The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 3, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1895 5 ~ ON FRIENOLY TERMS, Valley Road Cars Loaned to the Corral Hollow Company. A TRAIN STARTS TO-DAY. Constructors of the Line to the Coal Mines Progressing Rapidly. ACROSS STANISLAUS RIVER. Grant Brothers’ Graders Pushing On- ward the San Joaquin Valley Roadbed. STOCKTON, Caxr., Dec. 2.—Persons who so industriously circulated the report a few weeks ago to the effect that the Val- ley Road people were inclined to show an opposition to the Corral Hollow Company have received a severe object lesson on the untruthfulness of their assertions. The Valley Railroad Company has loaned to the Corral Hollow people with- out cost ten of their new cars for use in the Corral Hollow construction work, and has placed everything in its power at the disposal of the coal road builders for the purpose of facilitating the construction work. The .first construction train on the Corral Hollow road will start out to- morrow and will be made up of the Valley Road carsand a Central Pacific locomotive, which has been rented. The work on the coal road will progress rapidly from this time. % Either to-morrow or the next day the scene of operations on the Val- ley road will be transferred across the Stanislaus River by the removal of Grant Bros.” outfit to that side, preparatory to beginning the work of grading there. The track work in San Joaquin County is being finished rapidly, and at the bridge the superstructure has already assumed definite form. It is expected that work on the Valley road round house will be begun soon, as the site is cleared and con- siderable of the material is on hand. The construction train now runs nearly even miles into the country, and GIVE Officers ¥ail to Find the Man Who Killed Deputy Sheriff Buzzell. STOCKTON, Car., Dec. 2.—The officers have failed to find H. C. Tyson, the ola man who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Buzzell on Thanksgiving evening, and are at a loss 1o account for his continued flight, when he has such a good case of seli-defense to offer at a trial. Some think that he is still lying ina lonely spot in the brush, suffering from the wound ®n the abdomen, which pre- vents him from moving about. Those who take that view believe that the old man will surrender himself as soon as he is able to walk to & place where he can obtain a horse and buggy to convey him to town. An officer who was a member of the ing posse is of the belief that the e has made his escape from the grown countr: and has taken in some farmhouse in the vicinity District Attorney Nutter has not y cided whether he will prosecute the Ty boys, who are in jail, or order their d charge from custody. He says Henry son seems to tell a straight story. Henry’s version of the tragedy is to the effect that Buzzell, acting withou uthority, drew his revolver and fired fi Ift is the case, it is not likely that the Tysons will be prosecuted. The Dis- trict Attorney is awaiting the testimony at the Coroner’s inquest to-morrow night before deciding what action to take. Sheriff Cunningham has found a boat- man who ferried the Tyson boys across the San Joaquin River the morning after the shooting. The elder Tyson parted from the boys only one hour before the Sheriff’s posse arrived. " The funeral of Joseph Buzzell took place vesterday afternoon. The services were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Sink of the Congregational church. The clergyman did not enter into the circumstances of the Deputy Sheriff’'s death, nor did he en- deavor to fix the blame upon any one. He stated that the spectacle of a man risking his life in the performance of his duty, whetlier the duty be real or conceived, was one that should demand the respect of all law-abiding citizens, FARMERS PAY FUR THE WORK. The Repairing of the Woodbridge Dam Has Been Commenced. STOCKTON, Cax., Dec. 2.—The work of repairing the Woodbridge dam was com- menced to-day. The contract was let recently to D. Tumelty & Son of this city, and yesterday they took their machinery out to the dam site. The contract calls for the completion of the work within five weeks, but if the weather continues fair the contractors be- lieve they can finish it in less time. . Some $3000 has already been expended on the dam, but the engineer in charge says that hardly any of the old work can be utilized. The repairing of the dam now means a great deal to the farmers in that section. If the repairs were not made until the water rose, no work could be done until next June, too Iate for Irrigation. The money for the present work was furnished by the farmers, they taking Receiver Chap- man’s receipt. The property is in litiga- tion, and it is problematical” whether they will ever get their money back. - FROM HIS CABIN. An Old Hermit Thought te Have Been Drowned in Stockton Channel. MISSING STOCKTON, CaL., Dec. 2.