The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 28, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1895. 11 THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT OF THER GUILT. The Police Sure of Having| Two of the Ingleside | Robbers. THE TALE OF THEIR TOOL Fred Gardiner, the Gang’s “Handy Andy,” Has Been Rec- { ognized. PRISONER JOHNSON LIBERATED. | in at the New City Hall once, but Captain An Ineffectual Effort Made by Middle- | miss and Welch to Prove | an Alibi. Police Commissioner Gunst was one of the first men to cail in the City Prison and | see the arrested men suspected of commi ting the robbery near Ingleside track. He was accompanied by Secretary Lenke, of | the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, Albert Saxe, formerly of the Chicago Pinkerton Detec- | Agency, Captain Jonn Curtin, the | | Now it remains to be seen whether tne | conductor and driver of the car that was | Clark and the prisoners to a meeting. | showed the most grit and who, after being | to a very The story they tell corroborates, d the cap- great extent, what Gardiner tols tain yesterday. Itisto the effect that Middlemiss and Welch told Gardiner to inquire from the conductor at what time the last car would be going downtown. It was nearly 8 o’clock then, and the conductor answered that the last car would not leave before 10:80 o’clock that night. “That’s fine,” spoke out Gardiner in a lond-toned voice; ‘‘we can have all the time we want to sit in the sand and wait.” The other two men punched Gardiner in the ribs to make him quit his prattle, but be continued talking in a maudlin way, and no more attention was paid to him by the conduetor. These employes of the railroad have been down to see and have identified the three men in the jail as the ones on their car. heid up will be able to do likewise. For some reason or other the two last- mentioned car-company men have not been able to see the prisoners. They dropped Lees was out at the time looking up the case, and it was probably deemed advisable by his subordinates before subjecting the prisoners to the test. To-day, however, the parties will be brought together. It is out of the question to bring Cashier Clark is in a very bad way. The opera- tion performed on his foot, following the | severe wounding and the ghattering of the | bone, has caused a terrible shock and a | general breaking up. | As the thing stand s now the man who | so painfully wounded, directed his asso- | ciates to save the coin bag, is as helpless and as weak as s babe. his bootlegs at the time. He had suc. ceeded in passing three of his ‘‘raised bills in this City and Livermore. Heusick’s attorney, M. M. Foote, m: a plea for mercy to the court yesterday, but Judge Morrow disregarded it, giving him the ten years sentence and a $1000 fine besides. e UNION CHRISTMAS SERVICES. The Baptists of the City Hold Joint Sunday-School Exercises. The union Christmas services of the Baptist Sunday-schools of San Francisco was, held at Metropolitan Temple last evening. The First, Hamilton - square, Swedish, Emmanuel and Third churches and Bethesda, Chinese, Galilee and Rich- mond missions Fanicipated. A mimic fireplace and a large tree pro- fusely decorated attracted the admiring attention of the hundreds of children who filled the auditorinm. The programme was as follows: Organ voluntary, Hallet K. Mitchell; dox- ology, congregation; invocation, Rev. A. Russell; Scriture reading, Galilee mission, Isaizh liii:1-8; Richmond mission, Luke ii:8- ission, Matthew ii:1-11; hymn, “Coronation,” congregation; praser, Rev. J George Gibson; response, “Children’s Prayer Song,” Junior Endeavor, Emmanuel Church; song, Chinese mission; male chorus, “Let Joy- ful Songs Resound,” German church; recita- tion, ‘First Christmas Morn,” Ethel Jackson, Hamilton - square; enthem (selected), Shining Star Mission band, First Church; recitation, “The Whole Wide World for Jesus,” Mildred Nelson and Charles Anderson, Swedish church; kinder symphony, primary class, First Church; recitation, “Christrias Bells,’ Clars Woods, Emmanuel Church; song, with Delsarte movements, “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” children of Third Church; exercise, Bethesda Mission; song, “God Is Love,” chil- dren of German church; hymn, “Joy to the World,” congregation; benediction, Rev. M. P. Boynton; distribution of gifts. S An Early Morning Blaze. An alarm was turned in through box 195 this morning at 12:15 o’clock for a small blaze in the three-story brick building at the GA“DINE?, THREE MEN IN THE J MIDDLEMISS, Sketched by a “ Call” artist.] WELSH. CITY PRISON. well-known local déetective,and John F.