The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1895, Page 3

b THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895. TO RETAIN THE TRACK How Races at the Bay District Are to Be Conducted. WILLIAMS WEAKENED. With Adolph Spreckels and Ed Corrigan There Is to Bea New Management. ONE RESULT OF A CONFERENCE. The Former “Master of Hawthorne” Intends to Soon Come to This Coaste CHICAGO, Irr., Aug Among the distingunished horsemen at the Washington Purk track to-day, drawn there by the big match between Gentry and }‘mghe_n, were Adolph Spreckels and Tom Williams, of San Francisco, and Ed C: gan, the for- mer ““Master of Hawthorne. These gentlemen held a conference, asa result of which it is believed the two con- flicting elements acing at the coast and that the Bay District track w nue as it is now, but under a new management. Williams, evidently realizing that he cannot buck K nd the Chicago man, n. He suggested that rigan run the track while wolds the balance of power. agreed to, and the papers were nd signed before dark. pledged his word not to interfere,” said Williams to-night. *Cor- rigan and I have agreed not to fight on the coast. There will be bookmaking pools and foreign books. By the heavy losseson Eastern tracks so far this year it is patent that it is utterly impossible to conducta meeting successfully without betting.” Corrigan will close out his interest in the Hawthorne track shortly and leave for the coast. Will J. Davis said to-night that the pres- ent meeting of the Northwestern Breeders’ Association would be the last until the pool law of the State is repealed. He says i be lucky if itdoes not present Chicago meeting. offered to he and C No End of Mishaps to the Yacht De- Fender. PROVIDENCE, R. L, Aug. 22.—The De- i ed at Bristol from New Ro- s _afternoon. She did not come to the harbor like the lame bird As her topmast showed from hore above Hog Island it was coming straight for home er out and all sail set. But or, she took in all her canvas . piece, and even then, in- in with the tide and n a mud bank just at the harbor. In other words, the 1ded on the southeast edge of nd. ccident will probably be collated s of mishaps experienced by inning with the day she was s mishap was probably s of any. It would not pened if there had been a normal i for the past few days there have : 1y low tides along this section of the New England coast. On ordinary oc- casions there is two feet more water where the Defender struck than there was to-day. But it-was only 2 mud bank ou which she rested, and she went into it so gently that her grounding was not readily apparent to the many people watching her progress from the shore. There was no damage—it was probably,a bit humiliating, that's all. g o X mliiey WILL TOUCH THE BUTTON. President. Cleveland to Open the Atlanta Exposition. ATLANTA, GaA., Aug. 22.—The commit- tee.on ceremonial day has arranged that President Cleveland will touch the button, setting the machinery in motion at the Atlanta exposition. The board of directors to-day decided to issue -an invitation to Booker T. Washing- ton, president of the Tuskogee (Ala.) Nor- mal and Industrial Institute, to take part in the exercises on the opening day and to deliver’ an address on that occasion, thus Tecognizing the negro race in the official programme. Dr. Neidlinger, Commissioner from the Argentine Republic, has arrived with five carloads of the exhibit which that nation will make at the exposition. The exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum is, for its size, the most bezutiful and impressive that has ever been prepared. Fell Dead From Heart Disease. CHICAGO, IiL., Aug. 22.—A working- man known as James McIntyre, employed about the Oakenwald flat building, at Forty-third street and Oakenwald avenue, fell dead from heart disease to-day. He has no friends in Chicago. but has a wealthy brother in business at Main and ‘Washington streets, Butte Clty, Mont. It is also known that he_has another brother on the police force at Milwaukee. O R Will Terminate a Receivership. TOPEKA, Kaxs., Aug. 22.—This morn- ing Judge Caldwell announced that he would be'in Topeka some day next week and enter a decree of mortgage foreclosure and s: of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company. This means that the receivership will be terminated as soon as the requirements of the law per- mit. e Of Interest to the Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 22—T. R. Burket has been appointed Postmaster at Woodbridge, San Joaquin County, Cal., vice Frank Wilkinson, removed. Among the hotel arrivals are W. V. Burke San Francisco and Henry Turner of Los Angeles. EXCHANGE OF HONORS. Conferred Upon French and German Officers. ~ LONDON, Exc., Aug. 22.