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aseasiMssssssssMwsMsiMMsWsasMsTsissWsMWsMss rkJftyi ifr vv iW I vwbji asjs four tt rjTJ rjJ MlOAWi kviri Santa Fe Freight Runs Away oft Tehachapi Grade HITS ENGINE AT MOJAVE Besides Dead Five Others Are Injured Carelessness Charged arttJjiViA 1iiV fe lV IlV I 4j SptcUI Dtapttck tb Chroolclt LOS ANQELES Auffit 25 Four ar doid and fly fatally Injured as the result of a colli at on at fi oclock Wednss day roornin between a runaway Santa Fe sxtra freight train which plunged down the Tehachapi grade and crashed 4ntd Southern Pad no witch engine No 1 at th west end of the Mojave yards destroying 500 feet of track and converting both locomotive and forty cars into a naas of debris fifty feet high THE DEAD A Harris Santa Fe fireman Roth Santa Fe brake man IX Muloy Santa Fe brake man An unidentified man FATALLY INJURED Msee Santa Fe englrfeer 11 SbeJvon Southern Pacific engineer Three unknown per ion Physicians and nurses were rushed to the scene of the wreck as soon us advices were received at the general ofllcea of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific companies The Injured men were taken In a apeclal train over the Southern Pacific lines to this city where they were placed In hospitals it la believed that all will die The dead men with the ttxcrptlon of Roth whose body la tll burled under tho Immense pile of wreckage are In a morgue at Mojave CA1UCLKSSM25S IS CHARGED 5ros care lean nra on the part of tho Santa Kg rrew la the reanon assigned for the wreck by officers of rhu Southern Pacific Company In the ab nre of details none of the crew of either train having befn able thua far to offer an explanation of the cauao of the rata accident Without tho allghtcat warning engine No lsft of the South in Pacific Company which wa shunting string of about tcu cars in the Mojavo yards whs struck by the flying freight train Both lh SKiHa Fa and Southern Pacific engines were utterly demolished as well as fourteen oil cars uf ih Santa Ko triiln which was running aR an extra and was made up of twenty six toads and twenty one drags or empty curs In nil nineteen loads and twenty three drngs were derailed Including one dried fruit car one asphalt car two barley cars one wheat car six empty furniture cars thlrtoen coal cars and two Houthern Pacific fiat curs all of which with badly wrecked and the contents tli loaded cars seriously damaged Tho property damage will rettch 0000 Five hundred feet of track was twisted Into snarls It was necessary to build a shoo fly luOO feet long in nrler to permit the passage of trains Nob Jtt and 7 which were delayed for erul hours th passengers being fed at Mojave Two days will bo required In which to clear the roadbed although wreckers from Bukersrteld and Los Angeles are working at buth tnds of tho wreck THAI CRAM1KS DOWfl GRADES The rianla Fe train was running down grade one mllo west of Warren when the enginr lost control In what maJiirvr rumalnn unexplained Kunnlng at a speed upproaclilng ninety miles an hour Its momentum accelerated by the weight or tho train the freight plunged wildly down grade toward Mojave There was no opportunity for any of the crew to Jump and reaching the west end of the Mohave yards tho runaway crushed Into the Southern Pacific switch engine sending dfcbrls Hying through space for hundreds of feet In the space of a moment the long train was converted into a mass of spllntenea wood and twisted and snarled iron fifty feet high A full InveMllgation of th wreck has been ordered by the officers of both railroads The deafl wore all residents of Ljos Angeles with the exception of the unknown The Santa Fe officials here state that as far as they arn able to ascer tain no blame for the accident can attach to the trainmen MAYDROPLAND FRAUD CASES Al 11111 II I lll JW I I Im Jm 11 I I bt if 1 i ii i I I to tHboet AlvwojrtoM siiA ijPrl fAknr rismnft ror run WfMJW rwi iiii I I nOT thflL Lirc aMi ii Itirf i1 I i i MK A 111 rnxrJ7Wlr eS iPLEv 3wtoML aBfinei waoira i 1 evcrv vmr nfjM mmKk I 1 A Ssa 5 ti4 HH If I i I I 1 1 i Tehama Bdy Objects to Foster