The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1895. HELD UP KING WHITE How a Round Valley Man Enforced a Claim for Money. USED SHOTGUN LOGIC. Daniel Woodman Compelled His Ex-Partner to *“Square” Accounts, DEEDS SIGNED ON HORSEBACK. One Individual Who Held His Own Against the Mendocino County Czar. UKIAH, Can, Nov. 23.—The recent troubles in Round Valley have recalled y the circumstances attending the s of Daniel T. Woodman and George . White, which tend to throw light upon the character of tk le king. Wood- e man is the man who held up Wh{te and forced him to sign promissory notes to the amount of 500 in payment of a claim Woodman maintained he held against White. This took place on June 8, 1894, when Woodman m wait in a creek of a mile south of Covelo, ite rode by on his way from evening, Woodman called to halt and, at the point of a pistol, forced White to sign the notes. What occurred there is best told in White's own languag “Isaw Dan Woodman on the 8th of threesquarte: and when W town ea this month (June, 18%4) in a creek about three- ters of a mile south of Covelo. I first saw him there about 3 o’clock In the town. He was ly- e of the creek, and I passed by and went to aw Woodman about 6:30 ngas I was going from ing pretty fast and I lopea He was on his horse facing d ‘Hold on there; I've got wn a big pistol. ‘Get . ‘I have been along ternoon as.I ) the went orthwest to me, down time wai nd [ am you. Get off the ther not.” nother, Then n some papers.’ n whatever ir pocket; I says, ‘I meant to I got pen and ink : ‘You are pre- I never had a man come at me in tyle before. Then he got out his pa- e When hs got the papers out to sign, e still wanted me to get down. I told him I could n them there. Thelast of them I igned on my leg. I says ‘There are about 000" He says ‘Yes, about $25,000." I ned the notes because he told me he would kill me, and he had a pistol and a large sized Colt’s revolver—I think a forty- four caliber. He says ‘I will kill you. You have hired somebody to kill me.” ‘I that,” 1 says. He says ‘Well,’ kinder grinned, ‘they will swear to Ty At that time a couple of came up the road. He says, * ¥ have monkeyed around here until these two women came up.’” Then I got away. Then he says, ‘Now, if you have any mo keying in court I will kill you any how. On this occasion White signed $5000 notes, four at $1000 and one at §: at Woodman had prepared, amount- ghed owing to the ce upon the scene of the women ed by White in_his statement. at once came to Ukiah, where he a warrant for the arrest of Wood- 5 of Woodman were had e, but on each the jury dis- on the District Attor- t a conviction was im- <ed the case against him. n s retains the notes, and sed his attention of collecting ame to town a few days had met Dan Woodman, wwing Round Valley en mbotdt, and Woodman i e had been give ve the valley. Who forced him uld not state; but Woodman Covelo, and who those hich Woodman relies for nst the cattle king i entered into between W route to to him that which to le to leave he tract, Woodman on the 19th day of June, 1884, ased Woodman all nis anches known us the Alder :h, the Murphy ranch, Dobbins Creek ranch, Sherwin ranch and Buck Mountain range, all in Humboldt County, and the Van Dusen range in Trin- ity County. There was also leased to Woodman by the cattle a hali-inter- est in jointly by the two parties to the lease. The lease was to remain in force for two vears, and White was to receive $4000 per annum as rent. ‘Woodman had in the meantime incurred considerable indebtedness in Humboldt County and was being pressed by credit- ors. On‘August 4, 1885, he executed a bill ot sale of his interest in 10,000 head of sheep to White for an expressed considera~ tion of $1500. On August 11, 1885, the creditors of Woodman filed a petition ask- ing that Woodman be declared insolvent and setting forth his indebetedness, amounting to $5313 78. In this petition it was alleged that Woodman had on Augnst 3, 1885, transferred to White about 8000 -head of sheep and that the con- sideration moving from Woodman to White was $6000, paid by credit- ing Woodman with the ~ amount of the sale upon a pre-existing indebted- tness from Woodman to White. Subse- quently John S. Murray was elected assig- nee of Woodman’s estate, and at once as such assignee brought suit against White for certain personal property, which it was claimed Woodman had transferred to ‘White in payment of a pretended claim. Upon the trial of the case, much interest- ing testimony was brought as tending to show the relations of Woodman and White. A verdict for $2250 for the plaintiff was rendered by a jury. Anappeal was