The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 16, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1895. TROOPS FOR CAMPOS Re-enforcements Arrive at Havana on the Colon. ENGAGEMENTS AT PURO. Signal Victory Over Rebels Reported by the Spanish News Bureau. TWO CAMPS WERE CAPTURED. Many of the Insurgents Kllled or Wounded — Islanders Burn- Ing Buildings. —The steamer 2g with re- troops. The ere given an en- e leader known as Mexican), attacked n the Cienfuegos night, but were re- 1 iting. medios are to the effect rebels have surrendered The reb els, v no” ( ave burned the build- California, near Lajas. houses on the Indeo a bridge at Albino, near Troops are pursuing the ibal has had engagements nder Sanchez at Puro and fo, Horcas and Colonia de pturing two camps and tion, etc. The insurgents 1d dispersed. Many rebels d or wounded. The Government loss was four wounded. Troops are pur- s the rebels toward Ceibo, where San- chez will attempt to join Masferrer’s band. — S OUTRAGE UPON AN AMERICAN. The Grand Hotel Roma Seized and Its Proprietor Ejected. N. Y., Sept. 16.—A special port, Connecticut. says: nother outrage perpetrated an citizen by the Spanish ials at Havana have been made public | received in this city by | epko, a citizen of the United has for eight years been the propri- : re Grand Hotel Roma. The Span- ish Government, under a pretense of some x amounting to $800, seized the hotel at | ght and turned Mr. Repko and his v outof doors. His business, he says, 0,000 at the time. He will ap- e President of the United States in getting redress. Mr. Repko | Florida, but will come northina rt time and lay the facts in the case be- the State Department. s. Repko, speaking of her husband e with the Spanish officials B a, S Mr. Repko purchased the Hotel Roma | d the property on which it stands six | The land on which the hotel uilt isa separate lot, which gation a great many years. hip was so long a matter of bt that finally the Spanish Govern- it claimed it and charged my husband for it. The Government, however, d not pressits claim until the outbreak the Cuban rebellion, when they in- d my husband that he must pay | $800 for it. | When the war broke out our Govern- sts left us and the hotel became a resort for Caban and rebel sympathizers. | angered the Spaniarys, | f taking an active part in | e. We were annoyed in | panish ingenuity could invent an immediate demand for the $200 which the Government claimed for of the ground occupied by the kitchen was made. Mr. Repko was unable to pay the money and unable to appease the Gov- | ment and at midnight the soldiers e to the hotel and forced us to leave. wed us to take nothing. They thing, even my husband’s | turned us outin the street. | and went to Mr. Williams, the | erican Consul, and explained the situa- | tion to him, and Mr. Williams procured | tickets for myself and household on the steamer Yucatan.” SN JOKDUIN ALLEY FR, Double Attractions This Year at the Exposition in Stockton. owne: A Valley Rallroad Day to Be Made a Feature of the Week’s Pro- gramme. STOCKTON, Car., Sept. 15.—The San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Association air, which opens here to-morrow, bromises to be the greatest in the history of the a ciation in point of attendance and exhibits and the high class of races. There are double attractions this year. | Since the last meet three new railroads and | other great enterprises have been inaugu- rated and are now under way. People all | over Central California expect to take ad- vantage of the reduced rates to come here and see for themselves the great strides taken by this city during the last twelve months. There will bea Valley Railroad day at the fair, when the forces at work on the construction of the people’s railroad will take a brief holiday to see the races and the pavilion exbibits. f The weather, too, smiles on the opening of the fair. Old time fair weather hasal- ways suppos=d to mean rain and mud. but it is reversed this year, and Old Sol smiles er city and valley to-day, with every in- ;ation that he will continue to do so the ainder of the week. The space in the pavilion is all taken, and the exhibits cover a greater line of in- dustries, from every section of the county, than ever before seen here. The track is in splendid shape and the grounds improved greatly, while the en- tries are more numerous than ever. Be- sides strings brought from Sacramento other horses not entered there and some promising local horses will compete for good purses offered. , Five carloads of horses from Sacramento came this morn- ing, more this’ evening, and many were re already stabled during the latter part of last week. The races will last, as usual, six days, and are to be called promptly at 1 o’clock each day. et S Mare Island Notes. VALLEJO, Sept. 15.