The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 21, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. JUNE 21, 1895, NEWS OF THE COAST, Election of Grand Offi- cers by the Druids at St. Helena. BIG FIRE AT SEATTLE. Clever Recovery of a Stolen Team and Capture of the Thief. FRESNO LOTTERIES DOOMED. Orders Have Been Given to Enforce the Ordinance Passed Last Monday. ST. HELENA, Carn., June 20.—The Grand Grove met this morning and pro- ceeded to the election of officers, with the following result: Noble grand arch, O. P. Hoag, Santa Rosa; deputy noble grand arch, James A. Devote, San Francisco; grand secretary, J. J. Mollison, San Fran- cisco; grand treasurer, L. Chassagne, San Francisco; grand marshal, Henry Lange, St. Helena; grand guard, J. M. Brand, Furek: Grand trustees—Jacob Nickles, San Francisco; H. B. Mehrman, Oakland; H. A. Chase, San Francisco. ter the election was concluded the newly elected officers were installed. The retiring noble grand arch was presented with a gold watch and chain by the Grand Grove. It was decided to hold the next annual session in San Francisco, after which the Grand Grove adjourned. - TRAFFIC INJURED. e ® SEATTLE A Big Fire Destroys the Power-House of a Street Railway. SEATTLE, Wasnu., June 20.-—The power- house, barn and repair-shops of the Seattle Consolidated Street RailwayCompany were gutted by fire at an early hour this morn- ing together with all the machinery of the Third-street and Suburban Railway, ex- cept one dynamo. The result is that half the transporta- tion lines of the city are crippled, the whole of the city north of Pike street is left in total darkness, and the two railway com- panies sustain a loss of fully $100, The building burned wasa brick two- story structure, 60x240 feet. The fire started in about the center of the building, and in a very short time was all ablaze. The railway companies are to-day ar- ranging with other concerns for power, and with the exception of the Second-street line, which lost all its cars except two, probably be again running in a day e STOLE 4 VALLEJO TEAM. The Rig Recovered and the Thief Landed in Jail. VALLEJO, Car., June 20.—C. Seawright stole a cart and horse belonging to Chief ineer George Burnap of this city while .they were standing at Sulphur Springs, east of to Taking the back road to rrizht reached that place and placed the rig in a livery stable and offered it for sale. Burnap,with F. M. Denio, followed him. Denio accosted Seawright in Napa, saying he was looking for a horse to buy and, on being told the latter had one io dispose of, inquired if he owned it. Just as Seawright assuring Denio of his ownership, Bur- nap, who had kept in the background, smashed the former a terrible blow in the jaw and subsequently brought him to Vallejo to the city prison. To-day Seawright was held in $1000 bonds for grand larceny. S e FRESNO LOTTERIES. Chinese Operators Have Been Notijied to Quit. FRESNO, CaL., June 20.—City Marshal Woy, in accordance with an ordinance passed by the City Trustees Monday night, last night notified all Chinese lotteries in this city to cease operations. The China- men promised to close up and the police will make a determined effort to see that the ordinance is obeyed. For the past year seven lotteries have been running in full blast in Chinatown, and many white people patronized them. The effect will be that several Chinese business houses will close up, as the commission in selling tickets added considerably to their profits. T CLERK CAMPBELL SHORT. His Sureties, It Is Said, Will Make Good the Loss. STOCKTON, CaL., June 20.—The discov- ery has been made that ex-City Clerk Campbell, who recently went out of office, is short in his accounts. The amount of the shortage is not yet known, but will probably amount to at least $500. The ex- official's bond is ample and his sureties will be called upon to make good the shortage. They are J. M. Welch, W. C. ‘White. J. L. Beecher Sr. and J. B. Doug- lass. The bondsmen have employed ex- perts to go through the accounts and ascertain the shortage. The experts are now at work and will probably be able to report to the bondsmen before any official investigation is made. As soon as the amount of the indebtedness is ascertained, the bondsmen will, it is said, square mat- ters, and there will be no dccasion for any further investigation. The details of the shortage are not known to any except the experts, and they them- selves do not know the full facts as vet. Campbell has been in office three terms. All the —_———— RATES IN SONOMA COUNTY. They Are Made the Subject of Investigation by the Railroad Commission. SANTA ROSA, CirL., June 20.