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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1895. 5 JACK BRADY FOILED, Disclosures of the Train- Robber's Preparations for Escape. CUTTING HIS WAY OUT. Had Sawed a Hole Nearly Through a Cell in Marys- ville Jail. ‘WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MISSED. Planned to Get Away Within an Hour'’s Absence of the Guard on the Night Watch. MARYSVILLE, CaL., Nov. 27.—Jack Brady, the train-robber, sentenced to Fol- gom for life, started from here on the jour- ney to prison this morning. Brady's vouth and pleasant, unassuming ways won for him some sympathy when among those whose business brings them in daily association with the criminal classes. Since Brady’s departure, however, his real character has been revealed in the story which now comes from the Sheriff's office. Last Monday Under Sheriff Crane made the discovery that Brady’s cell had been sawn nearly through. When con- fronted by the officer Brady acknowledged he had arranged a plan of escape, and but for the timely discovery would have been successful. the brick wall ana then, with the aid of a rope made from his bedtick, two brooms and a small plank, would scale the outer wall. 1 A special night guard was set to watch Brady several weeks ago. He visited the cell once every hour, and Brady claimed he had the arrangements so perfected that he could have made good his escape within that hour and the guard would never have missed him until his next s a fortunate thing the Under f made the discovery, or the officers now be engaged in another wild e after this desperate young bandit, who wo! capture without bloodshed. DEATH FROM AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. While Engaged in Fastening a Banner to a Live Wire Leslie Post Is Killed at Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Ca Nov. —A bill- poster named Le Post was killed suddenly this afternoon by coming in contact with a live electric wire. Post was engaged in fastening an advertising banner across the street, and had climbed to the top of an electric-light pole to fasten the banner when the accident happened. It is thought Post was not aware that the carrent had been turned on. He in- advertently grasped the live wire, and, aiter a lapse of a few seconds his body fell to the pavement, twenty-five feet istance was summoned, but te, for the powerful current bad done its work thoroughly. The only mark left on the body was a badly burned hand. e IGNITED BY ELECTRICITY. Three Business Blocks in Phenix De- stroyed by Fire. Ar1z., Nov. 27.—A grounded electric light wire was the cause of a fire which destroyed the large warehouse and furniture salesroom of Hambrook & Schorrs, the saddlery of J. A. Plattner and the R. F. Kirkland building vesterday morning. Hambrook & Schorr valued their stock at $12,500, and their building at $2000, covered by an aggregate insur- ance of § . Mr. Plattner valued his stock at $2000 and carried insurance amounting to $1000. The R. F. Kirkland property, which Mr. Plattner occupied, was worth about $1000. In this building the Henry E. Kemp Carriage and Buegy Company had $1800 worth of stock stored. This, with the building, was a total lo ———— SAN BERNARDINU IMPROVEMENTS Arrowhead and Waterman Railroad to Be Reopened. SAN BERNARDINO, Car., Nov. 27 Judge W. B. Cope of Santa Barbara to-day authorized Receiver Broderick of the First National Bank to sell the San Bernar- dino Arrowhead and Waterman Railroad to F. Kohl of Centralia, Ill. The price is $12,404. Kohl is also the purchaser of Im Springs. The two will be run con- tly. ? The) old company will pay a little over one-third of its nilities by assessment. The road has been idle for several months. The engine will be changed to oil-burner. The roadbed and rolling stock will be i roved and-reopened to the public about New Years. improvements w 1 be put inat the springs. S INSPECTING REVENUE CUITERS, Zen Thousand Dallflf; to Be Spent on the Grant and Corwin. PORT TOWNSEND, Wask., Nov. Captain C. L. Hooper of the U o7 27— ed Superintendent of Naval Construction on the Pacific Coast, arrived here to-day under instructions to make an examina- tion of the cutters Grant and Corwin and report repairs needed by them. The de- partment expects to expend not less tkan $10,000 on the two cutters this winter. LA ST A BABE IN HIS DOORYARD. Captain Norris of Fresno Surprised With a Deserted Infant. FRESNO, CAL., Nov. 27.—Captain C. H. Norris this morning found a babe lying in the front yard of his home near Fowler, ten miles south of this city. His attention was attracted by its cries. It had evidently been left there about half an hour before, and had nos suffered from the cold, as it was well wrapped up i s. The babe is about one week There is strong and healthy. no clew toits parentage. LEWIS CASS BRANSON INSANE. The Eccentric Attorney of Tacoma Said His Property Would Be Worth $100,000,000 in One Hundred Years. TACOMA, Wasn., Nov. 27.