The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 25, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1895. PACIFIC COAST NEWS, Final Changes Made in the Ranks of the Militia. A BURGLARY AT GILROY. Chinese Coolies Smuggled Into Seattle on an Un- named Vessel. LECTURE AT PACIFIC GROVE. Two Youths Charged WIth the Murder of a Wealthy Sunny= dale Farmer. The hera- Jul CaL SACRAMENTO, board of locatio nd the Nati alifornia ha a fighting b o! out or merg- sh at least ous portions ill be located , Light Artil- formed into a cavalry lieved that sufficient en- e to raise it to full also gets a troop, ton, U.S. A., who ed for that purpose, will rvice. Los Angeles re- e nature, and Major , will muster it in. y B, Naval Battalion, will date with C and D of the same at San Francisco. Compdny A of a hias been attached to the First In- and Company A of the First has ached to the Third Infantry, rais- body from a battalion to a regi- lonel Barry of the Third laving retired on a special order, an election cant position will be ordered v Id of San Francisco. al Corps at Stockton will be t out and ten men added to the Sacramento, making twenty in all 2 the Signal Corps of the Third er under which these changes demands that each com- muster a minimum number of men at each weekly drill after nuary 1, and as fast as possible it is de- red that each company be increased to the full r er of men, namely, 103. The ¥ Ity attached to aremiss in numbers at company drill is not stated, but it is ramored that in case this order isdis- obeyed or it be found impossible to com- ply with it that there will be more consoli- dation of companies. Adjutant-General Barrett stated this evening that he was in communication with the Secretary of War and Chief of the Ordnance Department at Washington, D. C., on the subject of exchanging 25,000 cld rifles for the latest improved Springfield ns, pattern of "84, and that as fast as s became available each company 1d be thoroughly equipped with all the es requisite to put it in light ing order at a moment’s notice. n Carrington had informed him that re was a large quantity of these equip- rents at the arsenal at Benicia, and it may that it will be placed at the disposal of the te department by the Government. Adjatant-General Barrett states he will y endeavor to place the National of the State on a basis that will y compare with that of any other State, and no possible laxness can be at- tr d to lack of proper equipment. e matter of armory rents will be i gated, and in the future all be approved at headquar- at the lowest possible figure. General Barrett’sis the State armory buildings so that each company allowance of $100 per month will be available for any pur- pose calculated to advance the equipment standing of the various companies. In fact every move of the present military authorities, will tend to change the Na- tional Guard from the ornamental {o the practical. use e e LOOTED A GILROY WINERY. Burglars MaXke a Rich Haul in Gold and Clothing. GILROY, Can, July 24.—Joe winery in ‘the Burrel block was entered by burglars last night about 9 o'clock and robbed of $700 in money and $100 in cloth- | ing and other valuables. Vaca was at San Juan soliciting orders, and the Italians | who rendezvous there when unemployed were in the front part of the premisesin- terested at the card tables. The lodging range was entered from the railroad avenue in the rear, and a trunk and valise in separate bedrooms, the only things in which money was stored, were broken cnen. The tray of the trunk was jound next morning near the gas works and the empty valise near Rice’s livery ble. Five hundred dollars in coin ha heen taken from the trunk and $200 in gold notes, together with a $32 suit of clothes, hat and boots from the valise. The money belonged to the Italian lodgers, who had deposited it for safe-keeping with Vaca. st i COOLIES LANDED AT SEATTLE. A Gang of Smugglers Operating on a Gigantic Scale. SEATTLE. Wasn., July 24.—Confessions have been made to local customs officers by disgruntled Chinese showing that there is again and has been for some time past a regularly organized band of smugglers g in this district on a gigantic scale. Both opium and Chinese are brought across the line in violation of Government laws. Saturday night seven- teen Chinese coolies were safely landed in this city, being discharged from a black, nameless sloop near the Oregon Improve- ment Company’s coal-bunkers. The au- thorities are taking steps to make a whole- sale arrest of the intruding Mongolians. Selen g bR sca LECTURED AT PACIFIC GROVE. Shehadi, a Syrian, Talks of His Native Country. PACIFIC GROVE, CaL., July 24.