The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 28, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1895. SANTA MONICA HOME, Hospitable Retreat for Veterans of the War. IN PEACE AND QUIET. Over Sixteen Hundred of the Nation’s Heroes Dwell at the Place. NOT A LIFE OF IDLENESS. Well-Kept Lawns and Gardens Give Evidence of Patlent Toil. who in the davl wore Uncle Sam the solc State, w er of them, for it is he left plow or counting-house to answer his country’s call. There are soldiers a twenty-t tained by Relief Cory of the R seven Nationa or Lad sof the Grand Army e membership of the follows: 28,816 These figures ports of 1894, and at the present time there are, Governor Rowland of the Santa Monica Home states, easily 30,000 inmates, the average age being 60. How long it will be necessary to continue these homes is often discu A statistician claims that | in1945 there will probably be only six sar- | vivors of the memorable struggle. The Pacific branch is situated adjacent to the beauteous Crescent-City-Beside-the- Sea, commanding an endless panoramic | view of green fields, rolling foothills and | peaceiul ocean. In one corner of the well- | kept grounds, on a hillside, there is a| patriotic God’s acre, where sleeps the dead | whose memory is a hallowed one to young and old. Over 1500 (nearly two regiments) of soldier and sailor veterans of the Civil Warabideat the home, greeting each other daily, fighting over the batties of the war; | but they are peaceful contests of the re- membrance of a t of a century ago. The home was 1naugurated over seven | years ago by an act of Congress, the land | being generously donated by Senator J. P. Jones, Colonel R. S. Baker and John W. Wolfskill. Comprising 600 as fertile acres as can be found in the Golden State, the generosity of the gift is better understood, when it is known that this land was the choicest of two vast estates, and is espe- | cially beantiful in location snd situation. | It is three miles from Santa Monica and | twelve from Los Angeles, being connected with Los Ax by a branch loop of the Southern P: , and by a streetcar service with Santa Monica. The buildings are bhandsome, commo- dious and artistic, with all modern appli- cel fic ances for t eterans’ comfort. Thereare seven cks, an administration build- ing, a dining hall, to which is being added | a new kitchen; a hospital, an assembly hall and six residences, including one each for the governor, treasurer and doctor. { The cost of the buildings and improve- ments aggregated over half a million dol- lars, and the princely gift of the gentlemen was valued at a quarter of a million more. The water question, alwa: n important one in Southern Californ s been care- fully considered and $100,000 has been ex- pended in development and building of Teservoirs, including pumping machinery, which gives the institution plenty of the | best water for domestic and irrigating pur- poses. | An electric-light vlant has been con- tracted for, to be erected during the cur- | Tent year, | There is a good library constantly being | added to, and the home has postofiice, | telegraph’ and telephone connection. A Grand Army post—Jobn A. Martin No. 153—hds 206 members. Then there ‘are an encampment of the Union Veteran Legion, sixty strong; a Keeley League Club, whose members are living up to their motto, “Ever Steadfast,” and 2 sailors’ or naval veterans’ association. The officers of the home are: Colonel J. G. Rowland, gov- ernor; Treasurer Upton; Dr. H. E. Hasse, surgeon, with Drs. E. L. Puett and Charles P. Robbins as assistants, and Captain J. G. Davis, adjutant. Since the establishment of the institu- tion there have been 2600 veterans admit- ted. Three hundred have answered the last rollcall and sleep in the cemetery on the hillside. There are about 1650 on the rolls to-day. Every cotand bed istaken and there is no room for newcomers until the new barracks shall have been com- pleted. Governor Rowland, ore of the best of governors—broad-gauged and full of sym- pathy for his fellow-comrades—stated re- cently in an address delivered at the South- ern California encampment, that for the year ending June 30, 1895, the home has cared for 1922 of the *‘old boys,’’ 1667 of whom, he was proud to say, had a record for good conduct. The occupations and pleasures of the members are varied, and while there is a strict