The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 8, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXVIL—NO. 149, THE PACIFIC COAST, Wild Dash of Two Cars From Crafton to Redlands. THERUNAWAYS DITCHED Brakeman Veddar Is Thrown Nearly a Hundred Yards From the Track. TROUBLE IN A MULLEN MINE Tulare Supervisors Win a Sult for Higher Salaries — Clan Mac- kenzie Case Reopened. SAN BERNARDINO, Can, May 7.— Brakeman 3 the South Iroad and a r afternoon had a at Redlands s, will form dent of ne two cars loaded the track of the Union Ice Crafton to main line. The s on the forward car. He ushed upon hey bumped together, and of the forward car was stened to the other and ap- it would not hold the h the continually in- grade o et in three miles and flashed oward Redlands. e brakeman kept his head and his lace on the cars, and made des: draw the brake tight emoug speed. Butth n a clond of v and gave t The employes a phoned to the Sou 0 nds that the t WAy cars were the itch was happ! flew across Orange bey eptalong on nd thus they separated, one draw- ing to the'right and the other to the left. | Of course the coupling broke, and the siock sent the rear car flying into the air with a jerk that whirled it over and over and flung it 200 feet along the track. Asitstruck the first time it plowed a hole four feet deep in the dirt’ at the side of the track, bounded and rebounded in | the air and at last stopped, a tangled mass of splintered timber and twisted iron work lying bottom up. The heavy cakes of ice slid with the ruins and were scat- tered broadcast down the track for 400 feet. There were several eyewitnesses of this event who say that when the s=cond car left the track Brakeman Veddar was whirled into the air at least twenty-five feet and thrown fifty feet beyond the where the car stopped, or at least 2 t beyond the point where the car left the trac The CALL correspondent paced off these distances, and they are reasonably accurate. Mr. Veddar fell upon his face. His nose was broken and also his left arm and leg. | His jaw was fractured in two places and there was an ugly scalp wound. He showed wonderful nerve and was conscious all the time. He told the story of the commencement of the accident and described his efforts to stop the cars in the brief ride from Crafton. He was taken to Los Angeles on the 245 train, accompanied by Dr. Sanborn. His physicians think that he will survive hi: ries unless there are unforeseen complications. When the cars separated the forward one kept on along the switch for 630 feet, until almost past the freighthouse. There a rail spr and threw the car from the track. Itrolled over like the other and ended in’another shapeless mass. The forward end was demolished and the cakes of ice shot out and along the track for an- other 100 yards. The track was soon cleared and travel by the road was not materially impeded. Passenger trains went around the wreck | by another switch. TULARE SUPERVISORS WIN. Holdover Officials to Draw the Same Salary as Those Newly FElected. ALTA, Car., May 7.—Judge Jacobs ings County presided in Department 2 perior Court to-day in the place Gray while the case of 8. M. Gil- ervisor, vs. E. M. Jefferds, Au- A being heard. In this case the plaintiff demanded a writ of mandate com- manding the County Auditor to draw war- rants o; for $150 for each of the m , February and March, , as salary of plaintiff as Supervisor and Road Commissioner of Tulare County. The writ of mandate was granted by Judge Jaeobs, This aecision will settle the question of salaries of Supervisors. It was contended by the Auditor that only the two Super- visors elected last November—Grimsley and Ellis—could draw the salary of $150 a month, beginning January 1, 1895, as pro- vided for in a law passed by the Legisla- ture of 1893. Supervisor Gilliam held that the law increased the pay of the three Su- pervisors—Henderson, Twaddle and Gil- liam—who held over. The decision given to-day gives the three holdover Supervisors the same salary as the newly elected ones. —_— REVERSED THE DECISION. Ruling of the Supreme Court in the Clam Mackenzie Livel Case, PORTLAND, Or., May 7.—A telegram from Washington to a legal firm of this city says that the United States Supreme ward car took the | Mackenzie, which was lying at anchor near Coffin Rock, in the Columbia River. The Clan Mackenzie was sunk and two negro seamen, named Austin and Reed, were drowned. Libel proceedings were brought. in the United States District Court by the owners of the Clan Mackenzie. A cross libel was filed by the owners of the Oregon for damages sustained by their vessel. Judge Deady decreed that the damages should be divided and awarded to the owners of the Clan Mackenzie the sum of $31,292, holding that the Clan Mackenzie was at fault in that the watchman aboard did not on the approach of the Oregon sound the ship’s bell and display a side light. This decision was sustained by Judge Sawyer. TROUBLE IN A MULLEN MINE. Threats of Union Miners Cause a Per- manent Cessation of Work. WALLACE. Iparo, May 7.