The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 26, 1895, Page 2

o = THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1895. der the act approved March 31, 1891, which went into effect May 30, 1891: “The board approved claims for coyote scalps to and including the quarter endin Sept. 30, 1892, the amount that had been issued to that date being $190,275. We ex- pected that there would be a marked de- crease, as this amount would show that 38,055 coyotes had already been killed; but we are surprised to find that while the quarter ending September 30, 1892, amount- ed to $27,3%0, yet the quarter ending De- cember 31, 1892, amounted to $53,060. “‘Careful examination of the claims from the various counties developed the fact that the greatest increase in the bounty demands occurred in Kern County, which for the quarter ending December 31, 1892, footed up $9250, while for the quarter end- ing December 31, 1894, two years aiterward, the claims reached the very respectable figure of $16,355, which would seem to indi- cate that, had no fraud occurred among the county officials handling said scalps, the effect of the bounty served to aug- ment the number of coyotes instead of diminishing them.” These statistics, when presented to the vresent executive, determined him in his action of procuring the services of a keen detective, who succeeded in obtaining evi- dence going to prove that scalps were being imported from other States in im- mense quantities, and the frauds were perpetrated to such an extent and with such success that immunity from punish- ment was evidently provocative of careless- ness, as evinced by the foilowing article, which appeared in the Salinas Daily Jour- nal of January 6, 1895, copied from the San Benito Advance: “A stranger named James Ben, hailing from Parkfield, Monterey Tounty, de- vosited eighty-seven coyote scalps with County Clerk Foote. The scalps were old and shriveled, ar:d several had a scorched appearance. Ben took the affidavit, how- ever, and swore the coyotes had been killed in San Benito County. This batch will be ved for submission to the State Board of aminers. Thereis a suspicious look to the transaction, as thoygh some person charged with the destruction of scalps in some other county had taken them from the fire for resale. “About the same date a party giving the name of Charles Webb, also from Park- field. presented a batch of seventy-four old, iveled and scorched scalps to County Clerk Riordan, and two other batches were received from the same place within a week of the one above noted. One batch from Jam B. McClutchen contained i alps and another from Leon ven. Thus within one week ktield alone the County Clerk has 202 scalps.” all been inquired into med that the Grand Jury has ned sufficient evidence to secure a ction on the charge of felony against very prominent personages in Kern This, it is stated, will be made a test case and should a conviction result other county certificates will be subjected to close scrutiny. SALE OFA FRESHO PAPER, The Pioneer Expositor Passes Into the Hands of a Stock Company. Judge Webb Decides the Von Schmidt Case—A. G. Leverone Held for Attempted Murder. FRESNO, CAL., May 25.—The Repu bli- can stated yesterday that A. B. Butler had purchased the Expositor. This was de- nied to-day by Mr. Butler's representative, A. B. Parker, who, however, stated that the paper had been sold to a stock com- pany. The paper has been sold,” said Mr. Parker, “and I am told by those who have acquired it that they propose making it the leading paper of the valley. It isa very good property, and the improve- ments that the new proprietors have de- to make will increase its value very ), I do not care to now state who the chasers are; they have formed them- selves into a joint stock company. I am, however, at liberty tospeakof its policy. It will favor everything that is for the bene- fit of Fresno-and the San Joaquin Valley; it will seek by every honorable means to induce people to come to this city and make Fresno worth coming to; it will aim to build up the industries of the valley, and will be a warm and constant advocate of the new Valley road. The paper will continue its Democratic policy. Will Elect a Goddess of Liberty. FRESNO, Can., May 25.—The committee of the One Hundred Thousand Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Citizens’ Organization bhas decided to have the Goddess of Liberty for the Fourth of July celebration chosen by popular vote. The polls opened at noon to-day and will close June 24. The committee will invite the companies of the Sfxth Regiment to come here on the Fourth. ¥on Schmidt Case Decided. FRESNO, CaL., May 25.—The suit of Edward A. von Schmidt of San Francisca against hisbrother, Alfred W. von Schmidt, has been decided by Judge Webb. The property at issue was a vineyard valued at $60,000. Tha decision is that the plaintiff is entitled to about half the property. Shot at His Wife. FRESNO, Cav., May 25.