The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 1, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1895. 5 YREKA'S SAD ERROR. Facts Tend to Prove That Innocent Men Were Lynched. STORY OF A BURGLAR. A Cellmate of Moreno Bears Out the Confession of “John Doe.” LETTERS IN A STRANGE HAND. The Mexican Had a Companion Who Probably Committed the urders. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 30.—The recent ation of aletter from Arizona, signed P John Doe, in which the writer confesses to | the murders for which Moreno and Semlar were !ynched in Yreka last Aucust, has created a rle of excitement here because of a corroborative statement made by a young burglar, Andrew A. Crawford, in a newspaper interview on’the 27th of last Beptember. ““When I went to jail last January,” said young Crawford, in introducing at that time the history of Moreno, which in- clines him to the belief of Semlar’s inno- cence, “I was placed in a cell with Moreno. 1 found him an easy man to get along with and we struck up a sort of friendship. At that time he coula hardly speak good Eng- lish, and I taught him so that we could converse. He had a habit of sitting up Jate and staring into space, and one night 1 asked him what troubled him. Hean- swered: I am thinking of my wife and child- ren in—(naming a place in Mexico op- posite Eagle Pass)—whom I won’t be able to see till 1896. ***How's that?’ I asked him. “‘I'll tell you,’ replied Moreno. ‘Up to 1889 I was a non-commissioned officer in the Mexican army. Some time before that two young officers had me suspended by the wrists in the guardhouse, and I swore ngeance upon them. In 1889, I one day alled at the home of one of the officers, in ¥ ca the outskirts of the town. He an- swered my rap on the door, when I, with the aid of some fellow- soldiers, kidnaped and carried him a short distance into the woods, where I plunged my knife into his heart. The other officer shared a similar fate at my hands that afternoon. The killing of the two officers created a great sensation the day follow- ing when their bodies were discovered, but I was very popular with my men, they did not inform upon me and the Mexican au- thorities are yet in the dark as to the iden- tity of the slayer.” ‘“‘It was a month or two later when I killed an officer at a game of cards, and then I knew I had to flee. I hurried to the City offMexico, where my brother practices law. He counseled me to leave the country at once and remain absent seven wears, after which my prosecution would be barred by the Mexican statutes itation. I sailed in a Spanish ship enter from New Orleans, visiting 7 all parts of the earth, till I reached Seattle from Liverpool in the ship J. B. Thomas last fall. “‘Moreno left the County Jail alittle more than three months before I did,” contin- ued Crawford, ““and he promised to write and keep me informed where he was, so I could join him after my release. The last letter I got from Moreno (it was not in his handwriting) was two weeks before he was banged. My theory is that the writer of the letters accompanied Moreno to Yreka, and that he alone was guilty of the double murder for which Moreno and Semler were hanged.” sh; e S PORTLAND PEOPLE FLEECED. Numerous Business Men Contribute to the Exchequer of a Chicago Con- fidence Man. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 30.—About a month ago Victor D. L. Mudge of Chicago came here and established a concern stylea the Northwest Commercial Agenc; He claimed to be a lawyer with wealthy connections in the East and made a big spread. Butno business poured in upon Mudge, and for the past week creditors bave besieged him. . One of the advertising creditors of the agency called on Mudge on Wednesday to get a settlement of his balance. Mudge happened to be just out of funds, but he gladdened his visitor’s heart, all the same, by exhibiting a letter received from his mother on that day, announcing that she would get §26,000 on Thanksgiving day, out of which she would wire him $1000 at ising man was to call on Fri- day and get his money. He visited the office of the sgency this morning, but Mudge was not there; in fact, some one told him that the consulting attorney had “skipped’’ the town. Mudge could not skip because he is under arrest for having appropriated some money belonging to one of his emplo}'en. and is being held on a felony charge. This afternoon there was a small mob of angry creditors about the agency, but Mudge was safely stored away. Another attorney of the company, A. F. Groves, was before Justice Geisler this morning, and arraigned for the alleged embezzlement of $30 from J. K. Brown, a client. Glenn Holman filed this informa- tion, stating that Groves had collected $30 for Brown some weeks ago, and appropri- ated it to his own use. This man will aiso have an examination next Tuesday. SIS FIVE YEARS FOR FRICK. The Topsy Grade Bandit Escapes With a Light Sentence. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 20.