The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 7, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1895. _— 3 NEWS OF THE COAST, Miners in the Pahrump District Arming for Battle. MARTHUR'S BOLD COUP. Jumped a Claim That He Had Previously Sold to the Sterlings. HIS MEN NOW IN POSSESSION. An Attempt to Oust Them WIill Be Made When Rifles Arrive From Los Angeles. SAN BERNARDINO, Car., Sept. 6.— Twenty men—whites and Indians—with rifles, are guarding the Sterling mine in the Pahrump district in Nevada, about 100 miles north of Vanderbilt, in this county. Chey are in the company of McArthur. The Sterling mine adjoins the Delamar mine, which is now yielding $60,000 a month. McArthur located the claim about two years ago and sold it to the Sterling Mining and Mill Company. For the past year they have not done enough develop- ment work to comply with the Federal statutes, on account of disagreement among the stockholders and financial stress. McA offi rthur called the attention of the of the comvpany to the fatal neglect nally notified them that if they con- tinued to neglect the property he would jump their claim. Last week, agreeable to his promise, he moved on the company’s works, relocated the claim and took pos- session. - George Gove, the agent of the company, warned him off, and they had high words, but no harm was done. The agent threatened to remove him by force McArthur immediately took the n to hire a gang of men, half ites and half Indians, and, putting a hester into the hands of each, set them to work. The agent sent a mounted messenger to | Manvel, the nearest telegraph point, with an order to a Los Angeles firm for a case of rifles. These were shipped promptly and reached Manvel yesterday. They were loaded on a freight train and will reach the mine about Sunday morning, when it is almost certain that there will be apitched battle. McArthur is known as a man of clear grit, though in no sense a desperado. He claims the property under | the law, ard will defend its possession under force of arms. e TO STOP BULL FIGHTS. Humane Society Officers Will Be in Evidence at the Fiesta. SAN BERNARDINO, CarL., Sept. 6.— There was a conference to-day between a | committee of San Bernardino citizens and | J. B. Breed, president of the County Humane Society, who lives at Redlands, relative to what action should be taken in regard to the toreador exercises arranged for September 15 and 17. It was decided to swear 1n fifty to 100 citizens as special officers, as provided by sections 5, 10 and 11 of the statute preventing crueity to animals. This will be done at the regular me f the society, which will be heid e intention of the society to pre- uelty to animals, not to punish per- To this end officers, duly equipped with authority, ill be present in the arena and stop at e any violation of the law. To quote the president: “You. may depend upon it the law will not be infringed on. I is mnecessary | to use armed force our society will be equal to the emergency. Our officers will be armed with shotguns or revolvers or both.” e e BARBE AT CHINO. sons for violating the law. i Two Lodges of Different Orders Invited to Be Present. SAN BERNARDINO, CaL., Sept. 6.—A gocial occasion, not the least conventional, is announced for mext Sunday at Chino. Manuel Baca, a weaitt resident of that place, has invited San Bernardino Lodge No. 146, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Valley Lodge No. 28, Knights of Pythias, to a barbecue he will give at his home at noon next Sun- He is a member of both lodges. 300 members will leave here b al train to accept Mr. Baca’s hospital- Among other promised pleasures is a to the factory of the Great Western Beet-sugar Compan NEWS FROM YUKOH MINES Californian Prospectors Meet With Severe Hardships in Alaska. They Are Refused Ald by Lord Tal- bot Clifton, Though Nearly Starved. VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 6.