—8id LeWalden, & saloon-keeper, went_home whnile drunk and fired a shot at his wife, who, he said, intended to leave him. The bullet did not take effect. When the officers ar- rived Mrs. LeWalden would not permit her husband to be arrested. Muraerer Gan Gee Bound Over. FRESNO, CiL.,, May 25.—Gan Gee, who killed Yee Sing with a shovel, was to-day held to answer to the Superior Court with- out bail. Held for an Attempted Murder. FRESNO, Car., May 25.—A. G. Leverone has been held to answer to the Superior Court for an assault to murder C. Gravano. —_—— CARSON MURDER CASE. Witnesses Refute the Story of Mrs. Saar- man’s Alleged Slayer. CARSON, Nev., May 25.—The examina- tion of the suspected murderer of Mrs. Saarman was commenced at Genoa this morning. Witnesses testified to seeing Wil- liams pear the woman's house at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the tragedy. This refutes Williams’ story that he left the house and went up the road after Mrs. Saarman gave him a meal. The examina- tion will be resumed on Monday. Feeling is strong against the prisoner. —_— Carson Convicts Free for a Day. OARSON, Ngzv., May 25.—Elsworth, ‘Watson, Cunningham and Jackson, who have just served five years in the State prison for robbing Wells-Fargo at Dayton, were all released n{esterday morning, Last eveni.negi Ellsworth and Watson were again arrest and put in the county ) charged with ing the peace. ” GAIETY AT PALO ALTO Students Leave Their Books for a Week of Pleasure. MRS. STANFORD’S GUESTS. The Pioneer Class Entertained at Her San Francisco Residence. PROGRAMME OF CLASS DAY On Monday the Freshman-Sopho- more Cane Presentation Will Take Place. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., May 23.—The Pioneer class spent the day in San Francisco. Mrs. Stanford tendered the outfgoing seniors a reception from 3 o’clock until 6 at her residence on Cali- fornia street. The absence of the gradu- ates leaves the campus comparatively de- serted. The entertainment of the day is of minor interest—local tennis and an_in- formal bop to-night in the parlors of the girls’ dormitory. According to the original arrangements Saturday was to be given over to the freshman - sophomore celebration, but, owing to the departure of most of the lower classmen, the original plan has been necessarily altered. The burying of the traditional hatchet and the peace-pipe ceremonial, which were scheduled for to- night, have been abandoned, and the cane presentation, dated for this afternoon,is postponed until Monday. The cane, specially selected for the o2- casion, is made from a piece of redwood taken from the topmost branch of the famous old Palo Alto tree standing on the banks of the Francisquito, near the South- ern Pacific track. The treetop has flaunted the flags of various rival classes, and last September a hot contest of several days waged around its base between the classes which are now about to cease their con- flicts and seal the peace treaty with an em- blem appropriately chosen from the old tree. The head of the cane is circled with a silver band bearing this inscription: “Presented by Chester A. Thomas, Presi dent Class of '97, to Frank D. Allen, Presi- dent Class of '98, May, 1895.” After the presentation the cane will be removed to the trophy-room of the museum, to remain there until the com- mencement season of '96, when it will be brought forth again and another circle of silver added; and so on from year to year until the simple bar of wood becomes a rod of shining silver. As originally planned, the hatchet cere- monial was to be one of the most unique and at the same time strictly collegiate events of the week. The time selected was 9 o'clock to-night, at the Frenchman’s Lake, back among the foothills—that pic- turesque little bower which adds another chapter to the mysterious career of the mysterious Peter Coutts, the Frenchman who built Escondita cottage, and in many ways left the stamp of his peculiar person- ality upon the immediate neighborhood. The two rival classes, '97 and 98, were to gather en masse, boys and girls, and form a great semicircle on the bank of the lake. A great bontire was to illuminate the scene and reveal the faces of the speakers chosen for the occasion. The harangue of the '97 chief was to be fol- lowed by the harangue of the ’98 sachem; meanwhile an immense pipe filled with tobacco would silently pass from hand to hand the entire leangth of the semicircle, each student and co-ed taking a generous puff. Small clay pipes, decorated on either side with '97 and 98 in gilt, souvenirs of the event, followed in the wake of the big pipe, and all were to smoke in peace while the ceremonies continued. A raft moored to the shore was laden with a dark, som- ber coffin. After the haranguning