—In recognition of their participation in the ceremonies at- tending the opening of the Baltic and North"Sea canal, the German Government has conferred upon Admiral Menard of the French navy the decoration of the Order of thre ‘Grown of the second class, and upon Captains Fouret and Huguet the decora- f on’of the Order of the Red Eagle of the second class. Four other Frenchnavel offi- ived lesser decorations. rench Government, in turn, has Admiral Knorr of the German na: nd officer of the Legion of Honor, an Decorations 1 g y has conferred the Red Ribbon of the Legion upotr Rear-Admiral Tirpitz, Cagmm er- schoff and. titree other commanders of the Each Government has authorized ecipients to wear the decorations con- ferred upon them. ———— The Steamer Sprang @ Leak. MONTREAL, Quepec, Aug. 22.—A sen- sation was caused to-night by a dispatch received at midnight stating that the steamer Terrebonne had met with a seri- ous accident and that a number of her passengers had been drowned. Later par- ticulars developed the fact that the report had been greatly exaggerated. The steamer while going through the Cascade Rapids, sprang a leak and was landed in that con- dition at the Lachine canal, where all of the passengers were safely transferred. Several hundred Knights Templar were on their way to Boston. They were brought to this city by special train. el o CHINESE SOLDIERS RUN RIOT. They Wreck Many Shops and Kill Over a Hundred Persons. LONDON, Exc., Aug. 22.—A dispatch to the Globe from Shanghai says: The Chi- nese soldiers at Tientsin revolted yester- day and assembled outside the gates of L1 Hung Chang’s palace, where they raised clamor for their arrears of pay. Later they made an attack upon the shops in the city, wrecking many of them and kill- ing over a hundred persons. B g o Chinese Officrals Implicated. LONDON, ExG., Aug. 22.—The following cablegram has been received at the London offices of the Weeleyan Missionary Society: “Cheng - tu commission inadequate. Officials implicated. Disturbances spread- ing. Regarding Fukien massacre, the Methodist public urge strong Government action. Have forwarded cable to Lord Salisbury.” e dger e Boiler Explosion on a Steamer. KIEFF, RussiA, Aug. 22.—While a pas- senger steamer was landing at the town of Kaneff, on the river Dnieper to-day her boiler exploded, and injuring thirty per- sons, some fatally. Several others jumped overboard to escape the clouds of steam and were drowned. FOR THE VALLEY ROAD- Selma Proposes to Raise @ Cash Bonus of $10,000 for It. SELMA, CAL., Aug. 22.—A subscription to the San Francisco and San Joaquin Val- ley road, conditional on its coming here and locating a depot on the townsite, was started here to-day.. It is proposed to raise a bonus of $10,000, and one-third of the amount was subscribed during the first hour of the paper’s circulation. An agent of the local railroad committee will visit San Francisco and place the matter before the directors of the Valley road, showing them the amount of business done here and assuring them of whatever reasonable bonus they require. FRESNO GRAIN-GROWERS They Meet to Publicly Protest Against Existing Freight Rates. Commissloner La Rue Makes a Sug- gestion Which Is Adopted by the Gatherlng. FRESNO, CaL., Aug. 22.—The mass- meeting of grain-growers and interested | crtizens called for to-day was attended by all the larger grain-growers and many busi- ness men of the county. Railroad Com- missioner H. M. La Rue was present, T. C. White was elected chairman and W. W. Phillips, Democratic candidate for Com- missioner from this district at the last election, was chosen secretary. A. R. Brigge presented and read a set of resolutions prepared by the Chamber of Commerce, complaining of discrimination by thé Southern Pacific against the San Joaquin Valley in the matter of freight rates, and asking the Railroad Commis- sioners to grant speedy relief in the shape of areduction of 33)4 per cent on present tariff rates. Commissioner La Rue, speaking at the reguest of the meeting, advised that the reduction of 3314 per cent on local grain freight to Port Costa be not insisted upon, but that the meeting support the resolu- tion now before the éommxssionars calling for a general reduction of 15 per cent on freight rates all over the State. This view was taken by a number of akers, and after considerable discus- sion the resolutions oi the Chamber of Commerce were amended by striking out the charge of discrimination and substi- tuting a reduction of 15 per cent for 3314. The meeting also adopted a set of reso- lutions prepared by W. D. Grady calling upon the two other Railroad Commission- ers to vote with La Rue for the 15 per cent reduction. AN INSANE WANDERER. Escaped From a Sanitarium and Sub- sisted for Several Days on Grapes. FRESNO, CaL., Aug. 22.