—The flagship Phila- delphia, with Admiral Beardslee on board, left the navy-yard Saturday morning for San Francisco, to remain a few days. She will then go to Puget Sound. The Thetis was placed in the drydock again Saturday afternoon for the purpose of having repairs made about her stern, the fact being developed that she was lean- ing. The new tug will be launched the com- ing Saturday. St o NAPA’S UNION HIGH SCHOOL.™ The Tax Levy for It Expected to Be Made at Once. HELENA, CaL., Sept. 15.—St. Helena is haopy over the decision of the County Attorney that makes it possible for the Supervisors to make the tax levy for the Union High School without contest or delay, and there seems to be no doubt that the board will order the levy to-morrow. In Napa the favorable result of the high school vote of two weeks ago will probably be annulled by the fact that, although a majority of the tax-payers of, the school district signed the petition calling for an eleqnq; , the petition did not containa majority of the names of householders that appeared on the preceding school census, which the law seems to demand. Thisis & new combination that does not seem to have been brought out before and was raised in the case of the Union High School election held in the St. Helena and twelve contiguous districts a month ago. Notwithstanding the decision of the At- torney-General that a Union High School cannot be opened in a rented building, the trustees here have decided to go ahead and occupy rented quarters until a new struc- ture can_be built, and the school will be opened Monday. Already over forty pu- pils have signified their intention of being present. FHESHMENU_FSTAN FORD. A Reception Tendered Them by the Christian Asso-~ ciation. sT. Trouble Expsrienced In Finding a Fullback for the Foot- ball Team. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Sept. 15.—The reception to the class of ’99 by the Christian Association of the University was a great success. It was given last evening in the Stanford gymnasium, which had been specially fitted up for the occasion. Three hundred guests were on hand, not 2ll of them new students, though these were in the majority. This recep- tion is given each year to the incoming class, and is gradually proving more ana more of an attraction and feature of col- lege life. Dr. jordan in his usual felicitous and | cordial manner welcomed the newcomers anford. ome two hours were spent in introduc- tions and pleasant social intercourse and refreshments. Yesterday afternoon seueral of the foot- ball team were on hand for work when the team’s captain entered the ‘‘gridiron.” Punting_ was the order of the exercise, after which a run across country wasgiven the men. Thus far no likely candidate has appeared for fullback. All the men trying for that position are weak at kicking, and it is recognized that Berkeley will be un- usually strong in that rezard this year. With the great Yale kicker, Butter- worth, asa coach and Ransome for full, to | the Stanford men feel a little anxious for the appearance of a good punter on their field. Soper '98 was expected to be on hand to train for the position, but word has been received that he will not return to the university this semester. Soper was a fine kicker, but a mediocre player in most other respects. So far this semester registration is up to last year’s at the same time, being over 930. —— e COLORED CYCLERS. They Will Hold a Meet Tuesday at the Garden®City Track. SAN JOSE. CaL., Sept. 15.—The San Jose Colored Cyclers will hold a race meet at the Garden City Cyclers’ track Tuesday afternoon, September 17. There will be a parade of the colored cyclers on the ar- rival of an excursion from San_Francisco. | The entries are numercus and nearly all the leading colored riders on the coast have entered. The events will be: One mile, novice: two-thirds mile, handicap, class A; one mile, scratch, class B; one mile, scratch, class A: two-mile handicap, class B; one mile, handicap, fat men’s race. T A SACRAMENTO UNFORTUNATE. His Heariny and Sight Almagt Destroyed by a Live Wire. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Sept. 15.—Allen L. Clare, a salesman in the employ of T. A. Lander of this city, was struck on the | left ear yesterday by a live wire, which be- came detached from the overhead electric car trolley, and knocked senseless. When he came vo it was discovered that his hear- ing had been almost totally destroyed and the sight of his left eye so badly impaired that he finds it almost impossible to dis- tinguish any objec ot No Rose Fair Next Spring. SAN JOSE, CaL., Sept. 15.