—Railroad Commissioners La Rue, Stanton and Clark were here to-day investigating raitway- rate matters. They were at Cloverdale yesterday, complaint having besn made by W. P. Ink a few months ago that the company was charging excessive rates. No formal complaint was made by the citizens to the board yesterday and the members ot the board stated to-day that the rates there were considered in a fairly satisfactory condition. The board is in- specting all points on the San Francisco and Northern Pacific line, with the pur- pose of obtaining information regarding shipping conditions. EIPRPR sy VISALIA’S CELEBRATION. 2t Will Be Honored by Her First Native Daughter. VISALIA, Cav., June 20.—The first white child born in Visalia will be here on the Fourth of July. That child is Mrs. Keller of Bakersfield. She has written to Secre- tary Charles T. Lindsey to reserve rooms for herself and three daughters for the Fourth. Mrs, Keller was born in Visalia forty years ago. She moved to Bakersfield twenty-two years ago. She will in all probability be an honored participant in the grand parade. The oldest native daughter of California, Mrs. S. B. Hunt, tesides here and is an active worker for the success of our glorious celebration. gasal st g MARE ISLAND ITEMS. Vallejo Will Contract to Furnish Water for the Navy-Yard. VALLEJO, CaL., June 20.—The Olympia is lying in the stream taking on coal, pro- visions and men. Final touches are being made to the engines, compasses, etc., for | the trial trip, but no day has yet been named. The recent large increases in the working force at the navy-yard has about exhausted the list of men having had previous navy-yard experience, and con- sequently increases the chances of many Vallejo and San Francisco men for obtain- ing employment. When the Second Regi- ment was here last week many of them registered in the labor board. The City Trustees last night drew up a contract between the United States Navy Department and the city of Vallejo for supplying Mare Island with water. The proposition is to farnish the yard 2,000,000 gallons monthly for $400, and the naval hospital 250,000 gallons per month for $70. J. 1. Williamsson, formerly foreman ship- wright at Mare Isiand, has been appointed by Secretary Herbert to be quarterman under Foreman Trebell. e LOS ANCFL NTERPRISE. Her Merchants Sceking to Jave @ Line of Steamers Stop There. LOS ANGELES, CAL., June 20.—A meet- ing of merchants was held this afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce to arrange for stopping at a port convenient to Los Angeles the steamers of the Columbian line plying between Panama and San Francisco. The meeting was presided over by W. C. Patterson. that if a guarantee was made of 500 or 1000 tons of freight the Columbian Steamship Company could be induced to add another steamer to the line, call at some near port for Los Aneeles freight and effect a saving | to the merchants over the present rates of 20 per cent. Addresses of prominent merchants fol- lowed, when a motion prevailed to appoint a committee to investigate the matter, con- fer with shippers to obtain the exact infor. mation regarding the guarantee, and to re- port at the meeting to be held on the 27th inst. The committee comprises J. G. Chamber- lain, C. S. Walton, Kaspare Cohn, H. New- mark and W. C. Patterson. el L A4 LOS ANGELES MURDER. Death of H. E. Jones, Who Was Shot by His Wife's Admirer. LOS ANGELES, CaL., June 20.—Herbert E. Jonesdied in the Receiving Hospital | at 7 o’clock this morning. South Spring street while walking with his wife. Jones. Her husband, while watching, but without the slightest provocation, was shot down, the ball entering his left lung. He had been in the Receiving Hospital ever since, sinking gradually. Errington is now charged with murder. There is a clear case against him, with good prospect of hanging., Jones formerly lived in Seattle. e Stole @ Bicycle at San Rafael. SAN RAFAEL, CaL.,, June 20.—Harry Cline, who was employed for three days as cook at the Occidental Hotel here, went to the dwelling of Mrs. O’Connor at Sixth streetand Petaluma avenue, Tuesday night and next day her nephew’s bicycle was gone. Cline turned up in Sacramento on the wheel, which he tried to sell. Sheriff having been notified arrested Cline, who was brought back this evening by the constable. At the hotel Cline is said to have borrowed money and taken some underclothing that did notjbelong to him. CEZ IR Picked a Pocket at Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., June 20.