—An old Ger- i man named Johnson, who for some time has resided alone in a cabin on Lower Stockton Channel, is missing from his customary haunts. Yesterday the 14-year-old son of Albert Fletcher found Jobnson’s boat floating down the channel and secured it. The boy then made an investigation of John- son’s cabin and to-day reported the facts to the police. The old hermit’s home was not far from where the Fletchers live, and he has been in the habit of goingto their place every other day for water. On Thanksgiving day he was seen about his cabin, but noth- ing has been seen of him since. Young Fietcher found his coat on the bank, containing 75 cents in one pocket and 20 cents in another, The finding of the coat and the boat led the lad to make a further investigation. The cabin was closed ana the missing man’s blankets were inside. It is thought the man was drowned. TULARE COUNTY ECONOMY. The Awditor Enjoined From Paying Sal- aries of Supervisors. VISALIA, Cawn., Dec. 2.—District At- torney Howara has brought another suit to prevent Supervisors Henderson, Twad- dle and Gilliam from drawing $1800 per annum salary. This ques:ion was decided by Judge Jacobs of Kings County in favor of the Supervisors some months 2go, and asthe District Attorney did notappeal the case to the Supreme Court it was thought s settled. On the comy istrict Attorney Howard, filed this morning, Judee Cross | issued a writ of injunction directed to the | Anditor, ordering him mot to draw any more warrants for the salaries of the Supervisors named at the rate of $1800 per annum, and the defendants, Henderson, Gilliam and Twaddle, were cited to ap- | pear and show cause within ten days way the injunction should not be made per- petual. S REDWOOD CITY BURGLARY. Two Thicves Caplured After the Looting of a Freight Depot. REDWOOD CITY, CaL., Dec. 2.—The Southern Pavific freight depot was entered by burglars this morning between 1 and 2 o’clock and a small quantity of merchandise and an overcoat stolen. The Sheriff and his deputies took the road early this morning in pursuit of the thieves, and they were arrested by Deputy Butts at Palo_Alto about 1 o’clock this afterncon while about to take the train for | 8an Jose. The names given were Victor Wilson and Albert Kinell. They are from San Francisco. The men had some of the stolen artic! th them when captured. SECUET L g PERISHED 2 .ROCK SPRINGS. Hunters Find the Bodu of a Man Who Was En Route to Los Angeles. SALT LAKE, Utamn, Dec. 2.—A party of hunters four miles west of Rock Springs, Wyo., yesterday found the body of Henry Fisher of Dubuque, Iowa, lying in the | sagebrush. In his pockets was found §975 in drafts, $69 30 in cash and a through | ticket from Dubuque, Iowa, to Los An-| geles, Cal. | From papers on his person it would ap- pear that Fisher had one son living in Los Angeles and another son, a banker, in | Dubuque. It is supposed that the high altitude affected his mind and that he left | the train and perished in the cold. | EXCITEMENT AT FRESNO All Deputies in County Offices Lose Their Heads ata Blow. Judge Risley Decides That the County Law Creating the Offices Is Unconstitutional. | FRESNO, Car., Dec 2.—Judge Risley to- day signed findings in the case of Super- visor F. F. Letcher vs. County Auditor H. E. Barnum et al. The order of court per- petually enjoins Auditor Barnum from issuing any more warrants in favor of G. C. Freman for services as deputy District | Attorney, and further enjoins Mr. Freman from accepting any warrants in payment for services in that capacity. The court finds that the payment of the salary of a deputy District Attorney i without authority of any valid law or right; that the plaintiff and all other tax- payers of the county would suffer irre-| parable loss unless such illegal acts were | restrained and prohibited. Judge Risley ordered that the costs of suit be paid by ‘ the defendant. | The decision of Judge Risley has cre- ated consternation in the courthouse, and according to it almost every office is de- prived of its deputies. Sheriff Scott will lose his Under-Sheriff, four deputies and day jailer. He retains the night jailer { back near the river again. SEEN NEAR MENDOT Bandit Crowley Crosses the River Into Madera County. ENJOYING HIS LIBERTY. Officers and Fugitive Succeed in Effectually Evading Each Other. DOUBLING UPON HIS TRACKS. The Traveler Spends Most of His Time in the Brush Along the San Joaquin. FRESNO, Car., Dec. 2.