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

< PACIFIC COAST NEWS, Fresno Fruit~- Growers Working for Better Markets. MARE ISLAND RIOTERS. Discovery of a Rich Ledge of Soapstone in Childs Valley. BIG BLAZE AT ABERDEEN. Port Townsend Customs Officers Ordered to Guard Agalnst Hawallan Filibusters. FRESNO,CaL., 20.—A mass-meeting of fruit-growers was held here this after- noon, and was addressed by Major H. stock, president of California ested in the and they were at the meeting in large numbers. Kutner Hall, one of the largest in the city, was pearly filled. Among those to hear an explanation of s of the association were also a number of business men who are indirectly affected by the prosperity of the growers. D. T. Fowler was elected chairman and 0. B. Olufs secretary. Mr. Fowler, who active part in the organiza- tion of the association, gave an outline of what it is doing. He contended that it was a question of distribution, not of over- production, which must be solved. Since , when one car of green fruit was shipped East, the trade had increased until now over 2000 cars are sent East in one sea- son. THe future of the raisin industry, Mr. Fowler said, was dependent in a large degree upon the success of fruitmen in disposing of their green crop. Ifitisdried it lowers the market price for raisins, and both fruit and raisin men suffer. Major Weinstock was received with ap- plause, and his remarks were closely fol- lowed. Last year, he said, very many Fresno County fruitmen did not clear ex- penses, and they are ready to listen to and heartily join in any plan that seems to be a solution of the problem of marketing. Major Weinstock said the object of the association is to reform the methods of marketing California green fruits in the Bast. The chief evils in the old system are unintelligent distribution, resulting in glutted markets; two or more salesrooms in many Eastern cities, resulting in bring- ing froit into competition with itself ana thus making it impossible for the growers to get full value for their product; closed auction-rooms, under the control of certain Eastern buyers, who debarred from attend- ing the sales all who were not members of their organization, and who were thus en- abled to control prices and sell to the small dealers at exorbitant figures. Major Weinstock explained the proposed system of bulletins showing the condition of the market each day. Over 83 per cent of the fruit now leaving the State, he said, is sold throngh the association, which is the most successul organization in Cali~ fornia. The daily bulletins alone have saved the growers thousands of dollars by preventing the glutting of any market. The determined efforts of tne Chicago Buyers’ Association have completely failed to break up the new organization. At one point in his address, Major Wein- stock was interrupted by an agentof a company that is trying to break up the combine, but the man was soon silenced. Resolutions pledging the support of the Fresno growers were carried without a dis- senting vote. Raisin men are watching the progress of the association with deep interest, and many of them believe thata similar system would be of very great value in disposing of tne raisin pack. ‘While their product is not perishable, yet the difficulty of preventing a glutin any market has resulted in great harm. Itis more than likely that the plan will be adopted by the new raisin combine, —_— MARE ISLAND MARAUDERS. Three Riotous Marines Now Repenting in Vallejo’s Jail. VALLEJO, Car., July 20.—The three marines who created so much excitement last evening are still in the City Prison, and their preliminary examination will probably be held Monday. They will have to answer to the civil authorities, the Federal officials at Mare Island sim- ply making & record of the fact that they are in durance vile outside the Federal reservation. It happened that the first house the drunken marines attacked was that oc- cupied by Lientenant Thomas 8. Phelps, recently of the Olympia. Failing in the attempt to enter this building, they proceeded to the residence of Foreman Rigger Edward K. Furlong. A dog frighiened them away, where upon they crossed the street to Jacob Steffan’s, where they broke down the front fence. Recrossing, the trio forced in the front door of Robert Moore’s house and walked in. Mr. Moore keeps lodgers. The marines went into the rooms of Salvator Haccour and C. A. Carleton and broke up and strewed about the contents of the apartments. ‘While they were engaged in this work, Mrs. Moore, who was at home alone, came up from the basement and one of the marines called out to a companion, “Go for her!” The woman took to flight and escaped. After wrecking the contents of the three rooms, the marauders possessed them- selves of a number of articles, including a bicycte belonging to Haccour, several bot- tles of whisky, knives, forks and opera- glasses and started down the street. They eventually reached Magee Brothers’ saloon end one of them struck James Magee. 