discipline, as is necessary, the control is so admirable and the men’s conduct so exemplary that it is not irksome. Many ere employed in the lighter work about the | of the veterans: who receive 1 the re- | & buildings and farm, for which service they are” paid, and as a result of their labors there are bearing orchards, fields of grain and vegetables. There was raised this year over 300 tons cf hay, 1600 sacks of barley, 4000 bushels of corn and all the fresh veg- etables required for the vast table. The daily routine is semi-military, there being many army post observances. The flag is raised and lowered when the vet- eran cannoneer fires the sunrise and sun- set gun. Music is furnished every after- noon by the Home band—an excellent one—and there are entertainments almost nightly in Assembly Hall, and on Sunday divine service. There are in the institution over a thou- eand pensioners,who are paid over $150,000 yearly from Uncle Sam’s coffers. Most of them make good use of this money. The treasurer keeps accounts with many who put away quarterly a portion; others send it home to relatives, who thus indirectly are watched over by the aged warriors. Since the establishment of the home in 1888 the improvements have becn sur};-rib ing. Broad avenues and graveled foot- Falh! have been laid out; grassy lawns, uxuriant shrubbery and ever-blooming flowers make the place a park of beauty, ever pleasing to both guest and members. The main requirements for admission to the howe are, first, an honorable discharge from the United States service in the Mexican or Civil war; second, disability which preventsthe applicant from earning his living by labor; third, residence in the territory west of the Rocky Mountains. As a rule it is better for the applicant to write to the home and state his case. He can then ascertain if he is eligible. Itis always unwise for him to come to the home without knowing whether or not he can be admitted. At present it is over- crowded, and applicants are informed that they must wait until additional room is provided. The management makes every effort to care for all who apply, if they are eligible, but sometinies the extreme limit is reached, beyond which consider- ion of safety and comfort will not allow t It is pension time at the home, and all quarterly donations are happy. About $30,000 is paid out by Treasurer Upton. This money is sent home to wives, sisters or others endent upon the pensioners or put y by those who have none upon whom nd it. Tt gets scattered among the nd doesgood. J.C. HEMINGWAY. FST TIME AT SAN JOSE Two Coast Records Broken by the Oregon Pacer, Ghehalis. Paced a Mile in 2:07%%, and the Third Heat in a Race In 2:08%4. SAN JOSE, CaL., Sept. 27.—The attend- ance at the fair to-day was the best of the week. The weather and the track were just right for good racing and the sport fu hed was of a superior quality. The class trot was an easy win for G. K. Hostetter's Boodle, San Jose’s great cam- paigner securing first money in three straight heats. The sensation of the day was the time made by the famous Oregon pacer, Chehalis. In the second heat of the 5 class pace he went a mile in 2:0734, smashing the track record of 2:09 made by Waldo J on Thursday. This was also the fastest mile paced or trotted in California this year. The Fruitmen’s stakes for foals of 1892 was won by Cressida in hollow style, his only competitor, Qur Seth, being distanced in the second heat. The 2:15 class pacing had four contest- ants—Frank Frazier’s famous Oregon horse Chehalis, S. C. Tryon’s Hanford Medium, H. R. Ward’s Baywood and Win- & Keating’s Ottinger. There was no money bet on this race as it was conceded by the knowing ones that Chehalis would win as he pleased. Baywood got off in the lead and stayed in front past the quarter, which was reached in just 31 seconds; Chehalis was second and Hanford Medium third. At the half the positions werechanged. Che- halis was first and Baywood was_a good second, with Ottinger close up. Chebalis led into the stretch, with Ottinger second and Hanford Medium third, Ottinger came toward bome with surprising speed, and Il.he closest finish of the week was the result. Frazier had held back with Chehalis almost too long and narrowly escaped losing the heat. As it was, the Oregon horse passed under the wire a short head in front of Ottinger. - In the second heat Frazier