| Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS butte boasts of the organization of seven even companies of volunteers since the presidents second call claus of san francisco hao hab given 1000 to the red cross society the red cross fund now amounts to while playing soldier friday evening herbert ward of portland ore aged 15 years accidentally shot and killed lloyd vaughan aged 11 years with a 22 rifle colorado wants to supply a full fall regiment of cavalry in the second call for volunteers and a strong effort is being made to induce the war department to allow it the steamship india which will probably be chartered by the government to carry troops to manila arrived at se att leWash thursday night fifty nine days from philadelphia on saturday 1220 men are expected to arrive in san francisco from louisiana being the largest detachment from one state to arrive they are arc the eighteenth and twenty third regiments of the united states infantry the trial trip of the torpedo boat rowan seattle wash will probably take place next monday or tuesday lieutenant commander charles charle P perkins ns commanding the has been designated as president of the trial board A regiment of mounted riflemen made up of men from different military organizations in colorado has been formed in colorado springs telegrams have been forwarded to washington to ascertain if such a regiment can be accepted by the war department lincoln and blaine counties in idaho have settled a dispute of long standing between them the former turning over to the latter tte the sum of in county warrants the dispute grew out of the division of old alturas alburas county out of which they were created an investigation shows that the spoil of the masked men who after a terrible struggle beat deputy tax collector william H krohn of madera cal almost to death and then robbed the safe in his office was the robbers are sll i at large and no clue to their identity has been found fire fir in the crystal springs brewing and ice ice companas comp anys plant at boulder colo destroyed property to the extent of fully covered by insurance the building containing the machinery of the plat was completely gutted and a quantity of valuable machinery ruined company 1 D first washington volunteers un at san francisco was presented with a handsome flag thursday major J J Wel made the presentation sen tation speech in behalf of the citizens of seattle who had subscribed tor for the flag and he was responded to by captain frank ea E adams of company D A passenger train on an the midland ter minal railroad ran into a handcar hand car on a high trestle near gillette colo thursday and four men who jumped from the handcar hand car were killed the dead are benjamin ebbley william flinn james hannahan edward alynn there wore were twelve section men on the handcar hand car and all but the tour four who jumped escaped uninjured denver was visited at 7 friday evening by the most severe hall bail torm storm in many years windows were smashed gardens beaten down and trees dF damaged imaged the downpour of rain accompanying the hall bail was very heavy flooding the streets and causing the stoppage of all street cars for hours the home of alfred bambia near gregory springs in challas chollas valley oal col was the scene of a shocking murder and suicide tuesday night when lambla aged 64 years murdered ils his aged companion of the last twenty two years and then with the same weapon killed himself mrs lambla was 65 55 years or of age the Pre presidio and ferries pen lea street railroad company san francisco through its president george JAL A newhall has granted the privilege of riding free over its lines to the soldiers now in camp this is a great boon to the troops tor for it is five miles from thedr camp to the center of the city over some steep hills A general court martial has been ordered by general men Mer lain riaza to meet at the fontana barracks san ban francisco on tuesday next it is composed exclusively clu of officers of the washington volunteers with major J J at its head and W V reinhart aa judge advocate the cases to be tried have not been made known irving M scott of the union iron works san francisco has gone to st petersburg to consult with the czars azars government regarding the building of russian warships in san francisco on tuesday last he received a message from st petersburg congratulating him on the performance of the oregon and asking him to go to that city herbert P case a native of san ban francisco 43 years old who resided with his parents at alt third avenue between clement and california streets was found dead in his room at monday morning miming he had inhaled gas through a rubber tube which his hand was holding in his mouth when he was found A fatal shooting accident occurred at arcata cal monday afternoon by which a five year old boy named pigeon lost his life while playing with the grandson of Cap captain B L sherborne a 22 caliber rifle in the hands of the latter was accidentally discharged hitting the pigeon boy in the eye killing him instantly james C cary an attorney aged 73 shot sh ot himself in the head in his bedroom at his home chestnut street san francisco and was found dead at monday morning by his son walter M cary he had been sick for years had no expectation of regaining health