—Adolphus C. Frick, the convicted stage-robber, who repeatedly halted the Klamath Falls sta_ge, was before Judge Bellinger this morning for sentence, and the judgment of the court was that the prisover should spend five years of hislife at hard laborin the penitentiary. The court stated the reason for this comparatively light punishment 1o be that the prisoner had no real weapon in his possession when he attempted to rob the mails, I'rick, as he resumed his seat, drew a long breath, which might have been taken 83 an expression that while five years in the “pen” at hard work seeme time, it was a good deal shorter than to be compelled to spend his life behind prison Walls, and he {ully realized what a *‘close ehave'” it was for him. Atarving Sailors \Reach Port Townse: PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Nov. 30.— The schooner Reporter arrived here this condition and complained that food ran short when fourteen days out. Since then the seamen have been subsisting upon short rations of stale bread, unwholesome salt meat and bad coffee. s S COULTERVILLE TO MARIPOSA. New Bridge Over Merced River With New Roads Shorten the Distance One-Half. BEAR VALLEY, CaL, Nov. 30.—The San Francisco Bridge Company has fin- ished the construction of the new bridge over Merced River at Benton Mills, five miles from Bear Valley. It is a handsome structure, of wood and iron, and was built in twenty-five working days under the supervision ol William Bates. The bridge has a span of 175 feet in the center and two short spans in the approaches. thirty feet at each end, in aa- dition to which there is a small amount of trestle work. Men are at work finishing the approaches, and the bridge will be open for traflic within a few days. The Supervisors have let a contract to Mr. McCandlish for eight miles of road to connect the north end of the bridge at Benton Miils with Coulterville, by way of Scotts Gulch. The contract price 18 $6000. The distance between Coulterville and Mariposa, the county seat, by this road will be twenty-five miles. From Mariposa to Bear Valley the distance will be twelve miles; thence to Benton Mills Bridge five miles; thence to Coulterville eight miles, The total distance is thus reduced one- half. The rain during the week has softened | tractors to push on with the work more speedily. 5 NEWS OF LOS ANGELES Poisoner Busby Escapes With a Verdict of Imprisonment for Life. Suburbanites to Vote Upon the Ques- tion of Annexation—Mayne's Death Is Near. 1 LOS ANGELES, Carn., Nov. 30.—The jury in the case of J. Busby, the poisoner, returned a verdict at5 o'clock this after- noon of murder in the first degree and re- Busby was the negro who sent to a Puliman-car porter a bottle of wine into which he had put strychnine, hoping by | the porter’s death to obtain his position., i men, W. J. Thompson and A.J. Martin, who drank the contents and died in horri- ble agony. L e GREATER 1LUS ANGELES. Suburbs to Decide the Question of Annex- ation by Ballot. LOS ANGELES, CaLn., Nov. 30.-The land committee of the City Council to-day | recommended the calling of an election tor the annexation of certain territory south- west of the city, provided the residents of | the district to be annexed pay one-half of the expense to be incurred. The boundary of the district that wants { to become a part of the city is changed materially from that of the district which | sought to be annexed several months ago. The territory wherein resides the majority | of the opponents to annexation is leit out { by the new petitioners. It is likely the Council will accept the recommendation | of the committee and call the election at | once, for it is understood the suburbanites | are willing to defray their share of the ex- penses. e AWARDS FOR CALIFORNIA. Gratifying Success of the State’s Exhibit at Atlanta. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Nov. 30.—It is very gratifying to Californians to note evidences of the success with which the exhibit of this State has been received at Atlanta. Out of seventy-five medals awarded to California, Southern California received thirty-nine, or fifty-two per cent. Of these the Los Angeles Chamber of Com- merce receives thirty-seven medals, which speaks volumes for the completeness and care with which its exhibit was prepared. The rewards for individuals in this section of this State are numerous and include prizes for wines, froits, preserves, sugar and vegetables, and one woman receives a bronze medal for silk in cocoons, a fact which suggests great possibilities in the direction of silk culture in this section of the State. g b DECREASING OIL XYIELD. Supplies from New Wells Do Not Coun- teract the Loss in the Old. LOS ANGELES, Car.,, Nov. 30.—Not- withstanding the reports in the papers that the product of oil is increasing, the exchange believes that the contrary is true. The amount derived from new wells does not counteract the loss in the old ones. Although the wells are giving out the field is exhaustless, but is shifting. The location for the oil refinery of the Puente Oil Company has not_yet been de- cided upon. The refinery will in no way bearival of the gigantic Standard Com- pany, but will sell and allow its product to be handled by that corporation. -~ MAYNE NEAR TO DEATH. He Continues to Call for the Young Ward Whom He Wronged. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Nov. 30.—Clifton E. Mayne suffered another hemorrhage this morning in his cell at the County Jail, and his aeath is expected at any mo- ment. Nothing has yet been heard from Della SBhipton. Mayne wants to see her before he dies and his constant request is for her. It is presumed that his desire to see her is to have her, in whom he has every faith, wipe out the stain that now smirches his name in case of his death. There is abso- lutely no hope for his recovery. S Experting Thorne’s Books. L0S ANGELES, CaL., Nov. 30.