—~The first news of the season from the Yukon mines has just come from Juneau, where it was brought by a party of Californians, who report having had a narrow escape from starvation. They are Samuel McDall, F. ‘W. Collins, Edwin Sutherland, Arthur Clarke, John Barnhardtand Richard Dyea. Having outfitted in Juneau they left there on April 13 for the gold fields; but, the snow being very soft, they found traveling very laborious from the outset, hough fairly good progress was made after having crossed the summit and struck the river, when they were enabled to abandon | their sleds and take to boats. They entered a tributary stream called McClintock River, and forty miles up cached the bulk of their two years’ sup- plies of provisions, then crossed the divide to Hootalinqua River at a point twenty- tive miles from Lake Teslin. Prospecting in this vicinity they made a number of very promising locations, sev- eral bars being found yielding about ten cents to the pan in flake gold. Then work was interrupted by the dis- covery made on a visit to the cache that they had been robbed of all their supplies, presumably by a band of Stick Indians who had been in the vicinity. They there- fore made all haste out and were in straits for food before making Bennett Lake, where fortunately they found a small de- tachment of the Alaskan boundary survey party under William Ogilvie. The surveyors kindly gave them flour and bacon sufficient, as they supposed, to last to the end of their journey, but be- coming wind-bound, they again ran short, | danger of dissolution. these aristocratic sportsmen were well ci:ro- visioned, they absolutely and rather rudely refused to part with any of their supplies. In the most coid-blooded way possible the noble Lord listened unmoved to the story that because of the predatory In- dians the California prospectors were in imminent danger of starvation. “That was their own concern,” he said, ‘not his,” and he added, “Isuppose’ I shall meet hundreds of other fellows such as you are, who have gone in light and, not having made a successful strike, are de- pending upon charity to take them out.” The indignation of the California be imagined, and there was everyl hood of his Lordship finding himself in se- rious trouble when another party of pros- pectors headed by Mr. Gage arrived, and hearing the plight of the less fortunate gold-hunters most generously supplied and entertained them. The Californians are well satisfied with their prospects and will go again in the spring, wintering in Juneau. —_——— DAMAGE SUIT AT SUISUN. Brought for Alleged False Arrest on a Charge of Horse-Stealing. SUTISUN, CaL., Sept.6.—Joseph Oberti, a prominent vineyardist and wine-maker of Green Valley, Solano County, made a mistake on or about July 15 by causing the arrest of Thomas McKeown on a charge of horse-stealing, and he now figures as de- fendant in a $15,000 damage suit. At the time above named one of Oberti's horses was missing, and, aeting under be- lief that McKeown had taken the animal, swore out a warrant charging bim with stealing his mare. Before the case came up for triai Oberti found the animal and the charge against Oberti was dismissed. McKeown protested at time of his arrest, claim- ing his innocence, and he now claims that as a result of the criminal prosecu- tion he has been degraded and humiliated. He thinks he has been injured to the ex- tent of $15,000, for whic Oberti. MARVSHILLE CASE EADS, Frank D. Dubarry Appointed Administrator of George’s Estate. sum he sues A Contest That Excited Unusual Interest Because of the Dece- dent’s Prominence. MARYSVILLE, CaL., Sept. 6.—The con- test for the administration of the Peter George estate was concluded this morning by the appointment of Frank D. Dubarry. The estate is valued at $100,000. When George died it was supposed that he had left a will, as he had mentioned one to several friends, but diligent search among his papers and effects failed to re- veal it. Three persons petitioned for the admin- istratorship, F. Dubarry, a nephew of the, deceased; Alfred Menz, an old employe of George, and the Public Administrator, A. | J. Batchelder. The matter was further complicated by the fact that Mary Olym- pia George, the oldest child of the de- ceased, and the only one of age, signed both the Dubarry and Menz petitions. Subsequently she signed a revocation of the Menz petition, stating that her signa- ture had been obtained under the misap- prehension that she was simply signing a vaper permitting Menz to open her father’s store and continue business until an administrator was appointed by the court. There are two minor children, Lucien George, aged 19, and Frank George. Let- ters of guardianship were issued this morn- ing to 1. H. Aldrich of this city, and to seph Ray, at present residing in ncisco. Mr. Aldrich is appointed guardian of Lucien, and the younger brother is placed in charge of Mrs. Ray. The case has excited unusual interest here on account of the large amount of gr:)peny involved, and the fact of Mr. eorge being one of the oldest citizens, having been in business here for nearly forty years. An investigation has dis- closed that George's real name was Law- rence Dubarry, a fact known only to two or three of his most intimate friends. EUREKA’S LOSS. Death of One of Her Best Known Native Nons. EUREKA, CaL., Sept. 6.