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of of of of of of of of of of NOVEMBER 15, 1907. Sos lingeles Daily Limes. 13 LOVER HER DESERT. A PRIESTESS OF THE WEST. Gentle Mary Austin Tells of Her Plans.

Has Just Completed Another Strong Story. Vital Issues of Humankind Interest Her. "There is such a thing as 'westerM yesterday declared that untramelled priestess of the desert, and well-known California writer, Mrs. Mary colning a new word with the nonchalance: of western experience. A Times reporter discovered Mrs.

Austin in Los Angeles yesterday, whither she has come to visit her brother, J. M. Hunter, of Beverly, She is a pilgrim from that unique settlement, Carmel-by-the-Sea, and is on her way to spend a winter In. Rome, where she intends to learn things she has not been able to find out in the "Westerness 19 not a matter of clothes and phraseology," Mrs. Austin averred.

"'It is getting near to the old Greek idea: it is a short cut to the essentials of right living, rightness, in the West, referring not so much to a moral quality as to a means of ultimate good." Mrs. Austin says there are many true westerners living in the East, and they come to the West because the freer atmosphere is their native element. This little lady with the pale gold braids wound about her head has set the East and West wide apart in a book she has just completed and sold to the Century company. called "A Common Story," and book of contemporary California life. A bunch of eastern people and a bunch of westerners have been mixed up in business and in love, and one finds "The East is the East and the West the West," when the crucial instances of life are met by the book people.

Mrs. Austin has long been in the state of mind that constitutes a Californian, and she has a highly-developed case of "westerness." expect to smash things every time I turn around in the she laughingly remarked, "though I shall not intend to do so. She will certainly not find anything resembling the much-talked-of Carmel-by-the-Sea, where she has lived since the San Francisco disaster. From the isolation of Inyo county, on the edge of the Painted Desert, where Mrs. Austin lived for many she went to take up her abode the doomed city, and subsequently joined the colony of artists.

musicians and writers on the Coast. George Stirling, whose name has gone like a flame throughout the East with his "Testimony of the Sun" and "The Wine of Wizardry;" James Hopper, Sydney Yard. Sutton Palmer, the English water-colorist; Henry Rideout of Harvard, whose latest book is "The Siamese Cat," and others of that ilk maintain a community life that is the envy of kindred spirits throughout the country. "We work in the morning." said Mrs. Austin, every one works hard at Carmel-by-the-Sea.

In the afternoon we have mussel bakes, cut down bee trees, and sit on the front of the hills and look out over the sea- and we talk, always we talk," was the feminine conclusion. Ten years have rolled off Mrs. Austin in appearance since her visit to Los Angeles three years ago. She will tell you that it is because she can now work to her heart's content. have always had an immense appetite for work," she declared, "for creative expression, and now I have time for it.

"I had housework and all kinds of things to keep me from the work 1 loved, and there is a thing called temperament which, denied expression. produces a definite she added. The hampering conditions passed over so bravely by Mrs. Austin were really tremendous obstacles, conditions at one time as hard and cruel sordid as poverty and a rough mining camp could impose upon a delIcately-nurtured woman. Mrs.

Austin has not. missed the worth of her experiences, She has transmuted them into books. Since writing Land of Little Rain." and she has been very busy. Another story to out serially this winter is "Lost Borders," a tale of the desert. She also taken to play writing and says she has gotten more fun out of it than she ever did out of else.

"The Arrow anything. is on trial with a leading theatrical company in New York. Miss Pearl Alberts, starring now in "The Sweetest Girl in Dixie," has dramatized "Isidro," and will star in it next season. Mrs. Austin's greatest interest lies in life itself.

She cares not for plays, nor for abstruce studies, nor anything else unless there is a direct bearing on the vital issues of humankind. "I do not care whether Mars is inhabited," said she, "but I do care what is going to be done with Abe Ruef." Before the earthquake put an end to many enterprises, Mrs. Austin, with Elmer Harris and others, was interested in building a theater plays, of receipts real-life of the interest, box office. regardless Those plans were laid low, but Mrs. Austin feels very hopeful in regard to the general trend of thought in favor of these vital productions.

She thinks people are realizing more and more that the stage is their proper medium of speech, just as it was in the beginning of the drama, when plays were produced in the churches to teach lessons of life. Mrs. Austin was more deeply Impressed by the fact that a Los Angeles audience sat through Ibsen's and enjoyed a production of "Doll's House, last week, than she was by the tall buildings and other spectacular 1m-1 provements that the last three years have brought forth in this city. QUEEN POMONA WINS. California Pacer Makes Fast Time at Arizona Fain, Before Large Crowd of Indians.