did not keep Chebalis waiting for any one, but kept him going at a record-breaking pace from start to finish. The quarter was passed in :32, the half in 1:03) and the three-quarters in 1:36%%. ood_was second at the half, but Hanford Medium passed him and fol- lowed Chebalis home. Frazier plied the whip at the finish. Chehalis responded and won by a dozen lengths in the remark- able time of 2:0714,'beating the track rec- ord and also the State record for this year. Hanford Medium was second, Ottinger third and Baywood fourth. Chehalis led all the way again in the third heat, and succeeded in_breaking an- other record. He finished in 2:081% the fastest thi; ced in California this geason. d second, Hanford Medium third and Baywood fourth. The Fruitmen’s staice for three-year-olds brought out the Palo Alto stock farm’s Cressida and A. D. Porter's Our Seth. It was all one way. Trotting, 2:27 class: purse $500. Boodle. br. s. (Van Bokelin) 15 class: Jazee $000. ne, Fruitmen's stake, foals of 1892, bL. 1. (Phippen) Our Seth, br. c. (Ward ROAD FOR CYCLEEKS. The Los Angeles-Santa Monica High- way to Be Inproved. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Sept., 27.—At a meeting of the Bicycle Road Association held at the Chamber of Commerce to-night it was decided to put the road between { here and Santa Monica in good condition for wheelmen. The length of the road is eighteen miles and the estimated cost of rerairs about $10,000. The club has en- rolled on its membership now nearly 600 names, among which are prominent bank- ers, merchants and professional men. SR ENLARGING THE SYSTEM. Telephone Lines to Connect Merced With Surrounding Towns. MERCED, CAL., Sept. 27.—Superintend- ent Kearns of the Sunset Telephone Com- pany returned to Merced to-day from Mar- iposa, where he had been on business look- ing to the extension of the long distance teiephone to the leading towns of neigh- boring mining country. The line from this place to Merced Falls, aboutj twenty- four miles in length and owned by I. H. Jacobs of San Francisco, has been pur- chased by the Sunset company. This line will be thoroughly overhauled and the weak spots strengthened. From Merced Falls to Mariposa, a distance of twenty-six miles, new poles will be erectea, stakes for which have already been placed. The route irom Merced will take in Snelling and Merced Falls in this county, Hornitos, Bear Valley, Princeton, Witlock and terminate at Mariposa. The work of constructing the line_will commence next Tuesday and it will be completed and in ;:nuing order by the first week in Novem- T, ( { WORK AT PASADENA Delegates to the Cleve- land Conference Chosen. ADMISSION OF WOMEN. Bishop Warren’s Statement That They Were Ineligible Caused Dismay. AID FOR AGED MINISTERS. Income From the Hough Gift to Be Devoted to the Super=- annuated. PASADENA, CaL., Sept. 27.—The third day’s work of the M. E. conference pro- ceeded with the mercury at high mark, and although the sun was slightly over- cast during a portion of the day the heat has been intense. This was the most in- teresting day of the session, bringing up the much-contested point as to whether women may be admitted as lay delegates, and the announcement of Bishop Warren that the general conference had decided that women were not eligible to member- ship in the lay electoral conference was received with dismay and deep disappoint- ment. The morning session opened at 9 o’clock, after the usual devotional exercises. The ministerial conference was held in the Tabernacle, while the lay conference was in session in the church adjoining. Bishop Warren called the meeting to order. Mrs. E. W. Caswell through courtesy was allowed to speak on behalf of the W. C. T. U., which was not in the schedule of work as arranged. Resolutions favoring the universal celebration of the fourth Sunday of November in each year as “Tem- perance Sunday” were introduced and re- ferred to the committee on resolutions. A vote of thanks was tendered Mrs. Caswell for her address, and the conference pledged its co-operation in efforts to overthrow the liguor traffic. The following were elected as directors of the University of Southern California: E. 8. Chase, J. B. Green, W. A. Knighten, G. L Cochran, D. M. Welch, T. C. Hoag, A. E. Pomeroy, B. C. Corey, E. A. Healey, Clark Crawford and O. A. Thomvson. Property to the value of $12,000 was