—At a meet- ing of the County Floral Society it was decided not to hold the annual spring rose fair, as it might detract from the carnival of roses to be held in May. The floral so- ciety will have a beautiful floral float in the carnival parad: BENJAMIN HOMANS' TOMB. Its Destruction in Georgetown Caused by the March of Progress. The march of improvement in that part of Wasnington formerly known as George- town, and older by many years than other parts of the city, has compelled the destruction of the tomb of Benjamin Ho- mans, located in the old Presbyterian ceme- tery, in connection with whom Dolly Madison's heroic feat of 1814 was accom- plished. Homans was Chief Clerk of the War Department during the war of 1812, and at the time the British invaded the capital. upon his own responsibility, he took steps to preserve the public rec- ords. He sent two wagon-loads of docu- ments to thecanal-boat of Captain Daniel Collins, ana placed two armed_soldiers on guard, John Hull and Jacob Baltzer, tell- ing them to allow no one to come on board. A little later, so the story runs, a beautiful lady, who proved to be Dolly Madison, drove down to the boat and gave William Underwood a trunk, telling him to take great care of it and that he should be rewarded. Among the articles in the trunk was the canvas of Peale’s portrait of Washington, then banging in the Wuite House, but now in the Senate wing of the Capitol. Then Homans gave the order to Sherwood to take the boat up the canal, and not wait for the carlam. who had gone to Wash- ington. The boat, accordingly, was headed for a point near the Hominy House, a well- known establishment in those days, and in the barn there the documents were stored until the danger wasdpassed. That night the Capitol was burned, and the documents saved were among the most valuable be- longing to the Nation.—Washington News. ————— The number of messages sent over the wires of the New York Police Department amounts to more than 1000a day. The total number sent last year was 378,388, Of these 20,580 were calls for ambulances; 10,541 were alarms of fire; 7245 were ar- nouncements to the Department of Public Works of obstructions in precinets; 5000 were concerning accidents on the streets; 4000 were notifications of sickness; 4312 were on Coroner’s business, and 3400 to the Society for the Prevemtion of Cruelty to Children. PACIFC COAST NEWS Considerable Work Still Ahead for the Methodists. MAY NOT FINISH TO-DAY. Some of the Special Appoint- ments Made by Bishop Warren. ASSIGNMENTS OF MINISTERS. They WIIl Not Ee Made Untll Near the Close of the Con- ference. PACI¥IC GROVE, Can., Sept. 15.— ‘With all the committees that have to make their reports and with much business yet to be done it begins to look as though the conference would not complete its work on Monday, as was first supposed. To the ministers and to the Methodist congregations of Northern California the most important announcements will be made at the very end of the conference. Then Bishop Warren will make known the assignments of ministers to charges. To some of them it may mean achange John Truebody, First Methodist So- ciety, Organized by Him in April, 1847, in San Francisco. [Reproduced from a photograph.] from a high-salaried to a poor little charge, to others the reverse. Every afternoon the bishop and his elders have discussed in private these assignments. So far during the conference Bishop ‘Warren has made the following special ap- pointments: Ross Taylor as editor of the Illustrated African News; James Black as teacher in the gymnasium at Berkeley; J. N. Wythe us professor in Coover Med- ical Colleg -, San Francisco; John Thomp- son as district superintendent of the Amer- ican Bible Society, and A.N. Fisher as editor of the Pacific Christian Advocate. The examiners have reported to be con- tinued on trial: Moses S. Cross, Tong Sui, Lee Tong Hay and Lee Chin in the re- quired ministerial studies of the first year; Thomas N. Nicholas, Ernest B. Winning, Leslie M. Burnell. William A. Kennedy, George C. King, William Marshall, Wil- bur F. McClure, Walter Marritt and ‘William G. Trudgeon in the studies of the second year and John Williams in the studies of the third year. F. N. Liljegren has been transferred to the Colorado conference, J. S. Merdell to the St. Louis conference and Ukai Take- schi to the Japan conference. To-day the following young ministers | having been already elected and admitted First M. E. Church, San Jose, Dr. R. 8. Cantine, Pastor. [Reproduced frow a photograph.) into full membership were ordained as deacons: Everett M. Hill, Frank Hinsen, Frederick A. [Keast, Jessie B. Rutter, Winfield 8. Kelly, Francis W. Lloyd, Edward J. Wilson, Charles F. Withrow. 