—The ex- pert examination of the books of Lewis Thorne, ex-secretary of the Sixth District Agricultural Association, has commenced. No report will be made as to the condition of affairs until the examination iscom- leted. Itis understood that General A. W. Barrett will be down to-morrow to watch the progress of the investigation. s ks v An Incendiary Blaze. LOS ANGELES, CarL., Nov. 30.—Alex- ander Burley’s planing-mill at Main and Washinzion streets was destroyed by fire last evening. Indications are that it was an incendiary blaze. The engine and boiler of the mill were saved, but all the rest of the property was destroyed. Loss, $7000; insurance, $4000. Gty Forty-Three New Buildings. -LOS ANGELES, Cav., Nov. 30.—Super- intendent of Buildings Strange issued per- mits from his office for the week to the number of forty-three for buildings to cost in the aggregate $115,000. There were fewer permits issued this week than last, 8 10DE | ¢ the cost of the buildings was consider- ably more. A AT Two Firemen Injurcd. CHICAGO, ILL., Nov. 30.—At a fire in na, | Neeman & Co.’s commission house on South Water street at midnight Firemen ohn Doering and James Doyle were knocked senseless by an explosion of hot €vening, twenty-eight days from San Pe- | air. Both werelpnmtully. but not seri- dro. The crew was in an almost starving | ously, injured. he property loss is small. the ground, and will enable the roaa-con- | commended a life sentence as the penalty. | | The bottle fell into the hands of two train- | HIDING NEAR BANTA, Vain Search of a Posse for the 0ld Man Who Shot Buzzell, RETURN EMPTY-HANDED Tyson’s Son Refuses to Lead the Officers to His Father’s Retreat. SYMPATHY FOR THE FUGITIVE. Developments Tend to Prove That the Campers Fired in Self- Defense. STOCKTON, Car., Nov. 30.—Sheriff Cun- ningham, Chief of Police Kingsbury and the other members of the posse which started this morning to search for H. C. Tyson, the old man who killed Deputy Sheriff Buzzell on the McLaughlin ranch, near Banta, in the battle in the darkness on Thanksgiving night, returned this evening empty handed. Tyson’syoungest | son, whom they took with them, indicated no disposition to aid in the search. Sev- eral supposed clews were found to be mis- leading. The impression is now that if Tyson is not dead or dying in some thicket from his wounds he has made his way into the foothills. One of the officers said on | his return: *'1 suppose the old man is frightened, but in the light of developments so far I do not see any occasion for his flight.” Deputy Sheriff Buzzell’s body will be buried, and the inquest held later. The Sheriff returned the thirteen-year-old son to jail. Some hope is still expressed that Tyson may conclude to make his way to the city and surrender. Considerable criticism is directed at the | officers for not prosecuting the search last | night, inasmuch as the Tyson boys’ state- | ments to the officials at the County Jail indicated that the old man might be dying by the roadside from his wounds. Sym- pathy is expressed for Tyson, as it is thought that he was, in the light of pres- ent information, justified in the shoot- | ing. jecting himself to hardships unnecessary, | under the impression that be is being | hunted as a deliberate murderer. Several of the Sheriff’s deputies searched the house of the Tysons on Fremont street | this morning, thinking that the father | might have retarned during the night. Of | course, they did not find him. Tyson’s | 13-year-ola son, who was taken along by the posse, evidently feared that he was be- |ing made the medium of nformation | | which might bring his father to the gal- | lows, for when they arrived at the scene of | | the midnigit fight he refused to lead the oflicers to the spot where he had last seen | the old man or to give any information that might put them on the trail. Henry Tyson, the eldest son, made a very complete statement of the affairto a | reporter at the County Jail to-day. *“We started on Thursday,” said he, ‘'to go to the Coast Range ona hunting trip. Toward evening we concluded to find some place to camp. After driving on for a while we saw a nice place near some trees | to put up for the night, and decided to camp. Father madea fire and started to cook supper. *‘The fire was made at the foot of a big tree, for there was quite a hole in the ground at the root of the tree. After we had made our meal we found that the tree was on fire on the inside, and we all went | to work packing water to put it ont. After working for some time we fousd that we could not get at the fire on the inside, and | that it was imvossible to extinguish it. After finding that we could do nothing | with the fire we all lay down to sleep. “I think father and one of my brothers was asleep when we heard a rig drive up. There were two men, and one of them called tous. Father answered, and then they came nearer. One of them wanted to know what right we had to come into the field and set fire to other people’s properiy. “Father told him that we did not fire the tree intentionally and that we had done our best to put it out, but could