The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 23, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXVIL—NO. 164. THE PACIFC COAST, Fire Destroys the Arm- strong Residence at Cloverdale. SANTA ROSA GRADUATES Taking of Evidence Concluded in the Murder Case at Redwood. WOES OF ENSENADA SUSPECTS. Bandit Breckenridge Bound Over at Napa—Suicide of a Stock- ton Chinaman. CLOVERDALE, Car., May 22.—Colonel J. B. Armstrong’s residence, the hand- somest structure in Cloverdale, was burned to the ground shortly after 2 o’clock this morning. The fire caught from the chimney near the tower. It was discovered at 1 o’clock and was thought to be smoke escaping from the chimney, but shortly afterwards the whole roof of the tower was eblaze. The alarm was immediately sounded. The fire had gained so much headway that an attempt to save the building was use- less. Colonel Armstrong, who has been an invalid for several years, was safely removed to a neighboring house. The house was one of the most Iuxuriantly furnished in Sonoma County, being fitted throughout with California redwood of choice pieces from the Colonel Armstrong’s millsnear Guerneville. Many valuable collections of Colonel Armstrong’s ‘were destroyed. Most of the furniture and a valuable collection of paintings from the brushes of Strauss, the San Francisco artist, and of Miss Kate Armstrong were saved, as also was the valuable library. Nothing on the second story was saved. Two hundred dollars in coin was also burned. The loss will amount to $15,000; insur- ance, $5000. —_— SANTA ROSA GRADUATES. Diplomas Awarded Students of the Pa- cific Methodist College. SANTA ROSA, Car., May 22.—The grad- uating exercises of the Pacific Methodist College closed to-night. The auditorium of Ridgeway Hall was filled. The stage was prettily decoratea with flowers and vines. The graduating class comprised: Walter W. Percival, W. C. Howard, P. M. Howard, C. P. Hessel, J. M. Booher, Kate J. Potter and Essie M. Austin. €. P. Hessel, W. C. Howard =znd Miss Potter received the A, B, degree, and J. M. Booher, P. M. Howard, ‘W. W. Percival and Miss Austin the de- gree of B. 8. The gold medals contested for Monday night were awarded by the judges and the announcements made to-night. The awards were as follows: Declemation medal, given by E. W. Davis— Contestants: Todd Clark, Henry Atkinson and Henry Fay; won by Henry Atkinson. Recitation medal, given by Dr.J. W. Jesse— Contestant Lulu Booher, Rosa Miller, Georgie Swank, Jeannette Grojean and Minnie Colton; won by Rosa Miller. Oration medal, given by Colonel J. A. Har- din—Contestants: W. Vaughan and P. M. Howard; won by P. M. Howard. Scholarship medal, given by ex-Mayor Brooke, all the pupils in the school contest- ing—Won by John Cornet and Luiu Booher. Faculty recitation medal—Won by Minnie Colton. 1t is noteworthy that Miss Kate Potter has during her course taken the scholar- £hip prize in two years and was the vale- dictorian of her class. President Austin delivered a short, practical baccalaureate sddress and conferred the degrees. e OPPRESSION OF ENSENADA. American Visitors to Prisoners Stripped to Prevent Correspondence. SAN DIEGO, Car., May 22.—A telegram has been received here from one of the prisoners confined at Ensenada for the robbery of the $13,000 gold bar, asking friends not to write to him direct, as all his letters are scanned by officials and anything suspicious results in more severe treatment and closer confinement. Sucha close watch is kept on the visitors that a Chinaman carrying meals to the prisoner was stripped naked in search for secret correspondence and American friends of the prisoners were subjected to the same indignity. It is not known yet how the prisoner managed to smuggle the telegram out of jail. All four charged with the robbery are American citizens, though Pratt and Garratt are British born. Jackson, a British subject charged with bank robbery, is moving through friends in England but without success. Authorities are re- doubling efforts to find the bar, but if they have any clew it is kept secret. Meantime there is as yet no sign of any trial for the prisoners. " Ll g COLMA MURDER CASE. Defense of John J. Glancy Charged With Killing His Father. REDWOOD CITY, Car., May 22.