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The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
UNKNOWN SHIP ASHORE.
Vessel Helpless in Rough Sea on Cape
Hatteras

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 2s.-Battered
by heavy seas that have been lashed
70 fury by a forty-mile gale, an un-
known steamship is helpless on the
inner Diamond Shoals, eight miles off
Cape Hatteras, tonight and faint
lights seen now and then carry a mes
sage to the life-saving corps on shore
that there are human lives aboard the
wrecked craft that cannot be saved
until the wind and sea have calmed
sufficiently to allow the surfboats to
be launched.
The observer of the United States
Weather Bureau at Hatteras first saw
the steamship when the fog lifted
shortly before noon to-day. At that
time she appeared to be in distress.
and later 1t was seen that she had
grounded on the inner shoaf, known to
mariners as 'HelI's Hole" The heavy
seas careened the vesseI on her beam
end and at o'clock this afternoon she
was lying on her port side with seas
washing all over her
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
FIRE DESTROYS
LARGE DREDCER
The MastodOn, Owned by San
FranciScans, Is Burned on
Leyee East of Antioch
CREW MAKE GOOD FIGHT
Flames Break Out in Oil
Tanks and in Short Time
EnvelOp Entire Structure
Special Dispatch to The Call.


ANTIOCH, Dec. 2S.-The large dredg
er Mastodon, belonging to the Bay and
River Dredging Company, was burned
this afternoon. The dredger had been
doing reclamation work on the Walker
levee, east Of Antioch. This morning
the crew took on 10, 800 gallons of fuel
OIL and shortly afterward the Japanese
cook reported that there was a fire un-
der the oil tanks on the forward part
OF the dredger. The crew of eight men
at once gave battle to the fire and man.
aged to smother the flames for a short
time. The fire then broke out in the
hold of the dredger and the men were
compelled to abandon the fight. AS the
dredger was at work in shallow water
the crew could not scuttle it, The
dredger was insured for about $40 900.
All that was saved from destruction
was the immense bucket, which fell on
the levee when the wooden boom
burned away. The crew lost nearly all
their belongings, and consider them
selves lucky that they escaped from
the flood of burning oil.
Captain Sandy, who had supervision
OF the work, was in San Francisco at
the time of the fire The dredger had
been at work since midnight Tuesday
night, and only stopped long enough to
receive the supply of oil.
w. H. Wright, the principal owner,
was offered $4,000 for the dredger a
short time ago. 1t was built about four
years ago and had been a profitable in
vestment.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
SUIT INJURIES
NEVADA CITY
Litigation Between Mining
Corporations Throws Many
Men Out of Employment
Special pispatch to The Call.

GRASS VALLEY, Dec. 2S.-The Home
Mining Company entered suit this aft
ernoon against the Champion Mining
Company asking damages in the sum
of 100000. The attorneys for the Home
Company have levied an attachment
upon the property of the Champion and
have been granted an injunction pro-
hibiting the company from working the
territory in dispute. One hundred and
ten men were employed at the mine,
and all of these are thrown out of en-
ployment as a result of the injunction
order
The Home Mining Company was re-
Gently enjoined from working in the
territory claimed by both companies,
and as a result the mining industry in
Nevada City is practically dead, as
these mines were the backbone of the
town. The contention between the two
companies is almost identical with the
famous Pennsylvania-W Y. o. D. case
which dragged out it's weary length in
the United States District Court and
which finally resulted in decision be-
ing given the Pennsylvania Company.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
VESSEL STILL
At SEAS MERCY
Steamship DrumelzierS Beat
EN- About by Waves and No
Word Received From Crew
WRECKER STANDS NEAR
Life-Savers Ready to Go Out
to Give Aid to British
Ship at the Break of Day

