The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1896, Page 3

i ‘ { THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1896, 3 ROUND VALLEY PLOT, Jack Littlefield's Murder Recalled by a Grim Letter. A ROAST FOR ATKESON. Coroner Heath Denounces the Justice Who Acted in His Stead. DENCE OF FOUL PLAY. The “Call's” Reports Borne Out by the Trinity Official’s Sig- nificant Words. UKIAH, Car., Jsn, 3.—Justice Atkeson Ridge Township, in south: rinity County, hasattempted, in the new pavers of this and Trinity County, to de- :nd his course in connection with the Lit- tlefield inquest. Atkeson was the acting Coroner who presided at the first inquest the body of Alfred, alias *“Ja 1d, who was lynched in Roun on September 29, ording to statements of the offic: who had ar- rested Littlefield, but who. cording to ne theory of THE CaLL, w dered by those having hin mped-up charge of mur J. M. Vinton. T surrounding the fir: yus” that a secon Juest were S0 sus- s held by n answer i Atkeson, Coroner llowing advice, statement gives hi Heat 3 alled to take the place more than six have held the inquest, sixteen inches v of a man with of the Coroner imon Afte Never allow a witness n testimony, or help a jury verdict.’ SEARCHING FOR WITNESSES. oy Wanted in the Trial of James Addison Reavis for Teer Tes . Jen. 3.—L. A. Hughes, nt from Santa e, this city to-dav. Mr. me for the purpose of securing to be used by the Department the prosecution of James rperjury. In an inter- rter to-day Mr. Hughes on Rea view with a re me up, as stated by San apers, to make arrests of Peraita-Reavis will take place p! M osition to i e it to Ukiah, nesses from leave this afternoon for v and will return to-mor- ing da I will not make bsence. Arrests Tue Carr_will remember Reavis in behalf of 20,000 acres of land in New Mexico. He brought e e to prove that the young lady had r t to Sherwood Valley and 0 E. Sherwood during he claimed, was o It was se, however, ness was a half-breed ey, and that amed *Jim”’ to punish that Mr. dughes is 1is case were taken in Alfred E. Sherwood he remembered the ralta being brought est. In oppo- aw testified that rth of the allegad GLANDERS O POISONING ? Physicians Disagree cs to the Cause of a Farmer's Death. A. B. McCabe of , 'who-it was claimed some afflicted with glanders, died days agoin Lake County, whither - had gone for his health. He nent of a Lakeport pi UKIAH ¢ 1 her » circumstances. M McCabe is ier hoine in String Valley and was attend the funeralof her hus- dmundson, in a te! to C. P. Smith, chair Supervisors of this connty, in his opiniop, atficted and recommended that cen by the authorities the public. Dr. K ems not to have agreed ,as he declared that £ m severe systemic ecting the gland- — STOLEN MAIL RECOVERED. Officers Find the Loot of the Willets Stagc Jobber. UKIAH, Cavn.,, Jan. 3.—Word reached -riff- this evening that the mail om the Willits stage had been re- 7d. It was found close to where the the robber were lost by the covery at this point bear of the officers, and 1t is ¢ an important circumstance i evidence against a tain sspicion. Under Sheriff at once to bring the d mail to town. I1mportant devel- s are expected upon his return in X\g. SCORED “BY A STOCKTON MAK. L. U, Shippes Impugns Governor Budd'c " Motives in Having Custed Him . From_Office. STOCKTON, Cav., Jan: 3.—L. U. Ship- pee, who for twenty-three years past wa: dent of the San Joaquin Valley Agri- Association and for many year: ate Fair Association, and who tI¥ removed by Governor Budd de a public statemrent which rétlects usly uipon the course of the Governor -in having ousted: him. ‘I was not rewoved from the directorate becaase Governor Budd wanted ‘new | | pool-selling and book-making franchises at the State Fair could not be controlled,” declares Mr. Shippee. “Killip & Co. of San Francisco knew this, and so did Mr. Budd. The truth is that John E. Budd (the Governor's brother) and Director Land attended but one meeting of the State Fair Association, and that was when the pool-selling and book-making privi- leges were let. ‘“*‘Governor Budd says the last State Fair was a financial success. He forgets to say that he signed a bill giving the State Fair Association $20,000, and the same amount for 1896, while pocketing the bill in aid of district associations throughout the State. Subtract the $20,000 given to the last State Fair and you wiil tind that the new board of directors ran $10,000 behind. Mr. Budd save the county fairs what the gamblers call the ‘double cross.”” This s but a portion of the statement, which throughout bitterly assails the ex- ecutive. E— FOUNTAIN GROVE TRAGEDY. A Granddawghter of Thomas Lake Har- ris Ends Her Life. SANTA ROSA, Car., Jan. 3.