THE ASSOCIATED PHOENIX (Ariz.) Nov. The largest attendance of the Fair was on hand today, except that of Monday, and the programme was varied and interesting. It was officially known as Indian Day, when a thousand natives were admitted free, and all afternoon novel horse, wagon and foot races alternated with heats in the harness eventit. The veteran driver, Budd Doble, gave an exhibition mile with his notable trotting stallion, Kinney Lou, in Gov. Luis Torres of Sonora arrived with a party of Mexican statesmen this morning and occupied a box in the grand stand.

He was honored with interchange of national airs by Amer- loan and Mexican bands The harness race resulta were: The pace, purse $10001 Queen Pomona (M. A. Thompe son) Ginger (C. E. Loose) Mandolin (J.

G. Mosher) Look Out (Lee Hell) Time- Special pace, purse $1000: Arro: J. Whitley) Monkey Mack (John Johnson) 10 Daniel J. (G. T.

Johnson) 00 Time each heat. Two-year-old Prince pace, Lottie purse $400; Onward first, Chambers and Elberta D. tied for second and third money. Five-eighths mile Kid running, Junta. race tied in 1:05, by Wenden Two-mile cowboy relay race, tied by Tom Rice and Oscar Roberts.

In the baseball game, Bisbee won with 1 run, 4 hits and 4 errors; Phoenix scored 0 runs, 8 hits and 2 errors. Dan Patch is to start tomorrow in another effort to beat the world's harness record. EXPERT PAYS. NUT DOWN BIG LIGHTING BILL. DELEGATE TELLS HOW HIS SON SAVED MONEY.

Incidents of the Third Day's S6ssions of the League of California Municipalities Gathered in Pasadena- Plans for Entertainment of Degelates Today. In the third day's session of the League of California Municipalities at Pasadena yesterday, a feature was a story told by A. C. Orr of Visalia in the course of the discussion of proper methods of control of street lighting companies. The former representative in the Legislature spoke receiving a bill from the company in his town of $6.75 for one of the summer months.

At that time his son was home. The latter was an expert in the Schenectady works of New York State: He hunted up the meter then asked his father what the "unit" was. Nothing was known a unit except the multiplication of dollars payable every month. The young man then tackled the collector, and then the company officers. On a test conducted under proper conditions it was shown that Mr.

Orr was entitled to a rebate on the bill in question of $4.75, leaving only $2 to pay. tine He afterward had the readings of meter hunted up on his old bills and secured a substantial rebate. Mr. Orr declared that upon his investigation he found that no two of these meters will register alike when tested over the same current. He also delared that it was his opinion that the whole State of California is being robbed by the electric companies in the same proportion, that is, that the companies everywhere are collecting a little over $3 for $1 worth of service rendered.

Mayor J. J. Hanford of San Bernardino told of the fight of his city for proper lighting, and that it now has good success with a private stock company, which charges $4.50 per month for are lights in place of $7 and $9 previously paid. Sacramento was chosen as the next place of meeting by unanimous vote on the roll call, although one of the delegates said he thought "Sacramento made a mistake when it assured the delegates that it would open two breweries and the oldest winery in the State, and that the contents thereof would cost the delegates nothing. was entirely unnecessary and in bad taste," he added.

The following officers were elected: Mayor J. J. Hanford of San Bernardino, president: Wesley L. Pelper of San first vice-president: A. C.

Orr of Visalia, second vice-president. and H. A. Mason, secretary. Mr.

Mason is the father of the League of Municipalities, and his tenth election was made by a rising vote and cheer. There are several business meetings scheduled for today, and, besides this, the delegates will be taken for an automobile ride around the city. Mayor Lurley will entertain the visiting Mayors at luncheon at the Maryland. evening the delegates will be entertained at a banquet at the Maryland given by the Board of Trade. Rev.

F. M. Dowling- has been chosen for toastmaster. FOR STATE BANKS. TEW YORK MOVE IS INDORSED.

EXPECTED TO SPREAD TO OTHER SECTIONS. Bankers Express Belief That Much Good Will Result from Appointment by Gov. Hughes of Commission to Recommend Changes in Laws for State Institutions. THE ASSOCIATED NEW YORK. Nov.

