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THE SAN FRANCISCO OCALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1895 3 NEWS OF THE COAST, Fremont Smith To Be Hanged To-Day at San Quentin. IN UNREPENTANT MOOD. He Absolutely Refuses to Re- ceive Spiritual Con- solation. CURSES FOR HIS ENEMIES. Declares His Innocence and De- nounces His Attorney—No Fear of Death. SAN QUENTIN, C —Fremont Smith, who 3 norrow for the brutal murder of his two chum fisher- men, “Dolph” and ‘“Charley,” near Colusa, is probably the most impenitent murderer who ever oc an Quen- tin death c He utter spiritual comfort te: i} @ Lagan, and replied to the offer to send him a F nan in exceed- ingly coar it has seemed that nothing could move him in the least. He belie ther in God nor in the vil, and o speaks of the Al- the most shocking and profane d brutal jibes accom- s to his terrible fate, fter only that he awyer, Edward Swinford of he may get even with him he cl , ““selling me out.” Sm 1as, however, one redeeming trait. He loves his old mother, and the depth of that affection was shown this afternoon when he spoke of her. “Poor old mother,” he said. *It’sawfully hard If it was not for her I wouldn’t —~. For myself I don’t care a , but mothe: e'll not I'm hung.” Tears glistened in his s he spoke and his voice trembles the curious jailers watched silently the display of emotion by the man who meet his sa, that ereafter. ment later, however, the con- demned man was again the brutally joc latives. His mother liv recently sold he She is 84 T nd the condemned man’s says Smith, “I ve had plenty of money to fight m Jeffries, formerly of San Jose | but now a hutcher at Washington Corners, | Alameda County, is another brother-in- | of the condemned man. Frank Jef- | , who is connected with the San Jose motor li phew, and Bert Jeffries, a torch during the Cleveland parade ast National campaign, is an- r. John Breen of San Juan, a brother of Superior Judge Breen of San Benito George Chalmers of San Juan and James Bigley, all married sisters re his arreston the murder charge Smith had borne a fairly goog character, in spite of his undeniable toughness. He had been in jail in Colusa once for stealing meat from a butcher-shop because be was says Lawyer 1, tement which he putin his transcript on appes knew Chris Evans and had been 1 him in Fresno,he brands as a fairy ing the crime for which he r the extreme penalty, he pro- the profoundest ignorance, and, of se, his utter innocence. ‘“One of and the other’s head crushed in with an ax. They were then throwninto the river. v traveling through the count: board. I had gone two d to Willows and Collinsville, where Yet the arrest took place s, I think it was, after the death of those men. “Imnever would have been convicted if that out. He wouid sell his own mother for $50. He thinks less of a man’s life than 1 do’ of a coyote, and that’s little. He has been running to the Governor to do me up, too, €ise the Governor never would commit such cold-blooded murder as to hang me. Swinford has been slandermg me, or else no man smart enough to be Governor could fail to see my innocence and let me hang. “The fact is a man without money is a ——fool to let himself be arrested. Yet, any old woman would have taken me, for 1 did not know what the trouble was and was so-sure they had made a mistake. They would not take me again if I was | out of this; guilty or innocent. There wowld not be officers enough in tbe United States'to take me so long as I had a shot ft in .my revolver. Ii I couldn’t get ay I'd use it and blow iy brains out.” Smith was asked if he would break down. A quizzical smile passed over his face and he replied with a peculiar drawl: “That ain’t my calculations. I've always haa grit enough to carry me through most P s,and I guess I'll have enough for this. 1 forgive all my enemies? Not much; I ain’t built that way, and I ain’t ot to that point yet. No, sir. I'll die leaving my bitterest curse on all who have been connected with my murder and that of my mother. I'll diein the religion of ¥than Allen, Thomas Jefferson and Abe Lincoln, and in company with such men as them I'm willing to take my chances.” Smith is not a handsome man. His nose was broken in a fight at Willows twelve years ago, and remains bent and twisted. Since being in prison he has grown very fat, and weighs probably 220 pounds. The arrangements for the execu- tion have been all perfected, and the only concern now was hinted at in e remark this afternoon, *‘Smith’s got a big neck to break.’” Death of Will Haight. LOS ANGELES, Cav., Aug. 8.—Assistant United States District Attorney Will Haight died this morning from consump- tion, - He was 38 years old at the time of his death. He had made a splendid rec- ord for himself and had a large number of friends here. He was a native of Wash- live a week | of the gallows nor any dread | to have been at outs with nearly all | i in San | place and now | n the news of the execu- ; rs | as so horribly burned by the explo- | but he had never been in prison. | men,”’ he said, “was shot, I believe, | ¢ | prison. — — Swinford had not sold me | ington, D. C., where, from a messenger- boy in the Senate, he rose to be chief cierk of the Department of Justice, being first to organize a corps of special agents to examine the accounts of Federal offi- cers to prevent entaneclement. He came here for his health, and leaves a widow, who is prostrated over the loss. etk S DISAPPOINTED ELOPERS. Two Children Frustrated in Their Scheme to Get Married. NTA BARBARA, CaL, Aug. 8.