finished the lid was to be removed and the ancient hatchet consigned therein with due decorum. Other hateful chattels were to accompany the hatchet and meet its fate in the flames which were tofollow. Among thesethings were the architect’s dog, a sophomore’s whiskers, a pair of bloomers, 2 junior’s shirt dickey and several textbooks. Kero- sene and brimstone were to be next applied and the flaming raft turned loose upon the seething waters of the lake. The baccalaureate sermon will be deliv- ered in chapel Sunday morning by Pro- fessor T. R. Bacon of the University of California. Monday is class day. ‘‘Pinafore’’ will be presented in Encina gymnasium at 10 A.n. The cast will be the same that pro- duced the opera in A pril, consisting chiefly of pioneer classmen. The four leading parts are taken by prominent seniors—George D. Stratton as 8ir Joseph Porter, M. H, Kennedy as Cap- tain Corcoran, Shirley Baker as Ralph Rackstraw and Sam Simmons as Dick Deadeye. The opera will be enlivened by a few carefully selected specialties, danc- ing by Mackintosh, an original song by C. K, Field to the music of “The Stars Alone Can Tell” and various local hits. The gym is already transformed into a theater and decorated as it is for the senior ball presents a gala appearance. The sale of seats has already exceeded the capacity of the house. The audience will be immense and standing room at a high premium. The freshman-sophomore cane presenta- tion follows soon after lunch. At 2:30 the Pioneers will gather under the '95 oak, their imperishable monument, a spread- ing tree midway between Roble and En- cina, and facing the main entrance to the quadrangle—“‘the lover’s old ’95 oak,” it is called—and there the class will gather, speeches will be made, songs sung and a handsome brass plate be affixed to the trunk of the old giant, claiming it forever as the exclusive property of the Pioneers. At 8:30 the social event of the week, the senior ball, will be held in Encina gymna- sium. The decorations will be the feature. Something elaborate will be attempted in electrical effects by the electrical experts of the class. An immense ‘“‘pioneer” in evergreens already adorns the south wall of the gym, the artistic work of '85's patriotic daughters. Tuesday morning and afternoon will be devoted to the alumni. Symposium in the chapelin the morning, “What Is Your Culture Worth to Me?” Annual business meeting 1 the afternoon. Commencement festivities reach the climax Tuesday evening. The moonlit and elaborately decorated quadrangle will” be a carnival of music and loveli- ness. The event is on the ‘programme as the “Commencement promenade.’”’ Prome- nade, however, is only part of it. The entire quadrangle, the long, sweeping arcades will be a perfect maze of brilliant lights and lavish decorations. Different sections of the arcades are assigned to the Sororities and other organizations, who will undertake the ornamentation of this particular section and strive to outvie their neighbors. The American Concert band has been making special preparations for some time past. The programme includes -eight promenades, embracing descriptive pieces which will be illustrated by stereopticon views thrown upon an imniénse canvas on the west tower. Compositions by “local composers will also be rendered—notably the “’95 March,” by A. G. Kuffman, 9, which ecomposition will be rendered for the first time Sunday afternoon at Golden Gate Park, Several prominent football men and leading athletes will be thrown upon the canvas, as well as one or two local charac- ters whose portraits have been secured at the last moment by the Kodak fiend. In all probability that great first baseman, D. 8. Jordan, will appear upon the canvas in all the splendor of his tight-fitting knee breeches, his glasses and little red cap. A freshman had the hardihood to snap him with a Kodak while at the bat. A large number of visitors from a dis- tance are expected to be present Tuesday evening, After the promenade the '95 class will fall into line, lanterns in hand, and march in a body to and through all the buildingson the campus, and thus bid farewell to their alma mater. The regular commencement exercise will be held in the gymnasium on Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. About 160 students will receive the degree of A. B. The committee for commencement week is composed of Lewis H. Smith, chairman; Maud B. Jones, Walter E. Winship, Wil- liam C. Hazzard, Henrietta L. Stadtmiller, Thomas H. Pomeroy and Charles K. Field. SACRAMENTO CONVENTION Endeavorers Select San Jose as the Place for the Meet- ing in 1896. Giles Kellogg of San Diego Chosen President of the State League. SACRAMENTO, Car, May 25.