The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1895 BIERS UL #The Ex-Treasurer of Kern County Goes Free of Serious Charges. IN FIFTY-FIVE SECONDS. Jury Out Less Than One Minute in Consideration of the Verdict. EXPERT DEEPLY HUMILIATED. Moore Acknowledged That the Accused Had Been Homest in His Dealing. ELD, CaL., Nov. 21.—A few o ex-County Auditor Howell was on an indictment found by the -, charging him with falsifying of his office, and it took an un- y exactly seventy-five sec- m not guilty. the trial of the ex-Tax Collector irer, T. A. Baker, was con- , and even the remarkable time the Howell case was beaten. the jury was just fifty-five sec- in reaching a verdict, not guilty. As the Howell case, the sole evidence sgainst Baker was given by one Moore, an alleged expert from Los Angeles, who was employed by the Grand Jury about a year ago to examine the books of the county ers. Atthe outset, and before he could pos: bly have made an examination, he told publicly of the terribie con on of affairs allezed t offices. On his report the Grand Jury in- dicted Baxger, among others, on a charge of having collected money for some seventeen liguor licenses and not turning the same over to the county. The trial of the case occupied three days, closing this afterncon. Moore told hi story glibly enough on direct examination, but on cross-examination he went all to pieces. He could not perform the simplest problems in subtraction or addition with- out making mistakes, and was thoroughly Gisconcerted. The defense pursued him relentles: made him produce books and read records to the jury with the result that on his own showing it was proved that Baker had taken out in three years censes and had accounted for every The prosecution offered no other evidence. The defense called Moore as their own witness and completed his humiliation by making him go over the figures again and swear that Baker had accounted for every dollar of the public funds. The defense then offered to submit the case without argument, but the prosecution objected, | and this morning was devoted to speeches to the jury, and 1n exactly fifty-five sec- onds from the time the jury went out the verdict of acquittal was reached. The prosecution never had a foot to and ou, and it is the general belief that \\? if not all, the other indictments . ®Wad by the Grand Jury will meet the same fate, It is not at all impossible that Moore may be prosecuted for perjury. Friends of the two acquitted men are very indignant at the unfounded aspersions cast on them and think the alleged expert should be made to suffer for his wanton charges. SINTA BARBARA'S JAIL The Grand Jury Informed That It Is in a Deplorable Condition. Lommittee of Ladies Make the Inves. tigation and Report in Plain Words. SANTA BARBARA, Car., Nov. 21— “The committee of ladies lately appointed by the Good Citizenship Club of this place to investigate the condition of the County Jail, to-day sent a communication to the Grand Jury, calling the attention of tha: body to the defects of the institution in question. The ladies do not mince words in the report, but plainly state that the building is inadequate to meet the county’s de- mands, that it is poorly ventilated, ill lighted and deplorable in every sense. ‘They say that by confining prisoners there their punishment is doubled. and that the | existence of such an institution is a re- flection upon the county. The report is concluded with the declaration _that cattle would die there. Just praise is rendered to the jailer for his efforts to make the best of these poor quarters. <2%g ACKENOWLEDGES THE A Santa Barbara Jail Inmate Believed to Be John Hawks of Arizona. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., .\'uv'QL-The man arresteX vW0 weeks ago for the theit of a rug from Pigree Bros.” furniture estab- lishment, and who bas been lying in the County Jail awaiting his trial, is now be- Jieved to be John Hawks, wanted for the NAME. murder of a Mexican in Flagstaff, Ariz. | He now acknowledges to this name, but he ave the name of Brooks when arrested. e is 24 years of age, and has a brief local record as a frequenter of faro, craps and poker games. e answers_every detail of the description of the murderer. Harry Shuman, wanted in Hueneme for forgery, was arrested at Lompoc last night. E e D Railroaders at Santa Barbara. SANTA BARBARA, Car., Nov. 21.—E. “Hawley, assistant traffic manager of the MSouthern Pacific Railroad, with Vice- President Meilin of the New York and New Haven Railwey, arrived to-day on a special train and will make a short stay. As C. P. Huntington is also hourly ex- pected, peopie are asking what this cen- tering of railroad magnates in Santa Bar- bara means. P — STOCKTON FOOTBALL. Getting Ready for a Meet on the Grid- iron With the College Boys. STOCKTON, CaL., Nov. 2L.