taen, but the court below was affirmed in its rulings, and the verdict stood. The action was originally brought in Humboldt County, but transferred to this county owing to White’s residence here. After Woodman’s discharge in insol- vency he always maintained that the transfer of stock over which the suit was brought was with a private understanding between him and White that as soon as he had extricated himself from his finan- cial emb: ment White would reconvey to him the proverty. Bearing on this point a letter, written by the notorious Jobn D. Wathen, more commonly known as “Wylacky John” (who was killed by Clarence White, a brother-in-law of the cattle king, while engaged in securing evi- dence against Clarence’s sister, who is Mrs. Frankie White), to Wocdman, in which he cautioned him not to “‘squeal,” will be of interest. Wathen; as is gen- grall)’ ,knon'n. was White's private secre- ng 1killed your man, | ow, no matter whether you said it | 10,000 sheep, which were owned | tary and all-round man. The letter is as follows: Russ HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO, October 3, 188 D. T. Woodman—DEar SikR: Mr. White showed me ?'our letter, wherein you seem to think he will not do as he agreed with you. He assures me that he fully intends doing ju as he agrees with you. He has been notified by parties up thero that you are going to squcnl and go against him. Now, Dan, ook well before you_leap, for as a friend I advise you agalnst such & step. Mr. White does not believe you woulddosuchathingeven if you could and feels safe and able to hold all the property of his own against all opposition. And besides if you could do him such an injury it would only in- jure him and do you no good, &s he would fight in the courts until it would consume all you might get out of it. Besides it would give you dead away to the whole world and ruin you in the eyes of the business world. Yours as ever, JoHN D. WATHEN, Another letter from Wathen to Wood- man, dated at San Francisco, October 20, 1885, implied that at that time Woodman had become suspicious of Wathen, for the latter stated: “You seem to thinkI mean to threaten you. I meant to advise you as a friend and not to threaten. You always seem to include me in the same boat with White. I admit fairly I ama friend of his, but before my God I have worked for you all the time.” On the trial of the case of Woodman's assignee against White to recover the property Woodman gave a complete his- tory of his reasons for conveying to White, and to quote from Woodman’s statement: “I was in partnership with White, and our matters, mortgages, agreements and contracts were mixed up, and he agreed to pay_up the mortgages for me, and had made several contracts to that effect, and finally got the business so mixed up that [ could not siraighten 1t myseif without his help or somebody’s help, and there wa bound to be a crash in my affairs. He told me (he was_after me for two years), he was always telling me that if I fell out with Randall (one of my Eureka creditors) he might bounce me at any time, and if he did it would burst me up; that if I didn't stand by him (White) and let him help me I was bound to be ‘cleaned out,’ and the way everything was, the way times was, if my property was put up at Sheriff’s sale, that it wouldn’t leave me anything, and the best way for me to do about it was to trust his word and let him go ahead and help me out. Heal- ways talked that way to me, and finally I came to Eureka from Blocksburg for the purpose of transferring the stock to him, and he was to pay up my accounts for the mortgages and let me have the money at a less rate of interest so I could” get along and straighten out my business and put it on a solid bas and he cousideration for this was tha whatever he paid out should stand against me and the property was to be putin his hands to secure him for whatever he paid out, and so nobody else could get hold of it, and to stop anybodyv else from attaching it, and we laid our plans accordingly and hud everything arranged so nobody else | could attach the stock—Randall or any one else—and so we could get there first and get hold of it, so he could get possession of it. He said if I done that he would protect me and see me safely through; that was the consideration. We had it fixed up that I was to acknowledge I owed him $6000, in order to cover up thisand make it look like a solid business transaction.” Woodman, continuing, explained how a fresh animal was to be left at Bridgeville to pe used in case of an emergency to beat | the Sheriff or any one else that might be in advance of White or his men when he went to take