| Farley, the munager of the lIngleside refreshment department. All these gentiemen were dressed as nearly alike as men of fashion us still, John Middlemiss, the dark com- plexioned and tall man of the trio, did not late a moment in picked out the Police Comr i “How do you do, Mr. “Mr. Gunst lost his head.” So said Detective Saxe, last evening. “If he had | simply taken that fellow aside just then, | he would have made him give up his| ‘innards’ by telling him: ‘this is your | chance to square yourself, teli me all you know and I'!l be vour friend.” "’ | But, as Mr. Gunst did not do the proper | thing at the proper time, the mystery of | the Ingleside robbery is a shade hazy still. Just the same, Captain Lees sat back in his armchair last evening, as comfortably as any man could, tired by a twenty-four- hour vigil, directing his men according to to his ideas of the proper channel in which 10 work to capture the thieves he believes to be still at large. He feels satistied that of the three men he hus already captured two.are the fellows who shot the foot" off | Cashier Clarke and carried away the money bag discovered yesterday by Edward Wil- lis, superintendent of the Olympic Water ’s works. ner whose guilt is doubtful is rdiner. He is a young man, not ars of age. He is likewise one of entally weak individuals who will those : allow himself to be directed by any one to do anything excepting, perhaps, that | h might result in immediate physi- njury. { He is of that class of people who will do | the chores of menials around saloons, run | errands of any questionable nature, ané who isat the beck and call of the first | comer for a dime. His chief enjoyment, | apparently, has been to patronize the rum- | shops nearest to the place where he re- | ed his tips. Gardiner has been known for months aroupd this City as an artistic piano- player, and not unfrequently has he been picked up' by rounders at the track and | elsewhere to furnish them with cheap amusement wherever pianos and drinks | were among the attractions. X Gardiner was positively intoxicated Thursday night when he was arrested. | He had been so for weeks more or less, ac- cording to the amount of money dropped imto his band by his employers. When Captain Lees interrogated him he was blear-eved and maudlin. He remem- pered that he had come in’ on some car, end that when he had been put off by the conductor, policeman 413 had interceded for him and he had been carried to Third street. Policeman 413 is Officer Rourke, as capgble and as honest as any man on the force. On the night Gardiner claims to have sat beside him oa the car, Rourke was in the vicinity of Telegraph Hill, working on the cases of the injured young children who accuse Captain Lane of their disgrace. : 5 In his maudlin way Gardiner told many little things that dovetail with the state- ments made by Middlemiss, but it 1s evi- dent that where their stories disagree it is not Gardiner who is speaking the untruth. Middlemiss on the day of the robbery was at the track with Gardiner, and caused him to cash a winning ticket for §20 on oneof the races. That day Gardiner got welt and drunk, and he states that when it was time to leave the track he had spent all his money and had not even car- fare. Middlemiss furnished him with 10 cents, and it was on his refusal to give thatup for his fare that he had trovble with the car conductor. Adding to this, he stated to Captain Lees yesterday: i O“AEEUIG as 1 gm alive, I had nothing to do with this robbery.” % = There is no_belief in the captain’s mind or in those of the people who have ever met Gardiner tbat he is one of the cul- prits. But, there is this one thing that rests against him: He was captured by the detectives who_ went to watch the cache under the Olympic Water Com- pany’s pier. 5 Gardiner was too drunk to explain how he came to be with Middlemiss at that time. He knew that his friend had asked him to go cut with him to dig up some- thing on the beach, but that is all. Some valuable evidence has been se- cured by Captain Lees from the conductor and gripman of the car on which Gardiner and ~Middlemiss went to the beach on Thursday night when they were arrested. | and Cody patrolled and searched the beach | said, “and did not leave until the perform- | ance was over at 5 o'clock. The same thing may be said