8Bpecial Officer Towle, who was in the saloon, arrested the most belligerent of the trio and took him to jail. Officer Blessing- ton was soon on the scene and landed a second one in jail. The officers then re- turned and captured the third offender. RS ST FIRE AT ABERDEEN., The Plant of the Weatherwax Lumber Company Destroyed. ST. HELENS, Og., July 20.—A mob of twenty men, bent on wreaking vengeance on a man accused of an atrocious crime, visited the County Jail last night, but found that the man they were after had been quietly smuggled out of the county by the authorities, who took him to Port- land for safe-keeping. The man is A. J. Kench, recently from Missouri. s R CHILDS VALLEY SOAPSTONE. Rich Ledge Discovered by a St. Helena Prospector. ST. HELENA, Car., July 20.—George Bannerman, while prospecting in Childs Valley, this county, on Tuesday, discov- ered a deposit of soapstone, which prom- ises to be very rich. At the foot of a hill 300 feet distant he dug a hole about 8 feet deep and found a deposit equally as fine as the place of the first discovery. The ledge is twenty-eight feet wide, and there seems to be hundreds of tons waiting to be worked. The deposit lies partly on land owned by a man named Johnson and the balance on Governnient Jand, which Ban- nerman at once filed upon. 3 The soapstone is free from grit and of very fine guality. The market price is said to be $40 a ton, and it-can be worked and marketed at small cost. Bannerman will at once make arrangements for work- ing the deposit. Rl TR R GUARDING AGAINST FILIBUSTERS. Townsend Officials Ordered to Search Outgoing Fessels. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasx,, July 20.— Another sensation has been caused in cus- toms circles by the receipt of cipher orders from the Treasury Department to exercise the closest scrutiny on all vessels clearing the Sound for Hawaii and not issue clear- ance papers to any vessel bound there until it has undergone a minute inspection by treasury officials. The orders are tbe result of secret in- formation sent from the Hawaiian Govern- ment to the effect that another filibuster- ing expedition was being fitted out on the Sound for the purpose of overthrowing the Dole Government with -the assistance of arms to be smuggled into the country by a vessel supposed to carry lumber there. The action of the department is without precedent in this district, and proves con- clusively that Secretary Carlisle places so much credence in the story as to decide to preveut contrabands of war leaving this country. Port e DROWNED IN PYRAMID LAKE. The Son of a Reno Rancher Fell From a THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1895. A LA PRESA TRAGEDY. Mrs. Schaeffer, the Post- mistress, Burned to Death. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED. Found by a Neighbor in the Smoldering Ruins of Her Home. NO ONE SAW THE BLAZF. Money the Woman Was Known to Possess Could Not Be Found. SAN DIEGO, Car., July 20.—Mrs. Louise Schaeffer, postmistress at La Presa, was | found burned to death in the smoldering ruins of her home early this morn- ing, by Thomas Costello, a neighbor. The one-story building in which Mrs. Schaeffer | lived was used by her as a grocery-store Boat. RENO, NEv., July 20.—News has been | received of the drowning in Pyramid Lake of a son of William Frazier, a rancher liv- ing near town. The boy, who was 18 years old, had gone with a party to the lake. A number of men in the boat commenced scufling. Young Frazier fell out and im- mediately sank to the bottom of the lake. Some hours afterward, after much diving, the body was located and brought to the | surface. A few months ago an_infant child of the Fraziers was drowned in an irrigating ditch near its home. THE SANTA ROSA MURDER, Death of George Fox, the Vic- tim of Dennis McCarthy’s Bullet. Shot Down Without Warning by a Man Whom He Had Never Wronged. SANTA ROSA, Carn, July 20.—George Fox, the man who was shot by Charles Dennis McCarthy of San Francisco on Tuesday, June 25, died this evening at 8 o'clock. 