possession of the stoc He '(old how Rohrbough rode from Eureka, met the Sheriff and informed him that White was in possession of the sheep, and the Sheriff then returned to I a. He also detailed how Rohrbough met a man driving hogs on the road, and how, to throw him off the track, he told him that some of his hogs had gone down into the canyon and that he had better get them at once. This was done to prevent the driver of the hogs from encountering the stock and possibly informing the Sheriff of its whereabouts. In answer to the question, *‘Had you and White any conversation as to the manner in which Randall’s claim should be defeated ?” Woodman stated : “Yes, sir. He was to take possession of | the stock and I was to turn it over to him, | and he was to hoid it as his, taie posses- | sion of it, change the herders and consult alawyer and have a document drawn up | so it would be legal and solid, so it would | appear to the world that it was his.” Woodman continued: ‘White’s talk all the time was about defrauding my creditors. He said, ‘You are afraid of me; ou won't trust me—won't take my word. { You put everything in my handsand I will settle it for you for 50 cents on the dollar,” This was his talk every place I met him and whenever I was with him in the last two years, time and again. “White caine to my place at Blocksburg and there rloadcd and talked with me and my-wife for two days. he said: ‘I can help you if you will trust me. If you trust me, all right. You trust me and let me go ahead, but you must give me securty. | You keep low and do as I tell yoa and fol- } Jow my instructions from the word go and { I will start you. You put the property in | my hands and I will go ahead, and after it |1s”in my hands and Randall and all of them see that they can’t crowd gou and can’t do anything with you then it will be in my hands todo,and I can do with them as I please. I can pay them whatever I please, and if 1 bhaye a mind not to pay them anything I need mnot; but I can handle the property then to the best ad- vantage and pay them all whatever I see fit. It won't make any difference. If they won’t accept my terms they can | whistie for it and I won’t be obliged to pay | them a cent unless I want to.’” Woodman “Now, at the time you signed this bill of sale, you un- | dertake to say now that it was for the pur- pose of defeating, delaying and hindering your creditors?”’ and he answered: “Yes, sir; that was the object; that was the ar- rangemert.” “In other words, you and George E. White conspired, confederated and com- bined together for the purpose of defeat- ing, defrauding, hindering and delaying your creditors?”’ ‘‘Yes, sir.” ““At the time this agreement was signed neither you nor White knew that yon were violating any law 2"’ “Well, we knew that we were violating the law, but we didn’t know that we were laying ourselves liable. We knew that we were not doing right, but supposed we were safe.” “Then at the time White signed the agreement, if he did sign it, from your conversation with him he didn’t know that he was violatingz a law of the State?"” *‘He knew that he was defrauding the creditors, and that is violating the iaw, I | suppose; but he didn't know that they could overhaul him in it. He supposed he was doing the transaction up so fine that he could not be caught at it."” Woodman stated that instead of his owing White $6000 at the time of the pre- tended sale, White owed him in reality i 600, This is the history of one of the trans- actions of George White. In yesterday’s CarL this same Dan Woodman writes a letter from Blocksburg, under date of the 14th inst., in which he promises to tell his story. If hedoes he will have much to say that will be of interest. He is a man of some intelligence, very brave, and will insist upon his rights whenever it .is possible. Dr. Hagan Dying. LOS ANGELES, Car., Nov. 23.—Dr. M. Hagan, late county physician, who was at- tacked last Wednesday by paralysis, isin a very critical condition and his physician gtated this morning that owing to his ad- vanced age there was little if any hope for his recovery, in fact it would not be sur- prising if death occurred within a few hours. et Distinguished Guests to Depart. * LOS ANGELES, CaL., Nov. 23. Haw- ley, assistant general trafiic manager of the Southern Pacific, with headquarters at New York, and C. 8. Mellen, second vice- president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, who have been vis- iting Los Anmgeles, spent yesterday on Mount Lowe. They will leave for the East ‘§ to-morrow. whatever he could, and was to pay up, 00D FELLOWS' DAY A Memorable Event in the History of Santa Cruz. NEW HALL DEDICATED. Visiting Lodges From Watson- ville and Soquel Unite in the Ceremony. VIEW AN IMPOSING SPECTACLE. Assisted by the Rebekahs, the Grand Lodge Concludes the Day With a Feast. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., Nov. 23.—To-day was a memorable day in the history of 0dd Fellowship in this county, the occa- sion being the dedication of the fine new hall of the order. The entire city was given over the mem- bers of the order. There are 600 members in the lodges of this city, and these with the Rebekahs and members of the order from the lodges at Soquel and Watsonyille made the streets quite lively. The mem- bers of the Santa Cruz lodges met at 8:30 o'clock this morning and in a body marched to the depot to receive the visit- ing brethren from the lodges in Watson- ville and Soquel. On the arrival of the train the visiters were greeted with music and then the pro- cession formed. It was quite an imposing one, with the members in their bright re- galia and with the gay banners and flags floating. J. C. Collins was grand marshal. The procession was formed with the City Band at the head, followed by the color bearers and the lodges in the following order: San Lorenzo Lodge No. 147 of Santa Cruz, with banmner; Branciforte Lodge No. 96 of Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz Encampment No. 30; Isabella Rebekah Degree Lodge of Santa Cruz; Martha Washington Rebekahs of Soquel; Paradise Lodge of Rebekahs of Wetsonville; El Pajaro Lodge No. I. 0. 0. F., of Watsonville, with their beautiful sitk Odd Fellows flag, and Soquel Lodge No. 137, 1. 0. O. F., with banner. The long procession filed up the avenue | and on nearing the hall formed in open | order so as to allow the grand officers to pass throngh. The beautiful new hall had been decorated in a very artistic manner with flowers and ferns, there also being many symbolical picces of the order and of the Rebekahs. The hall was crowded at the time for the commencement of the dedication services. Grand Master Gosbey of San Jose gave the opening address, which was followed by the opening ode from a splendid choir. Grand Chaplain West then offered prayer. That impressive and beautiful portion of the ritnal, the building of the altar, was conducted by Acting Grand Marshal George T. Shaw, with C. D. Hinkle, ¥\ Burns, N. Knapp and Milton Besse as heralds of the north, south, east and west. Responsive readings followed and Past Grand Drallard, president of the building committee, handed to Grand Master Gos- bey the keys of the hail. The grand mas- ter then formally dedicated the building, and the dedication was carried to the four corners of the earth by the heralds. The keys were tken returned to representatives of Branciforte and San Lorenzo lodges. The ceremony was brought to an end by an interesting historical address by Past Grand Duncan McPherson. The mem- bers of the order and their families then formed in line and, to the music of the band, marched to the carnival pavilion, where a grand barbecue and banquet were held. The tables were handsomely dec- orated. It was estimated that about 1000 people partook of the hospitality of San Lorenzo and Branciforte lodges. There were 500 pounds of beef and 300 pounds of pork, which was barbecued in a pit back of the pavilion, besides all the good things that were provided by the Rebekahs. The hour was bne of festivity, feasting and social reunion. This afternoon the Grand Lodge held a session and fifteen members received the past oflicial degree, The grand officers who took part are: Grand Master Gosbey, Deputy Grand Master J. P. Maher, Grand Secretary L. L. Fargo, Grand Warden Warboys, Grand Chaplain E. S. West, Grand Treasurer B. C. Gadsby, Grand Herald A. P. Murgotten, Grand Guardian H. K. Pearce. This evening the grand officers visited Soquel Lodge, and the day’s celebration closed with a grand ball in the Pacific Ocean House hall. The new hall is in a three-story brick sddition to the Oad Fellows’ building, 43x100 in dimension, and is one of the finsst and largest in the State outside of. San Francisco. Particular attention has been given to the ventilation, which is perfect. The carpets and furnishings har- monize with the tone of the walls and the painting of the woodwork. Santa Cruz County, which ranks at the head of the list in possessing the largest number of 0dd Tellows in proportion to her voting population, has eyery reason to feel proud of the new lodgeroom. e SR SWISS MINISTER’S V1SIT. My, Pioda Leaves Santa Crus for San Luis Obispo. SANTA CRUZ, Can., Nov. 23.