—Charles W. Sloan, one of the best known and highly esteemed Native Sons in Humboldt County, breathed his last yesterday morning. About two weeks ago Mr. Sloan was taken suddenly ill with acute pneumonia. He was born in Weavervilie, Trinity County, on September 3, 1860, being 35 vears of age at the time of his death. He came to this county when only 8 years af age and bhas resided here ever since. Deceased was a member in_high standing of Humboldt Parlor No. 14, N.S. G.W., and held the office of recording secretary. He had been through the chairs of the parlor and went to the last Grand Parlor as a delegate. When Humboldt Parlor was in its infancy it ran down and was in Sloan stood by the struggling lodge and largely through his energy and perseverance 1t was placed on afirm footing again and now occupies a high place among the fraternal societies of the county. As s reward this county ob- tained the Grand Parlor in 1893. While at the last Grand Parlor Sloan’s standing was recognized by giving him a place on sey- eral committees. He was also an officer in Humboldt Lodge No. 249, A. 0. U. W. T i WANTED AT PORTLAND, A Warrant Issued for the Arrest of John McMullen. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 6.—Upon com- plaint made to Captain T. Y. Symons, United States Engineer of this city, by Goodall, Perkins & Co. of San Francisco, Judge Bellinger of the United States Court vesterday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of John McMullen, president of the San Francisco Bridge Company, whose place of residence is in San Fran- cisco. The warrant of arrest was placed in the hands of the Marshal, who will send it to the Marshal of California to be served on McMullen. The specific charge against McMullen is obstructing navigable waters. During the week ending February 23 last, in the channel of upper Coos Bay, below Marsh- field, it is alleged McMullen, against pro- test, maintained an obstruction by erect- ing a raft cradle and driving piles in the bay to the detriment of navigation. The penalty fixed by the statutes for this offense is $5000." As the defendant 1s a corporation no imprisonment can be affixed to the fine. B e TANBARK FROM UKIAH, Two Thousand Cords Shipped This Sea- son at Good Prices. UK[AH. CaL., Sept. 6.—The advance in the price of tanbark this season has stimu- lated the peeling and shipping of large quantities of that commodity from this county. This place alone shipped about 2000 cords, the average price realized being about $1050 per cord, which is the best price offered for some years. If the new process for extracting the unmcncidlproves successful, as it promises to do, it will greatly reduce the expenses of shipping and leave a still better profit for the producer. —_— Contractor Thornton Held. STOCKTON, Cavr., Sept. 6.—Colonel R. R. Thornton, contractor of the Valley road, and three men set out on foct to endeavor to get a fresh supply. At Lake Linderman they met Lord Tal- bot Clifton’s party of hunters, but, though was held to answer for assault to murder in shooting Workman Michael Gibbons Jast month. He furnished bonds in $5000. Gibbons will bring suit for $25,000 damages. NEWS OF THE COAST, Excitement at Santa Barbara Over a Murder. FATE OF VAN HUBBART. The Body of the Prospector Found in the Mines Near Florence. COMPANIONS UNDER A CLOUD. He Had Started to Lead a Party of Prominent Men to a Gold Strike. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Sept. 6.