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PERJURY FOR HOLNIES | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ‘1'9,' 1895. - 3 five, and others were impure from im- | proper feeding. The board has ordered | the dealers to cease the sale of milk from | the infected dairies, but as the names of | the venders were not made public the peo- | ple have declared a general boycott. Tacfics of an Attomey tolDISAPPEARAI\f‘L‘ OF A TELLER. Secure a New Trial. Short in His Cash and it is Thought Hb Committed Suicide. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.,Nov. 18.--Charles F. Ritter, paying teller of the Tacony Sav- ings Fund Title ana Trust Company, has disappeared. A warrant has been issued by the officers of the company for his ar- rest, but nothing whatever is known of whereabouts. Ritter disappeared on aturday night after leaving a note for his wife, saying she would never again see him alive. President Lewis R. Dick, of the Savings Fund Company, has also received a letter from Ritter in which he co: | appropriating funds of the company and | informing him of his proposed flight. A meeting of the directors of the institution was called, a warrant was issued for Rit- ter's apprehension and an inve. ation of his accounts was immediately begun. The officers say they have no idea whatever of Will Not Be Benefited, | the amount taken by Ritter. The latter | had been teiler of the bank since its or- ganization about three years ago. Mrs. Ritter believes her husband has committed suicide. BOUGHT AN AFFIDAVIT. ! = | | Failure of an Attempt to Show That Pietzel Contemplated Suicide. EXPOSURE OF THE SCEHME. The Murderer and One of His Lawyers Will Go to Jail. —_— PROTESTS, Does Not Want Her Husband to Waive Indemnity to Se- cure Release. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 18.—The | H nent for a new trial for the convicted | I derer, H. 1i. Holmes, wes heard to- int er and Terminer, and furnished another of the counsel for the | ced an affidavit in court al- | that Pietzel, the murdered | ated suicide. silent amazement of the spec- ! the shocked astonishment of |1+ woi1d Be an Admission of Weake ie court, District Attorney Graham | proved the aflidavit to be false, and sbewed | ness, She Says, to Make a Mr. Shoemaker, the attorney of Compromise. ered it, had paid the woman | = T $20 for doing so. ! SHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18.—A long i h Mrs. Waller, wife of the ates Consul to Madagascar, on in France, is published in he Washington Times this afternoon, in which fully confirms the United Press | dispatches of the 9th inst. The article e no explans f the argument ail by the court to subornation of ing the argu- d perceptibly in | has lost the his cheek and d he showed n the proceeding » retained his se € the Distri mpted h The a nent and the cou the qu it seems certai: 4. ToD tha trial Shoemaker | ned with the In the affi- | at she kept a street, near the Pietzel w led. She knew He had told her that he ide. a private detective o the star Swetzeler er several w 0 avitand given him to it. as calied and testified | hown him the affidavit “ | red. an was called who said that | rche Hannigan who signed She swore that she knew | out the statements of the affi- her name instead of is the matron statement. rney, stated to | e knew argument for a new cecded it became evident court that the ap- al would be refused. urand a half hours. | lied, and reviewed the by the defense step by lutely conclusive, | GOOD CROPS IN NEBRASKA. | Prosperity Follows the Disastrous | Drought of Last Year. i OMAHA, NEBR., Nov. 18—Much of the | surplus grain supply of Nebraska will be | used this year within the State for feeding purposes. The total acreage of cern was 6 ,112 acres. The total yield was 1 740,984 bushels. This is an increase of nothing of the affi- | ays that Mrs. Waller will protest against the proposed action of the State Depart- ment in writing to Waller and offering ts place. His| bim immediate release, and continues as ot and the dark rings | follows: 2 told of the anxious| . Thesaction en the part of the State De- \ts. His manner was | Dartmentis regarded by the friends of the and unconcerned as | €X-Consul as a direct temptation to him to | come out of the French prison and tbus e ull claims to a pecuniary indemni with a man in the condit er is known to be, sick and not hav- { ing seen his wife's family for so long a period, it will almost be a miracle if he does not hail the chance of immediate re- | lief. rs. Waller, it is understood, will pro- nst the writing of any such letter State Department. She says that, by the with the trial and tribulations through | which her husband has gone, it would be a practical admission of the weakness of the case if such a compromise as the re- lease should be made, if it had to be ob- tained with the waiving of all further clsims against the Government of France. 