—The remarlf- able and grotesque case of Judge Lewis Cass Branson, the eccentric old attorney who applied for a divorce, resulted to-day, after an investigation into the question of Judge Branson’s sanity, in a jury in Judge Parker’s court declaring him insane. His room resembledsln old junkshop. Pots, pans, books, canes and clothes were scattered around in profusion, and in one of his letters he stated that his property After freeing himself from the | cell he proposed to break his way through | d never have submitted to re- | New bathhouses and other | ited States | revenue marine service, recently apooint- | | | | | | the part of the city. would be worth $100,000,000 in 100 yeers. He occupied separate apartment from his wife, and ngu‘arly wrote tender and loving letters, throwing them in the hail where she could get them. sl 3 CONSUL WILDER AT SEATTLE. The Hawaiian Representative on a Mis- sion Not Disclosed. SEATTLE, Wass., Nov. 27.—Charles T. Wilder, Hawaiian Consul-General in this country for the States of California, Ne- vx}du. Oregon and Washington, accompa- nied by J. H. Fisher, lieutenant-colonel of the Hawaiian army, arrived in the city to-night from San Francisco. Mr. Wilder admitted being here on offi- cial business, the nature of which he de- clines to disclose for a week. He denied that his mission was to search for infor- mation concerning filibustering expedi- tions. The Consul-General is a son of W. C. Wilaer, president of the Hawaiian Senate, and a member of the annexation committee, which is soon to wait upon ggélgress o bring the question before that iy Colonel Fisher, who claims to be accom- panying the Coasul-General for mere leasure, aside from his_army connection, is a member of the banking firm of Bishop & Co., Honolulu. He expressea himself as strongly favoring annexation. b The Philadelphia at Tacoma. TACOMA, WasH., Nov. 27.—The white cruiser, the Philadelphia, flagship of the Pacific squadron and the first one to visit Tacoma, arrived here this morning. A reception committee visited the ship and extended the welcome of the city to ber officers and crew. A reception is being tendered Admiral Beardslee, Captain Cotton and the officers of the Philadelphia to-night. The cruiser will stay here about a week. ROBBER FRICK GUILTY, Held Up the Klamath Falls Stage With a Cedar- Bark Gun. Acknowledged to Jail-Breaking and Told of the Plans for the Attack. PORTLAND, O= Nov. 27.—A. C. Frick, indicted for holding up the Klam- ath Falls stage a month ago and robbing the mail sack, was found guilty in the United States court to-day. Frick was put on the stand in his own defense and testi- fied that he did not bhave a real gun, but had made what resembled a weapon from cedar bark. This he had in holding up the s The imitation gun, he said, had be ropped and lost in a patch of tules where he had taken refuge when shot ordon. He admitted that he had made his es- | cape from the county jail at Klamath by | cutting his way out. He had been placed n jailon a charge of horse-stealing. He | made his escape from the jail Friday night and the hold-up took place the fol- | ) lowing Sunday morning. fle said that two men, Foster and Hess, had furnished him with the tools with which he made his escape. There was an_understanding between the prisoner and Foster and Hess that they were to hold up the stage. The time and place had been agreed upon, and Frick said he was on hand, but the ather two men did not put in an ap- pearance. It was understood that the stage would have on board about $10,000on that trip. They were to rob the stage, divide the money and Frick was to take a horse and come down the Willamette Val- ley and make his escape. The three men had met after Frick had made his escape from the jail and the plans had been laid. As tbe two men did not appear at the time and place desig- nated, Frick concludea that he would goit single-handed with his bark gun. He ad- mitted that he had made the attempt to rob the mail sack, but did not have a dan- gerous weavon. The cedar-bark gun he said he had made while lying concealed in the tules after he bad escaped from the jail. : The jury in less than ten minutes re- turned a verdict that Frick was guilty of attempting to robthe mails. The prisoner heard the verdict without any change of countenance, but he appeared to consider himself in Iuck in getting off as easily as hedid. He will be sentenced on Satur- day. JALLEY ROAD CONFERENCE Stockton Track-Crossings to Be Put in Shape Desired by the City. The Roadbed in Many Places Will Act as a Levee Against Rising Waters. STOCKTON, Car., Nov. 27.—A confer- ence was held to-day at the office of Attor- ney 8. D. Woods of the Valley Railroad between Chief Engineer Storey and Coun- cilmen Lang, Koch, Martin and Superin- tendent of Streets Bidwell for the purpose of deciding upon the kind of approaches to be placed on the various streets where the railroad tracks cross. The Council is anxious to have the streets put in repair ‘before winter and Mr. Storey was present to learn what was desired on The engineer stated that macadam would be placed at the crossings of the traveled streets the full width of the roadway. . This work is to be done immediately and is satisfactory to the Council. Culverts are 10 be put in tbe company’s roadbed wherever de: d by the Street Superinten- They will be provided with gates, so that they can be opened or closed at will. In many places the roadbed will act asa levee and protect property from the rising water of Mormon Channel during periods of freshets; but while thus holding in check the water of the channel it will cause an accumulation of surface water on the other side of the levee, and the object of the gates in the culveris is to let this water run off as soon as the water in the stream subsides. S e Eugene Field’s First Assignment. “About the time I was 21 I went to Stilson Hutchins and told him who I was, and he said: ** ‘All right, I'll give vou a chance, but we don’t pay much.” Of course I told him pay didn’t matter. **‘Well,” be said, “go down to the Olym- pia and write up the play there to-night.’ I went down, and I brought most of my critical acumen to bear upon an actor by the name of Chariey Pope, who was play- ing Mercutio for Mrs. D. P. Bowers. is wig didn’t fit,and my best writing cen- tered about that wig. Isent the critique in, blame fine, as I thought, with illumin- ated initial letters, and all that. Oh, it was lovely! And the next morning I was deeplvy pained and disgusted to find it mutilated—all that about the wig, the choicest part, was cut out. I thonght I'd uit journalism forever. Idon’t sugpose utchins connects Eugene Field with the —— fool that wrote that critique. Idon’t myself,” he added with a quick, half- smile, lifting again the corner of bis solemn mouth. It was likea ripple on a still l.—From a conversation with Hamlin Garland, as published in Mec- Clure’s Magazine in August, 1893, ——————————— Best track in America at Ingleside. BUCK SHOOTERS'SUT, Trial Concl.uded Yesterday Before Judge Buckles at Suisun. EXCLUSIVE POSSESSION. Plaintiff’s Attorney Argued That the Cordelia Club Had All Rights. AME NOT PRIVATE PROPERTY. Claimed by the Defense to Be Regulated and Disposed Of by the State. SUISURN, Car., Nov. 27.—The evidence 1n the case of the Cordelia Shooting Club | vs. William King et al. was finished and | argument heard before Superior Judge Buckles to-day. C. B. Elliott, manager of the estate of W. and L. Pierce, testified for the defense that he had leased the Chamberlain land, southeast of the railroad track, for grazing purposes. This lease was made in January, 1894. The plaintiff made several objections to the testimony, and as the ownership was i not conceded in the pleadings the testi- mony was overruled. Brundage, a game-keeper, testified for the plaintiff in rebuttal that there was only one pond on the land leased for graz- ing purposes, the Whittier pond. The case was then argued by respective counsel. Mr. Young for the plaintiff prayed for judgment against all the de- fendants excepting Prather, against whom the charge was dismissed last week. He claimed the defendants were guilty of the charge preferred against them and he | asked that the injunction be made perma- | nent. He referred in extenso to the de- | nials to the allegations in the complaint made by the defense. The denials he said | were insufficient and the plaintiff, as | trustee of the Cordelia Shooting Club, held | exclusive possession. He maintained the ilease was prima facie evidence of the Q ownership of the parties making the same. | | He stated that the club had expended | | from $4000 to $5000 per month in 1mprove- | | ments since they leased the land. | Referring to the lease which the defense i had pnt forward, he contended they were | | entirely distinct interests. NSeveral cases | { which had been decided in the Supreme | Court were cited in support of the argu- | ments adduced. Itwasclaimed the Cham- | | beriain tract was leased for hunting privi- leges and that trespassers had no right to | intrude on that tract, which, the attorney | claimed, was private property gnd should be respected and enforced. The plaintiff, he said, could not deal | with the cases separately, and to avoid a multiplicity of suits asked for a perpetual injunction against the defendants. L. G. Harrier, for the defense, submitted his argument in briefs. He claimed the following material point had not been proved: That the lessees have the title to | the land and that the plaintiff has any | right to the possession of the same; that the plaintiff has any right to the land ex- cept for hunting privileges; that the land 15 inclosed and their lease excludes any | one; that Kellogg had any right to sue. The defense further claimed the plaintiff | had failed to prove other charges, among which was that shooting by others did any injury to the ciub, and denied that there was any conspiracy among defendants to | do injury. Attorney Harrier claimed the plaint:ft had no remedy at law, contend- ing there were forty members in the Cor- delia Club, and from the evidence given it was shown that fully 200 men could find | good shooting on the lands in question. Was there anything shown, he asked. to prevent the parties leasing the land to this club to make another lease granting the same privileges to other sportsmen? Judge Gregory followed for the defense, and claimed that no pe;uuiary damage had been proven. Game was mnot private property, he urged, and was regulated and disposed of by the State. He said it was a grasping policy to interfere with the rights of others, and the character of this property was sacred to every one. Mr. Young replied, and said the defense had not refuted a single part of the testi- mony. He claimed the leasors’ title was vroved by the lease, which was duly executed. He further said the defense did not put forth any evidence against the testimony given by Assemblyman Powers regarding the conspiracy formed by mem- bers of the Mallard Club. Regarding the sloughs he claimed they were omitted in the list of navigable sloughs, and suid the club did not obstruct the Suisun or Cordelia sloughs. He said the prosecution wanted to adopt peaceful measures, and asked that the case be dis- posed of at the earliest possible hour. Judge Buckles will give his decision next week. NEPOTISM 1N ARIZONA Court-Martial Proceedings Re- voked by Order of Governor Hughes. Declared Militiamen Guilty, but Denied the Authority to Pun. ish. PHENIX, Ariz., Nov. 27.