0. M. Hister, J. F. Jennessand O. G. Hughson, now members of this conference, were recently ordained as deacons by East- ern conferences. The elders ordained to-day are: George H. Jones, William C. Robins, John Stephens, Zenjiro Hirota and Sokichi Doi, who have completed the conference course of study and been elected to this minis- terial position. . Four Methodist ministers of Northern California have died since the last annual conference. They are B. F. Crary, Angelo Carroll, T.C. George and E. A. Hazen. Memorial services were held for them this afternoon. No one seems to have any doubt that the conference will vote to meet here next year. The ministers get free railroad transportation between here and San Francisco and halfrates from there to their various charges. The ministers’ wives get a hali-rate for the whole journey by rail. The laity, whose tickets receive the official stamp of the conference railroad secretary showing that they have been in attendance, get a one-third rebate from the Southern Pacific, or nominally the Pacific Improvement Company, which owns a number of cottages and tents here. This year the number of delegates has been so large that the free accommoda- tions provided by the Pacific Improvement Company have not been adequate, and extra rooms have been rented. Special rates are also given the delegates at the hotels and boarding-houses. - The special committee appointed to de- vise means of assistance for the Central Methodist Church of Stockton, which has a debt of $36,000, will report to-morrow through = its chairman, Dr. Dille, and recommend the appropriation of $2000 from the general fund, provided the church itself raise an equal amount. The Stockton church cost $80,000. Over 1200 people crowded into the Metho- dist Church this evening for the annual meeting of the Conference of the Epworth League, the young poople’s society of the Methodist church. 3 . This society was organized ouly five years ago, but already it has a membership of 1,200,000, representing a part of one de- nomination only. 3 “The Society of Christian Endeavor,” said A. H. Briggs, the principal speaker cf the evening, is 14 years old, and repre- sents thirty-one denominations. It has 2,500,000 members. It drew 31,000 dele- ates to its last convention at Boston. ?l'he Epworth League International Con- vention, recently beld at Chattanooga, had 15,000 delegates in attendance.” G. W. Beatty of Oakland, president for the past year of the Epworth League of the California Conference, read his report showing that in the 127 leaguesin this con- ference which had sent in their reports there were 8092 members; fifty-five charges failed to send in reports. In all there are about 10,000 Epworth Leagues in the Methodist Church of Northern California. It seems that four of the five ministers elected yesterday as delegates to the gen- eral conference were born in England. Two infants were baptized before lhe large audience this evening. 3 et ILLEGAL FISHING. Seven Chinese Caught Using Shrimp and Bag Nets. PACIFIC GROVE, CaL., Sept. 15.—The local authorities have again made a suc- cessful raid upon the Chinese who have been evading the law by using shrimp and bag nets. Seven more were caught in the act, making a total of thirty captures for the season. The great lack of fish in this bay for the past few seasons is attributed to the murderous methods of the Chinese. The white fishermen will push the case immediately. PRUNES OF SANTA CLARA Growers Advised to Be More Careful in Grading Thelr Fruit. Reports From France Show a Big Shortage in the Crops of Europe. SAN JOSE, Car., Sept. 15.—Colonel Philo Hersey, presiaent of the Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange, in speaking of the prices realized for prunes, said: “The exchange has sold about sixty car- loads of prunes on the basis of 414 cents per pound for the average of the four sizes. Much loss is often occasioned to a fruit- seller because he does not correctly gauge the size of his fruit. Every prune-raiser should invest in a pair of scales and learn how to determine from a test of his yield what is the size of his fruit. Notlong ago a buyer made a grower believe that his prunes would average seventy-eight to the pound, when as a matter of fact the aver- age was from sixty to sixty-two. The sale was made on the basis of seventy-eight to the pound, and in consequence the grower lost and the buyer made several hundred dollars by the trade. “‘Reports from France are to the effect that the product this year 18 not of the first quality and not plentiful. We can put prunes into New York for 6 cents, and it would cost 7 cents to lay down the same quality from France. There is no fear of competition from that country this year, and for that reason it is foolish to get into the market before the natural demand comes and fill the West with prunes at from 33 to 4 cents. “In 1894 the product of French prunes in France, Servia and other fcreign counties was 225,000,000 pounds. This year their product is about 117,000,000 pounds, or about 20,000,000 less than they consumed themselves last year. The market in the West is flat, and if any prunes have been sold in Chicago it has been on a basis of 4 cents for the average of the four sizes. No attention should be paid to Minne- apolis or St. Paul, for those cities are the slop-pails for Chicago. “It is a ruinous policy to fill up the market early in the season with F. O. B. goods, and afterward goods} are consigned to be sold at any price that can be ob- tained. This bas a tendency to break down the market, and dealers in the East have lost money thereby, so that many now demand that all goods shall beon consignment. Instead of forcing these goods upon the market by consignment we should wait till the other goods have been disposed of and then market the re- mainder, also upon an F. O. B. basis.” FIVE-MILE ROAD RACE. It Was an Exciting Event With a Close Finish. SAN JOSE, CaL., Sept. 15.