The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17 1895. A e CAPTURED IN SUTTER, Howitzers Used by Pot- Hunters to Slaughter Ducks. | | KILLED BY THOUSANDS. Two Monster Guns and Their | Owners Taken by Deputy Patrolman Helms. FEEDING-GROUNDS BOMBARDED. Artillery Brought Into Use to Exter. minate Game for the City Markets. SACRAMENTO, Car., Dec. 16.—Depu Fish and Game Patrolman Helms to-day returned from Sutter County, whither he | nt by Commissioner Morrison to | Jook after market-hunters, who were re- yorted to have been using four-gauge guns in killing ducks. He had made two tri; before, but the men evaded him. This time Helms camped over night on | their shooting-ground, and early the fol- lowing morning detected Ben May and a hired man named Carroll in the act of slaying ducks with twenty-six-pound howitzers. They tried to escape, but he | arrested them and had them bound over | by a iocal Justice for trial. Helms brought the howitzers here as | evidence, and they are attracting no little c v. They are double-barreled and s wide at the breech. State Commissioner Morrison will attend | he trial and see that the prosecution i gorous. There are more pot | n that locality, and they slaugh- 1ds of ducks every week. ioner Morrison stated to-night hat May was understood to be the boss of | one of these pothunting outfits, and hired was fi at §1 a day to shoot for him. At e Helms made the arrests only May 1 a man named Carroll were there. An- n, who 1 served a term on in this city, is also hunting end of Sutter County with eces os artillery. hese pothunters usually have an iron under the bed of their wagon, and er comes into sight they lock and take out ten-gauge d to catch them at the: 1l work. Helms built himself a low blind near where May was hunting, | lept there over night, and the duck- | ghterers were bombarding the game in | the morning before they discovered him. | aige, deputy State game officer in 5 tes to a local paper that he has | arrested C. H. Behrens in the town of Shasta for keeping live quail in a cz Dehrens is a hotel keeper and also con- stable. He had been warned about keep- ing the quail in violation of the law, but paid no heed to it. Paige has turned the case over to the district attorney, and no- tified the State game commissioners of the arrest. box when a stra: PHEN MEN ANGERED, | The Chamber of Commerce to| Consider the Criticisms | of a Minister. | Rev. Mr. Chase’s Bitter Rebuke to the Promoters of Sunday Baseball | Caused a Furor. PH@ENIX, Ariz., Dec. 16.—In order 1o raise funds for the fiesta, which will be beld in Pheenix some time in February, the business men and merchants of this city formed a baseball nine to play the newspaper men. The game was to be played next Sunday, because that wasa | convenient date for all concerned. Last | night the Rev. C. J. Chase scored the pro- | moters of the game in vigorous language | for what he called their “contemplated | desecration of the Lord’s day.” Dr. Chase came here from Prescott about two months . and has the reputation of preaching sen onal di faced his remarks by say a supporter of anything that tended toward the developing of Pheenix, but he con- tinued: “Against this contemplated desecration of the Lord’s day I protest. It is shame- 1 ful to thus employ the holy hours. This | city is becoming favorably known, but if the peonle who come here find that our Sabbath is given over to hilarious sport, | they wiil reason to believe that the wild and woolly days of Arizona are vet at | hand and thatthis is yet a godiess country. “The women are asked to assist, and to you I say that now is the time to assert | your womanhood. I find that the most | prominent men of this city are named as participants. Shame upon you! - You | who should wish that Arizona’s fame be made fair to the ends of the earth, to thus | rlru({;it in the mire and tempt the wrath of God ! The newspapers have treated the preach- er’s discourse editorially, and the Cham- ber of Commerce has called a special meeting to consider his criticisms. |, LEAVES FPORT ANGELES. Zne Flagship Philadelphia Coming to Sawn Francisco. PORT ANGELES, WasH., Dec. 16.—The flagship Philadelphia will leave to-morrow morning, the weather permitting, for San Trancisco. During its cruise on the sound the Philadelphia spent one month in test- | ing its guns at target practice in this port | and fhe balance of the time has been con- sumed in visiting the cities of the sound. Admiral Beardslee expected to visit | Puget Sound again next spring with the | battleshin Oregon, but it now avpears that | it is not likely to be put into commission | for some time to come. as it will be impos- | sible to obtain a full complement of, men. The Philadelphia wiil remain at Sau Fran- | cisco diiring the holidays, and will then probably proceed to San Diego. —_— { END OF 4 JACKSON SUIT. The Forest Home Property fo Be Opened to Hydravlic Mining. JACKSON. Caw., Dec. 16.