—J. B. Pioda, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraorainary from Switzerland to the United States, who has been visiting in this city, left this morning for San Luis Obispo. At Pajaro Minister Pioda was joined by Mr. Borel, Swiss Consul at S8an Francisco, with his private car, and together they will make the trip to San Luis Obispo. At Castroville they dined with the Swiss citizens of that city UG In Jail jor Selling Liquor. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, Nov. 23.—Levi Silvey, found guilty of seliing liquor to minors, was to-day sentenced by Judge Craghill to pay $100 fine or serve l’ofhd-yl in jail. Silvey accepted the latter. CHARGED WITH PERJURY. Grand Jury Indictment Returned Against County Coroner Campbell. LOS ANGELES, Car, Nov. 23.—The Grand Jury late yesterday afternoon re- turned an indictment against Dr. G. W. Campbell, Coroner of Los Angeles County, charging him with perjury. The indiet- ment is in connection with a charge of $10 Dr. Campbell made for an inquest which the Grand Jury says the records show | uever took place. It was an inquest over | ewell the number to 200 second class, the remains of Albert Edward Locke, an infant. The Coroner, when asked about this matter, stated that he had charged the county $10 in the case singled out by the Grand Jury, and that it had been the usual course of precedure in cases where he could dispense with a jury. He had acted in this case, as in others, upon the advice of the District Attorney's oftice, and claims that he was following a precedent, and thought he was right, especialiy as this ¢course saved the county money instead of making it pay more. R AT CLIFTON HMAYNE'S FATE. Sentenced by a Los Angeles Judge to Twenty-Five Years' Imprisonment at San Quentin, LOS ANGELES, CaL., Nov. 23.—Clifton E. Mayne, who was convicted of a crime against his 13 - year - old ward, Elsie Shipton, was to-day sentenced by Judge Smith to serve twenty-five years in San Quentin. The Judge, after denying the motion for a new trial, took occasion to lecture Mayne in a most scathing manner for fifteen minutes,condemning his heinous offense, calling attention to the cold de- liberation that had marked the carrylnz out of bis nefarious plans for wrecking the lives of two innocent children, expressing the hope that his past history was not marked by similar crimes, and stating that he believed the sensational affidavit made by Della Shipton was false. Mayne took the sentence very coolly, and will endeavor to get a stay of judg- ment pending an appeal to the Supreme Court. The severe sentence meets With general approbation. KILLED BY THE CONDUCTOR. Verdict of the Coronmer’s Jury in the Josiah W. Kirk Case. LOS ANGELES, Car., Nov. 23.—The in- quest on the body of Josiah W. Kirk, who was struck by the conductor of an electric car and died after an illness of thirty days, was held at the undertaking varlors of Sharp & Sampson yesterday. The most important witness was Dr. Bryant, who testified to the autopsy, and declared that death was due to a fracture of the skull caused by a blow from Corfductor Nichols. The case was given to the jury at 4 o'clock. After being out for fifteen minutes the jury returned the following verdict : “We find that the deceased came to his death from the effects of a fall, caused by a blow struck by the conductor of an elec- tric streetcar.” CAOWDS ENGAGE PASSAGE, Hundreds of Oregonians Take Advantage of Cut-Rate Fares. Trains and Steamers for San Francisco Loaded With Prospective Sightseers. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 23. — Not in twenty years has there been such a great volume of travel between here and San Francisco and vice versa as since the re- cent inauguration of the rate war between the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- | pany and the Southern Pacific. Much of | this travel is indulged in merely for the trip, because it is so uncommonly cheap, by persons never having seen the cities at the other end of the joudney. In the past week more than 1000 old Ore- gonians have gone to 8an Francisco, most of them not having been there since the flourishing days of the ‘‘What Cheer” House on Sacramento street. The average daily number of departures for San Fran- cisco in the past ten days has been about 300, and the arrivals from there the same. The Southern Pacific had made special arrangements 1o accommodate all who wish to go to San Francisco by rail. _To-morrow evening the train will leave Portland at 10 o’clock—just two hours after the steamer Columbia sails. A great many first-class and second-class tickets have been sold and ;leipers reserved at the $10 and $5 respect- vely. Tk{e steamship Columbia will doubtless carry away the largest number of passen- gers in its history. At 3 o’clock yester- day afternoon every first class berth had been sold. The company has made ample provisions and will place about 100 cots in the cabin and salons to accommodate those who may wish to go first class. There are 150 beds in the steer- age, and more will be added if required to Sbould no compromise be reached soon by the opposition transportation com- panies it is certain that tne steamship company will have to double its carrying facilities. Dt Bohas LS SUIT AGAINST KINGS COUNTE. Tulare Wants Five Thousand Dollars on a Former Bond lssue. FRESNO, Car., Nov. 23.