The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 30, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LX XVIL—NO. 147. AN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MOR NG, APRIL 30, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PACIFIC COAST NEWS, Working to Secure a Salt Lake-San Diego Railroad. SUICIDE AT PALO ALTO. Death of Antone Martinez, the Oldest Native Son in California. SACRAMENTO RIVER RISING. The Carson Mint Case—Funeral of Irving Mills—Fatally Burned at Los Angeles. SAN DIEGO, Car., April 29.—The propo- sition to build a railroad fro alt Lake to Flagstaff, down to the junction of the Salt | and Verde, thence branching south to and west to San Diego, was 1blic to-night by Mayor Carlson in to the Couneil. ona Central Railroad Company son Canal Company are be- project. They ask San Diego to > with the Salt Lake Chamber of and have arranged a meeting San Francisco on Thur: tatives of Salt Lake, ona and San Diego. The | inted Mayor Carlson, U. S. Jr.and Alderman 8. J. Sill a com- ttee to represent this city. —— INTERRED AT 8 Nogales ACRAMENTO. Tne Body of Irving Mills Consigned to Its Last Resting Place. | m M. | 3 e at noon to-day | Southern Pacific depot on the ial train of four cars bear- of the deceased and friends The grave was shaded with ilion and the air was filled with the perfume of many floral of- ferings. Rev. Horatio Stebbins or of the First Unitarian Church of San Francisco, delivered a dress at the grave. i“Nearer, My God, to Thee” and ““Sleep On, Beloved,” were sung at the grave by a quartet—R. T. Cohn, H. A. Kidder, Horace Crocker and Joseph Genshlea. The pall- bearers were James Hobbs, Charles Eiler- man, John Larue, Will Denman, Ed Shee- han, Thomas vlor, Howard Herron, F¥red Haswell, E. T. Houghton and Wil- liam- Singer Jr. Among the attendants were Supreme Justice McFarland and W. | F. Horrin. B — LOOT OF THE CARSON MINT. Exposing the Methods of the Men Who Stole the Gold. April 29.—Robert Hofer, ent and cashier of the Bu te: ed in the mint exami- mation to-day Jones had dealings-| amounting to $21,000 with the bank, and made $1250 in Con. Virginia, and then came out at the small end $348. The dc- No. 77, the one tampered with, came his administration, and after the bstracted and silver substituted > bars had evidently been pickled to give them a gold color. H. H. Beck of Reno testified that he had treated )00 ounces for Heney. It came in granulated form, of direct fineness. He did not know at the fime where it came from, but was told that it came from the Bil City mine. Pa Ellis of the mint fineness. e having claimed that a man in the refinery one night while in the act of aling, Kennedy, the night watchman, testified that he discharged a pistol accidentally. SUICIDE AT PALO ALTO. Hounded by Creditors, Albert Hanson Seeks Death in the Lake. REDWOOD CITY, Car., April 20.—Al- bert Hanson, brother of Charles Hanson, the millionaire lumber merchant, com- mitted suicide this morning by drowning bimself in Lake Lagunitas at Palo Alto. Hanson had charge of his brother’s lum- ber business here, but about a year ago was removed from his tion, and since that time had been drinking heavily. A short time ago, however, his brother Charles had him sent to the Keeley Insti- tute, from which place he returned about six weeks azo. He went to San Francisco on Saturday and passed through town this morning, continuing on to Palo Alto. He went to the lake, took off his clothes, jumped in and was drowned. | He left a note, in which he said he was hounded to his death by creditors. Han- Eon esa widow and three daughters, one 15, another 12 and another 10 years of age. O i 4 LOS ANGELES HORROR. Aged John Herron Fatally Burned in a Lodging-House Fire. . 3 CAL., April 29.—John ly a resident and real es- tate d ndianapolis, Ind., was per- haps fatally burned in the Weid lodging- }}o\l,\n this morning. The house caught h.re fmrn gasoline which Miss Anna Ter- rill, his niece, was pouring out. The gasoline quickly generated fumes, which reached a fire in the grate, An explosion resulted and set ev erything in the room on fire. Miss Terrill was seriously burned about the hands and face while trying to remove her -uncle, who is 70 years of age end an invalid. She was overcome by heatand fell exhausted. When the fire- men reached the room Herron wag found to be fearfully burned. He cannot live long. The injured woman has a brother in Pasadena and a cousin, Seneca La Rue, in Riverside. : —_— MENLO PARK MOURNS. Death of Antome Martinez, the Oldest Native Son in the State. MENLO PARK, CaL., April 29.