—Governor L. C. Hugbes to-night revoked the proceed- ings of the court-martial held in Tucson July 15 of this year which dismissed Cap- tain J. M. Trayer and Lieutenant D. L. Hughes, the Governor's nephews, from the service and dishonorably discharged Private Robert Brophy, all of the First Regiment, National Guard of Arizona, whom it also sentenced to be confined in the Pima County Jail. The men are restored to duty. Those in authority state that this threatens the dis- solution of the Arizona arm of the service. The alleged breach of discipline occurred at Tucson July 4 of this year, when com- panies F and L refused to parade behind a bicycle division. ; In his order Governor Hughes says that the court-martial was illegally convened, | may be looked forat any hour. cused of disobeying. is in command for ad- ministrative purposes only; that Major John A. Black or Captain Trayer were the proper ones to command, and that the court erred in inflicting a jail sentence, since this is absolutely prohivited in times of peace by the Military Code. he Governor admits that insubordina- tion oceurred and that the accused escape punishment only through error and tech- nicalities. This is what has caused a sen- sation, since after saying that the court- martial was illegally convened, he admits that there was good cause for action. The officers are accusing the Governor of nepotism and inconsistency, and it 1s rumored that Colonel Martin will resign. 1t is said that this establishes a precendent favorable to insubordination, e LOS ANGELES POISONER. Busby, the Colored Man, on Trial for Murder of Two Men. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Nov. 27.—the trial of W. J. Busby, colored, for the murder of W. J. Thompson, one of the men who drank wine poisoned by Busby, who in- tended it for an enemy, was resumed in Department 1 this morning. Antonio Cordano, a saloon-keeper, testi- fied that Busby was in his saléon a short time before Thompson and Martin drank the poisoned wine. The witness saw the dying agonies of the men, being callea there by some one Who ran in and told him to get a doctor. Detective Goodman, who arrested Busby, was called to the stand and testified that he went to the home of Busby’s father at midnignt and arrested him.” He asked Busby where he got the poisoned wine, and he at first denied that he had obtained any or knew anything of what the officer was talking about. : Goodman then told him he had better tell the truth and Busby acknowledged that he had sent the poisoned wine to the station to be handed to Gardner, the col- ored porter. ) He said Gardner was in a position he wanted, and he could not get the position until Gardner was put out of it. He sent the poisoned wine to accomplish this pur- pose, his idea being to make Gardner sick so that he could get his job. DHING ¥ LOSANGELES L Clifton E. Mayne Believed to Be Nearer to Death Than to San Quentin, Has Settled His Earthly Affairs—Ready to Meet the Greater Judge. 1.0S ANGELES, CawL., Nov. 27.—Clifton E. Mayne, whose trial for criminal of- fenses against his wards has attracted wide attention, may never serve the sen- tence of twenty-five years imposed upon him, as he is slowly dyingat the County Jail from hemorrhages of the lungs. Since his incarceration he has had several attacks, each one being more serious than the one preceding it. Yesterday he had one that completely exhausted him, and this aiternoon he had another which left him in a state of complete collapce. He realizes his condition, has straight- ened out his affairs as fully as possible | under existing conditions, and his death | A physi- cian is in attendance and expresses no hope for Mayne's recovery. e vr co STIRRING T¥ OFFICIALS. The Los Angeles Grand Jury After Al- leged Despoilers. LOS ANGELES, Carn., Nov. 27.—There will be a stirring up of ary bones in many county institutions here before long. The Grand Jury will be examined on Tuesday next before Superior Judge Smith to determine whether or not any members are disqualitied from acting in the capacity they are now endeavoring to serve. The validity of the jury has been questioned, and the combination will endeavor to nuilify the acts of that body by having it declared ill: 2 The Grand Jury has lately been turning its attention to the moneys that have been taken from the public treasury and ex- pended under the guise of cha during the past fifty-four months. The sum amounts to nearly $400,000. Los Angeles has one of the most expensively conducted hospitals in the United States.” The super- intendent receives the equivalent of $4000 ayear salary. It costs the taxpayers on an average $16 08 per month to maintain a patient in the County Hospital. It costs twice as much to pay the salaries of at- taches at the County Hospital as is paid for groceries and produce for the inmates to eat. At the county poor farm the average cost of maintaining an inmate is $1158 per head per month. The superintendent 1s paid a salary equivalent to $300 per month. Other salaries are paid to at- taches in proportion. There are said to be rank abuses at both institutionsin the shape of flagrant extravagance that the Grand Jury will recommend to be cor- rected. e 1.0s ANGEL LADY EDITORS. The ¢ Herald’s*” Thanksgiving to Be a “Clean?