not. The man was very abusive. I don’t know who he was, but we supposed from the way he talked that he owned the place. Father then said he would try again to put the fire out and would pay what dam- ages there were if he could not and the tree was burned down. The man said he would give us two minutes to put the fire out or he would make us do it. The man then said: ‘If that fire is not out in fifteen minutes I will pe back with a Winchester and make you put it out.” “The men then went away and we set to work again to try to extinguish the blaze. We worked hard. Then we con- cluded it was no use to try further and quit. ¥ather was afraid the men might come back when we were asleep-and shoot us. He thought the men might do this, for the one who talked so much said he was coming back with a Winchester. Father took my rifle and placed it against the wagon, where he could get at it easily. “Pretty soon we heard someone on horse- back and three menrode up. One of them got off and came up to where we were. He said he was a Deputy Sheriff, but we djd not believe him,for the men did not come from the direction of the bridge. He asked what we were burning trees for, and said we ought to know better than to de- stroy other people’s property., Father again explained how the fire started, and said he was willing to settle for the tree if it burned down. The man ordered father to put the fire out, but he wouldn’t, be- cause he knew it was no use to try. *‘When he refused the man reached over to catch hold of father, and he stepped | back to where his gun was. The man then drew his pistol from his pocket and ordered father not to take hisgun, I called to him to put that pistol down and so did my father, but the man would not listen 1o us. The man then started toshoot. The pistol snapped and he fired again before father shot at him. It was fully three seconas after he shot before father fired, as he could not get his gun up in time. The man fired a second shot, and father cried out that he had been hit. “My brother and I then got our pistols and began firing. We fired two shots apiece. Father also fired again with his rifle at the other men when we began firing. One of them shot and the bullet went close to father’s head. They then lit out. *‘After the men had gone we began to think what was best to do. Father said the best thing to do was to catch our horses and go back to Stockton and tell what had It is only regretted that he issub- | | | penditures, and happened. We did not know then that the man was killed. My brothers and father went out to look for the horses, while I put the things back in the wagon. “When I stepped around by the tongue I saw the man lying on the ground, and found that he was dead. Presently the others came back and said that the horses were gone. We supposed the men had driven them off. “When father found the man was dead, he did not know what to do. He was half crazy with nervousness from the effects of drink and the excitement. We urged him to go back with us, but he said he did not know what to do. He thought he would strike out alone, and might go to Stockton and might not. “He took the rifle and left, but we met him later. We did not want to be ar- rested, but wanted to give ourselves up in Stockton. When we got to the bridge my little brother said he saw some men pa- trolling it. We thenhran back and: got under a car for a while. Then we started back to try to make the McDougald bridge again. We walked and walked, going through tne brush. Somehow we got away from the river and lost our bearings. It was very dark and storming. Finally we struck a heavily wooded spot with plenty of brush about and decided to lie down until morning. “When morning came father could not get up. I forgot to tell you he was wounded. The ball went across his stom- ach, but I donot think it went very deep. He is rather fleshy, and I think the ball went through the fat on his stomach. I had to lift him to his feet, for he was stiff and weak. I begged him to come on with us, buy he said he could not. He told us the best thing for us would be to come into Stockton and give ourselves up and let him lie where he was until he was able to walk. I took the Winchester from him and my brother gave him a 38-caliber re- volver. We gave him what money we had. He promised to go to some farmhouse as soon as he was able and get something to | eat. Then we leit him and came to Stock- ton.” MOURNED AT PORTLA Drummer Dixon's Sudden Flight Regretted by a Host of Creditors. Cashed Many Bogus Checks Before Starting on a Tour of Canada. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 30.—James A. | Dixan, manager of the Western Shipping and Commercial Company in this city, isa fugitive from justice. On Thanksgiving day he raised about §1000 in checks on the London and San Francisco Bank, in sums of $20 and $25, which he cashed among his friends about town. Yesterday morning the rush of check- | holdersbegan. The majority came straight from the bank, where they had been in- formed that Dixon had no account there, while others had been met on the way by those informed. Toall the same cotd com- fort was given—*"he’s skipped!”