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Still pounding
on the bar off Oak Island, where she
struck on Christmas morning, there is
practically no change to-day in the
condition of the steamship Drumelzier
Tonight word was sent to the Sandy
Hook life-saving station to get ready
to start for the wreck at daylight
Captain T. Patterson will have charge
of the crew of eight men, the hardest
Efe-savers along the coast. The long
est lifeboat was made ready at once
and early in the morning will be taken
in tow by powerful tug to where the
British tramp lies stranded
The vessel lies about three-quarters
or mile off the extreme end of Fire
Island beach. She is almost in the
channel leading from the ocean into
Great South Bay. All communication
between Oak Island and the mainland
is cut off by the ice that fills this bay
with drifting floes, driven hither and
thither with the winds and in some
places piled in huge hummocks.
The position of the boat is one Of
great peril. She is lying bow on toward
the shore, with her stern resting on
the bar, showing about two feet above
her normal draft. AS she lies the seas
are breaking over her port side, but
the westerly wind which came up to-
night showed a tendency to beat down
the high running surf
At o'clock the wrecking steamship
Merritt was anchored about a mile
from the stranded vessel and the Mer-
r1tt's surfboat could be seen lying
alongside the Drumelzier. Whether she
had taken off any of the steamships
crew or whether she was standing by
as a precaution in case the vessel went
shore.
During the day the steamship hoisted
no signals of distress nor did she even
use her whistle, although smoke and
steam from her tunnels indicated that
the fires were still going.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
BUILDER OF MAYNARD DIES.
James f. Secor Passes Away at His
Home in New York.


NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-James F.
secor, the builder Of the Mare Island
navy yard near San Francisco, the
Pensacola navy yard and many of the
monitors, ironclads and drydocks
which contributed so largely toward
putting an end to the Civil War, died
yesterday at his country home in Pei
ham Manor. He was 80 years Of age
and until within a few hours of his
Death he retained the mental clear
ness and physical vigor which had been
the marvel of his friends for many
years.
Born in New York City, Secor en-
tered the shipyard which his father
War began 1t was famous throughout
the United States.
Though he retired from active bust
ness, which had embraced the presi-
6ency or managing dictatorship of two
Western railroads several years after
the war, Secor was active up to the
time of his death and devoted his de-
clIning years to the development and
beautifying Of his estate in Westchester
County. He took special delight in the
old colonial mansion once the property
the hands Of the Secor family three or
four generations back. They had lost
it, however, and the first use Secor
made Of his fortune was TO buy the old
home Of his family.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
PROBING DEEP
IN DODGE CASE
Jerome Anxious to Get at
the Bottom of the New
York Matrimonial Middle
DETECTIVE is MISSING
Believed That He Can Throw
Further Light on Identity
of the Others Implicated

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-The statement
made to District Attorney Jerome by
Charles F. Dodge in connection with
the Morse-Dodge case was not present
ed to the Grand Jury to-day, and it is
understood tonight that all action in
the case will be deferred until next
week, and perhaps longer. The Grand
Jury will be sworn in next Tuesday,
and ii is expected the case will go be-
fore it.
The District Attorney had and still
has strong hopes of securing all the
evidence needed, but is said to be hav-
ing difficulty in obtaining witnesses to
corroborate Dodge's statement Edward
j. Bracken the detective who is alleged
to have been with Dodge in Texas, has
not yet been located. Jerome's detec-
tiVeS are said to be searching for him.
The first official move by District At
torney Jerome to uncover the conspir-
acy and lawleSsness which he believes
lie back Of the long legal fight in the
Dodge-Mo case was made to-day
when he swore out an attachment for
Edward j. Bracken detective. Brack-
en-, it is alleged, was with Dodge in
New Orleans and accompanied him to
Texas.
At the time the divorce of Mrs.
by her former husband, who alleged
that he had never been properly served
with papers in the proceedings, the le-
gality of Mrs. Dodges marriage to
Charles w. Morse was placed in ques-
ton by the courts, and the tangle that
resulted has never been Strengthened
out. Dodge's confession is said to i'm
plicate other persons in conspiracy to
keep him away from this State, where
he was wanted to answer q charge that
he had committed perjury in swearing
that he was, not properly served with
the divorce papers. Proceedings against
prominent lawyers before the law asso-
citation have been reported to be part
of the District Attorneys programme.
The great mystery of the affair has
been the fact that Dodge, himself a
poor man, was plentifully supplied with
money while he fought eXtradition from
Texas. Bracken. it is alleged, was with
him much of the time and is believed
to know where the funds came from.
Mr. and Mrs Morse are in Europe,
but have announced their intention to
return soon. Dodge, who is at hotel
in this city, is in bad health and was
said to-day to be on the verge of col
lapse.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
BLUE LODGE INSTALLS
IN MASONIC TEMPLE
The New Officers of Excelsior No.
1855 Are tremendously Inducted
Into Office

