The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 30, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 189%. 3 BIG FIRE AT FRESNO. It Partly Destroyed the Fine County Court- house. BEGAN NEAR THE DOME. The Department Rendered Powerless Owing to the Height. FLAMES RAGED FOR HOURS. An Estimate of the Loss Places It at $90,000—Incendlarism Suspected. FRESNO, Car, July 29.—Shortly after 9:30 this evening smoke was seen issuing from the r Courthouse. An alarm was hen the depart- found to be in ment arri d the upper story, where it could not be reached. In a very few miuutes it broke into the dome and shot straight up into the cupola. is lined with very dry timbers, The vhict e tinder, aud in less than the entire dome fell in with a be heard a mile away. logs at once set fire to the - below, and the only part that es- was the Hall of Récords, on the ide, the wind blowing at the time r om the northwest. At 11:30 the flames were under control, but the dome, second story and nearly all the public offices, except the Recorder’s and the County Clerk’s, had been de- stroyed. The loss will be about $90,000, fully covered by insurance. The entire building cost $180,000, and was insured for its full he whole of the county property was reinsured about three months ago at a 40 per cent cut. No loss of life oceurred dur- ing thefire and but one person was injured. origin of the fire is supposed to be diary. The records of the following offices are intact except from damage by water, the extent of which is unknown: County Recorder’s, Assessor’s, Tax Col- lector’s, Superintendent of Schools, Sur- veyor's, Treasurer’s, District Attorney's, ors’ and Auditor's. While the dome was tottering an excit- scene was going on in the jail, which is in ust north of the Courthouse. For a few moments it looked as if the dome would come down on the jail. The prison- ers were all herded out into the front office and guards were secured in readiness to leave the jall, but the wind changed and the dome fell toward the south. VANDALISM AT FRESNO. The Body of August Modenbach Stolem From a Cemetery. FRESNO, CaL., July 29.—The discovery bas been made thatthe body of August Modenbach has been stolen from its grave at the cemetery: - Modenbach died éleven days ago from the effects of injuries re- ceived in a railroad accident. He was driving across the Southern Pacific track when his wagon was struck and he re- ceived a concussion of the brain. He lived two days, dying at the County Hospital. The discovery that the grave had been rifled was made Saturday afternoon, but the officers kept the fact secret. Saturday night the sexton of the ceme- tery opened the grave and found that the coffin and body had been taken. In their hurry the vandals had broken off one of the handles of the coffin and left it buried in the grave. There was but little attempt to remove evidences of the crime. The beaaboard and footboard were mnot re- placed when the grave was refilled, and the mound was made about nine feet long. The officers suspect a certain man, but as vet they have little evidence against him. Modenbach was a young German and atives in this country, his father He showed her being in Berlin. no nd mot remarkable vitality, and thisis the only | thing, it is thought, that would make his case interesting to doctors or medical students. The body had laid in the grave a full week before it was exhumed. CORMAL HOLLOW VICTORY, Stockton Takes the First Step Toward Granting a Franchise. All the Objections Made by the Val- ley Road to Be Amlicably Settled. STOCKTON, Cav., July 29.—To-night the City Council met to consider the pass- ing to print of the franchise asked for by the Alameda and San Joaquin Railway, which is to run from Stockton to the coal mines at Corral Hollow. Vice-President Watt, Captain Payson and Chief Engineer Storey of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley road were present to protest against the grant- ing of the franchise. P. A. Buell of the Commercial Association ana H. J. Cor- coran of the California Navigation Com- pany also pleaded the cause of the Valley Railway as against the franchise asked for by the Corral Hollow people. It was urged by them that the passing of the resolution iving the coal road theright to run a track or a portion of the way between the water front and the tracks of the Valley road would seriously interfere with the business of the latter. ' All of these arguments were discussed to-day at a secret meeting held by Watt and his associates and the members of the City Council. It was then urged, as it was at the open meeting to-night, that the 100 feet of clear space between the tracks of the Valley road and the steamboat sheds would not be enough to permit the transfer of passengers and freight from the trains to the river steamers. bt In order o do away with this objection the Council pledged themselves to give the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley road 230 feet more of the track on the block between Madison and Commerce streets. This