deeded to certain trusts which shall devote the income thereof to the support of the superannuated preachers of this confer- ence. This deed covers the property the donation ot which by the Rev. Mr.and Mrs. A. M. Hough was mentioned in Tre Carv’s report of Wednesday's proceedings. A resolution was adopted by a gising vote returning the thanks of the confer- ence to the Revi Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hough for their magnificent donation. Rev. J. Nicholson was continued as mem- ber on recommendation of Presiding Elder Caswell. Rev. W. F. Bolt, Rev. J. H. Rusen, Rey. E. H. Fretz, Rev. W. L. Miller and Rev. W. 8. German were continued on trial. Rev. J. A. Crouch and Rev. J. P. Widney were discontinued as members on trial at their own request. (Rev. W. L. Lloyd was p: d_in ‘third vear studies, Graves and J. H. Hibbish were hassed in their studies and elected elders. eda A. Johnson was also elected an elder. W. C. Wilson, I. E. Bradshaw, G. 8. Um- dresses were delivered by Rev. M. E. Phiilips, D.D., and Rev. J. B. Green. The excursion to Mount Lowe, which is to be given through the courtesy of T.S. C. Lowe to conference members, will be the interesting feature of Saturday’s pro- gramme, FIGHTING THE SCALPERS. Forman’s Hearing on the Forgery Charge to Come Up To-Day. LOS ANGELES, Car., Sept. 27.—Al For- man, the ticket broker, will to-morrow have his preliminary examination at San Fernando before a Justice of the Peace on a charge of forgery. Mr. Forman has the American Ticket Brokers’ Association at his back. The defense will show that when a ticket is sold to a broker by the original pur- chaser, the seller also conveys the author- ity to sign his name for purposes necessary to give the ticket value. The railroad company contends that this is not the case, and that when the buyer of a scalped ticket signs the name of the original pur- chaser he commits forgery. This is what Forman did. His prosecu- tion is a test case. The brokers are confi- dent that they can beat it. The Southern Pacific people state that they will prose- cute every ‘Fnrchsser of a scalped ticket they can find who signs a name other than his own when called upon by the con- ductor to write his signature. The brokers say that this is a big bluff and that the iqxlsnnd company will do nothing of the kind. S LUCK OF A RIVERSIDE MAN. Matthew Gage Awarded Valuable City Property. RIVERSIDE, CaL., Bept. 27.—A private dispatch from Matthew Gage df this city, who has been in Washington, D. C., for acres of valuable land lying on the boun- dary of the city, was received yesterday, in which the news is conveyed that Gage has won the case, the General Land Otfice deciding in his favor. | Several years ago Gage located the land | under the desert land law, but failed to get water on the land in the prescribed time. Otber parties relocated the land. A con-| test was the result, and the department de- | cided against Gage’s ciaim once, but this | decision is now reversed. The land in dis- pute is worth at least $250 an acre, and the decision makes Gage a rich man. —_— LEFT HIS FAMILY IN WANT. Flight of C. W. Dobbins With Money Belonging to Others. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Sept. 27.—C. W. Dobbins has left the city, deserting his wife and children and leaving them prac- | tically deetitute. Dobbins was secretary of the Council of Labor. He got out a I].m:bgrl.\mme on Labor day, the printing bill for which was $34. Dobbins made the collections for the advertising in the programmes and left without paying the printers, He has al- | ready been expelled from the Council of Labor, and labor unions over the coast have been warned against the impostor. FARMERS BUY A STEAMER To Ply Between Rio Vista and Sacramento and Carry Passengers. The Southern Pacific Laughs atthe Idea and Prophesles Ulti- mate Regret. All the farmers who live along the Sac- ramento River from Rio Vista to the State capital have taken stock in the Parker Transportation Company, which has in- augurated its new career by building a dainty, graceful Jittle passenger steamer at a cost of $10,000. The boat was launched last Tuesday and isnow receiving the finishing touches at |the Fulton Ship Building Works at some time past pushing his claim to 640 | ROMANCE OF SPRAGUE Murderer Symes Saved From Lynchers by a Girl. PLEADED FOR HIS LIFE. Miss Russell’s Words Touched the Hearts of Stern Stockmen. BETROTHED TO THE OUTLAW. She Arrived at the Mob’s Rendez- vous as the Vigllantes Were About to Start. SPOKANE, WasH, Sept. 27.