New York financial cireles the view was freely expressed today that the action of Gov. Hughes in appointing a commission to recommend changes in New York banking laws may result in a similar movement extending to other sections of the country, and in the enactment of legislation which will place State banks on a basis and under supervision more closely akin to that the national banks. A. B. Hepburn, president of the Chase National Bank, and former Comptroller of the Currency, who, It is generally conceded, will be chairman of the Hughes commission, is a strong advocate of the national banking system in the financial world.

It is believed that Mr. Hepburn will personally recommend to his associates that the State law should be made to conform as nearly as possible to the Federal statutes. The report of the commission is looked forward to by bankers generally as likely to express at once the highest and most conservative ion as to reforms needed in the way of State financial legislation. Many bankers are inclined to believe that the report of the commission made to Gov. Hughes may form the framework of legislation in many other States.

The recommendations of the commission are, therefore, looked upon as being national, as well as local in character. Mr. Hepburn said today that the commission will get to work inside of one week. Trust companies, it is understood, will come in for a large share of coltsideration by the commission. and it 1s believed the suggestion will be made that the laws governing them should lar conform to those relating to the regu-1 banks.

All of the members of the commis. sion named by Gov. Hughes today signifled their acceptance of the trust imposed upon them. Banking generally In the city approved the antion of the Governor in appointing the commission, and expressed their gratincation over its personnel. I BROKEN BY REVERSES.

(Continued From Forst Page.) made him very successful for many years, Mr. Barney was financially Interested In the McCalla Damn Company, 000,000 concern organized to furnish power from the Susquehanna River to Baltimore and other cities. The Knickerbocker Trust Company has securities in that concern, Mr. 1 Barney was a member of many social clubs. His sone are Ashbel H.

and James and his daughters aro Mrs. Archibald 8, Alexander, and Mrs. Cortland D. Barnes. BARNEY'S UNDOING.

Mr. Barney's undoing came with the disclosures of the Knickerbocker Trust Company management, which tollowed the failure of Otto Heinze Co. Mr. Barney had been associated with O. F.

and E. R. Thomas and Charles W. Morse, and, when these three men were eliminated from the banking business, was directed toward the Knickerbocker. on the afternoon of October 21 the National Bank of Commerce notified the Clearinghouse Assoclation that it would no longer clear for the Knickerbocker.

A meeting of the trust company directors was hurriedly called. That night Mr. Barney resigned the presidency. The following day there was a run upon the Knickerbocker, which forced it to pend. Mr.

Barney, who had seen the institution grow from the custodian of 000,000 to be the holder of $65,000,000 of trust deposits, took the matter greatly to heart. The receiver, however, soon decided that Mr. Barney's dealings with the bank were proper, and that, so far as he personally was concerned, the bank was in no trouble. Freed from banking connections, he set to straighten out his personal affairs, but soon seemed to lose courage. The circumstances of the suicide showed that Mr.

Barney was victim of acute melancholy, culminating in suicidal mania. BARNEY'S HOME LIFE NOTORIOUSLY UNHAPPY. (BY DIRECT WIRE TO THE NEW YORK, Nov. In addition to his financial troubles, Charles Tracey Barney's home life was unhappy. For months it had been the gossip in the social circles in which the Barneys moved- and they were the highest--that Mrs.

Barney had instructed her lawyers to prepare papers in a suit for absolute divorce. One New York paper says Mrs. Barney would have received a decree within a few days on an undefended action, sealed papers. Report had It that Mrs. Barney insisted upon ing a prominent society woman, in whose company her husband spent 8 great deal of his time.

The woman in question lives with her husband in a beautiful home near Fifth avenue, on one of the cross streets, below Central Park. That Mr. and Mrs. Barney were not even on a friendly basis in their own home had long been known to their close friends. It was whispered that the Barneys never spoke to each other.

They appeared side by side at receptions and other functions they gave at their magnificent town house, but close observers noticed that they never eddressed each other. When Charles W. Morse, one of Barney's business associates, was seen tonight, he said he knew nothing of these domestic troubles. He said: "I had known Mr. Barney for many years and the news of his tragic end came as a great shock to me.

In all of our dealings he always acted as a man of the most scrupulous honor and his methods of transacting business compelled the respect of all his associates. "Mr. Barney died with a broken heart. His dethronement from the presidency of the Knickerbocker Trust Company was, in his opinion, most unJust. His life was wrapped up in the success of the Knickerbocker.