—Preparation s being made for the great fovtball match next Saturday at Goodwater Grove be- tween the elevens of the University of Cali- fornia and the Stockton Athletic Associa- tion. John E. Budd and a special com- mittee will wait on the merchants of the ‘city to see if they can be induced to close their stores for a few hours Saturday after: noon,in order that a general half-holiday o have been found in the county | ciation team lined up against the High School and showed great improvement in their work. They now play first-class foot- ball, and will put up a splendid game against the men from Berkeley next Sat- urday. The local men hope to defeat the wearers of the blue and gold, and will then makean effort to lower the cardinal colors of Stanford. It may be arranged later on to go to San Francispo to meet the stalwart players of the Reliance Club of Oakland. Four weeks from next Saturday the local men will meet the Olympic Club eleven on the grid- iron at Goodwater Grove. Stockton wants the State championship, and will make a strong bid for first place. _ Dewitt Clary, who recently returned from a visit to Berkeley, says that the University men intend to send up = very strong team to go against the Stockton men. This means a spirited contest next Snturdayl_ and one well worth seeing. Charles Nicewonger has been elected cap- tain of the local team. S S FOOTBALL AT STANFORD. Practice Game Won by Keliance by a Score of 4 to 0. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cax., Nov. 21.—Stanford was defeated in the practice game this afternoon by Reliance—score 4 t0o 0. A tcuchdown was made twenty min- utes after tue play began. The game was very short. After it was over both teams practiced signals for half an hour. Reli- ance showed up very strong thisafternoon. She played a fine aggressive game and her interference was admirable. Most of her gnms were made on long runs, but Me- fillan bucked the line for big gains, and | most of the plays proved the Stanford team very weak in places. A few of the Stanford men did not line up with the team. Fickert did not play guard, and his absence sccounted for numerous gains made by Reliance. Coch- ran played fullback for the college men and made some beautiful punts. He also downed the runner_at several critical stfl§es of the game. Weldon at halfback { and Thomas at tackle played good games, | Carle made a fine guard. e smashed through the Reliance fine time and again, | tackling the men with the ball in grand- | stand order. i SAN MATEO LOST. | Bad Management Gave the Football Game | to Belmont. | STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Nov. 21.—The game between Belmont and San | Mateo preparatory school eleven took place | this afterncon here. It was a hard fought contest, displaying considerable ability of | certain men. For San Mateo, the big | guard Henion made the best showing, though Womble at end and Johnson at | fullback made & good showing. |~ San Mateo practically lost the game on | bad generalshi wice with the ball on | Belmont’s 1 ne the signal was given forty, and at the field kick for goal both | tries failed. Had _their bm-kin}i tactics | been kept up, San Mateo would doubtless | have won. For Belmont, Wadsworth at | half and Caison at fullback put up an excellent game. Score, 6to 0 in favor of | Belmont. ‘THE BOOKKEEPER'S STORY. | Testimony for the Defense in the Lux Estate Suit at i Redwood. {Erwin G. Rodolph in the Employ of the Firm Called on Potter’s Behalf. REDWOOD CITY, CaL., Nov.21.—The suit to make permanent the removal of Jesse Sheldon Potter as executor of the | Charles Lux estate was resumed in Judge | Buck’s court this morning. The plaintiff rested and testimony is | now being taken for the defense, the ex- | amination bemng conducted by Attorney | Pillsbu | Erwin G. Rodolph, bookkeeper in the | empley of Miller & Lux, was called asa | witness for Potter. He was first employed by Miller & Lux in June, 1876, and has been with them ever since. At the present time the books of the firm are under his supervision, but are kept up by | several accountants. From the year 1882 | to the time of Charles Lux’s death Jesee | Potter had general charge of the slaughter- | house, did most of the purchasing of cat tle sent to this market for sale, made most of the collections and had general charge of the business. In ihese matters he was in constant communication with Charles Lux. Along about September, 1882, the amounts of cash saies at Butchertown be- | gan to show a shortage, commencing with asmall amount, something like $25, and then growing larger month by month, but | all with the knowledge of Charles Lux. | As an instance, in 1882 the accounts were | carried into the double-entry tem. | Rodolph said he called Mr. Lux’s atten- tion to the fact that cash sales were being made at Butchertown and the money not brought in. Mr. Lux said: ‘‘All right; | 'll speak to Mr. Potterabout it.” Mr. Lux also bad the books before him at al: times, | and frequent trisl balances showed the | condition of the accounts. | In June, 1883, the debt against cash sales | ot Butchertown amounted to $3600; in Janunary, 1885, to $16,941. Mr. Potter then directed Mr. Rodolph to carry the amount |into the ‘'suspense account.” This w, done. In January, 1887, which brings 5> down to about the time of Charles Luy, | death, the suspense account showed™ ® debt of $21,284. 