—Operations the Hunter mine at Mullen were iptly terminated last night. Yesterday ident Henry of the Miners’ Union t to Mullen and advised Martin rran, the superintendent, that if he did not raise the wages to the Canyon Creck scale or quit work the union of Canyon Creek would be over there several hundred strong, and that they would run him out of the coun- and if they did not kill him, that e mill would probably be blown to pieces. 1perintendent Curran wired to Dennis ,one of the principal owners, living t. Paul, as follows: ompelled to quit or take chances of having the mill blown up and myself run out of the country. Answer.” The reply came to “close up the mine ntly the men were discharged and paid off this morning. The mine was in opera FRUIT SHIPMENTS. Nearly a Half Million Pounds of Wine Sent East During the Week. SAN JOSE, Car., May 7.—The total over- land shipments last w amounted to 5 pounds, against 715,475 pounds for e same week last year, an increase of 15410 pounds. The shipments of wine continue good, 420,310 pounds going for- ward last week. The dried iruit shipments amour .370 pounds, of which 87,- 200 pounds were prunes, 71,900 peaches, mall shipments of apricots and ipments of canned goods fall ort of the shipments for the same week year, being 106,985 pounds for last v st 177,115 pounds a year ago. The narrow gauge handled 45,335 pounds of Eastern freight during the past week, k gz made up as follows: Dried peaches, 75 pounds; dried prunes, 860 pounds: canned peaches, 25,500 pounds. ~ | Thelocal shipments on the same road 25,580 pounds, wine, merchandise, fruit and produce and flour and millstuffs being the principal shipments. et MINERS DEPART FROM SELMA. Frank Dusy at the Head of a Party Starting for Cooks Inlet, SELMA, Car., May 7.—Twenty men have leit this place for Alaska under the leadership of Frank Dusy, a pioneer and old miner. They will sail from San Fran- cisco to-morrow on Ladd’s fishing schooner for Cooks Inlet, when the schooner goes with men and supplies for the season’s | salmon fishing. Mr. Dusy has private information in re- gard to. rich discoveries of placer gold at the inlet, and as it is centrally situated with regard to the richest Alaska mines he | is enthusiastic over the results of the trip. The inlet is much easier of access than the mines at Forty-mile and nearer by 1000 miles than the quartz mines of the penin- sula. News from the party will be awaited with interest here, where the old miners | are already feeling a renewal of the spirit of '49. e Bullets Fly at Porterville. PORTERVILLE, Cai., May 7.—Two men made a murderous attack on an old | miner named Harvey Wirth here at 11 | o’clock last night. Their object was rob- bery. They attacked Wirth while he was in bed and struck him several times over the head with some heavy instrument. He rose and called lustily for help. Officers | heard his cries and rushed into the room | and the robbers fled. | Chase was given and shots fired at the | fugitives. One of the robbers was caught |in a willow thicket near town. He was not hurt. He proved to be Ben Logan, a gambler, well known here. The other rob- i ber was lost in the midnight chase. ML MARYSVILLE MURDER CASE. | Stuart Greene and Marshall Miller Held i for the Killing of Julius Pierre. MARYSVILLE, CAL.,, May 7.—Stuart | Greene and Marshall Miller were to-day | held to answer before the Superior Court, | without bonds, for the murder of Julius Pierre last Thursday. The attorneys for young Greene made strenuous efforts to | keep out the confessions, but failed. Miller actually laughed when he heard the lan- | guage of Greene’s confession. LyChagltsry A Sebastopol Farmer’s Brutality. SANTA ROSA, Can, May 7.—A sad story of a man’s desertion of his wife and i<:hildren comes from Sebastopol. A man |named Andrews, living on a farm near | Sebastopol, is reported to have turned his | wife and five children out of doors to make | room for a woman he became infatuated | with in San Francisco. Mrs. Andrews | and her children are stopping with friends in this city and she complains bitterly of the treatment accorded her by her hus- band. The matter isin the hands of offi- cers, and some interesting developments { will probably result. e Vallejo Firemen Elect Officers. VALLEJO, CaL., May 7.