Parents Attentions to Sister BED BLUFF Aufut8 At NichU place ten mll loutli of br trtr fdy narrowry Verted yrhtn a ilx i teen year old boy bmd Taylor trla to driv hli tepfeher named Mooro away Srvsn tftr place wltn a notgun Moor oovered the bqy with a pistol ad toM Mm touVOj the un which tho younsnter reluctantly did Mre Moore recently secured an Interlocutory decreo of divorce from Moore Ince which time Moore bae been hold ing clandeitloe meeting with hie tXtv daughter Mill Taylor aged Ii years It wa because of hls that young Tay lor soajtot to drive him away Mrs Moore and tier eon came to town Monday to secure a warrant for the arrest or Moor out oui snow no sufficient grounds to secure It On their way homothex met Moore and Mlsa Taylor coming to town having taken advantage ot the absence of the other members of the family Toung Taylor waaunarmed sono trouble oc curred cnen qui i cmine io wwn again seek a warrant for Moores ar rest Miss Taylor being of legal age no warrant was Issued To day Mooro tried to get young Taylor arrested for threatening his life but this warrant was also refused and Meore said he would leave here with the girt SUES RAILROAD FOR BIG SUM BURlEDgSKUIifc Wmm MtiRtp rf Grctebme Brief fe Hack bChicb Laborers 0Mlal Dlipsteh to the Csrealelv CHICO August Jit ri hiimaii skull wliti bullet hoiytlirugh It from forehead back was found yesterday by worklngmen engaged In excavating fsFa buildlna here The skull was found at a depth 6t Over seven eft land there were few other bones scat tered about Ihair arooabllltr the skull Is that of a man wnojwas either murdered and hurledyean ago or of avlctlm of one pf the everalbattlee fought with the jnoiana on tne apot nrhxre Phlro now standi No other skulls have been found andthls gives navor to tne tneorjr i mum was murdered jr ThfA HirHlifAVWCM TACT rAIliff Ttt Ja Tefiama Rancher Strikers One Thug antl Escapes in flis Buggy Cook in Siskiyou County Seeks Heavy Damages for Injury Oregon Indictments Secured by Heney Are Likely to Be Quashed PORTIA Or August 5 Dls mlneal of muny of the remaining Indictments In the old Oregon lnnl raud ibn which wero brought by fleney re prnbAhle thlM fall and la even likely It In atatni that the In llctmenta against Binder Hermann former commlaeloncr of the general land office at Washington may i among theae Heney who arrived In Portland lant night haa announced dednltety that he will not prosecute Hermann and that he does not know whether Hermann will ever be tried He added that this matter now rests with Attorney Oen ernal Wlckersham United ataitea District Attorney McCourt has been eaumlnlng papers In the various cases and declares that he Intends to clear the docket hls fall Some ot me cnaes mruourt says are triable Regarding others he haa not arrived at a decision He classes the Hermann case among tho triable ones but he too states that the matter Is In the hands of the Attorney General FAPA5ESE BUNS AMUCK ON EAUCH AT WEIGHTS SAN J08K August 25 Suddenly going Inenne a Japanese In the em ploy or Morrell a rancher at Wrlsrhts ran amuck this morning and flourishing a revolver drove the oc runanls of the hnusu to the woods He shot at a compatriot several times but failed to hit him He then barricaded himself in a cabin and shot at every one who came In sight The Sheriffs office sent deputies to the scene and he was arrested after his ammunition had given out WORKED 1 HtMASITTI CAISB TOLEDO August JS James Brown for many ysars president of the American Humana Associativa died suddenly this afternoon BICpBtUFKfiAt Jl Henry Clark a prominent famer resldln west or thtown of Th4m engaged Ii a desperate fight wltl two highwaymen last night escaping with his liri and llv In sh which thf bandits had desired to securev curk was drirmg home afters disposing of some cattle when tie wa halted thepoint ot a gun anil ofeet to etet 0t ofhfa buggy Seeing a favorable opportunity he struck on ef the highwaymen on the temple knocklnr Mm verthi edge of a biuftegaininsTMiijn iwe biiggy in farmer lashed his hor Into a gallob and escaped AND TRAMPSINIGHT Southern Pacific jBrakeman Is