—According to | reports received from Mendota to-day | Crowley, the Alameda County outlaw, has again doubled upen his tracks and is now Constable Adams left Mendota early this morning to | resume the chase and to-night had not re- | turned to Mendota. Crowley evidently deemed it best not to alongside at night, far out of sight of Jang, and again when working through some pass in the islands, near land where it seemed the foot of man had never trod, from some cove would shoot out one or more of the littie skin craft and hail us for broken ‘cutting-knives,’ from the blades of which they make spearheads. _ *It is this experience of mine in falling in with the Aleuts at what seemed the most unlikely times and places that causes me to place no faith in the theory that the Strathnevis, with disabled engine, has managed to make harbor among tne islands. Had she done so, long ere this the news would have been carried to Una- laska, Kodiak or even Sitka, for the big steamer would certainly have been sighted by some roving bidarki. ~The trip to Sitka, carrving the news of the Strathnevis’ distress, woula be mere play to a crew of Aleuts with their great, broad shoulders, out of all proportion to their short, squat lezs, bowed by constant sitting in “the cramped quarters of acanoe. Witha four- holed bidarki a quartet of paddlers will cover 120 miles a day and rest at night. No sea is too rough for them, the canoe being perfectly water-tight, each man after seat- ing himself tightly lacing a skin apron, made fast to the rim of the hole, around his waist, thus preventing a drop of water from entering the interior of the craft. Should a capsize occur _a quick motion of the paddles immediately rights the bi- darki. “There is a possibility that the Strath- nevis, her engines disabled, has drifted out of the track of steamers traveling between North Pacific ports and China, and the steamer may now be tossing about in _mid-ocean, her ssails bemng s:mg;y sufficient to steady her, but as for the ship having made a harbor among the Aleutian islands, to my mind, there is not the slightest hope.” e SIERRA TIMBER THIEVES. United States Officers Seize a Quantity of Cut Wood. FRESNO, CAL., Dec. 2—Major John C. Special and the chain-gang master, as their posi- tions were created by the Supervisors. | District Attorney Snow loses all his| three deputies. Auditor Barnum will be | without his keeper. Treasurer Whitson | will also lose his. Recorder Mashen must discharge three copyists. Clerk Hart will lose all his deputies, fi in number. Superintendent of Schools Kirk’s assistant must go. It is quite probable that an appeal from | Judge Risley’s decision will be taken ina | hurry. The defendant’s attorneys con- sider that they have been treated with . great discourtesy in the case and will move to have the findings set aside, on the grounds that they had not been fur- | nished with a copy of them before they were signed. It appears that the plaintiff had not sup- | plied his attorneys with sufficient money | to pay the expenses of the ordinary con- | duct of such a case, and one of theattor- neys was compelled to write out the find- ings with a pen. because no funds were at | hand with which to employ a typewriter. Pursuant to the spirit of the decision Auditor Barnum is not only obeying the court’s injunction in Freeman’s case, but positively refuses to issue warrants to any | of the deputies in the various depart- | ments. Mr. Barnum to-day stated that he would | decline to draw warrants for any one whose office was not clearly created by law. The deputies are somewhat at a loss | to know just what to do under the circum- | stances. ‘It is quite probaole, however, that they will raise a purse among them- selves and push the case in the Supreme Court. The Supervisors do not see any way in which the board could be of assistance in | the matter. It is intimated that man- damus proceedings to compel the Auditor | to draw warrants will be instituted in some department other than Judge Risley’s in the hope of getting a decision to stand off | his, but this is only a rumor. Judge Risley bases his decision on the unconstitutionality of section 170 of the county government act of 1893. He holds | this section to be unconstitutional, and | therefore deputyships which were created by it are not valid. SAN BERNARDIND'S SCARE, Startling