—Last Monday evening E. P. Irwin, 55 years of age, dis- appeared frcm Dr. Hare’s sanitarium, of which he was an inmate. He was very feeble, and serious fears were éntertained for his safety. Mr. Irwin has many rela- tives and friends here, and they have been making a diligent search for him since Tuesday morning, fiitteen men being out in diff nt directions from the city. To-night word was received from Shield’s ranch f .r miles north of town, that the old man had been found. He was out of his mind, and talked incoherently about some one being after him to kill him. When proffered food he ravenously de- voured it. He walked out to the Shield’s place on Monday night, after leaving the sanitarium, and has been hiding in the vineyard ever since, subsisting on grapes. He says that he left the sanitarium because somebody was trying to kill him. Water for Fresno’s Thirsty. FRESNO, CaL., Aug. 22.—The main en- trance to the Courthouse square and park is now ornamentea by a new drinking- fountain. It was finished to-day and to- morrow it will be turned over to the use of the public. For two years Sergeant D. E. Nichols of the Salvation Army has been at work trying to get the fountain. His per- sistent efforts were finally crowned with 1ccess, and there is not a prouder man in esno to-day. The fountain cost $1250, $750 of which the county will pay. The $500 was raised by Sergeant Nichols by popular subscriptions. F Making Ready for the Bankers. 22. — The State ation will meet in this city on October 4. Nearly every bank in the | State will beepresented. At a meeting of the bankers in this city this evening John Reichman, Leopold Gundelfinger and E. A. Walroud were appointed a committee to make the necessary arrangements fon the reception and entertainment of the delegates. 4 Residence Burned. FRESNO, Car., Aug. 22.—The residence of John Ashley, in Arlington Heights, was destroyed by fire to-night. Mr. Ashley was alone at home and left a lamp burning avhile he stepped over to a neighbor’s. Shortly afterward the house was all ablaze, Loss $2500, insurance $300. . S = Suit Against the Southern Pacific. SAN JOSE, CaL., Aug. 22.—Mrs. Marie Turrell of Alviso is about to begin suit against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company for damages for injuries sus- tained while alighting from a narrow- gauge train at that place last Sunday. Mrs. Turrell, who resides in_Alviso Town- ship, was visiting in San Francisco last week and returned by way of the narrow- gauge Saturday afternoon. In' alighting from the train Mrs, Turrell felt and was thrown some distance against the fence, severely injuring her spinal column. There was a slight coucussion of the brain and a severe shock to the whole sysiem, NEWS OF THE COAST, A Strong Anti-Lottery Crusade Begun at Fresno. STRICT MEASURES TAKEN Agents for All Foreign Com- panies Driven From the Field. CHINESE PROVED OBSTINATE. Attempted to Carry On Thelr Lot- teries in Deflance of the Police. FRESNO, Car.. Aug. 22.—Fresno is in the midst of a war upon lotteries. The authorities have taken steps to stamp out the evil, and judging from their energetic course so far they will succeed. This movement is no doubt a result of THE Cary's crusade upon lotteries. The eyes of the people were opened up by THE CALL and they saw that it was time something should be done. Fresno hasbeen a victim of and a harvest- field for iotteries for several years. Noth- ing has ever been done before to put a stop to the sale of tickets. Besides the Hon- duras, Mexican and other lotteries of that class Fresno bas bad to contend with the more harmful local Chinese lotteries. Up toa month ago seven lottery companies were carrying on operations in Chinatown. They ran practically with immunity from police interference. But about a month ago the City Trustees passed an ordinance prohibiting the con- ducting of lotteries and the sale of tickets. The State law is to the same effect, but the ordinance was passed so that the city’s police and Judge could work independ- ently. The Trustees also gave Marshal ‘Woy special instructions to make a rigid enforcement of the ordinance. Many white people played the Chinese lotteries, Tickets as cheap as 10 cents could be bought. Whenever the little boy could get a dime he would invest ina ticket. Chinese ticket-venders made daily visits in the residence portion of the town and sold many tickets. to women, who would cry their luck with a 10-cent piece or a quarter of a dollar. Many men also played, and fora time there was a