Severely Cut byoEpesv at Chico Spoclsl Dlipstch tlie Cbreslcls CHICX3 August 15 Brakeman Caplto of Southern Pacific freight train No 221 south bound arriving here late last night was almost killed by four tramps whom he tried to dislodge from his train Caplto was placed In the hospital here and several wound on his face and neck were stltohed One cut grased his jugular vein without severing It All four tramps were lodged In Jail The trouble started at Tehama where trainmen tried to dislodge the tramps whom they found tn the cars At that time Caplto protected himself by drawing a gun While the train was switching here the tramps assaulted him One struck him with a sllng t1rot snd another slashed him with a razor three times Ckpltc defended himself with a lantern until other trainmen arrived iMMifLEDjGE w4K tits i 5 Former San FranefscpMay Makes lucky Discovery ouuc writ I si peclalspatlitjlarCllrelcls uamsijwu aubuv ae i nmlf ja looar loat lsdkaof tft Carlisle TOW at Forbestown tBatT thouianda ioft doleui Urs hav been spent In rain ssgrclit ia far has now been iouno en iex i uv is Mi Mayor Bcnmiti ortfan rancisca Is thr present owner 01 jtn proper tyvj The ledg na been touna cro tmu river frdtrt the point where It was loat years ago ana in wage snows as mj strong tn gold It did la yarV gone by Mayor Schmfta has a ten stampi mfll ok th property and It will now K7 Kept running asy miuv jxa 31 A mJiIm wv777s777 AfisB npnlB sTeis yirliaTsTsTsTsTsT 1F fr JF HK PUHSJLuilM1 IBpllllll8uftB 1 YOU INDIAN CHIEF BADLY BEATEN Witness Against Saloon Man of Missoula Is Fatally Injured MISSOULA Mont Aunuat 25 Chief Sam Resurrection on of the ub chleftf of tho Flathead Indian tribe was found to day In a dying condition beside the Northern Pacific Rnll rottd trtick near Bonner InuniPtancos 8uroundinc the tane i aune tho Ulcers to entertain susplctons of foul play ILia nkull hai bn fnu lured though from a blow with a heavy In Mtruinent and his left wrlnt broken He wan unttinnolous thief kesurreit Ion wnn an Important wttntJMs HKalniit a MIsmouIh Haloon man indicted for uliornatlon of perjury In connection with the salo of lhQor to Indhent and was to hsvs iippeared before Hie Federal court at Helena on September Jd to teatlfy In the caae CJPTTJRE MAN WHO STABBED PEACEMAKER Mixer of Soft Drinks Confesses to Plunging Knife Into San Franciscan U1H ANOKLKS Aujcuat 26 Through fiVnda chance remark which was heard by a detective Selby Vrljht a mo ft drink mixer waa arrested to day on the charge of havlna stabbed Fred Satlb of San Francisco on Monday He made a full confession to the police hut maintains that he was not responsible for his actions having been drunk at the tlnnv I wan fighting with a man named KuKhpN ahout a Klrl said Wrlnht and when this fellow Kattler came alone and Interfered It made mo mad and I pulled my knife and went after him I didnt realize what I was doing Saltier Is barely alive and surgeons say there Is no hope for his recovery PETRIFIED HAND IN PIECE OF CORAL Tourist Picks Up Curiosity on Haiian Coast Special Onrrctj pon rt corn of th Chronicle HONOLULU August 2S Dr A Derae a tourist from Wisconsin picked up piece of conglomerate on city beach which turned out to a petrified human hand partly Inclosed in coral All the bones In the hand except that of the little tinker which was missing were plainly shown also the bones of the forearm The htind to get Its coral coating must ha vti been In the water for half a century ORDER FEDERAL PRISONERS OUT County Commissioners Would Release Convicts From Seattle Jail BLAMES FRICTION AT MARE ISLATO ON OFFICERS Kperta Dtiipalrb to the Vlmml lf VALMCJO August S6 Quite a little stir was caused among the naval of ferers on Mare Island when the conver mttlon of Naval 4onstructor Holden A Kvans with one of the members of the Congressional party that visited the vurd yesterday became known on the islnnd Evans la reported to have said In answer to the question of one of the representatives who asked hlm why them was so much friction on the nrd among ie employes There is no friction between the employes here but between