—The ex- amination of Joe Murphy on the charge of grand larceny occupied the morning in Judge Gaddener’s court. Murphy is the young man from San Francisco who was arrested the first day of the carnival for lifting a purse containing $8 from the pocket of Mrs. Eliza Stanclift, who was in a crowd in front of the Pacific Ocean House. He was held to appear before the Superior Court, with bail fixed at $1000. bt 0 g Drowned at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, CaL., June 20.—Joseph Morris, a 9-year-old boy, fell from an old flatboat lying at the foot of S street into the river this afternoon and was drowned. The lad was engaged in playing with sev- eral others of his own age, and in racing around the boy slipped and fell over- board, staiking his head on the piling. It is supposed the blow produced uncon- sciousness. His body was swept away by the rapid current. Suicide at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Car., June 20.—Robert Myers, an employe of the railroad repair shop, committed suicide shortly after 4 o’clock this afternoon by shooting himself in the right temple with a pistol. For some days past Morris has been suffering with rheumatism, and has been unable to fol- low his usual vocation. This fact, coupled with domestic troubles, is supposed to have caused him to take his life. e e Mistrial at Santa Rosa. SANTA ROSA, CAL., June 20.—The jury in the second trial of the people vs. Jobn Eaton, charged with burglary, was dis- charged this afternoon at 3 o'clock. It was out twenty-six hours and was unable to agree. It stood three for conviction and nine for acquittal. There was only cir- cumstantial evidence. On the first trial the jury disagreed by a vote of eleven for conviction to one for acquittal. SIS __ Big Purchases of Sonoma Wine. SANTA ROSA, Car., June20.—The firm of E. Garnier & Co., S8an Francisco, to-day purchased all the wine in the cellars of Mrs. Hood, Los Guilicos, amounting to 220,000 gallons. The same firm, within the last sixty days, has purchased over 600,000 gallons of Sonoma County wine. S Drowned From a Stockton Boat. STOCKTON, Cavr., June 20.— As the steamer T. C. Walker reached Bouldin Island on her trip to San Francisco last night, an unknown man, a passenger, fell or was shoved from the upper deck. A search was made, but the body could not be found. SR An Engine’s Cab Destroyed. REDDING, Car., June 20.—A fire broke out in the Southern Pacific Company’s engine-house this morning at 7:30 o’clock and destroyed the cab of the Jocomotive standing in the stall. The fire started in the cab, but the cause of it is unk N The house was saved. s Kedding’s New Schoolhouse. REDDING, CaL., June 20.—Work was begun this morning on the new $8000 schoolhouse in this city. The building will be a handsome one, and will, with the resent school-buildings, accommod: school children, o ccommodate 800 A. B. Cass stated | He was shot by | J. B. Errington of Napa a week ago on | Errington was infatuated with Mrs, | The | BATTLE WITH BRADY, Shots Exchanged With Him Near the Town of Anderson. BUT HE AGAIN ESCAPES. He Was Observed to Fall, and Is Believed to Be Badly Wounded. | SEEN COVERED WITH BLOOD. A Determined Posse In Pursult. Little Chance of Making Good His Escape. ANDERSON, Car., June 20.—About 4 o’clock last evening Deputy Sheriff George Martin of Cottonwood was trailing & man near Clear Creek bridge, about five miles from here, supposed to be Brady, the Marysville train robber, and slayer of Sheriff Bogard of Red Bluff. In company with Deputy Martin was an ex-convict who knew Brady when con- fined in the same State prison,and who | could identify him, provided the man they were after proved the right one. Spotting the man on a hill side, above the county road, Bowers, the ex-convict, approached him, leaving Martin and the buggy in the wagon road. Having iden- tified the man as Brady, Bowers returned part of the way and signaled Martin that it was the man. Leaving his buggy, shotgun in hand, Martin and Bowers started up the hill. Brady, seeing them approaching, opened fire. About twelve shots were exchanged | altogether. Brady was seen to fall once, | but Martin ran out of ammunition, and | returning to where his buggy was, found | that his horse had runaway. He returned to the scene of the battle with an empty gun, took up the trail and followed Brady to the McCoy place, on Clear Creek bottom. Here he saw some children, who in- formed him that 2 man had but a short time ago called there, asking for a drink of water. He was covered with blood, which ran from his face. One eye appeared to be shot out and he limped badly as though his legs were severely injured. Learning this state of affairs Deputy | Martin repaired to Redding and summoned Sheriff Houston and the Sheriff of Tehama County was notified. The latter came up on train 15 this morning. Several deputy sheriffs and constables have also repaired to the scene of action, and it will be but a short time before the wounded man wili be found, as the chances of his escape are very limited. HOT ON BRADY'S TRAIL. | Large Numbers of Armed Men Are Scour- ing the Country for Him. REDDING, Cax., June 20.