—A. Crites, a boy of 19, and Miss E. Decker, a irl of 14, took passage at the port of Los ngeies on the steamer Mexico, touching at this port last night. When a sufficient distance from land they desired Captain | Hall to perform the marridge ceremony be- tween them. The captain declined on ac- count of the youth of both parties and took the girl under his temporary guardian- ship to San Francisco, telegraphing her parents at Los Angeles. The disappointed elopers had tickets to San Francisco, where they designed spending their honey- moon. s EEARAC B ¢ WASHOUT NEAR GRANT. One Man Killed and Three Injured on the A. and P. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., Aug.8.—An Atlantic and Pacific train ran into a wash- out near Grant station last night and was derailed. One man, Rev. George Wheeler, was killed and three persons were slightly rjured. The track was promptly cleared and there was little delay. SAN JOSE LEGAL TANGLE Arrest of an Employe of Mrs. Munier for Grand Larceny. The Prisoner Lays Claim to One- Third the Property of His Accuser. SAN JOSE, CaAL., Aug. 8.—Aleck Nuss- baum, who was arrested on a charge of grand larceny last evening at the instance of Mrs. Munier, was arraigned before Justice Dwyer this afternoon and his examination set for August 14. Bail was { fixed at $250. Mrs. Munier owns a vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains and Nussbaum has been employed on the place for the last { nine years, during which time he says he has received no wages. He says that Mrs. Munier agreed to deea him a one-third interest in the place, but when he de- manded a settlement about a year ago she | denied having entered into such an agree- | ment. Nussbaum said the place did not pay expenses and that Mrs. Munier was | forced to mortgage it, and he has been paying the interest on said mortgage. About two weeks ago the bad feeling between the parties culminated in a fight, | and Nussbaum says Mrs. Munier hit him underthe eye with a bungstarter. A day or so after Mrs. Munier drove into the city with a horse, Nussbaum claims, and Nussbaum followed her and took the horse from her in front of the Cozzens place in the Willows, where it had | been left by Mrs. Munier. Mrs. Munier also claims the horse, and when Nuss- baum took it she came to town and swore {o a complaint charging him with grand | larceny. N > aum says he bought the horse in Stockton for $30 and says Mrs. Munier 1s putting up.a job on him so he cannot claim his stipulated one-third interest in the place. TILLOTSON’S AMINATION. John H. Dunlap Testified That Defendant Confessed to Him. SAN JOSE, CAL., Aug.8.—The examina- tion of ex-Supervisor H. Tillotson, who is charged with burning his house for the | insurance, was resumed before Justice | Gass this morning. | Alvin H. Tillotson, a son of the accused, | testified that he had taken away some | furniture from the house the night before | the fire, but denied that there had been | any preconcerted plan as to the removal | of the goods. [ John H. Dunlap of Hyde Park was put | on the stand and gave some damaging evi- | dence against Tillotson. Hesaid: “I have known Tillotson about a year and a half. I had a conversation with Tillotson ten or | twelve days after the fire, at my house. He told me that he had set fire to the | house. He said the first attempt it failed to go, but the second time it went up like apuff. He spoke of a box that he had concealed in the orchard near the house, containing cutlery, crockeryware and something of that sort. There'was no one present at the conversation but Tillotson | and myself. He also told me at the time | that Detective Frost was working on the case and was attempting to send him to Tillotson was very nervous at the | time and said, ‘Dunlap, I have burned that | building, but_you won't run off and tell | the Sheriff, will you?’ ” The witness was put through a rieid | examination by the defendant’s attorneys, | but his testimony was not materially changed. The examination will be continued until to-morrow. Brott Acquitted. SAN JOSE, Can., Aug. 8.—A. A. Brott was tried before Justice Dwyer and a jury | this morning on a charge of defrauding Ed | Snell, the proprietor of an East Santa | Clara street cigar-stand, out of the change for a §20 piece. Snell claimed tbat Brott | entered his place and asked him to change | 2 $20 piece and then decamped with both the change and the gold piece. There were no witnesses for the prosecution and | the jury acquitted Brott after a few min- utes’ deliberation. Clawed by a Lion. SAN JOSE, Can, Aug. 8. — Charles Briggs, an employe of the great Syndicate circus, met with a painful injury yesterday afternoon while feeding the lions. He was putting meat in the cage through the bars and one of the beasts made a lunge for it, catching Briggs' right arm, and 1nflicted three deep gashes. A physician was sum- moned and it was found no arteries had been cut. It will be some time before Briggs will be able to use his arm. Z Sad ¥ate of a Morphine Fiend. SAN JOSE, Car., Aug. 8.—Harry Collo- more, a morphine fiend who has figured frequently in the Police Court, was to-day arrested ona charge of insanity. About eight months ago he was arrested for petty larceny and, in receiving sentence, he asked that he be given the limit under the law, so as he could break himself of the habit. Since his discharge from_ jail he has been using the drug again and of late has become insane. To Administer Greenwalt’s Estate, SAN JOSE, CiL, Aug.8.