and had become despondent spon dent he was a native of canada arthur C ross rass by W mckinley his attorney has sued F H seymour at san francisco for a balance of which he claims Is due on account of mining transactions in mexico mr rass said that he owned one ane twelfth of the grand central mine of missouri and charges that seymour who w wa its superintendent manipulated the mine tor for his own benefit A strange rumbling sound heard in tacoma wash wednesday evening was explained thursday by settlers flown down from the base of mount rainier who say an avalanche occurred at tha thay time the Bo bolitzer Bowl tzer glacier being rent in twain acres of snow tee ice and rocks plunged furiously down the mountain side aide no damage was done as no one loved within the track of the great I 1 slide at oakesdale Oak esdale wash W H coo fatter ige went into the residence of his father inlaw in law today saturday lay down on a bed and shot himself through rough tift the heart financial reverses and family troubles were the motives three years ago he separated from his first wife and eloped to wisconsin with her niece the eloping couple returned and sep abated Coolid father Is a wealthy stockman in wisconsin the steamer rio jun maru arrived at seattle wash at 10 friday night brining meager news of an anti european riot at sha china in which the british consulate customs house and the stores of jardine mattheson Matthe eon and co and butterfield swire were destroyed by fire the british consul was severely beaten and the european residents were forced to take refuge in the tea and slig hulks lying in the river no on one was killed sensational rumors in circulation friday night to the effect that priva tea tew of various volunteer regiments encamped at san francisco were dead or dying from drinking poisoned water ater are utterly without truth several soldiers in the washington regiment encamped at fontana warehouse were III from eating sandwiches the meat was slightly tainted but they were all right again tonight there were no fatalities nor cases of serious illness reported friday at any of the campe the idaho prohibitionists have hela hel their state convention and nominate nominated the following state ticket governor mrs L P johnson of idaho falls Is congressman william J boone of caldwell lieutenant governor governo r la tamea ew ballantine of boise county e superintendent of public instruction N reynolds of emmett secretary of state hon han J W knott of soda springs r treasurer J J anthony of moscow attorney general william A hall of 0 orangeville grangeville Orang Grange eville ville auditor mrs naomi mo me donald phelps of boise mine inspector david farmer of silver city mrs frank M pixley dwey widow of tha late prominent politician and journalist died last night at her ranch near cowe coate copte madera marin county cal the cause caupe of disease was heart disease from which she has suffered for many years yeara mrs pixley who was born in philadelphia in 1833 was the daughter of captain john van Beyn egon she was noted for her unostentatious charity she has no children but leaves an adopted daughter three years old besides many relatives on the coast and in the east bast the internal revenue collectors of the first and fourth california districts have just made public figures showing the production of sweet wines during the season which began last august and expired may lot after the latter date the fortification of such wines wit watte brandy is noti permitted without the athe 1 payment of internal revenue tax ot or on each galon the production ot or sweet wine during the season was about gallons when the sweet wine law first went into operation in 1898 the production did not exceed gallons all of last seasons product has been sold news was brought to lacanale Lar anale wednesday Wednes aay says the the i death of mrs livona birkett a highly respected resident of north park 11 ark while ging through a pole fence being struck by lightning the fence was badly shattered and one of the shoes ot of the dead woman was found some distance from the body and it is evident that it was torn from her foot by of the lightning the other shoe was consumed y the blaze a 8 was also all the clothing on the lower part of the body the feet of the corpse were burned to a crisp tothill no nothing thill 1 remaining but the charred bones the new charter submitted to the electors of san francisco thursday has ha been carried by a majority ing 2000 the new charter which wilt SO go into effect on january 1 1900 possesses many of tle the features of the chicago charter the new san ban francisco charter includes as aa one of its chief features tea the initiative and referendum ott on the petition of 15 per cent of their number the electors can have any sub of legislation brought up for a yote vote and if it t is approved by a majority of the voters it becomes part ot of the municipal pW law the chief opposition to the new instrument was based on the charge that it conferred too touch puch power on the mayor vesting in that official many civic appoint appointments menta which have hitherto been in the gift of the governor of the state the sequel of the clara nevada disaster will soon be told in the courts mrs at R L hawthorne of portland ore filed today friday three suits against the