—The defense in the trial of John J. Clancy for the murder of his father near Colma, tends to show that the father made a threat to kill the mother and children while living in San Franciscosix years ago. The father was sent out of the State and the jurisdic- tion of the court, and remained at Seattle five years. He then came back, and was iven a home by the defendant, the mother eing afraid to live with him. While drunk the father used vile lan- guage to the son’s wife. The defendant tried to make him stop. A scuffle ensued, ind the elder Clancy struck against an old stove standing in a corner and then fell face downward on a stoveleg that had dropped out on the floor, the defendant falling on top of him. The father’s cheek- oone and nose were broken, and he died of soncussion of the brain, The testimony isall in, and the argu- ment will commence Thursday morning. —_— STOCKTON LOSES A CHINAMAN. Tom Yuen Kills Himself With a Revolver Bullet. STOCKTON, CAL., May 22.—A Chinese took, who is believed to have been crazy, thot himself through the heart in the Chi- SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. nese quarter this evening, and fell dead. He first fired two shots from his pistol through a door to hit an enemy, and then turned the pistol on himself. The police first thought it was a case of murder, but later found a white man who saw the Celes- tial shoot himself. It is believed he thought he had killed the man he shot at, and then killed himself. The dead Chinese was named Tom Yuen. He was a cook recently employed at the Pacific Hospital near town. The police arrested a Chinese who was pointed out by a white man as the shooter of the dead man, but powder marks on the cloth- ing and the testimopy of a reputable white man prove it a case of suicide. S DO BRUTALITY OF A SHIP'S COOK. A Cabin-Boy on the Duke of Argyll Re- ceives @ Dangerous Wound. SANTA BARBARA, CaL, May 22— John Southern, a cook on the English bark Duke of Argyll, now unloading coal in port, became incensed at the cabin-boy, named Priest, for some fancied grievance, this morning, and struck him on the head with a broken steelyards, cutting a deep gash two and a half inches long over the right temple. Young Priest is an English lad, 19 years old, simple-minded, but of gentle disposition. Sailors aboard the bark are indignant over the outrage, and assert that this murderous attack is but one of a sequence of brutal abuses of the lad by Southern, who has frequently struck and beaten him without provoca- tion. An attempt was made to secure a war- rant on shore for Southern’s arrest, but District Attorney Oglesby has decided that the State of California has no jurisdiction over a case of simple assault committed on a foreign ship in port, and unless heavy steelyards are decided to be murderous | weapons nothing will be done, unless Cap- tain Golightly himself takes steps toward the culprit's punishment. It is thought Priest will recov St e DAMAGING EVIDENCE FOUND. Developments in the Trial of William Wilcox for Murder. SEATTLE, Wasa., May 22.—The second trial of William Wilcox for the murder of Charlotte Fetting on Labor day, 1893, de- veloped some startling new testimony to- day. Itshows that the State will endeavor to prove that Wilcox and James King, the woman’s son-in-law, who was afterward murdered in Tacoma, conspired to rob her, and one of the principal witnesses against them was King’s own son Charles. It was shown that the two men were scheming in the Hunter’s Home saloon at Tacoma to get the woman’s money; that they left there on the evening of the mur- der to come to Seattle; that King engaged Ernest Fetting, the woman's son, i vari- ous ways all day, and that Wilcox was seen here by two persons on that day—a fact which could not be proved at the first trial. One of the latter witnesses was a woman from whom some damaging ad- missions were extorted under cross-exam- ination. S BRTE T A FIRED UPUN 4 SEALER. The Schoomer Directow’s Sails Ripped by Grapeshot in Southern Waters. VICTORIA, B. C., May 22.