—and with that they were forced to be content, for Dixon had many hours before crossed the | Canadian line at Blaine, Wash., and even then was well on his way to Montreal. Dixon first made his appearance in Port- land some four years ago as a drummer for an Eastern distillery ; at least he claimed to be such, although it is not known that he ever filled an order. Portland seemed to suit him, and dropping the whisky business he took a line of syrups out on the road, working through some agency in this city. The fellow was a good dresser, invariably appearing on the street, sum- mer and winter, wearing a high silk hat and well-fitting’ Prince Albert. He pos- sessed a good tenor voice and was soon a warm favorite in certain circles, The returns from the treacle business proved entirely inadequate to Dixon’s ex- finding himself getting into debt the fellow resolved on a bold stroke. Two vears ago, renting room 43 in the McKay building, Dixon had painted on the door the following sign: “Western Shipping and Commercial Company, Gen- eral Merchants, Agents for American Tramp Steamship Company, James A. Dixon, Manager.” One duf;ful creditor as he gazed on the sign this morning re- marked : “That ‘Tramp Steamship Company’ hits it off all right, doesn’t it?” During the two years he was known todo little but spend his nights around concert- halls and preside over the sessions of the “*Chicken Club,” an organization for the cultivation of the voice and the appetite. This did not bring in cash, and Dixon had to borrow, a procedure that had become a habit acquired in other cities, and one he rather liked. His pilferings amount to well into the thousands. — e Racetrack for Santa Monica. SANTA MONICA, Car., Nov. 30.—G. L. Waring and others are organizing a stock company for the purpose of constructing a mile racetrack here, just outside the city limits, adjacent to the Southern Pacific track. It'is proposed to capitalize the company at $25, and lease sixty-five acres of land, with a privilege of purchas- ing. The Chamber of Commerce has ap- proved of the proposition and appointed a committee to confer with the gentlemen, CAPTAIN HEALY OF THE BEAR. The Veteran of the Revenue Cutter Serv- ice Denies All the Charges Against Him. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 30.—Cap- tain M. A. Healy of the United States revenue cutter service has sent to the Secretary of the Treasury his reply to complaints made against him by twenty- five officers of the revenue marine service. He enters a denial to each complaint. In the list of complaints filed Captain Healy is charged with drunkenness, neg- lect of duty, conduct unbecoming an officer and and a gentleman, lack of discipline. favoritism and varions other offenses. These complaints are now being putinto specific charges, and when formally filed with Secretary Carlisle in regular form, a board of revenue marine officers will be convened at S8an Francisco to make an in- vestigation of the charges and submit a re- port. Upon the report and finrflngu of this body Secretary Carlisle will take definite action. The board will be announced, it is said, within the next ten days. Ceptain Healy is 58 years old, and has for a number of years been engaged in cruising in the northern seas, where he is said to have contracted his bad habits, partly because of the rigorous climate. Much sympathy 1s expressed for him in official circles here, where he bore an ex: cellent character as a sturdy sailor and an officer of good judgment. —— Police Resoue @ Murderer. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 30.—Alexander Boyle, who murdered his mistress, Jessie 8ims, yesterday morning, was captured in East St. Louis and taken to the Morgue to identify the body this morning.” A crowd of 400 negroes attempted to Pyneh him, but he was rescued by a squad of fifty policemen after a bard struggle, SANTA CRUZS PLIGRT Laveaga Heights May Be Lost to the Seaside City. HEIRS WANT THE LAND. They Combine in an Action to Have the Bequest Set Aside. WILL CONTEST IN THE COURTS. Fierce Legal Battle for the Possession of the Beautiful Park Is Promised. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., Nov. 30.—When Jose Vicente de Laveaga of San Francisco died in this city he bequeathed to Santa Cruz a large portion of Laveaga Heights, a beantiful section of country near this city, with the recommendation that the Jand be maintained as a public park to be enjoyed as a place of recreation for the rich and poor alike. Now it seems that Santa Cruz is not to have the enjoyment of this munificent bequest without a fierce legal battle with the combined heirs to the dead man’s estate. The heirs are not only to contest for the portion bequeathed to | Santa Cruz, but also for fifty acres to be used for a hospital for the deaf and dumb. The heirs claim that when Mr. Laveaga bequeathed the property to Saata Cruz for a public park it was a bequest to charity, and upon this showing the court will be asked to scale down all charitable bequests to the one-third limit. City Attorney Charles M. Cassin has for the past few months interested himself and has been looking into the affairs of the late million- aire’s estate, and his opinion is that the grounds taken by the relatives will not hold. In fighting the suit he will claim that the bequest of this property to Santa Cruz does not come within section 1313, for the reason that it is not a charitable be- quest. Should the court decide otherwise Mr. i Cassin has another strong