—In July, 1893, D. R. Thomus and John Graham entered into an agreement to trade the Forest Home property in this county, owned by theldtter, for properties of the former in | San Francisco, Contra Costa and Alameda | counties. When the time for the transfer arrived Graham refused to trade and a suit in the Superior Court resulted. After a trial lasting two weeks this i nated abruptly by the presestation to the court of astipulation consenting that judg- ment be granted to the effect that vhe con- | the Valiejo oft had | dice and was drowned. | began s the | verge of nsan and declared null and void. Judge Gott- schalk rendered a decision to that effect. This opeas up the Forest Home property to a company which bad an option on it and which had already done some work toward opening it for the purpose of hy- draulic mining. RAIL The Burlington Now Seeking a Line to the Coast. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 16.—The Bur- lington Railroad Company has long wanted to get a road through to the Pacific Coast, with a terminal either on Puget Sound or at Portland. Last summer Burlington officials visited the West to look over the ground and see what chances there might be for getting an independent line westward from Billings, Mont., their farthest westward terminus. The fact that Receiver McNeill of ‘the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company isnow in the East on the reorganization business of his road, leads to _considerable speculation as to the probpabilities of one of the three systems—the Southern and the Union Pacific and the Burlington— getting control of the road in the event that it is not maintained as an indepen- dent line. President Perkins of the Burlington tem and Chairman Forbes of the exec- ve board are said to be the largest two individual stockholders ofthe 0. R d N., and as itis known that they have in the past offered any assistance desired to the 0. R. and N. people, it is not wholly im- probable that they will exert some weighty influence in the reorganization of the road, which means they are in the fight for con- trol. VILLEID SIFE 0PENED Experts Forced an Entrance to the Strong-Box in the Postoffice. OREGON AY SCHEMES. It Was Found That Deputy McEn- erny Had Taken Away None of the Cash. VALLEJO, CAr., Dec. I {. G. and E. W. West, the experts, succeeded at 10 o'clock this morning in opening the safe in the Postoflice and found it contained {all the money, stamps and bonds of the office. Nothing had been taken g Deputy Postmaster, Mc- by the m ) y. The experts did their ly, opening the door of the safe with- njuring the lock. The safe contained $800 in cash and several thousand dollars’ worth of postage stamps. The discovery that none of this money and stamps were taken by McEnerny makes | his case enigmatical to the postal in- spectors. “I do not know what to think,” said In- spector Erwin to-day, “now that all this money has been fo One would natur- d. | ally suppose if McEnerny wanted to skip i Me- out he would have erny was not a cri he had the St. ¥'itus dance very he was very much affected by when I s him last Thursday. “Recently the department that there w. issued a charged only §2 50 against the office, but then ag: >4 an order for only | 2 50 and charged himself with $25, so that | evened it up. Why, he issued an order for only 30 cents and ‘charged himseli | with $30. I really don't know what to| make of him.” The pecaliar manner in which McEnerny | left the office and rhe subsequent circum- | stances cause Mr. Erwin to believe t young man might have done away with.| himself. | e JUMPED INTO THE COLUMBIA! Joe Schaldenbrand Lost His Life on a Throw of the Dice. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 16.—Joe Schal- denbrand, one of the most popular men of the Fourteenth Infantry at Vancouver barracks. jumped into the Columbia River | after staking his life on one throw of the Schaldenbrand has been losing heavily | ambling. He pawned every article of | ue and borrowed, and finally baving exhausted his last resource he begged a few dollars from strangers. “If I lose I will kill myseif,” he said. He lost and kept his word—went to the | Colun nd jumped from theabandoned | railroad pier. His body has not been re- covered. SAFE AT PORET TOWNSEND. Arrival of the Kilmory After a Voyage Fraught With Suffering. