The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1895, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1895 authorize the Common Council, Board offTrus- tees orother governing nody ofany incorporated city or town, other than cities of the first class, to refund its indebtednéss, issue bonds there- for and provide for the payinent of the same. 8. B. 521—To provide for the'issuing of bonds by the reclamation districts aud the disposal thereof for reclamation and other purposes, and their payment by taxation upon the prop- erty situated in such reclamation distriets. s. a—In relation to the pay and collec- axes by Salinas Citv. o —Fixing and regulating the manner of sale and redemption of real property for de- linquent assessments, 10 pay the damages, cost and expenses for or incident tb laying out, opening, extending, widening, straightening, diverging, curbing, contracting or closing up, in whole or in part, any street, square, lane, alley, court or place within municipalities within this State. S, B.887-To create & court 1n and for the town of Berkel . B. 627 — Closing barber-shops, hair-dress- ing establishments and bathhouses after 12 M. on $undays and legal holidays. 8. B. 787—For the termination of the work of ltural Commission, $5000. 0 purchase more ground for Napa for Superintendent of Pub- nstruction, $2400. B. 104—Furniture for the Los Angeles 001, $5000. Japitol elevator-hoy, $300. 05—Creating the Burean of Highways appropriating §21,000 for same. B. 519—Relating to citiesof the sixth class. 5. B. 570—Fixing duties of the State Printer. . B. 633~Establishing protection districts to prevent the overtlow of streams. 871--For the erection of A hew building old City Hall site in San Francisco. Authorizing elevated and under- railways. Relating to public schoo Regarding Levee District No. 2 in CTAR'S NEW CONSTITUTION. Delegates Not Agreed as to the Women's Suffrage Plank. SALT LAKE, Uran, March 27.=-The re- port of the Legislative Committee wassub- mitted to the Constifutional Convention to-day and referred 1o the committee of ole. The educatibnal article was taken up and referred back to the commit- tee for simplification. The Committee on Apportionment and Boundaries submitted a report which was placed on the calendar. A minority report from the Committee on Elections was re- { ported. The minority report opposes | woman suffrage. The minority fears that | is privilege in the hanas of women would | roy the present equality of parties and : °n the temptation on the part of those who ruled before to resune sway by work- ing upon the generous impulses and re- | instincts of women, which would | result in political if not social and business ostracism le: of the minority. They favor | ing the question to the Legislature. jority of the members unquestion- | favor the equal suffrage article. After warm disenssion the report by a | vote ¢ 2 went to the calendar to be | taken up to-morrow. NO FREE TELEPHONES. State Officlals Must Hereafter Pay for the Use of the Instruments. SACRAMENTO, CaL., March 27.—That | the State Board of Examiners have deter- | mined to render all assistance in their | er to Governor Budd in making his ad- ation an era of striet rétrenchment is evinced by the following resolution adopted at their meeting held this evening at the Capitol building. This resolution will probably cause a mighty uproar from all portions of the State, with the excep- tion of of < contained within the walls of the Capitol building. [ Under its provisions the executive him- self Will be obliged. to pay. out of his personal income, to forward any message over the telephone wire, and it is a hard rap at the Bell Telephor.c Company, which has reaped a harvest from the charge on switches forwarded by all clastes and con- ditions of people who were only willing to use 4 teléphone upon which there was no fee. The resolution is as follows: Resolved, That from and aftet April 1, 1895, no claim will be allowed by the Board of E aminers for telephones in any State office, State institution, or any board or commission in this 8tate, nor shall the contingent fund of any institution in this State be used for any such purpose. = e | SONORA MURDERER'S CONFICTION | The Stayer of Joshwa Billings Is Found Guilty. SONORA, Car., March —After a de- liberation of foiirteen hours the jury in the Billings murder case brought in a verdict finding Stephen Vivian guilty of murder in the first degree and fixing his punishment at life imprisonment. On December 3, 1894, Vivian deliberately shot and killed Joshua Billings ifia dispute over 30 cents, which Vivian claimed Bill- ings owed him for whisky. - SENATOR BACON IS SUED. Major Hanson Holds Him to His Word on an Indorsement. MACON, Ga., March 27.