—J. K. Green- walt to-day petitioned for letters of admin- istration on the estate of George Green- walt, a brother, who was killed by the ex- plosion of the boiler of a pumping engine on July 26,1895. The estate consists of personal property and 3214 acres of land in Union district, the total value of which is $12,000. The heirs are the widow, Hat- tie Greenwalt, and five children. Apricots for London. SAN JOSE, CarL., Aug. 8.—The Kinsley cannery at Campbell has just completed preserving 200,000 cans of apricots, and the pack is being shipped to London. The cannery will also put up about 75,000 cans of peaches and 120,000 cans of pears. NEWS OF THE COAST. Suit to Oust Supervisor Nelson of Merced County. - INTERESTING SIDE ISSUE, An Inside View Given of.the Affairs of the Merced Bank. DEFENDANT WAS A DIRECTOR. The Prosecution WIill Try to Show He Knew of the Bank’s Weak Condition. MERCED, Cgr., Aug. 8, — The™ case begun last Saturday by William Atwood in the Superior Court, having for its ob- ject the ousting of Supervisor Nelson from office, has broadened out, and in the opera- tion an inside view has been given of the affairs of the Merced Bank, an institution which went out of existence in October, 1894, and left a long list of depositors to mourn the closing thereof, and overdrafts amounting to $70,000, with small security in every instance. None of the losers by the bank’s failure have thus far com- ‘menced any proceedings looking to bring- ing the affair into court, but the entering wedge has now been driven. By the failure of the bank the county Jost $7000 which the Treasurer had on de- pesit, and tls only thing to show for it was a certificate of deposit, which paper ‘was passed upon every month by Mr. Nel- son in his capacity as chairman of the Board of Supervisors, as good and suffi- cient security for the deposited funds. Mr. Nelson was also a director of the defunct bank. Last month suit was commenced by the county against the bondsmen of the Treasurer looking to the recovery of the amount lost by the failure of the bank. William Atwood was one of the sureties, and he in turn filed on the 1st inst. a suit demanding that Mr. Nelson be ousted from office for gross neglect of duty as a mem- ber of the Board of Supervisors, Asabove stated, the contest came up last Saturday with a motion to nonsuit by Mr. Nelson’s attorneys, which was denied. The case opened last Tuesday for the taking of testimony. R. F. Bartlett, ex-€ounty Treasurer, was the first witness called. His testimony went to show the several transactions he had had with the bank during his term of | office. A certificate of deposit in the Merced Bank for $7500, on the back of which was a credit of $500, was intro- duced in evidence. Mr. Bartlett said it was given to him by J. W. Howell, cashier | of the bank, and that he made a demand on the bank for the connty’s money; that prior to that time witness had a conversa- tion with Mr. Nelson, who asked witness not to draw the money from the bank at that time, as such action would cripple the bank. At the last count of the money in the treasury, during Mr. Bartlett's term of office, Mr. Nelson passed the certificate as good, being sure that the money would be paid within a very short while. J. W. Howell, cashier of the bank, testified that upon receipt of the written demand made by Mr. Bartlett for the county’s money he got a team and went to Plainsburg, the home of Mr. Nelson. That gentleman returned with him to Merced, and called alone on Treasurer Bartlett. Mr. Howell was asked if Mr. Nelson told him anything of the conversa- tion held with Mr. Bartlett. The witness could not remember. The prosecution claim that the bank was financially weak several months before its final collapse, and will endeavor to show that Mr. Nelson was well informed of that fact. G. W. Landess, a farmer, testified that Mr. Nelson had very recently told him that at a meeting of the directors of the bank held as far back as two years ago, he advised that the bank close its doors, but that his associates had talked him out of it. Mr. Bartlett’s son, Roy, testified to a part of a conyersation between Mr. Nelson and his father shortly before the suspen- sion of the Merced Bank, in which Nelson asked Bartlett to leave the money in the bank. Witness then went on to state that his father was at that time uneasy about the county money in the Merced Bank and thereafter drew the money from the bank at divers times. Cashier Howell was recalled and it de- veloped in the course of his examinaticn by Attorney Clunie that the witness and his brother were interested in an overdraft of something like $28,000. Other names were read off for smaller amounts. The case is attracting great interest and will probably consume the remainder of the present week. ENTHUSIASM AT EUREKA, It Has Been Excited by the Near Prospect of a Railroad. Liberal Offer of Sixty Thousand Dollars Made by a Single Firm. EUREKA, Carn., Aug. 8.