—A story has been given wide circulation from Grangeville, Idaho, relating to the finding of a decomposed body in the mines near Florence, supposed to be the remains of Henry Van Hubbart, a prospector who had taken a party of Santa Barbara gold-hunt- ers into that district with gilded stories of a mine of fabulous wealth, the loca- tion of which he alone knew. The corpse was mutilated, the head crushed, and the indications were that he had been mur- dered by his companions. The names of the party, as stated in the dispatch, were so incorrectly given that they could be scarcely recognized. They were said to be Spaniards and registered at the Grange- ville Hotel as M. A. Bartello, J. G. Des- cascetro, F. Ruiz and H. Van Hober. The expedition left Santa Barbara about four weeks ago, and was backed by some of the most prominent men in the county, such as Sheriff Hicks, his brother, Deputy Sheriff 8. T. Hicks, Depouty Sheriff J. G. de la Cuesta, Coroner A. M. Ruiz, Louis Ruiz and P. Romero. They furnished the funds to send the party, which consisted of J. G. de la Cuesta, M. A. Botello and Florencio Ruiz. Van Hubbart was a Ger- man who had been in this locality for a few months. During his residence here he became quite intimate with the men named, and his tale of hidden treasure in- duced them to organize the expedition. On August 31 Cuesta, Botello and Ruiz returned. They had been disappointed; the bright promise of Van Hubbart had not been realized. They stated that Van Hubbart had remained in Idaho, where he had friends, and no more was thought of the affair until his reported murder was published. Cuesta is the only one of the party in town at present, though the others are in the county. In an interview to-day Cuesta stated that he believed Van Hubbart was still alive, and he would leave nothing undone to bring him to light. The morning they were preparing to leave camp on the home- ward trip Van Hubbart started to get his horse, which was loose during the night. He did not return for several hours, and after waiting until 2 o’clock they left, tak- ing Van Hubbart’s horse, it having been found meantime. They saw no more of the prospector. Cuesta is well connected. He is a deputy sheriff, and his brother is a Supervisor. Boutello and Ruiz are both Spaniards, and the latter’s reputation is not the best. The story has created a great sensation here. Friends of the suspected men discredit the report, but-at the same time much anxiety is manifested. AN ANGELS PIONEER GONE, Passing of James Tulloch From Congestion of the Lungs. Well Known to Californians as Miner, Inventor and Philan= thropist. ANGELS CAMP, Car., Sept. 6.—James Tulloch, an Argonaut of California and a resident of this place, is dead. He expired suddenly as the result of congestion of the lungs. Mr. Tulloch was 73 years of ageanda native of Richmond, Va. He came across the plains in 1852 with the late Governor Bradley of Nevada and Thomas M. Lane of Knights Ferry. He went to mining in Amador County, and in ten years made over $1,000,000. Being wonderfully char- itable and hospitable, broad-minded and enterprising, his vast fortune went in helping others and in unprofitable specu- lations. Mr. Tulloch was the inventor of the Tul- loch ore feeder and the Tulloch ore con- centrator. He was the principal owner in the Tulloch mine here, a valuable prop- erty. He had hosts of friends throughout the State, who will mourn the loss of one of God’s noblemen. A widow, two daugh- ters and a son survive him. The latter six years ago distinguished himself as a repre- sentative of Tuolumne County in the Leg- islature. Will Celebrate Italy’s Unification. LOS ANGELES, Car., Sept. 6.—Septem- ber 22, the anniversary of the unification of Italy, will be observed here by the Italian colony. There will be a banquet on the evening of the 20th. On the 22d, which will be Sunday, the Garibaldi Guard will give a picnic at Arroyo Seco Park. A h St SUMMERLAND’S BURGLARY. Relics ¥ound Near the Place Where the Crime Was Committed. SANTA BARBARA, Car., Sept. 6.