—The first of a series of five-mile road races, under the auspices of the Columbus Cycling Club, over the east San Jose course this morn- ing, proved an exciting event and drew oat a large crowd of spectators. A gold medal to be won three times was tue principal prize, although several minor prizes were offered. The race was close and the riders were well bunched at the finish. Z. Kun- hardt, with a handicap of 1 minute 15 seconds, won the race in 15:39, A. Malovos second. E. Carillo, a scratch man, won third place and the time prize in 15:29. Pedemonte and Arzino fell about 100 yards from the start and Spinetti fell in the sec- ond mile. F. Schiele would probably have won the race had the riders not been bunched near the finish, making it impos- sible for him to pass them. The starters and handicaps were: A. Malovos, 2:00; J. Spinetti, 1:45; N. Spi- 1:40; H. Perazzo, 1 Kunhardt, . Pedemonte, 1:00; F. Cianciarulo, & . Carrillo, R. Pinto, F. Schiele, scratch. ¥ = The race committee in charge was com- posed as follows: A. Pedemonte, chair- man; F. Schiele, E. Carrillo, J. épinetti and A. Alloggi. The second of the series will be held the first Sunday in October. e ARREST OF PATRON. The Man He Stabbed Said to Be in a Critical Condition. SAN JOSE, CAL., Sept. 15.—Porfirio Pa- tron, who stabbed Albert Good at Morgan Hill last evening, was arrested by Sheriff Lyndon about 4 o’clock this morning two miles east of Madrone. He was seated avout a campfire preparing his breakfast, and hishorse was tethered a few yardsaway. Patron offered no resistance, and was brought to the County Jail. He refuses to talk about the nflndy. His bead is badly bruised and cut and shows evidence of a fierce struggle. He exhibits a slight cut in his right leg, which he says was inflicted by Good. Patron is a Spaniard and about 30 yearsofage. ok ood’s condition is critical, and the chances are against his recovery. The stabbing affray is the outcome of an old quarrel, which started several months ago in a discussion between the two men as to their skill with boxing- gloves. At that time they put on the loves, and but for the interference of iends the fight might have ended fatally. PACIFIC COAST NEWS: Mining Developments in San Bernardino County. BOULDER MINE REPORTS Rich Veins of Ore Struck in Sinking a Fifty-Foot Shaft. PLACER MINING REVIVING. Some Excellent Discoverles Made About Forty Miles From San Bernardino. SAN BERNARDINO, Car., Sept. 15— Very encouraging news comes from the Boulder Mining Company’s property, situated about thirty-tive miles southeast of Salton station on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The comvpany’s headquarters are at Los Angeles. The company was in- corporated in August. Some of the owners live in this city. The company has six claims, the best one of which is the Boulder. From assays recently made it is shown that the ore runs all the way from $16 50 to $195. At the Boulder mine there is a shaft which has reached a depth of fifty feet. All the way down the shaft are gold veins, which will average on milling $20 per ton. The quality of the rock is granite, and the veins are of a uniform width. So far on the six claims eight shafts, varying from 25 to 60 feet, have been’] sunk, and four tunnels run in from 24 to 250 feet, bringing to view the very bright- est of prospects. A Bryan rotary mill, that will cost $10,000, has been ordered, and will be in running order inside of sixty days. The mines have a most com- manding position. They are at an alti- tude of 2000 feet, which does away with mauch desert heat. The hills are covered with mesquite and ironwood. In the im- river in the vicinity, but did not succeed in recovering the body. Seawell was about 18 years of age, and his relatives re- side in Oakland. His father is engaged in the house-moving business in that city. SR LOST ON SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAINS. Thrilling Adventure of a Santa Barbara Business Man. SANTA BARBARA,CAL., Sept.15.—John 0. Coit, a young business man of Santa Barbara and a poet of some renown, met with an accident this week which he will not soon forget. Fired with an ambition to seek solitary inspiration on the summit of the Santa Ynez range, he started alone Friday morning, unacquainted with trails, but expecting to reach the summit by noon and return before night. Mr. Coit did not reach the mountain top until nearly midnieht, and undertaking to make a short cut down he became entan- gled in the chaparral andwas forced to spend the nignt in a thicket without overcoat or food, subsisting on wild berries and sleep- ingon a rock. When daylight came he contrived to extricate himself from his thorny dilemma and made his way back to civilization and sustenance, having been without substantial food from Friday morning until Saturday afternoon. S Narrow Escape of a Santa Ana Man. SANTA ANA, Car., Sept. 15.