point that can be brought to bear upon the case. This was found in the will itself, for instead of bequeathing the land for park purposes only the will gives the land to Santa Cruz with the recommendation that it be main- tained as a park, its use as a park, how- | ever, not being made compulsory. With this construction placed upon that clause of the will the land may be used for what- ever purpose seems best in the judgment of the administration, but with the prefer- | euce given to park purposes. The case will be watched with much in- terest by the people of this city, as the park is in one of the most beautiful spots | of the county. It is on the foothills, about a mile from the city, and the view from it is a grand one, overiookingz the city and Monterey Bay. When Mr. Laveaga was alive he spent much of his time and money on this place, and it is laid out with drives, paths through the forests and pretty shrubbery, with fruits and vines of all kinds planted upon the fertile slopes of the hills. This noble gift is one whfch the people of Santa Cruz may yet be deprived of. REDUCED ONE-THIRD. Sweeping Cut in Wages of Colorado Mid- land Employes. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Nov.30.— It is announced that the employes of the Colorado Midland are to receive a 334 per cent cut on the first of the year. This is said to be because they are receiving large wages, amounting in some instances, with extra work, to $200 and $300 per month. Receiver Risline thinks that wages are too high, and consequently gave the men the required thirty days’ notice of the re- duction. A strike is not probable, but the men will undoubtedly appeal to Judge Caldwell, relying on his fairness and good judgment. SEATTLE BANK FRAUDS. Charges of Conspiracy Preferred Against President Hooker. SEATTLE, Wasm, Nov. 30.—H. H. ‘Wheeler has petitioned the Superior Court asking that the Seattle National Bank be placed in the hands of a receiver. Con- spiracy on the part of Robert G. Hooker, the president, is charged. About a year ago the Commercial Na- tional Bank, of which Wheeler was presi- dent, was consolidated with the Seattle National. The plaintiff claims that Hook- er has been fraudulently disposing of stock and otherwise seeking to defraud the for- mer stockholders of the Commercial Na- tional, and that the liabilities of the Seat- tle National exceed the assets by §50,000. ‘Wheeler himself is now under bonds, chargea with fraud in his management of the Blaine National Bank, Blaine, Wash. OUR CHANCES ARE GOOD. San Francisco as Likely to Win the Convention as Any City. The Interior Towns Continue to Do Ex. cellent Work for the Promotion Committee. For the last few days the dispatches from Chicago would indicate to those who do not understand the situation that the convention has been arranged for at that point, and that the entire matter is set- tled. As a matter of fact, the location of the convention will not be definitely known until the National Committee meets on the 10th of December, and in the meantime it may as well be stated that San Francisco has as much of a show of winning the prize as Chicago or Pittsburg. There area great many ins and outs of preparation that have not yet been made public, and will not be, until our delegates are ready to come before the National Committee. Chicago's boom is merely confined to Chicago, and is not likely to disturb any other city’s chances. Our delegates are circulating through the doubtful States, and some very effective work is being done. While they are on a still hunt for votes, the interior towns of California are goiug right along, with the intention of getting all the weight behind our delecates that it | g is possible to accumulate. Yesterday Chairman Castle of the committee on pro- motion received the following resolutions from Madera: WHEREAS, The committee of promotion of San Francisco is making efforts to secure the Re- publican National Convention for that City; and whereus, we believe that the holding of that convention in San Francisco will be of great benefit to the State; therefore be it Resolved, That we the citizens of Madera County, in mass-meeting assembled, regardless of party afliliations, do hereby pledge our hearty support to the committee in its great work, and we will encourage thc movement as much as we can, so that the efforts of the com- mittee may meet with success. Other interested cities are keep the mat- ter before the public, and the Pacihc Coast generally will reap the most substantial benefit from the convention if we succeed in securing it. If not, the people of Cali- fornia will have shown that they are able to stand together when it is for the good of the State, Last night in Oakland the committee having in charge the matter of aiding San Francisco in bringing the Republican Na- tional Convention met in the council chamber, and the following committee was appointed to canvass subscriptions: Ex-Mayor W. R. Davis, President G. L. Fish, Merchants’ Exchange; Stephen T. Gage, P. E. Bowles, J. A. Brittan, D. C. Brown and G. W. Arper. The committee will report next Satur- day night. s VISALIA JOINS WITH US. They Draw Up Some Resolutions Re- garding the Plan. VISALIA, Carn, Nov. 30.