— Farmer Main and his son Frank in going to a baystack in the village of Summer- land yesterday to haul a load of hay found’ at the side of the stack, in plain sight of any one descending from a Southern Pa- cific train, the stolen cash drawer of the Postofiice safe, rifled three weeks ago, to- gether with several papers, mortgages, in- surance policy, etc. In the drawer were thirty fifteen-cent stamps, three ten-cent stamps, pennies and trinkets. The place where these articles were found isonly a hundred yards from the Postoffice door. The officers are decided in their opinion that they were placed there the night be- fore last, and are quite as decided in their opinion as to who placed them there. A close watch is being maintained on the supposed guilty parties, but the fact that they succeeded without detection in dis- posing of eo much incriminating plunder shows they will get rid of all unless some decisive step is immediately taken. Wreck at Union Station. UNION STATION, Or., Sept. 6, — A wreck occurred at the O. R.and N. depot at 8:40 o'clock this morning, in which Engineer Jack Thatcher had a leg broken and was otherwise seriously injured, and Brakeman Joe Richardson was fearfully cut about the face and head and sustained the fracture of one ankle. The train ran into an open switch and collided with a flat car. oS NEVADA SIL VEBiTEH. Plans Being Pushed for Co-Operating in the Cause of the White Metal. CARSON, NEV., Sept. 6.—Nevada has already taken the initiative in allying her- self with the present silver movement. Last evening the Governor’s office was comfortably filled with many of Ormsby County’s prominent citizens to advance the plans by which Nevada could co-oper- ate with other powers in the campaign for re-establishing the free coinage of silver. Senator Jones was unanimously elected chairman, Superintendent Cutting, secre- tary. Hon. H. F. Bartine explained the good work being done in Utah and other sec- tions for the cause of silver, and also out- lined_the plan of campaign adopted by the National Bimetallic Union. He also stated that he regarded silver as above any arty consideration, and felt that all who §e10nge(l to the union were of the same opinion. Bartine was aiding Joe Black- burn of Kentucky in his fight, and would aid any man who Wwas for silver, irrespec- tive of party. After a speech by Major Dennis the chair was authorized to appoint a committee in each county to raise funds to assist the work. Ormsby County is revresented by Robert M. Beatty, T. Coffin, W. J. Wester- field, John Dennis, Edmund James. White Pine County has already formed a Bi- metallic Union under the leadership of Sol Hilp. Meetings similar to this will be held in Virginia Saturday, and in Reno Tuesday evening. —— A Secattle Railroad Swit. SEATTLE, WasH., Sept. 6,.—The North- ern Pacific Railroad Company was made defendant_in an action brought to-day in the Superior Court wherein the American Exchange National Bank of New York seeks to recover $74,079, the balance alleged to be duc on a promissory note given in 1892. STANFORD IN MOURNING, Gloom Cast Over All by the Sudden Death of Mrs. Pease. The Total Enroliment of Students Heavler Than at the Same Date Last Year. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Car., Sept. 6.—The college has been closed through- out the day since the first hour out of re- spect to the memory of Mrs. M. Pease, whose funeral occurred this morning at 10:30 o’clock. Everywhere there was sign of grief at the death of one beloved alike by student and faculty. Mrs. Pease was the wife of Professor Pease, who occupies the head seat in the Latin department. Notwithstanding the air of gloom which pervades the halls of learning the fresh- man is not to be suppressed. It may not be his fault, however, for the sophomores started the trouble by formally challeng- ing the ‘“‘freshies” to do battle for their class. This is in accordance with tradi- tions old, and is the method adopted for deciding which is the better class—phy- sically, of course. The juniors calied a meeting of the freshmen and after lon, and loud harangues advised the class o! ’99—the “‘fin de siecles”—that the sopho- more should be tied up, that his haughty challenge must be accepted. The new comers regarded the advice of their tutors as words of wisdom and soon had matters in shape for their final test of strength. As a consequence the football oval will again be strewn with victims tightly bound. It may be freshmen or it may be their traditional enemies, the *sophs.”” But no one doubts that there will be a wholesale tying “f to-morrow night upon the old battle-field, the Stan- ford “gridiron.” The registrar stated to THE CALL corre- spondent that the total enrollment thus far had been 781, a slight increase over last year’s registration at the same date. There is always an increase of at least 300 over the registration of the first three davs, so Stanford expects to have 1100 students by the middle of the present month. b iy COAST NEWS IN BRIEF. Condensed From Special Telegrams to ““The Call.”’ Prevost, the defaulting Victoria court regis- trar who was captured on San Juan Island, has been remanded for a hearing next Tuesday. Andrew Despedro, & sailor, fell from the top of a mast on the Chilean bark Ema Louis at Seattle. His neck and many bones in his body were broken. Warren Hanna has been arrested at Sacra- mento for alleged pickpocketing. It is claimed he was in the act of Furlolning a watch from the pocket of E. J. Smith when captured. The Sebastopol fruit cannery has closed down for the season after a five weeks' rum, during which 8500 cases of fruit were packed. The cannery gave employment to 100 people, and $15,000 wes paid out in wages. Dorothy Talbot Hill Walker, the six-months- old child of Edith Scott, the actress, and John M. Walker, has been adopted by N. C. Crede, the Colorado millionaire. The child was born at the Sisters’ Horpital in Los Angeles after the desertion of the mother by her husband. Thomas Williams was accidentally killed by William A. Rountree, & companion, with whom he was deer-shooting, near Victoria. When separated by & clump of trees from Williams, Rountree fired at a deer. His rifle-bullet struck Williams in the neck. killing him almost instantly. Rountree is under arrest pending an inquest. Postoffice Inspector Flint has been investi- gating a_supposed land swinale in Kings County. The Tax Collector of that place has been receiving numerous letters from the Fast inquiring about the town of Lakeview in that county. The site of this town, according to the maps, is under Tulare Lake. It 1s believed that a great many Eastern people have been swindled by this scheme. Private Frank H Anderson of the Fourth Cavalry, at Walla Walla, accompanied by two privates from the Fourteenth Infantry, at Van- couver Barracks, has arrived at Tacoma on a bicycle. Anderson is making a test of the bicyele over rough roads for military purposes. He makes an lvel’n?fi of fifty-five miles a day, and considers the bicycle superior to the horse for quick military movements where there are no railroads. ALL HANDS GATHERED IN, Raid of Detectives on City Offickals and ¢ Concert” Halls. LEMONT, Iun., Sept. 6.—Mayor Webb McCarthy, Chief of Police Frank Frel- lichowsky, C. A. Tally, president of the School Board, ana a score of keepers of concert halls and saloons of the disreputable women order, all of this city, were arrested to-day by two score of Deputy Sheriifs from Chicago, who were employed by the local Civic Federation. All the female inmates found in the dives were also arrested, the total catch being seventy-five. The whole lot of prisoners were put on a special train and taken to Chicago, where the more influential ob- tainedg their release on bonds. The charges against the city officials are malfeasance in office, accepting bribes, and the others are accused of minor offenses. R Father McNamara a Monsignor, BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept. 6.—Bishop Charles McDonnell arrived home this morning from Rome, whither he had been summoned by the Pope. On his arrival the Bishop announced that the Pope had made P.J. McNamara, the Vicar-General of Brooklyn, a Monsignor. This appoint- ment was wholly unexpected by Father McNamara. - Fire in a Lodging-House, Analarm from box 57 was sounded at 1 o'elock this morning for & $100 fire in Mrs. Riley’s lodging-honse, at 422 Second street. A lod, Iad goasta bed leaving nis sandie bhouies It fired the bedclothes. He was overcome by the smoke and had to be carried out. NEWS OF THE COAST. Work on the Big Victor Reservoir Now to Begin. SWEET AT THE HELM. The Los Angeles Capitalist Secures Possession of the Property. TO IRRIGATE A VAST TRACT. Water From the Mojave WIill Be Supplied to 600,000 Acres of Land. SAN BERNARDINO, Cir., Sept 6.