craze to buy Chinese lottery tickets. It has been estimated that $1000 a month was drawn from white people by these lotteries. As soon as the Trustees passed the anti- lottery ordinance all lottery traffic was stopped. The white tjcket-dealers have retired for grod. It was not two weeks, however, before the Chinese were at the business again. It is a serious matter, financially, to them to have the lottery business stopped. Two companies started up again, but the police soon discovered the fact, and also learned at what place one of the drawings was made. One even- ing just at 8 o’clock, the time of the draw- ing, Policemen Caufield and Matheson made a rush into the place, but the wily Mongol had everything arranged, and by the time the officers were inside all the paraphernalia of the drawing was hidden. The next day the two policemen were surprised at having warrants of arrest served upon them for malicious mischief. They were charged with breaking in two doors in the house which they had searched. They had broken no doors, for the reason that there was no need of it. It was really a scheme to injure the officers. The lottery companies raised a purse together and employed two of the best local lawyers to prosecute the case. It was tried before a jury in Justice Austin’s court and resulted in the acquittal of the officers on the first ballot. But now the prosecuting witness, Ah Tong, who was so ready to testify that he saw the policemen kick down the doors, is under $1500 bonds to appear for an exami- nation on a charge of perjury preferred by the officers. The lotteries ceased operations for a while when they found that the officers meant business with them. But now they have raised a purse to fight their cases to a finich when arrested, and have started up again. But they are very careful to whom they sell tickets or divulge any of their operations. It is difficult for the police to get any in- formation, but they are slowly gathering evidence, and in the near future a round- up of all the games will be made. Asitis they are keeping the operations of the lotteries within narrow boun City Marshal Woy is determined to stop the lotteries as far as lies in his power. If he cannot entirely stop the lottery traffic in this city he will make it a risky and un- profitable business. MURDERED AT AVONDALE Joseph Cicero Kllled ‘as the Result of an Election Feud. ' Shot Down In Front of His Resl- dence and In Sight of His Wife. SEATTLE, Wasn., Aug. 22.—With a bullet in his brain, Joseph Cicero, a resi- dent of Avondale, on the east side of Lake Samamish, was brought to this city ina rough box this afternoon, and on the same boat which carried his hody across the lake were James and John McManus, brothers, who now occngy cells in the County Jail, charged with the murder of Cicero. Cicero met hisdeath yesterday in front of his residence at the hands of John Mc- Manus, who attempted to put a bullet in him. He missed his aim and shot his brother James in the hand. John then placed his revolver directly at Cicero’s ear and fired a second shot. Cicero died al- most instantly, only a few feet away from his house with his wife standing in the front porch. The shooting was the result of bad feel- ing, which had existed since the election last fall. g NORTHERN PACIFIC RECEIVERS. Argument for Their Removal in Progress at Seattle. SFATTLE, Wash., Aug. 22.—The hear- ing of the motion and petition for the re- moval of the receivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad began this morning be- fore Judges Hanford and Giltbert of Port- land. The peint under discussion to-dav is the jurisdiction of Judge Jenkins of the East- l / ern Wisgonsin Judicial District in the original case in the appointment of re- celvers. Counsel on both sides were 'prepared and submitted briefs on the point. Ar- gument was begun in support of the motion by Harold Preston of this city. This afternoon Counsel Bunn argued for the defense. % The argument will probably not be closed before to-morrow evening or Sat- urday morning. NAPA’S INCENDIARY FIRE. It Was Set to Conceal AW Evidence of a Robbery. NAPA, CaL,, Aug. 22.—It isnow thought that the fire which occurred at the Ehren- berg house Sunday morning, and was known to be of incendiary origin, was set for the purpose of destroying all evidence of a robbery. i Mrs. Ehrenberg, on opening a trunk containing wesring apparel, discovered that four dress patterns, Mr. Ehrenberg’s dress suit and a gunntny of underclothing were missing, and that the contents of the trunk had been taken out and valueless articles thrown back. On account of the damage done by fire and water it is impossible to tell at present what else is missing. Suicide of @ Napa Asylum Inmate. NAPA, CaL., Aug. 22.