—The offer of the California, Oregon and Idaho Railroad Company has excited much enthusiasm here. The company has been organized to build from San Francisca Bay to Fort Cas- par, Wyo., there to connect with the Chi- cago and Northwestern. It offers to build a line from the main line near Redding to Eureka if the people of Eureka will sub- scribe for $500,000 of bonds. Already more than half the amount has been promised. To-day the people met with a delightful surprise in the liberal offer of William Car- son of the well-known lumber firm of Dol beer & Carson. Mr. Carson’s proposition was gladly accepted, and is as follows: First—We will agree to pay $5000 when a terminal is secured within the limits of the city of Eureka and twenty miles of substantial roadbed graded on the pro- posed line toward Red Bluff; $5000 on the completion of the grading of each of the re- maining four sections of twenty miles or thereabouts, between the terminal in Eu- reka and a point at or near Red Bluff, making in all a sum of $25.000 for securing a terminal in the city of Eureka and one at or near Red Biuff. Second—We will give $5000 upon the completion of the first section of twenty miles or thereakouts of substantially built standard-gauge road, suitably equipped for construction purposes; $5000 each upon the completion of the remaining four sec- tions when constructed in like manner. DOLBEER & CARsoN. 1 will also personally agree to pay $10,000 for a section In_a sleeper between the city of Eureka and Caspar, Wyo. This offer to hold good for five years from date. ‘WiLLIAM CARsSON. The acceptance of this magnanimous ofter of $60,000 practically assures the suc- cess of the new road, and after the rest of the subseriptions are pledged Mr. Bald- ridge will depart for New York, where he will dispose of the bonds. momene SILVER QUARTZ FOUND. Two Prospectors Bring a Trophy Back From the Mountains. SANTA MONICA, CAL., Aug. 8.—Two prospectors came in from the mountains north of here late last night bringing a lot of fine-looking quartz which they claimed wwas sulphide of silver, although much of it contained pyrites of iron beautifully col- ored with green copper stain. They would not divulge the exact spot where the find was made and quieted inquisitives by say- ing that it was near the summit of the range eas the “big canyon.” The prospectors claimed that they had found the ore at a depth of only eight feet and the vein was strong and well defined. The gungue matter thrqugh which the ore passes is wide, and neither hanging nor foot walls had yet been found. The forma- tion is lime and granite and much green country rock has been encountered. e e MONTEREY AT S DIEGD, Arrival of the Big Man-of-War From Her Trip to South America. Much Admired by the Citizens of Peru—Supposed Object of Her Voyage. SAN DIEGO, CaL., Aug. 8.—The United States coast defense vessel Monterey ar- rived off the heads this morning at day- light, twenty-nine days from Callao, Peru, and eight days from Acapulco, the only port at which she called since leaving Panama. She came to anchor off Santa Fe wharf at 10 o’clock. The vessel made the best time on record from Panama to Acapulco, covering the distance in a trifle over seven days. The voyage up the coast was entirely unevent- ful, and in fact ever since leaving San Diego last April there has been no event of extraordinary importance on board. The Monterey spent nearly two months at Callao, though for what reason the officers do not know, unless it was to keep an eve on Chile during the recent troubles in Peru.. Ths country was in a state of turmoil up to a short time prior to the Monterey’s departure, when peace reigned again. The Presidential election occurred the day before the Monterey sailed, and-ex- President Pierola was again elected as the executive head of the nation. During the vessel’s stay at Callao he visited her and was much impressed with her construction and equipment. As he left the vessel he was saluted with twenty-one guns. Hundreds of persons of high and low Jegree inspected the Monterey at Callao, Panama and Acapulco, and the great 12- inch guns, “Big Betsy” and “Big Alice,”" were much admired. One old lady, after being shown the workings of the tre- mendous guns, was evidently overcome with a sense of their power, for she made the sign of the cross upon her breast and remarked in Spanish, *“Would to God we were all Gringos.”’ The Peruvians seemed to greatly appre- clate the visit of the Monterey, and every attention possible was shown to the officers. The newspapers at Lima, the capital, when speaking of the United States, generally referred to this Nation as “The grand Rcpublic.” On July 4, in the harbor of Callao, the Monterey was decorated with three “rain- bows” of flags during the day and by rows of electric lights at night.” The French man-of-war, Duchaffault, the Peruvian men-of-war, Constitucion and Lima, and the United States vessel Alert were also guy!fi decorated, and the day was pretty much taken up with boatracing, for which the officers of the Monterey offered prizes. Caprain Francis J. Higginson will be relieved as commander of the Monterey on September 2, when he will be succeeded by Captain Theodore F. Kane. he Monterey will remain in port about a week before proceeding to Mare Island. A day or two will be devoted to coaling, painting and cleaning the vessel. Sss ey e SENSATIONAL ABDUCTION. Final Recovery of Two Children by Their Father. PORT TOWNSEND, WasH., Aug. 8.