8. Crooks, who lives between Santa Rosa and Bellevue, and on whose ranch the shooting took place, brought the news to this city. The Coroner has been notified and will hold an inquest to-mor- Tow. On Monday, June 24, McCarthy came to Santa Rosa and bought a 38-caliber re- volver. On his return to the Crooks ranch on Tuesday morning he declared it was his intention to kill Crooks on account of | some trivial injury. | Fortunately Crooks was mnot around. | About 10 o'clock McCarthy deliberately | walked 1nto the stable, where George Fox | was harnessing a horse, and_when within ten feet of him drew his pistol and fired, | the bullet enlerinf the left shoulder and | lodging in the leit lung. After the tragedy McCarthy gave himself up and was brought to this city and placed in prison. McCarthy’s preliminary examination took place last week. He was charged | with assault to kill and was held to answer in the Superior Conrt. McCarthy has a sister who lived at 1717 Jessie street, San Francisco, who came to Santa Rosa two months before the shooting took place and | went to work on Crooks’ ranch, a few miles south of Santa Rosa. The feeling against McCarthy is very strong in this city. YOUNG LADIES INSTITUTE. Officers Installed by Past Grand Presi- ident Comyns. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 20.—Past Grand President Ella M. Comyns of San Fran- | cisco installed the following officers of the Young Ladies’ Institute No. 32 last even- ing: Past mpresident, Lizzie Chayerney; resident, Mary Sullivan; first vice-presi- ent, Mrs. Mary Maloney; second vice- president, Miss Eliza Higgins; recordin; secretary, Mrs. Lily Hikelblein; financial secretary, Miss Mamie C. Pogue: treasurer, Miss Kate Curley; marshal, Miss Lizzie C. Rainford; outside sentinel, Miss Maggie ‘Wood ; inside sentinel, Miss Kohle. Father Mahoney made an appropriate address, after which dancing was indulged in. FRIGHTENED THE BURGLAR. A Little Girl’s Ruse to Drive @ Man From Her Room. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 20.—When Laura Mabury, aged 14, awoke about daylight this morning she saw a strange man in her room. She coughed and turned over in bed and the man stepped into a hallway, but returned again in a few minutes. The little girl made another movement as though going to awaken and the intruder fled down the stairs, making his exit through a window. The girl’s cries awoke her father, who got up in time to see the burglar disappear down the street, A small amount of money was secured. This is the second time the house has been robbed recently. BURIED GOLDP IN THE XYARD. Guarding a Spot Thowught to Contain Elezer Frost's Treasure. SAN JOSE, Car., July 20.—Since the death of Elezer Frost, afew days age, many complications have arisen. His son Erwin, who thought there was something strange connected with his father’s sudden demise, now believes the old man had a treasure secreted in his yard, and has matntained a patrol over the place for several days. Last evening, & son of Erwin Frost and Charles Payne, who were guarding the place, were pllced under ar- rest, but were released. FOR HOME INDUSTRIES. A Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Asso- ciation to Be Organized. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 20.—The meeting of the manufacturers and producers at Turn Verein Hali this afternoon was largely attended. Hugh Craig, Julian Sonntag and M. McGlynn addressed the meeting, setting forth the advantages to bz derived from patronizing home indus- try. Much enthusiasm was shown and a branch of the association will probably be organized in this City. Sold by the Sheriff. BAN JOSE, CaL., July 20.—As a result of the foreclosure suit of the Union Sav- ings Bank against Sarah R. Owen, involy- ing ten acres and a half of land in the Fill- more Tract, the property was sold by Sheriff Lyndon to-day to the plaintiff for $1156 42. Costs of the suit were assessed against the defendant. e SR An Arizona Windstorm. PHENIX, Ariz., July 20.—A heavy windstorm at dusk did much damage in Pheenix and Mesa. At the insane asylum the porches were stripped off an: and postoffice, and contained a stock of | goods worth probably $150. | Last evening Mrs. Schaeffer closed the | store and went over to the Costello home, | 200 yards distant, for a neighborly call. | She remained until about 10:15 o’clock, | and was then accompanied most of the | way home by Mrs, Costello. Before she | got out of hearing she heard Mrs. Schaeffer | close and lock the front door. That was the last seen of Mrs. Schaeffer alive. This morning when Mr. Costello | arose and went outdoors he was dum- | founded to see the store, as well as an ad- | joining two-story vacant building, in ashes. | Heran back into his own house and told his wife and together they hurried over to | the spot. Not having been informed of the fire and being the nearest neighbors they feared that Mrs. Schaeffer might have met death in the flames. Their fears were | realized, for in the embers near where the front door had been lay the blackened | body of Mrs, Schaeffer, burned beyond recognition. Mr. Costello telephoned the news to this | city and to Coroner Johnson at National | City. The news spread rapidly through- out the country