—A very romantic story has just come to light re- garding Symes, the murderer of Constable | Conlee of Sprague, now in jail at Ritzville. The facts concerning the murder are still fresh in the minds of the public in this section, for it was one of the most cruel and heartless that has occurred for many | years. Symes, for the past several years, has been the reputed leader of a large band of cattle and horse thieves, who have been committing many depredations through all portions of Eastern Washington. He has been arrested a number of times, but the trials have come up before some Justice | of the Peace who, perhaps, sympathized with the gang, and Symes was always re- leased. A far better case was secured against him and a warrant issued. A few days afterward he was seen on the streets of Sprague, the county seat of the adjoin- ing county, by Constable Conlee, who at once arrested him, and, without waiting for the train, sccured a horse and started with his prisoner for Ritzville. On the way, Symes in some manner got his hands released, and, drawing a pistol out of his bootleg, where it had been hidden, com- menced to shoot at Conlee. Conlee fell from his horse, and Symes, dismounting, shot him again and then started across the country to escape. A large reward was offered, but he seemed to be gone as though the earth had opened and swallowed bim up. A couple of monthslater a sheep-rancher on the Lo Lo Pass in Moatana saw one of the posters and at once recognized the man wanted as one of his sheepherders. Sheriff Laughlin of Missoula was notitied and Symes was captured. The crime had caused such general ill feeling both on ac- count of the popularity of Conlee and the ill feeling that for a long time had been engendering against Symes, that every one expected Symes to be lynched either at Sprague or Ritzville. Symes himself ex- pected to be lynched, and, though a man of great nerve, began to grow white and nervous when the train crossed the Wash- ington line. When word was received that he had passed Sprague in safety and was behind the bars of the Ritzville jail every one was surprised and could not understand why he had not been lynched. So positive, in- | deed, was every one that Symes, would swing &t the end of a rope without judicial proceedings that local dailies sent out re- | porters to “‘write up” the execution. The | full story of the resason why he was not lynched is just out, and, while it may have in it a toach of fiction, it is vonched for as being true in most of its details. The day Symes was arrested—the fatal day for Lee Conlee—Symes had come to Sprague to procure a marriage license, and was that nightto have been married fo a Miss Russell, a young lady living not far from the home of Symes. The young ¢ouple, living among the rolling hills and deep coulees of the Biz Bend country, had met often and taken long rides across the prairie together. The girl loved the dar- ing, reckless man, for with her, good horse- m#gghip, a quick eye and a steady nerve were the qualities in a man to beloved and admired. Mauny a time they had ridden together between their homes. One day a little different course was taken,and Symes took her to a deep cou- THE FRUITVALE. pleby, F. R. Holcomb and B. F.Wolff were continued as supernumerary preachers. The following were constituted as super- annuated preachers: 8. J. Kahler. B Shaffner, A. M. Hough, Jchn McKelvy C. Hoshard, A. L. Derring, J. .Cnmfi- , J. 8. Kline, J. D. Crum, J. W. Leach, . 8. Bodger, R. S. Maclay, Adam B. Lane, I E. Wrizht, W. W. Bailey, G. W. Good- ell, C. G. Belknap, J. N. Turrentine, Dan- iel Cobb, D. Mucker and F. 8. Woodcock. Delegates to the General Conference, which will convene at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1896, were elected. On the first ballot, Rev. 8. A. Thompson, presiding elder of the Fresno district, received 79 votes out of a total of 115, majority vote and a new ballot for the re- maining two delegates was ordered taken. The second ballot resulted in the election of Rev. Dr. W. 8. Matthews as the second | delegate by a vote of 59 out of a total of i16. A third ballot was ordered and taken for the election of the-third dejegate. This resulted in