—She- hadi, a native of Syria, who is traveling in America delivering lectures before scien- tific, literary and religious societtes, and who is also correspondent for two news- papers published in Egypt, the Al Ahram and the Moyad, delivered a lecture in this city to-nirht, clad in his native costume. His address was replete with bright re- marks, indicating an undertone of humor that was delightiul to listen to, and held the closest attention of his hearers. Mr. Shebadi has been away from his na- tive country about two years, most of this time having been spentin America. He Vaca’s | said Syria had a population of 250,000, an area of 5000 square miles and more religious sects than any known country. Among those mentioned were the Mohammedan, Jewish, Nusarieh, Nestorian, Fazidiah and Christian. He said the country was in need of faithful workers, and in the name of the Christian faith he called upon his audience to remember that their help was wanted in nis native land. — SUNNYDALE MURDER CASE. Two Youths Charged With Killing o Wealthy Farmer. SEATTLE, Wasn., July 24.— Charles and Fred Kindling, brothers, aged 17 and 19 years respectively, were formally charged to-day with having, early in July, mur- dered Ransome Stokes, a wealthy old farmer, for his money at his home near Sunnydale. The case has occupied the attention of the authorities for two weeks, being still enshrouded in more or less mys- tery. The Kindlings lived with their father on a farm near Stokes’ home. They are both ex-convicts, having served terms in the Washington penitentiary. = Bull-Fights at Santa Barbara. SANTA BARBARA, Cavn, July 24— Preparations are being vigorously pushed for next week’s conflict with wild bulls at Agricultural Park, which will be very like a production of Old World bull-fights, robbed of their brutal features. At the grounds a large ampitheater seven feet high is being erected for spectators and matadors. The contest will take place in an zrena modeled after the bull-pits of old Spain, with safety runs for the matadors, banderilleros, picadors and toreadors. A brilliant and exciting spectacle is antici- pated. MARE ISLAND'S PRIDE, The Veteran Hartford Being Refitted and Modernized. ITS RECORD IN SERVICE. Took Part In Many Engage- ments During the Civil War. NOW IN ENFORCED IDLENESS, During the Past Seven Years It Has Ridden at Anchor in Rotten Row. VALLEJO, OAL., July 24.—The United States steamer Hartford, when her re- pairs are fully completed, will be a bark- rigged sloop-of-war without royals, and will, if present plans are carried out, be the Mississippi were two strongly gar- risoned military posts built many "years previously b§ the United States Govern- ment—Forts Jackson and St. Philip—one on either side of the river. Under their guns was moored a Confederate fleet of thirteen gunboats, an ironclad floating bat- tery and the formidable ram Manassas. These, as well as the forts, had to be sub- dued. And thece were also further de- fenses, as well as firerafts—flatboats piled with dry wood saturated with tar and tur- pentine, set on fire and turned adrift, and other impediments that must be overcome before New Orleans could be so much as sighted. The desperately fought battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip began about 3 o’clock on the morning of April 24, and be- fore daylight of the 25th, the Chalmette batteries (three miles below the city) hav- ing been silenced, New Orleans ]gg under the guns of the Union fleet, and General Butler's 15,000 men were landed by trans- ports,the Confederate forces evacuating the city without firing a gun. A few weeks afterward, numerous minor engagements having been successfully car- ried through, the Hartford led the fleet, six- teen vessels in all, to the attack on Vicks- burg, and passed on toa position above the city, having demonstrated that the Gibral- tar of the Mississippi could neverbe taken by ships alone. Nine months later Farragut, then rear- admiral, co-operated with General Banks in the expedition against ‘Pcrc Hudson. There the Hartford, as ifi the attack on Vicksburg, was badly cut up in rigging, | spars and hull, though her loss was incon- siderable, the total loss of the fleet being thirty-five killed and seventy-eight wounded or missing. With her attendant gunboat the flagship had “passed’’ Port Hudson, but there she FRESNO'S FVE SITES Valley Road Directors to Be Offered Their Choice. GETTING RIGHTS OF WAY Property-Owners Placing No Obstacle in the Way of ‘the Committee. QUINTET OF POSSIBLE ROUTES. A Cholce WIll Be Made at a Con- ference Soon to Be Held. FRESNO, CAL., July 24.