—An. tone Martinez, a member of one of the old Mexican families, died at his home, near this place, this afternoon of heart failure, Martinez was born at San Jose nearly seventy years ago. He inherited from his father 20,000 acres of land, all of which is situated in close proximity to the Stanford University. Like all wealthy Mexicans he was liberal and disposed of his vast pos- sessions piece by piece, until only a little over 2000 acres of hilly land remained to be divided among his heirs. He was the oldest Native Son in the State, being a member of Redwood City Parlor. He al- ways took a lively interest in the order. The deceased leaves a large family of sons and daughters and several grandchildren. S e SANTA ROSA CONFIRMATIONS. Ninety Young Persons Received Into the St. Rose Catholic Church. SANTA ROSA, CaL., April 29.—Ninety young persons were received into the St. Rose Catholic Church at the confirmation services held here yesterday forenoon. The church was beautifully decorated with flowers, and hundreds of persons were unable to gain admission owing to the crowd. Mass was said by Father Riley of Be- nicia, after which Archbishop Riordan preached a powerful sermon on “The Good Shepherd.” At the close of the sermon the sacrament of confirmation was admin- istered to the class. In the afternoon the new chapel of Ursu- line Academy on B street was formally dedicated by the Archbishop, assisted by Father Cassin of Santa Rosa, Father Casey of San Francisco, Father Riley of Benicia and Father Cleary of Petaluma. After the dedication a sermon was delivered by Archbishop Riordan, congratulating the Ursuline Sisters on the completion of the chapel. SCHEME OF A ESNOITE. Merchandise to Be Conveyed From San Francisco by Boats and Teams. FRESNO, CAL., April 29.—Arrangements have been completed by A. B. Smith, local agent for the large wholesale house of Wellman, Peck & Co., to have merchandise | shipped from San Francisco to Firebaughs Ferry by steamer. The ferry is about twenty-three miles from this city, and teams will be employed to haul freight here. Two ten-mule teams will leave here on the 6th to meet the sieamer. It is ex- pected that a trip will be made from San Francisco every eight days. When the river is low a steamer of lighter draught will be put into service. The plan has never been tried, but it is conhdently expected that a large saving in freight rates can be made. If the experi- ment is suceessful more steamers will be put on and more teams employed. R ORDERED TO ALASKA. A Report That the Revenue Cutter Wolcott Will Leave San Diego. SAN DIEGO, CAL., April 20.—It is cur- rently reported that the revenue cutter Oliver Wolcott, which is regularly attaclied w0 the San Diego station, will be ordered soon to Sitka, Alaska, to remain perma- nently. While no orders have been re- ceived to that effect the Treasury Depart- | ment is hurrying the repairs to the vessel | with all speed, and it is understood has in- structed Captain Roath to make ready for sea at the earliest possible moment. he Corwin, whicl has been stationed at Sitka, has been removed and attached to the Bering Sea fleet, and it is_very likely | that the Wolcott will be ordered north within two weeks to replace the Corwin. MR. His SPRECKE T HANFORD, Party Driven Over the Proposed Route of the Valley Koad. HANFORD, Cin, April 29. — Claus Spreckels, Captain H. H. Payton and Robert Watts, directors of the Valley Railroad, with F. G. Monteagie of San Francisco, visited this city to-day to view the country priorto a survey of the new line through the valley. The visitors were met at Goshen by a delegation of promi | nent citizes and escorted to Hanford whence they were driven over about eighty square miles of rich orchards, vineyards | and grainfields. Afterward they were ban- | queted at the Arte e ges B | RISE OF THE SACRAMENTO. Serious Floods Feared in the Vicinity of Knights Landing. KNIGHTS LANDING, CAr., April 29.