—A deed was filed here to-day conveying all the possessions of the Victor Reservoir Company to H. P. Sweet of Los Angeles. It is dated May 31, 1895. This is the first legal step toward the consummation of the greatest irrigation enterprise in the world. By the construc- tion of a dam 150 feet high at the narrows of the Mojave River, just above the town of Victor, a reservoir will be made twenty- six times larger than the Bear Valley reservoir, the largest in Southern Califor- nia. The topography above the narrows is such that it makes a natural basin, and not a dollar need be expended apart from the dam, which will cost $800,000. It will easily have a capacity for irrigating 600,- 000 acres lying west of Barstow. Theland can be had for the taking up. The new company has decided to charge $20 per acre for water as 4 maximum, thus furnishing irrigated lands for less than $25 an acre. It has prepared plans for main and lateral ditches, whose combined length will be about 600 railes. The estimated cost of reservoir -and | ditches is $2,000,000. Little of the| land proposed to be irrigated will answer for citrus and deciduous fruits, but it is the finest alfalfa cattle and sheep land in Southern California and i8 admirably adapted to canaigre, for which there is an active demand now. The transfer of the property to Mr. Sweet sets at rest the stories about Gen- eral O. O. Howard and his brother, C. H. Howard, being 1n the new enterprise. The only connection with it was a right to property some months ago. They were not ‘‘shoved off” the company, because they were nevef in it. Engineers are already at work laying | out a line for the big ditch, which shall | carry off and distribute the waters of the Mojave River during the construction of the dam. | Agua Caliente Springs Receivership. SANTA ROSA, CAL., Sept. 6.—The tron- ble over Agua Caliente Springs, between Dr. J. A. Nordin and wife, came up for the | first time in the Superior Court before | Judge Crawford to-day. Some time ago the court appointed M. K. Cady receiver of the estate, and it was on the motion of the doctor to have this receiver removed that the proceeding took piace to-day. Affidavits had been filed to show that Cady was not_a proper person to be receiver, as he was interested in the property. Evi- | Oregon, M. J. Kelly, a Catholic priest in dence against Cady’s removal was intro- duced, and Judge Crawford retained him. Cady’s bond, which was first fixed at §3000, was increased to $15,000. ST 5 MRS INDORSED THE NEW WOMAN. Puget Sound Methodists Doff Their Hats to Modern Ideas. SEATTLE, WasH., Sept. 6.—The new woman received substantial recognition to-day at the haunds of the Puget Sound M. E. Conference. By a vote of seventy- five'to eleven, a resolution was adopted expressing it as the sense of the conference that women, ‘‘with all their new-fangled ideas,”” be allowed as delegates to the general conference. Some more enthusiastic members say that this simply means that the new woman will ride into the bishopric. Many subordinate conferences are voting on these questions this year, and the matter will be considered at the next general conference. The next annual conference of the Puget ?{’)‘mhd district will be held at Vancouver, ash. FATE OF PORTL el A ND SMUGGLERS. Heavy Fines Imposed Upon Ex-Collector ZLotan and Seid Back. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 6. — United States District Judge Bellinger to-day sentenced ex-Collector of the Port James Lotan to pay & fine of $8000, and Seid Back, a Chinese merchant, $5000, for smuggling Chinese from vessels into thisport. Lotan handed the court clerk a certified check for his fine, but the Chinaman, although rich in realty, has not yet raised the coin. The two men were convicted several months ago, and gave notice of an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. As no term of imprisonment attaches to the {unishment, they will forego an appeal. otan was formerly a powerful political boss her?, but has no following now. NOTENTITLED TO REWARD. A Decision of Vast Import to Peace Officers of Cali- fornia. Captors of the Ruggles Brothers Must Seek for Redress in the Courts. SACRAMENTO, Car., Sept. 6.—At a meeting of the Board of Examiners this morning Attorney-General Fitzgerald ren- dered a decision that will affect every official and peace officer through- out the State. This decision was called out by a controversy which arose over the division of the reward of- fered for the capture of the Ruggles broth- ers, who killed an express messenger while robbing a stage in Tehama County, and who were afterward taken from the jail and lynched by the indignant citizens. The gist of the decision is that peace officers are not entitled to any portion of any offered reward in making an arrest, and the only redress left them under this decision is by mandamus proceedings through the courts. A Priest Suspended. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 6.—By order of his Grace Archbishop William H. Gross, of charge of the parish at Cedar Mills, a small lace west of Beverton, has been suspended rom_priesthood on account of being ac- cused of slandering the Rev. Mother Wil- liams, formerly sister superioress. SEbeegets v Fourteen Horses Cremated. PORTLAND, Oke., Sept. 6.—The loss by fire of the Oregon Ice Company’s stables at an early hour this morning is $4000, with §1000 insurance. The loss on adjacent dwellings is §1100, covered by insurance. The total loss will probably reach $7000 or $8000. Fourteen horses were cremated. NEWS OF THE COAST, Capture of a Youthful Horse - Thief at Fresno. ELMO HEADLEY’'S CAREER Though But Seventeen Years Old, He Has Figured in Many Crimes. ONE OF THE DILWOOD GANG. A Horse and Cart Stolen at Orosl Sold In Fresno for Two Dollars. FRESNO, CaL., Sept. 6.—Elmo Headley was arrested in this city to-day by Deputy Constable Henry for stealing a horse and cart at Orosi, Tulare County. Headley is only 17 years of age, but has already had an adventurous career. About two years ago he was mixed up with the Dil- wood gang of thieves, which carried on ex- tensive operations around Fresno forsome months. The gang was finally broken up and its members landed in the State prison. Young Headley had been ar- rested a number of times for stealing, but always escaped punishment on account of his youth. When he was rounded up with the Dilwood gang he turned State’s evi- dence. This and his still tender age again caused the Judge to be lenient, and the boy was sent to the Whittier Reform School. Headley remained at Whittier about a year and then was paroled. He secured a position in a biscuit factory in Los Angeles. He succeeded in running away from Los Angeles and the authorities could find no trace of him. He traveled about through the southern part of the State. A few days ago he arrived at Orosi and stole the horse and cart. He brought it this city and sold the outfit for $2. KILLED BY HIS INVENTION. A Man Who Built a Little Railroad Met Death by an Accident. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 6.—Daniel Coxe of Drifton, son of Alexander Coxe, who was a brother to the late Eckley B. Coxe, was killed to-night at his home. He was a mechanical genius and had con- structed in the rear of his residence a rail- road about four miles long, upon which he ran a five-horsepower locomotive, which he had constructed himself. While running this engine this evening it left the track, turned over and Coxe fell under it. Daniel Coxe was superintendent of the Drifton, Susquehanna and Schuylkill Rail- road and has been influential about the extensive coal mines in the vicinity of Drifton. B Hogs Have the Cholera. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 6.—A special from Demison, Tex., says that hog cholera pre- vails to an alarming extent in the eastern part of the Indian Territory. The mor- tality is said to be so great that fall ship- ments to the Northern markets will be reduced over 25 per cent. The disease is assuming such gmportions that the State Board of Health will be called upon to take some action toward suppressing it. BANK ACCOUNTS FOR $100 BRAINY BOYS. $ g ; 5 DEPOSITED IN HIBERNIA BANK. W;IOLESAI. o RICESR & W SALE BEGINS TO-DAY. If you have a Suit or Overcoat to buy, buy it here. Save your silver and get aSouvenir. S S ILVER SAVING ALE S For the next eight weeks, beginning TO-DAY, we offer you our entire stock of Clothing at extraordinary prices. * In ad- dition we give with each purchase a Metal Souvenir. That boy under sixteen who brings us the largest number of these Souvenirs on November 2d will receive the first prize—$100 deposited in bank to his credit ; for the second largest num- ber $75, and for the third $50. ECURE Your S OUVENIR. Every purchaser gets a Souvenir—the Prizes are only for the Boys! To protect our customers, Souvenirs will be given only with purchases of $2.50 and over. BROW NzEroszco. Wholesale Manufacturers of Clothing, Proprietors of the Oregon City Woolen Mills, 121-123 Sansome St,, BET. BUSH AND PINE STS. N - -