—Mrs. Mary Peter- son, committed to the Napa Asylum from Grass Valley on April 9 last, committed suicide this afternoon by putting a cord around her neck and hanging herself in ward S of the asylum. Deceased was 40 years of age. SANTA BARBARA VICTIMS, Swindled by a Confidence Operator, Who Poses as a Wheelman. He Has Successfully Worked All the Coast Towns From Santa Cruz South. SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Aug. 22.— The officers of the League of American ‘Wheelmen are looking for H. H. Hosford, a sleek confidence man who has been working the coast towns. from Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara, claiming to be road- master of the L. A. W., appointing league hotels, securing ddta and advertisements for new road books, and extorting various sums of moneyv from different hotels en routeon the promise to give them official appointments as league hotels. 1n Santa Barbara he victimized a hotel- keeper, and got a small fee from a local cyclery for making it the official repair- shop. SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, = It Is to Be Turned Jnto a Regular Sum- mer Resort. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Aug. 22.—TIt is stated on good authority that Santa Cruz Island, lying thirty miles from Santa Barbara, across the channel, will soon be made a notable summer resort. The island consists of 52,000 acres of land, beautifully wooded, with mumerous charming glades and canyons, as well as extensivelbeaches, and affords a splendid field for hunting, boating and fishing. It has long beena popular resort of people on the main land, and belongs to a company of which Justin- jan Caire,San Francisco, is president. Caire states he has long had this intention, and thinks the time is now ripe for its devel- opment. The company is supplied with unlimited capital, and proposes to erect a reat hotel to rival Avalon, Santa Cata- ina. ‘The company will also establish a regular boat service from the main land. SUIT TO OUST. It Is Brought by a Nephew of the Fa- ‘mous Lgbouchere. SANTA BARBARA, CAL., Aug. 22.—P. E. Labouchere Hillyer, a nephew of the great Labouchere of the English Parlia- ment, who has spent the last five yearsin Santa Barbara and vicinity, and has been prominent in various sensational episodes, to-day brought suit against Carlos H. Mardo and wife to oust them from a Gov- ernment claim he has been trying to hold down in Sycamore Canyon, Montecito, al- ieging forcible detainer, and that Mardo took possession during his absence. He asks a small amount of damages and ren- tal until the property is restored. Work on the Coast Road. SANTA BARBARA, Can, Aug. 22.— Advices claimed to be directly received from the officials of the Southern Pacific Railroad state that on the 1st of Decem- ber, when the winter rains will necessitate the suspension of work on the bridge at the mouth of the Santa Ynez River, the camp will be moved down td Elwood and work begun at this end and prosecuted with a wil. As the work at this end of the road consists chiefly of leveling, mak- ing shallow cuts and building trestles it can be prosecuted even to better advan- tage in wet weather than in dry. To Improve Bathing Facilities. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Aug. 22.—A movement is ‘now on foot among local capitalists to invest $15,000 extending the bathhouse on the grounds now occupied by it, putting in a steam olant, a plunge and all the improvements contemplated by the foreign investors who have been endeavoring to obtain a lease of suitable ground from the City Council. Al e FIRE AT MODESTO. Four Places of Business on Front Street Destroyed. MODESTO, CaL., Aug. 22.—A fire at 2 o'clock this morning destroyed four busi- ness places on Front street. It started in the building of P. H. Medley and soon spread to the buildings of J. B. Brichman, to which it was confined. W. Speik’s ci- ar-store, Frank Medimar’s saloon, Frank otta’s barber-shop and an unoccupied saloon were destroyed. The cause of the fire is unknown. Speik’s loss is $2500, in- surance $1000. Medimar’s loss is unknown, insurance $800. Medley’sloss is unknown, insurance $800. Brichman’s loss is $700, fully insured. Motta had no insurance. His loss is $200. Death of a Large Land-Owner. MODESTO, Carn., Aug. 22, — Michael Joyce, the owner of large tracts of land in Stanislaus and Madera counties, died here this morning of pneumonia. Satedrus Suicide at Fresno. FRESNO, CAr., Aug. 22.—Antonio Bovo, an Italian laborer who came here from Los Angeles to work at gmfie‘picking. shot and killed himself at the Hotel de France this morning. He was without funds and des&ondeue at being unable to obtain ‘work. . —_—— Ellensburg Iynchers Held for Trial. TACOMA, WasH., Aug. 22.