There was a large attendance Of
members of the Masonic fraternity in
the Post and Montgomery street
temple last night to witness the in
duction into office of the recently
elected and appointed officers of Ex-
celsior Lodge No. 166, F. and Ar NJ.
The following are those who are to
rule the lodge during the current Ma
sonic year. They were installed by
retiring master Darrell Allen Hare,
assisted by Lewis Clarke Hunter, mar
shall of ceremonies.
Rodcricl George Guyett. worshlpfuI master
Edwin Lycurgus Forster. senior warden; John
William Cameron. junior warden; Sam Houston
tary; Henry Charles Collins. chaplain; Charles
Albert Adams, senior deacon; Herman Charles
Gingg, junior deacon; John Weller Lewis,
marshal; William Henry Dick Erwin Ladislaf
Chlopsck, stewards; George Washington Per-
kns, tyler; Robert Fletcher Tilton. organist-
The lodge, appreciating the serv-
ices rendered to it by the retiring
master in filing the various stations
ending with that of worshipful mas
ter. presented him with a beautiful
jewel of his rank. and in addition gave
him a three-stone diamond ring.
The ceremony was followed by a
banquet at the Lick House, where
the newly installed master presided as
POSTMASTER. After the discussion of
an excellent supper there were re-
sponses to toasts by Duncan Z. Nc
Kinlay, Rev. ]. Nieto. Samuel NJ.
Shortridge. Richard l. Whelan. Rob-
ert b. Mcmillan and Judge Frank H.
Kerrigan. During the evening there
were vocal selections by the Excelsior
Quartet and solos by A. z. Mcmillan,
r. E. Keene, w. E. King and j..
Beatty.
In responding to the toast Our
Magnificent order" Robert B. Nc
MILAN in part said:
We see our magnificent order travelling hand
in hand with the human family throughout
All its migrations upon land and sea; and in
every cline in every land II has sustained
the iowly by the ireside in the sequestered
home and has been a guerdon OF strength to
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
HAD PASSED CENTURY MARK.
Doctor Who Knew Napoleon Called by
Death i'm Colorado.

DENVER, Dec. 2s.-Dr Johan ia
cob Eisenhut, the oldest person in
Colorado, died to-day at st. Anthony's
Hospital He was born at Hersian
Appenzell-Ausserho Switzerland,
in 1900. and studied medicine at the
Hlison University in Switzerland He
came to this country in 1863 and set
tied first at Omaha, where he prac-
ticed for ten years. He went to Cen
trail City, Colo, in 1873
DR.. Eisenhut retained all his facul-
ties and could read without glasses up
to the day of his death. He frequent
ly mentioned the fact that he saw and
talked with Napoleon Bonaparte when
at the head of his struggling army
Napoleon returned from the disastrous
campaign in Russia.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
COURT ORDERS
A NEW TRIAL
Application of Mrs. Lucille
Gay for a Rehearing of
Divorce Case Is Granted

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 2s.-Judge Noyes
of Riverside has decided the applica-
ton of the attorneys for Mrs. Lucille
Gay for new trial in the famous di-
vorce case in favor of Mrs. Gay. The
opinion of Judge Noyes, which is quite
lengthy, is accompanied by an order,
which reads, in part, as follows:
Said motion having been taken un-
der consideration and the same being
row duly and fully considered as to all
matters pertaining thereto, and the
court being fully advised in the prem
ises. 1t is ordered that the motion for O
rev trial he granted and the same is
hereby granted and the Judgment and
decree heretofore given, made and rer-
dered and entered herein is vacated
and set aside and the cause is ordered
to be tried anew"
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

SANTA CLARA, Dec. 2s.-Moses
c. Ellis. an old and respected pioneer.
died yesterday at Sunnyvale, this
county. He was born in KnOxboro,
Oneida County, n. 7, and came to
California in 1852. He engaged in
the wholesale furniture business in
San Francisco and later became a
prominent factor in the milling inter
ests Of this State. He was for a long
time located at Marysville, afterward
at Tehama and then returned to San
Francisco. OF late Ellis had been en-
gagged quite extensively in the fruit
business of Santa Clara County. -Four
sons and two daughters by his first
wife (deceased) and three sons and
one daughter by his second wife sur
vive him. Ellis was rs years old.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
LEROY LEE UNDER ARREST
FOR RAISING BANK NOTE
Currency Changed From One Dollar
to Ten and Is Passed on Mrs.
VaIIade

Mrs A. J. vallade, who conducts a
delicatessen store at 114A Sixth
street, was yesterday the victim of an
impostor. The was rendered a bank
note that was raised from one to ten
dollars. Leroy Lee was arrested dur
ing the night by Policeman L. 3. Rior-
dan and charged at the Southern sta
ton with the crime.
A stranger called at Mrs. Vallade's
store and purchased some goods. In
payment he presented a $40 bank
note Mrs. Vallade gave him SO 40,
the change that was coming to him
The man left the store with the
money and his purchase.
Later in the day Mrs. Vallade en-
deavored to pay a bill with the note
when she was informed that it had
been raised. She Immediately noti-
fed the police. and the description
given them by her resulted in Lees ar
rest.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
COAL BARGE CAPSIZES
WHILE MOORED TO STEAMER
Waves From Passing Vessel Cause
Accident Which Results in Drown
ing of One Man.