—San Jose was to-day selected as the site for the Y. P. 8. C, E. Convention of 189, by a vote of 224 to 120 for San Diego. The following officers were elected unan- imously: President, Giles Kellogg of San Diego; general secretary, Leonard Merrill of Los Angeles; treasurer, A. F. McFar- land of Los Angeles; first vice-president, M. W. Jenkins of San Jose; second vice- president, Miss Anna Stone of Grass Val- ley; third vice-president, Harry E. Snook of San Francisco; superintendent of junior work, Miss Bell P. Nason of San Diego; superintendent of the floating society, M. C. Turner of San Diego; secretary of the missionary extension cause, Miss Mindora L. Berry of Fresno; superintendent of com- mercial travelers, U. W. Ehmann of Oak- land. The juniors and seniors of the conven- tion held a sunrise service in the Congre- gational church at 6 o’clock this morning. The dual ieaders of the service were M. C. Turner of San Diego and Mrs. Erwin H. Baker of San Jose. The subject was: ‘“Entrance and Exclusion.’”’ The session of the convention opened at 9 o’clock with a paper by Mrs. William G. Alexander of San Jose on the subject: “The Demand for Consecrated Junior Superintendents.” P. E. L. Bickford of Napa followed with an address Sentitled “A Key for Unlocked Doors.” A bass solo was sung by Professor Harrell. Miss Belle Mason, superintendent of junior work, delivered an address on-the necessity of vigorously prosecuting junior work. Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.D., foun- der of the society, also spoke upon the same subject. Among other things, he said that there is no boss in Christian En- deavor work. Thereis no ecclesiasticism about it. Nobody here says, “You have got to do things just so and so.” There is no business carried on except the reports of 2 few committees. This meetingis for inspiration only. There are no paid offi- cers, nor anything to attract the people who have not their hearts in the work. Everything is done simply for the love of the cause and the love of the children. A general discussion followed as to the best way to encourage and stimulate junior work. Rev. T. M. Jones of Gridley made a statement on behalf of the committee on credentials, to the effect that 300 Chris- tish Endeavor Societies were represented in the convention by between 500 and 600 delegates. There were. eleven Protestant denominations represented. C. M. Camp- bell of the State Sabbath-school Associa- tion gave the convention the greetings of 84,000 teachers, pupils and officers in Cali- fornia. § INearly 3000 persons attended the meeting to-night. The exercises were mostly of a musical nature and the music wasrendered by the First Congregationat orchestra of Qakland. Banners forthe highest percent- age in membership were presented to the California Union of Siskiyou County and to thé Junior Mendocino County Union. An address on “Ultimate Endeavor’”’ was delivered by Rev. William Rader of Oak- land. His remarks were listened to with profound attention by the immense throng, To-morrow there will be rallies in all of the evangelical churches, and in the even- ing there will be a sacred concert in the convention hall. Addresses will be deliv- ered by Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.D., founder of the Endeavor Union, and Rev, E..B. Hayes. —_— A BOGUS SANTA ROSA BANDIT. Cashier Overton Causes a Wild Dash of the Cazadero—Sea View Stage. SANTA ROSA, Car., May 25.—The Caz- adero Sea View stage had an exciting ex- perience Friday afternoon, and for a few moments the driver of the vehicle made the best time on record for that route, John P. Qverton, cashier of the savings bank here, was with a party on s fishin, trip. He became separated from J. E. Hal and C. A. Wright, other members of the party, and satdown on alog by the roadside to encase his fishpole. About that time the stage came along. Overton, wishing to ask the driver something concerning the distance to Cazadero, jumped up and yelled to him. The driver thought he was a stage-robber, and, putting the lash to the horses, drove past at a wild rate, the pas- sengers in the rig crouching down to es- cape the volley of bullets they thought would surely come. The stage did not stop until miles away from Overton. The stage had been robbed at that point a few years ago and the drivers have been very cautious ever since. After the flight of the stage Cashier Overton met_with an p&gflmt ‘which may rove fatal. He was picked up by a de- livery wagon about a mile south of the city to-night. His nose was broken, his face badly lacerated and he was uncon- scious. 1s in & dazed eondition and unable to account for his condition. concussion of the brain. l 1 TACOMANS [N ARMS, Gruesome Diet Provided Guests at a Swell Dinner. FEASTED ON HORSEMEAT. A Dealer Accused of Selling an Equine Roast to a | Citizen. START AN INVESTIGATION. The Board of Health Takes Up the Matter and Institutes an Offi- cial Inguiry. TACOMA, Wasg., May 25.