—The mass- meeting called by Hon. J. W. Davis to tane action relative to the Republican Na- tional Convention of 1896 was held in the City Council rooms this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and was attended by representa- tives of all political parties. Judge Davis called the meeting to order. On motion Mayor D. M. Adams of Visalia was elected chairman and C. P. Ruffner, editor of the Porterville Advance, was chosen sccretary. Upon motion a committee consisting of George M. Stewart, editor of the Delta; Ben M. Maddox, editor Times; W. H. Gil- strap, editor News; Major C. J. Berry, C. T. Lindsey and J. W. Davis were ap- pointed to draft resolutions expressing the sense of the meetirg. They reported as follows: ‘WHEREAS, We believe it is to the material in- terest of the State of California and the entire Pacific Coast that one or more of the National political conventions should be held in our midst; and whereas, a visit to this State by the representative men of the Nation would be to them a revelation and a source of education, enabling them to learn by personal expe- perience and observation the vastness of our territory, our wonderful natural resources, the nature of our legislative wants and our claims for National recognition, and thus qualify those who are in official life to act with greater intelligence and understanding in all matters concerning this State and coast; and whereas, it would be & graceful act upon the part of the members of the National committee represent- ing that portion of the country to which dele- gates from the Pacific Coast have for meny years gone to attend the National assemblies of their party to recognize the claim of the mincrity and send the Republican National Convention for 1896 to San Francisco; there- fore Resolved, That we, citizens of the county of Tulare, State of California, in non-partisan convention assembled, do cordially indorse the efforts of San Francisco, and of the people of the entire State, in endeavoring to secure the holding of the next National Republican Convention at the leading city of this Western Slope. Resolved, That we heartily unite’in the invi- tation to the National Committee of the Re- publican party to give to the delegates to the convention the opportunity to leave their homes in the East and South and come to the City where they may gaze through the Golden Gate upon the placid waters of the Pacific and drink in its cool, refreshing breezes, free from the sultry heat of summer. Resolved, That California’s most cordial wel- come awaits all who shall attend such conven- tion, and our people will guarantee that, when they shall have performed their duties and turned their faces Eastward, it will be with the feeling that they have done well to come to California. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W. STEWART, BEN M. MaDDOX, W. H. GILSTRAP, . C. J. BERRY, C. T. LINDSEY, J. W. Davis. Dated Visalia, Cal., November 30, 1895. Upon motion the resolutions were adopted and the secretary instructed to furnish J. W. Davis with a certified copy of the same to send to the promotion com- mittee in San Francisco. The meeting then adjourned. San Francisco’s Boston Boom. BOSTON, Mass.,, Nov. 30.—THE CALL correspondent this evening secured inter- views with a number of the leading Repub- licans of the East in regard to the choice of a convention city and individual cheices for a Presidential candidate. As a result of this canvass, as has been predicted, San Francisco still leads all other cities in the convention race. Seemingly the lavish outlay by the Pittsburg and Chicago agents has caused little or no change in the sen- timent. The entire East is solid for Reed of Maine, and no amount of canvassing or wire-pulling can change the result. During the past month the Maine man’s candidacy has, if anything, thriven on the oppo- sition, and each day his hold on the cov- eted honor is growing stronger. ——————— Confession Is Good. On a Michigan-avenue car a day or two ago two men, each of whom had an umbrella in his hand, sat side by side. After a few minutes one of them said: “Tf I am not mistaken I once owned that umbrella you are carrying.” “I was thinking the same about yours,” was thereply. “If my memory serves me right I left that umbrella in" an office on Griswold street about a year ago.” “‘Don’t doubt it in the Jeast. Just about ayear ago I was in an office on Griswold street and it began to rain. This umbrella stood there in a corner and after a little maneuvering I managed to steal it. A week previous to that I was making some urchases in a store on Woodward avenue. When I started to go out I found that some one had stolen my umbrella, I think you are the man.” “I know Iam,” repiied the other. ‘“Yes, I was in a store on Woodward avenue about a year ago. It wasraining and L had no umbrella. I saw you stand yours up against the counter and walk away, and I gobbled it. Shall we exchange or let things go as they are?” “I'm satistied.” “so'm 1.7 “Then we will continue to believe that honesty is the best policy. I get out here ood afternoon.” *Same {o you, and integrity is the road to success.”’