The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1895, Page 1

> —_—————— ‘“VOLUME LXXVIL— SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENT PACIFC COAST NEWS Crops Damaged by Cut- Worms in Southern California. SONOMA TEACHERS MEET Fire Destroys a Fruit Packing Establishment at Santa Clara. A TRAGEDY AT SACRAMENTO. ‘Carson Officers Arrest Another Tramp Suspected of Having Killed Mrs. Sarmann. POMONA, May 13.—This valley gnd several c ctio hern Cal- ifornia have tation of svhat’ are ¢ though ra Missar worms, me from Kansas, Eastern States se insects are of that class. d by thousands after the p weather of the latter April and the first week of May, have been almost entirely up by the worms, and a few alfalfa and beet fields and fruit orchards have been cut to piec them; yet they have done no _serious injury to the ranchers, and seem to be aisappearing. The older s 8 Bnt.survive much long ‘endure bright w Eight years figo there was s tion of them, bat they all disappeared in about & week. En Redlands nta Ana and other locali- tiés -paris green has been used to poison the” ‘worms, but nothing of the kind has beeri-attempted here. ‘The ‘general prospects forall kinds of Crops. were never better in this valley than they ‘are now. The apricot yield, for awlich most solicitude has been felt, will m. half to two-thirds of an average and of unusually good guality. The h crop will be unprecedentedly large, insects will they cannot - SONOMA COUNTY TEACHERS. Opéning Session of the Annual Institute at Santa Rosa. SANTA ROSA, Carn., May 13.—The an- niial teachers’ institute of Sonoma County opened. this morning at the Fifth-street Methodist Church. About 300 teachers Svére present. School Superintendent Da- iy ‘called the institute to order, and in corpliance with a request of the chair the pssembled teachers rose at the conclusion | of “the ‘rollcall and sang ‘‘America” in chorus. Mrs. Amanda H. McReynolds of Bloom- field, Professor A. C. Abshire of Santa Rosa, Professor F. A. Cromwell of Peta- Juma were elected vice-presidents. Mayor Woodward on behalf of Santa Rosa delivered an address of welcome to which'R. M. S8ims of Sonoma responded. At the afternoon session Professor F. A. €romwell presided. After rollcall Mrs. John P. Rodgers of Petaluma rendered a vocal ‘solo. Superintendent Davis an- nhounced the following committee on me- marial resolutions: Miss Ella Robberson, Miss Lillién Braman and R. M. Sims. The superintendent addressed the insti- tute at length with much earnestness and spirit. He pleaded for more earnestness in our public school teaching, for a return to the practical methods that will give pupils a useful, if plain, business educa- tion, good common-sense and a loyal re- gard for God and country. He criticized the tendency of modern education to run wild on fads, which he declared were fan- ciful and transitory, theoretical and specu- lative. Proféessor Burke proposed that a com- mittee of five be appointed to take cog- nizance of Superintendent Davis’ address and determine whether his ideas on educa- tional methods were the sense of the teachers of the county. A spirited dis- cussion followed, and when the motion was put to a vote it was lost by a large majority. ——— BLAZE AT SANTA CLARA. The Ivancovich Fruii-Packing Estab- lishment Completely Destroyed. SAN JOSE, Car., May 13.—The large fruit-packing establishment of John and Tuke Ivancovich at Santa Clara was destroyed by fire last evening. An adjoin- ing. barn, belonging to John Perado, was dlso'destroyed. The adjoining winery was saved.after being damaged tfo the extent of geveral hundred dollars. The fire started in a2 room occupied by workmen, who lost personal effects to the vaiue of .about.$300. The fruit-packing liouse contained several tons of dried fruit and- several hundred empty boxes, all of thich .were “totally destroyed. The loss ‘mount to $2500, with no insurance. DEATH OF SISTER ALDEGONDE. Paralysis Ends the Life of ome of the S Missionaries of 1846. SAN ‘JOSE, CAL., May 13.—Sister Alde- gonde died at the Convent of Notre Dame, ty.at 5:45 o'clock this morning. ie was 80 years of age. -..Bister Aldegonde was born August 31, 1815, at Rogenee, Canton de Walcourt, Bel- gium; and entered the Convent of Notre Dante, Namur, in 1840, She was one of a band.of missionaries that came to the Pa- cifie.Coast in 1846 and located at San Jose in 1852...0n Saturday evening she was stricken with apoplexy, death resulting. DESERTED BY HER PARENTS. Romantic Story of the Life of a Prel ; Gilroy Girl. . BAX JOSE, Car., May 13.