—The committee of the Chamber of Commerce and the Hun- dred-thousand Club, which has been at work securing the right-of-way and depot sites for the Valley Railroad, is making SAN JOSE'S SENGKTION, The Pyle-Piercy Breach of Promise Case Came Up for Trial. Claims of the Plaintiff That She Was Intimidated While Testifying. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 24.—The case of Jessie Pyle against E. M. Piercy, a capi- talist, for $50,000 damages for breach ol promise was up before Judge Reynolds this morning. Miss Pyle's deposition was that the tes- timony given at a previous hearing of the case was incorrect in some instances, as she was greatly frustrated by the de- fendant’s presence during her examina- tion, and that he had a revolver in his pocket, ana was continvally glaringat her. Nevertheless, she claims that her heart was injured to the amount prayed for by Piercy failing to make her his wife. After the reading of the devosition the case was continued until July 31. CHARGED WITH HORSE-STEALING. Trainer Low Eberle Lodged in Jail at San Jose. SAN JOSE, CavL., July 24.—Lou Eberle, a horse-trainer, who is wanted for stealing a valuable mare belonging to Mrs. Jos- ephine Hager of East San Jose, was brought back from Oakland this evening by Deputy Sheriff Kennedy. Mrs. Hager loaned Eberle the mare to ride to Gilrc_ to see about making arrange- ments for starting a Wild West show. Nothing was heard of Eberle for a few weeks, and then he sent Mrs. Hager word that the mare had fallen over a cliff near Oakland and broken its neck. Eberle also claimed that he had several ribs broken and was in the County Hospital at Oak- land. Mrs. Hager began an investigation and found that Eberle was well and training horses in Oakland, and had disposed of the mare. Yesterday she swore to a war- rant charging bim with grand larceny, and last evening he was arrested by the Oak- land police. WILL SUPPORT HER HUSBAND. Terms of a Contract Entered Into by a San Jose Woman. SAN JOSE, Carn., July 24.—A - contraet was to-day filed in the County Recorder’s office, in which Margaret Morse agrees to maintain and support John A. J. Morse, her husbard, during the remainder of his life. The couple are old people and reside near Los Gatos. Each has been married before and each had children, and, it is said, trouble arose over what would be a just distribution of their property to their eirs. There was no domestic trouble be- tween them, and as Mr. Morse desired to avoid all complications that may arise after his death he transferred to his wife all his interest in considerable property, and she in turn executed the contract whereby she was to see that his every wish was gratified, and that he had a good home as long as he lived. SOON HOI GOES FREE. End of the Persecution of a Chinese Girl Who FEloped. SAN JOSE, Caxn., July 24.—Soon Hoi, the Chinese girl who caused herself con- siderable trouble by eloping with Ham Ket Soon, was examined before Justice Dwyer to-day on a charge of grana larceny, and | the case was dismissed. The charge was referred by the girl’s aunt, who values ‘goon Hoi at $600, and was_angry because | she eloped and married Ham Ket Soon. She was accused of stealing jewelry valued at $160. Sues the Southern Pacific. BAN JOSE, CaL., July 24.—The case of Stephen Culbertson against the Southern Pacific Railway Company for $20,000 dam- ages for the loss of a leg by being run over was resumed before Judge Reynolds this morning. The case is being hotly con- tested on both sides. The testimony intro- duced was mostly that of railroad men, who testified that the necessary warnings had been given and that the company was in no way to blame. The case will be on trial the rest of the week. Died in an Asylum. SAN JOSE, Cavn., July 24.—Public Ad- ministrator Secord has applied for letters of administration upon the estate of Annie Jacques, an inmate of the Agnews Insane Asylum, who died on June 29, 1895. She left an estate ' worth §434 55. The only heir so far as known is Mary F. Plunkett, a sis- ter residing in New York City, but it is be- lieved that decedent left two or three chil- dren, who are now residing in the State of Nevada. Charged With Embezzlement. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 24.—District At~ torney Herrington to-day filed an informa- tion charging J. W. Lippett with embezzle- ment. Lippett wasengaged as bookkeeper for W. E. Crossman, the real estate de: and when discharged there was a dispute over wages due him. and Lippett obtained EroEtean, chieged Livpett widh embassiin s arged Lippett wi $61 25 while inshia eneg}oy. e Fire in a Boxoar. SAN JOSE, Cav., July 24.