PORTLAND. Dec. 2S.-Hired at 3
o'clock and lying at the bottom of the
Willamette at o'clock is the fate of
an unidentified man, who went down
with 400 tons of coal from the coal
barge Monarch early this evening. The
victim of the accident had been en-
ployed so short time that his name
had not been learned by the foreman.
The barge was moored to the side of
the steamship Arabia. lying at a dock
in the lower harbor. Waves from a
passing steamer started the barge to
rocking, and in a moment 1t turned
turtle. Five men were thrown into
the water, but managed to keep clear
of the coal and were rescued by the
crew of the Arabia. The unidentified vic
tim was caught by the falling coal and
carried down. The barge, after cap
sizing, remained on the surface. The
water where the accident occurred is
more than fifty feet deep.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29

the prince. the potentate and the mighty OF the
earth Ia the palace. the senate and the capitol.
Within its circle all meet upon the perfect
level OF equality: IL has furnished and fur
nishes a remedy for evils that could ind no
redress in any other institution OF man. 10
has extended, unsolicited and with a warm
enthusiasm. the hand Of hospitality to the
poor pilgrim wandering foOtsors. heartsick and
alone in a strange land II has uplifted and
sustained the weak sOOthed the parched and
fevered brow Of the sick and relieved the sur
fering comforted the depressed. softened the
pillow and closed the eyes OF death. fed and
clothed the widow and orphan and brought
the sunshine OF happiness into the hearts OF
the desolate: and to-day. II stands notwfth-
standing the lapse Of centuries and though
nations and emDires have crumhled TO decay
and are chanting the requiem OF lost empires
and voicing the glorious cradle songs Of new
republics Il stands strong. stately and serene.
majestic and beautiful. unchanging and un-
changed. glorihed by the sweet benediction Of
time, exalted and strengthened by the gran
deur OF her history. magnificent monument
TO the higher attributes OF the mind and heart
OF man.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
Killed in a Runaway Accident.

SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 2S.-Ben
Arthur an employe of one Of the livery
stables at Redlands, was found dead
on the mountain side this morning,
still hanging by his heel to a wrecked
buggy, the horses having come to a
standstill after running away two
miles. Arthur was well known in Red
lands, where he had been living for a
number OF years
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
Supreme Court Business Increases..

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 2S.-In his BIZ
ennial report filed with the Governor
to-day Frank c. Jordan, clerk of the
Supreme Court, says the business Of
the court has increased at a remarka BILE
rate. He also says the record rooms in
San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sac
ramento are inadequate ror their pur-
poses and urges an appropriation by
the Legislature in order to arrange and
care for the documents.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
MONSON'S LECTURE A
PICTURESQUE EFFORT
Speaks of 1.-THE Monuments of a Pre-
historic Race at TranspOrta-
ton Club

Professor Frederick Monson deliv-
cred his interesting lecture on THE
Monuments of a Prehistoric Race"
last evening at the Transportation
Club. The slides showing the won
derful Canyon de Chelley, the extreme
northeastern corner of the Navajo
reservation, are masterpieces, and his
beautiful light effects are the result Of
much study.
Professor MOnson's effort to DEM
onstrate some Of the wonders Of this
remarkable land is indeed commend
able, and his timely declaration that
Americans need not leave America in
search of scenery and ruins was SUBJ
stantiated by his vivid pictures OF
mountains and mountain passes and
prehistoric ruins remarkable for their
peculiar characteristics.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
Police Looking for Miss Carmen.

Detectives are on the trail of Jane
Doe" Carmen. who is wanted on a
charge of grand larceny. She had
been occupying apartments at 713
California street. and at 10 O'Clock
Tuesday night she disappeared.
George w. Dean, proprietor of the
lodging-house, missed his wifes gold
watch ulster and tailor-made suit,
and, believing that Miss Carmen took
them with her. he obtained a warrant
for her arrest from Police Judge MOI
gan Yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
Death of a We'll Known Steward.