Results of an Investi-| gation of the City Meat? | Markets. Health Officers Find Immature Veal | and Sausage Made of Colored Potatoes. i SAN BERNARDINO, Car.,, Dec. The Board of Health of this city has dis- | covered a state of affairs in loeal, meat | markets that has caused it to take instant action. It develops that immature veal is being sold and that calves are killed in the slaughter-houses when only ten days | old. Sausage, largely composed of minced potatoes, with a small allowance of meat, is sold. At a meeting of the Board of Health to- day some of the sausage was exhibited and it was found that the potatoes had been colored with smoke to give thema resemblance to meat. What will be the result of these disclos- ures has not yet been decided, but it prob- ably means the appointment of a fcod in- spector for the city in addition to punish- ing the dishonest dealers, Zoa Forgery at Iresno. FRESNO, CaL., Dec. 2.—A warrant is out for the arrest of Ed Bovard for for- gery. Bovard forged the name of Stephens & Bean, local undertakers, to_two checks for $55 and $15 respectively. Bovard suc- ceeded in passing the $55 check at the Ogle Hotel, and the $15 check at Bile- berg’s saloon. . He has left for parts un- known. o | brush where he 1s hiding it is hardly pos- | until he reached Bakersfield. 3 CROWLEY, [Drawn from a photograph PHIL OUTLAW AND FUGITIVE. taken at Folsom prison.] come to Fresno. Last night he retraced his steps and crossed the riverinto Madera | Cotinty. Hewas seen several miles from | the river, but he again returned to its| bank. According to fairly reliable reports | Crowley is now back in the brush along | theriyer, between Mendota and Fivebaugh. | I Under Sheriff Merritt of Madera in- formed a CarL correspondent by telephone to-night that early this morning he re- ceived a message from Mendota stating that Crowley had crossed over into Madera | County. TLater in the day Merritt saw a rancher who lived on the river near Men- dota, and from him Jearned that Crowley had gone back to the river ogain. This rancher, whom Under Sheriff Mer- ritt considered to be thoroughly reliable, told him that he nad met and talked with Crowley. This was before Crowley visited the woodchoppers’ camps and secured a coat. Crowley told the rancher that he was trying to get out of the country, pre- sumably to Mexico. It is believed Crowley is now on the Madera side of the river. His ramblings away from the stream are no doubt for the purpose of securing food. He evidently does not desire to appear at a place more than once for food, nor to frequent any one spot in the open conntry. In the sible to capture him. He will have to be canght while on a foraging expedition. Some people are inclined to disbelieve the reports that the stranger who fis making things lively in the West Side country is the Alameda outlaw. The fact that bLe announced at the two wood- chopping camps and to the rancher who was in Madera yesterday that he was Phil Crowley is pointed to with suspicion, as it would not be supposed that, if he really were the outlaw, he would make himself known. However, Crowley is known to be irra- tional, and would probably do things which were not always best for him. It would not benefit him much anyway to conceal his identity, as his frequent visits at different ranch-honses for food wonld | create curiosity and inquiries as to who he was would soon be instituted. Should Crowley be bent on going south he could practically have clear sailing He could follow sloughs from the San Joaquin River to Tulare Lake, screened by the liberal growth of tules in these sloughs, and from Tulare Lake could follow Kern River to Bakersfield. FATE OF -TIIE STH;THIIE Vis. The Theory That the Steamer Anchored Among the Aleutian Islands an Improbable One. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 2.—The hope that the Northern Pacific steamer Strath- nevis, which cleared from Tacoma for Yokobama on October 12, and has not been heard from,, has reached an anchor- age in some one of the innumerable bays of the Aleutian Archipelago, where Cap- tain Battie is now awaiting succor, is not well founded,” said Captain Marsden of this city thisevening. ‘I have spent many seasons in the north on sealing and whaling voyages, and have doubled the entire chain of the Aleutian Islands. Dur- ing these cruises, whenever we were in close proximity to the islands, it was con- sidered a matter for remark aboard the vessel if three days passed and we were not spoken by a bidarki or skin canoe manned by a couple of Aleuts on a seal