1f the State Department p s in writ- ing the letter to Waller, it is said she will | make a most vigorous protest to it, and re- quested to be allowed to inclose aletter within the o al communication of the State Department.”’ Interfered. BALTIMORE, Mp., Nov. 18.—A clean knockout, a three-round bout that became letic Club to-night before a crowded house. Jack Ward of Newark, N. J., put out Sol English of Baltimore by a left-hand jab on the jaw in the fifth round in the first eveni, Joe Elliott of Baltimore, ex-feather- ht champion of the South, and George (Turkey Point) Smith, 122-pound cham- pion of Maryland, met for a ten-round bout. ment when the police interfered in the nth round. The “‘star’ event was a ten-round “go’”’ between *Young Griffo”” of Australia and Joe Gans (colored) of Baltimore, feather- ght champion of the Southern States. e men appeared to be afraid of hurting each other throughout the contest and not a hard blow was landed by eitier. Neither man bad a mark when Referee Mantz | called the match a draw, amid the hoots and jeers of the 2800 spectators. EO g Missouri Players Won. COLUMBIA, Mo., Nov. 18.—The old gold and black of the Missouri Tiger again waved triumphantly over the saffron of the Sons of the Hawkeye State, the score of | FOUGHT BEFORE BUDD to-day’s football match being 34 to 0 in 110,000,000 bushels over last year. The|stagor of Missouri. The day was perfest total wheat acreage was 1.460,540. The | and there were 1500 people present at the yield was 94 bushels. The corn | 2ld doe: t te come up to estimates | he crop was gathered, but | it the State has recovered | s of the drought of 1894. is an especially large number of g'fed along the line of the Union rere are 75,000 head of sheep at and fully 200,000 between Schuyler ood River on the Union Pacific Other roads in the State make ¥ good reports. Most of these sheep ve been shipped in from Mexico and Colorado and will be ready for the market during the winter months. Cattle are brought into the State in large num- om the south and are being fed at ations along the lines of Nebraska lines. Sl SPREAD OF A STRIKE. Hundreds of Men Employed on Build- ings Quit Work. NEW YORK, N.Y., Nov. 18,—At the office of the Cornell Iron Works it is stated tover 400 employes at work on twelve ildings have gone on strike to-day, as d about 500 men employed by Milliken Brothers on eight buildings. In addition about 100 men were called out on buildings in Brooklyn, making over 1000 men em- loyed b; ¥ P strikers are members of the Honse- ' and Bridgemen’s Union. In case ion men are put to work sympa- : strikes will be ordered, and as the League, composed of manufacturers, to fight against the union, men will likely be called out rmine 000 to 20,000 in sympathy. A Bank Creditors Anwious. ADVILLE, Cowo., Nov. 18.—Many litors of the Leadville Bavings and De- Bank, which recently closed its e anxious for the return of its % er W. Breene. Among these . H. Cunningbam, who states ld some property and left the the bavk for a payment $400. The bank accepted | 1€ money a few hours before it closed. =gy Trphoid Germs in Milk. r. 18.-~Water- red a boyeott on milk, be- en declared thatthe typhotd fever here for the past seven months was directly due to A bacteriological ex- o vosit has by two firms called out as a starter. | athletic field to witness the first game of the intercoilegiate association in Colum- bia. The game was marked by the ab- sence of all rough and unfair tactics and squabbles, . Mr. Campbel’s Mission. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 18.—A morn- ing paper say. Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio left for Washington last night. He is mute about his mission, Lut his friends intimate that he will see President Cleve- land. He received several telegrams from Washington during his stay in New York and ehanged his plan about going home., Campbell has said that he hoped the Presi- dent would infuse strong Monroe doctrine into his annual message to Congress. Sl Gerard Knocked Out Brown. | TOLEDO, Ouio, Nov. 18.—At the Olym- pic Club here to-night Frank Gerard of Chicago knocked out Fred Brown in eight rounds. The contest was to have been | fifteen rounds, Queensbnry rules. i weighed in at 139 pounds, G rd at 135 { pounds. The former put up a much better | fight than was expected, though he saved {c(é?sidmble time by going down repeat- edly. e e Death of a Pawnee Chief. l GUTHRIE, O.T., Nov. 18.