of Officer | corner of California and Montgomery streets, | Joseph, who did his best to arrest the thieves. is hardly in a position te identity the prisoners as the men who committed the roboery, as they at no time got much more than a rear, an imperfect view in the darkness, of the retreating bandits. The police are strong in their belief tnat Patrick Welch, the man_ with the red mustache, is the leader of the robbers. The fellow is not favored with pacific looks and he has the tough way of a har- dened case. He claims to be able to prove an alibi, and, in his own way of showing it before a number of detectives yesterday, be toseed out a half-dollar piece, saying: “There you are; go pay for the telegram and I'll prove to you ducks I've got an alibi.,” He went no further, however, when questioned at that time, receding into his shell as a snail might, realizing there was danger ahead. In their drag-net system the police gathered in a fourth man named Johnson, but yesterday he was fully able to estab- lish bis whereabouts at the time of the robbery. He, as well as a number of others, was turned loose. At low tide yesterday Detectives Gibson | | for the Winchester rifles which the rob- bers carried, and which it is believed they cast into the beach after using them to intimiaate and wound their victims. s WITH THE PRISONERS. The Three Men in Jail Have a Story of Exculpation to Tell. “I have no doubt about proving an alibi,” said Middlemiss in reply to a ques- tion concerning his movements on the evening of therobbery. *“Billy Wessley of San Francisco saloon, at 863 Market street, can testify that I was there at 7 o’clock. I was there the greater part of the afternoon and evening, and there met Patsy Welch. I can bring forth all the prooi required to satisfy the officers that I was not concerned in the hold-up of the car and Clarke, the barkeeper.”” Hdrry Gardiner claims that he was not within three miles of the racetrack Wednesday afternoon. " “I went to the Columbia Theater,’” he | Then I went to the San Francisco Saloon,snd there met Middlemiss and Walsh. I was there off and on until 10 o’clock that night, and can bring witnesses to prove that I was in the place at the time the robbery took place.”’ #¢*Yes, 1 was at the track and came down- town on_the 5:10 car,” said Patsy Welsh. | Middlemiss was on, and had some trouble | with the conductor about his fare and was put off. I am a barber in Contra Costa, and come down occasionally to play the races. I got here Tuesday abeut noon and when I went out to the track Wednesday I won between $50 and $60. 1 left the track at about 5:10 ». M. and I got in town and to the San Francisco Saloon at 6 o'clock. I can bring two or three witnesses to prove the truth of that statement and also that T was in the house at the hour when the robbery is said to have taken place. I knew Middlemiss and Gardiner in Eureka, though I have not been there for two years.” Middlemiss admitsthat he and his friend went to the beach Thursday night, but says they were out for a walk. They all expect to prove an alibi without trouble, and Middlemiss has already been in consultation with a lawyer. FOR AISING BILLS. Counterfeiter Heusick Sentenced to Ten Years at San Quentin and Fined $1000 Besides. Ten years at San Quentin was the sen- tence United States District Judge Morrow gave Ernest A. Heusick, who plead guilty ot counterfeiting. About a year ago Heusick was arrested under the name of E. A. Meyers, but he was let go then for want of evidence. The second time he was taken in charge by the Federal officers was in July at Livermore, He was found with a large numaber of ieces of $20 Confederate greenbacks in gi« possession and four genuine $1 bills. His particular ‘‘graft” was to cut the figures and words denoting the amount of money the Confederate note called for and these he would substitute for the figures and words on the genuine §L bills. “Lots But he, as well as Fitzgerald, { owned by the Parrott estate. The fire was caused by live coals setiing fire to an ash bar- rel. The damege will amount to about $200, fully covered by insurance. WERE MARRIED 4 HASTE James Nolan ‘Makes Pretty Miss Pauline Foster His Bride. A Priest Would Not Perform the Cere- mony so a Justice of the Peace Was Called On. James Nolan, the 23-year-old son of P. T. Nolan, the shoe-dealer, was married by Justice of the Peace Kerrigan yesterday to Miss Pauline Foster, the handsome 18- year-old ward of Captain Madison. The young couple were