or otter hunt. We have had them come Brockenborough, special agent of the United States Land Office, and Deputy United States Marshal Bart Alford have returned from a trip to the Sierras, whither they went on a tour of investiga- tion of timber depredations. They re- port several raids upon forest preserves. Cordwood valued at $20,000, which had been cut by the Sierra Buttes Mining Company in Mariposa County, has been seized. Reports of their discoveries are being made out to be sent to Washington. Major Brockenborough and Marshal Alford will start out again to-morrow to investigate alleged depredations in this county. HUNGRY SHLORS MUTIY The Captain of a British Bark Forced to Yield to His Crew. Seamen Made Desperate by Economy That Meant Death by Starvation. an PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 2.—~The British bark Samarkand, now in Portland, from Santos, Brazil, had a rough experience on her trip up, of which Captain Hilton has as yet chosen to say nothing. The passage ‘was not a long one, being 116 days, but a month before the bark’s -arrival it was short of provisions and the men were put. on extra small allowances. This made the crew not only indifferent | to their work, but it coming immediatety after the hardships and sufferings of a se- vere passage around the Horn, they grew rebellious at their captain's commands and finally openly mutinied. They waited on the captain and told him that they would not man the ship longer unless he putinto tue nearest port for provisions, and if he refused they would take the re- sponsibility of taking possession of the ship and sailing it to the nearest port. They explained that they knew that no court would declare them mutinous when the captain permitted the ship to go to seaon a long voyage, knowing that the provisions would not hotd out during a reasonably iong passage. Captain Hilton had no alternative but to do as directed, and ordered the vessel's course changed and she was pointed to- ward San Francisco. After being on_this course for several days the schooner Vega was sighted on November 13, off the Far- rallon Islands, two days from San Fran- cisco to Seattle. The Vega was boarded and a cask of beef and three sacks of pota- toes and onions purchased. After these provisions had been procured the men con- sented that the vessel should proceed on er regular passage, and in thirteen days more it was sighted off the Columbia. Upon arrival here, the captain made no mention of his trouble nor did the crew, 50 no official action has yet been taken of it. The truth of the matter is that the shortage of provisions was due entirely to the criminal economy of the owners cf the vessel. The bark has been a long time away from its home_ port—longer in fact than was intended. It went from Cardiff to Santos, from there to Rangoon, then back to Santos, and then to this port. Provisions are very expensive both in Sautos and Rangoon, and the vessel was not properly provisioned for that reason. ‘The result was that the crew mutinied on the high seas, and when the captain ar- rived in port he was afraid to discipline his crew for fear that the bark’s owners would suffer tor not provisioning the ves- sel according to law. NEWS OF SAN JOSE. Second Trial of Officer Kil- vington for Killing Schmidt, MULATTO HEIR IN COURT Attorney Monteith Moves to Set Aside the Claims of Mary Barron’s Children. GUILTY LIKE AS THE MASTER. The Employe of a Liquor-Seller Con- victedi—A Garden City Footpad ¥ Identified. SAN JOSE, Car., Dec. 2.—The second trial of Georze Kilvington for Killing Henry Schmidt on May 13, 1892, was begun in Judge Lorigan’s court to-day. Kilving- ton was convicted of manslaughter on the first trial and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment, but on an appeal the Su- preme Court reversed the decision of the lower court and ordered a new trial. Schmidt, who conducted a butcher-shop at the corner of El Dorado and First streets, kept his stable at the corner of First and George streets. It was said that he talked of buying some stock from Mrs. Hayford, now Mrs. John McComb, and that night about 9 o’clock Schmidt was seen to leave the yard of Mrs, McComb by the rear way, on San Pedro street, the dwelling being on the corner of George. “Kid” Howard was coming from town and was about to enter the Hayford resi- dence, when he saw Schmidt leave through the gate. He cried to him to stop as he was not recognized, but Schmidt fled northerly. Then Howard gave chase and called “stop thief.” As Schmidt neared Taylor street he was met by Kilvington, who was a special officer in the woolen- mills, Chinatown. Kilvington called to him to stop, but Schmidt did not reply. Kilvington then fired and the shot took effect in Schmidt's neck, killing him instantly. Kilvington clatmed he shot only to frighten Schmidt and had no intention of killing him. i MORE OF THE BARRON CASE. The Negro Boy’s Attorney Files a Notice of Further Action. SAN JOSE, Car., Dec. 2.