—One of the crew of the schooner Director, which ar- rived here a few days ago with 610 seal- skins, is authority for the statement that the schooner had some difficulty in getting skins. He says the skius were obtained off the coast of Patagonia, and that the schooner was fired upon, her sails being ripped by grapeshot. No one was hurt, and the schooner escaped without receiv- ing any injury. A big potlatch is being held on the Son- ghees’ Indian reservation near this city to- day. Several thousand Indians are here from all over the coast. Hundreds of blankets, guns and trinkets were given away by female relatives of the men lost in the wreck of the schooner Earl. The potlatch will last a week. FIRE AT SANTA BARBARA. The Romantic Barger Canyon Castle De- stroyed by Fire. SANTA BARBARA, Can, May 22.— ‘Word has just been received that the beau- tiful residence belonging to Mr. Barger, and lying in the isolated canyon bearing his name, four miles from Santa Barbara, has been destroyed by fire. Mr. Barger is a wealthy Cleveland gentleman, formerly chief owner of the waterworks in that city, who lives in retirement with his nephew and servants alone in this roman- tiz spot, and his residence was known as the Castle. It was a costly and handsome structure, hidden from sight in the can- yon’s depths. The building was valued at $12,000. s dass il A, NAPA BANDIT HELD. Breckenridge Must Answer in the Su- perior Court for Righway Robbery. NAPA, CaL., May 22.—The preliminary examination of Breckenridge, the stage- robber, was completed to-day. Under Sheriff Robert Brownlee, John Williams and Jack True, all members of the captur- ing party, gave testimony, and here the prosecution rested. No defense was made, and Justice Bradford held Breckenridge to answer before the Superior Court under $10,000 bonds, which were not given. English is worse to-day, having caught a cold. e Firemen’s Tournament at Los Gatos. LOS GATOS, Cavr., May 22.—Arrange- ments have been made for the holding of a firemen’s tournament at Los Gatos on July 4. After the races by the various fire companies there will be dancing at a pavilion erected on the bank of the Los Gatos Creek. The Los Gatos Driving As- sociation has arranged a fine programme of races for that day. —_—— . A Watnut Creek Waif. WALNUT CREEK, Cin., May 22.—A new-born boy was found on the doorsteps of Arthur Williams’ residence early this morning. The infant was carefully wrapped in flinnel. There was a note re- questing the finder to take good care of the infant. Body of an Oroville Suicide Found, OROVILLE, CaL., May 22.—The body of John Swan was found to-day about a quar- ter of a mile above Oroville. Swan com- mitted suicide on March 29 by plunging into the Feather River from the suspen- sion bridge at Bidwell Bar, nine miles above Oroville. e Seguel of a Victoria Row. VICTORIA, B. C., May 22.—W. R. Hig- gins, son of Hon. D. W. Higgins, who as- saulted Hedley Chapman, president of the street railway company, for calling his father a boodler, this morning: was fined $75 and sentenced to 15 minufes in jaili VOTING AT MONTEREY Officers of the Pythian Grand Lodge Are Elected. OAKLAND MAN HONORED George Samuels Unanimously Chosen Chancellor of the Order. WORK OF RATHBONE SISTERS. A Gratlfying Growth of the Organi- zatlon Revealed In the Offi- cers’ Reports. MONTEREY, CaL., May 22.—The streets of Monterey were alive with pedestrians this morning. Every one was up bright and early, for much work had to be ac- complished to-day. Out at Camp Ritchie master of arms—W. F. G. Morosco of San Francisco, Fred Doud of San Francisco and W. H. Lehman of Santa Ana. The ballots were cast and W. H. Lehman was elected by a big majority. The election of supreme representatives was then in order. This is next in import- ance to that of grand chancellor. Superior Representative-at-Large Stanton L. Carter, Superior Judge of Fresno County, was un- animously re-elected. Each State is al- lowed one supreme representative for each 10,000 members, and as California has over that number an additional representative was balloted for. There were three can- didates—Senator Frank McGowan of Eureka, A. J. Buckles of Suisun and George E. Church of Fresno. Senator Mc- Gowan was elected after two ballots. Stanton L. Carter is a candidate for supreme chancellor of the world, and it is thought by many that he will be elected. The trustees for the Grand Lodge were then appointed as follows: Alfred Perrier of San Francisco, J. W. Guthrie of Sacra- mento and Sigmund Steiner of Escondido. The meeting adjourned at 4:45 to allow the delegates of the Uniform Rank to repair to Camp Ritchie to participate in the dress parade and grand supper tendered them at the camp. The bill of fare was a sump- tuous one and highly appreciated. Adfter the spread a grand open-air con- cert was rendered at the camp, when the crowd moved toward Mariposa Hall, whence strains of dance music were al- ready issuing. To-morrow the main feature of the day MRS LA FRANCE. 