the election of Rev. William A. Knighten by a vote of 59 out of a total of 115. Rev. George W. White and Rev. W. A. Wright were chosen as alternates to the Generai Conference. The names of fourteen women, who pre- sented credentials as lay delegates, were submitted. Thke Bishop announced that the general conference had decided that women were not eligible to membership in the lay electoral conference. The resolution recommending a redis- tricting of the church into four instead of three presiding elders’ disgricts wasadopted by a large majority. The question of the vote on the amilton constitutional amendment was laid on the table. Sev- eral members insisted on their right to vote on this constitutional amendment, and, after a ruling by the Bishop that their votes must be taken, the merits of the amendment (which is one intended to secure the admission of women as dele- gates to the general conference) were dis- cussed in a spirited debate, particivated in by Rev. Dr. Matthew, Rev. Dr. W. A ‘Wright and others. A vote was then taken, resulting in no ‘“‘aye” votes, twenty-four voting “no.” A second constitutional amendment to obtain the same result (the admission of women delegates) by a different method was submitted to a vote and the result was: Ayes, 89; noes, 6. In thelay electoral conference several committees were appointed and, being en- titled to elect two delegates to the geueral conference, several nominations were made. On ‘the first beliot Dean William T. Randoll of Chaffey (}utu&e was elected ; on the second ballot, J. A. Williams of Los Angeles. - evening session was devoted to an tional anniversary, and able ad- No_other candidates had a | Harbor View preparatary to her trial trip about the middle of next week. She is 78 feet long overall, has a beam measurement of 11.5 feet and draws three feet of water. Two setsof triple-expansion engines, each of fifty horse-power, a sur- face condenser, with independent air, and circulating pump constitute the ma- chinery that will furnish power to her twin screws. There are two cabing aud an’awning- covered upper deck, all fitted with seats, accommodating in all sixty passengers. In the pilot-house there are four berths for the complete crew. About a year ago the Parker Transpor- tation Company first began operations on the Sacramento River between Rio Vista and the capital, whither some of them made daily trips on business, there being no other conveyance except the stage line along the river bank or their own private teams. Captain Parker, the navigator for the old company, soon persuaded the farmers that rapid transit might be secured with their co-operation nng a stock company was formed. Developments soon proved, it seems, that the directors had voted themselves salaries of $50 a month, and the farmers, who were the only actual purchasers of shares, protested. The Southern Pacific people look upon the whole affair as a case of steamboat fever with the innocent farmers, and pre- dict some sort of an awakening before long; for they say there are not more than four or five people a day who travel, and that it will cost over $2U a day to run the boat. The railroad has never, they say, thought of running opposition to the old stage line, which gives good service, but does not pay. HIS STUDENTS' SORROW. Former Pupils of the Late James G. Kennedy Honor His Memory. The graduates of the Franklin Grammar School met last evening at the residence of ex-Senator James E. Britt as a mark of respect to the late James G. Kennedy, who was formerly their prineipal. All present were filled with a deep sorrow for the fam- ily of Mr. Kennedy, whom they held in very high esteem. Charles Asmussen presided. William F. Britt paid a clowing tribute to the life and character of Mr. Kennedy, who was a man loved by all his pupils. A committee was appointed to draw_up resolutions of regret, consisting of William F. Britt (chairman), Miss M. Corkery and William B. Koesel. A committee was al=o appointed to express the sympathy of the class to the stricken hmu;.’ e lee—a great hole in the ground that one cannot see until he is upon it. The bottom of this was reached by a narrow path hid- den by a clump of brush so that one might search half the day without finding it. This coulee, he told her, was the secret meeting place of the Stockmen’s Associa- tion; that it was here they laid all their plans, and should it ever happen that they planned mjury to him. here would be the place they would meet. The solemn words of Symes made a great impression on the girl, ared she remembered the road well. From that day when he kissed hera farewell she did not see him until he was | landed behind the bars at Ritzville. After he had escaped from the scene of the murder the thought of his intended bride was uppermost in his mind, and he wrote her a number of letters. The girl was true to her reckless, outlawed lover; the ties that bind were strong, and neither act of ins nor decree of law could break them. She read of his capture and murmurof lynching. The night before he was to pass through Sprague the murmur of ill feeling grew louder, and tHe report came to her ears that he was to be lynched that night. Then she thought of the deep coulee he had shown her and remembered that it was here injury would be planned against him. Without waiting to don a riding habit the girl jum on her pony with neither saddle nor bridle and sped across the prairie, reaching the edge of the coulee just at dusk. On the ogposiue side from the path she secreted herself and awaited developments. She had not long to wait. Across the prairie from different directions she saw men riding rapidly. After twenty or more had gone down the little trail she tied her pony and de- scended the bridle path. The men were plnnning the capture and manner of lynching. The leader wes ap- pointed and all details arranged when suddenly she stood before them. The crowd was so taken by surprise that not a verson spoke. She knew every one by name and had danced with them at coun- tr{ parties. More than one of the men who_looked into her white face had tried to win the love that had gone to the reck- less outlaw. Miss Russell tarned to him who had been appointed the leader and began an apj that touched the hearts of every one present. In twenty minutes the band had dispersed—not to Sprague to lynch Symes, but back to their homes, and to permit the law to take its course. The leader rode back with the girl to her home. This is the reason why the slayer of Lee Conlee will be triea for his life 1n'a court. ORIME NEAR ROSSLAND. Mining Expert Lanktree Fatally Wounded by a Drunken Man. SPOKANE, Wasu., Sept. 27.—Maurice O’Connors in a drunken frenzy attempted to kill Thomas Lanktree, a mining expert, who had accompanied him into the moun- tains to look at a mine, with an ax near Rossland, B. C., gesteréay. The two had stopped over night at an old cabin on the trail, when Q’Connors got up, took the ax and struck Lanktree two terrible blows, fracturing his skull. The next day some prospectors passing found Lanktree in a dving condition. Word was dispatched to Rossland, and the Sheriff, finding 0’Con- nors on the trail only a little aistance from the place, arrested him and he was taken in irons to Rossland. : % Lanktree is known in this city, having tried to pass a number of checks here drawn on banks where he had no money. It is said he was rather peculiar in his transactions and personal actions. O’Con- nors has been in trouble before. e Will Prevent Bull-Fighting. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Sept. 27— There will be no bull fight at Agricultural Park Sunday next, nor at any other place within the confines of Los Angeles County.” This is what Humane Officer Hutchins said, and he evidently meant it. He re- ports that there is a State law which posi- tively prohibits bull-fighting, and he is going to make it his special business to see that the law is enforced. So it is alto- ether improbable that the bulls and the Epfinish toreadors will meet. JORNSTONE HEARD FROM. The Alleged Embezzier Writes to a Los Angeles Friend. Says He Will Return and Make Good the Claims Against Him. LOS ANGELES, Cir., Sept. 27.