—Mary Har- ris, 16 years old, committed suicide at Fountain Grove last night by swallowing poison. She was a granddaughter of Thomas Lake Har who started’ the Fountain Grove colony many years ago and whose name was linked with that of Lawrence Oliphant. People at the colony state that the girl was laboring uncer a fit of temporary insanity when the strych- nine was taken. The Coroner’s jury’s verdict was that death was suicidal. —_— Kings County Election. HANFORD, Car., Jan. 3.—The court- house bond election, called by the Super- TRUCKEE ICE PALACE All Is Ready for Revelry in the Mountain Town. GREAT SPORT ASSURED. Sleighing, Coasting, Tobogganing | and Skating Are Features for To-day. | OPENING OF THE CARNIVAL | Winter Merriment a Mile Above the Land of Orange Groves and Roses. | | PALACE OF THE ICE KING, | TRUCKEE, CaL., Jan. 3. | the gay throng of guests circle and caper around on ringing and glittering sandals of steel. The walis are of ice work, vary- ing in thickness and transparency accord- ing to the monarch’s fancy, and with forms so diversified that all the architects in the world could never complete a copy. The windows are as clear as the crisp, free mountain air can be, and the curtains and hangings and the tapestries are in the myriad designs that the icicle alone can attain. The servants of the King planned well, but that ruler himself put his spirit in the | work, and there are effects that never en- | tered into the dreams of the builders. In the grand completion of the palace | the regal gorgeousness of the interior elec- trical display will not be seen untii to- morrow night, butin the sunlight to-day the outer view is a glittering marvel. The skating and tobogganing will begin to-morrow morning, thouzh a few are | whooping down the chute to-day, and the | carnival will be inaugurated without any of the ordinary parade or ceremony. About this mountain town, 200 feet more | than a mile above the level of San Fran- | cisco or Sacramento, the scenes to-day are | just what they ought to be in a clear, cold, | crisp and healthful winter day in the ! January of New England. There are none of the unpleasant features of the early or late portions of winter. | The sleighing is the best that Truckee | has known for three years, the local resi- | dents say, and at any rate it is good | enough. The roads are in perfect condi- | tion, and, as the sleighs glide rapidly A merry old monarch sits in the coolest | along, only the jingline of the bells and | e visors of Kings County, to-day passed off | room of the coldest castle that California | the shouts and the laughter can be | quietly and the proposition undoubtedly | has ever known and directs the adornment | heard. | ® on facilities in readiness, as ample n¢j'ice was given, Few people have yet arrived, ! but the carnival will be formally inau- gurated to-morrow, and the festivities will be at their height when the first trainload | of excursonists arrives. It is still under- “ltood that the Californa editors will ar- | rive here early next week. Ice narvesting was begun to-day, and thatis one of the interesting features of a | visit to the ice king's realm. Nearly | everybody has read J. T. Trowbridge’s de- | scription of that work in the New Eng- | land, and here the practical illustration | can be found. Special carnival days have been assigned as follows: Reno Gazette day, Wednesday, January 15; Knights of Pythias day, Fri- day, January 17; San Francisco CALy day, Saturday, January 18; Knights Templar day, Wednesday, January Native Sons’ day, Friday, January 24. The opening concert by the Truckee brass band will be given to-morrow afternoon. SPECIAL RATES. Inducements Offered by the Railroad People to Carnival Visitors. R. A. Donaldson, assistant general pas- senger agent of the Southern Pacific Com- vany, who has charge of all passenger traflic over the Central Pacific Railroad, yesterday completed his arrangements for | quoting special rates to the Truckee ice carnival, the main features of which are the vast frost palace, to which is attached the toboggan siide; the skating-rink in the valace, the sleigh ride around Donner Lake and the rocking-stone tower. In rei- | ‘ence to special rates Mr. Donaldson said: “From San Francisco we are going to make a rate of §10 to Truckee and back for OTAY BEET CULTURE, Capitalists Believed to Be Back of a New Venture. USE FOR WATERED LAND. An Irrigated Tract Which May | Become a Great Sugar Producer. | EXPERIMENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL. | The Soil Found to Be Peculiarly Adapted to the Raising of Beets. SAN DIEGO, CaL., Jan. 3.