3 MRS. LEWIS. MRS. W. ERATZENSTEIN. MRS. MADDEN. MRS. GUTHRIE. MRES. WALDEN. THE PINDLE HORROR, Searching in the Ruins for Victims of the Explosion. | FOURTEEN WERE KILLED. Complete List of the Dead In- cludes Five White Men and Nine Chinamen. WILL BE REBUILT AT ONCE. A Force of Laborers Already at Work Cleaning Up the Mass of Debris. PINOLE, Car., May 22.— There is but little left to tell of yesterday’s disaster at the California Powder Works plant here. More human fragments have been found, two funerals have been arranged for, and it MRS. JULTA STEBBINS. MRS. MONROE. A GROUP OF DELEGATES TO THE GRAND LODGE OF RATHBONE a‘lfu'nxs, NOW IN B‘S!ION AT MONTEREY. things ‘were just the reverse. Colonel Nichols became seriously ill last night, and the competitive drill had been postponed. This, of course, was a big disappointment for the:crowds that had arrived to witness thisinteresting part of the programme. The Grand T.odge convened at 9:30 A. M. in Bagbys Opera-house. The grand pre- late led the regular devotional exercises. Business was quickly resumed, as each delegate knew-that if certain work would be accomplished the election of officers would take place this afternoon. - The grand chancellor conferred the Grand' Lodge degree on several more delegates who arrived to-day. Fern Leaf Lodge of Forest Hill was refused permission to elect additional past chancellors. The Kings- burg Lodge was changed to Fowler Lodge, and will be removed from Kingsburg to Fowler. The guestion as to where the next Grand Lodge session would be held caused considerable excitement. The Truckee delegates were confident and the Needles men were backing them, for it was promised to Needles in 1897 should Truckee getit in 1896. San Francisco put in some good words for the honor. Los Angeles, Riverside and Eureka wanted it. After an hour’s discussion the lodge could come to no definite agreement, and the question was laid over until to- morrow. The Grand Lodge then took up the revi- sion of the constitution. Several changes were approved, but none were adopted. Among those likely to be adopted to-mor- TOW was tne one against prohibiting saloon men and bartenders from becoming mem- bers of the order. The government for the Grand Lodge of California will be in three co-ordinate and independent branches, the legislative body (the Grand Lodge), the executive grand chancellor and the judicial. They will be called the grand tribunal, and will be com- posed of three members, who shall be ap- pointed by the grand chancellor. Here- after all the appeals from the subordinate lodges that formerly went to the grand chancellors will be brought up before the tribunal, which will be to the Knights the same as the State laws are to the citi- zens. In the composition of the legisla- tive body, all past grand chancellors and brigadier-generals of the Uniform Rank are made active members of the Grand Lodge. Every one was electioneering when the afternoon session wascalied to order. The first candidate,/and the only one for grand chancellor. was George Samuels of Oak- land, whose election was greeted with long and hearty applause. For grand vice- chancellor, Colonel C. F. McGlashan of Truckee was elected, there being no oppo- sition. For grand prelate there was a hard fight. Many candidates were in the field and four were nominated—Dr. H. R. Arndt of San Diego by Past Supreme Prelate E. F. Blackmer; Judge W. H. Grant of Wood- land, by George E. Church of Fresno; C. C. Patton of San Francisco, by Past Grand Chancellor Walker C. Graves of S8an Fran- cisco, and W. A. Mackinder of -St. Helena by Past Grand Chancellor Frank McGowan. The voting was very close, and after three ballots, in which