— The arrival of Superior Judge Ballinger to-night will mark the culmination of one of the most sensational abduction cases that ever occurred in the Northwest, and which involves some of the most promi- nent people of this county, as well as Brit- ish Columbia. The first chapter of the story dates back over ten years, when the fashionable mar- riage at Victoria united Miss Richardson and J. C. MacLure. The result of the union was two pretty girls, Bernice Martha and Florence Alice, all over whom the present trouble results. The home was one of the happiest in Brit- ish Columbia. One day, however, the lov- ing wife was accidentally thrown in the company of an advocate and disciple of a fanatical religious sect. After separating from his wife MacLure g]-ced the children in a private school at ale, B. C., where he imagined them safe from their insane mother. The return of the woman to Victoria was hailed with de- light by members of the sect. ts members determined to assist her re- covery of the children. Accompanied by a higl dpriesbeys of the sect, she accordingly roceeded to a camp in the vicinity of ale, and one day when the children were granted a short vacation to visit their g;andparems at Vancouver the mother arded the train at a place called Mission and took them in charge. darkness the children were spirited to Vancouver and thence the next night to Victoria, where by the assistance of mem- bers of the sect the mother prevented the service of habeas corpus papers. Some days ago, finding the = search too hot, the mother came to this city, accompanied by her two children, and was taken at once to the home of James Mc- Curdy, whose wife is Mrs. MacLure’s aunt. There to-day the gnny was located by de- tectives, who had been searching every city on Puget Sound, and, to-night, upon the arrival of the judge, the children will be taken in charge of and the mother ar- rested and charged with kidnaping. ——— HEALDSBURG GRAPES. The First Offer for the 1895 Crop Al- ready Received. HEALDSBURG, CAL., Aug. 8.—The first offer yet made for grapes for the season of 1895 came to-day from Kohler & Frohling, whose cellar is in Windsor. Their buyer, F. P. Grace, announces that 6000 tons of grapes are wanted. The price paid is §12 per ton, delivered at the winery. This price is for ordinary or wine grapes and will be paid on delivery. By improve- ments made in the firm's cellar at that &%3“ the capacity has been increased 200,- gallons, and the new steam-crusher put in will handle 200 tons daily. No dry wines will be manufactured at this cellar and the 6000 tons of grapes will be made into brandy and sweet wines. NEWS OF THE COAST, Children’s Day at the Encampment of the Veterans. AGE DEFERS TO YOUTH. The Parade and Entertain- ‘ment of the Youngsters the Features. TWO0 COURT-MARTIAL TRIALS. To-Day the Coming Woman Takes Charge of the Camp Under a ® General Order. SANTA MONICA, CAr, Aug. 8.—To-day was Sons of Veterans’and Children’s day, it being a fitting climax to the preceding enjoyable days. The chief interest cen- tered around the children’s parade and entertainment in the pavilion in the after- noon. It was a sight never to be forgotten to see the little creatures marching, each with a flag given it by the Phil Kearney Camp of Sons of Veterans of Pasadena, and headed by the drum corps of that camp, surrounded .by veterans as a guard of honor. 1t was specially pleasing to see the old grizzled warriors pay deference to the little ones, and to see the pleased expres- sion on the children’s faces. After march- ing about camp they filed into the big tent. Professor Clarke, the ballad singer, ren- dered the ‘“Battle Hymn of the Republic”’; Miss Stella Pinioh recited “The Dandy Fifth”” in capital style, and was followed by Colonel Blackmoore, who delivered a patriotic address, and who was succeeded by Miss Emeline Blair in a recitation. Comrade A. B. Godden of the Soldiers’ Home made one of his superb addresses. Little Joe Barnett sang *'I Don’t Want to Play in Your Yard,” the audience sang *‘America,” and the children’s part of the day was at an end. Two court-martial trials were held in the big tent in the forenoon. The first case was that of Adjutant Roache, who was ably defended by Comrade Fairbanks who succeeded in clearing the culprit. The other was the case of the John F. Godirey W. R. C., which was tried for putting sticks in the sherbet at their reception. This re- sulted in their being allowed to go this time, provided they did not stick to their bad beginning during camp. At midnight there was a mighty com- motion which alarmed the entire camp, and for awhile the stormy scenes of the sixties were re-enacted. Mayor Carrillo was compelled to call out the entire con- stabulary force of the town. The trouble was caused by the State Militia boys, who are in camp near by, coming over and en- deavoring to capture Camp Fort Fisher, which the old veterans resented, and a pitched battle ensued, Lincoln Circle be- ing the center of the affray. The old guard, assisted by the Mayor and Marshal Dexter and his men, came out victors. The following general orders No. 4 was read on dress parade: At sunrise to-morrow morning the com- ing woman will be here and assume com- mand. Comrades, they will then be our equals, whereas heretofore they have been our superiors. By -order of Commander Dill the following are the officers of the day: Mrs. Ella Van Horne, commander; Carrie A. House, adjutant; Mrs. Bucsanan, officer of the guard; Abbie E. Johnson, Mesdames Copeland, Hodgeman, Williams, Royce, Sherman, Davis and Dobbins, aids. Congressman W. W. Bowers of San Diego, accompanied by H. L. Story of Altadena, arrived this morning and en- joyed the day with the boys in blue at their camp. The Congressman is a special favor- ite with the old boys. T. L. Sooby and wife struck camp to-day and the boys say that when he and Dusen- bury get together the people can look out for squalls. Colonel Blackmore, commander of Hein- zelman Post of San