—C. H. Phil- i lips of San Luis Obispo, owner of the great Chino ranch, and Colouel W. H. Holabird of Los Angeles, who is acting as manager of part of Mr. Phillips’ properties, are in the city on an errand which is believed to \ V= ’\", @fi%@&@ Sote i\ l\\i W \’“\\\"I\\\\\ A & ,\_-3\\ W RO e W U SRURNRN Y N N : \ it ) W & W \ R N ‘\\‘\\\\\\ S ) THE MASSIVE WALL OF THE FROST KING'S CASTLE AS SEEN FROM THE MAIN STREET OF THE TOWER IS AT THE RIGHT. [F'rom a mlxetch mmade on the spot yestoerday by a ‘“Call’ staff artist.) TRUCKEE, CAL. carried by a fair majority over the re- ired two-thirds vote. The bonds voted 000, to bear 4 per cent interest, and they will no doubt be bought by local capitalists. The building will be erected as soon as possible. FLORENCE'S RICH BAINE An Almost Unparalleled Strike Made in the Silver King. Ore Worth $40,000 Taken From a Single Pocket Within Three Days. PH(ENIX, Ariz., Jan. 3.—The Silver King mine in the Superstition Mountains, near Florence, about sixty miles east of here, may again become famous, W. S. Champion having discovered a pocket out of wiich he took $40,000 in silver ore | within three days. The mine was discovered years ago, and was atone time the most valuable prop- erty in the southwest, but with the decline in the price of silver the workings were abandoned. Three months ago W. S. Champion secured control and commenced sinking a new shaft' It was while this work was in progress, six days ago, that a miner’s pick |* penetrated the pocket in which the aimost unparalelled find was made. The ore is absolutely free milling. To- :aorrow Mr. Champion starts for New York, where he will purchase machinery and perhaps reorganize the company. Jurors Fail to Agree. SANTA CRUZ, CAL., Jan. 3.—The case against Simon Bonhaben, on trial for steal- ing a horse from the city stables a few uonths ago, was ended in the Superior Court to-day. The jury dicagreed after ‘being out 1wo hmml,‘ The Healdsburg Shooting. HEALDSBURG, CaL., Jan. 3.—J. W. Rose, who was shot by Roiand K. Truitt Monday night, is resting easily, and will robably recover. The preliminary exam- nation of Truitt has not yet been set, blood infased, but because my vote upon l pending which he is out on bail. of his habitation for the guests that are to | come. | He is the ruler of the earth and atmos- | phiere in this high mountain region, the | worldly lord of the snow and ice; and all the people who come during the carnival time must be his subjects. His pleasures are in the snow-burying | of the land and in the freezing of his | mountain lakes, in the forming of fan. | tastic'fizures wherever water touches, in the {frost decorations of the window- panes, in the substituting of runners for wheels, in making human ears and fingers | and toes tingle with the cold. His advent | is hailed by the jingling of the sleigh- bells, the flight of the toboggans, the tear- ing rush of the double-rippers around the corner when timid passers-by are almost | in the way, and the merry shoutsof the boys and girls of from six to 60 years of | age. Everything is merriment where the Tce King touches. and merrier than ever will be the carnival time in Truckee. For now | the monarch has a palace of splendor be- | fitting his wajesty, and he has prepared it for the reception in his own manner of all | his devoted people, and of the thousands | who, coming from the warmer regions of | the State, have never acknowledged his reign before, The castle is practically complete, and the breathing of the ruler on the unfin. ished portions is all that will be required to have every detail in readiness for the | regal reception to-morrow. The structure is in itself an Imposing | work of architecture, though it isin the | detail of the construction that the great, strange power of the ice-king’s will is seen. The main portion of the palace is on the plan of the Colosseum at Rome; but the Romans never built with such marble as here has been used. At the western end a huge tower, like that of an old Spanish fort, rises to the height of 75 or 100 feet, breaking the old Roman effect, and from the 50-foot level of the