—The town is filled with detectives, would-be detectives and man-hunters to-night, and on many of the street corners can be seen a posse of armed men ready to start out in search of Brady, the murderer of Tehama County’s Sheriff during the hold-up at Wheatland last May. Among the searchers is Sheriff Bogard of Tehama, the brother of the murdered Sheriff, who is one of the most earnest in the efforts to capture the crippled robber. Two detectives from Sac- ramento, the Under Sheriff of Sutter County ana half a score of other officers are gathered here, all ready to start out and all eager to gather in what remains of | Brady and to capture the reward. Brady’s horse and cart are subjects of great interest just now and hundreds of | people have visited the vehicle and animal | at the stable. The animal isa fine large bay horse and the cart is a very light one, painted red. All aay to-day armed men have been scouring the country, and late this evening his exact position is known, and he is sur- rounded so that escape isimpossible. He has his gun with him, but it is thought he has only about half a dozen rounds of am- munition. The posses, however, expect to be compelled to kill him before they take him. He is gritty and will no doubt make a hard fight for his life. This evening Sheriff Bogard of Tehama and posse started out up Clear Creek, while Bowers and party will keep guard over the locality in which he is supposed to be hiding. There is already considerable feeling brewing among the officers as to who will receive the reward, and itis thought that the outside officers will try and claim the reward should they succeed in capturing Brady, who has been placed in a crippled condition by the brave fighting of Bowers | and Martin. NOTORIOUS NIGGER TENT. Brady’s Rendesvous Once the Home of a Gang of Desperadoes. Nigger Tent, the place referred to in yesterday’s dispatches as having been Brady’s rendezvous, is many miles away from the place where the bandit was brought low by Martin’s shots. Twenty years ago it was known as the resort of the worst band of desperadoes in | the country, and which had to its credit every crime on the calendar from arson to horse-stealing and from petty larceny to murder. The place was then and is still kept by a woman named Romargi, 1t is located on a mouatain ridge in the heart of the Sierras. It is nearly at the top of the mountain, and is approached from either side by a narrow and winding road. Deep canyons stretch away from both sides of the road and are lost-in the depths below. From the ridge the whole country can be swept with the eye for milesaround. In the early fifties a family of negroes located on the ridge and threw up a tent, from which the spot took its name. Nig- ger Tent is between Camptonville and the Mountain House, about nine miles to the north of the former place. An Italian family named Romargi took up its quar- ters there in the sixties and established a wayside inn on the ridge. From the advent of the Romargis dates the notoriety of the spot. The old woman is now 70 years of age, but she is said tobe as rugged and as bad as everand ready to fight ““at the drop of the hat.” A gentleman who knows the surround- ings very well said last night that Nigger Tent had been in its day the worst spot in California. ‘“‘The authorities were after old Mother Romargi a long time,” said he, “but they could never catch her. It was a well- known fact that she harbored the gang, but she was too smart to be caught napping. She not only admitted that the band had been there, but complained of the lack of protection afforded her from fhe desper- adoes. A grandson of the old woman was sent to Folsom for robbery. He was also arrested for setting fire to Harbor Com- missioner Cole’s sawmill, and he swore to kill Cole when he came out of prison. But he never came out. He died there. ““Mrs. Romargi has baffled all the detec- tives in the country, and is proud of her record. It took a man of pretty