— The river is rising very ranidly and now stands 15 feet 8 inches above high-water mark. The Feather River is also said to be very high, and the indications now are that all the tule land on the Sutter side will again be under water. It is feared that the levees have been broken, in which event the alfalfa fields on the Sutter side | will be submerge San Lol MARTINEZ J Y DISAGREES. Unable to Decide Upon the Guilt or Inno- cence of ¥oung Nottingham. MARTINEZ, Car., April 29.—The trial of George W. Nottingham for robbing the ‘Walnut Creek railroad station on the 25th of January ended in the S8uperior Court to- day in a disagreement of the jury. The case was given to the jury last Saturday morning at 9:15 o’clock and to-day at noon the jury was called into court and dis- charged, having agreed to disagree, there being seven for conviction and five for ac- quittal. e ORGANIZED AT FRESNO. An Association Having for Its Object the Securing of Immigrants. FRESNO, Cav., April 20.—An organiza- tion has been effected here, known as the California Home-seekers’ Immigration As- sociation, for the purpose of running ex- cursions into this State from all parts of the East. The association has established offices at many of the largest Eastern cities and in this State. e e Marin County Teachers Meet. SAN RAFAEL, Can., April 29.—The Teachers’ Institute of Marin County began its session at Olema this morning. During the session the teachers will be addressed by Professor Earl Barnes of Palo Alto, Mrs. Rickoff of Cleveland, P. M. Fisher of Oakland, E. W. Davis ot Santa Rosa and Edwin M. Cox of Boston. On Wednesday the teachers will be given a picnic at Bear Valley by the citizens of Olema. SLiiga ey Killed at Angels Camp. ANGELS CAMP, Car.,, April 20.—The body of John Manohan, aged 55, who has been missing two weeks, was found last night partially submerged in the bottom of a shaft of an abandoned mine in De- marest Hill. The Coroner’s jury rendered a verdict of accidental death. —_—— Drowned in Cache Creek. . WOODLAND, Car., April 29.—A young man named Mateo Guidota was drowned in Cache Creek, two miles above Capay, at sunrise this morning. He attempted to ford the creek on horseback and was swept down by the swift current. PASADENA'S HEROINE, How Miss Lou Wilson Won Fame and Encomiums. THE LADY OF THE HOUR. Besieged by Grateful Passen- gers Whom She Saved From Death. SHE OBJECTS TO NOTORIETY. Almost Sorry Now That She Foiled the Fiendish Designs of the Traln-Wreckers. PASADENA, Caw., April 29.—Miss Lou Wilson is the “lady of the hour” in Pasa- | dena, and ever since her adventure of Thursday evening, when she frustrated a dastardly attempt to wreck the east-bound unconscious of the danger which had almost miraculously been averted, ‘When a CaLn correspondent sought the young Iady to-day she was found in a charming little rose-embowered cottage on Elm street. Miss Wilson showed evident distaste at being made the object of so much notoriety and publicity. She said she had already been s0 besieged by re- | porters and newspaper representatives that she was almost inclined to regret her ac- | tion, of which she made light and which she seemed to think would have been natural to any one under the same circumstances. The young woman wore a becoming black crepon gown, with a bunch of roses at her belt. She is a pretty, petite blonde of about 20 summers. Her home, until within the past six months, has been in Jackson, ‘| Mich., and her father is at present in the East, settling up his business there, with the intention of making Pasadena his home. Miss Wilson is a member of the Women's Press Association of Michigan and a writer of short stories. She has a frank. fearless manner, a winning smile and gave a simple and unembellished account of her ad- venture, about which, however, she seemed little inclined to talk, and said honestly that she was tired of the subject. “If anything I could do orsay,” she said, “would afford a clew to the perpetrators of that piece of work, I would be willing to be interviewed or furnish ‘scoops’ or be sub- jected to this notoriety, but personally I dislike it very much.” She said that in a way her discovery seemed almost providential, as her going | MISS LOU WILSON, THE PLUCKY PASADENA GIRL WHO FRUS- TRATED A DASTARDLY ATTEMPT AT TRAIN-WRECKING. [From