—John M. Powell and wife of Gilroy appeared before Judge Reynolds to-day and asked permis- sion.to adopt Viola May Powell, a pretty child 14 months old. They said the child had been deserted by its parents at Gilroy when only 8 days old, and they had since cared for it. They had never known its parents,, but as they had formed an at- tachmént for the child they wanted an order making the adoption legal. The parents, they said, bad left the child with | with army | hey had come up out of the | tables in several gardens in | anurse in Gilroy in March, 1894, and no one knows who they were or whither they went. The Judge complied with their request, and issued an order making them the legal parents of the child. SPORTS AT GILROX. COyeling Races and a Shooting Match at the New Racetrack. SAN JOSPE, CaAL., May 138.—The race meet of the Tribune Cyclers at the Gilroy racetrack yesterday was a success and was attended by a large number of wheelmen from San Jose. The new grand stand erected by the club was well filled by en- thusiastic wheelmen. The first event was a mile handicap in heats, the final being won by “Doc’’ Hol- loway, with Thomas Moloney second. The two-mile handicap was won by W. Cameron, M. Bertiz second. The half-mile handicap was won by Lee Holloway, James Babb second. The medal shoot of the Gilroy Sports- men’s Protective Association took place at the club’s grounds yesterday afternoon jand was participated in by ten men. George Furlong and Ed Banister tied with a score of 10 out of a possible 12. In shooting off the tie Furlong won. The members of the shooting team of the association have been practicing a great deal lately and expect to make a good showing with the Garden City Cyc- lers’ Gun Club next Sunday. Want to Join the Cavalry. SAN JOSE, Cin, May 13.—The mem- bers of Company B, N. G. C., are consider- ing the proposition of having the com- | pany transferred from one of infantry to | cavalry. The last Legislature passed an { act creating three new troops of cavalry, and the members of Company B will en- deavor to have the change made. Company B will go into camp at Peta- | luma from June 8 to 15. | TR ‘i BRINGS SUIT T SACRAMENTO. | Southern Pacific Tries to Settle the Re- | ward for a Train- Wrecker's Arrest. SACRAMENTO, Car., May 13.—The Southern Pacific Company has commenced suit in the Superior Court to decide who is to receive the $5000 reward for the arrest and conviction of 8. D. Worden for wreck- ing a train during the strike on July 11, 1894. They ask that they be allowed to pay the money into court, so that the claimants can litigate the matter among themselves. The complaint states that there is a large number of these claimants. J. A. Gibson and F. T. Burke, railroad detectives, have commenced suit against them for the re- ward, claiming that they jointly are the only ones entitled to it. M. M. Drew, Chief of Policeof Sacramento, and Arthur J. Wilson make the same declaration. The boy Sherburn, who drove Worden to the wreck, also claims it, as do Frank W. Hill, conductor, and H. W. Teeple, brakeman. e PECULIAR STOCKTON SUIT. The Word “Democrat’ Stricken From After a Candidate’s Name. STOCKTON, Car., May 13.—A peculiar suit was begun before Superior Judge Budd to-day. It was an action brought by Pool, the Democratic nominee for Superinten- dent of Streets, against City Clerk Camp- bell to compel him to eliminate the word “Democrat” from opposite the name of Edwin Phillips, who is running for the office of Superintendent of Streets as an Independent Democrat. Pool's attorney contends that Mr. Phillips, not being the nominee of the Democratic convention, had no right to use the word “Democrat’ on the ballot. The court sustained Mr. Pool’s conten- tion and instructed the City Clerk to print the ballots with the word “Democrat” omitted from opposite Mr. Phillips’ name. —— HOLLISTER MURDER CASE. A Novel Point to Be Raised by the Attor- neys for F. M. Conkling. HOLLISTER, CAL., May 13.—A novel voint will be raised as the next move in the case of F. M. Conkling, recently con- victed of murder, with the penalty of life imprisonment fixed by the jury. It ap- pears that during the trial of the caze two of the jurors experimented with a rifle to ascertain at how great a distance a shot would powder-burn cloth. From these ex- periments they satisfied themselves that the defendant’s testimony on his own be- half was entirely false. Conkling will be up for sentence on May 22, when bis attorneys will ask for a new trial on the ground that the jury wentout- side the courtroom for evidence. e TRAGEDY AT SACRAMENTO. Miss Lulu Worth Shoots Herself While Temporarily Insane. SACRAMENTO, Can., May 13.