about La Presa and a large number of persons gathered about the | ruins. The Coroner arrived as soon as held. A strange thing in connection with | the tragedy is that nobody within three or | four miles of the burning buildings saw | the blaze. One man at Chula Vista, eight | miles distant, saw a fire at 11 o’clock last | night in the direction of La Presa. Costello testified that he found Mrs. | Schaeffer’s body lying with the head toward the front door. The spectacles that the woman had worn were near by, and beside the corpse were steel corset stays and other evidences that Mrs. Schaeffer was fully dressed when death occurred. A lamp was in one corner near the body and a scale weight ana pieces of broken glass were found. The weight belonged on the | counter in the rear of the store, six or eight feet from where it was found. About $70 in gold coin, $35 in good condition, was found in the ruins, but a thorough search in the embers failed to reveal any sign of several hundred dollars which Mrs. Schaeffer was known to have kept in a trunk. Several silver dollars were found beneath the spot occupied by the money till. The only relatives of Mrs. Schaeffer in this part of the country are her son, Charles Schaeffer, Postmaster at Otay, and Mrs. Joseph Piper, her daughter, whose husband was a nephew of Mr.and Mrs. Geizer, who were brutally killed by Indian Joe on Otay Mesa in October, 1892. Charles Schaeffer testified at the inquest as to the amount of money usually kept in the store by his mother. He owned the store, upon which there was no insurance. It is his belief that there was somebody in the house, and that his mother was struck by the weight found near her body and ren- dered uncenscious. One theory is that Mrs. Schaeffer was carrying a lamp, when it exploded. She may have been seriously injured and un- door lock tound in the ruins showed that it had been unlocked, and she was known to have locked it. It was shown at the inquest that she seldom carried a lamp about the house at night. The opinion has also been ex- pressed that the fire may have originated in the two story building adjoining, where tramps occasionally stay over night, but this is believed to be improbable, as no strangers had been seen during the day. Eight witnesses were examined at the inquest, but the facts given failed to throw any light upon the tragedy. The verdict was that Mrs. Schaeffer met her death from unknown causes. The deceased was 63 years old and in robust health. She had lived in this coun- ty six or seven years, coming from In- diana. The District Attorney is inclined to the belief that foul play was committed and will make a thorough investigation. DESERTED BY THE SANTA FE. San Diego People Now Invite Southern Pacific Competition. BAN DIEGO, CaL., July 20.—At a meet- ing of business men this afternoon at the office of G. C. Arnold resolutions inviting the Sonthern Pacitic Railroad Company to build a proposed branch from South River- side over the inland route to this city and offering to aid in sectring rights of way and terminals was adopted. A commit- tee was appointed to confer with the Southern Pacific officials at once. The resolutions recite that this is done because of the failure of the Santa Fe to keep its contract with San Diego by main- taining its main offices and shops on this bay, and that since removing them to Los Angeles the company has worked against San Diego; also that since the Temecula Canyon branch was washed out it has not been restored, and thus trade north of Fallbrook has been cut off. Therefore San Diego should abandon all hope of the Santa Fe fulfilling its obligations. WOREK AT PACIFIC GROVE. Temperance Work Discussed in the | School of Methods. PACIFIC GROVE, CAL., July 20.—The fourth day’s session of the W. C. T. U. School of Methods opened with an address by Miss Josie Norton of the San Jose Nor- mal Schoal, who presented a very able paper on scientific temperance instruction. She was followed by Mrs. Woodman of Chicago and Miss McLean of Alameda,who spoke from the experience of the school- room, testifying to the value of simple oral teaching in the low-grade schools be- d the in- | fore the pupils reach the grade in which mates thrown in a frenzy of fear by the | State textbooks are used. ripping off of a large area of tin roofing. ‘The subject of official organs, especially possible and this afternoon an inquest was |. able to escape, but an examination of the | & the Pacific Ensign, the State paper, was dis- cussed by a nu:lnbet of ladies, evidencin; not only appreciation of such agencies, bu 8 growing activity 1n that line of work. Its importance was so clearly demon- strated that after the meeting a number of ladies bought stock in the paper. The Ensign was shown to have been