—Last night the Board of Fire Delegates met and canvassed the vote cast Saturday night, for the elec- tion of officers of the fire department. George ¥. Burnap was declared to be elected chief engineer, and W. J. Haggerty and H. Kock were given credentials as first and second assistants, respectively. Chief Bur- nap, of the Board of City Trustees, pro- poses to inaugurate a district system in sounding alarms. A Fort Bragg Jumberman Killed. FORT BRAGG, CaL., May 7.—Peter Mc- Manus, while rafting logs on Caspar River, five miles south of this city, this morning fell off a boom and was drowned. Mc- Manus was 22 years old and unmarried. His father, mother, two brothers and two Court bas reversed the decision of the late Judge Sawyer in the Clan Mackenzie case, and remanded it for further proccedings. On the night of December 26, 1889, the steamer Oregon, on its way to San Fran- cisco, crashed into the British ship Clan sisters live in Cas| ——— Populists Win in Spokane. SPOKANE, Wasg., May 7.—In the muni- cipal election to-day Belt, the Populist can- didate, was elected Mayor. MR. of his term of ofiice.— Washington dispatch. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CLEVELAND TO APPEAR IN A NEW ROLE. The President is engaged in writing a book which is to treat of the sciznce of political economy. It will not be published until the conclusion AN DIEGD CASE DECIDED A Ruling in Which the Power to Fill Vacancies Is Defined. Lower Court’s Judgment in the Sweet-Ward Case. preme Court to-day atfirmed the judgment rendered by the Superior Court of San Diego County in the case of A. H. Sweet Attorney of said county. District Attorney of San Diego. He quali- fied and entered upon the dutiesof the office. At the general election held in No- vember, 1894, and during Ward’s term and incumbency, William Darby was elected to succeed him. Darby qualified on No- vember 24, and died on December 5 of the same year. Section 60 of the county government act of 1891 provides that ‘“all elected county officers shall be elected at the general elec- tion to be held in November, 1892, and every two years thereafter, and shall take | office at 12 o’clock M. of the first Monday | after the first day of January next succeed- | ing their election. All officers elected un- der the provisions of this act shall hold office until their successors are elected or | appointed and qualified.”’ Section 879 of the political code pro- : vides: ““Every officer must continue to dis- | charge the duties of his office, although | his term has expired, until his successor | has qualified.” | Such was the law when Ward was | elected and when the question in litiga- | tion arose. After Darby’s death, and on the 2d day of January, 1895, the old Board of Super- visors, as then constituted, appointed | Ward to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Darby, and upon the day of his | appointment Ward qualified in due form. At 3 o'clock ». M., on January 7, 1895, | the personnel of the Board of Supervisors having changed by the outgoing of two old and the incomjng of two new Supervisors at noon of that day, the board as then con- stituted Jdeclared a vacancy to exist in the office of District Attorney, and appointed A. H. Sweet to fill the same during the term for which Darby had been elected, and Sweet qualified. Upon Ward’s refusal to surrender the office Sweet brought suit to oust him. The decision as rendered by the Supreme Court is as follows: First—That a vacancy arose in the office of District Attorney, by reason of the elec- tion, qualification and death of Darby. Second—This vacancy existed at and after noon of the 7th day of January, 1895, and not before. Third—The attempt of the first Board of Supervisors to fill the vacancy on January 2 was in excess of its power and void. filled by the existing Board of Supervisors at 3 o’clock of January 7. It is claimed by some well versed in the .infricacies of civil procedure that this de- cision will have a decided bearing upon the case of Stewart Menzies vs. Mose Gunst for the Police Commissionership of San Francisco, tending te affirm Governor Budd’s appointment of Menzies. NOTED CROOKS ARRESTED. Jewelry Stolen in Los Angeles Recovered by Sacramento Police. SACRAMENTO, Carn., May 7.—John Corcoran, alias John Harrison, and Wil- liam Pickett, two young men who are said to be noted crooks, have been arrested in this city for robbing the residence of J. A. Goldwater in Los Angeles two weeks ago. They secured $640 in money and about $350 worth of jewelry. The jewelry has been recovered here. Death of Coronmer Miller. SACRAMENTO, Carn., May 7.