It was his especial pride. When he walked out of the board room of the trust company on that last day, he was a broken-hearted man and in the time that elapsed since then his anguish and grief multiplied until his position had become unbearable. Mr. Barney, personally, WAS one of the heaviest, if not the neavlest real estate operator in New York within the last ten years. His last real estate transaction was completed on October 22 of this year, when he mortgaged his house at, Thirty-eighth street and Park avenue, to Samuel Hoyt for $150,000.

Barney was a director or officer In the following companies, but resigned from many of them after the Knickerbocker crash: French-American Bank, member of the American, advisory board. The Alliance Realty Company. American Ice Company. The Audit Company of New York, member of advisory committee of stockholders. Bank for Savings in the City of New York, trustee.

Century Realty Company, vice-president and director. Chemung Canal Trust Chihuahua Mining Company. The Coal and Iron National Bank. The Corporation Trust Company of New Jersey. The Suba Railroad Company, The Deep Gravel Mining Company.

Albany Trust Company. Hudson Mortgage Company. Goodland Cypress Company. Knickerbocker Safe Deposit Company, president. Knickerbocker Trust Company, president.

New Jersey Terminal Dock and Improvement Company, president. The Theater Company, president. New York Loan and Improvement Company, president, New York Mortgage and Security Company, vice-president. Schenectady Trust Company. Taylor Creek Ditch Company, The Title Insurance Company of New York, vice- president.

The Trust Company of America. United States Realty and Improvement Company. Westchester Trust Company, For many years, Mr. Barney was special partner in the firm of Rogers Gould, brokers, at No. 71 Broadway, This firm was said to have transacted most of Mr.

Barney's private bust- ness. GRAIN MOVES, NEW YORK. Nov. the resuit of the representations, frankly reported by special committee of grain interesta, the railroad embargo placed about month ago on grain from Buffalo has been raised and all the Buffalo (New York) lines will cooperate in movement to aid in the movement of grain from this country. It Is a matter of distinct importance in connection with the gold import movement that is now under way.

The tramie managers and other important officials met representatives of grain leaders and of the produce exchange and agreed to ship out 1.000,000 bushels of grain per week from Buffalo to. New York uy to the close of navigation, "QUAINT CUERNAVACA" the title of an article in The Times Megasina the coming Sundar. Wood Bros. Clothing Sales May Come and Sales May Go, But the General Public Knows That Regardless of What Others May Do, the People Secure the Best Hand-Tailored Clothing in America at This Store at a Real Discount of 25 Per Cent. This Reduction Applies on all our Fall and Winter Lines of Special Hand-Tailored Suits and Overcoats, on All Separate Trousers and Fancy Vests, and in Fact, Everything Except Dress Suits.

Tell All Your Friends and Neighbors About This Unusual Sale. Come as Early as You Can. Out-of-Town Patrons should take early advantage of this sale. WOOD BROS. The Clothiers.

343-345 South Spring Street CALLS EXTRA SESSION. (Continued From First Page.) the consideration of the payment of State troops which looked after government property in San Francisco during the recent car strike, for whose pay no provision is made. PRESSURE WAS STRONG. The opinion had prevailed for some time that the Governor would call the Legislature into extraordinary session. Pressure to this end has been brought to bear upon him from all parts of the State.

At first the Governor was much averse to calling the Legislature together, on the ground that it would be an advertisement to the world that California cannot pay its taxes. During the last few days he has been besieged by prominent proponents of the special session, and today reached the conclusion that such convocation Is necessary. At the conference, which began early this afternoon and continued for several hours, all phases of the question were considered. During the last few days the bankers have been most insistent that an extra session is necessary, and their position was urged upon the Governor again today with great energy. It has been intimated that the Governor, several days ago, made up his mind to convene the solons, and that the conference was more for the purpose of determining what points should be included in the call than from any other purpose.

Be that as it may, the Governor has not fully concluded all details of the call at a late hour tonight. The refusal of the Tax Collector of San Francisco to accept the clearinghouse certificates in payment of taxes was the initial incentive urged upon the Governor as making a special session necessary. Since that time, the Governor has been asked to Include in the call scores upon scores of matters. He had decided, however, that the Legislature would be asked to consider the smallest number of matters which he deemed necessary for the public good. GOVERNOR'S STATEMENT.