® Paper. LOS ANGELES, CarL., Nov. 27.—There is great excitement around the Herald of- fice to-night. The staff of editors and re- porters who have so ably filled their posi- tions have been temporarily discharged and ladies have been substituted for the Thanksgiving number. The fiat has gone forth that a ‘‘clean’ paper only will be published. Consequently, the police re- porter has been dispensed with and all 1tems of a salaciouscharacter gleaned from the courts will be suppressed. The paper will no doubt have a large sale. —_—— ONLY A POOR “SCRUB.” George Howard Finch Tires of Life at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Car., Nov. 27.—George Howard Finch died late yesterday after- noon in a room at the United States Hotel from the efiects of a dose of morphine taken on Monday evening with suicidal intent. He said he was a poor ‘‘scrub” and that there was no use in his living. Finch learned the other day of his wife’s death at Oakland. This information is supposed to have caused him to become despondent and end his existence. He had worked Lere as a driver for a bakery. 5 — Held for Murder at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Noy. 27.—Judge Owens this morning beld A. L. Nichols, an electric-car conductor, to answer to the Superior Court on a charge of murder, his victim being Josiah W. Kirk. Bail was fixed at $10,000, and in defanlt Nichols was remanded to custody. No new evi- dence was developed at the preliminary examination. Number Crazed by a Stone Face. Ozro A.nggin, an artist of Waltham, Mass.,, who discovered a likeness to a human face in a ledge on Prospect Hill ten days ago, has been adjudged insane by two physicians, and Judge Luce has ordered him committed to the insane asy- lum at Worcester. Since the discovery Mr. Wiggin has done nothing but paint sketcnes of the Maid of the Mist, as the face has been cailed. So wrapped ap in the matter was he that he had slept but little since, and his Dpresent condition is due to overwork and worry over his dis- since it was done without his sanction, and that when Captain Trayer was arraigned the court refused a postponement of four hours; that Colonel J. H. Martin, who is- sued the orders which the men were ac- covery. Mr. Wiggin is all right on every- thing but this one subject and the physi- cians think he will rapidly recover under the treatment he will receive at Worces- ter.—Boston Globe. ARIZONA'S GREAT MINES, Work Resumed on Claims That Had Been Abandoned Years Ago. NEW BLOOD BEING INFUSED. A Sturdy Reaction After the Depression Caused by the Demonetization of Silver. [Special Correspondence of THE CALL.] PRESCOTT, Ariz., Nov. 23.—Diversified asitis, itis almost impossible to say at present whether Arizona is distinetly a min- ing or an agricultural country. The min- ing interests just now are certainly greater, but irrigation has reached the experi- mental stage only, and no less an authority than Paul J. Johnson, one of Arizona’s best known mining experts, gives it as his opinion that when the science of irrigation shall have been perfected agriculture in this Territory will equal, if not surpass, the mining interests. These interests at present, however, are receiving a great deal of attention. Old mines are beingre- opened and redeveloped, new locations are being made daily, and new blood is being ininsed into those districts abandoned years ago as valueless. A notable instance of this is furnished by the old Vulture mine, situated about fifty miles northwest of Pheenix. This mine was located in 1863 and worked until 1888, during which time $8,000,000 had been taken from it. The methods were crude, however, and when, in the latter year, the gold-bearing ore fell from $8 to $2 per ton, it was abandoned. Within the last few months, however, work has been recommenced, and from present indica- dications the old Vulture will rise to its quondam prominence as Vone of the finest mines in the world.” Experts find their occupation has not left them, under the new order of things, and as a preliminary to a big mining deal, involving thousands of dollars, the Bull Dog mine, situated in the Goldfield dis- trict, located about forty miles west of Pheenix, is at present undergoing exami- nation by an expert. It isimpossible to secure the names of the persons concerned at present, but it is known that a bizdeal is on. The demonetization of silver has practi- cally paralyzed the industry of silver mining, and as a consequence some of the one-time bonanza mines are now idle. The Silver King, noted at one time as the finest silver mine in the world, is an exception. Ttis located in Pinal County, and is being re-worked. It is said that the company into whose control it passed a few months ago, has determined that even at the pres- ent low price of silver this mine will pay a profit over and above the cost of working. One of the unfortunate ones, however, is the Peck mine, located in central Arizona. Years ago it was the scene of bustling activity, but to-day it 1s actually deserted, the old saloons and cabins forming now a shelter for the mountain lion and rattle- snake. Tombstone is