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Dec. 13— The British ship Kilmory, which arrived to-day forty days from Acapulco, bringsa story of terrible suffering on board. Shortly after leaving the Mexican port every man on board was seized by malarial fever, and Captain erguson himself, though suffering with fever, was often forced to go aloft for du The ship was off Cape Flattery nine days before able to enter the straits, on account of storms. S Enforcing Alaska Liquor Laws. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasu., Dec. 16.— The steamer City of Topeka from Alaska y brings news that the Government officials there are apparently making a serious effort to enforce the liquor laws of the Territory. Although "there is a strict prohibition law 1n Alaska the Government has always issued a limited number of permits for liquor-sellers, and a Grand Jury recently | indicted about forty men for selling liquors. Those haying permns looked upon the matter lichtiy, but the news comes to-day that even they are being arrested and will be brought to trial. Santa Barbara Land Sale. SANTA BARBARA, Cat., Dec. 16.—The estate of Thomas W. More, consisting of some 6600 acres of land, composing the | Purification rancho, was sold to-day under the Sheriff’s hammer to satisfy a fore- closure of $31,000. Jeremiah Manoney, the mortgagee, bid in the estate for $35,60¢ itk ey Northern Pacific Sued at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wasi., Dec. 16.—The Amer- ican Exchange National Bank of New York in the Federal Court to-day against the Northern Pacitic Railroad Company to collect $74,000, the balance due On LWo promissory notes. Arcata’s Sad Accident. EUREKA, CaL,, Dec. 16.—William Mec- George, u young druggist of this city, who had an arm amputated above the elbow, because of an_accidental gunshot wound last Monday, died at Arcata last evening, Milton Boball, whose unwitting act caused death of bis friend, has been on the several times since the accident. One sad feature is that both Mcteorge and Bohall -~ bad widowed mothers, in a measure, dependent on them for support. The body of McGeorge was brouglit to this city tkis afternoons —ohe ek tenced at Portland. PORTLAND, Or., Deec. 16. — Paddy Lynch, the notorious sailor boarding- house keeper and all-around crook, whose career is well known to the police of San rancisco as weil as of Portland, was sent to the penitentiary to-day by Judge Stevens for four years for larceny. Lynch is in the county jail for giving iiquor to a little girl, and at the conclusion of this sentence will rejoin his old-time com- banion in trouble, “Bunko” Keily, who is tracts in question be canceled, set aside in for life for murdering George W. Sayres. work | | of this city. PRIDE OF STOCKTON, Enterprising Women Who Have Done Much for the City. LABORS OF THE ANNEX. Eastern Lawmakers Interested in the Needs of the San Joaquin Valley, PETITION TO CONGRESSMEN. Gratifying Results of Labor to Secure Legislation Desired by the Railroad Town. STOCKTON, Car., Dec. 16.—The mem- bers of the Ladies’ Annex of the Stockton Commercial Association have been advised that there 1s little probability of anything being done with the appropriation bills now before Congress until after the holiday adjournment. In the meantime, however, they are getting matters in shape to bring a powerful pressure to bear upon Congress when the bills are taken up on the re- assembling of Congress after the holidays. The petition which the ladies will send to Washington in favor of the improve- ment of the San Joaquin River, Stockton and Mormon channels, together with an additional appropriation for a Government building, will not be like the ordinary pe- titions, promiscuously signed. The mem- bers have taken the papers to all of the large institutions—manufacturing and otherwise—of this city, and have secured the signatures of the officers in their dif- ferent capacities, with the seals and trade- marks attached. | Some time ago Congressman Grove L. | Johnson advised the association to culti- | vate the friendship of Kastern Congress- | men in order that the measures might | have advocates outside of this State. Tbis | was to be donme by the large business houses of this city communicating with | Eastern correspondents and requesting the latter to interest the Congressmen from their district in Stockton’s behalf. The plan of Mr. Johnson’s was considered a rather original one, and many were in- clined to take it as one his jokes. He said, however, that he was entirely sin- cere, and the ladies set about to see what would be the resuit of an effort in this nterested the most influential men Letters were sent to the Eastern houses and the result has been highly satisfactory. Many of the factories | and wholesale houses replied that they would gladly do what they could to advance