highly necessary to the work and to have been porting from the beginning. nteresting discussion on law en- forcement brought out the need of the election of officers in sympathy with the law. Considerable testimony was given in regard to the success of local prohibition. The law in regard to sanitary districts and how to make it available was thoroughly explained. Mrs. Dr. Nevins of San Jose presented the subject of young women'’s influence for temperance, claiming that it was quite as needful for young women as young men, and showing the special adaptability of young women to tge social ‘and young people’s departments. She urged every union to push this department, and said there was material for children’s work wherever there was material for a public school. At the evening session Mrs. A. B. Gove sfoke on the ‘‘Penaities of Crime” and Mrs. Lydia Prescott answered the ques- tion, “Is Economic Dependence the Normal Condition of Women?"” self-su] An i FOILED 4 ST. HELENS MOB. Officers Secretly Removed a Prisoner and Prevented a Lynching. TACOMA, Wasu,, July 20.—The exten- sive plant of the J. M, Weatherwax Lum- ber Company at Aberdeen was almost to- tally destroyed by fire yesterday. The fire started in the engine-room from a lantern. Before the flames had been extinguished the planing-mill, the extensive drying kiln,!many thousands of feet of lumber, much of it of the highest grade, and a larze section of the wharf on which the bmld- ings stood had been destroyed. Secretary eatherwax of the lumber company esti- mates the loss about $15,000, with very light insurance. The mill is one which imports largely to San Francisco, e Sold Liquor to Indiaus. SANTA ROSA, Car., July 20.— Judge Dougherty to-day sentenced Harry Han- sen to two years in Folsom prison. Han- sen was charged with furnishing liquor to Indizns, and pleaded guilty. He is the erson who told the wild stories about E‘nin-robbu Brady being in the moun- tains near Healdsburg. SINTH BARBAM REICES Safe Return of the Sloop Restless From Cuava Valdez. Loss of Its Rigging In a Stiff Breeze Had Caused the Delay. SBANTA BARBARA, Cir., July 20— There 18 rejoicing in Santa Barbara. At 2o'clock to-day the Geneva returned from Santa Cruz Island bringing word that the party which sailed from here on the Rest- less was safe, and explaining the sloop’s unaccountable failure to return at the ap- pointed time, Wednesday afterncon, asshe expected. To-night the Restless sailed into port with a stump of a mast and the story of its adventures was told. The Restless reached Cuava Valdes Point, where the Santa Barbara party is encamped, and landed all ber passengers eafely. She then started on her return trip, but wben about a mile and a half from the island, in a heavy sea, a stiff breeze carried away all her rigging and her mainmast. Captain Burtis states that he heard two distinct snaps, but so far as the eye could discern beth rigging, jib and mainmast-—-in fact the entire top rigging— went by the board in one and the same in- stant. Hapvily the deck, which had been crowded with passengers but an hour pre- viously, had but three men on it and these managed to get out of the way of the fall- ing timbers. Captein Burtis, who is an ex- perienced sailor and rich in resource, at once set to work and rigged a jurymast out of a tent pole he was carrying as part of a camping outfit. Boys belonging to the camp on shore came to his relief and rendered valuable assistance. Swimming around, they fastened a line to the floating mast and rigging, and towing it by this line the Restless sailed with §ts stump of mast and sail, reaching Prisoners Harbor, near the east end of the island, that night and entering the next morning. There a considerable delay was caused g{ the action of Justinian Caire of San ancisco, owner of the island, who hap- pened to be there at the time. For sev- eral years there has been a mild warfare oing on between the owners of these islands across the channel and the people of the mainland, the owners positively prohibiting camping parties from landing in some instances and in others requiring them to make formal application for per- mission. Mr. Caire at first refused the captain permission to tie up at the wharf and make the necessary repairs on his wrecked boat, alleging in justification that Captain Burtis had been landing people who had not procured permission. After considerable parley a compromise was effected, and terms were agreed upon by which Burtis was given permission to tie up. This delay caused the captain to lose the early morning tide, and he was forced to wait for the next tide in order to go up to the wharf and ateg his mast, hav- ing no other means of handling it. he Geneva reached Cueva Valdez at 2 o'clock yesterday, and ran down to Pris- oners