Diego, reported to- day at camp and will remain until the close. Commander Dill and staff paid an official call to Captain Kennedy of Company C of the Seventh Infantry, N. G. C., at their camp, being hospitably received. The association drum corps is furnishing the melody for the camp, their chief occu- pation being to escort depredators out of camp and to attenc dress parade. Judge B. N. Smith of Los Angeles is a daily visitor to camp, where the urbane Justice spins yarns as fast and fanciful as any of the boys. The Liars’ Club met to-day in Lincoln Circle, President Munson in the chair. Captain C. C. Brown of Pasadena was elected president and Sam Kutz of Los Angeles, secretary. Among the pleasant episodes of camp life was the presentation of a cane to Dr. A. C. Keating of San Bernardino by Herman Ackerman of the Soldiers’ Home, in recognition of his many acts of kind- ness to the old soldiers. Colonel Frank E. Beach, Assistant In- spector-general of the National Corps of the Régular Army and Navy Union, who instituted Garrison No. 138 at Los Arngeles recently and installed its officers, arrived at camp'to-day and will remain for the encampment. The genial colonel is a re- cent arrival from the East, hailing from Gettysburg Post 191, G. A._R., of Boston. He has instituted many garrisons and says the Los Angeles infant is the most promising he has ever had the pleasure of christening. R. B. Connivis of Pasadena is the cannoner of camp, who wakes the camp at sunrise and notifies his comrades of sunset. Colonel Will C. Burton, inspector-gen- eral for the Pacific Coast of the Union Veterans’ Legion, is on the ground making calls on the three-year men who enlisted prior to July 1, 1863, to induce them to join the Veterans’ Association. Many encamp- ments of the order will shortly be organ- ized. To-morrow, Friday, the camp will be turned over to the women by Commander Dill, it being women’s auxiliary day, and the knowing ones say it will be pandemo- nium let loose in earnest. The cannoneer says there will be no use for the sunrise and sunset guns,because the ladies’ tongues will drown any ordinary salute. They promise -a big time, and there will be a great rush to see the fun and jollity. At dress parade the Tamale Drum Corps, con- ting of Miss Will C. Burton, dfum ma- or; Miss A. J. Lenox, leading lady blower; iss Nellie Cupid Kutz, assistant lady blower; Miss P. Case, first blower; Mother P. F. Hilliker, on the sheepskin; MissO. T. Thomas, third blower; Miss J. ¥. Orr, boss annunciator, and Miss J. Dougherty, b-flat snarist, will lead the mighty host. The Wisconsin State Association num- bers forty strong, the roster being as fol- lows: D. D. Kellogg, Company K, First Cavalry, Pasadena; R. S. Henderson, Company K, First Oavalry, Soldiers’ Home; Joseph Culver, First Infantry, Pasadena; D.C.Wilson, Second In- fantry, Riverside; M. H. Dunn, Third Infantry, Fullerton; E. C. Hewlett, Company I, Third Infantry, Pomona; A. T.Shanks, Company B, Third Infantry, Santa Ana; C. W. Hyatt, Com- pany C, Fourth Infantry, Los Angeles; D.B. Averson, Company B, Fourth Infantry, Red- lands; I. Enert, Company A, Fifth Infantry, Los Angeles; T.S. Willlams, Fifth Battery: B. Hilliker, Company N, Eighth Infantry, Los Angeles; Dreighton Smith, Company C, Eighth Infantry, Soldlers’ Home; L. L. Harris, Company L, Eighth Infantry, Pomona; M. Gilbert, Co. K, Eighth Infantry, Pomona; George Livingston, Co. A, Thirteenth Infantry, Los Angeles; F. M. Wilber, Co. A, Thirteenth Infantry, Los Angeles; G. M. Standon, Co. E, Thirteenth Infantry, Santa Ana; Lieutenant J. Comstock, Co. F, Eighteenth Infantry, Santa Monica; Charles Miller, Co. I, Nineteenth In- fantry, Pasadena; I. 8. Foster, hospital steward, Twenty-second Infantry, La Canada; F. E. Os- born, Co. E, Twenty-second Infantry, Milton, Wis.; B. T. Cook, hospital steward, Twenty- fourth Infantry, Covina; William E. Hess, sur- geon, Twenty-fourth Infantry, Soldiers' Home; F. D. Luddington, Co. C, Twenty-eighth Infan- try, Soldiers’ Home; A. Kron, Co. I, Thirty-first Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; P. P. Livermore, Co. F, Thirty-first Infantry, Los Angeles; William Sanders, Co. E, Thirty-second Infantry; B. Bol- linger, Co. I, Thirty-fifth Infantry, Pomona; Lieutenant C. M. Hyatt, Co. D, Thirty-eighth Iniantry, University; J. Santinnye, Co. T, Third ~Cavalry, Compton; Peter Cook, Co. E, Fiftieth Iniantry, Whittier; O. Wilcox, Co. D, Second Cavalry, Pomon: . Elliott, Fifth Battery, Santa Monica; Matt Flyun, Company C, First Infantry, Santa Monica; James Haddock, Company G, First Cavalry, Fernon; John Boynton, Third Cav- alry, Santa Monica; George Maddock, Com- pany F, Thirty-first Infantry, Riverside; S. F. Morrison, Company B, Second Infantry, Sol- diers’ Home; J. Everett, Company H,Second Infaniry, Santa Monica. The Pennsylvania State Veterans’ Asso- ciation 1s officered by W. H. Salladay of Los Angeles, president; John Stuntz of Pasadena, vice-president, and 8. R. Hell- mann of Santa Barbara, secretary. The roster is as foilows: W. H. Salladay, Fifty-seventh Infantry, Los Angeles; P. C. Harvey, One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Infantry, Saticoy; S. R. Hell- man, Seventh Cavalry, Santa Barbara; A. Bell, Fifty-first Infantry, Ventura; I N.Jefferson, One Hundred and Ninety-first Infantry, Po- mona: J. H.Stuntz, Tenth Regiment, Pasa- dena; D.S. Isenberg, One Hundred and Twen- ty-fifth Infantry, Ventura; J. M. Johnson, Fifty-second Infantry, Los