—A freight train, with a boxcar blazing, reached the depot early this morning. The fire was put out without serious damage. In the rear of the blazing car were several open cars of hay. Hacf the blaze started earlier ihis would bave been destroyed and heavy damage would have resulted. The World’s Fair Tests showed no baking powder S0 pure or so great in leave ening power as the Royal, THE HARTFORD AT MARE ISLAND JUST BEFORE GOING OUT OF COMMISSION —AS SHE WAS. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] finevl with a modern two-cylinder com- pound engine and something very formid- able in the way of modern armament. There is much regret expressed, espe- cially among navy officers, that she is not to be in every particular restored, and so afford for the Pacific, as the old Constitu- tion doesfor the Atlantic coast, a perfect model of her original t; fitted, finished and furnished with historical accuracy. Since, however, no appropriation has as vet been made for her engines or battery, there is still room for hope that patriotic sentiment may yet unite with motives of economy to give us the old Hartford to some extent, at least, restored. “The old Hartford,”” as this pensioner of Uncle Sam is universally called, is a mis- nomer. The Hartford is, indeed, a vet- eran of the war, and so is many a man not yet 50 years of age, and many another who would justly resent the appellation *‘old.” But there are few survivors of the Civil War, whether they be ships or men, that can bear comparison with this honored veteran in point of actual service in the stress of conflict. The average life of a ship isabout the average lifeof a man. And of ships as of men it may be said, “We live in deeds, not years.” Rightly, then, did Farragut call her “the old Hartford” when but five years had passed since first her keel cut the water. The United States steam sloop-of-war lay alone above the forts, and throughout the night saw one of her fleet, the Missis- sippi, burning where she had run aground below—suici ed to escape capture by the enemy. The Monongahela and Richmond, with their consorts, had suffered severely and had been unable to Ras the forts The Hartford and Albatross proceeded on their solitary éourse up the river to Vicksburg, receiving an. occasional ‘left- handed salute” by the way, and a fort- night later dropped down the river again, meeting at Grand Gulf “a warm recep- tion,” as Farracut wrote, to which they promptly and effectually responded. Many of the enemy’s skiffs and flatboats and large quantities of supplies were destroyed on the way. “The department congfmtulaus you and the officers and men of the Hartford,” wrote the Secretary of the Navy, ‘““‘upon the gallant passage of the Port Hudson batteries.” ~And certainly this always lucky ship carried her full complement of heroes. Here is the exploit of the admi- ral’s secretary, who volunteered to convey a dispatch to the fleet below. A small dugout was covered with twifi! to resembie a floating tree. At nightfall Mr. Gabaudon lay down in the bottom and silently drifted out into_the current. He reached the Richmond in safety. In January, 1864, Farragut again sailed in the Hartford for the Gulf of Mexico. After several months devoted to the block- ade, the battle of Mobile Bay, one of the THE HARTFORD IN THE GREAT STONE DRYDOCK, MARE ISLAND NAVY - YARD, AS SHE APPEARED IN ROTTEN ROW. [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.] Hartford wasbuilt at Charleston Navy-yard | most brilliant naval events of the Civil in 1858, ana s therefore only 37 years old. Bhe was called a screw-ship of the second class, which signified that she car- ried a certain number of guns. Her draught was about nineteen feet and her displacement nearly three thousand tons. Under steam and sail combined she made eleven knots, then considered a highly respectable rate of speed, though only about half that now_attained by modern ships carrying no saile. Of the ninety vessels belonging to the United States at the beginning of the war, only forty-two were.in commission. Of these, only one, the *“ Brooklyn,” was available for immediate service. The re- maining forty-one were disporting in for- eign waters. The Hartford was then on her way home from China. She entered upon her first war-duty in February, 1862, under command of Captain D. G. Farra- gut, fllag-officer of the western blockad- misqu ron. ut the war-record of the Hartford. is “another story,”’ and a thrilling one. The taking of New Orleans was the first action in which the Hartford had a part, and had she been a sentient creature of ex- traordinary perception she could not bet- ter have deported herself, or won more re- nown; so powerful was the autocratic personality of the man with whose fame that of this beautiful and worthy ship is indissolubly associated—David