literally fencea in with these relics of departed glory. Al- though the cyanide process is being used 10 a slight extent on some of the low-grade dumps near by, the slight commercial de- mand is the sole excuse for even this ap- pearance of prosperi With all this, however, Arizona has a great mineral future, because, as a terri- tory, it is more richly endowed in a min- eral sense. Coal, iron,copper,lead, silver and gold are found in abundance, there being vast beds of iron of which the world knows nothing, and native Arizonans litle. About fifty miles north of Giobe City, in Gila County, in_the Sierra Arancha Mountains, W. W. Woodson of Globe City has about ten or fifteen locations, which, although of little worth just now, will increase enormously in value so soon as the Gila Valley and Northern Railway —now 1n course of construction—reaches that city. Extensive coal deposits are found near by. These have also been lo- cated and will prove valuable properties in the near future. Lead is found in all the copper, go]d_ and silver mines. ncluded in the great copper mines of the Territory, which are now being worked on a paying basis, are the United Verde mines at Jerome, about sixty miles north of here. These mines are now em- ploying 400 men. The mines at Bisbee, in the extreme southern vart of the Terri- tory, are employing 500 men. The Old Dominion, located in the Globe District, in Gila County, is employing 200 men. This is comparative idleness, however, since this mine is a great ome, but, having changed hands a short time ago, only a small force is at work gending the arrival of machinery, of which a great lot has been ordered. The great gold camps now being worked and attracting attention are: The Con- gress mines, where 200 men are employed and where a 40-stamp mill is working day and night, treating about 200 tons or ore per day; the Little Jessie, about fifteen miles from here, running a 15-stamp mill, employing forty men and treating about thirty tons of ore per day; and the Mec- Cabe, which is shipping ore directly to the smelters in Colorado. The ore is worth from $400 to $500 per ton. Altogether this will be a very prosperous year for mining in Arizona. It is stated upon the best of authority that the com- bined mineral vield for this year will be near $12,000,000, which is equivalent to stating that the yield this year will be over $4,000,000 more than it was last year. LORD SHOLTO 1S T0 ACT, He Recognizes His Money Value as an Attractive Curi- osity. Lady Douglas Will Sing and Dance, but He Longs to Shine in Legitimate Roles. “And I'm engaged to appear, too,” said Lord Sholto Douglas last aight when tell- ing that his wife had signed a contract with Leonard Grover to sing at the Al- cazar. 1 wrote my people that my wife was go- ing back on the stage,” he said. “I have received no answer yet. You see, the pa- pers were writing about us all the time. This was very annoying. Then we found that the notoriety we were getting was of money value, and we proposed to take ad- vantage of it. That’s why my wifeis going to act again. You see, it was foolish to have the annoyance of the newspaper arti- cles without any of the good of them.” Lord Sholto has no ambition to shine as a Thespian, He appears atthe Alcazar, he explained, becanse they paid him for it. His wife would sing there two weeks. After that time their actions were uncer- tain. “My wife will stay on the stage,” he said. “She is ambitious to appear n legitimate roles, and may join some com- pany here or in the I have been thinking of taking a company out myself. ct,” he expostu. “0Oh, no! I would not b lated. “I have no ambition that way. would be my own business manager.. “Qur agents made so much fuss about placing us,”’ said Lady Sholto, ‘‘that we came to San Francisco to attend to our own business. We hadn’t been here an hour when we had signed a contract. I'm only going to stay at the Alcazar two weeks. Then I think we are foing to Cl:zicugo. I don’t know what will happen then.” “‘How about that reported offer of $600 a week from Chicago?” 3 ““That’s right!"” with an emphatic nod. Then the little lady added, *“Oh, you needn’t look that way! It's nearly $600, anyhow.” RATE WAR MORE BITTER The Southern Pacific Company Takes Freight to Vallejo Free of Charge. The Southern Pacific Company made the announcement yesterday that .all freight for Mare Island and Benicia would be car- ried free. This will give the steamer Her- ald plenty to do. As the company bas a contract with the United States by which all freight bills for goods carried in the shape of naval and army stores shail be charged up against the debt owing by the Central Pacific to the Government, the road can laugh at all freight opposition and defy competition. The steamers Columbia and Umatilla gotin from Portland and Puget Sound yesterday. Both were crowded with pas- sengers at the cut rates. > _There was a hitch in the passengers get- ting uptown comfortably, as the hotel run- ners and hackmen were on strike. They asserted that the Pacific Coast Steamship Company was setting a trap for them and they declined to fall into it. ‘While the Southern Pacific was fighting its battles the Pacific Transfer Company and the Morton Special Delivery were having another war. The question wa3 “could anybody gain free access to aleased wharf?” ‘Goodall, Perkins & Co. said “Yes” and Morton said ““No.” 