—A sensational suit was filed in the Supreme Court this afternoon by Major J. E. Hanson against United States Senator 0. A. Bacon tp col- lect $14,000. The suit grows out of the signing of the bond of J. 8. McTighe in the famous Georgia Southern litigation. Hanson claims that Bacon used personal friendship to induce him to sign the bond, and at the same time insured against risk, agreeing to personally be respongible to Hanson. Hanson had to pay out $14,000, his portion of the bond, and Bacon re- fused to protect him. Bitter feeling has existed for the past three years, and this is the climax. - SUSPENDS TEMPORARILY. Assignment of the Commercial Bank to 1Its Cashier. CINCINNATI, Ouio, March 27.—The Commercial Bank to-day notified the Clearing-house that it could not pay its day’s clearings. The Commercial is one of the oldest banks in the city. Later the bank assigned to W. H. Camp- bell, who was its cashier. Charles 8. Foote is president of the bank. Cashier Campbell stated that the bank had but temporarily suspended, and would be all right in a few days. There had been an unusually heavy run on the bank to-day, and it became absolutely necessary to sus- pend business. He said, further, that the bank held ample securities to pay out to all depositors in time. —_———— ELECTION LAW VIOLATORS. Avrraignment of the Nineteen Indieted at New York. NEW YORK, N.Y.,March 27.—The nine- teen men under indictment for violations of the election law were arraigned, pleading before Justice Ingraham in the Court of Oyer and Terminer to-day. In the cases of Thomas Gross and John M. Grasser, charged with keeping the polls open twenty-two minutes after the time allowed by law in order to permit a number of voters to cast their ballots, counsel was given until next Wednesday to file a demurrer, the understanding being that a test will be made of the cases. Pertell, King, Whitman, Andrew, Foley and Leeman, through their counsel, then asked to with- draw their plea of mnot J;fllq and de- murrer and were given until next Friday to file briefs, ¢ 4 - SIN MATED'S ACTION A Movement to Secure the Building of a Boulevard. DISCUSSION OF PLANS. Proposal to Issue Bonds for the Purpose of Constructing the Highway. LEADING CITIZENS ORGANIZE. A Vigorous and Systematic Cam- paign in Favor of the Proposed Enterprise Begins. SAN MATEO, Can, March great boulevard is coming. The mag- nificent project of uniting the Golden Gate and the Garden City by a broad, well-con- structed driveway, bordered with trees, and passing for fifty miles through one of | the fairest, richest and most picturesque | and inviting regions of the earth, has be- come a definite enterprise. San Mateo County has taken it beyond the point of mere talk, and if anybody 27.~The | mittee of five is going right to work, and will accomplish something rapidly and effectively. From now on the boulevard will be the great public issuein San Mateo County. Among the progressive people everywhere along the route it is creating even more en- thusiasm than the new valley railroad. The idea appealsstrongly by its beauty and magnificence to the artistic sentiment of the community, and how highly developed and widespread are love of the beautiful and pride of community- down the west side of the bay the pretty homesand the neatly tended bits of park about the depots at San Mateo, Menlo Park and other places show. But the practical benefits of such a boulevard as contemplated are even more generally recognized and urged. | The most active friends of the enterprise | put their arguments on practical grounds. | Itis urged thatit is actually as cheap. to | build the boulevard as to keep on patching | up the present poor county road. Sucha | driveway, which would soon become world- | famed, would bring tourists through the | region in a constant stream, would bring to | it an immensely greater number of people ‘ seeking suburban residence, would increase | many times over the value of every fovt of | property along it, multiply the taxable J wealth and generally stimulate greatly the | | | population and business of the county. A determined " effort to build the boule- vardis to be made at least. Itisnow a | foregone conclusion that the bonding proposition will before long be placed be- fore the voters. Opposition from silurian is expected. Some is feared from the por- | tions of the county on the other side of the | mountains toward the ocean, but three- | fourths of the county’s population lives along the bay, and it is proposed that the | part of the county over the range be given. NAT G. BRITTAN, A lsléLIEVER IN THE BOULEVARD. [Sketched for the ““Call” by Kahler.] hinks that the boulevard is a nice but chimerical scheme, he ought to come into this part of San Mateo County long enough to hear a little of the talk in its favor and realize the enthusiasm, force and promise that lie behind one of the greatest public improvements ever planned in California. The boulevard is an issue now. It has been formally taken up by a wise method by leading and influential citizens of dif- ferent partzs of the county. The voters will before a great while say at the polls