appeared to satisfy the Val- ley road’s representatives, as it would give them 330 feet of unobstructed space be- tween the tracks and the Navigation Com- pany’s sheds. However, they still pro- tested against the granting of the franchise until this additional track was formally given to them. A further protest was entered on the ground that Simpson and Gray, who own & block of land they have agreed to sell to the Commercial Association to be turned over to the Valley road, would not sign the deed if the tracks were run in front of their offices, which are located on the block mentioned between Madison and Commerce streets. The Council, however, had made up its mind that if it gave the additional 230 feet to the Valley road it was doing enough to protect its interests, and it was plainly to be seen throughout the arguments, which were lengthy, that they would give the Corral Hollow road what it asked for. Councilman Koch championed the cause of the Valley road and endeavored to vlace a provision in the franchise, by which any other road receiving a fran- chise along the north bank of Mormon Channel might use the tracks of the coal road at a figure to be agreed upon between them and if they were unable to agree the right of fixing the compensation for such use should fall upon ihe Council. This was not carried and Attorne Levinsky, who acted for the Corral Hol- low road throughout the proceedings, gave legal reasons why it should not be. Le- vinsky also madea proposition on behalf of the coal road to the representatives of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley road, namely, that if the latter considered the track nearest the water of the most ad- vantage they would enter into an agree- ment to change the position of the tracks, allowing the Valley road to take what it considered best. Mr. Watt said that this was a very liberal offer, and was what his co-workers in San Francisco had been ‘rying to arrange. However, no understanding was arrived at, and the matter of granting the fran- chise under discussion was put to a vote of the Council. It was passed by four votes, Koch alone voting against it. This is the initial step in granting the franchise,which cannot be finally passed until thirty days more have elapsed. It is very probable, as suggested by Attorney Levinsky, that in the meantime the representatives of both roads will get together and adjust their differences, The Council is_disposed to deal very liberally with the Valley road, which is doing se much for Stockton, but is very anxious to bring the coal railroad here also. BLACKST AT PRTLAND Charges Made by Edward Tees- dale Against the Rail- roads. Superintendent Flelds Explains How Blacklisting Is Made Ef- fective. PORTLAND, Or., July 29.—Labor Agita- tor Edward Teesdale, who took a promi- nent part in last summer’s strike, has been making inflammatory speeches again in which he charges the railroads with keep- ing blacklists. He has called for a mass- meeting to pass resolutions. Teesdale and other labor leaders say there are men who cannot get work because they were strikers. He says that three presidents and three | secretaries of the local American Railway Union and members of the strike commit- tee cannot get work from any railway company. “‘On several occasions,” Teesdale says, these men called down inflammatory speakers, thereby materially helping to maintain law and order. Three secretaries shared the same fate, also the strike com- mittee, which did excellent work during the strike in regard to the maintenance of order. Ifa man held an office or talked at all, it mattered not whether he talked right | or wrong, he is deemed guilty and con- aemned to the blacklist guillotine.” To the charges Manager McNeill of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company enters an emphatic denial. The Northern Pacific people, when they learned of Tees- dale’s remarks, said: *Should men like Teesdale, who teok such a prominent part in the strike ask employment we’d investigate their careers thoroughly first.” The Southern Pacific comes nearer main- taining a blacklist than any other com- pany, according to the statements of the officers. It has refused to employ several men because they were strikers, and these men cannot find work on any portion of the system. “We have their photographs,” says Superintendent Fields. ‘“We take photo- graphs of all men in the train and station service, and when a man is discharged from the Oregon lines his picture is sent to the other divisions. There were several strikers whom we refused to take back, and in order to make the policy effective their pictures have been sent to other superin- tendents.” P BLOOMERS AT PORTLAND. They Are Indorsed From the Pulpit by Rev. T. P. Boyd. PORTLAND, July 29.