895 Lux’s death and up to 1 '3, duties were similar to those performed by him, except that ther business increased that of collector gradually became absorbed by ! the witness, Rodolph, in connection with | bis other work. It did not come to him | all at once on an order to do the collecting, but he gradually grew into it. Mr. Rodolph™ considered Mr. Potter a good business man and a keener trader now than during the time that Charles | Lux was alive. In regard to the $3300 charge against the ! Occidental and Oriental Steamship Com- pany, Rodolph said Jesse Potter’s attention was called to its standing as an unpaid account on the books. Mr. Potter said it was all right, thatit had been paid. There- | upon an ““0.’K.” memorandum was made on the margin of the &ccount by witness, as he could not palance it by making u credit of $3300 cash when he had received | o cash to do it with. These things, he said, were all known o Charles Lux, who had the trial balances submitted to him regularly, and they were also explained to Mr. Lux by witness. —_— RACING IN THE EAST. Winners of Running Lvents at Lexington and Baltimoy LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 21. even-eighths of a mile, Sligo won, Charlie Weber second, La- moore third. Time, 1:27%. Five furiongs, Princess Over won, Wild Olive second, Clara Foley third. Time, 1:033, One and a sixteenth miles, Ace won, New- com second, Prince Carl third. Time, 1:50. Five and a half furlongs, Oracle won, Mike Kelly second, Gladys Lee chird. Time, 1:09!%. Five-elghtlis of & mile, Cuticlene won, Harry Shannon second, Tartar third. Time, 1:02}4. BALTIMORE, Mp., Nov. 21.—Five furlongs, Ha Ha won, Royal i second, Tillie Mills third, Time, 1:04. One mile, First ngm won, Oily Gamin sec- ond, Lady Adams third. Time, 1:47}4. Seven furlongs, Pheebus won, Charade sec- ond, Merry Duke third. Time, 1:293/. One mile, Langdon won, Pitfall second, Le- vina third. Time, 1:45!4. may be had and the clerks allowed to wit- ness the game. Qne milé, Mack Brig 5 \won, Septuour second, Intermission third. Time, 1:4db. “Steeplechase, fuil course, Chevy Chase won, | ¥esterday alternoon the Athletic Asso- | Madjie second, Empress third. No time taken. TILLOTSON 15 FREE, Ex-Supervisor of San Jose Acquitted of the Charge of Arson. OUTONLY NINE MINUTES. The Jury Required No Lengthy Consideration to Agree ona Verdict. DEFENDANT'S STORY TOLD. He Showed Good Reasons for Removing Certain Goods From His Home. SAN JOSE, Car., Nov. 21.—The case of ex-Supervisor H. Tiliotson, charged with arson, was given to the jury this fore- noon, and after nine minutes’ deliberation the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The verdict of the jury was greeted with applause. The case has attracted a great deal of attention, owing to the fact that the defendant had been rather pgominent in Democratic political circles. Tillotson took the stand in his own be- half at the openingof court this morning and gavea briel history of his life. He said he was born in Ohio, that he came to Cali- forniain 1852. He settled in Yuba County and later lived in Sutter County, where he was engaged 1n mining and kept a hotel. Healso did some farming in Sutter County. He was elected Assessor of Sutter in 1863. After serving his term in that office he re- moved to this county and engaged in farming. He was subsequently elected Supervisor. He said he moved into his | house on Delmas avenue about two years | ago. The house cost $1600. The defend- ant detailed his acquaintance with Dun- lap, & witness who has figured prominently in the case. He said he was acquainted with Dunlap and had visited him at Hyde | Park. |~ "He denied that he had ever confessed to Dunlap that he had burned the house. He said he went io Dunlap’s to get $400, which Dunlap owed him for the lot on which he lived. He said that he had | given Dunlap a deed to the lot, but he had never received a cent for it. In answer to questions as to why things were removed | from the house before the fire Tillotson said: “I intended going away, and spoke openly of it. I was going to Ogden to see {if I could dispose of valuable property there. My place on Delmas