—Miss Lulu Worth, daughter of Mrs. Worth, housekeeper for ex-Senator Routier, shot herself with a pistol this morning at the Routier orchard near this city. Two ribs were broken. The bullet was extracted from the seventh rib. Miss Worth had been suffering from melancholia for a month past and wan- dered away yesterday morning. Search was made for her, but she could not be found. At 11 o’clock the report of a pistol was heard and the girl was found lying in the yard pistol in hand. The girl com- mitted the act in a fit of insanity. She may recover. —_— CARSON MURDER MYSTERY. Another Tramp Arrested for the Killing of Mrs, Sarmann. CARSON, Nev., May 13.—The officers who were investigating around the scene of the Sarmann murder to-day found in an outbuilding drops of blood and a piece of a pin the old lady wore. Another tramp was arrested at Bridge- port to-day, but just what evidence there is against him the officer did not make known. The man whom the officers caught yesterday was released when the supposed blood stains on his coat were found to be nothing but dirt. ¥ R i oy New Hospital for Tulare County. VISALIA, CaL., May 13.—The Board of Supervisors awarded the contract for the new county hospital to Frank Sharples of Hanford. It will be a two-story brick building and is to be completed in four months at a cost of $5575. by —— Death at Visalia. VISALIA, Can., May 13.—Mrs. M. W. Smith, mother of Mrs. Harry Levinson, died suddenly this afternoon of apoplexy of the heart. —_— - Fire at San Juan. SAN JUAN, Carn., May 13.—The Abbe warehouse was totally destroyed by fire Saturday night. The adjoining building, which was the old Sebastopol Hotel, was also consumed. No insurance;.1oss $6000. | HEALDSBURGS HESTA, Carnival Visitors Are Already Beginning to Arrive. DONNING GAY COLORS. Scores of Workmen Covering the City With Bright- Hued Bunting. FINE FLORAL DECORATIONS. Every Variety of California Plants Will Be Displayed In At- tractive Designs. HEALDSBURG, CaL., May 13.—Interest in the coming floral festival is increasing, and everybody is enthusiastic in the de- termination to makeit a success, Even the silurian is waking up and lending his laggard assistance. Decorations of all kinds are in progress. The fear now is that ensugh material cannot be obtained to complete the decoration of the city. Several hundred lights will be placed on the plaza, and innumerable Japanese lan- terns will be hoisted in the business por- tion of the city. There will be a magnifi- cent display of floats in all conceivable de- signs, and the industries of Northern So- noma will be fittingly represented. A half hundred workers were at work early to-day, and soon 4000 yards of old gold and blue bunting was fiuttering to the breeze. The stock on hand was exhausted and immense quantities were ordered by local merchants by wire. But, while bunting is being so largely used, the main effects will be in flowers. Every variety grown in California will be used. These will not be put up until Wednesday night. Evergreens, ferns and mosses will be largely used. Many strangers are already arriving, and the committee of reception is arranging to receive and entertain a large number of visitors. RIVALRY AT SANTA CRUZ. Citizens Vie With Each Other in Aidiug the Carnival Committee. SANTA CRUZ, Carn., May 13.—The car- nival enthusiasm is still raging. To-mor- row morning the work on the building of the dam at the mouth of the river will commence. Sacks by the hundred have been donated by the children of the public schools, to be used after being filled with sand for that purpose. There is great rivalry among the children as to who will furnish the most sacks. J. T. Sullivan went to San Francisco this morning to establish the headquarters at the Grand Hotel in the rooms kindly given for the occasion by S. F. Thorne. Boxes of flowers will be sent daily there for decor- ative purposes, the Wells-Fargo Company having offered free transportation. Plans are being consummated to run special palace-cars, leaving on Thursday evening, to attend the ball Friday night; also to leave Friday night to attend the ‘high jinks” and mask carnival on Saturday and remain unti! Sunday. The-time