Today he went over the whole list again and cut right and left, until tonight he had pruned down the list of possibilities to less than a desen. of this number the Governor stated the fire which will certainly be included in the call. Of the others, he said: "It is possible that one or two more may be included. For Instance, the State troops, who were called out to protect government property during the recent car strike at San Francisco have not been paid, as there is no fund from which they may be paid. It is possible I will advise consideration of an appropriation of the money necessary to pay them.

"No, I cannot say what other matters may be included, Perhaps none will be, and perhaps one or two may be after I have had time to go over the list again. "The matters I have spoken to you of as to be Included in the call, speak for themselves. I should certainly not asic the Legislature to consider these matters, unless I. deemed their consideration as When asked in particular regarding the proposal to oust Andrew M. Witson from the office of railroad commissioner, he said: I had.

not thought that Wilson should be removed, 1 should not so advise in the call. have for a long thought that Wilson is not a proper man to hold the responsible position which he occupies, and I have for a long time wished him to relinquish the office. As far back as last April I sent him a letter requesting him to resign, but the resignation has not been forthcoming. Gov. Gillett stated tonight that he wishes the Legislature to do its work in as short a time as possible and at the least expense to the State.

A. F. OF L. I INPATRIOTIC RESOLUTION. LABORITES ADVISED TO EVADE MILITARY DUTIES.

Another Proposition Before American Federation of Labor Is a General Assessment on Unionites to Fight "The Times" and the Merchants of Los Angeles. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNORFOLK (Va.) Nov. Addresses by J. D. Shackelford and D.

Hodge of London, both labor members of Parlament; W. R. Trotter of Winnipeg, Canadian fraternal delegate, and T. V. Powderly, representing the Department of Commerce and Labor, and the introduction and reference of a large number of resolutions, formed the leading features of the day's session of the American Federation of Labor at the Exposition today.

A notable feature was the address of Mr. Powderly, who declared he hoped the day would come in his own time when the President of the United States and his Cabinet officers would not consider It beneath their dignity to visit and address the American Federation of Labor. Resolutions were introduced calling upon Congress, in the event of all "industrial crisis" following the "financial to find "ways and means to ameliorate and mitigate the crisis by issuing money without interest to States, counties and cities for the purpose of building highways, schools, bridges and public utilities, provided, however, that such work be done at union wages under the eight-hour day." money proposed to be loaned to be returned in easy installments. Other resolutions introduced today were as follows: Calling on all members of organized labor to absolutely hold aloof from all military organizations until the United States provides 8 military system such as that of Switzerland; providing for a woman organizer for the women wage-workers of the United States; indorsing the Spright bill in Congress for the relief of seamen in foreign-going vessels: urging Congress to act favorably on any legislation bearing on the Increase of pay of postoffice clerks: levying a general assessment of 1 cent a month to aid the labor unions in Los Angeles (to fight The Times and the merchants;) calling for a minimum of $9 a week for all female retail clerks, and giving this movement the support of the Federation; calling for the building and repairing of all government vessels at navy yards, and a committee to have this in charge, at a salary of $84 week each and necessary expenses, hotel expenses not to exceed $1.50 day. Lengthy resolutions by the Porto Rican delegation providing for mittee, with the Porto Ricans included thereon, to be headed by President Gompers, who shall within two weeks at the adjournment of the present convention.

visit President Roosevelt. asking for relief for Porto Rico, was referred to a committee. The resolutions demand: That full American citizenship be granted: practical and necessary economies in ap- plicatione for the personnel of insular administration: doubling the present annual school fund, with salaries equal to those paid in America, and investigating why $80,000 worth of school books were destroyed by the Department of Education: an eight-hour working day and enforcement of the American labor liabilities act; radical abolishment of convict labor in pubile works; suppression of the 40 and DU cents. ten-hours-a-day scale to workmen engaged in governmental work in Porto Rico: prosecution of all corporations holding more than 500 acres of land in violation of the Foraker law: laws to protect agricultural labor and prevent payment of workmen in chips, tins, or other medium than American money; the investigation of factories and improvement of their sanitary conditions; a law preventing the Porto Rican police from being used to break legitimate trades union strikes; the establishment of a branch of the United States labor bureau in Porto Rico, and a labor law preventing child labor under 14 years. DOMAIN.