avenue was for sale. I sent various things to my son | to keep for me while I was away. There was nothing secret about any of this—all | was open and done in public. | “Mrs. Parkhurst agreed to buy the piano for $300, and I delivered the piano to her | about the first of May. I tried to sell the piano to others. All this was done apenly | without a thought of any secrecy, as there was nothing to conceal. The picture, a portrait of my deceased daughter, I es- teemed very highly, and I bad often said that I would not take $500 for it. It was not insured and I had a right to move it. I took it to Mrs. Parkhurst. The suit of clothes which I took to a tailor’s for clean- ing was made fifteen years ago. “When the house was destroyed I made | | a statement of the things lost to the ad- | juster from memory. I met him at the | Lamolle Home. In makingthe statement | of the articles lost I forgot to mention one | | bed and bureau. Ionly gave in five win- | dow-curtains when there were seven. I overlooked them. There was nothing in | the statement of the loss which was not actually in the building and destroyed.”” | The witness said he. had not set fire to | the house, and knew of no plan to burn it. He said that the night of the tire he was unwell and had been out of his rooms sev- | eral times. He was lying down in the bed | with his trousers and vest on when he was awakened and found the house in flames. He testified that he had made tea on the gasoline stove in the evening. There had been fire from this stove on several occa- | sions caused by the gasoline leaking tq the floor. This closed the testimony, and the de- fense offered to submit the case without argument. Deputy District Attorney Par- tridge addressed the jury for a short time. The jury was then charged by Judge Lori- gan. They retired and returned in nine minutes with a verdict of not guilty. ge TR1AL FOR ROBBERY. Coitrt on THat Charge in San Jose. N JOSE, CaL., Nov. 21.—The trial of John Devine on the charge of robbery be- gan in Judge Lorigan’s court this after- noon. A jury was secured. On May 15, 1895, Devine and a com- panion drove up to John Gubser’s saloon at Gubserville, near this city, and after calling for drini;s held up Gubser and an- other man, who was in the saloon at the time. The robbers secured a silver watch and about $15 and made their escape. Several months afterward Devine was arrested in San Francisco. John Devine in Verdict of Accidental Death. SAN JOSE, Carn, Nov. 21.—Coroner Secord held an mquest this morning upon the remains of Albert Harmon, the 15- year-old boy who was killed at Coyote sta- tion while riding on a freight train. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Nonew facts were developed. The bos"s' remains will be taken to San Francisco for | interment. Sy Charged With Horse.Stealing. SAN JOSE, Car., Nov. 21.—S. W. Mc- Carley, a liveryman, to-day swore to a complaint before Justice Dwyer charging Meyer Levy, alias Adler, with stealing a horse and buggy. Meyer, who repre- sented himself as a drummer, hired a horse and buggy last Saturday to go to Mountain View, and has failed to return the rig. s e A Captain Partridge Resigns. SAN JOSE, CaL., Nov. 21.—Captain H. L. Partridge of Company B, N. G. C., has tendered his resignation, which has been accepted. Captain Partridge enlisted in May, 1889, and was elected captain in January, 1894. An election to fill the vacancy will be held in a few weeks. —_— LEGAL TROUBLES AT FRESNO. Decision Involving the County Govern- ment Act. FRESNO, Car., Nov. 2L.—Judge Risley Court. The result will affect nearly all the deputies in the Courthouse. =~ Mr. Letcher took it upon himself to try to cut off a deputy in the District Attorney’s office, in the line of economy. It is said that the Supervisor now wishes he had not brought the suit, as it was not known to him at that time that deputies in all other offices would be affected. The case involves the constitutionality of part of the county government act. —————— PERRINE'S COMET. 1t Is Now Eighty-Four Million Miles From the Sun and Will Not Reach the Earth. LICK OBSERVATORY, Car., Nov. 21.