Judge Grant was always in the lead by two or three votes, he was unanimously elected. % There were three candidates for grand will be the grand parade. First in line will be the Uniform Rank led by the Pythians’ band, then the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, next the subordinate lodges and other organizationsled by mem- bers of the Grand Army of the Republic and Pioneers. This promises to b. an in- teresting feature, as many old citizens will be in attendance, notably George Austin, who is considered an oracle on the happenings of '49., Among them will also be Dr. Ord, a brother of the late General Ord, who, with his brother, the doctor, was in actual service in Monterey in 1847. Last in the line will be the different fire depart- ments of the surrounding country. After the parade the Grand Lodge will resume work. 8 In the evening a novel feature is prom- ised. There will be tableaux around the campfires of Camp Ritchie. WORK OF THE BS1STERS. Reports of Officers Show a Gratifying Growth of the Order. MONTEREY, CaL., May 22.—The Rath- bone Sisters convened this morning at9 o’clock, in Masonic Temple, for the work of their third meeting. All the delegates hayve arrived and the work was continued without interruption. Mrs. M. H. Holmes opened the session. Several reports were read showing a grati- fying growth of the order. Among them were those of the committee on laws and supervision and of the supreme representa- tive, Georgie Guthrie of Sacramento. Her Teport was excellently gotten up and was highly praised. Signs of the order were discussed by the supreme representative and the remainder of the session was de- voted to drilling for the exemplification of their work before the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, to-morrow night. At the afternoon session it was resolved that the per capita tax for the members of the Grand Lodge of Rathbone Sisters was to be $1. The report on finances showed a large increase in funds. It was decided that the fees for the honorary members would be left optional with the lodges. Thursday was fixed as the date for the election of officers. BREAKS FROM A ROSEBURG JAIL. Sam Brown, the Slayer of Alfred Kin- caid, Escapes to the Mountains. . ROSEBURG, Or., May 22.—Sam Brown, under sentence of death for the murder of Alfred Kincaid at Oakland last August, walked out of the County Jail last night. The jailer carelessly lefit the doors un- locked. Brown has several hours’ start of the officers, and, no doubt, struck for the mountains. Brown’s execution had been suspended pending an appeal to the Su- preme Court. % Napa’s Council Denies a Franchise. NAPA, CAL., May 22.—After an extended hearing the City Council last night denied the petition of L. Grothwell for a franchise to run electric railway, telegraph and tele- phone lines through the town. The mem- bers of the Council thought he asked too much, and say that they are willing to grant a franchise on reasonable conditions. to any one who really wantsto putina street railway. Death of a Watsonville Merchant. MARYSVILLE, Can, May 22.—A. Lewis, for many years a prominent mer- chant of Watsonville, died here to-day. | molished has been ascertained almost to ertainty that only nine Chinamen wd.e 'killed by the explosion. : In the first place only nine of them were employed in the mixing-house at the time, and then the time-keeper has accounted for all the remaining fifty-nine Chinamen employed at.the works. . Hong Quong, who is the boss of the Chinamen, also says that all have ‘been accounted for except the nine, s But the number. came very near being ten. Lee Long was put to work weeding the ground immediately surrounding the mixing-house. - He went on at 7 o’clock, and was instructed to remain there all day. About 9 o’clock he was needed elsewhere, so Hong Quong came around and relieved him of that task. To-day Lee came to the Chinese camp, packed up all his belongings and; bid adieu to the camp forever. One other Chinese also deserted the ranks, but beyond these all the others will return to work Friday morning. Twenty new men were put to work to- day, and probably half that number in ad- dition will go on to-morrow morning. Al- ready the lumber for rebuilding the de- and