whether or not bonds for a large amount shall be issued, and the fate of the boule- vard depends on the result of the boule- vard campaign, now definitely begun with bright prospects of success. If the bond- ing proposition carries, thirty miles at least of the great boulevara will be built, and the connections with Golden Gate Park and Ban Jose will surely follow by some plan. The people down this way are enterpris- ing and progressive and ever since the boulevard project came to the front, less than a month ago, it has been discussed with increating enthusiasm by all classes. Until now the scheme has lacked definite and organized pushing. Yesterday afternoon a dozen or more representative citizens of Redwood City, Menlo Park and San Mateo met in the chambers of Judge George H. Buck, at the courthouse in Redwood City, to discuss the practicability of carrying out the plan. It was a somewhat spontaneous gathering of progressive men of high standing. George C. Ross, the well-known attorney of Red- wood City and a member of the Fulton Ross Lumber Company, was elected chair- man, and R. H. Jury, editor of the San Mateo Leader, was made secretary. The project was discussed in an informal way from the standpoint of its feasibility, for the desirability of the boulevard and | its tremendous benefits to the county were conceded with unanimity. The meeting very soon agreed that it was a perfectly feasible and practicable enterprise. It was agreed that the probabilities were very strong that in view of thé popular senti- ment a proposition to issue the necessary bonds would gain the required two-thirds vote in the county. The best means of making the enterprise a practical success were discussed, and it was,decided to set the ball rolling. Regarding the scale of cost, the project remained as indefinite at the meeting as elsewhere, the suggested amotint of bonds ranging from $100,000 to $200,000. As the best means of attaining practical results and doing effective work, it was de- cided, on motion of Judge Buck, to com- mit the whole enterprise to a committee of thirty representative citizensof thé county, selected from the different townships in accordance with their proportions of pop- ulation. The appointment of this committee and the work preliminary to it was given to a committee of five, consisting of George C. Ross and Judge Buck of Redwood City; Phil M. Roedel, cashier of the San Mateo Bank; R. 8. Thornton, an old and wealthy resident of Colma; and A.J. Marcus of Menlo Park, late candidate of the Traffic Association for Railroad Commissioner. This committee will select the members of the general boulevard committee with great care, and the committee will prob- ably not be appointed for two or three weeks. Inthe meantime, the committee of five will feel the public pulse on the- question of how large a bond issue can be secured, procure data about the cost and methods of scientific roadmaking, get pre- liminary estimates from road engineers, and formulate one or more definite plans 10 lay before the permanent committee of thirty when it is organized. The com- 1 its proportion of the money raised for road improvement based on taxable values. Good roads are badly needed over there in the hills toward Pescadero and Spanish- town. The promoters of the great enterprise hope, by getting the right kind of a propo- sition before the voters and avoiding the creation of sectional jealousies, to see the necessary money raised. The bond campaign will be lively and well organized, and has the advantage of having in its favor nearly all of the large property-holders and influential citizens, The cyclists all along the bay region num- ber hundreds and their enthusiastic fa- | vor is certain. The county press is unani mous in giving the project vigorous back- | ing. Nat J. Brittan, one of the most promi- nent residents of Redwood City, is among the stanchest supporters of the great boule- vard proposition. He has expressed him- self unmistakably on the subject, and has suggestions which undoubtedly will bear fruit in action. ’ Phil M. Roedel, cashier of the San Mateo Bank and one of the committee of five, has been doing enthusiastic and vigorous work for the boulevard, He said to-day: We have no definite idea yet of how much money it would be practicable to try to raise. My own opinion is that the taxpavers ot the | county would make no mistake if they would put $250,000 into the boulevard. It costs as much now to keep up the present bad county road as it would to pay interest on that amount and provide for a sinking fund. The present county road was badly built and last winter it was almost impassable for miles north of Burlingame. We wanta road constructed by competent engineers according to the modern scientific methods of foad building. I feel sure that the only practicable route is the present county road. A boulevard along the foothills would be a magnificent thing but it wonld cost