'The latter had the hackmen and runners with him, snd when the Columbia and Umatilla docked there was not a hotel man to meet them. At the Oceanic dock there was ‘rouble when the Australia arrived. There the hackmen and runners gathered in force. They held a meeting previously and de- cided to act with determination. Un- fortunately one of their number had more whisky than determination aboard and he got into trouble. Matthew Whalen, one of their number, was locked up in the Harbor Police station and charges of “*vul- gar language,” ‘“drunk” and ‘“violating the hack ordipance” were placed against him. His companions gave bail and he was released by Captain Dunleavy. VISITING SWAMP LANDS, Dockery Finds That Ranchers Allow Their Stock to Feed in Such Places. The Milk Inspector Makes Another Early Morning Raid, With Excellent Results. Milk Inspector Dockery made another raid in the small hours of yesterday morn- ing. He was after the dairymen who come to town by the San Bruno road. The milk- laden wagons were stopped under the elec- tric lights at Army street, near the Pest- house, and examinations revealed the fact that the lessons of the past few weeks were having their effect. Only one man had his load dumped. A. Pontaca of the Bay View Farm was the single dishonest dairyman discovered. He bad eighteen three-eallon cans in his wagon, all but one or two of which were badly adulterated with water and coforing matter. A warrant was sworn out for his arrest. The raid began about 1 o’clock yesterday morning. Sixteen wagons were stopped. The drivers said, “Dockery? Oh, all right,” and pulled up, makinig o objec- tion, and aiding the Inspector every way in their power. The driver of a wagon labeled “‘Swiss Dairy’” had a tale of woe. “There are three Swiss dairies,” he said. “Twice already my milk has been tested and found all right. The other fellows have bad milk and the papers say the miik was dumped and then my customers they kick like —" The complaining driver used a term more strong than polite. His employer was J. Tscheinen. The milk of this dairy ‘was again found to be of good quality. For a while it was thought that there would be two loads to dump. John A. Christien was observed by the lookout to stop his wagon and empty something from either one or two cans out into the road as soon as he saw the wagons delayed by the Miltk Inspector. Christien protested that he was only dumping a gallon of water he was carrying to rinse his measures. His milk was put through a very severe exam- ination, but was found to beall right. Shortly after 2:30 o’clock, a double decker wagon loaded with empty cans passed the Inspector going up the San Bruno road. Thedriver evidently warned the other milk wagons for they ceased ap- pearing. Mr. Dockery then went to a rendezvous at Mission and Twenty-first streets where the milcmen gather. There are two large water troughs at this corner. Seven loass were tested hereand all found satisfactory. During theafternoon Mr. Dockery visited the swamp lands on the San Bruno road and adjacent territory. The object of the impromptu call was to learn if possible just how many dairymen continued to allow stock to feed over the death-dealing rarshes. The inspector discovered enough to au- thorize him in keeping an extra eye on half a dozen or more ranchers, with the possibility that warrants for their arrest, char%mg them with violating the pure food law, will be sworn out to-day. ere is a section of the City ordinance prohibit- ing owners from allowing their stock to feed or graze on marsh lands, milk givers being named particularly. On the tour yesterday Mr. Dockery dis- covered at least a hundred cows grazing on the rank poisonous weeds incident to swamp lands. In this connection it may be mentioned that it was just this kind of thing that created theepidemic among the school children of QOakland several years ago. r. Dockery found six dairymen who allowed their stock, or at least a portion, to graze on these lands. Their names are: John Burges, Henry Youncerhaus, A.de Sauters, B. Mozetti, H. Spaight and E. Barry. The last-named gentleman claims that only a very few feet of his ranch is embraced in the swamp lands, and fur- ther, only dry cows are allowed to feed there. Into this marsh flows the refuse from the chemical works, offal from Butcher- town and the contents of the Army-street sewer. The inspector proposes to stop all this and he thinks the best way to do it is by nélopting vigorous measures from the star e e For the Chinese Lily. Some of the low-priced bowls of green found in the Japanese stores are just the thing to make an effective growing place for Chinese lily bulbs, as you will notice when the darker green leaves and the white biossoms rise out of their bed of water and pebbles. If the jars are of odd shape so much more pleasing will the re- sult be. Blue Japanese bowls, or a bowl o!.lienam b;u,‘yith ln,v‘i:ss ';:si;l:. also make_an attractive_sel em.