—A special to the Morning Union from Ellensburg says Justice of the Peace Boyle held Frank Ueblacker, William Kennedy and Frank Feigle for murder without bail in the Vin- cent lynching case. S gt Killed by a Blast Near Tacoma. TACOMA, WasH., Aug. 22.—Patrick Harrigan, assistant superintendent of the Pittsburg utone-?nurry forty miles from here, was fatally njurea by a blast 1n the %uarry this evening. He died while being rought to Tacoma on a special train. Arizona’s Tax Levy. PH@ENIX, Ariz., Aug. 22.—The Territo- rizl Board of Equalization to-day fixed the Territorial tax levy at 72 cents. " The Pull- :(;\;303" Company’s tax levy was fixed at NEWS OF THE COAST. Tax Levies to Be Made on the Irrigation Districts. ROSS’ DECISION IGNORED. Opinlon Submitted by the District Attorney of Los Angeles. SUPERVISORS ADVISED TO ACT. Under the Wright Act They Must Provide for the Payment of Interest. LOS ANGELES. Car., Aug. 22.—Since the decision of Judge Ross of the United States Circuit Court, whereby it was de- clared that the Wright irrigation law was illegal, the County Supervisors have been in a quandary over the question as to whether or not they had power to make the usual levies upon the several irrigation districts to pay the interest on the bonds of those districts. The question was submitted to the Dis- trict Attorney, and Judge Holton has pre- pared the following opinion, which will be submitted to the Supervisors: “In the matter of the petition hereto at- tached, section 22 of the Wright act pro- vides as follows: *In case of neglect or refusal of the board of directors to cause such an assess- ment and levy to be made as in this act provided, then the assessment of the prop- erty made by the County Assessor and State Board of Equalization shall estab- lish the basis of the assessment for the district; and the Board of Supervisors of the county in which the board of directors is situated shall cause the assessment roll for the said district to be prepared, and shall make the levy required by thisact and in the same manner and with like effect as if the same had been made by the said board of directors, and all expenses incident thereto shall be borne by the dis- trict.” “If the board is satisfied that the board of directors of said district has neglected to cause the assessment and levy to be made as stated in this petition then it is the duty of this board under section 22 to make the levy, and in said levy to provide not only for the payment of accrued inter- est, butalso to provide for the expenses of making the levy and collecting the tax. The Supreme Court of this State having decided that the Wright act is valid the Board of Supervisors should continue to act under the said Wright act, notwith- standing the decision recently rendered by Judge Ross to the contrary.” There are four irrigation districts in Los Angeles County. These are the Big Rock reek, Glendora, Orange Belt and Vine- land. The first is assessed for $400,000, the second for $17,000, the third for $200,000 and the last for $62,000. TACOMA MINSTER DED Caught a Cold While Making the Ascent of Mount Rainier. It Settled on His Kidneys and Through Neglect Brought on Blood-Polsoning. TACOMA, WasH., Aug. 22.—Rev. I. T. Miller, pastor of the Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church, died here to-day. ‘When Rev. W. M. Jefferis made tha ascent of . Mount Rainer and preached a week ago last Sunday from its topmost peak the ‘“Sermon on the Mount” to a small party of mountain climbers,Rev. Mr. Miller started to make the ascent to assist in the services. He took a severe cold at Camp Misery the night before the final climb and it settled in the kidneys. There was no physician within forty miles. He suffered intense pain and had to be car- ried down the mountain by his comrades. He bravely remained alone while the re- mainder of the party continued the ascent, and the sermon was preached according to schedule. On the way to this city blood-poisoning set in and attained such progress that it could not be arrested. To add to the misery of the descent the party got lost in the fog and wandered aimlessly around. Rev. Mr. Miller was born in 1832 in Champaign County, Iilinois. He served as chaplain of the Ninety-fourth Illinois, and was a prominent member of the G. A. R.and A. F. and A. M. Expected Arrival of the Vice-President. TACOMA, WasH., Aug. 22.