limit on the tickets for those who attend the Mystic Shriners’ annual pilgrimage has been ex- tended so s to include the carnival. Mayor Effey will leave to-morrow for San Francisco to attend the meeting of the Union League Club, at which the attend- ance of the clubsat the carnival will be con- sidered. The committee started out for work this afternoon and met with good success. A meeting of the hotel men was held to-day for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements for the immense crowd that will be in attendance. Even tramps in the County Jail are going to aid in the prepa- rations, the Board of Supervisors having given its consent to their assistingin the building of the dam and the cleaning of the streets. The Chinese are becoming enthused, and a pagoda fleet is what they are planning, while the small colony of Japanese resi- dents are planning for two beautiful floats, one of which will represent a Japanese tea garden. Japanese ladies will be brought down from San Francisco expressly for the purpose of taking part in the ceremonies on the floats. Goodall, Perkins & Co. will run an ex- cursion steamer on Saturday, June 1, and June 7, and every day during the festival for a§2 rate. Mr. Goodman says the en- gines and cars running between San Fran- cisco and this city will be decorated im- mediately with the carnival colors—yellow and white. The voting for the maids of honor is very spirited, and the friends of the young people are warmly supporting their favor- ites. To-morrow the voting for the Queen will commence. NAPR- BANDIT IDENTIFIED } “Buck” English Found by a Sister Whom He Had Not Seen in Many Years. It Is Thought the Wounded High- wayman Will Recover—Part of the Loot Found. NAPA, CAL., May 13.—*“Buck” English, the stage robber, is getting stronger, and the chances for his recovery are now favor- able. District-Attorney Bell received a letter to-day from Mrs. Lou Peterson of Chico, stating that she had a brother named “Buck” English whom she had not seen for eighteen years, and that he had a scar on one of his legs, caused by a burn. An examination of English’s legs revealed a large scar on the left one. John Gardner, the wounded stage driver, is getting along as well as could be ex- pected, and will soon recover from his wound. The watch which English threw from the stage after his capture has been re- covered. Commencement Week at Napa College. _NAPA, Can, May 13.—This is coms b mencement week at Napa College. Yes- terday Rev. W. R. Goodwin, D.D., of S8an Francisco delivered the baccalaureate ser- mon, and Bev. E. C. Darmete gave the annual educational address. During every day and evening there will be various ex- ercises connected with the closing of the college year, and on Thursday will occur the graduating exercises and conferring of degrees. Found a Corpse in the Barn. NAPA, Carn, May 13.—The body of an unknown man was found by two boys in 2 barn on the Tallman place, near Union Station, this county, last evening. Itis thought to be that of a demented tramp who passed the Tallman house about May 1 and asked for a drink of water and complained of being ill. He was about 50 vears of age and wore a pair of blue “army’’ trousers. AR L SHOCKING DEATH AT DELROSA. Postmaster Cushing’s Two-Year-Old Child Killed by a Vicious Horse. SAN BERNARDINO, CaL,, May 13.—A two-year-old daughter of D. J. Cushing, the Postmaster and station agent at Del- Tosa, a suburb of San Bernardino, strayed into a barn this afternoon and got under the heels of a spirited horse, which at once began kicking. Her mother heard the child’s screars and rushed to the rescue, but too late. At the imminent risk of her life she dashed into the stall, and was her- self badly injured, receiving several wounds about the head and breast. How- ever, she did not desist until she had pulled the mangled body of the child from under the horse’s heels. Mrs. Cushing would probably have been kicked to death had not her husband come to the rescue in time to pull her away. Mr. Cushing was also injured, but not seriously. The child lived an hour. JNLED AT SANTR- CRUZ A Summit Farmer’s Murderous Assault Upon Members of His Family. Helrs of Milllonaire Crosby Search- Ing for His Estate—Troubles of a Confidence Man. SANTA CRUZ, CaAL., May 13.