enormously, more money for both right of way and construction. I don’t think the peoplé would be willing to lay outanother road there and bonds would not be voted for it. There would be much more opposition. My ideais that the county roAd should be widened to 100 feet or more. Then build a perfect and lasting roadway, provide bridle and bicycle paths and set trees along the sides. Most of the 1and along the road is held by large property-owners, who I think would give the 1and needed, becanse the rest of their property would be so greatly increased in value. It is too early to say much about the cost, because that has not been investigated deeply. If the rock-crushing works were established at Fol- som the rock for macadamizing might be got here by water and distributed quite cheaply. There is no question that such a boulevard would benefit every material interest in the county. Ilook atitasa thoroughly practical business proposition. It would, in fact, save money to the taxpayers, while greatly increas- ing the value of property. It would do more than anything else to attract residents, and the opportunities for beautiful living places in this region are unparalleled anywhere. The climal is unequaled and the country is a natural park. Its beauties would become known. Tourists wotlld visit us, and the boulevard and the country it runs through would become famous. Anywhere in the country you will find & region with fine roads, settled by a desirable class of people. I don’t anticipate very much opposition to the bonding scheme, and of course that is the only way it can be done. We want to make it appear practical, have it in the hands of com- petent men in whom there is publicconfidence, avoid local jealousies, maxe it the resultof a spontaneous outbreak of progressive public sentiment. I think it will grow in favor and that the universal benefits to the county will be generally recognized. That is the way the leading people of this region are all talking, and the promise that two-thirds of the voters will decide to give the development and fame of their county the gmtelt aid they could receive is grow- ing brighter every Jyn z . e Langley’s Directory has 2594 more names than the oppesition. Two maps, - EVENTS AT SN JOSE A Chinaman Accuses a Youth of the Crime of Murder. LEE LONG'S COMPLAINT. Result of the Mischievous Ac- ticn of Charles Hag- gerdorn. THE BARRON CASE UP AGAIN. Motion for a New Trial Made by the Attorneys for the Widow. SAN JOSE, Car., March 27.—Lee Long, a Chinese, appeared before Justice Gass this morning and swore to a complaint charging Charles Haggerdon, & 16-year-old boy, with the murder of Lee Sun. Young Haggerdon and several other boys stoned a Chinese laundryman who was passing in his wagon last Sunday and one of the rocks struck the horse, causing it to run away. The wagon capsized and Lee Sun was killed. At the inquest held Monday the Coro- ner’s jury rendered a verdict of accidental death, and the testimony in no way con- nected the boy with the accident. Young Haggerdorn was arraigned and his examination was set for Friday. An application for bail was denied and he was committed to jail, The boy has been motherless since early infancy, but has been well brought up by his father, and bears an excellent reputa- tion. stone at the Chinaman, but was skipping it along the sidewalk, when it rebounded and struck the wagor BARRON ESTATE CONTEST. The Lawyers for the Widow Make a Mo- tion for a New Trial. SAN JOSE, CaL., March 27.—There was another turn to-day in the contest over the millions left by the late Edward Barton, which will tend to delay the dis- tribution of the estate. ‘When the jury rendered a verdict several weeks ago in favor of George Barron, a son of the dead millionaire, which virtu- ally set aside the will that had been made in favor of the widow, the attorneys for the widow decided that they would move for a new trial. In Judge Reynolds’ court this morning, N. Bowden appearing for the Boys’ and Girls' Aid Society, and Judge McKinstry for the Barron Heirs, the motion for a new trial was made. Judge Rey- nolds then issued the following order: It appearing that the executrix, Eva Rose Barron, the minor children, Edward F., Mar- garet M. and Eva R. Barron, and the Boys' and Girls’ Aid Society in the contest have filed a notice of intention to move for a new trial it is ordered that all proceedings on the verdict be stayed until the decision on the motion for a new trial is decided or until the further order of the court. Mrs. Barron was in courf during the pro- ceedings. { A WATCHMAN'S DAMAGE SUIT. An Answer by Defendants in a Peculiar Case. SAN JOSE, Car., March 27.