Harbor at 3 o’clock. There Messrs. Pratt, Forbush and Larco rendered timel assistance to the Restless. The mast, whic broke off two feet above deck, but was sound throughout, was put in place again, shortened eignt feet, and shortly after they left ‘the captain set sail, reaching Santa Barbara to-night. The little goat is eleven years old, was originally built for the California Oyster Company and used to sail in San Francisco Bay. She is maZe of oak throughout, and is stanch and sound. With her shortened mast she is safer than ever, although she may not be so fast a sailer. The reports sent out by the United Press last night brought telegrams from all parts of the country. The brother of one of the women passengers telegraphed from Min- neapolis for the first information received, while another young brother here patrolled the wharf all last night. Relatives and friends in S8an Franciscoand Oaxland have been showering telegrams here all day, but now the tide has turned, and cheering g_essms are flying everywhere over the ires. Wants a Receiver Appointed. BANTA BARBARA, Can, July 20— Dudley Smith, who claims a $3000 interest in Loomis Bros’. saddlery and harness house, has brought suit for dissolution of partnership, asking for the appointment of a receiver until an accounting is made. LS KILLED BY A PH®NIX OFFICER. 4 Burglar Shot While Trying to Rob a House. PHENIX, Agz, July 20. — William l?lxon. a powerful negro, who came here six months ago from San Francisco, was shot at1o’clock this morning by Officer Porterie. The wound was just below the heart, #nd death ensued in a few hours. ixon was a notorious crook, and has synt most of his time in jail for petty oifenses. Porterie had learned of his in- tention to rob a house in a disreputable | is SALE OF AIALTO LAND A Leather Combine to Secure an Immense Tract. RICH IN TANNIC ACID. A Section That Abounds in Productive Canaigre Plants. NEW INDUSTRY FOR SETTLERS. Thousands of Acres Now Idle Will Be Devoted to the Cultlva= tion of the Tuber. SAN BERNARDINO, Car, July 20.— Negotiations are now in progress whereby the property of the Semi-tropic Land and Water Company, consisting of 29,000 acres of land in and about Rialto, north- west of this city, will pass inte the hands of an Eastern syndicate. Levi N. Young of New York, M. B. Ware of Philadelphia and J. M. Caruthers of Chicago,who repre- sent the intending purchasers, arrived last night and to-day began a thorough in- spection of the property. They represent a great leather combination, which is seek- ing for a large supply of tannic acid, which is produced from the canaigre. Two National leather combines are now in existence. The first secured possession of practically all the hemlock and oak bark in the United States and Canada. All tanners who were not in the first com- bine formed another, with which to secure possession of the canaigre supply. The canaigre is the best substitute for hemlock and oak bark ever discovered, and the acid extracted from it makes the very best quality of leather. . The canaigre is indigenous in the Rialto district, grows without irrigation, but does much better with water five or six times during the season, and is profitable. All the sandy loam in this valley is well adapted to its cultivation. The plan of the tanners’ combination is to encourage pecple to settle on the land and cultivate the tuber. It ineludes also the establish- ment of a factory for converting the canai- gre into a tanning liquid, which will fur- nish tanners outside of the first combine with a substance equal to anything which their competitors can produce. They sent experts to Rialto to investigate the subject in all its bearings, and most favorable re- ports were made. They have had a repre- sentative at Los Angeles for three or four months. About one-fifth of the Semi-tropic Tract is planted to citrusand deciduous fruits. The oranges rank with the best in the State. While the primary object of the syndicate is to secure tannic acid, the fruit industry is not to be ignored. Neither will interfere with the other. One effect of this deal will be the imme- diate payment of about $250,000 to the San Francisco Savings Union, which had mort- gages to that amount on the property. In- cluded in the property is a great water supply, which needs only the introduction of capital to develop it into one of the greatest in Bouthern California. The cultivation of canaigre has far more than local interest. In the valley between here and Los Angeles there are thousands of acres of sandy loam lying uncultivated— the same character of land which produces citrus fruit, but which is remaining in en- forced idieness on account of lack of water. As canaigre can be profitably produced without irrigation, the cultivation