—Rev. Thomas P. Boyd sprang a sensation at the Centenary M. E. Church last night by discussing bloomers and bicycles. The Centenary Church is an old, conservative institution and Rev. Mr. Boyd is the new pastor, hav- ing supplanted the Rev. Mr. Denison in the pulpit. His liberal views of bloomer-girls drew a full attendance, and the three city cye- ling clubs were well represented. His ad- dress was on the subject ““The Bicycle as a Factor in Moral Questions,” and his text, drawn from Ezekiel, was “The Spirit of Life Was in Wheels.” Rev. Mr. Boyd, who is a wheelman him- self and who rides to_his pastoral duties regularly, condemned the desecration of the Sabbath by cycle riding. Despite that Holy Writ said that ‘“‘woman shall not wear that which appertains to man,” the minister thought that comfort and free- dom of appropriate dress rested safely in the hands of the bloomer-girls, providin, they did not give way to the temptation o% making their skirts too short or their knickerbockers too small in order to dis- play the shapely human form. =l ooy LAKE WASHINGTON CANAL. Work on the Vast Enterprise Has Actu- ally Begun at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wasn., July 29.—Ten thou- sand people witnessed the exercises to-day in connection with the beginning of actual work on the Lake Washington canal and the filling in of the tide lands south of the city. The lever of the big dredge Ana- conda was pulled by Miss Semple, daugh- ter of ex-Governor Eugene Semple, presi- dent of the Waterway Company, at 11:30 and the big enterprise started. Addresses were made by Governor McGraw, ex-Gov- ernor Semple, Mayor Byron Phelps and others. The filling in of the.tide lands will re- claim 1500 acres and the harbor will be connected with Lake Washington by a ship canal capable of receiving the largest vessels. Work is to be completed in six years and the estimated cost 1s $6,000,000. it Sentence of a Santa Rosa Forger. SANTA ROSA, CaL., July 29.—Herbert Monroe, who claimed to be a piano-tuner in the employ of Sherman & Clay of San Francisco, came to this city early in the gresent month with the object, presuma- ly, of doing business here. Shortly after his arrival he was arrested on a charge of gassmg a forged check on the Santa Rosa ank, also one on an Oakland bank. To- day he pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Judge Dougherty to two years in the State prison at Folsom. ——— THE O’NEALS LYNCHING. Adams Found to Have Come to His Death at the Hands of Unknown Persons. MADERA, CaL., July 29.—The Coro- ner’s jury in the matter of the Adams lynching at O’Neals returnea a verdict that the deceased came to his death by hanging by unknown persons. e i Drowned Near Modesto. MODESTO, CaL., July 29.—This morn- ing Fred F. Cast, aged 23, attempted to cross the slough of the San Joaquin River, tourteen miles west of Modesto, on horse- back. The cnrrent swept him from his borse and he was drowned. SANTA CRUZ SCHOOL. The Public Dedication of a Handsome Structure. PUPILS IN ATTENDANCE. Thousands Witness the Pro- ceedings at the New High School. PRINCIPAL CLARK IN CHARGE. One of the Finest Structures of Its Kind In the State—It Cost $20,000. SANTA CRUZ, Car, July 29.—The dedication exercises of the new high school building were held this afternoon. The pupils of the Mission, Grant, Gault, Branciforte and Laurel schools formed in sham battle and skirmish of the regulars, who are camping at Del Monte. Thescene of the battle was a_fitting one, just west of this city in a thickly wooded district. The battle was a reEmducnon of an act- ual skirmish that took place between the Mexicans and the Americans in the war with Mexico. The companies were divided, one-half representing the Americans and the other half the Mexicans. The Mexi- cans had the lead and were ambushed near and about the Pacific Improvement Com- pany’s reservoir, where the Americans, un- der Colonel Shafter, came upon them. The skirmish then took place. It was a livel, one, and the spectators who had crowde: near with eagerness to watch the proceed- ings had to retreat some distance in order to insure their safety. All the material and implements for a regular battle were on the ground, even to the hospital corps. Friday there will be a battle on a much larger scale. IRRIGATION AT ANDERSON. A Proposition to Pump Water From the Saoramento River. ANDERSON, CaL., July 20.—The farm- ers and orchardmen hereabouts are strongly agitating the proposition of pump- | ing water for irrigation purposes from the Sacramento River, the power to be obtained from the swift-moving current of the stream. It is proposed to harness this power by means of paddle-wheels placed in the cur- rent upon either pier solidly imbeded in the river, or by the use of a double boat with a wheel placed in the center so as to catch the full velocity of the current. The power so obtained is to be attached to a centrifugal pump. A large volume of wa- I ARG rn AL NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING AT SANTA ORUZ. [Reproduced from a phatograph.] line at their respective schoolhouses at 1 o’clock and in a body marched to the new building. . Besides the pupils there was present a throng of townspeople, mostly parerts of the children. When they had assembled, with the teachers and trustees, Trustee