repairing the injured buildings has been ordered and much of it will arrive on the grounds to-day. The new men have been put to work clearing up the debris and making preparations for the carpenters. The ruins of the collapsed acid and gly- cerine warehouses were nearly cleared away to-day, but no further finds were made in the way of missing bodies or parts thereof. Several gunny-sacks were filled with very small fragments—pieces of bone and flesh ranging in size from as small as one’s little finger to as large as one’s hand. But nothing that could possibly be iden- tified has been discovered, and it is not likely that there will be. The identity of the leg found isstill a mystery, and though some of the Workmen are set on giving it an ownership, there is no possible way in which this could be done to a certainty. The rebuilding and repairing of the works will be pushed as rapidly as pos- sible. “We can’t afford to lie idle,” said Acting Superintendent Pollock, “and we will try our best to get in shape inside of three weeks. No; none of the men will be idle in the meantime. We have work enough for all of them, and, in fact, will need twenty or thirty extra men for a few weeks, including carpenters and builders.” Mr. Pollock went down to the City this afternoon. To-morrow he will attend the funerals of the only two men whose mangled remains could be identified— Clare Taylor and Harry Minugh. The lat- ter’s funeral will be held at Brown’s un- dertaking establishment in Qakland at 2 o’clock to-morrow afternoon. Johnson’s remains were taken to his father's home at Giant station. Here his comrades will meet at 9 o’clock to-morrow morning and accompany the “cortege to the Baptist church at San Pablo. Both men will be buried at Mountain View Cemetery. -Standing on the summit of the hill where the superintendent’s office is located one gets a good view of the amount of wreck- age occasioned by the explosion that oc- curred at the base of the second hill. Away over a gully can be seen tHe great frame structure known as the sulphuric chambers, the largest building on the grounds. In parts the roof is torn off com- pletely and all the shingles are loose and blackened. The weatherboards are wrenched and torn from the frame, and parts of the heavy frame itself are wrenched out of all shape. To the left, and nearer in the foreground, is the chemi- cal laboratory, where things were badly smashed by the concussion and the dam- age was considerable. All this is on the west side of a high hill, on the east side of which the explosion took place. One gang of men has been repairing the windows over here all day, and another is employed collecting debris that was scat- tered as far as 500 feet from the explosion. Huge chunks of lead and iron pipe, some of them weighing as much as twenty pounds, were found fully a quarterofa mile distant. As to the cause of the explosion no one at the works has even a favorite theory to advance. It was a picked crew in both the nitro-glycerine house—where the concus- sion occurred—and in the mixing-house adjacent, and Acting Superintendent Pol- lock will not listen to a breath of sus- picion as to the probable or possible care- lessness of any of the men now dead. “It’s a part ¢f the business,”” is the philosephical comment of the workmen. “And when you come to think of it eight men in fourteen years is not such a bad record. The mines and railroads kill more men than that.” Of course he spoke only of white men. The sixty and odd Mongolians destroyed in these fourteen years are of — well, are mourned most in the Chinese camp. WILL CAMP AT VALLEJD. The Crack First Regiment Selects the Spot for Its Summer Outing. An Examination of Applicants for a Mare Island Position to Be Held on Friday. VALLEJO, Car., May 22.—Private ad- vices state that the members of the First Regiment, N. G. C., of San Francisco, will come here and encamp during the latter part of July or early in August. The regi- ment will be accompanied by seven com- panies of militia and one cadet company, Each company will muster fully sixty men, and from what is learned the com- mittee baving the arrangements in hand has settled on Vallejo as the favored spot. The First is designated the crack regi- ment of the National Guard. The ques- tion of disposing of the matter is entirely in the hands of the energetic members of Company B. Active work has been commenced in ar- ranging for the reception of the Second Regiment next month. Four hundred members will be in attendance, and the gathering promises to be a notable one. COMMANDER MATTHEWS VISIT. He Will Make Recommendations for Im- provements at Mare Island. VALLEJO, CiL.,, May 22.