—Detroit Free Press. ‘Parasol Ant. ‘The greatest known curiosity of insect life, as far as habits are concerned, at least, is to be found in the queer ‘“parasol” or ‘“umbrella” ant, so common in all parts of tropical America, from Texas to Vene- zuela. The common name by which the creature is known has been bestowed because cf a queer habit this species of ant has of stripgi!ng certain kinds of trees and shrubs of their foliage and carrying the leaves to their nests. fn army of these ants which have been off on a foraging expedition presents the queerest sight imaginable, as they march in long col- umns by twos, fourand sixes, each hofdln the stem of a jenf in its jaws, the leaf iuefi shading the insect’s body as a parasol oes the face &nd shoulders of a lady. The early naturalists im- agined that these ants carried leaves for the sole purpose of protectin themselves against the rays of the tropical sun, but recent investigation by the Direc- tor of Agricuiture, Trinidad, shows that they have another use for the bits of green they gather. The leaves, accordiug to our * anthority, are only wantdd as scil upon which to grow a certain species of fungi which the parasol ant is very fond of.—St. Louis Republic. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Strawberries in marketable quantities were gathered in Greenville, Or., last week. A skilled workman on the docks of Hol- land makes from $4 to $480 a week the year round. Tea-rollers, who, with their fingers, roll the tea leaves into pellets, earn from 7 cents to 10 cents a day. A farm laborer in India is fortunate if he receives 10 cents a day laboring from dawn until dark. Laborers in the shipyards of North Ire- land realize no more than §3 77 for a week’s hard work. In Berlin a skillful machine-maker, with constant work, earns no more than $250 60 per annum. Cigar-makers in Spain receive $4 80 a week; in France, $4 65; in Germany, $363; and in Italy, $3. An Irish plumber makes, in his native country, about §3 75 a week, and pays his assistants §2 67. Printers in New South Wales receive $14 10 a week; in England, $7 17; in Italy, $4 60; in Spain, $4 5 An expert tea mixer in China com- mands high wases, being paid from 60 cents to §1 a day for his work. Skilled female labor in Munich, in what- ever callin.g, is rarely paid at a higher rate than 72 cents a day. In Holland the average rate of wages for skilled laborers of every description is from 8 cents to 10 cents an hour. Carriage drivers in France received $4 82 a week, in England $5 15, in Germany $3 21, and-in Italy $2 60. To circumvent an overpowering desire to kill himself, Albert Mavo, a destitute scene painter, applied to the Denver police to be lockea up. About 1000 dozen crawfish are being shipped every week from the five-mile slough just above Westport, Oregon, to the markets of Portland, San Francisco and Chicago. Attempts are now being made to accli- mate Scotch grouse in Denmark. The birds thrive well on the extensive moorland of Jutland. They are fenced until the end of next year. The American Girls’ Club of Berlin held a bazaar in the Kurfurtenstrasse last week, which was a conspicuous pecuniary and social success, as anything which Ameri- can girls take hold of is apt to be. Amberst Coilege is preparing to send out its first eclipse expedition. It will be un- der the direction of Professor David I. Todd and will fix a station on the island gg;éezo, Japan, to observe the eclipse of One of the chief physical elements in the phenomenal racing power of the bi- cyclist Zimmerman is said to be his ab- normally large heart, which is declared by the doctors to be two inches longer than the average. Notwithstanding their reputation for speed, the Indian racers of the Northwest and Canada have repeatedly been beaten by white men, while in wrestling they never attain the skill of the whites, and do not seem to learn boxing at all. Frederick William, the father of Fred- erick the Great, was slightly deaf, and gen- erarly conversed in a yell. Althouzh pro- fessing to be pious, he often lapsed into profanity in conversation, and commonly ended an argument by cursing bis oppo- nent. The Indian pharmacopoeia comprised thoroughwort, spurge and Indian-hemp, used as emetics; tue bark of the horse- chestnut and butternut, used as cathartics. They were also acquainted with many peisons, most of which were used on their Wweapons. Edward Simmons, the artist who de- signed the decorations for the new Crimi- nal Court building in New York, rejects the idea of blind Justice, and has depicted that deity with both eyes open, holding her scales in one hand and the American flag in the other. The steamer W. O. Hughart, which re- cently passed through the Portage canal en route to Cincinnati via the Wisconsin, Mississipgi and Ohio rivers, was tied up at Dekorra, Wis., on account of the low stage of the Wisconsin. It will proceed on the trip when navigation reopens in the spring. An Iowa audience last Saturday night made a pleasing departure from the hack- neyed practice of saluting an obnoxious performer with ancient eggs. Four women, sisters, who attempted to give an enter- ment at Cedar Rapids, were pelted off the stage with a shower of apples, oranges and lemons. d E. H. Thompson, Government entomol- ogist of Tasmania, has discovered that glants make 85 per cent of their growth etween midnight and 6 A. M., while be- tween noon and 6 ». ». they do not grow atall. Now will some scientific observer ascertain whether the same rule holds good on this side of the world? NEW TO-DAY. o & FOR COLDS The Master Remedy. 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