— John Miller, Coroner of Sacramento County, died at 1:30 this afternoon. He had long been a sutferer from consumption. Coro- ner Miller was a native of Illinois and was 46 years of age. He had been a resident of Sacramento since1869. Al Attacking the Fee Bill, SAN JOSE, CAL., May 7.—The. commit- tee appointed at the meeting of the Con- The Supreme Court Affirms the | SACRAMENTO, CAL., May 7.—The Su- | and bas declared him to be the District | In January, 1893, M. L, Ward was elected | Fourth—That the vacancy was properly | ! | stables and Justices last Saturday has re- tained Judge F. E. Spencer of this city to | attack the new county government act | with a view to defeating the fee bill. erson and Arthur Rodgers, of San Fran- cisco, and a test case will be immediately | brought. | probably be associated with them, for the | Justices and Constables in all the counties are taking steps to test the new law. LI SICK CAPTURED. Chinanan. SAN JOSE, Car., May 7.—Constable P. Reeves of Gilroy last night arrested Li | Sick, a Chinese lahorer, at the Sixth-street Chinatown in this city. Sick was employed on a ranch near | Gifroy, and last Febrnary became involved in a quarrel with & fellow-countryman and attacked him with a_hoe, cutting his head open. The woun Chinaman’s skull was laid open so that the brain was exposed, and for a time his life was despaired of, but he is slowly recovering. After the trouble Li Sick fled, and no | trace of him could be found until last night, although friends of the injured man offered $150 reward for his capture. He was captured in a Chinese lodging-house. | The prisoner was taken to Gilroy this | afternoon for examination. ‘SENSATION 0F - TACOMA An Alleged Shortage in the | Accounts of a Postoffice Employe. i I ———— San Francisco Inspectors Have Been Called Upon to Make an Investigation. TACOMA, Wasn.,, May 7.—The Post- | office Inspectors at San Francisco have been sent for by local authorities to in- | vestigate an alleged shortage in the ac- counts of the postoffice here. | Postmaster A. B. Case draws $3500 sal- | ary and is now in Yokohama on a pleas- | ure trip spending part of it.” Since his de- | parture, and for some time previous, one of the stamp clerks, Eustace Drum, a nephew of Henry Drum, chairman of the Demo- cratic State Central Committee and Deputy Collector of Customs here, has been spending more money than usual. It was ascertained that in one week he was over $90 short in his accounts, and an in- vestigation showed that the total amount young Drum has not acconnted for was between $340 and $350. #He was discharged by Assistant Postmaster Stocking, but re- instated a few days ago after his uncle de- | posited with Uncle Samuel his note for | the amount of the deficit. The Drums are | very prominent here and the young man’s | escapade has been kept quiet. | Assistant Postmaster Stocking denied to | the CaLx correspondent to-day that there | is any deficit, but did not deny that a note is on deposit to cover shortage. It has | been suggested to the Nan Francisco In- | spectors that the office be investigated | from top to bottom. HE CURSED THE MAYOR. A Tacoma Offieial Removed for a Breach of Official Courtesy. TACOMA, WasH., May 7.—Next to the Mayor, the Board of Public Works wield the most power in the city government | here. The board has been autocratic and the people have been crying for two years for its abolition. To-day Mayor Orr gratified public clamor in respect to one member. Public Works Commissioner Demorest created a sensa- tion in the City Hall to-day by cursing the Mayor. The disgraceful scene was fol- lowed by a letter from the Mayor remov- ing Demorest from office. The latter is accused of blocking confirmation by the council of the Mayor's appointments. De- morest took the afternoon train for Port- land. —_— Committed to Agnews. SAN JOSE, Can., May 7.—Ben Berri of Gilroy was examined on a charge of in- sanity before Judge Buck to-day and com- mitted to Agnews. Berri is 27 years of age and a native of Switzerland. He im- agines he has been defrauded out of .$50,000. He had been employed as a la- borer in the vicinity of Gilroy. Other eminent attorneys will | | 4 Gitroy Officer Runs Down a Murderous | WILL VISIT SANTA- CRUZ Judge Spencer will act with Van R. Pat- | Nobles of the Mystic Shrine to | Picnic on the Sea Beach. Elaborate Preparations for the En-~ | tertainment of the Guests Are Under Way. SANTA CRUZ, Cav., May 7.