Show ST S T GENERAL NEWS by V V to tb lr SAX A discovered in tho grand central hotel oakland about thi morning tho wind was blowing a lively gale and the flames had made great progress befaro the firo department arrived all around the hotel were situated other which tha webster house which with five others and the grand cen aral were destroyed losses aa fal low grand central hotel partly insured webster house uninsured kotlier losses tho grand central was a wooden structure 60 by feet four stories and man built about seven years ago by michael becse the do ceased millionaire LATER taft fire in the grand central hotel broke out in the rear of the dining room near the centre of the building it burned slowly at first and the occupants of seventy five in number had time to dress and save most of their personal effects though there was airily much confusion there was no panic and ayo witnesses say it watho quietest scene of the kind ever witnessed the guests were busy packing up their property while many stood about the halls watching alie slow progress of the flames after the fire had fairly gained access to the open air the destruction was rapid owing to the high wind burning brands carried by alie gale set fires at to the lee ward of tha hotel most of the furniture on the first and second floors was saved income tax NEW YOKE mar the expert employed here and in the north west collecting evidence in the case of the government against samuel J tilden for felure to pay his income tax have completed their labors and reported the evidence to E D webster special agent of the commissioner of internal revenue the c ise will be entered on the april calendar of the united states circuit court for this district for trial the prosecution having failed to elicit in full the testimony of two or three brokers and partners has consented to delay in order to perfect the evidence but will now in aist on tho trial at as early a day as practicable A dellatto mar last night JiW Peny member of tho len tucky legislature registered at hunts hotel for separate rooms for himself and miss adams on the early train this morning miss adams left for vanwert ohio when it was found that she had given birth to a child which had been wrapped in A sheet and dropped from a second story window into an area it was taken to the hospital and shows no signs of the fall miss adams was arrested near dayton and perry was arrested here ho claims to have known nothing of miss adams con edition she has lived in his family bince infancy and was on her way to visit friends at vanwert the case is exciting much interest on account of perry s prominence the ful escape of the babe from death and the fact that the mother is only sixteen years old it now appears the child was low ered from a second story window by a cord and as it is still living it will bo difficult to place any criminal charge against miss adams or perry th Prot anlon SAN mar during the day about men have been obtaining signatures to the roll of citizens of the protective union with decided success to a very considerable extent the project finds favor with the business classes though many question the necessity or wisdom of such the bulletin thi treats the et editorially under the head ing of organizing prosperity taking the ground that tha organization mcana just what it says viz preservation of public peace protection of life and property restoration of confidence in the security of life and property from all violence and aaion of tha legitimate com mercein and buni nesa of the people by peaceful ro ethoda within the law and approves the undertaking as tending to act as a safeguard against both mob violence and vicious legislation it may be aid that there are many who do not accept alie bulletins view of thereal intent of the organization but assume that of more nature is contemplated hinting at the ordering of the incendiary agitators out of the city or averi anoro pronounced measures it is difficult to learn anything more regarding alio plans of the union thai beet forth in ita manifesto if there aro any among the promoters prom otera they are well kept the put this evening publishes brief reference to the subject we have a strong muni opal and state government quite able and willing to suppress any ain i lawful assemblage whether its headquarters are at tho tan dIot or in e cret chambers the workingmen have not yet been heard from killock saif mar 10 mayor halloc i has issued a proclamation as follows I deem it my duty to the city ver welfare I haa been called to preside and to the public large which is behag infamously deceived by incendiary misrepresentation as to our situation to in the moat and public manner that there ia botand lw been the slightest reason to apprehend any disturbance riot or lawlessness whatever from the working classes of san francisco if trouble comes to us it will not come from them most inexcusable and outrageous means are being mod by designing men to goad on to riotous demonstrations fiut they will fail the workingmen are as they have proved themselves ved to be under the mot trying provocation the law abiding anft peace portion of our population I to the world for thorn that they will ao continue and I further declare lio wever people abroad maybohm may boim josd upon th it the people of thin city xeo through all the transparent bumbu agery of military i police increase and inflammatory circulars and will wait their constitutional day of judgment to peacefully but effectively consign their authors to the political and oblivion which they mot richly deserve J K KALLOCH mayor SAS mar kearney wai interviewed to tho subject of tho vigilance and kindred matters he i defiant and avii dently looks OB the present excite matas furnishing him with fresh weapons he lays the workingmen are peaceable and law abiding that the city i entirely in their hand and that it chinese and tho stock gamblers ho threaten to mako any trouble ho affects to treat the formation of tho vigilance committee with con tempt and to boliere they will dare to molest him but it is noticeable that ha ha made a perfect arsenal of his residence this morning ho purchased a winchester repeating ride which ho deemin lila bleeding bleeping Ble room and both ilia brothers who live with him are provided with revolvers and shotguns kearney declares his intention of keeping up abo agitation and swears that if violence is used to top him speedy and terrible vengeance will bo taken As counteraction to the action of the lanta he proposes to hold all employers of chinese labor responsible for their action and declares his intention of making a list of two hundred names of whomsoever lie has reason to suspect of being concerned in it ana reading it at the sandlots sand lots every one of those men who doe not clear of the suspicion that he is a prime mover will be condemned as an assassin and marked for retribution kearney iliade a brief speech it the meeting in the irish american hall this evening in which he took subi shanti illy the above ground and attacked bitterly the men who are supposed to be prominent in the vigilante movement The crowd applauded his threats vociferously V P B K NEW YORK mar lo 10 the stockholders of the union pacific railway comp ny today to day elected the follow ing directors sidney dillon david daws J J eckerth Ec kerts jay gould solomon humphreys and bussell siigri of new york elisha atkin fred L ames era II 11 parker and F gordon dexter of boston S II 11 11 dark of omaha G M dodge council bluffs carlos S greely ot at louis wm L scott of erie PH and john sharp of salt lake city the annual report shove that the operations for the year ending dec were gross earning operating expenses include ing rail surplus earn ings which with the in lerest collected on the investment in ec makes a total of whit the sl SAS FRANCISCO star 10 the call this morning without direct refer enco to the proclamation of the vigilance committee dissuades the community from any violent measures as unnecessary to either party the chronicle strongly commends the vigilant organization and intimates that the first blow should be struck at the leaders of the agitators and not at their rank and file the alia scouts at the necessity of any concentration of troops here holding the vigilance amply able to cope with the sandlot and concludes let us have peace and we mean to have it inside of the law if we can outside if we must it also denounces the mayors proclamation as an insult to he people |