known to be very fond of each other, but a slightdiffer- ence in religious belief and their youth made those most interested in their welfare frown somewhat upon the idea of a marriage for some years to come, and for some time the young people apparently heeded the advice given them. Recently, however, young Nolan became impatient at the delay, and, as his lady love was of legal age and willing, decided to take the matter in hisown hands and marry before obstacles could be thrown in the way. He therefore procured a mar- riage license in the regular way and called at the home of the priest of a Western Addition parish and asked that the cere- mony be performed without delay. The difference in belief stood in the way, however, and the priest told him that he must first obtain a special dispensaiion from Archbishop Riordan. This would take time, however, and not desiring to risk being separated from his prospective bride, a Justice’s marriage was decided on. Justice Kerrigan soon tied the knot and the newly married ones breathed a simul- taneous sigh of relief as the words “‘I pro- nounce yon_man and wife,”” were uttered. After sending messages to the guardian of the young lady and to the parents of the groom, telling of the course they had taken, a marriage feast was partaken of at a fashionable restaurant and a theater party for the evening arranged. Mrs. Nolan has beeén known on the streets of this City for some time as one of the most fashionabiy dressed ladies who appear on pleasant afternoons, and has been admired by all for her handsome face and graceful carriage. The groom has been employed in his father’s establishment for several years past. Parental forgiven ess is expected. ————— A Rheumatic’s Museum. A Fifteenth Ward man, who has been a lifelong sufferer from rheumatism, hasa queer collection of alleged “cures” ar- ranged in a neat cabinet. One shelf is de- voted to a series of small, wrinkled objects, which look and feel like large pebbles. They are not pebbles, however, but pota- toes which have become almost petrified through being carried a long time in the pocket of the rheumatic gentleman. Each otato is marked with a small label bear- ing some such inscription as this: “*Carried from November 12, 1878, to May 18, 1880. Very efficacions.”” The collector claims that the potato carried in the trousers pocket has proved to be the best of many remedies he has ever tried. He carriesone potato until the return of his rheumatic twinges seem tc testify to the decline of the tuber’s curative properties. Then he takes a new potato and locks the old one in his cabinet. On the other shelves ol the cabinet are several shriveled horse- chestnuts, a string of amber beads, a dried- up rabbit’s foot, the right foot of an *‘East- 8ho’ Crow,’” a number of iron finger rings, a few horseshoe nails and several other odds and ends. +‘All these things seem to have given_more or less relief,”’ says the collector.—Philadelphia Record. ——————— Tt is said that there are but seven nine- lettered monosyllabic words in the Eng- lish langauge — scratched, stretched, scrunched, screeched, squelched and of these cuttings were discovered in one of staunched. ALL MONGOLS EXCLUDED, No Chinese, Says Federal Judge Morrow, Can Be Nat- uralized. A NEW JERSEY COURT ERRED. Law Laid Down in a Denial of the Appeal of a Celestial Who Also Possessed a Passport. Again and again the Federal courts have been called upon to decide the question of whegher Chinese can be naturalized, and as often these tribunals have declared that they can not. United States District Judge Morrow has had to reiterate this judicial question, and yesterday he rendered an opinion in the case of Gee Hop which can not easily be misunderstood. Judge Morrow said practically what Judge Sawyer once declared to be the law of the country in the Ah Yup case, to wit, that Congress in all its legislation has in- tendea to exclude Mongolians. Assistant United States Distriet Attor- ney Bert Schlessinger covered the matter pretty thoroughly in the brief he filed for the Government on 1ts intervention pro- | ceedings in the case just decided. Gee Hop arrived here from China on the City of Peking September 16, this year. Col- lector of Customs Wise refused him a landing. The Chinese sued out a writ of habeas corpus, and Commissioner Heacock’s ac- tion on it was to recommend Gee Hop’s deportation. The Chinese had naturaliza- tion g:pers issued by the Court of Com- men Pleas of Camden, N. J., May 1. 