tower the toboggan chute falls and lengthens out fora distance of 175 feet to give the impetus for a slide half way across the town. Evergreens mark the sides of the tobog- gan way, and these gleam in the sunlight or moonlight with a million reflecting icicles. Within the palace the floors are the Donner Lake is not frozen yet, and of course there can be no skating on Tahboe, that great Sierra sea. “It hasn’t been very cold hefe yet,” said anative to-day. “The mercury gor down to six degrees below zero early this morn- ing, but January usually brings cold weather. What is the coldest? Well, I've secn it twenty-six below zero, and they tell me it has been a good deal colder than | that.” And this is California in the mountain- top region, while a three or four hours’ run over the summit and down the rail- road grade to the westward, or only twenty or thirty miles as the snowbird would fly, would bring the reveler to the roses and orange groves of Placer, the “Gateway County.” The mercury gives record of the cold, the snow and ice, and the winter sports are proofs; but yet the air in the high altitude is so clear and so tinctured with the spirit of California that there need be no suffer- ing. The intensity and the peculiar frig- Jilhyiofathe the featurs here; but when the thermome- ter records 2 degrees below zero, no sum- mer clothing will be needed. Visitors from the warmer parts of the State shculd bring plenty of warm clothing, with heavy and warm shoes, gloves or mittens and ear-coverings, and o those who are not accustomed to walk- ing on snow and ice rubbers will be almost indispensable. Those who have skates ought to bring them, for although there is no ice on the beautiful Donner Lake there are some large ponds, one of twenty-five acres, which afford excellent skating. The directors of the carnival and the main financial backers of the enterprise are C. F. McGlashan, Joseph Marsen Jr., W. R. Spalding, Stewart McKay, W. P. Calkins, editor of the Truckee Repablican; ‘W. M. Burckhalter, T. B. Whitney, War- ren Richardson, J. J. McDonald, George Schafter, Frank T. Meloche, William McDougald, J. L. Lewison, J. R. Daily, P. Franziri, John F. Moody, Supervisor Daniel McPhetres, John Sherritt and W. F. Wilkie. There was general disappointment to- day when it was announced that there would be no Southern Pacific excursion before January 10, and the -railroad com- smoothest that man has ever known, and pany is blamed for not having the excur- Eastern cold weather is not | parties of fifteen or more who zo together and come together. They can go from here on the evening train, which leaves at 6 o’clock and gets to Truckee at 6:15 the next morning. Returning, they can leave there at 11.20 r. M. and be back here at 9:45 the next morning. This will give them a full day at the carnival. The ice palace will be open from 9 A, . to 10 . . There will also be similar rates for other points. From Sacramento the trip will cost but $6 5 “There will be one special excursion train each week. The first one will prob- ably leave next Friday or Saturday, and | on following weeks they will leave on alternating Fridays and Saturdays, and will return on the following Sunday or Monday morning. The charge on these trains will be $13 for an upper berth and $13 50 for a lower. This rate will also in- clude all the privileges of the palace, the toboggan slide, the sleigh ride and the tower. “We are considering the question of putting in a daily rate of $16 from San | Francisco to Truckee and back, to ir.clude | the carnival privileges but no sleeping-car privileges. The Pullman Company will average for those who charter Pullman cars to use the cars while at Truckee, and will provide tiem with a buffet service. When we run the Friday and Saturday excursions the passengers will be allowed to occupy the cars during their stay.” The regular single rate to Truckee is $7 80, and the $13 50 rate is less than the one-way rate when the cuarges for the Puilman berth and the carnival privileges are deducted. The special rates wiil be announced and go into effect to-day.”” SACRAMENTO HIGHBINDERS. Hostilities Between Rival Tongs Begun, and an Uprising Is Feared. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Jan. 2.