—Commodore E. 0. Matthews, United States navy, Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, arrived at ‘the navy-yard Tuesday evening from ‘Washington, and is the guest of Captain H. L. Howison, commandant of the yard and station. In company with the commandant, Com- modore Matthews made a tourof the navy- yard to-day, and will make a number of recommendations tending toward the im- provement of the yard on his return to ‘Washington. The chief is strongly in fa- vor of making all the improvements to the yard that are possible to place itin the first rank of navy-yards. He was here a couple of years ago and spent some time in looking up the requirements of the station. and in many instances his recom- mendations were adopted. From here Commodore Matthews will make a tour of iuspection at the Port Orchard naval sta- tion. MARE ISLAND EXAMINATION. There Are Thirteen Candidates for the Position of Master Joiner. VALLEJO, CAL., May 22.—The examin- ing board, which convened at Mare Island yesterday to fix the date for the holding of an examination of applicants for the posi- tion of master joiner, adjourned in the afternoon and announced that on Friday, at 11 A. m., all applicants should appear. Thirteen persons have signified their in- tention of trying conclusions to secure the position, as follows: J. D. Sherwood, Robert Hood, John Massey, Wilham Brownlie, Frank M. Perry, John McGrath, Thomas Houseman, E. H. Pray, C. W. Likins, Ozias D. Anis, D. A. Jones, Joseph Drew and J. A. Rankin. The pay attached to the position is $6 & day. The examin- ing board consists of Assistant Naval Con- structor Spear, Captain Barker and En- gineer Arnold. Young Men’s Institute to Convene. VALLEJO, CaL., May 22.—The eleventh grand council of the Young Men's Insti- tute will convene in Vallejo, October 8. Three hundred delegates will attend, and the gathering promises to be the most notable one in the history of the organiza- tion. The Vallejo council is already hard at work, and all arrangements will be per- fected in good season. —_———— ALL WAGES REDUCED, Conclusive Proof That Hill Is in Con- trol of the Northern Pacific. TACOMA, WasH., May 22.—A reduction of from 5 to 15 per cent has been made in the wages of all employes of the Nortirern Pacific Railroad Company. When the announcement was made it convinced the employes if no one else that Hill of the Great Northern is already in charge of Northern Pacific affairs, as Hill has the reputation among employes of cutting sal- aries regularly. S Sutcids of a Los Angeles Man. LOS ANGELES, Car., May 22.—Joseph Roesel, chief decorator of the Los Angeles Furniture Company, committed suicide thismorning. He was in mourning for his wife, who died a few months ago. He sold his property for $20,000 a few days ago and put the money in a bank, and this morning he went to the house or a friend where his two children had been staying and took a big dose of strychnine. St A Fancouver Man Ends His Life. 'VANCOUVER, Wasn.,, May 22.—The two sons of Peter Chandler, who ownsa prune orchard below this city, this even- ing found their father lying dead in front of his house, he evidently having com- mitted suicide by shooting himself. Chandler has had financial difficulties, which probably deranged his mind. IN THE VISALIA JAIL. An Ex-Postmaster Held on a Charge of Em-~ bezzlement. STOLE FROM UNCLE SAM, L. V. Nanscawen’s Shortage Said to Amount to Two Thousand Dollars. HIS PREDECESSOR ACCUSED. Simllar Charges Are Preferred Against H. W. Dean, Who Is Now in Prison. VISALIA, Carn., May 22.