—Eugene and Louis Coopers filed an answer to the suit brought by J. A. Monroe for $1000 damages in the County Clerk’s office this morning. The suit grew out of tronble in the direc- torate of the San Jose Meat Company. One faction had the combination of the safe, and in order that the Woodward faction could secure the accounts of the company, A. T. Spangenberg, a safe expert, was brought from San Francisco, and while the latter was in the act of opening the safe he and Monroe, who was employed as a watchman, were arrested for burglary, but were subsequently discharged. Monroe claimed $1000 damages, in that his character had been damaged and he had been deprived of his position as dep- uty sheriff. The Coopers deny that he was damaged to the extent of $1000 or that his character was in any way damaged. New Days Set for Calendars. SAN JOSE, Car., March 27.—The law and motion calendar of Department 1 after April 5 will be called at 10 A. ., in- stead of 2 r. »., on Fridays. Criminal mat- ters have been transferred from Depart- ment 2 to Department 1. Insolvency matters have been transferred from De- partment 1 to Department 2, and such cases will be called on Fridaysat 2. a. The Rughes Cases Postponed. SAN JOSE, Can, March 27.—Owing to the severe illness of Judge Lorigan the trial of the suits against the bondsmen of George C. Hughes, the absconding notary, who succeeded in obtaining about $15,000, was continued until April 5. Game Law Violator Punished. BAN JOSE, Car.,, March 27.—Ygnacio Pasada, who paraded the streets of Gilroy with two fine mallard ducks which he had shot, was taken before Justice Willey and fined $20 for violation of the game law. Pt sty LOSSES AT MILWAUKEE. Figures as to the Damage Caused b, the Big Fire. . MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 27.—Fol- lowing are the latest estimates of the losses by last night's fire: Plankington estate, on buildings, $235,000; Landaure & Co., wholesale dry goods, $400,000; Bene- dict & Co.. clothing, $10,000; Y. M. O. A. building, $25,000; Roebel & Reinhart, art- store, $20,000: F. Hopkinson Smith, paint- ings, $15,000; Au Bon Marche, $10,000; Columbia Clothing Company, $3000; Tan- ner & Co., furniture, $100,000; Barling & Wombold Company, clothing, $80,000; Schlitz Brewing Company, building, $8000; William Hailman, building, $9000; Mat- thews Bros., $5000; James Morgan & Co., dry goods, $2000; other losses, about $5000. Total, $950,000. The insurance will aggregate 80 per cent of the loss. The Milwaukee public library was saved by a favorable shift of the wind. No casualties occurred. The burned dis- trict takes both sides of Grand avenue from Third to Fourth street, except the Matthews block, on the south side, and the buildings east of the alley on the north side. West of Fourth street, the corner store of the public library building is gone; on the north, the Foster block, and the Y. M. C. A. building on the south. F. Hop- kinson Smith’s pictures represent years of hard work in Europe. It is not known whether he carried any insurance. S leinn Death of Marshall's Sister. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 27.—Mrs. P. C. Hoff, sister of Wilson Marshall, the He declares he did not throw the | discover of gold in California, has died at Lambertsville, N. Y, . MUST BE VERY SWIFT. Contract Soon te Be Awarded for Three Torpedo-Boats. BALTIMORE, Mp., March 27.—The con- tract for ths construction of three steel twin-screw sea-going torpedo-boats for the United Btates navy will probably be awarded in the next few days to the Co- lumbian Iron Works and Drydock Com- pany of Baltimore by Secretary Herbert. The Boird of Chiefs has reported favora- bly on the Columbia Iron Works’ bid. President W. T. Maister in his proposal agreed to build all three of the boats for $292,500 and submitted designs for the work. The bid was nearly $120,000 less than the next lowest bidder. The vessels will be designated as torpedo-boats Nos. 3, 4 and 5, and will be constructed under au- thority of an act of Congress, approved July 26, 1884. The displacement of the vessels will be about 138 tons, and when completed and tested for speed under the supervision of the Navy Department an average speed of mnot less than 241¢ knots an hour must be maintained for two con- secutive hours. gy FOUND BADLY BATTERED. Marshal Short of Savannak, Knocked Out by a Train. KANSAS OITY, Mo., March 27.— A young man, supposed by papers found in his pocket to be Marshal C. Short of Savannah, Ala., was brought to this city té-day badly battered and suffering inter- nal injuries. He had been found lying along the Santa Fe tracks near Elmdale, Kans., having evidently fallen from the train. A ticket from San Francisco to Savannab and a letter indicating he was going to Alabama to claim his share of the 8. B. Wesley estate, to which it appears he was heir, was also found among his effects. In his condition he could give no account of himself, and Savannah relatives were telegraphed for. Short’s injuries are serious, bnt not fatal. HIS GLAIM_IN ABEYVANCE, SANTOS MAY HAVE TO WAIT FOR DAMAGES FROM ECUADOR. By THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE = BRITISH MINISTER THE W HOLE - Case WiLL BE REOPENED. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.—There is some reason to apprehend that there may be a failure of the arbitration of the cele- brated Santos claim against Ecuador asa result of a change made by Great Britain in her representation of that country, orat least it may be found necessary to go over the entire ground again and secure a modi- fication of the treaty negotiated with <o much pains by United States Minister Ma- honey, by which the case was adjudicated. Santos is an American citizen, who was imprisoned and despoiled of his property by the Ecuadorans in 1884 and 1885. At one time this led to serious trouble be- tween the United States and Ecuador and it was necessary to send United States’ warships to Guayaquil to secure Santos’ re- lease. A claim for indemnity was pre- ferred by our Government which lan- guished many years and it was not until 1894 that the final ratifications were ex- changed for a treaty, but the claim was to be submitted to arbitration. By the terms of this treaty the British Minister at Quito was to be requested to act as arbitrator, or in the event of his declination he was to name the arbitrator. = There was no further provision for the selection of the arbitrator, and this may prove to have been an important omission, for news has reached here that the British Government has withdrawn its Minister at Quito, leaving at that place only a Con- sul-General. Unless this official has been clothed with diplomatic powers, so that he may fulfill the treaty definition of a diplo- matic representative, it will be impossible to proceed under the treaty, and it will be necessary to secure the consent of the Ecuadoran Government to an amend- ment to remedy the fault. This must, in the natural order, be submitted to our Sen- ate for approval, ratifications must be again exchanged, and the claimant must submiit to further délay before he can ex- pect an award. Ala., —— INSURES A BONUS. Speed Displayed by the Ram Katahdin at the Unofficial Trial. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.—The Bath Iron Works, contractors for building the ram Katahdin, put that vessel through an unofficial trial yesterday. The results, as reported to the Navy Department to- day, were as follows. Average time noted in four runs over a measured mile, 3 min- utes and 22 seconds; steam pressure, 155; revolutions, 142; vacuum, 26inches; horse- power, 3935, under natural draught. This data corresponds to an average speed of 17.82 knots per hour. Under the terms of the contract the vessel was required to make at least 17 knots per hour, and a pre- mium of §15,000 per quarter knot will be allowed for excess speed. But a run over & measured mile is not a certain test of what the boat can do on the two-hour trial trip which she must undergo, but if she maintains the same rate of speed she will earn her builders a bonus of $46,050. Her contract price was $950,000, and she should have been completed in August, 1892, but the delay is accounted for by difficulties in securifig the peculiar curved armor re- q.l;irod for the ship. Itis expected that the official trial will soon follow. g MAY USE THE FUND. Money Credited to the Central Pacific Belongs to the Government. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.—The Attorney-General sent in an opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury to-day to the effect that the sinking fund credited to the Central Pacific Railroad Company and now in the treasury, amounting to nearly $6,000,000, may be used to reimburse the Government for $2,623,000 paid on January 16 last in the redemption of its bonds loaned the company in 1865, and that the sinking fund may also be applied to the payment of the balance of the interest due on these bonds, amounting to $3,308,122. In this sinking funds are bonds amounting to $5,561,000, which, when sold, would in- crease the available cash in the treasury by that amount plus a considerable pre- mium, which will undoubtedly be realized. pETER kA FROM SPY TO GAMBLER. Death of a Man Who Played an Impor- tant Part in the Civil War. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 27.—James Keelan, a noted Confederate spy, died pen- niless in the City Hospital here to-day. His life was a thrilling romance. 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HOOD’S Sarsaparilia phis, Tenn., and their relatives at home. | For this he was tried by court-martial at | St. Louis and banished from the State. | He continued to carty the mail, however, and was again arrested, court-martialed and sentenced to be shot. By the aid of friends he escaped, went to | Richmond and soon became the Confed- | erates’ most trusted spy. When Richmond | was threatened and it was nec y to | take some decisive step he. with a com- | panion, placed torpedoes under certain B. | and O. trains transporting Federal troops. Many were killed, but he escaped. Since the war he degenerated into a professional card-player. He at one time had consid- | erable money, but died penniless. e | INTEREST TO THE COAST. oF General Casey May Be Succeeded by Colonel Craighil | WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.