—T. Far- rell was brought here from Aptos to-day, charged with assault with a deadly weapon. It seems that Farrell, who lives on a farm at Summit, near Aptos, went to town Sat- urday night and got intoxicated. He went home, wok down a gun from its accus- tomed place on the wall and fired several times at members of his family and also at a neighbor, who was hit in the arm, ‘When arrested Farrell had to be tied, so fierce was his resistance. He was brought before Judge Nichols, and not being able to furnish the required $500 bail was brought to this city and placed in the County Jail. His examination has been set for Wednesday. SEARCHING FOE AN ESTATE. Heirs of Andrew J. Crosby im a Hunt for the Millionaire’s Property. SANTA CRUZ, Can., May 13.—County Clerk Martin received a letter to-day from a firm of Norristown (Pa.) attorneys, say- ing that they represent the heirs of An- drew J. Robinson, whose uncle, Andrew J, Crosby, died in California worth from $2,000,000 to $20,000,000. In the lifetime of the deceased Robinson received communications regarding the big estate. Thelawyers desired to know if the estate had ever been vprobated in this county. They are not positive in what part of the State Crosby lived, and are making inquiries of County Clerks. Crosby never resided in this county. He Used Loaded Dice. SANTA CRUZ, Can.,, May 13.—Sheriff Besse was called by telephone yesterday to go to Glenwood and arrest Jack Smith, who was running a gambling game at the picnic grounds at that place. He made the arrest and brought the prisoner to the Santa Cruz jail. The charge against Smith was petit lar- ceny for stealing $13 50 from Dominick Gonur in a loaded dice game. Smith was released on furnishing $50 cash bail, and this morning pleaded not guilty, but soon returned to court, withdrew his former plea and pleaded guilty. He was fined $20 and costs, and was made to return Gonur’scash. Charges Against Saloonists. SANTA CRUZ, Can, May 13.—At a meeting of the City Council this evening, the City Attorney asked that the license of three saloon-keepers who sold liquor to minors be revoked. The saloon-keepers were given ten days to answer the charges. It was ordered that work on the new dis- tributing reservoir be commenced. This will give added fire protéction to the city. Ralph Thompson Improving. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, May 13.—Ralph Thompson, who was thrown from a bicycle yesterday, is pronounced out of danger and will be able to be out this week. SR T SALE OF THE NEW.IDRIA MINES. San Benito Quicksilver Fields Pass Into the Control of Englishmen. . HOLLISTER, CAL., May 13.—The intel- ligence reached here this morning that the famous New Idria quicksilver mines, located in the southern end of the county, had changed hands, passing into the con- trol of a rich English syndicate. Captain ‘Williams, who has been superintendent for years, has resigned, and is succeeded by Mr. Holmes. Great improvements are contemplated by the new company; new buildings and new furnaces will be erected. All idle men around the mines have been put to work and fifty more workmen are expected to arrive shortly. The company intends to put 200 men to work. rafpu Sl HOLLISTER'S ANNUAL FAIR. Citizens Raise a Large Sum to Be Offered in Purses and Premiuma. HOLLISTER,: CAL., May 13.—Notwith- standing the withdrawal of State aid the directors of the Agricultural Association met to-day and offered $7500 for purses and premiums at the annual fair in October. The money was contributed by merchants and business men. The principal race will be for a merchants’ purse of $1000, a mile running race, free for all. g e ey Dr. Lewis Dies at Sparta. BAKER CITY, Or., May 13.—Dr. Guy Lewis, a well-known mining man, died at his home in Sparta last night after a brief illness of erysipelas. Dr. Lewis was the perintendent of Oregon’s exhibit at the World’s Fair. . SETTLERS VICTORIOUS Ruling of Judge Ross Against the South- ern Pacific. VAST TRACTS INVOLVED. It Was Sought by the Com- pany to Oust Thousands of Holders. WILL RETAIN THEIR HOMES, The Court Decides That the Land Was Not Included In the Indemnity Grant. LOS ANGELES, CaL., May 13.