Stockton’s interests and have transmitted to Stockton houses the replies which they received from home Congress- men. The letters were very encouraging, and a number of the Congressmen, not content in making a roundabout assurance of friendship, bave sent letters to prominent citizens, promising their earnest support for the appropriation bills. There is quite a Mame colony in Stockton, and as the Wt of the exchange of letters onthe abject nearly the entire Maine delegation | | in Congress is pledged to work for the bilis. Shortly after Congress convenes in Janu- ary the ladies propose to hold a monster mass.meeting on Hunter Square, at which resolutions will be adepted calling upon , Congress to recognize this city’s right to the | improvements asked for. Governor Budd, vor Baggs and many promin ent citizens address the people. As soon as the ntions are adopted they will be trans- M reso; | mitted to the House of Representatives by telegraph, the meeting to be so timed that Congressman Johnson will be enabled to read the message to the House while the gathering here is stiil in session. This is but one of the various plans the ladies are working upon in order to bring about favorable consideration of the bills introduced by Congressman Johnson. The annex has also found a warm ad- | vocate of the appropriation bills in Pro- fessor George Davidson. The professor is now coliecting data showing the vast im- portance of the San Joaauin River to the commerce of the State and the Pacific Coast. He will do what he can in favor of the appropriation for the new Government building, holding that this city is destined to become second only to San Francisco as a center of trade and wealth. In speaking of the important part the members of the Ladies’ Annex of the Com- mercial Association are now playing in the advancement of Stockton, a short re- view of the history of the organization is in order. While the Valley Railroad en- terprise was still in its inception, the lad ies organized to assist the Commercial | Association in the efforts to secure for Stockton a place on the line of the rail- road. They participated in all of the public meetings held, and when the time came to raise money to assist in the enterprise they were foremost in the work, and very successful. The members issued one edi- tion of the Stockton Mail and realized nearly $2000 for the railroad fund. After s the members divided the city into districts and made a house-to-house can- | vass for subscriptiong. Acting upon the principle that pennies made dollars, they Ftook every subscription, no matter now small, and the fund swelled to large pro- portions. When it seemed thatno more actual do- nations could be secured, they devised | various entertainments, dances and socials, the receipts of which went toward liqui- dating Stockton’s promise to the Valley Railroad directors. The work did not stop at this, for the pro- gressive women sold tea that had been do- nated by merchants and realized a very handsome sum on this plan. After the railroad had been secured for Stockton they decided to make their organization permanent and continue their efforts for the advancement of the city. Since then no matter of importance has come up but that they have contributed their time and infiuence in favor of its promotion. The local press has repeatedly said that the annex members were more active and public spirited citizens than were the members of the association proper. The ladies work along their own lines and do not aspire to engage in any under- taking outside ol their particular sphere. They attribute much of their success to this fact. The chairwoman of the annex is Mrs. B. Slaughter and the Secretary Mrs. Joseph Badger. The active members are: Mesdames W. D. Buckley, Joseph Budd, i Margaret Davis, W. C. Daggett, Appie El- som, E. Extrom, Mary Fairbanks, James Gillis, Hannah Grey, M. P. Henderson, Orrin Henderson, Charles Haas, Mary McKee, Mrs. H. A. Kiersik, Basolioi La- goir, William McKee, J. D. McDougald, fary McKee, J. D. McDougald, Mary McKee, J. J. Nunan, J. D. Peters, L. Roff, L Rothenbush, E. Slaughter, Mary Shrieke, Herbert Williamson and David Winders, and Misses Rothenbush, Shrieke, Davis, Kiersski and L. M. Westby. RAILS ARE EN ROUTE. Twenty-Seven Carloads Shipped for the Corral Hollow Line. STOCKTON, Car., Dec. 16.