—The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a Masonic body, will | arrive in this city on Saturday,June 8, and | remain over Sunday. | The local committee on arrangements | consists of H. F. Kron (chairman), Mayor Effey (secretary), Ilenry Willey, Major ' Frank McLaughlin, James McNeil, John T. Sullivan and William Bias. The enter- tainment “of the visitors will be on an elaborate scale and a delightful time is promised. Their headquarters will be at the Sea Beach Hotel, and on Saturday evening a grand banquet will be served in the dining-room of the hotel. On Sunday, at the Banjo grounds, a beautiful spot in zt.he redwoods in the Big Trees grove, a builshead breakfast, clambake and chicken dinner will be served. DECORATING FOR THE CARNIVAL. All Santa Cruz Engaged in Beautifying the City. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., May 7.—The deco- ations of the exterior of the headquarters building, opposite the Pacific Ocean House, were completed to-day. Bunting of the | beautiful colors .of the carnival—yellow | and white—covers the entire front, hang- ing in folds and draped in the most artistic manner. The balcony of the building is decorated with branches of the beautiful | California lilac. The work of beautifying the interior of the headquarters goes on, | and to-day 0. H. Bliss presented two hun- | dred pampas plumes to be used for that purpose. These, with the aid of bunting, grasses and flowers, are transforming it | into a bower of beauty. A financial scheme has been proposed by | President Smith and is meeting with favor. It is to issue stock to the amount of $15,000 {at $1 a share. The first public voluntary | subscription was received to-day from | Louis M. Cox. It wasfor $25 and its re- ceipt was acknowledged by a formal vote of thanks. Invitations were forwarded to-day by wire to Governor James H. Budd, General | W. H. Dimond, the Mayor and City Coun- | cil of Watsonville; Lieutenant-Governor | Millard; Senator Thomas Beck, Charles M. Shortridge, editor of the Carr; William R. Hearst, editor of the Examiner, and M. H. de Young, editor of the Chronicle. On the promotion committee, of which J. T. Sullivan is chairman, are the names of the following San Franciscans: General ‘W. H. Dimond, James D. Sullivan, A. B. Spreckels, J. H. Mangles, George H. | Pippy, Walter H. Levy, Judge Garber, ; Colonel R. H. Warfield, Major W. R. Hooper, Lieutenant F. H. Strather, Colonel W. D. Sanborn, Colonel F. 8. Chadbourne, W. S. Barnes, W. M. Bunker, Colonel Morris Newton, H. F. Emeric, Colonel W. R. Shafter, A. P. Hotaling Sr., A. P. Hotaling Jr., Colonel J. 8. Young, Thomas Kirkpatrick, Colonel Albert Castle, Paul Jarboe, General J. H. Dickin- son, General T. H. Goodman, J. J. O’Brien, Colonel Jeff Doolittle and Joseph Knowlton. Qakland representatives on the com- mitte are George C. Pardee and W. E. Dargie. San Jose is in the list with Sam N. Rucker, Mayor Paul P. Austin, F. W. Moore, D. T. Bryant and 8. G. Nesmith. From Sacramento appear the names of Mayor Steinman, Grove L. Johnson and F. 8. Cox. Colonel Walter S. Moore of Los Angeles, Judge Davis of Marysville and General Chipman of Red Bluff are also committee- men. Sentence of a Thieving Butler. SANTA CRUZ, May 7.—Albert Pontet, the French butler who, while an employe of J. P. Smith at Sunshine Villa, on Beach Hill, stole large quantities of the finest of clothing, laces, ribbons, bric-a- “brac and other articles from the residence, and who induced the French maid to agsist him in the thievery, was up before ‘Judge Logan this morning. On motion of the District Attorney the charge of grand larceny was reduced to petty larceny. Pontet then pleaded guilty and was fined $50 or twenty-five days in the county jail. He chose the latter. Accused of a Burglary. SANTA CRUZ, Can., May 7.—Frank Wells, an old-timer, pleaded not guilty this morning in the Superior Court to the charge of burglary. Wells is accused of looting a house near Watsonville, and of trying to pass a Confederate note in this city. e S A R TO TEST THE OLYMPIA. The Cruiser’s Official Trial Will Be Made in Santa Barbara Channel. VALLEJO, CaL., May 7.—The Olympia is booked to leave for Santa Barbara Chan- nel about the 21st in: when she will undergo her official trial. This will include a four-hour run under forced draught, and a thorough test of her battery. On the return trip, she will get ready for the Board of Inspection, and after that is over her departure for Honolulu is looked for at any time. It is safe to say that when the result of the trial is made public the record made on the builders’ trial, when the ship showed herself to be the equal if not the superior of the famous Columbia, will be again demonstrated DEATH FAOM EXPOSURE The Crew of the C. G. White Perished After Reach- ing Shore. Another Schooner Reported to Have Been Wrecked at Kodiak Dur- Ing the Late Storm. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., May 7.— Mail advices from Kodiak, Alaska, re- ceived to-day give further details of the | wreck of the schooner C. G. White of San Francisco in a gale and snowstorm on April 14. One letter says eleven lives were lost, and another places the loss at seven- | teen. Captain Isaacson, after the White struck a rock, drifted ashore on a piece of | wreckage and died an hour afterward from | exposure. Every man but two reached the shore, and the cold, chilling blasts of the gale and the blinding snowstorm caused the men to die on the beach. On the third day, when a party of na- tives came along, six of the survivors were taken to Kodiak on the schooner Lescoi | for medical treatment. Their limbs were frightfully swollen necessitating amputa- tion. Three others remained at the scene of the wreck until a schooner could return with assistance. The vessel is a complete loss, the hull being ground into splinters. It is mnot known at Kodiak how many sealskins she had, but it is belived her catch amounted to fully _fifty sea otter and 100 sealskins, all of which were valued at $3000. It was impossible to get a list of the dead from the survivors who reached Kodiak on ac- count of their weak physical condition. In the same gale the schooner Kodiak on Tktalik Island, twelve miles from Kodiak Island, went ashore and will probably prove atotal loss. All of her ecargo bad been landed except twenty-five tons, which was gotten ashore after the wreck ina damaged condition. The crew reached shore safely, except the captain, who had his leg bruised. Advices from Ounalaska state a gale prevailed generally along tne coast and was the severest known in the history of Alaska. No other fatalities were reported. At Yakutat the following sealing schoon- ers were in port: Aurora 96 skins, Bea- trice 120, Maud S. 245, and Helen with 11 skins. In addition to the wreckage reported in the CaLL dispatches as having been found in the possession of Indians on Charlotte Island, the medicine chest and several other articles from the steamer Montserrat were found by T. Patchion, who wasin a small schooner on Etallne Island, Clarence straits, February 28. This wreckage drifted fully 700 miles to the northwest through narrow passages and among num- erous islands from where the two colliers are supposed to have foundered off Cape Flattery. A copper-plate from the medi- cine chest was brought here by Captain Wallace of the steamer Topeka. SUES A LOS ANGELES MAN Teresa Ramirez Wants $50,000 Damages for Breach of Promise. She Alleges Unfaithfulness on the Part of Alfred Scott Chap- man. LOS ANGELES, Cair., May 7.—A com- plaint that is likely to produce some sen- sations before the end is reached was filed yesterday against Alfred Scott Chapman, one of the most prominent horticultur- ists in Los Angeles County, in which he is charged with breach of promise to marry the plaintiff, Teresa Ramirez. The fair lady in the case alleges that on May 26, 1894, the defendant promised to marry her within a reasonable time, and that, confiding in the promise he made her, she has always since remained unmar- ried, and up to the day of the marriage of defendant to another person she was ready and willing to marry him. The defendant, however, disregarded the solemn promise he had made her, and on or about August 16, 1894, he married Del- fine Santa Cruz. She therefore asks judg- ment against the defendant in the sum of $50,000 damages, together with the costs of the suit. The great wealth and prominence of de- fendant make the suit one of consider- able interest, and it is claimed by those who know that the case will be vigorously pushed. M. G. Norton is attorney for the plaintiff. Bandit Johnons Taken to Folsom. LOS ANGELES, Cin., May 7.—Alva Johnson, who was sentenced to Folsom {flgon for life on conviction for the Roscoe rain robl , was taken north by Deputy Sheriff McClure this afternoon. grome il S Folsom Bricklayers Strike. SACRAMENTO, Car., May 7.—All the bricklayers and stonemasons at work for Kreuseberger & Harris on the Electric | |t Light and Power Company’s building at Folsom quit work on Monday and are still idle. It seems that they refused to work with some men sent up from here who are not in good standing with the unions. 2 HOLD-UP AT MIRABEL Two Masked Bandits Rob a Lake County Stage. PASSENGERS LINED UP. Relieved of Money and Valua- bles to the Amount of $1000. PUMMELED FOR RESISTING. A Plucky Chinaman Brutally Beaten for Attempting to Save His Gold. NAPA, Car., May 7.