— The comet discovered at Lick Observatory on November 17 by C. D. Perrine promises to be an exceedingly interesting one. Professor Campbell has computed its orbit from observations made. here on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. While it is impossible to determine the comet’s path accurately from the three observations separated by such short in- tervals of time, yet the results obtained show very satisfactorily the dimension and position of its orbit. T.he plane in which the comet is moving is inclined 141 deg. 23 min. to the plane of the ecliptic and passes through a point in the ecliptic 320 deg. 49 min. east of the vernal equinox. The comet is now about 84,000,000 miles from the sun. The distance will: decrease and reach a minimum of about 20,000,000 miles on December 18, at which time its angular distance from the point where its path intersects the ecliptic will be 273 deg. After December 18 the distance from the sun will again increase. The object is not quite visible to the naked eye at present, but its brightness is increasing very rap- idly. It will undoubtedly isible with telescopic assistance in a fe Unfortunately, however, its approach to the sun will bring it into the morning twilight and the difficulty of observation will be increased thereby. It is now one and a half vimes as far from the earth as the sun is, but the distance is growing smaller. It must not be imed, how- ever, that the visitor is coming close to the earth, J. SCHAEBERLE. CLASHING OF OFICIALS Fresno County’s Assessor and Surveyor Engaged in a Legal Fight. Hoxie Has Vincent Enjoined From Doing Work on Assessment Books. . FRESNO, Car., Nov. 21.—County As- sessor J. P. Vincent and County Surveyor George L. Hoxie have clashed in regard to official duties. Assessor Vincent has been preparing some check books of the real es- tate of the county to facilitate the work of making the assessment roll next year. The Board of Supervisors purchased books for the Assessor, and he has been platting the books in his office. Now comes Surveyor Hoxie and claims that all such work in question for the county should Le dene by him. To-day he went before Superior Judge Webb and had Mr. Vincent terporarily enjoined from doing any more work on the books. Interesting developments are expected, as the Assessor s he is determined to <ave the county from the high price of work done at the Surveyor's rates. Surveyor, on the other hand, is determined to do the work of the county, which he con- siders properly bel mgs to his office and not the Assessor's. e FRESN()’S HOSPITAL ROW. Grand Jury Reports That Women Pa- tients Are Not Treated. FRESNO, Carn, Nov. 21.—-The Grand Jury to-day made another partial report to Judge Risley, covering certain investi- gations into the management of the County Hospital. They found grave abuses exist- ing there, one of which they deem of suf- ficient importance to require prompt at- tention of the Board of Supervisors. The hospital was_visited by the Grand Jury on the 5th inst. At that time the female patients were in comfortable quar- ters in the second story of the main build- ing. A few days after this visit the female patients were moyed intothe basement, which the jury considers to be unfit for patients, as 1t isdamp, ill ventilated and in other ways undesirable for such uses. The report stated that comfortable quar- ters on the second and third floors are oc- cupied by nurses, cooks, watchmen and porter, and that the contrast between the accommodations provided for emnloyes and those provided for sick women i§ not pleasant to contemplate. But the most interesting E‘m of the report is that it finds that the purchase in some lines of supplies for the hospital 1n the past ten months of the current year has been largely and needlessly increased over the cost of such supplies for the corresponding months of 1894, Du $9 ring the ‘first ten months of 1894 79 78 worth of drugs were used, while the corresponding time this year 5 was the sum expended for that purpose, an increase of $756 87. In 1594 $107 50 was expended for whisky, while during the current year $597 45 was ex- pended for that purpose, an increase of $489 95. The average number of inmates during ten months of this year was only four greater than last vear. The Grand Jury to-day also returned an- other indictment against Clark E. Wood, defaulting ex-deputy county clerk, against whom an indictment of perjury was re- turned a few days ago. The second indict- ment is on a charge of embezzlement in misappropriating funds held by him as a commissioner 1n a civil case. The jury also returned an indictment against Andy Farley Jr., charging him with perjury. It is alleged that Farley testified falsely at the recent examination of Robert Anderson at Kingsburg for stab- bing Wesley Coates at a dance some time ago. s Arraigned for Burglary. SAN JOSE, CaL., Nov. 2L.—John Green was arraigned before Justice Gass this morning on a charge of burglarizing F. B. Heath’s woodyard last night. When arrested Green was trying to sell a shot- gun he had taken from the woodyard office. His examination wus set for De- cember 9. Bail was fixed at $1000, in de- fault of which he went to jail, PRy Valley Eoad at Fresno. FRESNO, Car., Nov. 2L.—W. (. Edes, assistant engineer of the Valley Railroad, was in town to-day and met in conference with the City Trustees, for the purpose of establishing the ;érade for the road on the Q-street route through the city. There was practically no difficulty in arriving at an agreement. ————— Death of Severin Gorski. PLACERVILLE, Car., Nov. 21.