—George W. Monteith, attorney for Edward Andrew Barron, the mulatto claimant to the estate of the millionaire, Edward Barron, de- ceased, to-day filed a notice that on Satur- day, December 7, he would move to strike out certain parts of the answer of Marian, Dorothy and William Barron, the minor children of Mary F. Barron. Healso filed a demurrer to the answer of Mary F. Bar- ron for her minor children, ana asks that the claim of the children be dismissed, as it does not state facts sufficient to consti- tute a counter-claim and establish beir- ship; also, that it fails to answer plain- tiff’s claim according to law. AFFIRMED TH LOWER COURT. Conviction of an Employe at San Jose of Selling Liquor. SAN JOSE, Car., Dec. 2.—Judge Lori- gan to-day affirmed the judgment of a lower court convicting George E. Letcher of selling liquor without a license. Letcher was fined $100 by Justice Gass, and an ap- peal was taken on the ground that as an employe he was not guilty of the offense charged. Judge Lorigan held that *‘where a master intrusts to a servant the manage- ment and control of his business of selling liguor, and he carries it on in the absence of his employer, both may be convicted of keeping and maintaining the tenement. An agent having actual possession of in- toxicating liquors and participating in the unlawful purpose of sale 1s equally guilty with his principal.” - SARATUGA-MAYFIELD LINE. Liberal Subscriptions in Support of an Electric Railway Project. SAN JOSE, CAL., Dec. 2.—A project is on foot to build an electric railway from Saratoga to Mayfield, and at a meeting at Saratoga to-day $45,000 was subscribed in a short time. The plan is said to be to connect at May- field with the Southern Pacific, which is soon to run half-honrly trains from there to San Francisco. . i R P A Vag Identified as a Robber. SAN JOSE, Caw., Dec. 2.—John M. Sul- livan, who is serving a tifteen-day sentence in the County Jail on a charge of vagrancy, has been identified as one of the men who entered the saloon of Frank Blackmao, on the Meridian road, on the evening of Octo- ber 15 and held up the proprietor and five other persons in the saloon. The robbers secured about $50 in cash. Sullivan was arraigned before Justice Herrington on the charge to-day and his examination was set for December 10. Bail was fixed at $1000. AR e Eight Hours for County Wprk. SAN JOSE, CAv., Dec. 2—The Board of Supervisors, at the request of the Car- penters’ Union, to-day decided to put the eight-bour clause in all county contract work in_the future, E.M. Ebrhom was elected Horticuitural Commissioner. His compensation was fixed at $5 per day when actually employed. R. E. n}mld_mg was appointed poundmaster of Mayfield Township. gty e Policemen Kept in Suspense. SAN JOSE, Carn.,, Dec. 2.—The annual election of members of the police force and Fire Department did not occur to- night, as Councilmen Main, Jarman, Dit- tus and Kreig failed to putin an appear- ance and there was no quorum., The cause of their non-attendance was a failure to agree upon a programme in ref- erence to the men to bedropped and those to fill the vacancies. Sl Four Years for Robbery. SAN JOSE, CaL., Dec. 2—Jobn Devine, v(ho was convicted oi holding up and rob- bing John Gubser in the latter’s saloon at Gubserville last May, was to-day sen- tenced to four years’ imprisonment in San Quentin by Judge Lorigan. ——— STANFORD PLAYERS' FUND. Athletes Profit Fairly Well by the Thanks- giving Day Game. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Dec. 2.