—A sensation has been caused here by a statement of Andrew H. Smith, ex-regent of the State Agricultural College and a prominent citi- zen, that a leading meat market recently sold him a roast of horse flesh for roast beef. Smith, having remembered the sweet taste of an experimental horse-meat meal in Berlin, was able to identify horse meat served ata recent dinner, at which there were a number of guests. He said nothing, fearing to make his guests sick, but they found it out afterward, greatly to their consternation. The same retailer sells meat in the aris- tocratic section of the city in which Smith resides, and the whole neighborhood is now on the point of a peculiarly discom- fiting sickness at the thought of the lean horse flesh they may have eaten. A report has also been circulated, and in several instances with correctness, of the sale of poor, spavined and otherwise dis- eased cattle for sausages and Hamburger steaks at restaurants. These revelations promise to lead to an official investigation of meats sold here which may develop something startling. The City Council and Board of Health have already started the investigation by the appointment of an in- spector of milk and meats, it having been reported that milk containing tuberculosis germs has been seld, and it being uncer- tain how much horse flesh has been sold in the city as beef. Credence in the reported sale of horse meat is strengthened by authenticated in- formation that horses are sold at $3 per head in Oregon for slaughtering purposes. High-priced beef is accounted for by the scarcity of feed cattle at this season and the fact that range cattle will not be fat enough for the market before the last of July or the first week in August. SEARCH FOR HIDDEN GOLD. A Relative of Hiram Whipple Seeking the Dead Man’s Buried Fortune. TACOMA, Wasn., May 25.—The un- usual spectacle of two persons digging in the back yards of one of the oldest resi- dences in old Tacoma late at night has brought to light a romantic story of hia- den wealth. Hiram A. Whipple owned the first drug- store. i&choma years ago. Prices were high a’d he made money rapidly, selling the only drugs to be procured in this sec- tion. When the city began to grow Whipple’s real estate went away up in price. He sold most of it at high prices, and being of a miserly turn of mind, died about nine years ago the possessor of not less than $100,000 in cash. John Fuller, now living here, was appointed administrator of the estate, which was valued at $20,000. Though always supposing that Whipple was much richer, no trace of any other property or any mongy could be found. In due rime the affairs of the estate were closed up and the administrator dis- charged, the widow having died in the meantime. Now comes Mrs. 1da Baker of Portland, Or., and with her a contractor of that city named A. E. May. Her maiden name was 1da Martin. 8he was a daughter of Whip- ple’s second wife. Not expecting to be a beneficiary, she paid no attention to the estate and removed to Oregon, supposing that all the money had been divided among the heirs. She learned recently that the estate of Whipple inventoried only $20,000, and that none of the large amount of cash which she knew the old man had a short time previous to his death had been accounted for or found. Mrs. Baker is a widow now and is said to be betrothed to May. She recalled the oc- casional visits old man Whipple made into the yard late at night and came to the conclusion that he had buried the money. Being now the next of kin, all others being dead, she concluded it worth while to come to Tacoma and hunt for the hidden wealth. May and Mrs. Baker arrived here a few days ago and are stopping at the Pioneer House, in the old town. It is these two who every night now may be seen with lanterns digging along an old drain and around an old fishpond in the yard of the Whipple homestead at Mc- Carver and Second streets. Their object having become public through belated pedestrians noticing the lanterns and the strange sight of the man and woman at their midnight task they yesterday hired assistance and went to dig- ging in the daytime for Whipple’s buried fortune. CLAIMS TO TIDE LANDS. Mtners Seek to Retain Possession of Seattle Water Front Property. TACOMA, WasH., May 25—A Ledger special from Olympisa says: The Commissioner of Pablic Lands has received notice from about twenty residents of Kings County that they have each located twenty acres of tide land in front of the City of Seattle for mining purposes, They claim that the title to-such tide and shore lands is vested in the sovereignty of the Btate of Washington, and that they have fully complied with the law and located such mining claims in good faith. They claim the lands contain sufficient gold, silver and platinum to warrant work- ing; that they have expended labor and money; protest against the State entering into a contract for filling the lands, and declare that, as American citizens, they are entitled to the right to work said claims without interruption, The Com- missioner fixed May 31 for a hearing in the case. S—— CLAIMS HEAVY DAMAGES. An Hawaiian Ewile Demands $50,000 Because of His Expulsion. SEATTLE, Wase.,, May 25.