnerved that
physicians had TO be called TO attend her.
The pistol used by Feito was an old
double-barreled weapon
FeitO was confined for nearly one wear
in Buenos Ayres. Since his return to
Spain last June he has lived chiefly in
Madrid Naiuly seekipg employment often
changing his abode, and always at
tracing notice by his reticence and
gloomy aspect He pestered people in
high position for protection. and wrote 20
rhis end even to King Alfonso and other
soTereigns. He was several times en-
I.oTec as a servant in arist0cratic houses.
but was always dismissed as crazy
Feito alleges that the Argentine Govern
ne1t robbed him Of hundreds Of thou
sands of pounds and imprisoned him when
lie instituted suit TO recover the money.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
STATEHOOD BILL
IS NOT FAVORED
Opponents of Measure
Expect to Sidetrack
It in Senate.
House Will Take Up Philip
pine Currency Question
on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE pro
gramme for the Senate for the week in
cludes the continuation of the discussion
OF the statehood bill each day after 2
o'clock and the intermittent discussion of
the militia bill during the morning hours
of each day when it is not cut out by
some other matter. There is also a prob
ability of return at any time to the
question of the scarcity of coal, in con-
nection with Senator Vests proposition to
abolish the tariff on anthracite Senator
Nelson has not completed his speech on
the statehood bill. He said to-day that
he was not able to say when he would
conclude, but when he does Senator
Burnham will be ready to proceed The
opponents of the bill now make little ef-
fort to conceal their intention to continue
the debate on the bill indefinitely, with
the hope that it will be sidetracked by
other bills which must be pressed before
long The friends of the statehood bill
say that they see no necessity of getting
out of the way Of the appropriation bills
for the present
1t is probable that the first general ap-
preparation bill. that providing funds for
the legislative, executive and judicial de-
partments of the Government will be re-
ported during the week. but it IS doubtful
whether it will receive consideration be-
fore the following week.
The House this week will start in
earnest on the appropriation bills.
The Indian and army supply bills
are on the calendar and three 9TH
ers will be reported during the week,
namely, the diplomatic and consular, the
District of Columbia and agricultural
bills It is probable that the time given
to general debate on these bills will be
consumed largely in discussion Of general
political questions. The House will ad-
journ early tomorrow. owing to the sud-
den death of Representative Tongue Of
Oregon.
1t Is the intention of Chairman Cooper
of the Insular Committee to call up the
Philippine coinage bill on Tuesday 1t
provides for the establishment of the gold
standard on the islands. with fixed ratio
for the silver peso at , to l. The Demo-
Gratis will oppose this measure on the
ground that as the islands are part Of the
United States our currency should be ex-
tended to them.
In case the judiciary Committee agrees
on an antitrust bill it will be considered
as soon as it is brought into the House.
The leaders have agreed to sidetrack
everything and give it the right of way
whenever an acceptable measure is for
mulated. While the Democrats will urge
the adoption of a more drastic bill than
will be agreed upon by the Republicans
the latter expect both sides of the House
in the final passage to vote solidly for
whatever measure is offered
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
BOILERMAKER INHALES
GAS WITH FATAL RESULT
Christopher c. Dali Becomes Intoxi-
Gated, Tears Pipe From Socket
and Is Overcome by Fumes.