—J. W. King, a prominent rancher on the San Joaquin, near this city, accidently took three and a half grains of corrosive subli- mate this morning, thinking it medicine foracold. He had just finished break- fast, and a prompt emetic of mustard t]aéected the poison before it took effect. ing was brought at once to Tustin, where he received medical attendance. He will probably recover without bad effects, though it was a close call. A SANLEANDRO TERROR Monster Mosquito Captured on the Shore of Lake Chabot. It Gave One Man a Bad Black Eye, but Is Now Preserved in the Local Bank. SAN LEANDRO, Sept. 15.—New Jersey will hereaiter have to play second fiddle to | this town in the matter of mosquitos, A | genuine mosquito of abnormal size was | captured near here on Wednesday last, | and it is now mounted and on exhibition at the San Leandro Bank. Last Wednesday a party of gentlemen | A TERROR OF [Drawn by a “Call” artist.] N LEANDRO. mediate vicinity of the mine there isa constant flow of water for eight months th the year, which is more than enough to operate a ten-stamp mill. The Boulder | district mines promise to be second to | none in Southern California. Placer mining is coming pretty well to the front, as some very good discoveries have been made about forty miles to the northwest of this city in the Fish Fork branch of the San Gabriel Canyon and about thirty miles from the mouth of the canyon. There are three claims—the Lone Boy, White Oak and the Mystery—owned by Earl and Ernest O. Ames of San Ber- nardino. These mines are twenty acres to the claim. Work has been retarded, as the owners are both poor men and cannot put in the money necessary to properly operate the claims. In running a thirty- foot tunnel on the Mystery between $90 and $100 was taken out, the gold lying mostly in pockets. - The bedrock is hard | and smooth. A fifty-foot tunnel is being runon the Lone Boy and the indications are very bright. In order to work the mines to an advantage the river must be flumed and diverted from its present channel. These mines were recently dis- covered, but for the last thirty years miners have traversed the San Gabriel | Canyon right over the claims and never made a discovery. The country is very rough, sixteen miles having to be traveled on burros. Mining in and about Vanderbilt is quite lively. Near Blackburn station Miller & Crane are shipping ore three times a week that nets $140 per ton. The Campbell mill at Vanderbilt is working ores from the St. George and Boomerang mines, the clean-up on a two weeks’' run being $4200. The Boom- erang has been opened up to a depth of 580 feet, showing a two-foot ledge. The Gold Bronze is opened up to a depth of 250 feet, with 50-foot levels ex- tending 150 feet east and west from ihe main shaft. The Chippie mine, which lies east of the Gold Bronze, has been opened up to a depth of 125 feet, showing very rich ore. The Hongkong shows a well-defined ledge 20 feet in width. Drowned) Wnile Bathing. SACRAMENTO, Car., Sept. 15.— A young®man named Richard Seawell, em- ployed in a-horseshoeing establishment, was drowned in the river on the Yolo side this afternoon. In oompmg° with anotner young man he had been bathing in the river, after which they got intoa boat. They had been in it but a short time when in some manner Seawell fell out. His companion jumped overboard to rescue him, but was unable to do so, and to save himself had to break loose from the drowning youth. Fishermen dragged the were inspecting Lake Chabot, when the capture was made. The party consisted of Messrs. L. J. Derkum, Charles Peter- sen, Harry Moore and Charles Baldock. While inspecting the lake the big mos- quito alighted on Mr. Baldock’s face and bit him over the eye. The wound was a severe one, and for two days the eye was closed. Charles Petersen, who is a student of en- tomo logy, pursued the bloodsucker and captured it only after a long chase. He declares it is an abnormally devel- oped mosquito and four times the size of any mosquito of which he ever heard or could find by reference. Weston P. Truesdale, who has been chasing and pickling Alameda County in- sects for years, and who is owner of the San Leandro Standard, has underiaken the task of supplying the mammoth mos- quito with a name. William Baldock, the man who was bitten, has already named the insect many times in various colors, but none of hkis cognomens are generally acceptable. B e A New Slavery in Africa. Some pretty fine distinctions as to what does and what does not constitute slavery are drawn hy Europeans in Africa. In the French Senate the otHer day M. Isaac di- rected attention