— New York Evening Post. L ——————— Electric cars leave the ferries for Ingleside every two minutes. wBLACK" COFFEY ACCUSED The Attorney Alleged to Have Misappropriated Funds of a Client. DEGRADED A HELPLESS GIRL. Annie Heber’s Pitiable Tale Told in a Legal Petition—Jake Rauer Is Involved. M. H. Hernan, the attorney, was before Judge Coffey yesterday afternoon with an order compelling Attorney John J. Coffey and Jake Rauer to show cause why tbey should not make an accounting of the estate of John, alias Patrick, McAndrews, which they have been administering for some years without making returns. Mr. Hernan stated yesterday that the suit, which he will file to-morrow, would be full of startling developments and ex- poses. The pitiable story of a young girl ruined and beggared, he said, would be part of the evidencec, combined with object lessons in perfidy toward the helpless one. The young woman whe will figure in the case is Annie J. McAndrews Heber. Her petition will be filed to-morrow that an order be made citing Jake Rauer to show cause why he should not be removed and discharged from the administration of the estate, and that he file an account of his administration; and, further, that Attorney John J. Coffey becited to explain why he'should not refund the money col- lected py him from the estate. Annie Heber states in_the petition that she is the daughter of John McAndrews, deceased. While a single girl in Septem- ber, 1890, she was appointed administra- trix, and a day later letters of administra- tion with the will annexed were issued to her. The estate was valued at $2825, with a claim for $3500 against John Rodgers. All proceedings were taken and per- formed under and by advice of her attor- ney, Jobn Coffey, while she was inexpe- rienced in the ways of the world, and par- ticularly as to the methods she should adopt in managing the estate. So she de- pended solely on Coffey, in whom she re- posed the utmost confidence. Under his instructions she petitioned the court in August, 1891, for an order per- mitting her to mortgage the real estate for $1000 that the property might be improved and the house rendered tenantable, and to pay certain allezed debts. This money, less $35, was immediately turned over to Coffey, who thereupon undertook the busi- ness of arranging for the improvement. Thg $35 was used to buy dresses for the ad- ministratrix and her sister. The girl alleges that Coffey represented to her that it was his duty as attorney for the estate to look after improvements and disbursements of the moneys. She, of course, believed him and let him do as he wished, but she did not handle a dollar of the money. A contract was entered into with Kelly Gardner for repairs of the property for $490, but the full payment was not made and a lien was consequently filed on the property by Gardner, thougn Coffey claimed the unpaid balance was due him from Gardner for some claim, which, how- ever was denied. The petitioner further alleges that Coffey made a proposition to Gardner, whereby the latter was to be per- mitted to acquire the property by “dis- honest and fraudulent means, on condi- tion that he wonld divide with him, the said Coffey, and that-if he, the said Gard- ner, wonld not consent to do so he, the said Coffey, would do it himself, and that he intended doing so, anyhow.” The lien was foreclosed shortly after by a decree of court, October 8, 1894. In addition to the mortgage money re- ceived by Coffey it is claimed that he col- lected the rents up to September 21, 1893, except $12 50, which was collected by her- self. The aggregate of rents was about $250. But what Coffey did with all the money she does not know, only none of it was turned over to her, nor was any ac- counting of it made to her. The only sat- isfaction she got was to be told she was merely a “‘figurehead.” . About this time she met C. G. Heber, her present husband, and Coffey advised her to marry him, but she had formed ‘“a greater attachment for Coffey and ex- pected him to right the wrong he had done her, for he had already debauched her.” She found that Heber was addicted tomor-_ phine, and he compelled her to use the drug, and soon she became a victim to the habit. While she was in this condition Coffey introduced her to Jacob Rauer, with the intention of inducing her to sell the property. She finally did sign a conveyance of her interest in her father's estate and also & resignation as_administratrix, she receiving only $5. She claims she did not know she resigned as_administratrix until Rauer was ap- pointed administrator. Since his appoint- ment in October, 1893, he was appointed guardian of the person and estate of her mother, who has been in the Napa Asylum for many years, The girl continues that she believes Rauer has collected the rents and failed to account for them, and now she desires to have justice done her. Attorney Hernan stated yesterday that his client had been dragged down till she was a ‘‘fiend” on the *“‘Barbary Coast,’ where her arrest for vagrancy was caused by her husband and Coffey, who aeserted the unfortunate young woman in the Police Court. She was sentenced to the County Jail for six months, and in that time so recovered her mental faculties and reformed that she was able to see through all the villainy and to turn to a new lawyer for aid. Auction Eagerness to realize that $75,000 quickly is making the grest H. & F. Auction the liveliest on record. One must keep wide awake for & chance to bid on some articles, or, like a flash, comes the word “SOLD!"” —though the bid looks like a joke. Anything you point out in_this fine stock of JEWELRY, DIA- MONDS, WATCHES, SILVER- WARE, will be offered—everything offered, sold. DAILY at 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. " Hammersmith & Field, 118 Sutter Street.