—E. H. Bar- ber, the local agent of the Alameda and San Joaquin Railway, to-day received bills of lading for twenty-seven carloads of rails that were shipped from Chicago on the 10th inst. Twenty-three of the cars carrying the rails are those made in Chi- cago for the Cow Hollow road. They are are expected to reach here by the last of this week. The work of constructinga trestle across Paradise cut will be completed to-night or to-morrow, when there will remain only the Toma Paine Slough and a swale on the Fink ranch to be bridged over. Afier this is done the construction trains can run through toward Corral Hollow as fast as thiel track- layers can put down ties and rails. —_— MAJOR ORR'S SHORTAGE. Bondsmen Have Not Decided to Reim- burse the Asylum. STOCKTON, CaL., Dec. 16.—So far as is known the bondsmen of Major Orr, the former treasurer of the State Insane Asy- lum here, have not announced to the asy- lum officials whether they would make good the entire shortage of that official or test the matter in the courts. H.H. Hew- lett, one of the bondsmen, said: ‘‘The several bondsmen have consulted Attorney Nicol and he has not yet advised us whether to pay the deficit or not. We shall be guided much by his advice.” TEST CASE AT FRESND, Valley Road Directors and City Councilmen in Friendly Litigation. Validity of the Law Affecting the Granting of Franchises to Be Determined. FRESNO, Car., Dec. 16.—Apvlication for a franchise to run its line through this city has been made by the San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company. E. F. Preston, attorney for the company, spent the day in Fresno, and at a conference with the City Trustees it was agreed that a friendly suit should be carried to the Supreme Court to test the validity of the law which says that franchises must be advertised for a certain length of time and then sold to the highest bidder. The railroad company was opposed to applying for a_franchise under that law, insisting that it was not necessary to do s0, and that a franchise granted direct, without any advertising or sale, was just as good and would be satisfactory to the company. The application was made, and the City Trustees refused to grant the fran- chise except in the usual way. A writ of mandate will be applied for and within a few weeks, it is expected, the Supreme Court will settle the question. The suit is friendly, and the City Trus- tees will aia in securing an early hearing. e LOS ANGELES COMPETITION. One Reason for the Continued Low Price for 0il. LOS ANGELES, CAr., Dec. 16.—The oil situation in this city is peculiar. A field that produces 1,000,000 barrels of oila week ought to bring prosperity to any com- munity, and the fact that the price of oil does not advance and that no one is getting unusually rich in the business 1s due to the lack of tunkage as much as anything else, in the opinion of Secretary Cochran of the Oil Exchange. One hundred men are selling oil where thre e are sufficient, and each is endeavor- ing to undersell the others, Only balf the supply is bought, and there is but 70,000 barrels of tankage; consequently the sur- pius must be disposed of at any price. In the East 50,000,000 barrels have been above ground and the price did not drop. The solution is to erect sufficiently large tanks, and the oil. with ocean transpor- tation, can be controlled with good prices. Otherwise, the distress that has been hanging over the fields, it is thought, will develop into a crisis, and the Standard Oil Company, whose grip is tightening, will solve the problem in its old way. Serag et On Trial for Murder. LOS ANGELES, CaiLn., Dec. 16.—The trial of Patrick Stewart McAnery, accused of the muraer of William Hunter on Sep- tember 14, was begun this morning before Judge Smith. McAnery and Hunter en- gaged in a saloon row. There was a strug- gle and Hunter was stabbed. McAnery claims that he acted in self-defense. OF INTEREST T0O THE COAST. More Places for Senators on the Com- mittees. WASHINGTON, D. Dec. 16.—The Republican members of the Senate Pacific Railroads Committee will be Gear (chair- man), Frye, Stewart, Walcott and one other yet to be named. Senator Perkins will be a member of the the Appropriations Committee and also chairman of the Committee on Fisheries. Morrill of Vermont will be chairman of the Finance Committee, Stewart chairman of Mines and Mining, Culiom of the Inter- state Commerce, Warren of Irrigation, Frye of Commerce, Wilson (of Washing- ton) of Indian Depredations, Cameron of Naval Affairs, Dubois of Public Lands, Sherman of Foreign Relations, Lodge of Immigration. Congressman Hilborn to-day presented a memorial of the fruitgrowers of California in favor of the Nicaragua canal, and ask- 1ng that it be made, owned and controlled by the Government of the United States in the interest of commerce; also a bill grant- ing an American registry for the steamer Kahului. Judge Thomas H. Bond of Lakeport is at the Ebbitt House. He will argue the Wright irrigation case before the United States Supreme Court. it L SO For the Sale of a Railroad. DENVER, Coro., Dec. 16.