to gross acts of violence and cruelty which had been committea, he said, under the very eyes of the French au- thorities in the Senegal and the Soudan. He wenton to declare that, after a success- ful expedition, the prisoners, male and female, were distributed among the native auxiliaries, and ' the operations of the na- tive siave-traders were carried on without let or hindrance. He had recent informa- tion derived from a French explorer, M. Guillaumet, who wrote that the slave trade was openly carried on in the Sou- dan. He had been informed that a French resiaent in Senegal, M. Huchard, had writ- ten to the Colonial Minister describing a fearful scene which had taken place at Lambaye; the village had been burned down and the women and children carried off as slaves. M. Chautemps, Minister for the Colonies, denied that he had received the letter and declared that the facts alleged by M. Isaac were exaggerations. The natives of the village that had been burned down for ‘resisting the French authorities had not been made slaves of; they had been merely distributed among six other villages, where they would haye to remain for six years under the surveil- lance of responsible native chiefs. This, he said, amid much uproar, was not slavery, but simply “‘enforced residence.” As to the alleged distribution of ratives belon; ing to the family of Ussman Bari, he lsmfl:ted that sixteen persons had, after the capture of the village of Djus under the superintendence of a distin- guished officer, been handed over to the care of native non-commissioned officers and riflemen. But this measure had been a_‘‘perfect blessing to the captives.” Whether this was the opinion of the cap- tives themselves did not, appekr.—New York Post, | Fowler. | stable Ochs was shot by a robber who was |Ioins, thighs and groias. ‘effect is at once apparent. PACIFIC COAST NEWS, Officer Ochs of Fowler Stabbed by a Man He Arrested. FOUGHT AT THE PRISON. Desperate Attempt to Escape Made by a Disturber of the Peace. FINALLY KNOCKED SENSELESS. The Constable’s Wounds Are Serious, but it Is Thought He Will Recover. FRSNO, Car.,, Sept. 15.— Constable Charles Ochs of Fowler was stabbed twice in the back by a peace disturber whom he was trying to lock up in jail early Sunday morning. Constable Ochs and Deputy Mason had placed the man, who gave bis name as George Myers, under arrest. Myers went along peaceably until the town calaboose was reached. There he began to make violent resistance. Deputy Mason bore the brunt of the fight at first, and succeeded in felling Myers. It was dark at the time, and Myers made sev- eral thrusts at Mason, but the latter did not notice thathe had a knife. The deputy parried the blows, however. Myers succeeded in gatting away from Mason, and made for Ochs. Throwing his arm over the constable’s shoulder, Myers jabbed the knife into his back twice. The constable then struck Myers in the head with his club and knocked him senseless, and it was two hours before he revived. Ochs immediately had his wounds dressed, and though they are considered dangerous, it is thought that he will pull through. The knife was found on Myers. It is & common pocket-knife, with a blade two and a half inches long. The blade is be- smeared with blood. Myers was taken before Justice Al- brecht and a charge of assault with a deadly weapon was placed against him. Bail was fixed at $3000 and being unable to furnish it he was brought to the county Myers is a_hard character. Of late he has been picking grapes in the vicinity of About a year and a half ago Con- i jail in this city for safe keeping. holding up a grocery-store in Fowler when Ochs entered. The constable pulled his istol and fired at the robber and missed, gut the robber, who returned the fire, shot him. Ochs was laid up for several months from the result of this affray. St NG JUMPED FROM A TRAIN. Fatal Injuries Received by a Brakebeam Tourist. FRESNO, CarL., Sept. 15.—As this morn- ing’s 3 o’clock train from the south was coming into the vard in this city, a man named J. C. Cavanaugh, who had been stealing a ride on the blind baggage, jumped from the train and struck against a switch, receiving injuries from which he died this afternoon. Cavanaugh had two companions, and they advised him not to jump till the train slowed down near the depot, but Cava- naugh was afraid of being arrested and wanted to get off in the outskirts of town. His skull wasfractured badly in two places and his right foot crushed. Cavanaugh was formerly a section boss on the Great Northern Railroad. KIDNEYS. You have noticed, no doubt, a number of people who complain of pains in their And yet few of them are aware that these are the pre- monitory warnings of kidney trouble. ‘When once a kidney disease has a good hold of the system it is a very hard thing to get rid of, and in its effects on the sys- tem it is the most serious. 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