—The receipts from the Thanksgiving day game of football are still being counted, but are in such shape that they can be pretty closely estimated at the pres- ent time. Treasurer Hinsdill says that each university will get nearly $5500 out of the game. The expenses up to date do not exceed $3900, so Stanford will have a commendable sum to deposit to the credit of the athletic fund. Some debts from the previous year's athletics remain to be gmd, but from present prospects the inances of the athletic contingent this year will be in a flourishing condition. No thought has vet been given to an ex- -Mr. Heald offers a reward for the capture | tended trip by the Stanford team. The probability is that no tour will be made. If, however, a trip is decided upon, the fact that a southern tour was made last year will make the idea of a trip to the| north more popular this season. It was | hoped that some big Bastern college mizht be induced to send a team to the coast | during the coming holidays. Harvard and Yale, though anxious to come, are unable to be away from their universities for the necessary time, and, unless Michigan or Minnesota should agree to come imme- | diately, it looks as though the season’s football had indeed come to an end. | Nearly all the rluyeu are opposed to any trip, as it would necessitate more time for training, which they are loth to spare from their studies. If a good trip cou!d be man- aged, however, it would not take the play- ers long to get'into condition. The glee and mandolin club are plane ning for a trip through the southern part of the State, but details have not yet been settled. On account of the Carnot medal prelimi- nary debate, the freshmam~slee, which was to have come off on the 6th inst., will probably be Eosnponed to the 13th. The zlee is to be a most elaborate affair, al- though’lp]ans regarding it are being kept dark. The function is in the hands of Messrs. McDonald and Polhemus. To-night an elaborate Thanksgiving dinner was served at Encina, with about 300 guests present. Toasts were responded to by Professors Jordan, Howard, Ross, Abbott, Elliott and several students. | —_—— LOOT OF THE M 'EZUMA MINE. Crude Amalgam Carried Away by a Thieving Employe. PLACERVILLE, CaL., Dec. 2—A bold theft was committed at the Montezuma | mine by Sam Putnam on Saturday. The Montezuma is twelve miles below Placer- ville, near the village of Nashville, in which place C.J. Heald keeps a general merchandise store. Mr. Heald is also Postmaster and the owner of the Monte- zuma. Joseph Maynard, the foreman of the | mine, was engaged in amalgamating and employed Putman to assist him. Leaving | Putman to complete the work and deliver the amalgam to him he preceded Putman to Nashville, but he has not seen the assistant since he left him at the mill. The amalgam amounted to about $500. The thief is of sandy complexion, has | heavy red whiskers, weighs 160 pounds, is 5 feet 7 inches tall and wore a brown hat, chinchilia coat and gray trousers. He carries a valise containing photographs of his brothers and sisters. Putnam was employed at the Grand Victory mine a short time, and for a time conducted a | small restaurant in Placerville. He leit here about two months ago and | found employment, until recently, at the Havilah mine at Nashville and Jater at the | Montezuma. He is a heavy drinker, and | after accumulating a few hundred dollars | would go to San Francisco and remain | until his money was spent in carousing. Putman owns a -quartz mine in Placer | County, near Auburn. Some two years he was on the police force of Sacramento. of the thief and booty. LR FRESNO DIVORCE COURT. The Famous Case of Hart vs. Hart Decided for the Plaintiff. FRESNO, Cav., Dec. 2.—Judge Carter to-day handed down a decision in the celebrated Hart divorce case, in which W. D. Grady, a well-known attorney, was named as corespondent. The plaintiff, Leon Hart, was givena divorce and the custody of the five-year-old child, subject to such orders as the court shall make if agreeable arrangements for the mother’s visits to the child are not otherwise made. Judge Carter's decision consists of | thirty-two pages of type-written matter, thoroughly reviewing the testimony in- troduced at the trial. The defendant was | desirous of securing the custody of the | child, but the court was of the opinion that she was not a proper person and not able to care for him. T e TIE-MAKERS IN TROUBLE. Accused of Having Cut Timber Upon the | Public Domain. | PORTLAND, Oz., Dec. 2.—Some of the tie-makers at Kamela and otlier points are in a peck of trouble on account of an order just made public in which the Govern- | ment demands that the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company cease payment on certain ties which were bought by the company at Kamela and near-by points. It is alleged by the Government that the ties were cut from land belonging to the | public domain and that the parties had no right to sell d the company no right to buy. An investigation is being made, | which may result in the arrest of a large number of tie-makers, and should the alle- gation prove true a great loss to merchants | in La Grande, who have furnished provis- ions to th? tie-makers, would be the inevi- result. 