good nerve to go to Nigger Tent after a criminal. The old woman sheltered a one- eyed Mexican who was wanted for murder. There was a price on his head, but no one went to Nigger Tent to get it. He strayed away from his shelter one day, though, and never went back. He was killed by a deputy sheriff. ‘‘The resort was the headquarters of O'Neill, the celebrated highwayman., He had a band of ten of the hardest and nerviest criminals in the world under him, and they used to go well mounted and armed to the teeth. They would make a trip for three or four days or a week, and return with armfuls of booty. Then they would hold high revel for several days in the deadfall on the mountain side, utterly careless as to who came and went, and woe betide the unlucky traveler who strayed alone that way. He was fortunate if he got away with his life. “O'Neill carried his operations into Shasta and Siskiyou counties. He stopped the stages right and left, but one night he stopped a bullet from the gun of the Sheriff of Siskiyou, and Judge Lynch was saved a job. The Sheriff happened to get him in the door, or there would have been a dead Sheriff instead of a dead stage rob- ber. “‘Nigger Tent was the place where Dorcy and Patterson, the murderers of Banker Cumming, took refuge. Cumming was on the stage, bound from Moores Flat to Nevada City, when the two robbers held the stage up three miles outside of the city. Cumming was on the box with the driver, and he'was killed at the first fire. The country was scoured for the murder- ers, and a determined mob stormed Nigger Tent, The bandits got away, but Patter- son was afterward caught and hanged, and Dorcy was captured in Missouri. He got life, but broke away from prison twice and was ftinally killed. “The old name still clings to Nigger Tent, but the old gang was broken up after the murder of Cumming, and very few hard characters are now seen on the ridge.” NEWS FROM SN JOSE: The Normal School Alumni to Hold a Thyge Days’ Session. Release of One of the Men Charged With Obtaining Money Fraudulently. SAN JOSE, Car., June 20.—The Alumni Association of the San Jose State Normal School will hold a three-day session in this city beginning Tuesday evening, June 25. Itis expected that about 300 teachers will be in attendance. Reduced rates have been secured over the railroads, and an in- -| teresting programme of exercises has been arranged by the committee having the af- fair in charge. W. H. Langdon, president of the association, will deliver the open- ing address, and Professor Childs will de- liver an address of welcome. ‘Wednesday afternoon Professor G. R. Kleeberger will read a paper on “What Should Teachers Do to Improve Them- selves Professionally ?”’ and thirty gradu- ates will read two-minute papers. Thursday afternoon a paper will be read by Dr. James Black of 8an Francisco on “Defects of Hearing and Respiration and Their Effects on Mental Progress,’ and Madison Babcock of 8an Francisco will read one on “What Should the State Expect of Our Teachers?” A debate on the question of pensioning school-teachers will follow. The meeting will close Thursday evening with a grand vocal con- cert by the Eolian and Nordica quartets. May Be Punished for Contempt. SAN JOSE, Car., June 20.—E. E. Cothran and T. V. Cator, attornevs for E. M. Piercy, to-day gave notice that a motion will be made to have Jessie Pyle, who is suing E. M. Piercy for $50,000 for breach of promise, punished for contempt of court. Miss Pyle had been subpenaed to appear before a commissioner to give testimony on June 8, but failed to make her appearance. A notice was also filed that a motion will be made to-morrow for a dismissal of the suit on the ground of default. She Loved a Murderer. SAN JOSE, CaL., June 20.—Mrs. Harriet Simpson was arrested on a charge of in- sanity to-day preferred by Deputy Sheriff Black. Mrs. Simpson is the woman who, while confined on a similar charge in the County Jail last year, fell in love with Mur- derer St. Clair, and became notorious by making a public display of her affection for him. Notre Dame’s Commencement. 8AN JOSE, Car., June 20.—The com- mencement exercises of the Academy of Notre Dame were held this morning. The hall was well filled with people and the stage was prettily decorated with ever- greens and palms. A fine literary and musical programme was rendered. Studies will be resumed at the academy Septem- ber 2. Schueman Released From Custody. SAN JOSE, Car., June 20. — Henry Schueman, one of the men who succeeded in securing several $10 loans on worthless watches from " different business men, was released from custody to-day. Thecharges of obtaining money under false pretenses were dismissed, as Schueman had re- deemed all the watches. A Los Galos Grocer Insolvent. SAN JOSE, Car,, June 20.