P. B. Fagen called the assemblage to order and made a short and very appropriate address. Then came the raising of the American flag, the salute, the singing of the “Star- spangled Banner” by more than 1000 children, prayer of thanks, of dedication and of petition for the continued blessing of the Almighty, the latter offered by Rev. J. G. Taylor, pastor of the First Congrega- tional Church. Senator Bart Burke, one of the trustees, then made an eloquent speech, and was followed by Trustee E. 0. J. Lincoln, who, in appropriate and well-chosen words, pre- sented the building to Professor D. Clark, the principal, who to-day is at the head of one of the finest school buildings in the State. He accepted it with due acknowledgment of the honor conferred. “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,” was sung by the chlldren, and the closing speech was by Superintendent of Schools J. W. Linscott. After the singing of “America” the building was thrown open and was inspected by the audience. The building is situated on the corner of Walnut avenue and California street, on Mission Hill, and is a beautiful piece of architecture of modern design. The site is a most commanding one, and from it a most beautiful view of the bay and ocean, valleys and surrounding mounfains can be obtained, and the building, on account of its fine situation, can be seen from all parts of this City. The grounds are being laid out in an artistic manner, with walks, lawns and flower gardens. The building is two stories in height, with a basement. The bell tower and cu- pola are over the main entrance and are of a pleasing design. The main entrance to the building is from Walnut avenue, and the approach is by a wide flight of stairs and through an arch in black, silver and gold to an open hallway. There are also two side entrances. Special attention has been paid to the interior arrangement of the building for the comfort and convenience of the students. There are eight well-lighted, sunny and thoroughly ventilated class- rooms, furnished with the most modern school furniture. The laboratory for chem- istry and physics has received special at- tention, and is supplied with water and gas, and has individual working-rooms for thirty-four students. Lockers for the safe storage of the individual apparatus have been provided sufficient in number for seventy-four students. There is also a convenient general storeroom for appa- ratus. Library, lunchroom, closets, offices and playrooms for rainy weather are also provided. E. L. Van Cleek was the architect, and it cost about $20,000. The Sunta Cruz schools are among the best in the State, the graduates being en- titled to enter both the State University and the Stanford University upon recom- mendation of the principal without exami- nation. They may also complete the four- year normal course at the San Jose State Normal School in two years. The schools are under the management of the Board of School Trustees, Dr. P. B. Fagen, 0. J. Lincoln and Bart Burke, and much credit is due to fhem for the recent improvements. Sheriff Besse’s Son Loses a Leg. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, July 29.—Harry Besse, 13 years of age, son of Sheriff Milton Besse of this city, met with a serious acci- dent this afternoon. He was trying to board the outgoing Boulder train, just be- yond tunnel 8, and was running along side the train, ready to board it, when he struck a stake, which tripped him up. He fell, his left leg going under the car, the wheels passing over it between the knee and ankle, crushing it in a horrible manner. The lad was taken to his home on High street, where Doctors Blant and Knight amputated his leg just above the knee joint. BATTLE NEAR PACIFIC GROVE. One of the Sham Conflicts of the Regulars Fought. PACIFIC GROVE, CAL., July 29.—The City of Pines was somewhat disturbed to- day by the rapid firing of'rifles in the | of fruit will be 11,000 cans a da; ter can be obtained by either method at a small outlay. Hundreds of acres of land lying elong the river from Anderson to Balls Ferry, and even to Cottonwood, a dis- tance of nine miles, and extending from one to two miles back from the river, are com- osed of sandy alluvial deposits that can e easily irrigated by the water pumped from the river, and which would cause it to produce fruit and vegetables to perfec- tion. LECTURES 70 FARMERS, Regular Instruction at Camp Roache Begun to a Good Attendance. A Comparison Made Between the Farmer of Half a Century Ago and of To=Day. WRIGHTS, Cav., July 29.