1890, and he also Fossessed a passport signed by Secretary of State James G. Biaine. He took an appeal to Judge Morrow, and the United States District Attorney inter- | vened. Mr. Schlessinger reminded the court of the constitutional right of Con- gress to make a uniform rule of naturaliza- tion; of the derivation by the courts from Congress of their authority to naturalize; of the provisions of section 2169 of the Re- vised Statutes, which allow only white aliens and persons of African descent to be naturalized, and of the decision of Judge Sewyer. o The court agreed with Mr. Schlessinger and sustained Commissioner Heacock’s recommendation to deport. The Commis- sioner had given as hisgrounds the reasons that there was no law conferring the right of naturalization upon Mongolians or na- | tives of China; that the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of New Jersey naturalizing Gee Hop was absolutely nuil and void for want of jurisdiction, and that, tnerefore, Gee Hop was not and isnota citizen ot the United States, as claimed by him, and cannot be permitted to land in this country. G In Judge Morrow’s opinion he proceeds step by step on the naturalization ques- tion. Congress obtained its right to es- tablish & uniform rule of naturalization, he observes, from section 8 of Article I of the Federal Constitution. Section 2165 of the Revised Statutes authorizes the courts to | naturalize persons in conformity with this uniform rule, and by section 2169 it is dis- tinctly stated that the ‘‘provisions of this title shall apply to aliens (being free white ersons and aliens) and persons of African escent.”” Mongolians were excluded, he explains, from the intent of Congress, for by | not even the greatest latitude of construc- | tion could the title be made to cover Mon- | golians. With Commissioner Heacock’s conclu- | sion the court said it heartily agreed, be~\ | he felt pretty sure of gettin, cause the matter of naturalization was ex- clusively within Federal control. Judge Morrow’s language was: “Persons of the Mongolian race under American law could at no time become naturalized. This was the view held by Judge Sawvyer in the case of Ab Yup. Congress intended to exclude Mongolians.” Juage Sawyer contended that the ex- clusion act meant to deprive them of the privilege of citizenship; 1n fact, Congress has gone far enough to expressly state in the act of 1882 that no State court or conrt of the United States shall admit Chinese to citizenship., ‘It is therefore,” said Judge Morrow, ‘‘on this ground that the New Jersev court had no right to natural- ize Gee Hop and that his certificate of citizenship is void on the face of it.” As to the passport, the court remarked that it was not evidence that the plaintiff was a citizen of this country. Judge Thompson of the Supreme Court has already decided upon this point. It is understood, as a matter of practice, that some evidence of citizenship is required by the Secretary of State before issuing the gassporc, says the learned Judge. This, owever, is discretionary with him. There is no law of the United States governing Ppassports anyway. This decision will not_only cover Chi- nese, but Japanese as well. “All Mongo- lians’ is the language of the opinion. The Gee Hop case is one of three which have been engaging Judge Morrow’s at- tention for some time. 1t was not the most important, but was important enough. The particular case &Pon which the Department of Justice at Washington, several local attorneys and a large num- ber of politicians have concentrated their attention is that of Wong Kim Ak. In this case the question to be decided is whether a Chinese born in this country is a citizen or not. Attorney George D. Collins caused this question to be raised, and a test case was made at the instance of United States Attorney-General Harmon. Judge Mor- row decided on Thursday in tne case of Ching Too that the McCreary act could not be made to apply to a felon who had been born 'in this country. As-is well known the McCreary act provides for the depor- tation of Ckinese felons. The court held that Ching Too, having been born in this country, could not be deported. This may be taken as some indication of what Judge Morrow’s decision in the Wang Kim Ak case may be. It can be looked for now almost any day. Why Pigs Squeal. The true wild boars and the feral hogs, which have escaped from captivity in various parts of the world, go about in herds for mutual protection, and when one is attacked