—Robert Wilson, a grocer doing business at® Los Gatos, to-day filed a petition in insolvency. His liabilities amount to $6640, with $5485 assets. The npetition of insolvency is brought about by the San Francisco Board of Trade sending a man down to take charge of the store. Cost of the New Postoffice. SAN JOSE, Car., June 20.—Ex-Post- master Thomas Kelley, who has had charge of the expenditures for the erection of the new Postoflice, says the structure, completed, cost $140,69690 and the site $35,000. The appropriation was $200,000, &nd there is a balance on hand of $24,303. Figures Fixed for Campbell Fruit, SAN JOSE, CAL., June 20.—At a meeting of the Campbell Fruit-growers' Union to- day $20 per ton was fixed as the minimum price for green peaches, and the directors were authorized to sell 100 tons. It was reported $27 50 to $35 was being offered by buyers for apricots, the latter figure by canners. — Arrest of @ Vallejo Editor, VALLEJO, CAL., June 20.—By a warrant issued out of Judge Ryan’s court to-day and executed by Chief of Police Savage, W. D. Pennycook, editor of the Vallejo Chronicle, was arrested for a violation of a city ordinance. He was released on bail and the case set for Saturday. SHOT IN COLD BLOAD. San Bernardino Tragedy Attended With Mystery. REVENGE OF A HUSBAND. He Wounds the ObJect of His Rage in a Most Deliber- ate Manner. ONE WITNESS FOUND DEAD. Another Disappears, but Is Discov- ered and Brought Back to Testlfy. SAN BERNARDINO, Car., June 20.— On March 10 Will L. Taber took dinner in the cabin of James P. Medlin, a neighbor, living in a canyon leading from Cajon Pass, a few miles from the city. Medlin was a bachelor and Taber’s wife prepared the dinner for the three while the men amused ‘themselves chatting. After dinner they walked down the canyon to their next neighbor's, Joseph Calmont, a Frenchman, where they passed the afternoon drinking wine, of which Cal- mont kept a supply always on hand. A fifth man to the party was Thomas E. E. Holt. Something said or done during the day aroused Taber’s anger, and when they left Calmort’s cabin for home he ran ahead to Medlin’s cabin, secured the gun which he had leit there, and coming out faced the crowd, ordering all to stand aside from Medlin. Holt tried to run away, but the gun was turned on him and he was made to return under threat of being shot. Taber then shot Medlin in the arm, went | home with his wife and took to the woods. Fle came to town a few days later and gave himself up. Holt and Calmont took Medlin home, left him there and went to their homes, re- turning the next morning to find that Medlin had bled to death from the wound iu his arm, At the preliminary hearing Holt and Calmont were the only witnesses of the murder, except Taber's wife, who was re- luctant to testify. Soon after Holt disap- peared, but was discovered at Yuma and brought back by Sheriff Holcomb to tes- tify. Calmont was found a month ago in the ruins of a burned cabin with a bullet hole through the heart. Whether another mur- der had been committed or it was a case of suicide is unknown. This leaves Holt as the only witness of the murder. Taber has a brother whose reputation is not of the best, and it is thoughkt he has taken a hand in frightening away the wit- nesses. The case was called this morning, and a jury impaneled, when the court took a recess until afternoon. On reassembling, Thomas E. E. Holt was placed on the stand, and told the story of the shooting of Medlin. No defense ‘was made. It is rumored that the wife will zo on the stand to-morrow and testify that Ler husband had been wronged by her and Medlin. SANTA BARBARA CLAIMANT Romantic Story of the Heir to a Valuable Irish In- heritance. Wil Make It His PFirst Obfect to Secure a Thorough Education. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., June 20.