—Regular in- struction at Camp Roache began this morning. The first lecture was by Pro- fessor C. W. Woodworth of Berkeley on the relation of water to plant diseases. Professor Woodworth took the place of Professor Hilgard, detained by illness, but the latter will be present next week. The attendance at the first lecture was very gratifying to the promoters of the camp. Professor Woodworth defined plant dis- ease as “‘Anything that will affect the crop of a cultivated plant.” The effect of para- sites and climatic conditions, he said, are plant diseases. He gave in detail the con- struction of a plant, explaining fully the use of each portion and the evils attend- ant upon extremes of moisture and drought. He took up separately the different classes of fungi common in Cali- fornia orchards, showing their method of attacking the tree and a remedy for each. He spoke of cutwormsand borers and their effect on plant growth. Sucking insects were mentioned, and the effect of changing climatic conditions on the injury done by such of them as the woolly aphis was ointed out. A general and very beneficial iscussion followed. The afternoon lecture on “Changes Tak- ing Place in the Condition of the Ameri- can Farmer,” by Professor E. A. Ross of Stanford University, was exceedingly in- teresting and instructive. He compared the farmer of to-day with the farmer of fifty years ago and showed plainly ihat while before he was merely a producer to-cay he is a business man, a buyer, seller, a transporter. He stated that as a consequence of these changes the farmer must devote his attention {o specialized and sta- ple farming; that scientific knowledge was now more important than knack. He brol:ight out the fact that a greater use of buildings and machinery was necessary with present methods. And hence capital must be used and recourse must be had to the money-lender. He showed why the farmer of this age ‘was interested in th® monetary policy of the Government, and how he must study the question of marketing more extensively than before; he must adapt himself to the conditions of distant markets and remote consumers and prepare himself for the competition of to-day; he is more dependent on mid- dlemen, and to act with them intelli- gently must learn their ways and adapt himself to them; he must give up acting entirely as an individual and learn to co- operate with his neighbors. A remarkable interest was manifest and the committee is already enlarging the auditorium. SlednE Salmon and Mackerel at Monterey. MONTEREY, Cav., July 29.— Sunday was an exciting day in fishing circles, as there were more saimon caught then than ever before. Not less than sixty-five boats were out and each averaged about twenty- five fish, from 24 to 80 poundas. In all not less than four and a half to five tons were taken. The salmon run is one of the most remarkable ever witnessed here. The mackerel have also commenced to run in large schools. Ferrer Arrested. SAN JOSE, CAL., July 20.—A. M. Lo- renzo de Ferrer, charged with bigamy, was arrested in San_ Francisco to-day and brought to the County Jail here. His crime consisted of marrying a Miss Patten of Santa Cruz when be already had a wife in OQakland. Work Begun at the Chico Cannery. CHICO, CaL., July 29.—The Chico can- nery began the season’s work this morning. Fully 125_hands are employed, the princi- pal work being upon peaches. The output y. ARSON NEAR WINTERS, White Orchard Hands Incensed Against the Ranchers. OBJECT TO 'JAPANESE. Serious Threats Made Against the Life and Property of Orchardists. A VIRTUAL REIGN OF TERROR. The First Overt Act Results in the Destructlon of Considerable Property. WOODLAND, Car., July 29.—The or- chardists living about the town of Winters in this county are in deadly fear of the white orchard-hands in that vicinity. These fears have been prevalent for some time, but they were brought to a culmi- nating point Saturday night when some one set fire to the smokehouses, fruitdryer, bleachcars, fruitboxes. and trays belonging to Clay A. Blake, who lives on Putah Creek, about tbree miles east of Winters. The trouble arises from the hiring of Japanese orchard help by all the ranchers from Winters to Vacaville. Hundreds of white men have been lying around out of employment because of the fact that all the orchardists persisted in hiring the cheap Japanese labor, and nearly every orchardist in the valley has received an anonymous letier conveying a threat to ap- ply the torch to some of his buildings, to shoot him from ambush, to burn down his home, to kill his stock, or do some other equally atrocious act should he persist in hiring Japanese to the exclusion of white people. Among others, George W. Thistle Jr., an orchardist, had been threatened so much that he did not dare go out to his barn after dark to milk his cows without taking some one with him. Last Thursday Clay A. Blake received a letter threatening his property with de- struction if he hired Japanese help or sold to the Japanese company that is buying the fruit on the trees all over Vacaville Valley. The next day Mr. Blake got a fair offer from the Japanese company and he sold. The news of the sale did not leak out till Saturday, and on that day little knots of men were seen here and there along the creek in earnest discussion. That night the buildings were fired. The blaze was started in the main building, where 5000 boxes and trays, valued at about §1200, were stored. This building and its con- tents were totally destroyed. The flames rapidly spread to the