the otbers stand by him and defend him. This affords an explanation of the original use of the shrill voice of the pig and ot his readiness to exercise it whenever he is in troubte. In fact, when- ever you hear a pig squealing you hear a testimony to the intrepid deeds of his race in the past 2s eloquent and emphatic as a Fourth of July oration. In the wild state it was his appeal for help, to which he knew his brethren, one and all, would respond with splendid loyalty and courage. Many a hunter has had to climb a tree to save his life after wounding one of a Lerd of peccaries. Now the hog would notexpend his_breath in ear-splitting squeals unless some benetit from so doing. His squealing, therefore, amounts to a lively expression of faith in the noble moral qualities of his brethren. It conveys precisely the same sentiment as do the words of a stump orator when he says: “Gentlemen, I welY know your con- stancy and your courage! You have proved many times in the past that you are no mugwumps who go to rooston a fence when the party is in danger! I con- fidently look to you, therefore, to stand by me in the present tremendous crisis.”’— North American Review. e e Mourning rings were greatly used in Europe during the seventeenth century. Aiter the execution of Charles I his sym- pathizersin England wore mourning rings in token of their grief. FISHING FOR ~ FISHNETS, A Night Raid by Deputy Fish Commissioners in Rus- sian River. RECEIVED WITH RIFLE SHOTS. During Their Trip They Captured a Number of Nets Loaded With Fish. Last week three fishers went saihlmg after fishermen. They were Deputy Fish Commissioners Al Wilson and Manuel Cross and a CaLn reporter, who went along to see how the official fishers of men round in their catch. - 2 The scene of their angling was Russian River, between Duncans Mills and the sea, and the time was a night so moonless and starless that the darkness of it had a specific gravity and was so “thick” that it “got stuck in your windpipe and strangled you.” The quotation is from an observa- tion made by Wilson, who is an authority on fish raids and black nights. A gang of railroad hands and lumber- men had just cut the big sandbar at the mouth of the stream and let the backed-up waters of the Russian out into the ocean. But they let in from _the sea thousands and thousands of steelheads who bad been waiting out in the breakers for a fresh-water excursion. “I tell you,” said Deuut¥' Cross, as they were preparing to push off in their boat, “when the steelhead wantsto go anywhere his desire is equal to a whole page of | *CaLL wants.” The harder the traveling is | the more anxious he is to be on the road, and he will strike out, though he knows a | dozen nets are hung across the stream for | an especial occasion, and he is that occa- sion. You shouald have seen those salmon out in the ocean waiting for the men to dig out that sandbar. They floundered and fought in the shallow water to get close to the breach when it would be made, and often the little waves would wash them up on the beach. Wilson had | to stand with a broom for three hours | sweeping them back in the water tosave their lives. And when the imprisoned | river began to to rush out through the cut | that crowd of steelheads came up that swift current just like a drove of cattle. | ““They walked all over each cother in their eagerness to get into the still water ana now the river near the ocean is jammed with fish. But we are not after ihe fish this bleak night,” The deputies know well that the fact of the lower river being full of steelheads was not unknown to the fishermen who love nothing on earth so well as catching | fish out of season when the sun has gone down, and consequently the illicit nets would be quietly and darkly immeshing the finny wards of the State. The three men took their places in the boat and began to feel their way down the river. The great dusky hills on the banks threw their shadows—if anything could make a shadow in that blackest of nights— down on the water and every object pres- ent was lost in obscurity as palpable asa block of carbon. Wilson took the oars. Cross sat in the bow as a lookout. Per- haps it isa mockery tocall him a “look- out,”’ for nothing but visual inspiration or occult power could pierce the gloom that closed in about them. So Oross simply sat in the bow and amused himself push- ing the boat off the sandbanks, logs and | other obstructions which they ran into ever on an average of twice per minute the | whole night long. He had arude hook ‘I made from a redwood. sapling, which he dragged in the water fishing in the dark for nets, and when he was not working the craft back into the chanmel.with his tishpole he did very well and caught a fair string of fish—nets. Wilson with the oars pulled so much stronger with his right arm, and the re- porter being useless as a boat-steerer, the craft every few minutes would plunge into the muddy bank or go tearing into the low-hangin brush, scratching their faces and, tearing their clothing. And to add to their perplexities they were obliged to keep perfectly quiet and be keenly on the alert, as they expected to bump alongside of some fishing-boat and have to fight every instant. * Pull with your left!” would come from the lookout in a loud whisper as he felt the branches of the trees raking him, “Back water with your right oar! Geel Great Jupiter, gee!” snorted Cross in his excitement, forgetting he was not driving a team of oxen. Then the boat would slige in under a thicket of willows grow ing at the water's edge, and the rain- soaked foliage would pour down a gener- ous shower on them. -The craft was small and overloaded, and frequently she would run up on a log, be whirled around by the current and would tip half-over, taking in a new cargo of several hundred gatlons of muddy Russian River water. The water had to be thrown overboard noiselessly, which maae the task of bail- ing more laborious. ‘They were nearing the ocean, as they could faintly hear the roar of the surf, when a slight soumd came to them out of the darkness. It was the light fall of a net-float against the side of a boat—the sound they had been straining their ears to hear._To prevent makingany noise themselves, Wilson took in his oars and the current floated them toward the ‘place where the fishermen were stealthily working. Suddenly their boat touched the side of another crait, and in an instant two pairs of strangeZoars struck the water. Cross tried to hold the other boat back with his nethook, but she broke away and was quickly gone. They grappled around in the water, and soon found a large, fine net literally bur« dened with fish. As they hauled it into their boat they liberated all the living catch by cutting the meshes that held them, and threw the dead steelheads away. Presently they grappled the second net, and &s they were taking it aboard four shots were fired at them from the shore. The reports followed each other in rapid succession, and the surrounding darkness was for a few instants lighted up by the powder flashes. The three men in a boat lay exceedingly low, and making not the siightest noise furnished poor targets for the angry fishermen. Close to the bar they found several nets full of fish all of which they emptied and confiscated. It grew lighter as they emerged from among the mountains and consequently they were unable to get near the fishermen. But the latter would abandon their nets and hurry away leav- ing the officers to gather in the contraband Proper(y. A number of shots were fired rom the banks showing that the lawless fishermen were in a frame of mind to make a fight if rushed into close quarters. Russian River is one of the best fish streams in the State and it is the intention of the Commissioners to protect the game in its waters, by such raids made among the nets that will always be found in that localivy. Found a Remarkable Fossil. One of the most curious carboniferous fossils ever found in that part of the an- thracite coal fields was discovered in the Dodge mine, of Scranton, the other day by John B. Davis, a miner living on Belle- vue street. It was the head and neck of a woman'’s figure, the features being regular and clearly, defined. The fossil weighs sixty-five pounds and is composed of fire clay. Itis twenty-four inches high, four- teen inches from the tip of the nose to the back of the head, and the neck is nine inches in diameter. The convolutions on the top of the head resemble curls of hair, and they end in a knot such as is worn at present in arranging the hair, the miner found it embedded in a solid piece of fire, clay, and it dropped out entire when the chunk was broken.