—The stage running rom Calistoga to Lakeport was held up near Mirabel this afternoon and the pas- sengers robbed of money and valuables ag- gregating $1000. The stage had reached a point one and & balf miles from Mirabel when two masked men stepped from the bushes lining the road and ordered Driver Al Palmer to halt. Keeping their nistols pointed at Palmer’s head they made him throw down the ex- press-box. While one of the highwaymen kept driver and passengers covered the other broke open the box, but found no money. The passengers were then ordered to leave the stage and form in line at the side |of the road, and obeyed with alacity. There were on the stage, besides Uriver Palmer, E. J. Lynch of the Judson Powder Company, H. J. Gerdes and C. H. Goetjen, all of San Francisco, and a boy whose name is not known and a Chinaman. They were kept covered by one of the robbers while the other searched their pockets. Lynch was relieved of a $500 watch and $75 in coin, Gerdes of a watch and purse, Goetjen of a watch. Goetjen managed to save his money by dropping it down the inside of his trousers. The Chinaman was the only one that showed fight. He objected to their taking his bankbook, and received a brutal pounding for his trouble. The robbers secured from the stage a shotgun and a valise. The plunder was put in the valise. Lynch objected to giving up his watch, but the robbers thrust a re- volver under his nose and he quieted down. + While the robbers were engaged in going through the passengers two teams drove up and were stopped, and their drivers, Byrd Hunt and a man named Van Bibber, made to get down. The rob- bers were apparently acquainted with the drivers of the teams, for they called them by name and inquired after their health. After finishing the loot of the stage the robbers ordered the teams to drive on to Middletown, and they took an opposite direction. They were seen about two hours later passing through Adolph Sutro’s place, and were moving on foot in the di- rection of Oak Hill, Napa County. ‘When the stage arrived at Middletown Lake and Napa county officers were noti- fied, and posses immediately started from Calistoga and Middletown in pursuit. The passengers describe one of the hizhway- men as a man about 5 feet 11 inches in height; the other about 5 feet 8 inches tall. Both wore long ulsters, old shoes and masks. Their garb was hidden by the ulsters. One had a light mustache. The tall man showed himself the cooler of the two, his companion being perceptibly nervous. Each man was armed with a brace of large revolvers. Insurance Rate War Brewing. NAPA, Car., May 7.—An insurance rate war has been brewing here for some days past, but the local agents had combined and agreed to all make the same rates. The nominal rate fixed was 50 per cent of the old rate, but some of the agents began to offer little side inducements for business, and while this has not yet led to open war, very low rates are being made. Ashigh as 80 per cent discount on old rates has been given here to-day; it now looks as though open cuts would follow, and agents sa at when that time comes insurance wi be taken at a low figure. SEATTLE'S BOGUS LORD, An Impersonator of Lord Sholto Douglas Comes to Grief. Compelled to Disclose His Real Identity In Order to Have a Bank Check Honored. SEATTLE, Wass., May T7.—A bogus Lord Sholto Douglas has been in this city ever since the arrival of the American Gaiety Company, but his real identity was not made known until to-day, when he applied to Dexter, Horton & Co.’s bank for $300. He goes under the name of R. Wyndham, and is a smooth-faced young fellow with a fine English swagger and a face that at once recalls the picture of Lord Sholto as printed by the CALL. The supposed scion of nobility followed the Gaiety Company to the Hotel North- ern, engaged the best suite of rooms to be had, and startled the clerk by carelessly throwing several hundred dollars in gold and silver across the counter, remarking: +‘Look after that till to-morrow.” He had an air of deep mystery and a pocketful of coin. For the men of the company he bought champagne, and the women he entertained daily at wine dinners. He was voted a jolly good lord, and en- couraged the report that he was the true Sholto, fleeing to Puget Sound from his tormentors. i Wyndham told the people of his ex- perie);wes in Bakenfielragd in England and abhorred the mention of Lord Alfred Douglas’ trouble in connection with the Wilde case. To-day he had todraw on aSan Fran- cisco bank for money, and in order to have his draft honored had to disclose his real name. Then it was discovered that he had been playing a false role, and Seattle society has not yet recovered from the shock. 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