—Application for the sale of the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway was made by Receiver Trumbull to-day in the United States court. Arcuments in the case wiil be heard next Monday. From an alieged loss 0f§20,000 a month it is claimed it is now on a paying basis. g ey A Eureka Burglar’s Fate. - EUREKA, CAL., Dec.16.—Chris Welden, a morphine fiend, was this morning sentenced to five years in San Quentin for burglary. Welden broke into a vacant house in this city some weeks ago and stole a quantity of bedding and other arti- cles, and the theft of a number of har- nesses was also traced to him. By ety Perished on Tron Mountain. REDDING. Can.,, Dec, 16.—A man named Schlund and a companion named King, while hunting yesterday near Iron Mountain, became separated. reached The Coroner left for the scene N JAILED AT SEATTLE, Chinamen Captured After Crossing the Canadian Boundary. HEADED BY WONG CHONG Each Had Forged Certificates of Residence in His Possession, FOLLOWED THE BLAINE TRAIL. The Mongols Held to Await anInves- tigation by a Grand Jury. SEATTLE, Wasn., Dec. 16.—For some time past strong suspicions have prevailed that Chinese were again illegally securing entrance into the United States by cross- ing the boundary line via old Blaine and Sumas trails. Customs officers have been on the alert to capture these invaders, who usually have forged certificates in their possession. Their efforts were successful on Satur- day, a squad of five Celestials being cap- tured near Nooksack City. They were brought to Seattle this morning by Deputy Marshals George W. Curtis and Emery McSGinnis. The Chinamen were captured by Deputy Collector Fiannigan of Sumas and Immi- gration Inspector Gourley of Whatcom. They were led by an old offender named Wong Chong, who fell into the law’s clutches two vears ago for the same offense. In the party were Ah Sam, Ah Chang, Ah Hung, An Kung and the redoubtable Wong Chong. The officers escorted their prisoners to Sumas and arraigned them before United States Commissioner R. 8. Lambert, who, after hearing the evidence, bound them over for the action of the Federal Grand Jury, and then locked them up. Word was sent to the United States Marshal's oftice and two deputies went up and brought the squad in. [hey ar® now in jail awaiting an investi- gation of their case by the Grand Jyry, which is now sitting. The Chinamen are all understood to be provided with forged certificates of residence at Seattle. Most of them talk good English. EAVE MADERA 175 NAME. Death of Ex-Sheriff Thurman, One of the State’s Forty- Niners. Noted for His Bravery in Dealing With Lawless Men in the Early Days. MADERA, Cav., Dec. 16.—W. H. Thur- man, & Mexican war veteran, and one of the pioneers of this State and county, died this morning at San Diego, whither he went a few months agoin search of health. Mr. Thurman was a Tennesseean by birth. He crossed the plains in ’49 and settled in 8an Jose. Subsequently he went to Nevada, where he served several years as Sheriff of Washoe County, displaying a bravery necessary to such offices in the early days. Hewas one of the first settlers of this county. He named the town of Madera, and built the first house in it, and was one of the projectorsof the lumber flume, which terminates here. Upon the organization of this county, Mr. Thurman was elected Sheriff, filling thav position until last January. The body will arrive here to-morrow, and the funeral will take placeon Wednes- day. 'The services will be conducted by the Knights of Pythiasand the Ancient Order of United Workmen. b ALBANY MURDER TRIAL. Lloyd Montgomery Says He Should Be Henged for the Murder of His Parents. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 16.—To-morrow is the date set for tne trial of Lloyd Mont- gomery on the charge of murdering his parents and Daniel McKercher, near Brownsville. Last Friday morning for the first time he talked with Sberiff McFerron aboutthe trial. When the Sheriff took his breadfast to him and asked him how he felt, he said: “I feel first-rate, Islept well last night, and am glad to have had one good night's sleep before I die.” “Do you expect to die?” the Sheriff asked. “Yes, I expect to be hanged, and I guess I deserve it. I would rather be hanged and have it ended than go to the peniten- tiary.” He said he realized_the enormity of the crime he bad committed and that he de- served to die for it. None of Montgom- ery’s family have written to him, nor do they visit him in jail. Montgomery’s attorney, Judge Whitney, talked with him_for an hour or more on Friday. The prisoner appears to be per- fectly sane and there seems to be no defense that can save him from expiating his crime on the gallows. Shen b CENTERVILLE'S MURDER. The Coroner's Jury Decided That H. F. Yokum Did Not Shoot Bal'ew and Mason in Self-Defense. CHICO, CAL., Dec. 16.