Glasgow Farragut. About twenty miles above the delta of | soon an accomplished fact. War, was,carried to a successful termina- tion. With the victories of Farragut at Mobile, Sherfran at_Atlanta and Thomas at Nash- ville the end of the war was in sight—was But the war record of the Hartford was not yet closed. It closes with the account of the action on the island of Formosa, June, 1867, when Commander G. E. Belknav landed a force of 181 men and punished the cannibal natives who had killed and eaten the cap- tain, the captain’s wife and the crew of the wrecked American brig Rover. For the past six orseven Kear.u the Hart- ford has been riding at anchor in that part of Mare Island straits irorically ed after London’s fashionable equestrian thoroughfare—Rotten Row. At present she occupies the drydock at Mare Island, a large force at work uvon her, within and without. 5 The British line-of-battle ship Victory is considerably over 100 years old. What- ever may have been her flpmvipus history, she was in 1793-94 the flagship of Vice- Admiral Lord Jobn Howe, in 1797 the flagship of Sir John Jervis, and in 1805 the flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar, where England paid so dear a price for victory in the loss of the great commander. _To this day the Victory rides the wave at ease, on her deck a brass plate bearing the inscription, ‘“‘Here NErso~y FELL.” RurHELLA S. BOLLARD. rapid progress. Meetings have been held every day to discuss the various proposi- tions received. Negotiations with prop- erty-owners are now so well under way that the members of the committee state that there is now little fear of trouble in getting any one of fiye routes. Senator A. J. Pedlar, chairman of the committee, has had several conferences with Engineer Storey as to what has been done here. A route will be finally chosen after the com- mittee has consulted with the board of directors of the road and with the citizens of Fresno. There are five proposed sites for the depot. One is the Hughes tract, and the others are in Windsor Terrace, Belmont, Forthcamp and Orchard Hill additions. All of these are on the east side of the city, but a site on the west side will be chosen if the route is planned through that part of the city. Land-holders along all of the proposed routes have been approached for rights of way, and there will probably be few, if any, condemnation suits necessary. The land proposed for depot sites can be pur- chased for from §300 to $600 an acre, and the company would like about forty or fifty acres. The committee is meeting with even more encouragement than it ex- pected, and in a short time will havea definite proposition to submit to the direc- tors and the citizens. PORK-PACKI HOUSE. Fresno Business Men Subscribing Lib- erally to the Project. FRESNO, CaL., July 24.—The proposi- tion to establish a pork-packing house here is meeting with great encouragement. Bankers and other business men are tak- ing hold of the project, and to-night forty- one shares of stock, at $50 a share, ‘had been subscribed for. The purpose is to raise from $10,000 to $20,000, and when this amount is secured it will be usea in putting in a plant; or if some big packing company already es- tablished will agree to put in a $100,000 plant the money will be given it as a sub- sidy. Itisbelieved that farmers will sub- scribe liberally to the project. Sewer Bonds Sold. FRESNO, CAL., July 24.—The city to-day received §40,000 from the sale of sewer bonds, and the work of completing the sewer system will soon be commenced. The city will then have one of the most complete and perfect drainage systemns on the coast. Denounced as Blackmailers, FRESNO, CaL., July 24.—Thomas De- morris, who was arrested here for an alleged theft of about §200 from Mrs. Kate Mitchell, a lodging-house keever, has been discharged. Several witnesses testified that the charge was brought by black- mailers. SANTA CRUZ IMPROVEMENTS. Contract for a New Courthouse Let by the Supervisors. SANTA CRUZ, CAL., July 24.—The bid of R. S. McCabe for the building of the new Courthouse was accepted to-day by the Board of Supervisors for the sum of $53,475. The old contract of the Super- visors with N. A. Comstock as supervising architect was rescinded and a new one entered into, this being made necessary by the entire change in expense estimates, since the people voted $40,000 for the build- ing. fi‘he building of the new Courthouse will be commenced at an early date. The plans show a building of beautiful design and one well fitted for the county purposes. e WALKER AT BSANTA BARBARA. The Rear-Admiral Inspecting Coast Lighthouses. SANTA BARBARA, CAL, July 24.