the officers of the staff and th lino could lay my hands on ail of the trouble If I desired to give names ROB A RANCHER THEN ATTEMPT TO CREMATE HIM TACOMA Wash August 25 Rob bers last night stole 1200 from Joe Carettl an Italian rancher nd then set lire to his homo In an attempt to burn him to death Thft Italian awoke as the lames were burning the bed clotles that covered him and barely escaped with his lift by jumping out of the window The money was his inttre savings since ho has been In America YFtKKA August 35 Martin lon meyer of Dorrls this county has filed an action against tho Southern Pacific company for 2M00 damages and the costs of the action for Injuries alleged to have been Inflicted upon Donmeyei whjle he was employed as a cook at a construction ramp on the California Northeastern Railroad in November 1908 It lv alleged that when a train was sidetracked at Kgg It bumped Into the kitchen car where he was employed and a ladder on which ho was ascending to his car slipped and he sustained a broken leg Honnieyer was once deputy county clerk of this county and la well known throughout the county OFFERS TO IRRIGATION DISTRICT ITS SYSTEM HTOCKTON August 25 The San JoauuJn Canal and Irrigation Company which now supplies water to parts of Stanislaus and Kan JrTaquIn counties through what are railed the Tulloeh canals has offered to sell Its Irrigation system to the recently organized South Han Joaimin Irrigation district for 700000 in bonds of the district at par A proposition has also been received hy the district for water rights on the Mokelunine river IT tho Htanlalau river Is chosen as a source of supply the cost of buying out the prlvato system will In divided with the Oakdulo district now In process of forniti Ion SAN FRANCISCAN WINS IN APPELLATE COURT KACHAMKNTH August The Third District Court of Appeals reversed the Tuolumne Superior Court today In tho case of Charles Burge against the Justices of the Peac of San Francisco to prevent their Issuing a writ of execution against him In favor of Sol Kaiin his creditor to the amount of 57 R0 The Tuolumne Court granted Burg permanent writ of prohibition which the Appellate Court declares contrary to law It Is pointed out that Burs should have first moved to quash tho summops in the Justices court NEW BATTLE SHIP MAKES FINE SHOWING LKWEB Del August The bat tle ship Suuth Carolina In her trial trip to dav surpassed the record of her sis ter ship the Michigan by three tenths matter up with the dovornment at of a knot thus exceeding the Govern I Ottawa They argued that the season ment requirements by almost three I should be extended on the ground that Oiiarters of a knot The new battle I the run was two weeks late in starting ship finished the standardlautlon run her average speed for five consecultvu shell Mund Park German Vnlka fest Go I don runs being 19J3 knots an hour Jnhilee Sunday Aug th etc SEATTLM Wash August 35 The Ing County Commissioners gave notice to Sheriff Hodge with whom they are on bad terms that all federal prisoners being boarded In the county jail awaiting trial must bo removed before September 1st United States District Judge Uanford took cognisance of the order to day and stated In court The udlon of the County Commissioners seems an act of petty hostility very much to be regretted and one that will have an Injurious effect upon the community The whole affair Is the result of hav i ng Incompetent men to administer tho affairs uf tho county Intll the mjirsluil can make arrangements to care for these prisoners at some other point tiey will have to remain In tli county Jail resolution or no resolution and the Sheriff will be liable to prosecution If he turns tli em out S0CKEYE PACK IN NORTH SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS VANCOUVER II August 15 the close of tho salmon season at midnight last night British Coumbia can ners have packed but 420000 cases of sorkeye salmon when they had expected Hie pack to amount to 800000 cHses KITorts were made by the can tiers to have the season extended another two weeks hut they wero unsuccessful although they took the