Christopher c. Dali, a boiler maker re-
siding at 1908 Jackson street, was asphyx-
lated in his room early last night. He re-
tired in an intoxicated condition at Z clock
and an hour later he was discovered by s.
Z. Brown, proprietor of the house,
in an unconscious condition. Medical as
sistance proved of no avail and the un-
fortunate man died few minutes later
His body was removed to the Morgue
Dali was out drinking with a party of
friends all day. He was taken to his
room about O'Clock by one of his COM
panions. An hour later the landlord
smelled gas escaping from Dalls room
and entered. He found Dali lying on the
bed and the gas fixture broken from its
socket The room was filled with the
deadly fumes. 1t is presumed that Dali
tried to light the gas and in attempting
tc do so pulled the pipe from its socket
allowing the fumes TO escape in great
quantities.
Dali leaves a brother, who is well
known saloon man and. proprietor of a re-
sort near the ocean beach.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
COAL CARS
BURDEN THE
s|DETRACKs
Poor Of Chicago Freez-
ing While Fuel Is
Withheld.
Scouts Sent Out by Manu-
facturers Make Start
ling Report.
Find Fifteen Thousand Carloads of
Mines Output Standing
in the Railroad
Yards.
Special Dispatch to The CAL.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE investigation of
the alleged conspiracy of the coal oper
ators will be. resumed tomorrow morning
by a special Grand Jury. Twenty-Five
coal men and officials of six railroads will
be summoned before the inquisitors to ex-
plain why fuel is being held back from the
market and prices are being sent sky
ward
Special scouts sent out by the Manufac-
turers Association reported to-day that
5000 carloads of coal were standing on
the tracks in and about Chicago. Mean
while, with zero temperature and bitter
cold wind. big office buildings, schools and
hundreds of residences are almost without
fire and can get hardly any coal
Trainoads Of coal cars sidetracked and
labeled with placards instructing railroad
freight crews to hold the consignments
indefinitely have been discovered, it is
said by the persons who caused the in
vestigation to be made. 1t is also asserted
that beyond the city lines. on one and
probably two roads, countless tons of coal
have been taken from the cars and heaped
up on either side Of the tracks for as
much three-quarters of a mile. The
Grand Jury will insist upon being in
formed why this coal has not been
brought into the market and put on sale,
thus relieving the coal famine.
Two thousand persons in Chicago are
suffering from ailments directly due to
cold and exposure resulting from the coal
shortage, according TO the weekly bulletin
Of the Health Department. issued to-day.
Serious results are already seen in a
heavy increase in the death rate, and the
Health Department brands the men re-
sponsible for the situation guilty of
constructive homicide. The death rate
last week for children under years Of
age was 1872 per cent greater than in the
corresponding week of last year. and
among persons over 60 years of age it was
1861 per cent greater.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12

TO his colleagues in the House, as he had
been in unusual good health during the
present session. At his bedside when the
end came were his daughter Miss Bertha
and adopted daughter, Miss Rane.
Mrs Tongue is in Hillsboro, Mr.. Tongues
Oregon home and TO that place the re-
mains will be taken for interment. leaving
here at 7:45 o'clock tomorrow night via
the Pennsylvania. They expected to
reach Hillsboro probably Sunday Mr.
Tongue leaves a widow, two sons, one Of
whom is in Washington and another in
Oregon; three daughters, two of whom
are married and live in oregon, and an
adopted daughter.
A Congressional committee will be ap-
pointed tomorrow to escort the remains
to their last resting place. Mr.. Tongue
was in the hfty-ninth year of his age,
was a lawyer by profession. was promi-
nent in Oregon Republican politics. had
served in the Fifty-fifth, Fffty-sfxth and
Fffty-seventh Congresses. and had been
elected to the Fifty-eigh Congress-
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
ORDERS SHIP
THROUGH THE
DARDANELLES
Great Britain Decides
to Force Hand Of
Sultan.
Ignores the Sick Mans Suze-
rainty Over Things
Egyptian.
Merchant Steamer Receives Instruo-
tions to Invite the Fire
of the Turkish <
Forts. Il
Special Dispatch to The call

CONSTANTINOPLE,J Jan. 1.-THE Porte
has not yet replied to Great Britain's
protest against Turkey allowing Russian
torpedo-boats to pass through the Oar
danelles. No other power has pronounced
itself on the question.
After waiting vainly for two years to
obtain the same privileges for the Fhe-
dival Navigation Company as other COM
panies enjoyed. namely. that its ships
may pass through the Dardanelles. the
British embassy has determined to wais
no longer. and has instructed the steamer
FL Kahira, which left yesterday for Alex
andria, to pass through the Dardanelles
without stopping.
This decision has the effect Of ignoring
the Sultan's suzerainty over things Egyp-
tian, which restriction now Will be re-
moved.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-12
CHILD IS BEATEN
BY BRUTAL GIRLS
Vicious Assault Is Com
nitted on a Widows
Daughter.

Clara Barton, an 11-year-old girl. who
lives with her mother at 800 Minna street,
lies in a serious condition at the City and
County Hospital as the result of a beating
inflicted on her by two other girls Of
about her own age.
The child says she was returning home
Friday afternoon, when she was attacked
by the two other girls, who proceeded to
beat her with sticks they had gathered for
firewood She was knocked down and
then. she claims, one of her assailants
kicked her several times in the stomach
AS a result of her injuries the child is
suffering from a partial paralysis Of the
right leg.
The child can give no reason for the at
tack and says her assailants were total
strangers to her. Her mother is a widow
and is in straitened circumstances.