—A Coroner’s jury has returned a verdict of murder against H. F. Yokum, who“shot and instantly killed Frank Ballew and mortaily wounded Albert Mason at Centerville Saturday afternoon. Yokum's statement that Le fired in self-defense was not borne outby the evidence, neither Ballew nor Mason, who diec the following morning, having weapons upon their persons. Yokum was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Bay to-day and pleaded not guilty. He is 71 yearsold and has a famity of grown sons and daughters. Baliew had a wife and child. He was a robust young man and always ready for trouble. fottiieing FETED AT PORTLAND. < Red Men Honored the Great Incohonee of Their Order. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 16.—The great incohonee of the Improved Order of Red Men, W. H. Paton of Danvers, Mass., ar- rived here to-day from the Soumd, twelve hours in advance of the announced time for his arrival, thus kiling all the plans for his reception, which was to_have n h . hhe{d{mg ! agala affair with red light and a proces- | ome, but Scnlung per in | sion. ¥ Joseph Badger, D. A. Buell, A. A. Dudley, | the snow. o o et i At a reception to Paton to-night, at which several hundred Jocal and visiting Red Men were present, addresses were de- livered by prominent visitors and re- sponded to by the guest of honor. Great preparations have been made for enter- taining Incohonee Paton here and at Vancouver during his three days’ visit. On Wednesday night the Red Men will celebrate with a big ball and entertain- ment. —_— NORDIN A BIGAMIST. Judge Deugherty Decided That He Was Not Legally Divorced From His Wife. SANTA ROSA, Car., Dec. 16.—Judge Dougherty to-day overruled the demurrer filed by John A. Nordin in the divorce case that has been on trial for several | months, thus practically ruling that John A. Nordin was never divorced from his first wife and his second marriage is illegal and void. Nordin’s former name was Nelson, and while under that name he married a woman in Switzerland. Nelson after- ward came to this country and through the courts had his name changed to Nordin. Then he commenced suit against his wife, Sophie Nelson. He secured judg- ment in the Alameda court by default of the defendant, who remained in Switzer- land under the name of Nelson. When the present Mrs. Nordin com- menced suit against her husband the com- plaint _contained two counts. One was that Nordin had secured all his wife’s property by a fraudulent manifestation of affection; the other that he had never been divorced from his first wife and was not free to marry when he wedded the plaintiff. The property in litigation is the Agna Caliente Springsresort, which, Mrs. Nordin avers, was bought with her money, she, at the time of her marriage, possessing %27,000. The property is now in the hands of Receiver M. K. Cady, who was ap- pointed by the court to hoid the premises pending final disposition of the case. STANFORD EXAMINATIONS, Students Now Interested in the Finals of the Fall Semester. Christmas Will Come and Go Without a Football Game on the Campus. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL, Dec. 16.—On the coming Friday Stanford closes its doors for the holiday vacation. Just at present the students are most in- terested in the last examinations of the semester. There has been more of an effort each year to diminish the number of the finals, and the faculty has so arranged the last examinations, as a rule, that the last week is not crowded with them, as has been the case in previous years. Manager Eaton, who has been endeavor- ing to arrange a footbali game with some Eastern team, has at last given up the idea. The Michigan eleven requirea too large a gunarantee, and there seemed to be an aversion for a trip among the players | was | themselv Another proposition considere: that of combiming the best players of Berkeley and of Stanford in one aggregation to meet some big Eastern team, but that plan, too, fell through. So, with Christmas but ten daysaway, there'is no likelihood of a game. A Jarge number of students who live too far distant from the university to reach their homes for a visit during vacation will remain here for the holidays. About 50 per cent of the students, however, will be absent during the recess. Professor Richardson, at the head of the chemical department, estimates the loss from the recent fire at$650, which is a much heavier loss than was at first calcu- lated. President Jordan expects to leave for Southern California on Wednesday next. He will be absent until January 1. g s o Rainfall and Snow. MERCED, Car., Dec. 16.