SEATTLE. Dec. 2S.-Frank Web
Der, chief steward of the new steam
ship Minnesota, is dead here from
heart disease. His home was in San
Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
london War Office Orders Guns.

LONDON, Dec. 2S.-It is announced
that the War Office has placed orders
with Vicker's Sons & Maxim Company,
Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. and other
ordnance manufacturers for sufficient
eighteen FOUNDER field guns to prac-
tically rearm the whole British navy.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
Former Consul to China Dead.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-Minister
Conger. at Peking, has advised the
State Department by cable that Rus
sell Colgrove of this city, formerly
American Vice Consul General of
Canton, China, died on November 25.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29

Weber was well known in this city.
He was connected with the Pacific
Mail Company for long time and
prior TO his appointment to the Min
nesota made one trip on the steamship
Sierra
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29

A dream Of pleasure. the new two for
quarter size American. 81 70 box S.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29

LIMA Peru. Dec. 2s-Sixty days having
passed without any new cases. Callao has been
declared free OF bubonic plague.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29

LISBON Dec. 2s.-The Parliament has been
dissolved and elections will be held in Feb
ruary.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29

We see our magnificent order travelling hand
In hand with the human family throughout
all its migrations upon land and sea; and in
every cline. in every land. II has sustained
the iowly by the ffreside in the sequestered
home and has been a guerdon OF strength to
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1904-09-16
WHAT MR.. PARKER THINKS.

IMr. Parker says he will not accept
ond presidential term.l
Candidate b. is a sensible man:
He stays to his home an looks after
the corn;
lie farms ON the front porch the best
that he can.
An sez that he likes it as shore as
you're born
An Alton Il.
Parker SEE he:
My. Amt it turrible? What shall we
do?
We can't never choose him o. course
that's Cat
After his fust term-but 'twixt me an
you.
Mebbe he'll stay right down there
whur he's at.
But Alton h.
Parker. seq he.
President twicet? Nope, I'd never
agreer'
Candidate p. is drefful smart man,
An nobody beats him at layin' right
low;
"Nothin' to say" was his ginerul plan,
An then-then he said it, | guess you
might know.
An Alton Il.
Parker, seq he:
Candidate p. he set down an he reck-
oned
That O. all policies it wuz the worst
For to acknowledge that he'd take the
second.
(febbe he'd better wait until the frst-)
But Alton B.
Parker, seq he:
Second terms, they're an exploded
idee."
Candidate 7. he goes out fer a swim
Every mornin'. an seq: How | wish
Every voter could notice my vim
Isn't the sucker some kind O. a fish p
Then Alton B.
Parker, SEE he.
kindly don't mention them two terms
to me-"
Candidate F. SEE two terms is too many,
SEE there is danger, in fact in the one
So til be best if he doesn't have any,
Reasonin' things in the way he's be
gun.
An Alton B.
Parker, why he
Needn't get skeered, fer the folks all
agree.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1904-09-16
FREE SILVER GHOST NOT LAID.
Democracy Made Grave Mistake In
Its st. Louis Platform.
Washington Post Undl

1t was great. deplorable mistake
for the st. Louis convention to leave out
of its national platform the contemplated
commitment Of the party to the gold
standard. Had there been no effort, no
intention on the part of any of the dele
gates to put in a gold standard plank
if its omission had been advocated by
sound money Democrats on the ground
that free silver is a dead iasue"-it
would still have been mistake, for the
situation called for a plain declarations
of the change of policy. and the conser-
yative sentiment Of the country demand
ed it. But when the platform commit
tee. after most protracted and excit-
ing discussion, consented to yield to Mr.
Bryan in this most important matter, the
magnitude of the mistake was extended
to the maximum. 1t is true that Judge
Parker's telegram placed him before the
couatry in the only position that could
have rendered possible a Democratic vic
tory. 1t is true that the conventions
action on that telegram made the nomi-
nation really worth having But it was
high time for the party, of its own mo-
ton. to turn over new leaf a2d de-
prive the Republicans of any opportuni-
ty to quote the Democratic free coinage
deliveranee of 1896 and 1900 as the latest
authentic expression of Democratic sem
timen- on this old dead, but still trouble
some issue. The convention missed
great opportunity and disappointed mil
lions of Democrats when it refused to
lay the free silver ghost