— Frank Honeck, a native of Missouri, has for- warded to Secretary Gresham a claim for $50,000 damages against the Hawaiian Government. Honeck says he went to Honolulu ten Dr. Shearer, the attending physician, fears I months ago and joined Company A of the militia, gaining a medal as the best marks- £l man in the service. W. O. Smith, the Attorney - General, empioyed him as a Secret service agent to watch for the smuggling of arms ashore. He got evi- dence against the small vessel Waimanolo, and says that on January 6, 1895, when that ‘vessel was at Honelulu, he went in sedrch of Smith to have him swear out warrants for the arrest of Captain Davies of the Waimanolo and his crew. Not being able to find Smith, and con- sidering the matter urgent, he informed Colonel Fisher, commander of the militia, who caused the arrest. Next day Honeck went into the field and did not have an opportunity to tell Smith of his discoveries for a month later. When he did so Smith was angry because he had not been told first. He refused to hear Honeck’s explanations, and ten days later Honeck was arrested and thrown into jail. He says no charge was made and he was refused communication with the American Consul. He was finally told that he must leave the islands or he would be impris- oned for~thirty-five years, guilty or inno- cent, He chose the former alternative and was given an honorable discharge from the army. L e——— FROM TACOMA TO SEATTLE. 4 Profect to Connect the Twe Cities by a Broad-Gauge Railroad. TACOMA, WasH., May 25.—The project of building an airline broad-gauge railroad between Tacoma and Seattle has been re- vived by Henry Bucey, who will start at once to secure the right of way and land subsidies. He expects then to float bonds. The line wounld be thirty miles long, a saving of twelve miles over the present route. The grade would be 1 per cent and the cost of building and equipment $600,000. The Tacoma and Seattle Air- line Railway was incorporated five years ago to build ithe line. The depression caused a postponement of the project. SAN JOSE NEWS EPITOME, A Woman Causes Her Hus- band’s Arrest to Inure a Successful Elopement. Santa Clara Granges Declde to Hold an All-Summer Agricultural Institute. SAN JOSE, CaL., May 25.—The wife of Antone Cabral, a street sweeper, has eloped with Fernandez Alviz, a barber, taking with her their three children, the youngest a babe of 11 months. Cabral was up before Justice Dwyer to-day to an- swer to a charge of battery preferred by Alviz, and as the complainant failed to appear Cabral was discharged. This action, it seems, was a scheme of Alyiz and the woman to get Cabral out of the way while their plans were carried out. ‘While Cabral was engaged in court the pair had disposed of his household effects and fled. A warrant has been issued for Alyiz’s arrest. OBTAINEV THROUGH FRAUD. Answer of an Insurance Company in a * Suit Involving a Policy. SAN JOSE, Car., May 25.—The Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association has filed an answer to the suit brought by Mary McClelland to collect $2000 insurance on the life of her husband, Luke McClelland. The company avers that the policy was obtained tlirough fraud and misrepresen- tation, in that McClelland set forth in his application thdt he had never applied for life insurance before in any company and that he did not use intoxicating liquors. The pclicy was issued July 1, 1892, and McClelland died July 15, 1894. Itis claimed in the answer that the de- ceased had been refused insurance by different companies and also that he used intoxicating liquors to excess. On the death of McClelland the company ad- vanced the widow $200, with the under- standing that it should not prejudice their right to contest the claim. MIDWINTER FAIR MEDALS. San Jose Exhibits Which Won the De- ciston of the Judges. SAN JOSE, CAL., May 25.—At the meet- ing of the Board of Trade last evening a resolution favoring the adoption of an attractive trademark, representative of Santa Clara County, was adopted. It was decided that the trademark be placed on all fruit, wine and other products pre- pared for exportation. The following diplomas were received at (the Board of Trade yesterday from the Commissioners of the Midwinter Fair: George W. Hume, silver medal for French prunes; San Jose Fruit-packing Company, honor and medal—special on California canned fruits; first on jellies, jams and preserves; Santa Clara County, honor for best exhibit of agricultural and horticul- tural county products. WILL CAMP AT HIGHLAND. Santa Clara Granges Arvange for an All- Summer Outing. SAN JOSE, Car., May 25.