—Vice-Presi- dent Stevenson and party will arrive from Alaska on the steamship Queen early to- morrow morning. The parfy came West during the early part of the month, and consists of Vice-President and Mrs. Stevenson, the Misses Julia and Lelia Stevenson and John and William Steven- son, brothers of the Vice-President. No re- ception will be given the Vice-President, as he has so requested, the family being in mourning over the loss of a daughter thi: spring. Suspected Lynchers Held for Trial. TACOMA, WasH.,, Aug. 22.—Frank Nebelacker, Frank Fiegle and W. J. Ken- nedy have been held for murder in the first degree without bail, charged with assisting in the lynching of the Vincents at Ellensburg, Wash. The othershave not had their preliminary hearing yet. b MYSTERY OF SANTA CRUZ. Ghastly Discovery Made by a Lady at Surfside Beach. SANTA CRUZ, Can, Aug. 22.—Two young ladies who are stopping at Garfleld Park, while walking along Surfside Beach, about two miles from this city, yesterday, made a xhnatl{diseovery on the beach. It was the lower limb of a human being, that had been washed on shore by the waves. They told J. H. Durham of the discov- ery,and while he was walking along the beach with his mother to-day he came across the limb. Durham, who is a stu- dent at a medical college, brought it to town, where it was taken to the office of the Coroner. The limbisin all probabilit; that of a man. The knee was unjointe and the leg had been sawed off just below the hip.. Eha Coroner will investigate the matter to-morrow. g SAN DIEGO IMPROVEMENTS. T. 5. Grant Has Become'a Heavy Incestor in Real Estate. SAN DIEGO, CaL., Aug. 22.—U. 8. Grant is reported to be negotiating for the purchase of the Consolidated National Bank building, on Fifth and G streets, which was built by Bryant Howard, presi- dent of the Consolidated National, It is a four-story structure, and worth about 150,000 Grant is at Catalina Island, and the offi- cials of the Merchants’ National Bank, which occupies the building, say they know nothing of the matter, but admit such a deal is probable. The building is held by a receiver for the creditors of the defunct Consolidated National. This will make the fifth heavy investment of U. 8. Grant in this city. He purchased a fine home, has two business blocks under con- struction, and lately bought the Horton House, which is soon to be reconstructed on a modern plan. George W. Marston, the largest dry- goods dealer in the city, has given notice to the tenants on Fifth street, near C, ad- Loining the new Grant block, to vacate by ovember 1, when construction will begin on a new four-story building, to be occu- pied exclusively by Marston. He is now in the East inspecting various dry-goods stores to get pointers for the new building. A MINE NEAR SAN DIEGO. Interesting Story of Its Discovery by a Printer. SAN DIEGO, CaL., Aug. 22.—A hunter just back from San Miguel Mountain, over- looking Sweetwater dam, brings an inter- esting story of how Heman C. Cooke, a printer of this city, has traced an ancient road on the north side leading to the sum- mit, where it is evident that a mine was worked long ago. Cooke has geological tastes and was in_camp on the mountain for an outing. He heard some one say that there were evidences at the base of an ancient road. He investigated and found a solid road under the shifting surface of the mountain side and the debris of vege- tation. In places there were trees nine inches in diameter, showing the age of the road. He says that it runs well up into the mountain. He also found! several spurs, along which were pieces of broken rock. He has had some of the rock crushed and finds it runs $4 12 gold to $6 silver. He also found ancient implements, which seem to have been mining tools, He is now hunting for the shaft, and expects soon to find it, as he has closed in on the trail at the summit to within an area oi 200 feet square. He thinks the mine must have been rich, as the road was ex- vensive to build. Cooke has several times dreamed of finding a mountain of gold and silver, with tools at hand, and is working with enthusiasm, aided by one man. SAN BERNARDIND FIESTA Among the Features Will Be a Fire Dance by the Coa- huilla Indians. One Hundred of Them Have Been Speclally Engaged for the Occaslon. SAN BERNARDINO, CAL, Aug. 22— Among the features of the Spanish fiesta, which will take piace here September 16, 17 and 18, in honor of Mexican inde- pendence, will be the fire dance, which is announced for September 17. One hun- dred Coahuilla Indians have been engaged for the occasion and will give the per- formance in front of an amphitheater seating 6000 people. The fire dance consists of tramping out living embers. A huge fire is built from logs. The Indians sit around it and chant religious songs. When the flames have subsided and the whole massis a neap of burning coals they make a circle around it and with bare feet tramp out the burning embers, all the while singing to the accom- animent of tom-toms. The dance is never interrupted or abandoned until every ember has been crushed ana every particle of fire extinguished. This requires not only great skill and much fortitude, but wonderful endurance also, for the reason that the dancers never stop to rest from the time they begin until not a spark remains. BB e HOLD-UP AT SANTA BARBARA. A Highwayman Put to Flight by the Prompt Use of a Revolver. SANTA BARBARA, CiL., Aug. 22.