—The following letter from George T. Johnstone, the Arizona merchant, a warrant for whose arrest was sworn out by Murphy, Grant & Co. of San Francisco, was received to-day by a quondam friend of his, who declines to give the postmark on the envelope or state the whereabouts of the writer. It is believed, however, that Johnstone is in Sonora, Mexico. Friend Wolfe: You will, no doubt, be sur- rised to receive this from me. You must ave wondered where in the old Harry 1 disap- getfld to. As regards those wholesale false- 0ods about champagne, pyrotechnic displays, etc., it is not necessary for me to say anything, as it is known to 80 many that they never hat lglnce except in the imagination of the one who wrote those articles. I am going to ar- range matters for Murphy, Grant & Co., but I am going to take my own convenience about , as I consider that they acted a little hastily. T guess it looks as if Imust be guilty in my own estimation when I did not give myself up to theSheriff; but as you wili remember in the story by Sue, “The Wandering Jew,”” the hunch- back adyised ber foster brother to conceal him- self for the present, when they were going to arrest him, putting him in mind of the two or thx:;a months in prison before the exami- nation. Well, I declined those two orthree months, as Iwas not acquainted with any one in s Angeles to bail me out. So that accounts for of the land of I ghall return to Los’ my now being in this fair eit manansa (to-morrow.) SONOMA MARBLE BED. Great Deposit Found in a Mountain Near Healdsburg. STONE OF EVERY HUE. A Ledge Six Hundred Feet Long and Sixteen Hun- dred Feet Wide. GOLD QUARTZ AND IRON ORE. Valuable Dlsco&arlas Made by Pros- pectors After Two Years of Toll. HEALDSBURG, CAL., Sept. 27.—A dis- covery as astonishing as it is important was made here to-day. It consists of a great deposit of onyx marble, !u surpass- ing in extent and quality anything hereto- fore discovered in the United States. The find was made by George Madeira and Isaac Gray of this place. What isAmors singular, it was not found 1n the miocene slates common to the coast range but in jurassic slates similar to those of the Nevada mountains. The mountains are older than those which bound them north and south, the particular mountain which contains the deposits evidently having been an island of the Pacific in the pre- historic age. The samples of the beautiful stone ex- nibited by the lucky discoverers have created quite an excitement here. The deposit forms a great ledge or lode 600 feet wide, and extends along the crest of the mountain ridge 1360 feet, when it disape pears beneath a body of chrome iron ore of considerable extent. Blocks or columns of any required sizeand of any desired color from green and gold to purple saad snow white can be obtained here. Experts proncunce it of excellent quale ity and a very valuable discovery, which will materially benefit Sonoma Coundy. The same men, who have been for tha past two years prospecting a gold-bearing quartz _lode, have finally discovered ore which will pay handsomely to work. The ledge is forty feet wide, and power can be obtained from Austin Creek, adjacent to the mine. Their search for ores resulted in the discovery of a broad ledge of brown hematite iron ore of vast width and some ‘Angeles in about three months, yours truly, With regards, GEORGE T. JOHNSTONE. two miles in length, which in time wil} be valuable for smelting purposes. 255 =7 JOX Sy ) 0 T;’Jr ' fi%@m&‘«f«@« DOCTOR SWEANY, 737 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. (Opposite Examiner Office). HIS LEARNED SPECIALIST, WELL AND FAVORABLY known throughout the West by his long residence and suc- cessful practice in this city, desires to thank the people of the Pacific Coast for their confidence and patronage in the past, and to assure the afflicted everywhere of receiving from him skillful and scientific treatment now and in the future. With a thorough literary and professional education, and with extensive experience in the practice of Nervous Chronic and Private Diseases of both sexes, he cures every curable case in the catalogue of human ills. He addresses himself in particular to cases that have baffled the skill and science of other doctors. His patients are among our most intelligent citizens of every trade and profession, including merchants, manufacturers, mechanies, miners, farmers, laborers, literary and professional gentlemen, many of whom have ex- hausted the skill of their family physicians without obtaining relief. His name is a sufficient guarantee of a perfect cure of every case he undertakes. Consult him, either in person or by letter, this day. It may save you much mental and physical suffering, and add golden years to your life. NERVOUS DEBILITY ¢ e sme cialty. This distinguished doctor's success in cases of this character has been really phe- nomenal. 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