—The lighthouse-tender Madrono arrived to-day from Point Conception, having left San Francisco on the 19th inst. It isin charge of Commander E. Nichols, lighthouse in- spector of the Twelith District. Aboard the tender is Rear-Admiral Walker, presi- dent of the Lighthouse Board, who is making a tour of general inspection of all lighthouses on the coast. Accompanying the party is Secretary Johnson of the National Lighthouse Board from Wash- ington, D. C. The Madrono leaves to-morrow morning en route to San Diego, and will stop at Port Angeles, where Rear-Admiral Wlfi‘er will land for a couple of days’ visit. R 25 ST ARRESTED AT HEALDSBURG. Farmer Alberiga Accused of Selling Ligquor to the Solyanos. HEALDSBURG, CaL., July 24.—Peter Alberiga, who farms in Alexander Valley and who was nearly cut to death by the Indians, Treco and Willis Dugan, was ar- rested this afternoon on a charge of fur- nishing wine to Indians. Charles Dugan, an Indian and the brother of Willis, swore to the complaint. Alberiga was put in jail, being unable to furnish bail. The case excites considerable interest, as it is the first instance where an Indian ever ob- jected to getting liquor. ‘““Alberiga makes me lots of trouble, ” said Dugan. ‘“He sells my Indians wine, and then they get into trouble. I never drink wine, and 1’'m going to stop my men from getting it, too.” d e Tried for Grand Larceny. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., July 24.—Joe Con- nors of San Francisco was up before the Superior Court to-day on a charge of grand larceny, for the alleged stealing of a purse from Mrs. Eliza Stanclift during carnival week. The ju? disagreed, standing nine for acquittal and three for convietion. MURDERED [N ARTZONA The Mutilated Bodies of Four Prospectors Found Near Kingman. Martin B. Hall of San Diego Numbered Among the Victims. SAN DIEGO, CaL., July 24.—Authentic advices have been received that Martin B. Hall, who left San Diego on June 11, for Pheenix, Ariz., was found dead thirty miles from Kingman a few days ago, together with the bodies of three other men who had left Kingman for one of the mining camps in that part of the country. No particulars as to how the men met their death are known, beyond the fact that they had been foully murdered. This wan lainly shown by the condition of their Eodies, which were horribly mutilated, and the beads of all the men crushed in. This is all the information that has been received by Mrs. Hall, who, since her hus- band’s departure for Arizona, has been awaiting notification to join him. Hall’s body was the only one that could be identified, and this only by means of papers from an 0dd Fellows’ lodge in Kan- sas, of which he was a member. All the bodies were badly decomposed, the men evidently havine met their death soon after leaving Kingman. Persons somewhat familiar with the country surrounding Kingman, one of the wildest portions of the Territory, believe the men were killed by treacherous Chimehuevas. The crime may, how- ever, have been committed by miners jealous of new-found diggings, but this seems less plausible, in view of the fact that the bodies were mutilated. The wounds upon the bodies had apparently been made by stones or heavy bluntin- struments. Hall was only 30 years old, but had had considerable experience. He first estab- lished a hotel in Kansas City, known as the Grand Missouri, now one of the lead- ing hostelries there, and was also con- nected with hotels in Kansas. He was married last September in Pittsburg, Kans., his wife having. been Miss May Fretig, whose father is a prominent contractor at Topeka. Ilall and his wife came to Cali- fornia last September. In Los Angeles a few months ago he met with a misfortune, being sandbagged and robbed of $300 and a watch and chain. A COMEDY AT LAKEPORT, Farmer Beckert Thashed the Wrong Man and Was Arrested. A Damage Sult the Result of Identl- fying an Enemy From a Description. LAKEPORT, CaL., July 24.—A black eye, a broken nose, a trial in court and a damage suit are the sum total, thus far, of the results of a horse’s balking on the road between this place and Kelseyville Sunday. While L. E. Wooldridge, a prominent young farmer, was driving to his home, his horse became unmanageable in a narrow portion of the road. Mrs. O. R. Beckert drove up, and, provoked at not being able to pass, spoke sharply to Wool- dridge. The latter, exasperated by his struggles with the horse, made reply, and somo impolite words were exchanged. Mrs. Beckert felt insulted, and on reach- ing home made complaint to her husband. Not knowing the man’s name, she de- scribed him. ~Beckert started on the war- path. Meeting James Combs, a young man who answered the description, he Eonnced upon him and beat him severely, reaking his nose and bruising him badly otherwise. Combs is only 17 years old and was unable to defend himself. Not being allowed to explain he was obliged to take the punishment. On Monday the young man’s father swore out a warrant for Beckert’s arrest. Beckert pleaded guilty to a charge of bat- tery and paid a fine of $27. he latest development in the case is an action for damages, which will be begun next Monday. LOST TRACE OF BRADY. The Slayer of Bogard Again Escapes From Purswing Officers. ‘WOODLAND, CAr., July 24.