—The county of Tulare, by District Attorney Middlecoff, to-day hled suit in the Superior Court of this county against Kings County in the sum of $5000. Tulare County voted bonds at a time when Kings County was a part of Tulare. Since that time Kings County has been formed, and it is alleced that it hasrefused to pay its proportion, amount- ing to $5000, of the bonds for which it voted and derived benefits from while part of Tulare County. el ATHLETICS AT SANTA BARBARA. Good Programme for High-School Boys Arranged. SANTA BARBARA, Car., Nov. 23.—The long-talked-of tournament between Ven- tura and Santa Barbara High-school boys is at last arranged and will come off at the fair grounds here on Thursday or Friday of next week. The first day will present a full programme of athletic sports, vault- ing, running, throwing the hammer,wheel- ing and the like. On Friday baseball games and tennis tournaments will be held. As the lozal pride of both towns is aroused, a series of lively contests may be expected. —g PICKING LIVE TURKEYXS. Four Fresno Chinamen Arrested For Cruelly. FRESNO, CaL., Nov. 23.—Four Chinese turkey-pickers were arrested to-day on complaint of Secretary Nicholson of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals, for dressinglive birds. The Chinamen were taken before Justice Austin and released on $100 bonds each, People have seen defendants gicking turkeys, attracted by the suffering and cries of distressof the birds. it Portland Swindlers. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 23.—F. J. Cotta, vice-president of the defunct Preferred Bond and Investment Company, has sworn out a warrant for the arrest of G. W. Bailey, secretary-treasurer and man- ager of the swindling concern, who is in hiding in British Columbia or Northern shington. An attempt will be made by the authorities to find Bailey. No less than 300 persons in this city have been victimized by the “matured-bond’’ scheme of this company, which was organ- ized bere'last June. Cotta was taken in by Bailey and his partner, McQuarrie,'as the vice-president. After defrauding Cotta out of several hundred dollars, besides col- lecting a large sum from subscribers, Bailey and McQuarrie suddenly departed. ‘Bailey was formeriy in an insurance busi- ness With a San Francisco firm, PR VAT A SULCESS The Lucero Behaves Well on a Forty-Mile Trial Run From Astoria. Ready to Undertake the Voyage ¥rom the Columbia River to San Francisco. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 23.—After weeks of repairing and experimenting with the en- gines, Charley Fair's $25,000 toy gasoline yacht, the Lucero, is ready to undertake the voyage from the Columbia River to San Francisco. On Thursday the me- chanics believed their work to have been finished, and the Lucero was taken out for a spin, but a run of a few miles developed defects which necessitated returning to the machine-shop wharf, where work on the engines was resumed. On Friday morning the machinery was declared to be in condition for another trial trip, and the yacht started down the bay, having on board an invited party of Captain Hughes’ friends. The trial trip yesterday was a con- tinuous run of over four hours, covering a distance of about forty miles, running at different speeds and giving the engine a complete test. The run included going out_to the bar, which was smooth, but with a good ground swell on, but the Lucero was stanch and strong, slipping through the swells without laboring a particle. The Lucero is not the same boat that was towed in over the barin a disabled condi- tion a few weeks ago. It_has generally been considered by marine architectsand engineers and even by the builders of gasoline engines that a 60-foot naphtha launch was about the limit of size where liquid fuel was to furnish the propelling power. Mr. Fair, however, with broader ideas, has certainly succeeded in getting a 110-foot gasoline yacht. The plans were priucipally of the owner’s own design, he taking as a model the traps-Atlantic liner City of Paris. The yacht has been delivered to him, and, add- ing the salvage of the steamer George W. Elder, which picked the disabled Lucero up off the Columbia river and towed it into Astoria, and the costof repairs at that point to the original cost of $25,000, his gasoline investment must stand him $30,- D IN THE YUKON, The Body of a Former San Francisco Man Found. SEATTLE, WasH., Nov. 23.