—Sun Chief, { principal chief of the Pawnees, is dead | and the whole tribe is in mourning. Ina | few days they will choose another chief. The dead chief was an active Republican, and four-fiftbs of the tribe voted the Re- | publican ticket; but should a Democrat | be elected nearly all of them would vote whe Democratic ticket. e, Ashore at Beach Haven. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 18.—News'has been received here by the agents of the Norton line of steamers that their steamer | Manitoba, Captain Millington, from Brazil orts for New York, is ashore at Beach Haven, N. J. It is not known whether the Manitoba brings passengers on this trip. The crew numbers twenty-eight. e A Big Fire in St. Louis. S8T. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 18.—Fire was dis- covered in Fuerborn Brothers' five-story toy and notion store, 817 North Fourth street, this evening. The loss on_ stock is $100,000; insured. A mass of wires fell, and in the rush of the crowd for safety a amination hasrevesled typhoid germs in the mwilk of five dealers, tuberculosis in little girl, name unknown. received prob- ably fatal injuries. Eiliott had the better of the argu- | too hot and which the police stopped, and | a ten-round *‘fake’’ were the results of the | entertainment given by the Eureka Ath- | | JURORS 1N A TANGLE Twelve Men Weighing the Evidence Against Brady. ARE UNABLE TO AGREE. Many Hours of Arguing Fail to Bring Them Nearer to a Verdict, THE BANDIT MORE HOPEFUL. Chats Pleasantly With Those About Him Until Removed to His Cell. MARYSVILLE, Carn, Nov. 18.—The | jury that is to decide the fate of bandit ‘“Jack” Brady, the man charged with hav- ing killed Sheriff Bogard in the Wheatland hold-up, has been out since 4:05 o'clock this afternoon, and at midnight all hope of a verdict being reached to-night | had been abandoned. When the prisoner walked into court this morning he made his first appearance 1n a “boiled” shirt. Throughout the trial he has worn a neglige garment of dark color, and the white linen and bright- colored necktie changed his appearance greatly. He listened attentively to Dis- t Attorbey McDaniel as that gentleman picked to pieces the argument for the de- fense. The courtroom was crowded, the | feminine contingent predominating. Mr. were suspended, as was frequently done during the last days of the session?”’ “I was given to understand that it passed, as is stated in the charges.” “There were many bills introduced sim- ultaneously in both houses’ said Gov- ernor Budd, “but in this case I see by the journal that the bill took the usual course. It was held in committee five days and six minor amendments mage, which were concurred in by the Assembly. When it came to the third reading it was passed once, returning to its place on file. On its final passage it was scrutinized by Tim- othy Guy Phelps. and anything approved by him cannot fail to be all right, and was then passed without a dissenting vote.” “and yet,” interrupted Speaker Lynch, “I am accused by these gentiemen of hav- ing conspired for the passage of this bill; this acgusation has gone into public print. It is a direct defamation of my character and an outrage. If these gentlemen have charged that this bill went through with- out discussion they have committed a grave wrong. They should not have made a positive statement. They shonld have said ‘on information and belief.” The de- fendants have created a great stir in this matter to save themselves. “Mr. Stevens.” continued Speaker Lynch, “I would like to ask you if that conversation I had with you, in which you charge me with having said I could make $30,000 or $40,000, did not take place in front of Putaske restaurant in Los Angles?”’ “It did,” was the answer. “And you never beld any other conver- sation with me on the subject, did you?” ~I did not,” replied Mr. Stevens. “Then I want to say right here that every word of that affidavit can be proven false by Sid Bettman, who stood by and overheard every word.” Mr. Willey was then sworn and said that living at Pasadena he thought it right to accept $5 per day to pay his expenses and for his labor. “What is the fare, 10 cents, isn’t it?" sarcastically remarked the Governor. “No, he travelson a pass,” interrupted Mr. Thorne. “No, I do not,” retorted Mr. Willey. I have a pass over many roads, but 1 pay as McDaviel resumed his argument when court opened and talked until 3 o’clock this afternoon. After the noon recess it was observed | much toll to the railroads as any one here. | of making anything out of my position as director L am at least $500 out of pocket. I have wanted to resign fora long time, and would now if I capld with honor. I have done nothing that others have not done, and