a photograph.] Southern California passenger train, the heroine’s name has been on the tip of | every tongue. Countless congratulations | bave been pouring in upon her, and the | passengers whom sha saved from death or | injury have bhesieged the Wilson residence | to express again and again their heartfelt | gratitude for the young lady’s brave act. Miss Wilson’s reply to them all is that she | did only what any other girl would have done in like circumstances, and that she is really undeserving of the effusive praise | lavished upon her. : | The story of the plucky girl's adventure | has been told and retold, and many new | facts, which had been overlooked in the hurriedly written press dispatches on the night of the attempted train-wrecking, have since been gathered. There were over 100 passengers on the train, and at the point where the ohstruc- tions had been placed on the track it al- ways dashes along under a full head of steam. Had the wreckers succeeded in their designs, lives must have been lost and many persons injured in the crash. Miss Wilson's discovery of the fiends’ work was wholly a stroke of luck, for which the endangered passengers are devoutly grateful. On the night in question she had decided to take a shorter cut to her home by following the track for a block or two, and it was when the oncoming train was but two blocks distant that she stumbled upon the rocks and ties which had been heaped up. The locality was well chosen by the would-berobbers. The train at this point runs through private grounds with orange trees shading the track on either side. There was hardly one chance in a hundred that their work would be discov- ered in time to prevent its fearful results. Miss Wilson instantly realized the situa- tion and without a moment’s hesitation set abont to warn the engineer of the impend- ing danger. She dashed into a neighbor- ing yard and burst into the kitchen of a residence. Without stopping for explana- tion she grasped a lighted lamp from a kitchen table, leaving the inmates of the room in complete darkness. She did not neglect to also seize matches from a shelf, to be used in case the lamp should go out. Shielding with her shawl the warning sig- nal she succeeded in reaching the track just in time to stop the train from thundering on to its doom. The engineer’s first thought was a hold- up, but he dared not disregard the impera- tive signal, and as the train drew toa stand- still scarcely 100 feet- from where the girl stood, snrrounded by excited women, who had followed her under the supposition that she had suddenly become demented, he cried out: “What’s the matter with you down there?” “Track torn up!” was Miss Wilson's simplest explanation. At once an investigation followed by en- gineer, trainmen and conductor, and it was found that the planking between the rails at the Elm-street crossing, although spiked down, had been pried up and two huge bowlders forced under them and ad- justed so as to ditch the train. “She’d have done for us, sure!” was the half-audi- ble comment of the engineer, and his opinion was upheld by conductor and brakesmen. 2 < Miss Wilson became at once the recip- ient of warm praise and congratulation. The bowlders were hoisted upon the cab and the train pulled on toward San Bernar- dino, with its passengers at that time still out on Thursday evening was the result of a mere caprice, the outcome of a joke be- tween her mother and herself, and that he only hastily threw on a shawl with the intention of being out not more than ten minutes. She ran to a neighbor’s, and, in returning home, happened to cross the track at just the position of ihe obstruction. At first she gmnght it the work of boys, intent only on mischief, but feeling about she realized that not even one powerful man could have méved such large rocks mnto place. The sight of the headlight of the train, only two blocks distant, decided her upon instant action, but even as she ran, al- though the thought did not deter her flying feet, she said to herself. “How silly I am. Suppose it is nothing? What a fool I shall feel if they stop that train for a boy’s trick.” Miss Wilson was visited on the morning after her adventure by the superintendent of the road, who extended warmest thanks for her prompt action, and admitted to her that this was a second attempt of the kind which had been frustrated at that crossing; the other,having been successfully planned, had done no more damage toa freight train in passing over than to tear off a portion of the iron work upon the underside of the locomotive. IO REBUILD THE RAYMOND., Pasadena Citizens Take Active Steps to Secure a New Hotel. PASADENA, CAL., April 20.