—On April 1 | General Casey will retire as chief of army en- | gineers, and gossips at the War Department | say that Colonel William P. Craighill, well | known on the Pacific Coast, will succeed him. | The hahdsome residence of Mrs. Hearst, on New Hampshire avenue, was to-day thronged with Washington’s fashionable set, the ocea- sion being an art display given by Mrs. Hearst | or the benefit of the Home for Incurables. | Among the ladies assisting Mrs. Hearst are | these well known to Californians: M ton Beale, Miss Patton and Miss Teck. Mrs. Cleveland’ contributed a cluster of beautiful | Easter lilies | Among Pacific Coast arrivals are: Edward | McKeen, San Francisco, and Bertram Montgom- | ery, Los Angeles. Lucy A. Weakley has been commissioned | postmistress at Bates, Cal. Pacific Coast pensions have been granted as | follow: California: Additional—Henderson Downey, Los Angeles County: Andrew Badg- ley, Ventura. Increase—William Jolly, Na- tional Soldiers’ Home, Los Atnigeles, Warsnrvivor: Increase—Richard Emerson, San Francisco. Oregon: Rei son, Junction City, Lane County. Washington: Original—Luman E. Beach, Springdale, Stevens County. —_— STEATING GOVERN MENT LOGS. Prosccution of a Wisconsin Trespasser | to Be ¥igorously Pushed. General Land Oflice has received a report charging trespassing on timber lands in ‘Wisconsin by Theodore D. Gay, and Sec- retary Smith has asked the Attorney-Gen- eral to push the prosecution as well as a | civil suit to recover the value of logs ille- | gally taken. Gay was under contract to | deliver the logs to Archibald McKennon, | the owner, who, the commission says, knew the cutting was being done on Gov- ernment lands held for cancellation. — - Funeral of Lycurgus Dalton. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.—The funeral of Lycurgus Dalton, late post- master of the House of Representative: oceurred here to-day. The Rev. Dr. Ches- | ter and Chaplain Milburn of the Senate | conducted the services. The honorary pall- | bearers were Senators Voorhees and Gor- | man, ex-Representatives Bynum and Hol- man and Messrs, Bright, Kerr and Hunt. —pa i TELEGRAPHIC NEWS IN BRIEF. | The residence of Pheenix Christianson, a | carpenter, at Minot, N. D., was burned. Five | children, ranging from three to fifteen years, perished. Postmaster-General Bissell will retire on April 4 and Wilson will formally take charge of the office. President Greenhut of the Distilling and | Cattle-feeding Company is back in Peoria, I1l. He sald the nefyspaper charges against him were unworthy of notice. The latest charge, that the officers had appropriated to their own use $400,000 or so of the rebates from railroads, he pronounced on a par with other accusa- tions, not being backed by authority. The State bank at Auburn, Ill,, was éntered Tuesday night by unknown men who blew open the vault and extracted £1200 currency. Mrs. Julia Ireland, aged 87. mother of Arch- | bishop Ireland, died at St. Paul, Minn, The business portion of Oregon, IlL., was burned. Loss, £50,000. Advices have reached Matamoras, Mex., that Bostens Saldana and two other desperate pris- oners while being conducted to Lamuel to be tried attempted to escape. They were shot and killed by the military escort. The Arabs at Sinai. Each night we cailed a council after dinner and discussed many things with our people. Our hunters were sum- moned, and while Joseph interpreted their swarthy faces peered through the tent-door into the hght, and when the conference was over they received a hand- ful of tobacco, coveted even more than food. These men were as anxious for a successful hunt as we could desire, but their advice was not always sound. They are like children and think that if they have observed a thing once it will al- ways recur. In my opinion the sinister reputation which, "has to some extent, at- tached to these Arabs of Sinai since the tragic murder of Professor Palmer at the time of the Arab rebellion, is undeserved. They were probably induced by secret messages from Cairo to regard his mission to obtain camels as an act of war, and they treated him and his companions as they and their people have always treated their 1 Towna tnem ¢ tworthy, Th ound them trustworthy. They drive a hard bargain, but, this m¥ified. the con- ditions are kept faithfully. Their goats are tended on the mountains by the un- married #irls, a sure sign of good man- ners. My daughters soon found that they could wander, unattended for many miles from camp, secure of an unaffect ly gra- cious reception from any casual tent- dweller that they met. Could this be said of any civilized ‘country on the shores of the Mediterranean ?—E. N. 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