pacific and alaska transportation company and W W H P mcguire mrs hawthorne charges fraud against the maguires mcguires McGuI res alleging that they as directors authorized authorised the assignment of the companas comp anys interest in the wicy policy on the nevada to M J mcguire aud wife of H P mcguire for tho th purpose of decaying deli tying and hindering the creditors of the company in the collection of their debts mrs hawthorne also sues the pacific alaska transportation por company on a 1600 1500 promis abry note alleged to have been made mad th in favor of george forster heck beek the purser on the nevada who was interested te rested in the concern an aa a stock A r receiver for the company to Is asked for the volunteers from Washington who bre are encamped at fontanas Pon tanas warehouse ehouse son flan francisco axe are not altogether comfortable for table not a few of them are without shoes and in consequence they are puabla to drill they do not mind sleeping on the soft side of the floor but they do dip object to traveling around in their stocking feet the officers in com in believe eve however that the wants fief the men will be supplied today thursday hurs day captain frank E ad lams js la ms of company D of the washington volunteers was the recipient wednesday of a handsome silk flag the gift of the lad ladies lesOf of seattle he will formally present the flag to the company today about forty of the members of 0 company G of the washington regiment are ill their sickness is be iferd to be due to something they ate within a few hours after orders wert were received in san francisco thursday to man the iroquois vigilant active and mohican from the naval reserve ad benl general ral barrett had sent to admiral miller a list of officers chosen for each dach of the vessels which will be passed upon tipon by the naval authorities the petty officers and enlisted men for foi the active and Vig vigilant ilai can be fur 00 nashed ed today thursday adjutant barrett says the fifty men wjk T the mohican ate are now subject to ordera es captala Capt aln lotus lolus turner corn ins the naval battalion has been instructed to adt act on instructions from the admiral who was informed that the state would uld furnish iny uniforms and equipments it had upon a request from 0 government captain thompson V u ai 9 ain A in charge of the signal branch af the manila expedition has haf requested atee adjutant general to submit the 1 bames of fifty five ave men tor for duty in manila thirty we are to be telegraph opera tw torn aal mornings benver states on what ht it re regards ards as aig t triet trustworthy authority feigt hat ta 6 probability 1 ity that th the e foft of colorado 09 oo 00 ander the second U e re gilld will be e a a fun full 1 re eat k cavalry geould miffs aws be hie it 46 atla the winch hive have ewh into the lne service tw win be withdrawn ty CM torrey and will form a part of the colorado regiment it is said that the command of the new organization will be given to col S H hastings of this city col hastings is a warm personal friend of secretary alger having served under him in the fifth michigan cavalry in time of the rebellion and succeeding him as colonel of that regiment near the close clone of the war it is claimed that friends of col hastings including the secretary or of war have been using their influence with governor adams to induce him to appointing hastings commander of the next regiment sent from this state and that the governor has decided to make the proposition to the secretary of war that if he will permit colorado to send a full regiment of cavalry col hastings shall have command the transporting of troops to the philippines has set the government agents to work scouring the pacific ocean for transport vessels so tar far only 2600 troops have been sent to admiral deweys deleys assistance there are more in camp at san francisco and to come about fifteen more transports arts axe are required together with a half dozen colliers the second expedition tion will not leave san sam francisco for fully three weeks unless the transports are sent out by twos and threes in the latter event the zealandia Zea Zeal landia andla and china if the big liner is finally chartered might be made ready to WI sail in about ten days time so far as the Zeal andla is concerned it will not take long to fit her up the big steamer was towed to the iron works wednes day where she will be docked and cleaned A force of ship carpenters were put on board of her as soon ELB as she was turned over to the government they will convert the tween litween decks into quarters in a few days day time and the ship will be ready to re ceide her supplies and men the vessels so fax far secured for the second expedition tion are listed as follows china will carry 1500 men centennial men zealandia Zea landia 1000 men ohio 1000 men peter jebsen renamed brutus collier could be converted to carry about men ning chow same as jebsen total number of men major general otis has not yet established his headquarters at camp richmond san francisco but will do so within a day or two an inspection of the camp was made thursday by major moore and adjutant general berry staff officers and it was learned later that the departure of the second 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