of this idle land is certain to follow the initial movement at Rialto. There is no danger of lack of demand for all that can be raised. DOS PALMAS MURDERER CAUGHT. Jerry Gardner Is Now Behind the Bars at Riverside. SAN BERNARDINO, Caw., July 20— Murderer Jerry Gardner, who shot H. E. Hendsch at Dos Palmas Springs and took to the brush on foot, was caught this morn- ing and taken to Riverside on the noon train by the Sheriff and a posse. The funeral of Hendsch will take place to-mor- row at Riverside, in charge of the Knights of Pythias. Sheriff Holcomb left this morning for the Cucamonga Range, ostensibly to hunt deer, but it is said he has learned that Douglass, the murderer of Neal at Hesperia recently, is concealed there, and hopes to bring him in, ¢ VWTHL T0 POWDER MEN, Important and Far-Reaching Decision of the Supreme Court. If the Ruling Stands It Is Sald the Powder-Mills May Close. In the petition for rehearing on the part of defendants and appellants in the case of Charles C. Judson, executor, et al. vs. The Giant Powder Company, many new, inter- esting wnd [possibly vital points are brought out. Briefly put, the former decision of the Supreme Court, if it stands, will involve the powder manufacture on this coast in many difficulties. A plaintiff sued the Giant Powder Com- pany for eighty odd thousand dollars dam- ages for losses resulting from an explosion which occurred at defendant’s works on Flemming Point, near Berkeley, on the 9th of July, 1892. The damage sustained by plaintiff was to their acid and chemical works not far from the scene of the explo- sion. In its decision the Supreme Court held that the explosion was prima facie evidence of negligence on the part of the defendant company, which view, the ap- nt’s say in their petition for a rehear- ing, virtually makes every powder and dynamite manufacturer an insurer against accident. The case is one of more than usual in- terest to ihe legal fraternity, and several rominent attorneys who have given it eir close study are of the opinion that a rehearing will be nted and that the matter will be pa on again. “The only explosion case in this State in which this %ufian has arisen was decided contrary to the decision in this case,” says the petition. In the nitro-glycerine case, 15 Wallace, 524, Justice Field says: of they are not liabie. The mers quarter, and was waiting for him when he | fact that injury has been caused Is mot suff: opened the door by a pass key. The negro injuries resulting from an nna: ble accl- refused to halt or throw up his hands, and { gent while engaged in a lawful business. A the officer fired. The isaccounted § party charging negligence as & ground of entirely justifiable. action must prove it. must show that de- v, fendant by his act or by his omission has vic- lated some duty incumbent upon him which has caused the injury complained of. The cases between carriers end passengers for injuries stand upon a different jooting. The contract of the carrier being to carry safely, proof of the injury usually establishes a prima facie case. Case after case is cited in which the same rule of practice is laid down. It is ad- vanced as an incontrovertible fact that negligence cannot be presumed on the part of the men engaged in the manufacture of articles the presence of which is a constant menace to the safety to their lives. “Suppose,” says the petition, ‘‘an action was brought by the relatives of one of the employes who was killed by this explosion. It is decided that in such cases there could be no evidence of carelessness. According to the opinion the fact of the explosion raises the presumption. All witnesses are removed by the explosion. Could the laintiff, in'such case, recover upon ghow‘; f merely the existence of the explosion ? tis also shown that the plaintiffs_con- sented to the manufacture of dynamite at that place and they consented that their own factory should be erected in proxim- ity,and they thereby consented to the chances of an accident—not to acts of neg- ligence on the part of plaintiff. And neg- ligence was not proved. One of the plain- tiffs was a large stockholder in the com- pany deiendant and had been for years. He, therefore, well knew the hazards to which he was subjecting the firopcny of himself and the }xro erty of the partner- ship, who originally brought the suit. He was a director and the manager of the de- fendant corporation. The one great Koint in the case, however, and one in which the powder manufactur- ing industry is vitally concerned, if not, in fact, all manufacturers of explosive arti- cles, is that if the decision stands these manufacturers must become insurers against accident from natural and un- avoidable causes, and that would be im- possible. The natural sequence, then, is