surrounding build- ings, consisting of smokehouses and the like, and they, too, were consumed, with the cars used for taking fruit from the or- chard to the bleachers. This fire was the first overt act following the threats that have been made upon the orchardists of Winters, and it has set them all on the qui vive. The town is surrounded with unem- ployed men, who are sleeping in the hills and along the creek banks, and who do not attempt to conceal their feelings in the least. They come out boldly in some in- stances and say that the. orchardists will suffer if this hiring of Japanese help con- tinues. One of them said to-day to Jack- son, a prominent fruit-grower here: “We can’t get work and we can't starve. ‘We would just as soon be in State’s prison as living this way. We would be a great deal better off.” One letter received is written in a fair hand, though apparently disguised. 1t says: ‘You are hereby given notice that you are expected to fire every — Jap you have on your place and desist from hiring any more. If this don’t go you will be sorry. Every — thing that is destroy- able will be put to the torch. A Trp.” BRADY AT MARVSVILLE, His Arrival From Sacramento Awaited by a Throng of People. Escorted to the County Jail by a Procession of Pedestrians and Vehicles. SACRAMENTO, Car., July 29.—Train Robber Brady was taken to Marysville by Sheriff Johnson this afternoon, where he will be tried for the murder of Sheriff Bogard, the holdup in which Bogard was killed having occurred in Yuba County. Great surprise was expressed by many of the crowd which had gathered at the depot to catch a glimpse of the bold des- perado_at his size and youthful appear- ance. Brady was conducted to the smok- ing-car, where he laughed and chatted pleasantly with several acquaintances until the train started. MARYSVILLE, Cal,, July 20.—Brady, the noted bandit, arrived here this after- noon. No man, however distinguished, could have asked a more enthusiastic re- ception than was granted this will-o’-the- vmg1 bandit as he stepped from the cars on the arrival of the local train at 5 o’clock this afternoon. A large crowd of curious and excited people was at the depot, and all that was lacking to give tone and holi- day zest to the affair was the presence of a brass band. 5 Brady didn’t know precisely what kind of a greeting he might receive., It might be pleasant and uneventful, or it might be altogether too cordial. He was aware of the feeling that was aroused in the com- munity when the dead body of Sheriff Bogard was lowered to the same depot platform one morning four months ago, almost to a day, but he didn’t know how time might have served to reduce its strength and allay its bitterness, so when he stepped through the car door to the platform he scrutinized the crowd with a countenance not altogether free from anxiety. A moment’s survey, how- ever, seemed to convince him that there was no danger to be apprehended, and his face lit up with a pleasant smile, as he descended to the ground with Sheriff Inlow of Yuba County, Sheriff Johnson of Sacramento and Detectives James Hume and John Thacker. The crowd pushed and crowded around the party in an effort to catch a glimpse of the noted young criminal, and it was with some difficulty the officers nianaged to force their way through. By some over- sight no _hacks were In waiting, and the four officers and their prisoner were obliged to walk through the streets for three blocks before the Sheriff’s office was reached. The crowd formed into a proces- sion, surrounding the officers, and buggies, wagons and other vehicles loaded with oc- cupanis followed. All along the line of march men, women and children had ’ thered, and shouts of ‘“Here comes rady”’ brought forth more spectators from the residences on the route. . Brady stood the ordeal without flinch- ing. He carried a folded newspaper in one of his manacled hands, chatted with the officers and smiled indulgently at the crowd when they pressed too close and im- peded his way. On arriving at the Shenff’s office the handcuffs were removea, and in a few moments Brady was installed in a cell in the County Jail, adjoining William Isom, a brother of Bank-robber Isom, who is awaiting trial for the murder of Robert Wallace in a dancehouse at Wheatland a short time ago. Brady’s trip up from Sacramento was uneventful, except that there were crowds awaiting to see him atall the stations along the line. When he arrived at Reeds sta- tion, the scene of the train-robbery in which he is supposed to have been implicated, he recognized the location, and asked the officers numerous questions about the affair, waggishly asserting that he was somewhat interested in the occurrence, as he had worked on several of the ranches in the vicinity, and was quite wellacquainted with the locality. SN J0S PROPERTY U It Is Brought to Secure Posses- sion of a Valuable Estate. Emma Axford,a Young Lady, Claims That She Is Helr to It Under a Will. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 28.