—The San Jose Grange this afternoon discussed the mat- ter of holding a State encampment, and camping grounds at Highland were se- lected as the site for the outing. The en- campment will be opened in three or four weeks and continue through the summer months. Once a week addresses will be made by professors from Berkeley and Stanford on subjects pertaining to agri- culture, horticulture and viticulture. A great deal of encoursgement has been given the project by other granges, and it is expected the encampment will be well attended by members from various parts of the State. % Free Methodists Adjourn. 8AN JOSE, CAL., May 25.—At the con- ference of the Free Methodist churches of the San Jose and Ione districts to-day it was decided to incorporate the association, and a committee was appointed to attend to the matter. After pastors had been ap- pointed to their respective churches the afternoon was taken up with memorial services in_honor of the laie W. K. La Due of Oakland. This afternoon the confer- encc finished its labors and adjourned. LA S ACCUSED OF MURDER. A Japanese Arrested for Killing a Countryman at Swiss Station. SACRAMENTO, Can., May 25—A. Furukawa, a Japanese, was to-day arrested on a charge of murder, for the alleged killing of a fellowcountry-man at Swiss station, in this county. It is claimed he struck the man over the head with a club, fracturing his skull. The man died at the County i{olniul last Wednesday. Un- conscious to the time of his death he could give no account of the affoir. The Ja anese have been trying to cover u% e crime, and attempted to have the y buried without holding an autopsy. A AT Disastrous Blaze Near Los Gatos. LOS GATOS, CAL., May 25.—Mrs. M. A, Scott of San Tomas district, two miles from here, lost her valuable home this after- noon by fire. A defective flue caused the destruction of her residence, valued at about $6000. There was little or no insnr. ance on the property. A few household articles were saved. Out of Sorts Is a feeling peculiar to persons of dys- peptic tendency, or it may be caused by change of climate, season or life. The stomach is out of order, the head aches or does not feel right, appetite is capri- cious, the nerves seem overworked, the mind is confused and irritable. This con- dition finds an excellent corrective in Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which, by purifying and vitalizing the blood, soon restores har- mony to the system, and gives that strength of mind, nerves, and body, which makes one feel perfectly well. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the only trug blood purifier prominently in the public eye to-day. Its sales are the largest jp the world and its record of cures is ap, solutely unequaled in the hx_stow & medicine. Itis an honest medicine apq does exactly what its propriefors say i will do. It gives vitality to the System, strength to the merves, and by creating an appetite, toning the stomach and puric fying the blood, it builds up and refresheg the whole man. Remember that Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier Prominently in the Public Eye To-day. T0 LEAVE: MARE ISLAND. Mail Orders Transferring the Bennington to Honolulu Now-En Route. Two Officers of the Cruiser Olym- pia to Be Court-Martialed for Alleged Misconduct. VALLEJO, CaL., May 25.—Tt is expected that the United States gunboat Benning- ton] will leave the navy-yard about 12 o'clock Tuesday next. Orders left Wash- ington by mail on the 23d for the Benning- ton to go to Honolulu and they are due to arrive in the mail at 11 o’clock Tues- day morning. In half an hour after the mail arrives at Vallejo the orders will probably be delivered to Commander Thomas, and as he will have steam up in ten minutes or so thereafter, the little gun- boat will leave for Honolulu immediately. The Bennington may carry orders for the Philadelphia to return, though this is hardly probable, for the reason that flour and other ship’s stores are to be taken by the Bennington for the Philadelphia. Another reason for the supposition that the Bennington will not relieve the Phila- delphia’ is that Lieutenant G. M. Stoney, who has been detached from the navy- yard as aid to the commandant, has been ordered to proceed by the steamer of June 15 to Honolulu to report on board the Philadelphia for duty. The Bennington will arrive at Honolulu on the 5th of June. Lieutenant W. P. Elliott, who for the pastsix months has been sojourning at Santa Barbara, has been ordered to the Bennington as naviga- tor and will arrive Sunday to report. He relieves Lieutenant Cressap, who, having served his three years on board the gun- boat, has been detached and will immedi- ately leave for the East. Ensign Hartung has just arrived from Towa and will also go out on the Bennington, as will Chief Engineer Barton, who came down from the Mohican a couple of