—Philadelphia Press. NEW TO-DAY. SAGRIFICE SALE OF HOLIDAY GOODS! ~EO -G Intending purchasers of NEW YEAR’S GIFTS will find it extremely profitable to take advantage of the following and numberless other equally PRODIGIOUS CUTS IN PRICES quoted throughout the entire balance of our colossal Holiday stock . T0 MAKE A CLEAN SWEEP OF EVERYTHING TO-DAY! HANDRERCHIEFS! At 12% Cents Each. LADIES’ LINEN HEMSTITCHED HAND - EMBROIDERED INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS, regular value $3 ver dozen. At 15 Cents Each. LADIES’ EMBROIDERED SILK HAND- KERCHIEFS, regular price $3 per dozen. At 25 Cents Each. LADIES' SHEER LAWN WHITE SCAIL- LOPED EMBROIDERED HAND- KERCHIEFS, regular value $6 per dozen. LACE NECKVEAR! At $1.00 Each. LACE AND RIBBON COLLARETTES, voke of insertion and ribbon, trimmed ;vlith silk lace, regular price $150 and 75. At $2.50 Each. CHIFFON COLLARETTES, in all shades, regular price $3 50. TANS! EANG! At 25 Cents Each. FEATHER FANS in all colors, regular price 50c. At 75 Cents Each. GRENADINE PAINTED FANS in all shades, regular price $1 25, At $1.00 Each. GRENADINE PAINTED FANS AND FEATHER FANS, in all shades, reg- ular price $1 50. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Streets, FANCY FRAMES ! At 10 Cents. PLUSH FRAMES, also Imitation Leather. ‘Wood and Celluloid, value 20c, will be offered at 10c each. At 20 Cents. CHROMOS, with gilt frames, excellent value for 40c, wiFl be offered at 20c each. At 25 Cents. FANCY FRAMES, with ribbon trimming, hm;:i painted, will be offered at25c eact. CHILDREN'S BOOKS! At 5 Cents. CHILDREN’S LARGE S1ZE PICTURE BOOKS, value 10¢, wili be closed out at 5¢ each. At 10 Cents. CHILDREN’S STORY BOOKS, with illus- trated pictures, valué 25¢, will be closed out at 10c each. GANES! GAMES! OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF GAMES left over from Christmas will be closed out AT HALF PRICE. BLOVE BOKGS, B1C.! OUR ENTIRE ASSORTMENT OF FANCY GOODS, consisting of Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, Jewel Boxes, Plagues, Work Boxes, Pin Cushions, Nickel i?‘rnmea, Card Receivers, Ink Stands, etc., will be closed out AT HALF PRICE. Store Closes Every Evening at 6 o’clock. l MEN'S. FURNISHINGS ! At 15 Cents. ALL OUR MEN'S SILK TECK AND FOUR-IN-HAND SCARFS at 25¢ and 35¢, will be closed out at 15¢ each. At 10 Cents Each. ALL OUR MEN’S FANCY BORDERED HEMSBTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS at lgc and 25¢, will be closed out at 10¢ each. At 15 Cents. ¥ ONE LOT OF FINE CASHMERE WOOL SOCKS, in sanitary gray and fancy shades, extra good value for 25c, will be closed out at 15¢ each. At $1.00. ONE LOT OF EXTRA HEAVY TUN- DYED SANITARY WOOL UNDER- SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, extra good vnll}x]e ITor $1 50, will be closed out at $1 each. At $1.50. TWO LOTS OF AUSTRALIAN LAMB’S- ‘WOOL UNDERSHIRTS and DRAW- ERS, in sanitary gray and camels- bair, warranted thoroughly shrunk, regular value for $225, will be closed out at $1 50 each. . CHILDREN’S FUR SETS at greatly re- duced prices. LADIES' SHOPPING BAGS from 25ceach and upward. LADIES’ PURSES AND COMBINATION CARD CASES at reduced prices. BLACK THIBET NECK SCARFS at re- duced prices. R - LADIES XID GLOVES! At 75 Cents. 8000 pairs 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUS. UETAIRE UNDRESSED KID GLOVES (with Foster hooks at wrist), colors brown, tan and slate, also black, regular value $1 25, will be offered l‘ 75¢ a pair. At 75 Cents. airs 7-HOOK FOSTER UNDRESS. D KID GLOVES, colors brown, slate and tan, also black, regular value $1 25, will be offered at 75c a pair. At 90 Cents. 2000 pairs HOOK KID GLOVES, colors tan, brown and slate, also black, regular value $1 50, will be offered at 90c a pair. At 90 Cents. airs 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUS- % ETAIRE GENUINE FRENCH ID GLOVES, colors tan, slate, navy, brown and green, also black, regular value $1 50, will be offered at 90ca pair. LADIES MERINO UNDERWEAR At 75 Cents Each. LADIES’ JERSEY RIBBED WOOL MIXED VESTS, high neck, lon; sleeves; drawers to match; warnnteg non-shrinkable, white and natural color, good value for $1. At 75 Cents Each. LADIES' WHITE MERINO WOOL VESTS, high neck, long sleeves, and high neck, short sleeves; drawers to match; regular value 90c. At $1.00 Each. LADIES' SANITARY WOOL VESTS, high neck, long sleeves, and high neck, short sleeves; drawers to match; war- ranted non-shrinkable, white and natural color, regular price $1 25. At $1.50 Each. LADIES’ FINE AUSTRALIAN WHITE ‘WOOL VESTS, high neck, long sleeves, and high neck, short sleeves; drawers to match; warranted non-shrinkable, extra good value at $3 50 a suit. . 1500 / / Murphy Building, narket and Jones Stregts Murphy Building, Market and Jones Strests, Murphy Building, Market and Jowes Sty