Angeles; W. W. Woodruff, Twenty-first Cavalry, Hueneme; A. Bard, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth and One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, Ventura; S. C. Flint, Sixty-seventh Infantry, Oakland; C.J. MeDenitt, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth In- fantry, Santa Paula;W. H. Lewis, navy, Los An- geles; J. S. Dunn, Twenty-second Infantry, Ventura; W. J. Sheriff, One Hundred and Forty-second Infantry, Santa Paula: M. McCul- ley, Sixth Cavalry, Santa Paula: O. R. Logne, One Hundred and Third Infantry, Ventura; W. 8. Danbenspech, Ninety-seventh Infantry, Los Angeles; J. S. Carter, Two Hun- dred and Third Infantry, Hueneme; L. Daugh- erty, Ninety-ninth and Fourteenth V. R. C., Ventura; L. M. Gillespie, light infantry, Tu- larc; C. F. Morgan, Eleventh Cavalry, Duarte; J. H. Alexander, Forty-fifth Infantry, Saticoy; J. C. Hassinger, Forty-ninth Infantry, Santa Barbara; E. C. Seymour, Seventy-sixth In- fantry, San Bernardino; F. D. Palmater, One Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry, Santa Bar- bara; J.S. Bowen, Ninth Infantry, Pasadena; J. H. Howard, Ninety-third Infantry, Santa Barbara; P. H. Bartron, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Infantry, Santa Maria; W. McCul- ley, Fourth Cavalry, Santa Paula; I W. Ebers heart, One Hundred and Ninety-first Infantry, Sierra Madre: P. W. Stookslegs, Third and Forty-seventh Infantry, San Jacinto: M. J. Slocum, Fifty-sixth Infantry, Santa Paula; J. C. Fry, One Hundredth Infantry, Monteeito; B. T. BSand, One Hundred and Fourth Infantry, Santa Monica; O. S. Rosénberger, Second Heavy Artillery, Pasa- dena; J. H. Williams, Company H, One Hun- dred and Ninety-fourth Infantry, Santa Bar- bara; E. R. Quigley, Company B, Twenty- eighth Infantry, Pico Heights; W. H. Shaffer, Companies B and E, Twenty-second Cavalry, Soldiers’ Home; G. B. Cojelin, One Hundred and Tenth and Sixth Cavalry, Whittier; T. Grellier, Company E, First Bushtail Infantry, Elsinore; J.Stenber, Los Angeles; J. Reynolds, Twenty-second Cavalry, Los Angeles; J.Single, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; T. Sherman, One Hundred and Ninth and One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry, Pasadena; A. F. Paul, Com- pany G, One Hundred and Twenty-second In- fantry, Santa Ana; I A. Willis, Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth d Sixty-first Infantry, Pasadena; A. Snyder, Nineteenth In- fantry, Pomona; J. McDoaald, One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, Pasadena; C. J. Tang- streom, Company G, Thirty-first Infantry, Los Angeles; J. Quard, Company G, Sixth Infantry, Los Angeles; R. Cummings, Compady C, Sev- enth Infantry, Los Angeles; C. C. Miller, Eley- enth, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth and One Hundred and Twelfth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; D. C. Miller, Compeany M, First Cavalry,Soldiers’ Home; J. Colman, One Hundred and Forty- fifth Infantry, Los Angeles; N. 8. Reynolds, Fifty-sixth Infantry, Los Angeles; Spensinger, Company K, Twenty-first Cavalry, Goleta; F. Busch, Company M, Third and Fifth Cavalry, Soldiers’ Home; A. Cameron, Company K, Fifth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home: H. Comfort, Com- pany C, Twenty-fifth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; A. Donnar, Company D, Sixty-first Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; T. Search, Company B, Twenty~ sixth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; J. McClure, Eighty-fourth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; P. Moran, Company G, Ninth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; 8. Stone, United States navy, Soldiers’ Home; D. Casier, Company A, Ninety-seventh Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; W. McClaren, Com- panies I and A, Eleventh Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; C. Hasking, One Hundred and Fifth Infantry, Los Angeles; H. Halfpenny, Company T, Los Angeles; M. F. Price, First In- fantry, Los Angeles; S. Stanton, Company K, Two Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry, Los Angeles; 8. Brown, Company E, Nintieth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; G. Bra- zier, Company N, Ninety-sixth Infantry, Sol- diers’ Home; J. Davis, Company F. Twelfth R. C., Soldiers’ Home; J. Fisher, Company D, Twenty-third Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; J. Hol- losseter, Company H, Fifth R. C. Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; G. K. Rusen, Company A, Twenty-sixth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; J. Mc- Kenney, Company K, Tenth R. C. Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; W. Millgan, Company F, One Hundred and Second Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; J. Sullivan, Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; J. Thomson, Company C, Twenty-third Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; M. Wagner, Company C, Beventh C. and Nineteenth Infantry, Sol- diers’ Home; D. Cosler, Company A, Ninety- seventh Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; J. Mitchell, Company E, One Hundred and Eighty-third Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; W. McClaren, Company I, Eleventh Relief Corps Infantry, Soldiers flome; E. Shute, Com- pany H, One Hundred and Eighty-third In- fantry, Soldiers Home; A. Gifford, Company K, Twenty-third Infantry, Soldiers Home; G. Barker, Company A, Ninth Relief Corps In- fantry, Soldiers