—Severin Gorski, a nativeof Peland, naturalized in San Franeisco in 1855, died last night at El Dorado. He was 70 years old. He was an amalgamator and millman of ability and honesty. He was associated for many years with Mr. Poundstone of the old Spring- field and Pocakontas mines. Sentenced to San Quentin. NAPA, Car., Nov. 21.—In the Superior to-day delivered a decision for plaintiff in the suit of Supervisor F. F. Letcher, to re- strain County Auditor Barnum from pay- ing the salary of Deputy District Attorney G. C. Freeman. The case will be appealed to the Supreme Court this morning Judge Ham sentenced L. J. Blackwell to five years in San Quen- tin_for robbery. Blackwell held up and robbed a Napa liveryman some weeks ago in Capelle Valley, getting away with $40, two horses and a buggy. He was cnptured The | | time longer before the public. ACCUSED OF MURDER N ichols, the Los AngelesCon- ductor, Held for Kirk's Death. QUARRELED OVER A DOG. The Trouble Occurred Thirty Days Ago in an Elec- tric Car. BIG DAMAGE. SUIT T0 BE FILED. The Widow of the Dead Printer Will Ask for Twenty-five Thousand Dollars. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Nov. 21.—Joseph Kirk died at 4 o’clock this morning after having lingered in agony for about thirty days. In consequence, A. L. Nichols, a conductor on the Consolidated Electric Railway, was arrested and locked up at the city prison on a charge of murder. About thirty days ago Kirk and his wife were going to their home in Vernon on an electric car. Kirk had with him a little house dog. Nichols ordered him to put the dog off, but as it was getting off, Nichols gave it a kick. Kirk then remarked that the dog was a better dog than Nichols was a man. Words ensued. Nichols ordered Kirk off the car. Kirk started to get off at Central avenue and Washington street. The conductor grappled with him, and us he was stepping off the car, struck him a severe blow on the head. The force of it knocked Kirk down. Nichols struck him several times after he had fallen. Kirk! was rendered unconscious, and was taken to his home and lay for days in a comatose condition. He finally became partially con: us, but never regained his mental faculties. Mr. Kirk was a compositor on the Evening Express, and a member of the Typographical Union. He leaves a wife, alsoa brother at Austin, Tex.; was 58 years old and a veteran of the Confederate army. Nichols, the conductor, took his arrest very coolly. The Llectric Railroad Com- pany will pay for his defense. A damage suit for $25,000 will be filed against the company by the widow. She 1s left with a very small estate gt ) CHARG OF PERJURY. One of the Counsel for C. Seriously Accused. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Nov. 21.—Yester- day a number of moves were made by the prosecution in the Mayne case which may probably result in keeping ita considerable Imme- diately after the contra-affidavit had been filed by Judge Holton, District Attorney Williams drew up a complaint against M¢s. Clara Shipton, the mother of Dellg Shipton, and W. F. Murphy, one of the defendant’s counsel, and warrants were sworn out against them on the charge of subornation of perjury. Sheriff Burr at once telegraphed to San Diego for the arrest of Mrs. Clara Shipton, and Murphy was soon after apprehende in this city. When the case was called this morning Colonel James Copeland stated that since filing an affidavit in the interest of the defendant a contra one had been filed by the prosecution and his partner, Mr. Mur- phy, arrested for perjury on a warrant sworn to by a prosecuting witness, Mrs. J. H. Wright, and held in $3000. Copeland stated that he had not yet done anything that he was afraid of, still he was not afraid to do anything that duty to his client called for. He asked the court to protect him, and if he could not he would ask the Supreme Court why he should be disgraced and his colleague placed under bail. He wished to be protected from the pos- sibility of arrest, and desired that his re- marks in the matter be placed on record. A request was then made by the defense that they be granted more time to prepare affidavits in rebuttal of those prepared by the prosecuting attorneys, which had not been seen until after 10 o’clock this morn- ing. Judge Smith continued the case un- til Saturday morning next. e E. Mayne Huntington at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Car, Nov. 21.