3 u]'l"]:ere seems to be no question but _that some of the ties were cut from Govern- ment land. The Deputy Marshal is after the tie-makers and may cause them no end of trouble. It has been known for some time that the Government land was being robbed of its timber, and the depn‘;ty- ment has given orders to prosecute & vig- orous search for the marauders and pun- ish them to the fullest extent of the law. e gAY Tecimating the Canine Ranks. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Dec. 2.—The dog-poisoner continues his nefarious w?rk in Santa Barbara. A pet terrier belonging to Dr. Tiall and a fine coach dog 0\vpe§ by. Joseph Bates are among his latest victims. TFully 200 pet animals, many of them vnl\}- uable animals. have eaten of the poisoner’s collation and died. Some of these animals represented an actual money value of sev- eral thousand dollars. = A large reward was at one time offered by the Humane Society for the apprehen- sion of this mysterious enemy of the canine race, but lately it was withdrawn and the poisoner has evidently taken new heart. i g Tacoma’s Reform Wave. TACOMA, Wasn., Dec. 2.—C. A. Cav- ender, Councilman from the Second Ward, is charged by Councilman Bulger with be- ing implicated with the Bank of Tacoma ring and drawing out money that did not belong to him. Cavender was the only Councilman who shielded M. M. Taylor, found guilty by the Council of bribery um‘i accepting money for his sup posed “pull.” e OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. James T. English Will Retain His (Jab . as a Page. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 2.—At a caucus of Democratic Representatives in Congress, held in the hall of the House this afternoon, it was decided to retain James T. English, nephew of W. D. and | ex-Congressman Warren English of Cali- fornia. Jimmy has been a page for fifteen years and in the last Congress acted as chief page. The minority will, according to custom, also be aliowed to name three other Democrats. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day asked Congress for $100,000, as part of the limit of the cost for the San Francisco Postoffice building. This, with the balan ce already available, is deemed sufhcient to last until the regular appropriation bill is passed at the next session. The super- wising architect does not seem to be doing anything toward commencing work in San Francisco, but he promises to com- mence operations as soon as Chicago’s building plans are disposed of. Representative Bowers of California will introduce a il to prohibit officers or em- ployes of National banks from holding any office in any savings bank, and to prohibit the location of any National bank orits continuance in business in any building in which the business of asavings bankis con- ducted. He will also introduce a bill pro- viding that all laws and parts of laws authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue or sell bonds of the United States for any purpose whatever be repealed. Bids were opened at the War Depart- ment to-day for smokeless powder for three-inch field guns and small rifles. The Dupont Powder Company, the Maxim Powder and Torpedo Company and the California Company each bid $1 per pound. The Supreme Court to-day reassigned the case of the Southern Pacific Railroad, involving the “overland Jand cases” of Los Angeles, for the first Monday in March. A Postoffice was established to-day at Bay, Sonoma County, Cal., with Stephen A. Cunningham as Postmaster. Pensions have been granted as follows: California—Original, Ezra E. Washburn, San Francisco; George A. Armstrong, Fresno; James H. Lambert, Los Angeles; reissue, George H. Rugg. pa. Sl Supreme Court Decisions. WASHINGTON, D. O., bDec. 2.—The Wasnington and Idaho Railroad Com- pany lost three cases in the Supreme Court of the United States to-day. Two were controversies with the Cceur d’Alene Rail- road and Navigation Company and the Northern Pacific Railroad Company over the right of way claimed by it in the vicinity of Mullan and Wal- lace, ldaho, which it is claimed the de- fendant companies were usurping. The courts below decided against the Wash- ington and Idaho company, and Justice Shiras stated that the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed those deci- sions. The other case involved the rights claimed by the railroad company to enter upon lands not surveyed, the possessory title to which was held by a settler, with- out compensation to the title-holder. 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