—F. B. Good- rich, Deputy United States Marshal, ar- rived in Visalia this morning and arrested L. V. Nanscawen, ex-Postmaster, on a charge of embezzling public funds. Nans- cawen was appointed by President Harri- son in the fall of 1892, and was removed by President Cleveland about a month ago. It is said that the shortage in his accounts amounts to about $2000. H. W. Dean, who preceded Nanscawen in the postoffice, is also alleged to have been a defaulter, and the deputy has a war- rant for his arrest. Dean is now in Kings County, and will be taken into cnstody later. Nanscawen has arranged to give bail as soon as he is taken before the court in Los Angeles. FEATURES FOR THE FOURTH. A Public Marriage to Re Included in the Programme. VISALIA, CaL., May 22.—The Fourth of July committee to-day decided to offer a handsome prize for the couple who will agree to marry on the Fourth in the pres- ence of the crowd. The committee on barbecue were given $100, and, as the meat will all be donated, it is thought that they will be able to get up sufficient food to satisfy the hunger of 1000 people. The barbecue last year was the most successful feature of the celebrae tion. In the voting contest the charming daughter of ex-Mayor Ward is in the lead, and her admirers will make a determined effort to keep Ler there. The local com- pany of the National Guard is voting for Miss Ward, and, as there are sixty mem- bers of that organization, it is a strong support. Her father is on the staff of Colonel Nunan of the Sixth Regiment, and has always taken an active interest in Na- tional Guard matters. Adams Elected Mayor. VISALIA, Can, May 22.—The old Council met to-night and turned over the affairs of the city government to the new Council. The latter elected D. M. Adams as Mayor and T. W. Holder to succeed himself as City Clerk. After the new board adjourned the members were ten- dered a Spanish supper by the old board. Wiped Out by Firve. VISALIA, CaL., May 22.—Fire broke out’ in the rear part of the residence occupied by Professor S. A. Crcokshanks late to- night. The inmates barely had time to escape in their nightclothes. The house and contents are a total loss. The cause of the fire is unknown. The furniture was insured for $1300, but the house was unin- sured. HIGENS GETS THE CIS Attorney-General Fitzgerald Decides That He Is Entitled to a Salary. But Congressman McLachlan WiIl Not Draw Pay as Treasurer of the Whittier School. SACRAMENTO, CaL., May 22.—Attor- ney-General Fitzgerald has furnished a written opinion to the State Controller in the case of M. R. Higgins, Insurance Com- missioner. ‘When H. C. Gesford was appointed In- surance Commissioher by Governor Budd and confirmed by the Senate he brought suit to oust Higgins, who declined to re- sign. The Controller was in doubt as to who was entitled to draw the salary for the office and declined to pay Higgins his salary. The Attorney-General is of the opinion that, under section 938 of the Political Code, which provides that the one who holds the position and fulfills its duties is entitled to the pay, Mr. Higgins should be paid his salary pending the liti- gation in the Superior Court of San Fran- cisco. The Attorney-General has also given his opinion upon the case of McLachlan, who was elected to Congress last fall, his term commencing on March 4 last. He was treasurer of the Whittier State School, and the Controller refused to draw warrants for his salary as such on the ground that he is holding a lucrative office under the United States Government, and, therefore, is prohibited from filling the position of treasurer during his Congressional term. The Attorney-General sustains this view of the case, and McLachlan will not drew his salary. SACRAMENT(®»’S CELEBRATION. An Electrical Pageant as a Fourth of July Innovation. SACRAMENTO, Can., May 22.—It was decided to-night that Sacramento is to have something new in the way of a Fourth of July celebration this year. In- stead of the stipulated military and Fire Department display there will be a grand electrical pageant. The occasion will be made one of cele- bration over the introduction of a 4000- horse power electric current from the big American River dam near Folsom. It is proposed to have a series of brilliant floats run over the tracks through the streets, to be repeated at night with a bril- liant electric light display. There will also be a night parade of 2000 wheelmen, fire- works and other features. Jor additional Pacific Coast news see Jcnd Bras.