—In the TUnited States Circuit Court to-day Judge Rossrendered his decision in the cases of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company vs. David R. Brown and Nathaniel Bray et al., which were submitted together on the same briefs, a decree being ordered for the defendants in each case with costs. These actions were brought by the South- ern Pacific Company to determine conflict- ing claims to parts of odd sections of land, situated within the primary or twenty- mile limits along the Jine of its road. The only question involved was whether the lands patented to defendants were ex- cluded from or passed by the grant made from the Government by act of Congress on March 3, 1871. As they were excluded from the limits of the Jurupa grant of September 28, 1839, the court holds they were not public lands within the meaning of the grant to the railroad company. Judge Ross rendered a very lengthy opinion in the case of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company vs. Otto Groech et al., an action to quiet title to certain lands in Tulare County, which was recently sub- mitted on a demurrer. The complainant having slept upon its rights for six and a half years before bringing suit, the demurrer to the com- plaint is sustained by the court, thus vir- tually disposing of the matter in favor of defendants. IRVING BLINN'S DENIAL. Declares He Had No Intention of Marry- ing an Actress. LOS ANGELES, Can, May 13.—The reports telegraphed from here of the engagement of Irving . Blinn, son of the. millionaire lumberman of this city, to Miss Genevieve Nannery, an actress in the Bailey Theatri- cal Company which lately played an en- gagement here, are the yeriest nonsence. Irving Blinn, when speken to to-day on the subject, burst out laughing. He de- nied that there was even the faintest shadow of a peg on which to hang so un- founded a report. He admitted having met the young actress, but declared he had not the slight- est intention of marrying her. Blinn says Manager Dailey started the report for ad- vertising purposes. Fell From a Brakebeam. LOS ANGELES, CAL., May 13.—An un- known man in an unconscious condition was picked up near the San Fernando depot to-night and brought to the Receiv- ing Hospital. The only evidence of his identity was the name “Alva Porter Moore, Santa Rosa,” written upon a pocket-book in his possession. Itis evident that he was riding a brake- beam and in attempting to get off the train was struck on the head by the wheels, his skull being crushed. His in- juries are fatal. ALL CROPS. BENEFITED California Fruit and Grain Growers Profit by Warm Weather. Director Barwick Predicts a Heavy Yleld Over the Entire State. SACRAMENTO, CaL., May 13.—Director Barwick of the California weather service in his crop report for the week ending on the 13th summarizes as ‘ollows: The average temperature for the week ending May 13 was: For Fresno 72 degrees, Independence 68, Los Angeles 66, Sacra- mento 70, San Francisco 66, San Luis Obispo 68 and San Diego 62. As compared with the normal temperature there was an excess of heat as follows for the weather bureau stations named: Fresno 5 degrees, Los Angeles 3, Sacramento 6, San Fran- cisco 8 and 8an Diego 12. The total pre- cipitation was nothing. As compared with the normal there was a deficiency of from .07 of an inch at San Diego to .71 at Eureka. This excess of heat and deficiency of moisture with an excess of sunshine and warmth has been extremely beneficial to ail crops. Haying was more rapidly ad- vanced on account of the high northerly winds drying out the ground so teams and machines could enter the fields. It has destroyed the cut worm and also the mil- dew on grapes and the rust in grain that had made its appearance on account of too much moist, cloudy and cool weather dur- ing the previous week. Haying is being rushed from one end of the State to the other, and the crop is reported as good in yield and excellent in quality. The high winds damaged considerable early fruit by whipping it off the trees, thereby doing away with thinning by hand. What fruit remains will no doubt nature finely. Cherries seem to have been the most damaged of any fruit. The gen- eral outlook for fruit, grain, hay, grapes and hops has been advanced by the bene- ticial weather of the week. Frosts .are reported from Biskiyou County, which may slightly damage the fruit crop, but the crop in the mountain | counties is consumed in the locality in effect on such crops in the valley portions of the State. The highest temperature was 98 deg. in the San Joaquin Valley and about the same in the Sacramento Valley, and from 94 to 86 deg. in Southern California, the hot wave of the week being therefore not a local one. — - MRS. NOYES LEAVES VALLEJO. The Missing Contractor’s Wife Has Sud- denly Disappeared. VALLEJO, CaL., May 13.