days ago and re- ported for duty on the Bennington. Paymaster Kerr left to-day for the China coast to report for duty on the Con- cord. His place on the Independence will be filled by Paymaster Machette. Tha Olympia is under orders to leave on the 10th of June for Honolulu, provided a court-martial of two of her officers, which is to lake place, has been concluded by that time. The detail for the court is not yet known, but it is expected that some of the members of the board will come from the East, as the court-martial will be an important one. The judge advocate will probably come from the department and bring the documents along. When the Olympia goes as is expected to Honolulu, Admiral Beardslee will, if he receives orders to that effect, transfer his flag on board and give the cruiser the last official speed trial, which is always required be- fore the final payment is made. WCTORIS SHAM BTILE Fifteen Thousand People Wit~ ness the Attack and De- fense at Beacon Hill. Bluecoats Who Figured at Corinto Carry the Land Works by a Bold Assault. SEATTLE, Wis., May 25.—A Victoria special to the Post-Intelligencer says: Rain interfered with the sham-battle this morning, and this afternoon there was no wind for the races. The yacht- races were postponed till Monday, and the sailing canoe races till next Saturday. Fifteen thousand persons went to Beacon Hill to see the sham-battle. At 11 o’clock the defending force took up a position on Beacon Hill, the Royal Engineers fortify- ing the position by throwing up intrench- ments. The garrison consisted of the Royal Marine Artillery, the Royal Marine Light Infaniry and the British Columbia garrison artillery—500 men, under com- mand of Colonel Rawstone. They strength- ened their position as if for actual warfare. 8ix hundred bluejackets, some of whom were in the landing party at Corinto, re- cently, debarked from the fleet under com- mand of Lieutenant Stileman of the Hya- cinthe. A line of outposts was established along the front and toward each flank, the line of observation being the outer edgeof a belt of trees 400 yards distant, but theoretically 1500 yards away, from which quarter the enemy was expected to appear. ‘When a skirmishing party of the naval brigade appeared, the sentries fired and re- treated to the picket line, the pickets on the first alarm extending to arrest the ad- vance of the enemy. Driven back they re- treated, and eventually retired around the flanks of the positions, so as not to mask the defense fire. The advance of the bluejackets was steady and persistent, amid volley firing that sent up clouds of dense smoke. As the bluejackets neared the fort they were ordered to charge, and they carried the position at the point of the bayonet, hoist- ing the admiral’s flag. The Victoria baseball club defeated the Seattles, 12 to 11. This evening there was a tug-of-war and two promenade concerts, . PORTLAND COURT SENSATION. Eax-Collector of Customs Lotan Creates Diversion in His Trial. PORTLAD, Or., May 25.—The trial of James Lotan, ex-Collector of Customs, and Beid Back, the wealthy Chinese merchant, for conspiracy to land Chinese unlawfully, was concluded late this afternoon in the United States District Court and the case was given to the jury. 5 ‘While Judge Durand, special counsel for for the Government, was n':‘kmg the closi. ment Lotan created a sensa- fionnl:m Durand stated that an in- ! vestigation of the methods of landing Chinese at this port was instigated by tha Harrison administration, which appointed Lotan as Collector. Lotan immediately jumped to his feet and shouted that tie statement was untrue. * Judge Bellinger warned him against interfering with coun. sel, but Lotan was persistent, and thg Judge finally told the ex-Collector that L would be punished for contempt of courg unless he kept quiet. Lotan’s counsel vailed upon him to leave the room an incident closed. e LADIES 3 of many years’ study of medicine, chemistry and dermatology. 1 submit the names of a few of our leading chemists and physicians to you, and leave you to form your own opinion as to the merits of my dise coveries. ANTOINETTE GRAY HAIR RESTORER | For Ladies and Gentlemen, Any one in San Francisco using this Restorer for Gray Hair or Dandruff will receive their money in full if they are not Satisfied with results. REDUCED to $2 PER BOTTLE. Mme, Marchand—DEAR MADAM: At your res quest I have carefully analyzed your Gray Hair Restorer, In my judgment it Is an effective prep- aration and will pot injure the hair or the general health. I can cheerfully recommend it to yous trous. Res) tfull — W. T WENY submitted, ELL, Anaiytical Chemist. This §s to certify that I am well acquainted witly 'W. T. Wenzell, and that I consider him one of tha ablest chemists in San Francisco and a gentleman of the strictest integrity. 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