— James Fitzgerald, the claimant to the large estate advertised in the Parish Mal- Iyhide, County Dublin, Ireland, to-day told the CALL representative the story of his checkered life, and it appears that back of this supposed inheritance is a sensa- tional and pitiful tale. Fitzgerald was born in Mallyhide about 1867. His first recollection is of the orphanage at Balrothery, five miles from his birthplace, where he was the particular charge of Mary Asbell, a sweet young woman whose unselfish care lightened the hardships of his early life, and for whom he entertained an affection only second to that of a child for a parent. His life in this orphanage he describes as one of con- stant deprivation and brutal treatment with the exception of her attentions. ‘When he grew old enough to understand he was told by Mary Asbell and others that his birth was the occasion of a great lawsuit, which resulted in his parents be- ing obliged to pay for his care and sup- port, while his mother, whose name was Lee, was spirited away by rich and influ- ential relatives. At 14 he was sent to do farm work asa laborer, but being adventurous and desir- ous to see if some other part of the world would not offer him better opportunities he took passage in the steerage of the Polynesia, an Allen line steamship, for America. 2 He gives a careful and detailed account of his subsequent wanderings with a view to establishing his identity. Fitmu‘ld has many stanch friends among the best Santa Barbara citizens for whom he has worked as a day laborer, al- ways giving a full measure of service for his compensation. He has written to Miss Coleman, a prominent and wealthy lady of Mallyhide, connected with the National School, who knows him and will aid in his identification. Letters have also been forwarded to the parish priest and other prominent personages. Asked what he proposes to do with the heritage if secured, this man, who has been so hardly treated by the world and who bears on his person the scars and marks of cowardly abuse received in help- less childhood, answered with brightening face that he will have an education, the one hope and dream of his life, and de- clares he will demonstrate his capacity for intellectual training if he has to enter the child’s class to obtain it. Good Work of the Fire Laddies. .. SANTA BARBARA, Car., June 20— This afternoon a fire was discovered in the tesidence of Sidney Mee. The building stands within a few feet of one of the largest blocksin the city and a few fect away from the other side is a large blacksmith shop. The Fire Department station is but a few rods away and prompt work kept the fire in the residence, which was a frame cottage and which was badly damaged. It will probably be torn down and a fine building will take its place. Sk 20N 8 SACRAMENTO DIVORCES. A Number of Them Said to Have Been Fraudulently Obtained. SACRAMENTO, Car., June 20.—By order of the Superior Judge the District Attorney has been asked to investigate the method pursued by Z. F. Wharton, an at- torney in this city, Wharton sought to obtain & divorce from his wife by default, and swore to having made service on the defendant. His wife, hearing of the action, appeared before the Judge and swore that the swearing to thereturn of the summons was perjury, as she had never been served with the papers. In connection with this there is an inter- esting circumstance. It is openly reported that Wharton has been in the habit of ob- taining divorces for people by making false returns. Some of these people have since married; and, if the reports of Wharton's actions are correct, it is probable the courts may set aside the divorces and declare the marriages illegal. T A PH@NIX EDITOR CONVICTED. Found Guilty of Criminal Libel Against Governor Hughes and Others. PH(ENIX, Ariz., June0.—J. O. Dun- bar, editor of the Pheenix Gazette, was found guilty of criminal libel at Tucson to-day and was sentenced to pay a, fine' of $100. An appeal was noted The libel is now nearly two years old and consisted in an editorial paragraph di- rected at Governor Hughes, Secretary Bruce, United States Marshal Meade and Attorney-General Heney, in which they were called assassins and treasury looters. g Petaluma People Indignant. PETALUMA, Can., June 20.—The friends of Postmaster James Long are in- dignant because, they claim, his salary was reduced from $2100 to $1900 by the efforts of people who were hostile to Long, and who combined to turn business from the Petaluma postoffice. It is the only second-class office in the State which has been reduced to the third class. FLOPED FAOM S DEE An Americanized Chinese Wife Flees With a Handsome Highbinder. Her Husband In Pursult and a Double Tragedy Is Expected to Result. SAN DIEGO, CaL., June 20.