—No tidings of Contractor Noyes, who mysteriously dis- appeared from here a week ago with money belonging to others, have been learned. It now turns out, after a close investiga- tion, that Mrs. Noyes has also disappeared. There is no doubt that Noyes meant to dupe the people of this town, as it is con- clusively proven that he went away with his effects packed in a valise. The disappearance of his wife adds in- terest to the story. She professed, when interviewed, that she did not know of her husband’s disappearance. She has taken up her residence in San Francisco, accord- ing to reports, with her brother, who re- sides on Shotwell street. il et T TACOMA TO HOLD A CARNIVAL. Roses and Strawberries to Be the Main Features of the Exhibit. TACOMA, WasH., May 13.—Tacoma is to have a rose and strawberry fiesta in June, the dates being fixed to-day for June 20,21 and 22. That will be the height of the rose and strawberry season on Puget Sound, and growers promise the most complete display of flowers and berries ever seen in the Northwest. One of the features will be a display of the ever-bear- ing strawberries, which produce berries in this climate from June to December. BEACH VICTORI SIFELY Passengers of the Glad Tidings Return From Alaska on the Danube. The Overdue Missionary Vessel Had Been Disabled by Crashing Into a Rock. VICTORIA, B. C., May 13.—The steam- er Danube arrived from the north at mid- night. She brought down the passengers of the missionary steamer Glad Tidings, forwhom much anxiety was felt, as she was one week overdue from the north. The Glad Tidings had put into the cove for shelter, and as she was hoisting anchor to leave the stern swung onto a rock. The passengers landed and waited for the Dan- ube. The steamer Miowera arrived this morn- ing from Australia and Honolulu. She had an uneventful trip, being delayed several days on account of a break in the machinery, and had to make part of the trip under sail. A half dozen sealing schooners arrived in port yesterday, all with small catches. They confirm the report that wreckage from the Montserrat and Keweenaw is scattered along the coast of Queen Char- lotte and Vancouver islands. There is now no doubt that the two big steamers were dashed to pieces. A regular hurricane blew here yesterday evening. A number of minor accidents are reported. The storm came up sudden- ly and caught a number of small sailboats and yachts. Luckily there were no fatal accidents. To Carry Hawatian Mail. VICTORIA, B. C., May 13.—The Ha- waiian Government has closed a contract with the Canadian-Australian Steamship Company which remits to that company all port charges except pilotage and water. The company will be free from port charges, wharfage, lights, buoys, blanks at custom-houses and harbor-master’s fees, and will be allowed the use of land for the storage of coal. The company in return must carry the Hawaiian mail and main- tain the present schedule and freight rates. The same arrangement will be made with the Oceanic and Pacific Mail companies. Pty GOVERNOR McCONNELL’S STAND. It Is Thought He Will Not Fator a 16 to 1 Silver Ratio. BOISE, Ivaro, May 13.—Goverhor Mec- Connell leit this afternoon for Salt Lake to attend the silver conference. When asked if he would make a square fight for silver at 16 to 1 he said: “Well, now, I think the business to be taken up at Salt Lake will be methods. That js the idea. We will talk it over, for- mulate plans and hew out a clear path to work.” The Governor’s evasive answer tends to give credence to the repeated charges by the Populist press of the State that he is not in favor of free silver at that ratio. It is furthermore taken as a signal that should the Republican Convention in 1896 fail to adopt free silver the Governor will abide by its action. PORILAND PO1SONING CASE. W. E. Ellsworth on_ Trial for the Mur- der of His Wife. PORTLAND, Or., May 13.—The trial of W. E. Ellsworth, on the charge of poison- ing his wife last January, began in the Circuit Court to-day. Ellsworth is well known in S8an Francisco and the Sound cities, having been connected with the Midwinter Fair and the Tacoma Interstate Fair. He was also connected at different times with Chicago and St. Louis papers. Ellsworth came from Tacoma to Port- land in January, and shortly afterward his wife died from the effects of poison and Ellsworth was arrested for the crime. e i - Fatality in a Lillicat Mine. - VANCOUVER, B.C., May 13.