—C. P. Huntington arrived this afternoon at 4 o’clock from San Franciseo. He is accom- panied by his wife and the ladies who came out from New York with her, his secretary, Mr. Miles, Mr. Worthington, General Manager Julius Kruttzschnitt and H. E. Huntington. The latter two gen- tlemen will go only to New Orleans with the party. Mr. Huntington has a special train and is apparently in no great hurry to reach New pYork. e is traveling only by daylight. DEATH OF L. B, GRIMES State Auditor of Washington Succumbs to Heart Disease at Tacoma. Widely Known in Financial and Politi- cal Circles in the Sound Country. TACOMA, WasH., Nov. 21.—State Audi- tor L. R. Grimes died at 4:15 o’clock this morning. He had an attack of pneumonia from which he was slowly recovering when stricken with heart disease. L. R. Grimgs was among the best and most widely known of the State’s officials. He was elected State Auditoron the Republican ticket three years ago. Deceased was born in Ohio fifty-six years ago. He was a Master Mason. He came to Washington from Portland, Or., about the year 1881, and was at that time'the agent of the Corbin Bank- ing Company, which was placing large sums of money inithe Northwest. He first located at Cheney, at that time the county seat of Spokane County, and while there loaned much money in a small way on farm lands among the new settlers. He came to the Sound country shortly afterward, and was quite a prominent figure in public and political life in this State. A widow and one son are left a comfort- able competency. THE VENDETTA LEAGUE. S. A. McLean Held to Answer for At- tempting to Extort Money From D. L. Westover. 2 The preliminary examination of 8. A. McLean for attempt to extort money was concluded before Judge Conlan yesterday, and he was held to answer before the Su- perior Court in $2000 bonds. McLean is the man who, about a month | name of the Vendetta League of the United States to D. L. Westover of the Sonoma Lumber Company, 319 Pine street, de- manding $2500 on pain of having his social and business standing ruined, his property destroyed by fire and himself probably murdered. . McLean was the sonof wealthy parents in Bay City, Mich., who left him a fortune, which he squandered in fast living. He came here from Guatemala about six weeks ago and being hard up and having known Westover in Bay City when they were boys together he hit upon the idea of writing him the blackmailing letter, which did not have the effect he intended. FOR ST. AGNES' CHURCH. Entertainment at DMetropolitan Temple Last Evening. A fine miscellaneous programme was enjoyed by a large audience at Metropoli- tan Temple last evening, the occasion be- ing an entertainment for the benefit of St. Agnes’ Church. Theaudience showed its appreciation by encores to every per- former, Mr. Hynes, who seemed to be the prime favorite of the evening, being re- called four times, and each time respond- ing with a comic song. 'he programme was as follows: Piano duet, “Scappa Scappa,” Misses Tillie Pauba and Marie Georgian: ocal solo, Miss Norah Kirby; trombone solo, “Infelice,” Miss Maude Noble; recitation, “The Mikado's Daughter,” little Ruby Stimpson; mandolins, guitars and panjos, Professor Graeber and class; barytone solo, “Hearest Thou,”” Joseph 0’Don- nell; recitation, “Laska,” Hon. Frank J. Mur- asky; vocal solo, “For All Eternity,” Miss Alice Canning ; vocal solo, ““Thankgul for That,” Wil- liam J. flyne.l; whistling solo, *Staccato Polka,” Miss Gertrude Judd; Exertion,” Miss Anna Doyle; ‘ Miss Irene Lynch; Delsarte, M Boardman; bass solo, 8. J. Sandy; cornet solo, “A Night in Granada,” Miss Pear]l Noble, drifl, Company A, St. M. L.’ C. C., accompanist, Miss Marie Georgiani. FIRED AT HER HUSBAND. Mrs. Nellie Massie Arrested on the Charge of Assault to Murder. Fine recitation, ‘‘A Pleasure eigh Bells,” Caro True She Claims He Has Treated Her Cruelly Since Their Marriage Three Years Ago. Mrs. Nellie Massie fired a shot at her husband last night and he lies in the Re- ceiving Hospital hovering between life and death. Her husband, W. Massie, is baggage- master on the Los Anyeles division of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and the couple live at 853)4 Folsom street. Last evening Massie returned from a trip to Los Angeles, and when he went lhome he had some angry words with his wife. Ho took two loaded revolvers out of his pockets and laid them on the table. The quarreling had subsided for a moment and was renewed. Massie picked up one of the revolvers and pointing it at his wife said, “I've a goodl mind to fill you full of lead.” Being afraid that he would carry his treat into execution she wrenched the re- volver out of his hand and fired at him. He dropped on the floor. She rusbed out of the house screaming and shouted to some people that she had shot her hus- band. The police were notified and De- tective Crockett and Policeman Hurley went to the house and placed Mrs. Massie under arrest. She was taken to the City Prison and booked on the charge of as- sault to murder. Massie was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital in the patrol wagon. Itwasfound that the bullet had entered the left side of the lower jaw, ranged downward and lodged in the spinal cord, paralyzing his lower limbs. Mrs. Massie said that since her marriage three years ago her husband had con- stantly abused her. Massie, when asked about the shooting, said it was all an acci- dent. He was showing his wife how to fire a revolver. She haa it in her hand and it accidentally exploded. Mrs. Massie1s a comely young woman, 24 yearsof age. She has a baby 16 months oldywhich is being looked after by her friends. B FIRE AT PLACERVILLE. Hoisting Works and Shaft of the Tin Cup Mine Destroyed. PLACERVILLE, CaL., Nov. 21.