that they must consent to become insurers or go out of busiress. Galpin & Zeigler, J. F. Cowdery and Charles Peery are the attorneys for de- fendants and appellants. PROGRESS OF THE FAIR. New Departures to Be Made by the Mechanics’ Institute in Regard to Prizes. George Cumming, vice-president of the Mechanics’ Institute, and chairman of the machinery cammittee, predicted yesterday that the twenty-eighth Industrial Exposi- tion will surpass all former exhibitions by the institute. “The music will be a special feature,” he said. “Wehave engaged Scheel’s band of thirty-two musicians and will locate the bandstand in a central position on the ground floor of the Pavilion. We expect to have finer decorations than on any pre- vious occasion. Greffe, who designs the decorations for the French celebrations en July 14, and Tidbal, author of the designs for the Los Angeles fiesta, have presented novel and beautiful schemes and it is probable that the contract will go to one of them.” Mr. Cumming said that improvements have been made in the means of ventila- tion and lighting. The Edison Company has already laid lines to the building in order to be ready to furnish as much elec- tric light as is desired, and the Mutual ex- peets to do the same. Arrangements have been made to sur- pass the aquarium of last year’s exhibit. Mr. Cumming said that special effort would be made to show not onlg results, but the mechanical processes by which those results are reached. Baker & Ham- ilton will show a complete system of dairy machinery, giving all the minutis of butter and cheese making. “The department of mechanics will have a large exhibit,” he continued. ‘In fact the prospect is that we shall have more aprfhcationu for space than we can pro- vide for that department.” A new departure is the method of mak- ing awards. ‘“As they were made for- merly.” said Mr. Cumming, “it was possi- hle for a man of positive views to dominate the committee of jurors and secure the de- cision he wanted. This year the jurors will make inspections individually and make individual revorts, which, when aver- aged with the reports of the others, will decide the awards. ““We think this will insure fairness. In- stead of medals we will issue certificates of superiority, and that will prevent the com- parisons that n\i§h¢ be made between the superior mechanical achievement and the clever piece of embroidery, both of which might entitle the possessor to a gold medal, but whose value could not be compared.” The Pavilion is in readiness to receive some exhibits now, and will be open from 7 A. M. t0 6 P. M. this week. .A NEW (OOKING SCHOOL. The Project Is Favorably Regarded by the Half-Milllon Club. A project is on foct to establish a cook- ing school for young women in San Fran- cisco. The plan has received the approval of many prominent people in this City and by some of the large associations. It has met with much success in other large cities, and the fact that the recent lectures on cookery were so largely attended leads the promoters of the new scheme to hope for a considerable measure of success in their venture. The suggestion is to make this a repre- gentative institution for the development of home industries. The central idea will be to give practical instruction in regara to_the proper preparation of California dried fruits and other native products of the State, The Half-million Club will support the new venture, and it is ex- cted that it will be represented at the gieechnni ’ Institute Fair. A Startling Admission. In New York City, for five cone secutive years, the proportion of Deaths from Consumption has been three in every Twenty Persons. Epidemics of Cholera, Yellow Fever and other diseases of similar character, so terrible in their results, occasion wide spread alarm and receive the most care. ful consideration for their prevention and cure, while consumption receives scarcely a thought, yet the number of their victims sinks ‘into insignificance when compared with those of consump- tion. Comparatively few people know what todo for theirloved ones when they see them gradually lose strength, lose color, manifest feeble vitality and ema- ciation, or developa cough, wich dificult breathing, or hemorrhage. Cod liver oil was for a long time given in all such cases, but the poor success attending its use coupled with its nauseating taste hias led many practitioners, as well as the E:bhc at large, to place tHeir main re- ance in Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical cases, r cent. of all cases of consumption can, if taken in the early stages of the disease, be cured with the “‘Discovery.” Dr. Pierce does not ask people to believe until they have in- Vesbg:zd for themselves. 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