—Ah Guey, the pretty wife of Long Kee, eloped Tues- day with Hom Sing, a good-looking high- binder from San Francisco. The woman | was formerly in the care of Americans, | speaks English fluently and wears the American style of clothing. Ah Guey was | married two years ago in San Francisco to | Long Kee. He is an educated young man, | who also wears American clothes. They met in the mission there, where Ah Guey led the class. There was another who aspired to Ah ! Guey’s hand, This was Hom Sing, a highbinder, and a high mogul in a strong tong. Ah Guey never said much about | him, but he was good-looking and made | an impression on her. Long Kee and his bride came to San Diego and seemed to get along first rate. Long Kee made a good living, serving as butcher at the Hotel del Coronado. He zave his wife nice American dresses and kept himself up to date. Two months agoa cloud came upon their horizon in the shape of Hom Stag, the highbinder, who made his home in China- town. He found Mrs. Long Kee without difficulty and paid her devoted attention. Before Long Kee could find anything to justify him in doing a little hatchet work himselt, his wife had disappeared. This was on Tuesday, and on the same day Hom Sing failed to appear at his haunts in Chinatown. Long Kee, in a frenzy, quit everything, and walked the streets looking for the couple. He told his woes to a policeman, and it so happened that the officer had been at the outgoing train that afternoon and had seen the highbinder and the woman go aboard. The woman boarded the car from the side opposite the platform and the man got on another car. This at- tracted his suspicion, and he asked the conductor to keep an eye on them. They did not buy tickets at the office. The con- ductor told the officer next day that the couple went to Los Angeles. Long Kee described his wife, and the officer said that was the woman he had seen. Then Long Kee went home and pre- pared to follow the couple. He told a friend that if he met Hom Sing he wonld cut him in two, as he would a tenderloin steak. In packing his effects he discov- ered that his wife had taken $50, the sav- ings of several months. This was the last straw, and he swore he would kill both man and woman at sight, and that hLis purpose now would be revenge, and not wo win his wife back. Yesterday, after inquiring of white and yellow men all they knew of the runaways, Long Kee got a ticket to Los Angeles and started on the chase. He said he would never come back until he had settled the whole affair. As a consequence, Chinatown is in a fever of excitement, waiting to hear from Los Angeles or San Francisco of a horrible double tragedy, with fat Hom Sing and pretty Ah Guey as the victims, and Long Kee as the swinger of the avenging hatchet. Wealth Of vitality and energy, a good ap- petite and perfect health are ob- tained and endure by taking Peruvian Bitters Which tone up the stomach and invigorate the blood. In cases of la grippe, malaria, malarial fever and kindred troubles, Peruvian Bit- tere always bring speedy relief and cure. The Perfect Tonic. For sale everywhere. Take no substitute. MACK & C0., Sole Proprietors, San Francisco, Cal. FOR STATE HIGHWAYS, Important Conference to Be Held in San Francisco. RATES ON BROKEN ROCK. A Matter of Vital Importance to All Interested in Good Roads, MASS-MEETINGS IN COUNTIES. Arrangements Belng Made for Hold~- . ing Them Throughout the State. SACRAMENTO, CaAL., June 20.—There will be a conference of the Bureau of High- waye, Board of Prison Directors and J. C. Stubbs, vice-president of the uthern Pacific Company, in San Francisco to- morrow, on the matter of ratesof trans- portation of crushed rock, to be used as road material, from the proposed crushing plant to various portions of the State where it will be required. The procuring of low transportation rates is of vital interest to the friends of the good-road question and the citizens of the State in general, as the act providing for the establishment of a rock-crushing plant contains a proviso stating that just and reasonable rates must be obtained be- fore the plant can be established. It is the intention of the Bureau of Highways to hold a series of public mass- meetings throughout the counties in the State, and letters of advice have been for- warded to the various Board of Supervisors announcing the dates set for said meetings, and inviting the attendance of the different county officers and the public in general who may be interested in the betterment of public roads and highways. At these meetings everything pertaining to the subject will be discussed, and mem- bers of the bureau will be prepared to dis- seminate much interesting iniormation vhich they have collected from various Jastern authorities. A day will also be spent in e for the purpose of examinir records bearing upon the subject, the nature and formations topography, ete. 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