—The steam- ers Willapa and Al-Ki arrived in port to- day from Alaskans ports, the latter by reason of having broken one blade of her propeller on the way down being six days overdue. They had a combined passenger list of over 200 and had fair cargoes, in- cluding about $70,000 in gold. The Willapa passengers brought news of the finding, a few days before’the vessel left, in the Yukon River, between Lake Leborge and White Horse Rapid, of the body of Fred Bell, a bricklayer of San Francisco, and formerly . of Buffalo, N. Y. —_—— Kicked by o Traver Mule. TRAVER, CaLn.,, Nov. 23.—Frank Har- vey, an employe on the Burris ranch, was brought to town this morning for repairs, having collided with the fightingend of a vicious mule. His temple artery was sev- ered and his skull fractured, but he hasa slight chance for recovery. emE o ALah s Death of Judge Smith at Salt Lake. SALT LAKE, Uran, Nov. 23. — Harvey Walker Smith, Judge of the Fourth Ju- dicial District of Utah Territory, died last night of Bright’s disease. HAD A FAIR TRIAL. But Waller’s Friends Are Anxious for His Release. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 23.—The Sun’s Washington special says that the court- martial proceedings, with all the testimony taken at the time of ex-Consul Waller's trial in Madagascar, have been received at the State Department and examined closely by Secretary Olney, who has decided that the trial was fair in every way to the ex- Consul. TOPEKA, Kaxs.,Nov. 22.—The petition containing 6743 names of Kansas people memorializing Congress to take some ac- tion in the case of ex-Consul John L. Waller, now in prison in France, has been delivered to Treasurer of State Atherton. He will have it bound and will then for- ward it to Congressman Curtis. —_— INVESTIGATING SECREILY. Secretary Morton Watehing the Operation of the Beef Trust ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 23.—J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture, arrived from Washington this morning. His visit is- of importance. It is given out as authentic that he is here to investigate the operation ot the beef trust, which has branches located on the east side, and also their workings and dealingsat the National Stock Yards. His coming was a surprise; that was apparantly his intention, as he requested the hotel clerks to.refuse all calls for him. At 10 o’clock he went in a streetcar unat- tended to the great abattoirs on the east side. Secretary Morton will probably leave here for Kansas City to-morrow evening. e FOUGHT BEFORE A JUDGE. Lively Rumpus During the Argument of a Printing Contract. GEORGETOWN, Kv., Nov. 23.—A sen- sational encounter took place in the cham- bers of Judge Cantrill here to-day when Secretary of State John W. Headley attempted to stab John H. Brand Jr. of Louisville, They, with several others, had been before Judge Cantrill for several days arguing the State printing comtract. Brand, who represented a Louisville bidder, made a s(ntenus: in reference to the case which Headley did not like, applying a vile epithet to Brand. Brand struck at Headley, who drew a knife and tried to stab _the young man. Others interfered, and Judge Cantrill ejected beth men from the chambers. Chicago’s Mining Exchange. CHICAGO, Irr., Nov. 23.—The Chicago Mining Exchange was organized to-day, an old charter issued thirteen yearsago being used for the purpose. Although the majority of the Stock Exchange members are opposed-to listing mining stocks on the old exchange, it is understood that several prominent members of the exchange are 1dentified with the new venture. The list will include gold, silver, copper and iron stocks. e William Starbuck Mayo Dead. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 23.—William Starbuck Mayo, retired physician and an- thor, died to-day at his apartments in the Hotel Bristol. where he has lived for the gaat five years. He was born in Ogdens- urg in 1812, and was a graduate of the Potsdam Academy. He was at one time an associate editor of the New York Mirror. Death of a Vice-Consul. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 23. — Flavel Scott Mines, Vice-Uonsul at Crefeld, Ger- many, died suddenly at that place yester- day from heart failure. He was 30 years old, but was widely known as a writer of verse and short stories. —_— Trans-Mississippi Congress. OMAHA, NeBR., Nov. 23.