— Davis Harris was held up by a footpad at the corner of Anacapa and Montecito streets at 1 o'clock this morning. Harris carried a revolver in his coat pocket and at cnce began shooting at the highwayman, firing three shots, with the result that the robber took to his heels. He has not yet been apprehended. —— Federal Troops Returning. SAN JOSE, CAL., Aug. 22.—Companies B and_C, Fourth Cavalry, U.S, A., are camped at the fair grounds. The troops are returning from the annual encamp- ment near Monterey. NEWS OF THE COAST Tragedy Enacted at Visalia. MURDER AND SUICIDE Flavius Welch Kills Edna Ear and Then Ends His Own Life. WELCH WAS A MARRIED MAN The Victim of His Pistol the Cause of Hlis Wife Separating From Him. VISALIA, Car, Aug. 22 — Flavius Welch of Hanford shot and killed Edna Earl and then shot himself shortly after 12 o’clock to-day. Both died instantly. ‘Welch formerly kept a saloon at Hane. ford. This morning he came over ta Visalia. When Edna Earl heard of Welch’s arrival she sent to Constable English for protection, as she feared Welch had come to hatm her. Near her house she and Welch met, shook hands, and he appeared very friendly. They both entered her house, known as the “Red Light,” and fastened the door on the inside. Constable English retired across the street, about thirty yards away, when sud- denly he heard four shots ring out. He rushed to the house, gained admittance and found both Welch and the girl lying on the floor in pools of blood. Both were dead. In Welch’s hand was grasped a 38-caliber Colts revolver. Four cartridges had been exploded. He had sent two bullets crash- ing through the woman’s head and then turned the muzzle so as to send two more through his own head. One of the balls, after passing through the head of the woman, had pierced two doors and ‘an inch wall. Following is the copy of a note Welch sent to the woman, and which was re- turned without an answer: “VIsALIA, Cal., August 22, 1895. “Eddie: If this boy finds you send word where I can see you. I came this morn- ing. I will explain. “Frav.” Welch leavesa widow and a daughter, who live at Hanford. Mrs. Welch has not lived with her husband for some time,a separation having been agreed upon be- tween them. It is said the dead woman was the cause of the trouble that led to this separation. On the night of the 24th of last April Edna Earl made an attempt to commit suicide, but failed. Her friends repre- sented it was the result of an accident. She had several times before tried to kill herself. She is a native of Sonora, Tuolumne County, and her real name is Ella Dunton. The inquest was held this afternoon and a verdict rendered according to the above facts. HIDDEN TREASURE. A Prisoner Claims to Know Where It ZLies Concealed. BAN DIEGO, Car., Aug. 22.—A mys- terious letter about hidden treasure was received by Joe Mannasse, an old resident, dated “In the castle of Alicante (a prison), Valencia del Cid, Spain.” It is signed “Alberto Gurreo,”” but Mannasse never theard the name before. The letter says the writer is a poor, disgraced prisoner, unjustly condemned, and that some of the monei buried in this county will secure his liberty and provide for the future of his daughter. If Mannasse will agree to keep secret the location of the money he will be told where to look for it. R it Garden Party at Mill Valley. MILL VALLEY, CArL., Aug. 22.—A gar- den party and tea will be given on the 24th of this month for the benefit of the First Congregational Church of San Francisco. The entertainment will consist of a musical and literariprogmmme. The North Pa- cific Coast Railroad will run special trains and boats. If any Olothing firm in th city other than ourselves téll you that they either own or con- trol their own woolen millg— tell them it’s FALSE and we'll substantiate it. We have our own mills at Oregon City, Or., and make our own cloth and clothing and sell direct to you at Wholesale Prices—wvhat de the others do ? BROW BROS. & Wholesale Manufacturers Y Props. Oregon City Woolen Mills Fine Clothing For Man, Boy or, Child RETAILED - n At Wholesale Prices 121-123 SANSOME STREET, Bet. Bush and Pine Sts. ALL BLU asesw E SIGNS