I had the best legal advice on | the subject at the time. We all got $80. General Barrett got $40, aud no charges have been filed against him. Why is <9 that two of the jurors brought in their | overcoats. As the day was warm this was | looked upon as an indication that they were ready to stay out all night should the occasion demand. In closing his argument the District Attorney told the jury that the prosecution 3 had proved its case clearly. It had proved | this? ? g s theintimacy of the two men, their connec- | If vou will allow me, I will explain, tion in other crimes, their proximity in | said Mr. Thorne. ‘“‘There was no evidence companion to the scene of this crime, the | 8gainst Mr. Barrett. I did not give him description of the smaller of the two rob- | any check, because he was indebted to bers, and hac fitted that description to the | me. g B defendant; it had shown the flims mssotf “If Barrett is m this,” said the Gover- the great quarrel at Sheldon Grove, where | nor, “‘he will have to come out and dis- Brady asserted he gave his gun to a man | gorge with the rest.and his head will come who had just threatened his life; it had | off as close any other man’s.” proved the fallacy of the third-man| Inresuming, Mr. Willey said: theory, and had submitted the partial | ‘‘Ina conversation held with Mr. Thorne confession of this defendant made | after bisdischarge. I said to him: ‘T may to young Silver on the road to |havedone wrong inaccepting thismoney; Cottonwood. He asked the jury, in the | if [ did Lam not criminally wrong.” Some say Mr. Barrett is with us; some say not. The same is said of Androus. If you get | two more directors appointed in their | place the board is blocked and can’t move a peg. Personally I was not aware that | the Lynch bill had been introduced until | it bad passed. Then I introduced a reso- | lution that Mr. Newton be sent to Sacra- to the jury was given. The jurors were | Me€nto to protest against the Governor given three blank forms of verdict—one | Signing it and place the deed of trust be- for murder in the first degree, one for mur- | fore him. I found at the time that it was der in the first degree with sentence oi life | ;‘:}‘ggli method of getting control of the imprisonment and one for acquittal. It ye ¥ : wa§4:o:> o'clock when the)’wen‘llouh “And yet, ’Wr Willey,” interrupted Brady heaved a great sigh asthey passed | Sovrror Budd, tyour minates shiow that through the door and foliowed them with | '€ bill was only intended for a change of his eyes. During the first twenty minutes | Management, and not a change in posses- of their absence his face was deadly pale. | 100+ T went over the bill very carefully Then he begzan to brighten, and by the | with President Newton, and explained its time 4:45 o'clock was reached he was | VerY Provision. I told him that they laughing and chatting with those around | ¢°uld not touch one acre of the land. If I him. As he was locked up in his cella | Dad thought so I would have vetoed i, fow minutes later-he caids | even if the entire Los Angeles delegation “We v i | bad voted for it.” = a‘:‘f“‘_f:.‘,” Epse s o=n Siauil 1 sl Mr. Trorne then explained his reasons About 7 o'clock several of the jurymen | OF bringing the char.es, and an adjourn- sent for their overcoats and the informa- | ™1t Was had until to morrow. tion was carried to them that they would | dict. At that time they would be locked | H[DWUUD E”Y THAGH]Y' name of the people of the State of Califor- nia, in the name of the brave Sheriff who had lost his life in the performance of his duty. in the name of the widow and family of the murdered officer, and in the name of all that is good, to do its full duty and bring in a verdit of conviction. At the close of the argument the charge be given until 10 o’clock to arrive at a ver- up. At 10 0'clock the court gave them two | hours longer before locking them up for | the night. At 10:30 the light in4he jury-room went out and the loud argument that had been | going on ceased. It was supposed they had gone to sleep, but the light was again turned on and the argument resumed at 11:15. At midnight all hope of a verdict being reached to-night was given up. An Unknown Stranger Attempts to End His Life With a Bullet. He Came From San Francisco and Is Believed to Be a Florist Named Delphis Bonaly. REDWOOD CITY, CaL; Nov. 18.