—The hoisting works of the Tin Cup mine, three miles east of this place, were burned to- day. The shaft also was destroyed. The fire is still burning. It was the property of W. H. Martin of the Rawhide mine. Joseph Heisser’s two large barns, contain- ing hay and vehicles, were burned. For- est fires are responsible. | VALLEY AOAD TRACKS. A Large Consignment of Materials Received at Stockton. NEAR THE STANISLATUS. Only Two More Miles of Grading to Be Done to Reach That Point. EIGHTEEN MILES COMPLETED That Distance 'Outside of the City Has Been Covered by the Track-Layers. STOCKTON, Can, Nov. 21— The steamer Dauntless this morning brought up 4591 bundles of fishplates and 205 kegs of bolts for the Valley road. It is an- nounced Jocally that the Valley railroad has obtained the temporary use of the Southern Pacific tracks on Weber avenue, which gives the new road immediate use of the water front. The Valley company’s locomotive “Claus Spreckels” will run up Weber avenue and handle the incoming cars laden with material for the Valley road’s drawbridge across Mormon Channel on Edison street. The work of laying the track from the bridge site to Weber ave- nue, where the connection will be made, began to-day. The tracks are now completed about eighteen miles from the city limits. There are but two miles of grading to be done before the Stanislaus River is reached. Several of the engineers of the road were in the city to-day and one of them stated that a few days more would complete the track-laying to the river. The track is being laid atthe rate of about & milea day. Work is progressing rapidly on the foundations for the steel bridge across the San Joaquin River, which is being erected by the Alameda and San Joaquin Railway Company. The pile- driving has progressed so far that even if high water should come now the work would not be seriously interfered with. Mr. Gray, one of the engineers under Sur- veyor Atherton, said to-day that this bridge and the one now_being constructed by the Southern Pacific Company near Lathrop will be among the finest steel bridges in the State. e MANUFACTURE AT STOQCKTON. Proposition for a Ten Thousand Dollar Milk Plant. STOCKTON, CAL., Nov. 21.—E. A. Davi- son of Belotta, who is interested in the project to establish a factory here for the condensation of milk, was in the city to- day. Mr. Davison says the scheme hinges on the action of C. T. Rogers & Sons of Detroit, Mich., who are expected to furnish - half the capital. They manufacture the machines used in such factories and make a business of start- ing companies in various places. During the last twelve months thev have estao- lished twenty milk-condensing plants in the United States. The plant which it1s roposed to put up here will cost about 10,000 exclusive of the site, and half of the necessary capital has been promised. Mr. Davison is now waiting to ascertain from Rogers & Sons whether they will put up the other half, as they promised to do some time ago. SWISS MINISTER AT SANTA CRUZ. He Is Visiting Relatives in the Surf City. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, Nov, 21.—J. B. Pioda, Minister Plenipotentiary and En- voy Extraordinary from Switzerland to the United States, arrived in this city this evening, and is the guest of his aunt, Mrs. Paul Pioda and family of this city. The American and Swiss flags are flyin, from the flagstaff of the Odd Fellows' building in his honor. To-morrow morn- ing the Swiss Club and citizens will meet and make arrangements for a reception. ©OUR WHOLESALE PRICE PRICE THE RET, PRIC OUR WHOLESALE PRICE $2.00 | $3.00 THE RETAILERS’ $1.50 | $2.50 ILERS’ NEW TO-DAY. OUR WHOLESALE PRICE PRICE $2.50 | $3.75 THE RETAILERS’ OUR WHOLESALE PRICE PRICE $3.00 | $4.50 THE RETAILERS’ @) M o A\ R i =H PANTS For man, boy or child, be he little or big, long legged or short, stout or slim of girth. BROWN BROS. & CO Wholesale Manufacturers Props. Oregon City Woolen Mills Fine Clothing For Man, Boy or Child RETAILED At Wholesale Prices 121-123 SANSOME STREET, Bet. 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