—The suit of Public Administrator Secord, administra- tor of the estate of G. E. Schenck, against A. A. Geer commenced this morning in Judge Reynolds’ court. The suit is brought to recover property that had be- longed to the deceased that isin Geer's possession. On January 5, 1895, Schenck died at the home of the defendant in this city. He was supposed to be well off, but at the time of his death little was found. The Axford family were about the only friends of the old man, and he took a great liking to Emma Axford, and he had told her at dif- ferent times that he intended to leaye her all his wealth. After his death a will was filed by Miss Emma Axford, in which he gave her certain property, ana the admin- istrator began to hunt around for property belonging to the old man. In hiscom- laint he says he found jewelry valued at 300, $200 worth of Union Savings Bank stock, $1200 worth of San Jose Water Com- pany stock and a mortgage for $1100. This property was in the possession of Geer, and he Tefused to turn it over to the ad- ministrator. Several witnesses were examined to-day, Geer took the stand and said that he had known Schenck since 1876 and that for the last two or three years he had made his home at his house. He and his wife had given Schenck every care while he was sick, and the day before Schenck died he had transferred the property to him for the care they had rendered. He aiso ad- mitted that besides the property men- tioned Schenck had transferred $6000 worth of property in San Francisco to him. !\Fiss Axford told how Schenck had romised to provide for her and had told Eer he had immense mining properties in Mexico and stock in several corporations in San Francisco. She had every reason to believe that she would be remembered bylthe deceased. He had given her the will. Miss Axford’s mother corroborated the statement of her daughter. g Schenck was 80 years old at the time of his death and was a native of Germany, where it is said he inherited considerable property. CHARGED WITH ARSON. A Complaint Filed Against Ex-Super- visor Tillotson. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 28.—Charles Will, representing the National Fire Insurance Company, swore to a complaint before Justice Gass this morning charging ex- Su})ervisor H. Tillotson with arson. Tillotson is accused of buruinihis house for the insurance, and it is said tially confessed to the crime. It is further reported that Tillotson at one time offered A. A. Doane $250 to burn a house that he owned at College Park, but Doane refused to have anything to do with it. J. H. Russell, Tillotson’s attorney, denies that the prisoner made any kind of con- fession, and says that if any statements were secured it was through intimidating the prisoner. Exciting Experience of a Wheelman. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 28.—Sylvester A. Horton, a wheelman of San Francisco, had an exciting experience while coasting down the grade near Alum Rock Park yes- terday momini. His wheel got away from him and his ride for a quarter of a mile was terrific and he narrowly escaped colliding with a team. Just how he passed the team is not known, as the road is a narrow one. When he arrived at the foot of the grade he was so overcome and ex- cited he could hardly speak. He remem- bered seeing the team coming and when near it closefi his eyes to await the crash. Failed to Return a Hired Bicycle. SAN JOSE, Carn., July 28.—H. F. Coe, the proprietor of the Falcon Cyclery, ap- peared before Justice Dwyer this morning and swore to a complaint charging O. Richards with grand larceny. Richards rented a wheel from Coe last Saturday and failed to return it. Campbell Opposed to Sanitary Districts. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 29.—The first elec- tion under the State law for the formation of sanitary districts was held to-day at Campbell, and resulted in the defeat of the roposition to form a district by a four- ths vote. SALINAS JUDGE DIVORCED. Mrs. N. A. Dorn Legally Sepa- rated From Her Husband by Agreement. e has par- She Is Awarded Nine Thousand Dollars and One of the Six Chlldten. SALINAS, Can, July 28. — Superior Judge N. A. Dorn and his wife were to-day divorced in Judge N. A. Dorn’s court, the case being heard with closed doors, Judge ‘W. M. Conley of Madera presiding. Under the decree of ihe court Mrs. Dorn received $9000 and the youngest child. Judge Dorn was granted the custody of the other five children. The suit was brought by Mrs. Doru. 4 In an interview, D. 8. Dorn, the well- known attorney of this City, and brother of the Judge, stated that Mrs. Dorn brought this suit on the ground of deser- tion. The couple had not been living to- gether tor several years, and their final se- paration in the divorce court was by mutual agreement, and the settlement and dis- posal of the property was satisfactory to both. The World’s Fair Tests showed no baking powder 80 pure or so great in leave CLIPPINGS. Sacramento Record-Union, March 29, 1895, AN OPEN LETTER." 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