—A stranger went into Graves' hardware-store this evening, asked for a pistol, and when [ Continued from First Page.) over the heart. He refused to give his name, saying it was better not to do so. “We were,” replied the witness. “What were you told?” the Governor asked. Mr. Newton answered: “We were told that no legislative enactment could destroy a trust Geed.” “Exactly,” said the Governor. The Governor then addressing the ac- cused directors said: “This investigation, as you can readily | see, will take a wide range and consume a great deal of time. I will, therefore, state that I desire to have an expert appointed to expert these books.” This met with the approval of the board. Ex-Secretary Thorne stated that he had made the same request some time azo; thatan expert had been appointed, but that to his knowledge no report had ever been made. The Governor said that it was evident that under the agreement with Mr. Salisbury the board had deiegated to him its powers. The directors had also made no record of the money received by them. * “It looks very much as though those counter-charges were brought with the object of concealing this Salisbury matter,” he declared, ‘‘and I want to say right here that you will have to disgorge every cent of that money, as well as the $5 per day you voted yourselves.” The Governor took up the counter- charges and began dissecting them, at the same time calling the attention to numer- ous items in the acquisition made under oath that he belieyed would be hrard to substantia‘e. *“This matter will consume a great deal of time,” he said, “but before we are done with it we will know the truth, and don’t you forget it.”” The following telegram was received from Senator Androus, and reads: I deny emphatically the report thatI so- licited votes for the Lynch bill, or did any lob- bying whatever. v Governor Budd then said to Attorney Mitchell: “You speak of the haste used in passing this bill. Can you tell me if the rules He is about 5 feet 8 inches in height, weighs about 200 pounds, is of light com- pléxion, wears a sandy mustache and has a deep scar under the left eye. He was dressed in a light brown business suit. He speaks high German, also English. Before shooting himself the man took a drink in Bernsott’s saloon, emptied his pockets of papers and threw them into the stove. A few of the seraps placed together give the address of J. Nvman & Co., com- mission merchants, 333 Fell street, and Jacquemet & Co., florists, 27 Fourth street, San Francisco. Dr. Bowie tried hard to get tbe man’s name, but the stranger was obdurate. The regultlof the wound cannot yet be deter- mined. Mr. Nyman was seen last night. He said that a man partially answering the description given in the foregoing dispatch had worked for him last Thursday, Friday and Saturday and left on Sunday. He gave his name_as Shamfelt, and said he had once owned property in this City. But this man was a German and probably weighed less than 200 pounds, was not the would-be suicide. Mr. Jacquemet knew & man at Redwood City who veryiwell answers the description of ‘the suicide, named Deiphis Bonaly. He had worked for the florists for some time in the early part of the vear leaving their emplog on March 19. onaly paid Jacquemet & Co. a visit in September last and said he had a good position as gardener for a wealthy family near Redwood. - He seemes then ~ to be _well pleased with his circumstances. Mr. Jacquemet said he did not know whether Bonaly was the man and could not vositively identify him, as he did not remember whether or not Bonaly had a scabunder the eve. But he remembered that Bonaly spoke high German and French as well as English, and that he came from Alsace-Lorraine, being a native, he thougnt, of that country. ¢ Bt BURGLARY AT PERRIS. Four Hundred Dollars in Coin Taken From a Safe. RIVERSIDE, Car., Nov. 18.—Burglars raided the store of Mapes & Vermason at Perris last night. 'l‘heg broke open the office safe and "took in coin, besides several checks and other valuable papers. They left no clew to their identity. | I have tried to act honestly, and instead |. it was given to him shot himself directly | CONFESSES HIS GUILT, Ivan Kovalev Startles His Attorneys and Court Spectators. MURDER OF THE WEBERS. The Exile Describes in Detail the Slaughter of the Aged Couple. CLAIMS HE WAS HYPNOTIZED. Forced to Accompany Tscherbakoff and See Him Brain the Mer- chant and His Wife. SACRAMENTO, Carn, Nov. 18.