AND IN IS SOLD CALIFORNIA. BROAD ACRES IN GOLDEN STATE ARE PURCHASED. Accounting with Local Offices 8 Shows Receipts from Sale of Public Land for Last Fiscal Year to Have Been Over Three Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars. DIRECT WIRE TO THE TIMES.J WASHINGTON, Nov. The General Land Office adjusted its accounts with the State of California on returns from the local land offices at Eureka, Independence, Los Angeles, Oakland, Redding, Sacramento, Susanville and Visalia for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907.

The receipts from the sales of public lands were from the sales of Indian lands, $271.77, and from fees and commissions, making a total of $399,764.32. The gross proceeds from the sales of public lands were $360,293.09, and the to State amounts to $26.028.87, makpro rate, share of expenses chargeable Ing the net proceeds for the year, 264.22, to which amount is added the moneys recovered in United States courts for lands erroneously patented to the Central Pacific Rallroad Company. of $2700, making the total net proceeds $836,964.22. The State is entitled to 5 per cent. of the last named amount, which is $16,848.21.

The reclamation fund account arising from the sale and disposal of public land in California for the same period has also been adjusted. The net total receipts after deducting the 5 per cent. which goes to the State amount to $355.071.67. The surplus of fees and commissions. after deducting $28,395.64.

earned by and paid to the various registers and receivers, amounts to $10,937.62, which amount. with the surplus of receipts, makes total of $365,999.39 to be credited to the reclamation fund. ERROR IN TRANSMISSION. Giobe National Bank Suspended not the First National Bank of Globe. TRY DIRECT WIRE TO THE TIMES.I GLOBE (Ariz) Nov.

14. An error was made in transmitting by wire the announcement of the suspension of the First National Bank of Globe In The Times of November 9. The Globe National auspended temporarily, owing to money stringency, but expects to re-. sume business shortly. All creditors will be paid In full.

The First Nadoes not expect to do 80. It is one tional Bank has not suspended and of the most conservative and solid banks in Arizona. NAMES BUFFALO BILL. Howard Gould Charges Wife With timacy With Cody Before Her Marriage. (BY THE ASSOCIATED NEW YORK, Nov.

affidavit setting forth on information and belief that prior to her marriage to him, Katherine Clemmons's relations with William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) were criminal and meretricious was filed in the Circult Court today by Howard Gould. The affidavit declares that Miss Clemmons told Mr. Gould that her relations. with Cody were purely of a business nature, but that he has since learned that this was not true.

Through Katherine Mer of London, Gould said he expected to show that his wife confessed to Miss Mer the true nature of her relations with Cody. case came up before Justice 'Gorman today on the application of Clarence Shearn, counsel ton Mrs. Gould, to have vacated an order which Mr. Gould recently got from Justice Fitzgerald for the examination of Miss Mer as a witness in the suit for a separation. Mr.

Shearn argued that Gould's amdavit does not define the nature of the alleged relations between his wife and Cody. "We desire to have this order vacated," continued Mr. Shearn, "for the reason that in an action such as this, where the wife lived with the defend ant for eight years and has brought action for separation, she should be directly confronted with the woman that made the statement that twelve years ago, prior to their marriage, the plaintiff had maintained meretricious relations with some other man. She should confront the jury and be cross amined." OBITUARY. Patrolman Robert Barry.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Patrol man Robert Barry, who was thrown from his horse yesterday, sustaining a fracture of the skull, died this morning. He had been in the police department twenty-two years, Joseph Crimmins. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Joseph Crimmins, brother of Phil Crimmins, the well-known politician, was 3.8- phyxiated this morning at the home of his sister, Mrs.

Marguerite Campbell. Death was accidental, the gas having escaped from a defect in a fixture. Crimmins was 39 years old, and had figured in local politics for many years. Col. James J.

Stevenson. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Col. James J. Stevenson, a pioneer and founder of the Stevenson colony in Merced county, died yesterday in this city, aged 79.

Ex- President Sierra. MOBILE (Ala.) Nov. Advices from Puerto Cortez. Honduras, November 7 are that ex-President Sierra of Honduras died in Nicaragua, October 25, and was buried at Meneceda, October 26. Gen.

Sierra had been mentioned as possible candidate for President of Honduras, at the election in January. TWO-CENT PROVISION. GUTHRIE (Okla.) Nov. 14- The Rock Island will accept the two-cent: railroad fare provision of the Okiahoma constitution, which goes into offect Nov. 16.

This statement was made frankly and without hesitation by B. F. Winchell, president of the Rock syne tem, In a conference with Guthria elty officials today. GED ARMSTRONIPS on lateresting of The the coming Sunday,.