—News has just been received from Lillioat of a fatal- ity at the McDonald & Hurley mine which occurred last Tuesday. Men were engaged in taking out props when, without the least warning, the earth caved in suddenly, burying John Farrell, who was twenty feet below. His companions immediately started to dig him out, and it was eight hours before they reached him. He was badly crushed, and had evidently been in- stantly killsr, # PRIV e Narrow Escape From Death. VANCOUVER, B. C., May 13.—James Simpson, a resident of Sapperton, a suburb of New Westminster, and his wife had a narrow escape from death by fire this morning. The house caught fire, and his wife, who isan invalid, was taken out by her husband with difficulty. Simpson which it is raised, therefore an excess ora | then returned to the house for some cloth- deficiency in that region cuts no figure in | ing and narrowly escaped suffocation. FRESNO .CONFERENCE: Valley Road Directors Meet With the Citizens. STILL EEPT A SECRET. No Hint as to the Proposed - Route South of the City. ARE MAKING HASTE SLOWLY. A Careful Examination of the Coun= try Through Which the Road Will Pass. FRESNO, Caxn., May 13.—The party of Valley railroad directors, consisting of John D. Spreckels, A. H. Payson, Thomas Magee, Charles Holbrook, L. Sloss and Robert Watt, accompanied by Chief En- gineer W. B. Storey, arrived from the south at 5 o'clock this afternoon. They drove from Visalia to Reedley this morn- ing, and from the latter place to Fresno. They looked carefully over the country, but would give no hint as to which way the line would run from this city. The party was accompanied from Visalia by Ben M. Maddox, A. G. Patton, George Badden, P. M. Narboe and J. V. Huffaker. Upon their arrival here they went directly to their rooms in the Hughes Hotel. This evening they held an infor- mal reception at the hotel, and many citi- zens participated in a conference with them. The directors have ordered breakfast to be sefved at 7 o’clock, and at 8 o’clock will leave for a drive eight or ten miles west of Fresno. On returning they will visit the country east of here. It is thought that their purpose is to decide through which part of the country the line shall run. They will leave here for San Francisco on the 3 A. M. train Wednesday. FOUNDRY BURNED. Fire at Fresno Thought to Be of In- cendiary Origin. FRESNO, CAL., May 14.—Pease’s foundry on Mono street was burned to the ground this morning at 1 o’clock. The fire had gained too much headway before the department arrived for it to save the building. The loss is about $2000; fully insured. There are some serious suspicions as to the origin of the fire. Last evening the department was called out for a small fire in the foundry, which was easily put out. Affairs of a Defunct Bank. FRESNO, Can., May 13.—A meeting of the stockholders of the Fresno Loan and Savings Bank, which closed its doors April 29, was held to-day. The special commit- tee of stockholders appointed to investi- gate the value of the bank’s securities made a favorable report. An offer was re- ceived from one of the other local banks to assume the assets and liabilities, but it was not finally accepted. The affairs of the bank will be wound up as soon as possible and it will retire from business. KILLED NEAR SUSANVILLE. Herman Guzzie Murdered by Indians Who Claimed His Land. SUSANVILLE, CaL., May 13.—Herman Guzzie was found dead in his cabin near here to-day. He had been dead about ten days. There were three bullet wounds in his head from a Winchester. It is sup- posed he was killed by Indians, who claimed the land he lived on. Guzzie was 32 years old and a native of Switzerland. ST IR . iSan Diego to Fete Native Sons. SAN DIEGO, Car., May 14.—A special committee from the San Diego Parlor of Native Sons met yesterday with the execu- tive committee of the Mid-Summer Asso- ciation, to discuss the advisability of hold- ing a celebration in San Diego on Septem- ber 9.—Admission Day—in the form of a fete in honor of the Native Sons of the State. B o Death of a Healdsburg Pioneer. HEALDSBURG, CAn., May 13.—John Henry Butler, a retired business man and one of Healdsburg’s pioneers, died at his home in this city to-day, aged 68 years. Mr. Butler had resided here since 1854. For Additional Pacific Coast News see Second Page Weak and Run Down After the grip or other serious illness, you find Hood’s Sarsaparilla exactly the medicine to build up and give strength: “I feel thankful to Hood's Sarsapa- rilla for benefit de- rived from it. I had the grip and failed to regain health. 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