—Ivan Kovalev has confessed. Contrary to the wishes of hisattorneys, who appeared non- plused at the persistent whim of theexile, he went upon the stand to-day and ad- mitted that he was present when the aged Webers were murdered. He denied hav- ing brained the old man, claiming that Tscherbakoff was the slayer of both Weber and his wife, and, curiously enough, the bloodthirsty Russian has hit upon the popular plea of the day—hypnotism—as his defense. Soon after the court convened Kovalev went upon the stand. Mrs. Olga Gor- denko was sworn as interpreter and was directed by the court to instruct the defendant that he need not make a state- ment nor testify in the case at al.unless he so desired. She was instructed to say that it was against he wish of his attor- neys 1if he did so. Kavalev replied that he would not talk much. He saia he was present and took part in the murder. This answer was stricken out, as it was not responsive to the question; but the mischief had been done, the answer had teen heard by the jury and in all proba- bility the prisoner’s fate was sealed. Kovalev’s attorneys then said that the exile had a statement which he insisted on submitting to the jury, but it was against the wish of his counsel that it be given. In the confession made by Kovalev to Mrs. Gordenko the prisoner gives a de- tailed statement of his expeérience after arrivinz in S8an Francisco. He details all his wanderings and marauding expedi- tions, and claims that he was dominated by his companions. He says that the firss one to gain control over him was a man named Captain Andre, who endeavored to persuade him to join in | various robberies, but he declared it was | against his nature, and eventually tiring of this mode of life he returned to San | Francisco, where he claims he fell into the hands of Levin and Tscherbakoff, who persuaded him against his will to go to | Stockton and fronf there to Sacramento. Continuing he said: “One evening Tscherbakoff asked me to go and view a store which he intended to rob. I went there and stood a little. After | a while we chmbed over the fence and hid | ourselves in the shed on the hay. Tscher- bakoff went upstairs, and I saw the old | man fall from under his ax. The horrible sight stunned me, for I did not know, nor had I the least idea that Tscherbakoff | would do anything of that sort. Tscher-| bakoff then called me up. I went up and | then did everything by hisdirection and | under his control. I then saw the other victim fall. ““IWe soon went to the hotel, cut open the carpet and hid the things under it. Then | we took the train for San Francisco, where | we bought shirts, took baths, and since then to this time I have not had & mo- ment’s rest. *“God is my witness that I have not com- | mitted any murder, though I witnessed the mufder of the Webers. I am not afraid to die, as death would only relieve | me from the mental and moral tortures and sufferings that have fallen to my lot.” Wien the court reconvened in the after- noon, Major Anderson said that he was willing to submit the case without argu- | ment. The District Attorney remarked that this was taking him by surprise. It wasa case that involved the life of the defend- ant. He had not drawn up his instruc- tions, neither was he prepared to proceed with the argument. Major Anderson passed up to the court the instructions for the defense. District Attorney Ryan asked that the case be continued until to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock, when he would be ready to proceed with hisargument. [t was an im- vortant case, and one which he desired to present as well as he could for the State, and he would ask the jury to re‘urn a verdict of guilty. The Jucge said he would grant the re- quest. He then instructed the jury not to talk about the case with any one, nor to read anything about the case in the public print. Then the case went over until to- morrow. . ’ FIVE CARLOADS OF COLONISTS. Homeseekers Arrive to Settle Upon the San Juan Grant. * BACRAMENTO, Carn.,, Nov. 18.—Five carloads of homeseekers from fourteen States of the Union arrived here to-night to settle on the lanads of the Fair Oaks col- ony in this county. They came under the auspices of the company in which General 0. 0. Howard is.interested. Several thou- sund acres of the San Juan grant north of the American River have been purchased and divided into small tracts. . A great crowd of people met the new- comers at the depot and greeted them with cheers. They number I13. They were taken to a hotel for supper, after which they were.given a reception at the city’s art gallery and museum, where ad- dresses of welcome were made. The cars on which the home-seekers came bore long banners with these devices: “Special excursion to Fair Oaks and Olive Park, Sacramento County, Cal.— the Land of Promise. Good-by, blizzard; good-by, Jack Frost. We are going to live in the sunshine with the orange, the lemon, the figand vine. We are bound for the heart of Califorma, whire flowers bluom" perpetually and the st fruits ngoxmorrow the homeseekers: will be taken to Fair Oaks colony, where they will remain three days making their choice of tracts. e e Sacramento Footpads. SACRAMENTO, Car., Nov. 18.