—The various committees and sub-committees held their final meeting at the Commercial Club to- night to prepare for the meeting of the Trans-Mississippi Congress which will begin here next Monday. It is estimated that thers will be about 500 delegates gresent from all the trans-Mississippi States. The first session will be held at 11 o’clock A. M. Monday, and will be called to order by A. C. Whitmore of St. Louis, chairman of the executive committee. LR T FOUND A LARGE CAVE. An Interesting Discovery Made by West Firginia Quarrymen. PHILLIPSBURG, W. V., Nov. 28.—A force of men getting out building stone at a large quarry at the Carpenter farm, a short distance below this place, yesterday accidentally discovered a mammoth cave that promises to yield the owner of the property a handsome income. The farm is now in charge of Howard Richards, who is trying to negotiate for the purchase of the place from the original owner. The men were getting ready to blast, when one of their number struck a crowbar with con- siderable force on what seemed to be a hard piece of stone. To his surprise the bar went clear. through and disappeared entirely. This led to investigation and the uncovering ot the cave. As far as ihe research has gone the chamber opencd up is nearly 150 feet long and seems to be divided into numerous circular and oblong shaped rooms, one of which has something in it that looks like petrified wood. Pieces have been removed and will be submitted to a scientific test to determine its character. There are caverns extending in divers directions that have not yet been explored. From some of them there 1s a rush of air, as though they might have a surface opening. - Stalactites and other crystal formations sre numerous and some of them are very large and beautiful. Severat specimens have been secured and sent to Philadel- hia for examination. Quite a guantity of Eones have been found, and one that re- sembles a human skull has been un- earthed. The cave will be thoroughly ex- amined by an exploring party, with a view to learning its dimensions, its contents and its connection, if any, with the out- side world, Richards will not allow any one to enter the cave until after the ex- ploring party makes its report. st LAty Wagner Released From Jail. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 23. — Ex-Pri_es_t Dominick Wagner was released from jail to-day. He was cleared yesterday of the charge of embezzlement, and the charge of betrayal and abduction was nolle prose- quied this morning. He will join his girl- wife and go to some other city. e Death of Dr. Yan Dyke. ™ NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 23.—News has just been received here of the sudden death in Beyreut, Syria, of Rev. Dr. Cor- nelius Van Dyke, the translator of the Bible in Arabic, and acknowledged by experts to be the greatest Arabic scholar in the world. e Negotiations With Germany. LONDON, Exc., Nov. 23.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Vienna saying that advices that have reached here from St. Petersburg show that China is negotiating with Germany with the object of raising a new loan. It is stated that Germany agreed to the Chi- nese proposals on conditions that Great Britain undertakes the loan jointly with Germany, and that Russia be made cogni- zunt of the matter. Russia has been in- formed that the negotiations are already somewhat advanced. The Czarina Recovering. BERLIN, GezwMany, Nov. 23.—Bulletins received at the Russian embassy from the Czarina’s bedside are more reassuring. It is learned that she will soon be well enough to rurse the baby princess herself. The g&’necologist, Professor Ott, who at- tended the Czarina during the accouche- ment, received an honorarium of 30,000 rubles. As soon as her Majesty is con- valescent the baptism of little Olga will take place in the Winter Palace. DR. SHORES’' COLUMN. THE POPULAR VERDICT The Publi¢ Unanimous in an Expres- sion of Opinion as to the Suecess of Dr. A. J. SHORES’ New Treat- ment for the Cure of Catarrh and Kindred Diseases. ALL ARE WILLING T0 TESTIFY, This Great Boon Within the Reach of AllL . DR. SHOREY' Charge Is $3 Per Month Until Cured, AIl Medi. cines Furnished Free. It has often been stated that people gen- erally are ungrateful, which may be true to a certain extent, but there are times when the favor shown and the good done are so great that acknowledgment is unavoid- able. The latter is fully demonstrated every day by the hearty indorsement by the public of DR. A.J. 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