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of va., Cabell Richmond, lected to succeed John G. Capers of South Carolina as commissioner of internal revenue. Mr. Capers is ill. To License Clubs - Governor Hadley sent a special message to the legislature at Jefferson City, Mo., yesterday in an effort to obtain the enactment of a law requiring a state license for the sale of intoxicants in social clubs. Hearing Delayed-The habeas corpus proceedings for the release of W. F. Ford, cousin of Tirey L. Ford, from the county jail at Oakland, were again put over yesterday by Judge Brown, after listening to two hours' argument. Six Beds Stolen-Six beds and the furnishings of the pest house at Alton, Ill., were stolen by burglars who broke into the unoccupied building. The city authorities now fear an epidemic of smallpox, as it is expected the beds and coverings will be sold. Lumberman Dies-Mrs. Mary Campbell, widow of Capt. John Campbell, lumberman of Port Blakely, Wash., whose sawmill was the largest in the world, died yesterday at Seattle, aged 87 years. The family is widely known in shipping and lumber circles. Shot in Quarrel-Con Enright and William M. Iverson, teamsters, quarreled yesterday at Portland, Ore., over the harnessing of some horses, and in his anger Enright shot Iverson in the back. The latter is seriously but not fatally wounded. Enright escaped. Mrs. Thaw Pays-Evelyn Nesbit Thaw did not go to jail yesterday. Instead. representatives of her counsel paid the receiver appointed to take charge of Mrs. Thaw's affairs the amount of $250, the fine imposed for contempt in failure to appear in supplementary proceedings. There still remains to be paid nearly $100. Triple Tragedy - James A. Dawson, night watchman for a mill company at Three Lakes, a small town near Everett, Wash., yesterday morning shot and killed his wife and 14year-old daughter and then killed himself. The daughter lived long enough to run to a nearby house. It is supposed family trouble caused the shooting. Train Blockaded - The Denver-bound train on the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific railroad (Moffit road), which left Steamboat Springs last Friday morning, is still snowbound within 1000 feet of the snow sheds at Corona. If the blockade is not broken today the mail on the train will be taken by stage to Wolcott and thence to Denver. Court Sustained-The Fresno county court is sustained in a decision handed down yesterday by the appellate court involving the right to irrigation waters. Frank Silva won a suit in the Fresno court against C. H. Hawn to prevent him from obstructing the flow of water in a ditch which led onto the plaintiff's land. The appellate court declares the defendant's appeal to be without merit. Mother to Protect DaughterThe mother of Hazel Moore, the girl to whom the Seattle authorities attribute the downfall of Adjutant General Hamilton of Washington, says she expects her daughter to leave Seattle at once for Oakland. The mother, who lives at 466 Rose street, Oakland. said today: "I will do everything I can for her, because she is my daughter." They have not met for ten years. D. of C. Convention - The delegates to the ninth annual convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy devoted yesterday to pleasure. During the forenoon they took observation cars to many places of interest in and about San Francisco, crossing the bay at noon for luncheon upon the campus of the University of California. In the afternoon they were the guests of Joseph LeConte chapter at Berkeley. Sues for Deposit-During the attempt of George Roeth, James L. De Fremery, R. W. Kinney and George D. Gray to reorganize the defunct Union National bank at Oakland, with a capital stock of $300,000, Leon Veiller, a depositor, was induced to invest $500 in the capital stock of the institution, he alleges in his complaint to recover that amount from the bankers, filed yesterday in the superior court at Oakland. Breaks All Records - Private advices received by Col. N. E. Linsley, chairman of the Spokane naval trophy cup committee, state that the armored cruiser Washington broke all previous records of the United States navy in the recent target practice at Magdalena bay. This means that the Wash-