—Henry McCarty was arrested here to-night ona charge of robbing a man named Tomp- kins in Yolo County. The robbery took place some miles west of this city. 4 The Golden Efih dairy-wagon was held upin the outskirts of the city late to- | of insanity preferred by his wife. night, but the driver whipped up his team and got away. Several shots were fired, but whether by the driver or the robvers is not known. WORK OF A SALINAS FIREBUG. Buildings and Stocks Valued at Five Thou- sand Dollars Destroyed by an Incendiary, SALINAS, Cav., Nov. 18.—This city was visited by a $5000 1acendiary blaze shortly after midnight this morning. Fire was discovered in the top story of V. McGar- vey’s building, the ground floor of which is occupied by J. D. Metz's cigar stand and saloon. The building, stock and fixtures were destroyed. The fire spread to the ad- joining building, owned by P. Zabala, partly destroying the top story, causing a total loss of stock and fixtures on the bot- tom floor, occupied by Mrs. C. M. Beach’s millinery store, by smoke and water drip- ping throuch from the upper story. McGarvey’s building carried no_insur- ance; J. 'D. Metz’s stock and fixtures were insured for §875; Mrs. C. M. Beach’s stock and fixtures for $1000 and P. Zabala’s building for $1000. Mre. Beach, who slept in therear of her millinery establishment, next door to where the fire started, stautes that about a half-hour before the alarm sounded she was awakened by some one brenkinfisticks in the rear of the buildine occupied by J. D. Metz and heard the prowler go down the back stairs a short time before the fire was discovered. This, in connection with other statements, shows it was the work of a firebug. . TRAVER’S CRAZY MONGOL. Captured by a Constable After a Desperate Resistance. TRAVER, CAL., Nov. 18.—The nerves of the more timid of Traver’s residents re- ceived a severe shock last evening when it waspassed from mouth to mouth that a crazy Chinaman had invaded the town and { made attempts to break into several houses. | While the excitement was at its height the Mongolian was ‘captured by Constable Martin. He made considerable resistance, but was finally overpowered and placed in the lockup. The Chinaman had made a desperate at- tempt to enter C. W. Hartsough’s resi- | dence, but the doors were barred and a messenger was dispatched for an oflicer. ‘When arrested an ugly-looking knife was found on his person, He will be taken to Visalia for examination. PROF. PERRINE'S COMET The Wanderer Discovered Lick Is Now Plainly Visible. 1 at It Has Been Photographed and the Elements of Its Orbit Will Be Computed. SAN JOSE, CaL., Nov. 18.—The comet discovered at the Lick Observatory by C. D. Perrine yesterday morning was again observed this morning. It has grown much brighter; the head is aboutd min- utes of arc in diameter and the tail a half of a degree long. At 5 o’clock this morn- ing the comet was in right ascension 13 bours 47 minutes and north declination 1 degree 10 minutes. The comet is moving eastward at the rate of 40 minutes per day and southward 34 minutes. The spectrum of Perrine’s comet has been observed here both visibly and photographically by Professor Camp- bell. He finds a spectrum of the usual type. There is a continuous spectrum, in- icating reflected sunlight, and there are namerous bright bands and lines occupy- ing such position that they prove the pres- | ence of incandesecent carbon and nitrogen in the coma and tail. The comet was also photographed this morning by Professor Hussey and Mr. Colton. As soon as two more observations have been securea the elemfents of the comet’s orbit will be computed. g Charged With Insanity by His Wife. SAN JOSE, CAL., Nov. 18.—W. 8. Page, who resides on Stockton avenue, near Mc- Kendre street, was arrested this afternoon by Deputy Constable Marshall on a chlg‘ge age had taken down the doors and windows and was in the act of demolishing the furniture when arrested. He will be ex- amined in a few days. STAMPEDE ON THE TRCK A Band of Horses and Mules Nearly Causes a Wreck Near Gridley. Piled in Struggling Mass Upon a Trestle in Front of a Passenger Train. CHICO, CAL., Nov. 18.—A band of horses and mules on the track came near wreck- ing the local passenger train near Gridley SAN JOSE'S BIGAMISS, De Ferrer Found Guilty - - of Having One Wife . Too Many. JURORS LOSE NO TIME. The Verdict Reached After a Deliberation of Seven Minutes. THE GUILTY MAN UNMOVED. Declares His First Wife Entered Into a Conspiracy to Land Him in Prison. SAN JOSE, Car., Nov. 18.