—The prin- cipal topic of interest in Pasadena is the rebuilaing of the Raymond Hotel. A meeting has been held by citizens, who discussed the sitnation with Walter Ray- mond. He frankly acknowledged his dis- inclination and financial inability to re- place the hotel and does not wish to be hampered with a stock corporation. He proposes to the citizens of Pasadena to issue bonds to the amount of $300,000. $250,000 of which shall be floated in Pasa- dena. If this arrangement can be effected Mr. Raymond will begin the construction of a new hotel on the old site at once and open it January 1, 1896. A committee was appointed to float the bonds. It is composed of the following gentlemen: P. M. Green, president of the First National Bank; T. P. Lukens, presi- dent of the Pasadena National Bank; F. C. Bolt, president of the San Gabriel Val- ley Bank; W. C. Stuart, a capitalist; H. W. Magee, Bank Commissioner; C. D. Daggett, J. W. Hugus, C. C. Brown, M. H. Weight and M. E. Wood, representative citizens. The matter is still under advisement, but will probably result in a modified arrangement, suggested by Hon. H. W. Magee, that Mr. Raymond assume $100,000 of the bonds, Pasadena citizens taking the remainder at 5 per cent. Gored to Death by a Bull. LOS ANGELES, Car., April 29.—Jacob Haas, an old man, was gored to death by a bull yesterday while milking a cow in his yard near Prospect Park. —_— Fresno Burglar Convicted. FRESNO, CaL., April 29.—Melvin Cong- don, one'of a gang of burglars that has been operating in the southern part of the county, was convicted to-day. CE Petaluma Insurance Men Out Rates. = PETALUM%, CAxL., April 29.—All the fire insurance agents here cut rates 60 per cent to-day, giving rebates on paid policies. TAX MONEY REFUSED. A Scheme of the Rail- roads Frustrated at Sacramento. MUST BE PAID IN FULL Central and Southern Pacific Held to the Original Assessment. . WAS - S0 DECIDED IN COURT. Deputy Controller Douglas Holds ‘That He Cannot Legally Accept the Funds. SACRAMENTO, Car., April 29.—Deputy State Controller W. W. Douglas, who has charge of the affairs of the Controller’s Devartment in the absence of State Con- troller E. P. Colgan, who is now ill, has re- fused to accept the Central andSouthein Pa- cific railroads’ second installment of State andcounty railroad taxes under the reas- sessment for the year of 1887, and has ad- dressed the following letter, embodying his views on the question, to E. B. Ryan, tax agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company : “I hereby acknowledge the tender through the National Bank of D. 0. Mills of $180,612 83, in payment of the second in- stallment of State and county taxes, upon the alleged reassessment of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad, made by the State Board of Equalization for the year 1887. “Acting upon the advice of the Attorney- General and Messrs. Langhorne and Miller, special counsel, I decline to accept the pay- ment and order the same into the State treasury, for the reason that the Supreme Court of this State has declared the orig- inal assessment of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads for the said year 1887 to be valid and has given judg- ment in favor of this State for the face of the taxes under the original assessment, with penalty, interest, costs and attorney fees. E. P. CoLeax, “Ber W. W. Douglas.” The amount of the original assessment of State and county railroad taxes against the Central and Southern Pacific railroads for the year 1887 was $546,875 07. This the railroad company absolutely refused to pay, claiming that the assessment was ex- orbitant and unjust, and suit was insti- tuted on the part of the State to recover the amount of said assessment. In Febru- ary, 1893, Judge Hebbard of the Superior Court rendered a decision in favor of the State, declaring the assessment valid and allowing