—Although the officers do not admit it, the trail of Brady has been lost again. They slept but little last night. They were astir by 3 o’clock this morning, and made a visit to the house of a woman here who was said to be Brady’s friend. No trace of him was discovered. About 8 o‘clock this morning th e officers spread out and resumed the search. A brakeman says he saw a man who answers the description given at Swingles station. He was going in the direction of Sacramento. The officers all left here this afternoon bound for Sacramento. They expect to find Brady secreted in that vicinn‘{. The officers are sure the fugitive is Brady. His? tactics of constantly dou- bling confirm their belief. It is now learned that the man who ate in Doose’s restaurant last night was not the bandit. The fellow came back to-day for luncheon. e Working for a Cycle Factory. SANTA CRUZ, CAL, July 24.—The com- mittee appointed last night at the mass- meeting held for the purpose of consider- ing the feasibility of establishing a bycicle factory in Santa Cruz met this morning and a sub-committee of real estate men was appointed to push the matter of secur- ing sites as an inducement to the manufac- turers. W. H. Lamb, chairman of the per- manenf'’committee, was authorized to cor- respond with the Manufacturers’ and Pro- ducers’ Association regarding the pro- motion of manufactures and to inyite the assotiation to hold a meeting in this city. STOCKTON'SMYSTERY Sudden Disappearance of a Sixteen-Year- Old Girl. SEARCH PROVED IN VAIN. Susie Leddy Called on a Dentist and Has Not Since Been Seen. RELATIVES FEAR FOUL PLAY. She Recently Came From Texas and Had No Friends In the City. STOCKTON, Car., July 24.—Mrs. Foley, wife of Expressman Foley, came to the police station with several lady friends late last night to secure the aid of officers in searching for her niece, Susan Leddy, who bad not returned to the Foley home on Sonora street. The girl is but 16 years of age and came here two weeks ago from Texas to see what the California climate would do for her health. Since coming to Stockton she made no friends outside of those who were searching for her last night. Several times during the past week Susie had been to Dr. Glidden, the dentist, to have work done on her teeth. Yesterday afternoon she informed her aunt that she intended to again visit the dentist and have him finiéh the filling of a tooth he had been operating on. When the girl left the house she wore a short, fadea, pink dress, over which she had a white apron; on her head was a sailor hat, and she wore low, buckle shoes. She carried a white sun- shade. As the girl went along El Dorado street the little daughter of Mrs. McDonald, who lives at the corner of El Dorado and Sonora streets, and who knew Susie, endeavored to overtake her. She did not succeed in deing this, but as Main street was reached she saw the girl go up the stairs in the building at the northwest corner of Main and El Dorado streets, in which Dr. Glid- den’s office is located. This isthe last that was seen of her,and she disappeared as though the earth had swallowed her up. The doctor denies that the girl visited his place. The police are at aloss for a theory, except that the girl had been en- ticed away from home. Caprtain Simpson and Detective Marshall went to work on the case, but were unable to learn any- thing of the whereabouts of the missing . Susie. The missing girl had not turned up this morning, and her aunt once more visited police headquarters for the purpose of as- sisting the officers in searching for her. Gored by a Bull. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., July 24.— While assisting in loading the steamer To- Eeka. bound for Alaska, last night, Gus Sieberg, foreman of the longshoremen, was badly gored by a bull, which was in a pen aboard. Theinjured man isstill alive, ut his recovery is doubtful. NEW TO-DAY. DIRECT FROM US 0 Y0~ Clthing for Man, Boy or Child, Sold You —aAT— 1/2 The Retailers' Price, HYAMS, PAUSON & CO, 34, 36, 38 and 40 Kearny Street, ———AND— 25 and 27 Sansome Street, MANUFACTURING CLOTHIERS Selling Direct to the Consumer.