—Rain has been falling all evening, and since the showers began yesterday a half-inch in all has fallen. It has made plowing good in this vicinity and given strength to stock food. The snow is falling on the lower foothills with four inches of the beautiful in Mariposa. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Dec. 16.— The falling barometer of the past few days resulted in a snowfall early this morning and the indications are that the weather will moderate during the next twenty-four hours, although shipping will remain at a standstill for the present. | BENTS TSI JE Lucy E. Park Answered = the Complaint Filed by Her Husband. George E. Barron’s Gift to Caroline Hawxhurst—End of the Degelman Libel Case. SAN JOSE, Car., Dee. 16.—Lucy E. Park to-day filed an answer to the suit brought by her husband, Monroe C. Park, for divorce on the ground of cruelty, in which she denies that she ever called the Jlaintiff a liar or a brute and that she ver imputed to him that he was stingy d had disregarded the solemnity of his irriage vows. She says her conduct was 't cruel and of such a nature as to cause im great mental suffering. Mrs. Park charges that while she was sick and under medical care in the spring of this year the plaintiff struck and beat herand im- pugned her veracity, emphasizing his dec- larations by some terrible adjectives. The Parks were married in Kansas in 1868, and have four children, three of whom are of age. They own a house and lot worth $1500 in this city, which is mortgaged for $500, and Mrs. Park wants her share of this property and the custody of the minor child. ——— GEORGE E. BARRON'S GIFT. Caroline Hawxhurst to Recrive Half of the Expected Acquisitions. SAN JOSE, CarL., Dec. 16.—An instru- ment was filed in the Superior Court to- day whereby George E. Barron, the con- testant of the will of his father, Edward Barron, has transferred to Caroline Hawx- hurst all interest that has accrued up to $25,000 on the $100,000 bequest of his father as security for two notes aggre- gating $16,000. The notes, one of which is for $10,000 and the other for $8000, were executed August 21, 1895, and made pay- able two years from date, with interest at 1 per cent per month. It is also agreed | that, in contemplation of his father's will being ultimately broken, he gives to Cgro- line Hawxhurst one-half of whatever nis interest may be. James E. Walsh and James A. Thomp- son, trustees of the $100,000 bequest in which George E. Barron has a life inter- est, agree to carry out the terms of the contract. e Sl s Degelman’s Case Dismissed. SAN JOSE, CaL., Dec. 16.—The’ charge | of eriminal libel preferred by Cora Everett against George F. Degelman, the publisher of the Weekly Gazette, a sensational paver, was dismissed to-day, as it was shown that the plaintifi’s name was Mrs. Carmosa, Cora Everett being only her maiden name, and this rendered the complaint defective. e Mining Company Incorporated. SAN JOSE, CAL., Dec. 16.—Articles in- corporating the Ontario Mill and Mining | Company were filed to-day. The cavital | stock is placed at $96,000, the place of busi- | ness San Jose, and the objects of the com- pany to carry on a general milling and mining business. SALT LAKE VOCALISTS. The Famous Tabernacle Choir Planning a Trip to the Coast in the Spring. SALT LAKE, Uran, Dec. 16.—The rep- resentative musical organization of Utah’s metropolis—the = Tabernacle choir—will visit San Francisco early in the spring. The plan of 2 tour of the Pacific Coast had been under consideration since the Tabernacle choir returned from the World's Fair, bringing with it the second prize in the great contestof choruses. The matter at last took definite form and Pro- fessor Evan Stephens, the conductor of the choir, and H. G. Whitney, who had con- trol of the finances of the Worla’s Fair tour, will go to San Francisco in a few days to perfect arrangements for a concert tour. The choir will be heard at Sacramento and Oakiand, and will give a series of re- citals in San Francisco. The proceeds of the recent Eistedfodd, held at Salt Lake City, will be used to de- fray the earlier expenses of the tour. Con- certs and balls will be given during the remaining winter months for the purpose of enlarging the fund. Efforts will be made to obtain a fair corcession from the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Union Pacitic is desirous that the singers should go via Portland. NEW TO-DAY. At One=Half The Price. A MAN’S CHEVIOT SUIT, BLACK, BLUE, GRAY or BROWN, $a, THE RETAILER’S PRICE ENOUGH SAID. —8$10 - BROWN BROS. & CO Wholesale Manufacturers Props. 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