Name the Terms Whatever you can conveniently spare out of yourT salary each month will satisfy us This applies to a whole flat full of furniture as well as to a single article A Brass Bed For 25 Ridiculous Yes it does sound a little fishy but its a fact a great big indisputable positive fact And thats the picture of it up there NOT an enameled iron bed TRIMMED with brass but an ALL OVER brass bed with massive pillars two inches in diameter head five feet two inches high and splendid casters Choice of double or three quarter size and choice of bright or satjn finish Every bed guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction and to be exactly as represented or your money back quick Can you beat that Twenty five dollars remember not fifty wftJkMifXBffri fr jrm 1451YfrnNess Boron IWHAormSTv Sax Ftuxosco Exclusive Agents for the Worlds Best Furniture CRAFTSMAN A Bowl of Post Toasties and Fruit with cream these summer mornings makes a good start for a day of good humor Wholesome Delicious Satisfying The Taste Lingers Sold by Crocer Postum Cereal Co Ltd Battle Cresk Mich HI ii i 1 1 trrrtTTt 31 a F1BFTTil TtT omct yr rssSSHsxw irsJJruted Jr Ifi in Keeping Up To The Mark 1 You have to keep up to the mark yourself require it of all you deal with ftont buy things to eat or drink or wear unless they are up to the mark You can afford to be careful about beer particularly because the best beer may be had by a mere insistance upon it Just remembervthe name Pabst Blue Ribbon The Beer of Quality Remember it stands for eight day malting highest percentage of food value low percent age of alcohol absolute purity and cleanliness You will find it an ideal home drink a nourishing food a refreshing beverage a gentle stimulant and an aid to digestion Remember next time to order Blue Ribbon and note its pleasing softness and delightful flavor You eon gtt Pabtt Bin Ribbon in bufftt and dining cars aboard scsamsAips and at all fint data caff and hot mU MatJe by Pabst at Milwaukee ana Bottled only at tnc Brewery Thomas Collins Company Distributor 481 165 Elorsntk Strsst Oakland CaL 34 and 36 Davis Street San Francisco Cal TsUpksas DsU 1M4 Sk 4 sWMBBsjsMswV What the Blue Ribbon Means Ths things that Interest th visitor most at ths groat Pabat plnnt ars not ths bis things not the size or the bulldlnfs not the number ef people employed-not the number of bushels of barley uBe5 annually but the wonderful care and attention irl ven to Utile thins The attention of the visitor In held by the wonderful way details are worked out and the way everything Is systematized blocking every chance of mistakes From the time tho barley goes Into th big tsnks to be washed till the beer Is bottled and ready for shipment and on Its way to your table human hands have lit tie to do but to start and stop ths won derful and costly machinery The visitor is shown the barley being washed he sees It sprouting In the 8 dsy melting room being nourished by air which has been washed by being drawn through sheets of falling water he sees it drying In the withering kilns fees the malt being mixed with hops and boiled In the monstrous boiling vats after which It goes Into the hugs storage tanks to he firnperly aged Before being bottled It forced through wood pulp which filters It and removes everv nosslble Impurity The visitor la then shown the long Tins of Intricate bottling machines which seem to be almost human In the work they do until finally be watches a simple little operation being performed by many glr ths tying on of the Blue Ribbons The Blue Ribbon on every bottle Is tho publics protection and the makers guarantee Last Tear at Antwerp Pabst won the worlds Blue Ribbon for goodness and pur Ity and so the picture of the girl tying on the Blue Ribbons means something It mean thsvt Pabst Is back of every bottle on which a Bine Ribbon appears Ho guarantees Its absolute ctaanllneaa purity ana Its food and health building preptjtv taBSaaasm sV frgyrwar MHJwM wyTr in mill i ii I 111 irirwriMiiniir 1irMlililMMMMaMWMMaMMI MafeBfa fe MrSw Wumtkkm.

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