—At the open- ing of court this morning Judge Lorigan. charged the jury in the case of A. M. Lorenzo de Ferrer, charged with bigamy. The jury retired, and after seven minutes’ deliberation returned a verdict of guilty. De Ferrer took the verdict coolly, and showed no signs of uneasiness. He will be sentenced Friday. Shortly after the verdict was rendered De Ferrer was seen in the County Jail. “I'm surprised at the verdict,” said he, “for I think the law was on my side. How- ever, the matter of further proceeding in my case is a matter of future considera- tion by my family and my attorney. We will certainly ask for a new trial. “In regard to my wife, I am really shocked to hear her make such a statement as that I was thought to have a third wife. Sheis the one who went over to Kitty Patton and put up the job to prosecute me. T had prepared to bring a suit for divorce from my wife on the 16th of July last. At that time, the year constituting the time in which I could get a divorce for desertion was up, but the circumstances did not permit and unfortunately I was dragged into this net and was even pre- vented from marrying Miss Patton. The punishment for bigamy as fixed by the statutes is not to exceed $2000 fine and three years’ imprisonment.” Ao gt ACCUSED OF ARSON. Opening of the Trial of Ex-Supervisor H. Tillotson. SAN JOSE, CarL., Nov. 18.—The trial of ex-Supervisor H. Tillotson on a charge of arson began in Judge Lorigan’s court this morning. The forenoon was occupied in securing a jury. E. H. Frost was called as a witness this afternoon, but before any testimony was given the attorneys de- murred to the con}ipl;\im and an extended argument followed. Tillotson is accused of burning his house, near this city, on the morning of May 22, 1895, in order to secure $1000 insurance. It is alleged that most of the portable property in the house, including a viano, silverware, etc., had been moved away a few days before the firé. Died at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wasm.,, Nov. 18.—Captain Thomas Wright, aged 72, one of the most widely known sea-fearing men on the Pacific Coast, died to-day at Providence Hospital. 5 This Morning at 10 - The Great Auction Resumes to-day. But for the timely discovery by the engireer the train would have gone over the high trestle. Frightened by the continuous whistle of the locomotive and the glare of the head- light the animals had stampeded upon the track. A short distance away was a trestle 100 feet long and 12 feet high. In attempt- ing to cross the trestle they piled up in a | DIAMONDS With Mr. J. L mass, with their legs down between the | and other French (America’s ties. The train was brought to a sudden luabl i stop. When the trainmen and passengers | Valuable greatest jewelry auc- reached the trestle, one horse was hanging | Gems ; tioneer) at the helm, head downward. héld up by one leg, an High grade v heore assistance could be given the beasts | 1 rfi t? the great H. & F. leg broke and it fell into the gully. The stic e train employes and passengers secured Jewelry‘ Soysonly atice fapre roples and commenced lg d1-lescue th; ahni- Fine A under full sail. mals, but many were so badly injured that o they'hfug tlt; b«]atsh:t.dThey ;ve(r}s t'lhla propé Sterling Look around this erty of John Richardson of ridley, an o - fai f rich some were quite valuable. i Silverware; DB and glittering things but ‘When the train was brought to a stand- still it was within twenty feet of the mass of struggling animals. Famous H. & F. and Howard, —no baubles, e Waltham real values—point . uel on Paper. % g 7 SAN BERNARDINO, CAL, Nov. 18.—At “":,‘d ,Eg;l'; . gut gour chigice, S the request of Mrs. Ann Oakley, who has | ¥¥ A o you’ll have a chance ason (i’;xfiomhem é‘:izqrénflg(;ing l:ayt“lm First-class to bid. NO RE- name ontague, Sheri olcom ele- i > graphed to Sheriff Tombstone for particu; Xmas Gifts SERVE. And for first- lars of the duel reported by the Associates class folks. Press to have been fought by stockmen on the Mexican border. He received the re- ply: “No duel fought. Evidently a news- paper fake.” | IO KERN COUNTY TRIALS. Judge Cenklin Declares the Recent Grand Jury a Legal Body. BAKERSFIELD, CAL., Nov. 18.—Judge Conklin to-day denied a motion to declare the recent Grand Jury illegal on the ground that one of the members was not a citizen, he not having been properly naturalized. Judge Conklin heid that a certificate of naturalization was prima-facie proof of citizenship, and he could not go behind it to inquire whether it had been properly is- sued or not. Previous to the rendering ot thisdecision ali of the defendants indicted withdrew their objections to the Grand Jury and de- manded a promot trial excegt one—R., W. Withington, indicted for bribery at the election last fall. The decision of Judge Conklin was rendered on his case alone. 4 Christmas drawing near! Soopportune! Hammersmith : & Field, 118 Sutter Street. SR Rl T s L