penalty, costs, attorney feesand interest on the total amount of the judg- ment from February 3, 1893, at 7 per cent until paid. As soon as this decision was rendered an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of the State, and while pending, in August, 1894, the first installment of the tax debt became due. As the State Treasury was depleted at the time, the State Board of Equalization deemed it advisable to re- assess the company in a lesser sum and ac- cept the first installment on account of said debt. In January, 1895, the Supreme Court-ef the State affirmed the decision of the Supe- rior Court, and the case was then carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, where it is now pending. The stand taken by Deputy State Con- troller Douglas is that the decision ren- dered by the Supreme Court, affirming the decision of the lower court, invalidates the reassesssment made by the State Board of Equalization in August, 1894, and makes it impossible to accept the tender of the sec- ond instaliment of the amount set in said reassessment. HEEKRIN EXPRESSES SURPRISE. The Railrocd Attorney Cannot Under- stand Why the Money Was Refused. William F. Herrin, chief counsel of the law department of the Southern Pacific Company, had not heard last night that the State Controller had refused to accept money tendered the State in payment of Central and Southern Pacific railway taxes. “I cannot imagine why the money should have been refused,”” said he. ‘But don’t you think it was foolish to refuse money, anyhow? As I understand it, the money sent to Sacramento to pay these taxes was for amounts based on assessments of the State Board of Equalization. “I cannot give an opinion now asto what the company may do. It is likely the money will be taken back, and held by us until the difficulty, whatever it may be, is settled. “If there had been any trouble with the Board of Equalization I would have been consulted about it. But I was not con- sulted, so it is safe to say there is no mis- understanding on that score. This money is for State taxes only. The taxes on county assessments have been paid, so Mr. Dalton’s difference with E. Black Ryan could have nothing to do with the accep’ ance or rejection of money for State taxes.” SALE OF A LOS ANGELES PAPER. Colonel Johm Bradbury Disposes of His Interestin the Herald, LOS ANGELES, CAL., April 20.—Colonel John Bradbury, who some months since acquired a controlling interest in the Los Angeles Herald, has decided to go out of the newspaper business. Negotiations to that effect were concluded to-day. The transfer will take place May 6 next, and the new proprietors are T. E. Gibbon, at- torney of the Los Angeles Terminal Rai way, William Lacy and William 8. Creigh- ton. The editor-in-chief will be W. 8. Creighton, a gentleman of considerable ex- perience in Eastern journalism. A. D. Bowen will be business manager, I. B. Wood editorial writer, and O. A. Stevens, present city editor, will be retained. It will be continued as a straight-out Demo- cratic paper. Gt Accidentally Shot at Redding. REDDING, Car., April 29.—James Lo+ gan went hunting yesterday with his brother Roy. He shot at a flock of birds with birdshot, unconsciously firing in the direction of his brother. About twenty- five shot entered Roy Logan’s body and one lodged in his face. Another almost cut the femoral artery. The rest went into his legs and body. Fortunately no vital spot was touched and Roy Logan will re- cover. Sl il e NEWCASTLE'S SINECURE. Why Postmaster Atkinson Cannot Get ! Out of Office. SEATTLE, Wass., April 20.—The tribu- lations of Postmaster Atkinson of Newcas- tle. as told in a CAru dispatch yesterday, afford a fine illustration of the workings of red tape. The Newcastle postofiice is ad- mittedly one of the perquisites attaching to the position of storekeeper for the Ore- gon Improvement Company, and as the practice of the company for many years has been to change storekeepers about every six months for irregularities or for other reasons the office has been turned over by each man to his successor as store- keeper. Not enough time has yet elgpsed in the case of any of the successive deputies to receive an appointment and go through the formalities leading up to a qualifica- tion for the office, and so in each case the office has reverted to Mr. Atkinson. His only relief appears to be to hire some one to stay in Newcastle long enough to de- prive him of the burdens of office. AR e VANCOUVER'S MURDER MYSTERY. Evidence Points to Andrews as the Slayer of Pomerleau. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 29.—The po- lice are still busily engaged investigating the Pomerlean murder case. Andrews, who lived with the murdered man, is now under arrest, charged with having stolen goods in his possession, several articles re- cently stolen from neighboring houses be- ing found in his shack to-day. Andrews was taken to the scene of the murder by the police, and at their request again told his version of the finding of the body. Several discrepancies were discov- ered. Andrews admitted having burned the straw 1n Pomerleau’s mattress, and also having chopped up the bedstead. On some pieces of the bedstead stains of blood were discovered, and the theory now held by the police is that Pomerleau was murdered in bed and his body was hauled outside and an attempt made to burn it. THE NEWS OF SAN JOSE Sheriff Lyndon Decrees That All Deputies Must Ride Bicycles. New Orders In the Barron Case. An Abduction Followed by Marriage. SAN JOSE, CaL., April 29.—Sheriff Lyn- don has issued an order that hereafter all deputies must provide themselves with bicycles. The order is made to facilitate matters, as it has been demonstrated that a bicycle is more serviceable on the roads of this county than a horse. CLAIMS OF BARRON’S HFIRS. George Barron Given Additional Time to File His Amendments. SAN JOSE, Car., April 29.—Upon mo- tion of H.V. Morehouse, of counsel for George E. Barron, Judge Reynolds this morning made an order granting George E. Barron, the contestant in the Barron will case, thirty days additional time from and after the 1st of May to prepare, serve and file his amendments to the bill of ex- ceptions prepared by the minor children, Edward F. Barron, Marguerite M. Barron and Eva H. Barron, and thirty days ad- ditional time from May 1in which to pre- pare his amendments to the bill of excep- tions filed by Eva Rose Barron, widow of the deceased and execatrix. : Death of Mrs. Sweigert. SAN JOSE, CaL., April 29.—Mrs. Catherine Sweigert, wife of Adam Sweigert, died at the home of her sonin this city this morning. The deceased wasa native of Germany aged 83 years. She crossed the plains with her husband in 1851 and a year later settled in Santa Clara Valley. Mrs. Sweigert had been married over sixty years. A son and daughter survive her. Marriage Follows an Abduction. SAN JOSE, CarL., April 29.—The charge of abduction against Jesus Chaballo, which was preferred by the father of Susana Acedo, was dismissed in Justice Dwyer's court this morning, and the Justice immediately performed the mar- riage ceremony for the young couple. Caballo says he took the girl to Almaden to keep her away from other influences until he was ready to marry her. He Went Down With the Elbe. SAN JOSE, CAr., April 20.—J. K. Secord has applied for letters of administration upon the estate of Phillippi Mischler, one of the victims of the Elbe disaster. The estate is valued at $825, and consists of money on deposit in a local bank. The heirs of the deceased are a mother and brother, who reside in Germany. g WRECKED NEAR CHITWOOD. A Central -and FEastern ¥reight Train Crashes Through a Bridge. ALBANY, Or., April 20.—A special from Corvallis says: A freighttrain on the Central and East- e:n Railwdy crashed through a bridge this evening just west of tunnel 3, which is about one mile west ‘of Chitwood. Fourteen freightcars went down, the en- gine and tender remaining on the west approach, while the caboose remained on the east side, badly smashed. Conductor John Campbell was very seriously injured, and Brakeman Grant Wilcox is missing, supposed to be under the wreck. A relief train left this evening for the scene of the wreck. oS e e L Gymnastics at Stanford. PALO ALTO, CAL., April 20.—A gymna- sium exhibition will be given in the En- cina gymnasium on Friday evening, May 3. Fencing will be one of the features of the evening and there will be the usual tumbling, trapeze acts and horizontal and parallel bar performances. Those who in- tend to take part are practicing daily and the affair, being the first of the kind given on the campus, will probably prove a sue- cess. SLERC AR, Suicide of a Langley Woman. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 20.—Word has just been received from Langley that Mrs. W. F. Hine on Saturday drank the contents of a bottle of strychnine while temporarily insane. She died after three hours of terrible agony. FETED AT MONTEREY, Half-Million Club Ex~ cursionists Royally Entertained. DANCED AND FEASTED. A Ball and Banquet Glven In Their Honor at the Del Monte. AMID SANTA CLARA GROVES. Los Gatos People Show the Visitors the Resources of the Fertile Valley. MONTEREY, Car., April® 29.—Thirty- five members of the Half-million Club ar- rived at Del Monte at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon, after breaking the record for fast travel between San Jose and Mon- terey, though they paid dearly forit. In going around a sharp curve the dining-car was almost turned over, and as a result men, women and children were consider- ably mixed up. Platesand glassware were thrown from the tables, spilling the con- tents over the occupants. However, after all this excitement, the party claim that it is the happiest day they have spent. When D. M. Carman was seen to-night by the CALL correspon- dent he said: 2 “We have .all had a lovely time to-day. At 7:30 o’clock this morning we arrived at San Jose, from where we ran to Los Gatos. We were met here by the Board of Trade, the members of which treated us royally, and never before have we been met with such fine turnouts for a drive. We were immediately driven to the large Hume prune ranch, and were entertained in one of the large prune driers, and each of us was furnished with a fine sample of the prunes. *‘From the Hume orchard we weredriven down through the valley to Mrs. Win- chester’s beautiful place. Here we wanted our official photographer to photograph us, together with Mrs. Winchester and her home, but she was opposed to it, not caring for the notoriety. After spending a pleas- ant hour here, we were driven to Camp- bell’s, and thence back to San Jose, driving around the grounds at the Vendome.” “How were you impressed with the Santa Clara Valley 2"’ was asked. “I say just as Mr. Keyes said to-day, that he knew of no finer place in the State; though,” said Mr. Carmen, ‘‘we were con- siderably ‘tossed up’ coming to Monterey. But we enjoyed the ride very much.” This afternoon, after their arrival, some of the members of the club visited the City of Adobes, and those who had never seen the romantic old buildings were greatly interested. Among the buildings visited were the Custom-hous», Colton Hall, the first capitol building in California, the Quartel and the old Missions. Others drove around the seveateen-mile drive, while others refreshed themselves with a cool plunge in the Del Monte tanks. Captain Daniel, president of the Orange Growers’ Bank, and C. W. Patterson, president of the CRamber of Commerce of Los Angeles; George John Masson of Pomona; Professor Keyes of Pasadena, and William W. Bunker and D. M. Car- men of San Francisco, were profuse in their praises of Monterey. They said they had seen improvement in the city. How- ever, they regretted that it was losing its characteristics—the adobe buildings. To-night Manager Arnold of the Del Monte entertained the club at the hotel. A concert and ball, followed by a banquet, was the programme of the evening. To- morrow the club leaves for Palo Alto. Join the Bellacoola Colony. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 29.—Fifty- three Norwegians from Minnesota and Dakota arrived to-day to join the Norwe- gian colony at Bellacoola. Most of them are women and children, wives and fam- ilies of the settlers already there. The colony will now have about 150 people. i A Portland Jury-Briber Convicted. PORTLAND, Or., April 29.—In the State Circuit Court to-day, John A. Carr, a well-known capitalist, was found guilty of attempted jury bribing. Carr was charged with attempting to bribe Thomas Hunting- ton, a juror in the trial of “Bunko” Kelly for murder in last December. [ For adaitional Pacific Coast news see Second Page] Worn Out Women Should read this letter. 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