Home; G. Taylor, Company K, Thirteenth Rellef Corps Infantry, Soldiers Home: M. Cadden, Company I, Fifty-second Infantry, Soldiers Home; T. Butcher, Company C, Thirteenth Relief Corps Infantry, Soldiers Home; A. Davis, Company A, Sixty-second In- fantry, Soldiers Home; J. Fleming, Company F, Sixty-ninth Infantry, Soldiers Home; W. Grable, Company C, Tenth Relief Corps In- fantry, Soldiers Home; D. Hallisey, Company C, One Hundred and Ninety-eighth Infantly, Soldlers Home; R. Jones, Company D, Thir- teenth Infantry, Soldiers Home; J. Rouse, Company K, One Hundred and Fourth In- fanty, Soldiers Home; P. Merriwath, Company I, Tenth Infantry, Soldiers Home; D. Nor- ‘man, Company B, Twelfth Cavalry, Soldiers Home; G. McKinney, Company M, Sev- enteenth Cavalry, Soldiers Home; M. | Rouke, Company G, Ninety-seventh Infantry, Soldiers Home; C. Post, Company A, Fifty-seventh Infantry, Los Angeles; H. Burvers, Company B, One Hundred and Seventh Infantry, Ventura; N. R. Kingley, Companies H and D, One Hundred and Ninetieth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; J. Sullivan, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; T. Leech, Company B, One Hundred and Twenty- sixth Infentry, Soldiers’ Home; E. L. Dehaken, United States navy; R. M. Sherman, Eighty third Infantry, Los Angeles; S. Walters, Com- pany F, Seventh California, Santa Mcnica; D, G. Mitenell, Companies C and M, One Hundred and Eleventh and One Hundred and Second Infantry, Riverside; J. Morgan, Company A, One Hundred and Forty-third Infantry, Sols diers’ Home; C. R. Armstrong, Company E, Sixty-second Infantry, Soldiers’ Home: D, Cosier, Company A, Ninety-seventh Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; R. Cronin, Company F, Sixth Californis, Soldiers’ Home; F. Davis, Company H, Seventh California, Soldiers’ Home; W. Dopouski, Company E, Twenty-sixth Infantry, Soldiers' Home; D. Davis, Company F, Forty- eighth Infantry, Soldiers Home; W. Dan, Com- pany D, One Hundred and First Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; W. Dickens, Company F, One Hundred and Eighth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; R. Goss, Company I, Sixty-ninth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; A. Gifford, Company K, Twenty-third Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; 1. Hynspn, Company I, Twentieth Cav- alry, Soldiers’ Home: S. Kenney, Company E, Third Heavy Artillery, Soldiers’ Home; H. Keeler, Company D, Two Hundred and Thir- teenth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; A. MeGill- roy, Company D, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; F. Mathews, Com- pany K, One Hundred and Ninth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; W. McLaren, Eighth Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; J. Mitchell, Company E, One Hundred and Eighty-third Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; R. McLane, Compahy F, Fourth Cav- alry. Soldiers’ Home; E. Snute, Company H, One Hundred and Eighty-third Infantry, Sol- diers’ Home: M. Warm, Company D, One Hun- dred and Twenty-third Infantry, Soldiers’ Home; F. Wortz, Soldiers’ Home; J. Watson, Company K, Third Cavalry, Soldiers’ fome; J. Willlamson, Company A, Unitea States regu- lars, Soldiers’ Home. The roll of honor 1s: Y. McGaughy, Tenth Artiliers, Sants Bar. Gallagher, Fourteenth Cavalry, Santa J. R.D. Say, One Hundred and Fifth Infantry, Santa Paula; R. Carnaban, Twenty« third Infantry, Santa Paula. ” MURDER NEAR PRRRFELL An Apparent Attempt to Con- ceal the Crime by Re- sort to Fire. Suspiclon Rests on a Hermit Chicken Rancher Known as English Charlie. - SAN MIGUEL, Can., Aug. 8.—Yester- day evening news reached town of the finding of the body of a man who had evi- dently been murdered near Parkfield, a small town thirty miles from here. A sheepherder had his attention at- tracted by a fire near where he was at work. On going to the place he found the body of a manin a pile of brush, which was afire. The body was burned so badly that the head and limbs dropped off when it was moved. The sheepherder went to Parkfield and notified the Justice of the Peace, who went to the scene,where wagon tracks were found and also the tracks of a club-footed horse. These were followed to the house of the hermit, who owned the horse. The hermit, who is more com- monly known as English Charlie, was not at home, and it was learned that he was on his wavio Salinas to prove up on his land next Monday. English Charlie and an old man named Coffee were 1n_partnership in the chicken business, and it is supposed they had a quarrel and that English Charlie hit his partner in the head with an ax and then tried to burn his body in the brush to cover up his crime. Death of a Santa Barbara Benefactress. SANTA BARBARA, Can, Aug. 8.— News was received to-day of the death of Mrs. Rowland Hazard at the ancestral home of the Hazard family, Narragansett County, R. I., in her sixty-first year. Mrs. Hazard was greatly beloved in Santa Bar- bara, where the family have their winter residence. She endeared herseli to the community by countless acts of benevo- lence and kindness. She left Santa Bar- bara three weeks ago with her husband and daughter, traveling in a private car with a physician and trained nurse in at- tendance. LOOK FOR | THE TAG Every genuine suit of Oregon City Cassimere bears a silk tag or label both on coat and pants. Don’t have bogus stuff passed off on you. Look for the tag! 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