—Chinese circles here are full of excitement, and the indications are that another highbinder war has been commenced between the Fong Duck Tong and Bing Hong Tong highbinder societies. . Late last night the Hong Duck Tong highbinders began hostilities, firing sev- eral shots across the street from their lodge-rooms into a Chinese store at 208 I street. One of the proprietors received a slight wound in the leg. The police will make a general round-up of the highbind- ers, mean the ultimate establishment of the beet-sugar industry in San Diego County. The gentlemen arrived last night. To-day they lef early for Otay Valley and Mesa, and spent the day in that section, where experiments have been carried on for some years in the raising of sugar beets. 1t is known that in the Otay Valley and Lower Otay Mesa there is a yast amount of land peculiarly adapted to the culture of the culture of the sugar veet. Considerable corfespondence, followed by some investi- gation of the conditions of the soil, climate etc., has been made, and the general, opinion among sugar-beet men seems to be very favorable. Mr. Phillips said to-night that he was ““looking over 3000 acres of land he had in the Otay country.” He was asked if he had purchased the land, and replied by qualfying his re- mark and saying that he had come down principally to look after the land, which, be said, was owned by the Pacific Savings Union of San Francisco. Mr. Phillips de- nied that there was any movement on foot to go into sugar-beet culture, but he pre- ferred not to talk at all, and by his manner convinced the interviewer that he was withholding important information. The land viewed by Messrs. Phillips and Hola- bird is under the Otay irrigation system, which will scon be completed. SANTA CRUZ LITIGATION. Suit Brought Against the Electric Light and Power Company. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, Jan. 3.—An im- portant suit was commenced to-day in the Superior Court in which F. W. Swanton, A. P. Swanton and C. E. Lilly of Santa Cruz and William M. Terry and John R. Woodhull of Bridgeport, Conn., appear as plaintiffs against the Santa Cruz Electric Light and Power Company, Louis E. Mc- Neil, James McNeil and James Aitken. The plaintiffs claim to represent 7574 shares. of the subscribed eapital stock of the Electric Light and Power Company out of a total of 15,500 shares, thus leaving the defendants 7426 shares; but the latter claim 500 sh ares more, which is the cause of the suit. The complaint states that the defendants assessed this disputed stock and have ad- vertised to sell it. They declare that the assessment was ille ally ordered, because no meeting of a legal board of directors was held on the date of the notice sent to the stockholders. This is the second suit brought by the Swantons, and others are contemplated. e ALBANY'S CONDEMNED YOUTH. Lloyd Montgomery Requests the Prayers of @ Christian Woman. ALBANY, Ogr., Jan. 3.—Lloyd Mont- gomery, the condemned murderer, has received, besides several letters from min- isters and others interested in his spiritual welfare, a letter from Turner, Or., signed by Mrs. Judd, in which Montgomery 1s urged to seek the Lord for forgiveness, and in which she says she would pray, for him, and asked him to write to her. The murderer replie Mrs. Judd—KIxD Lavy: T fully realize my unfortunate situation, and I fully realize that my time is avout at hand to depart from this life. Although Tam a young man and in_ten- der years I fully realize that it is hard to think that T have to pass from thislife on th Iknow that I am & miserable hein, oing to put my trust in ¢ The press have branded me as one of th murderers that has ever entered but they know not ell. God knov not &s great as man nhas pictured but nevertheless when the time come: to_die, I will t fully, and hope bloodshed gu for me y and brave it through man the Lord will deliver me from less, and my tongue will sing aloud of my rizhteousness. You ask me if I havea Bible; I answer yes, 1 have one, and am very much obliged to you or your kindness in offering me one. I would e glad, if it is convenient for you, to call and see me.’ I am sure your company will be very ble, your son’s, also. You said you me; I wish you to continue to pray for me. THRENTENIGS AT STk Alarming Situation Growing Out of the Murder of Donald Austin. The Next Steamer Likely to Bring News of a Serious Uprising of Indians. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 3.—The brutal murder of Donald Austin, Indian Chief of Police at Sitka, Alaska, on December 21, news of which was brougnt by the steamer City of Topeka, bids fair to result in seri- A letter was received Portland which rnishes additional It says the settlers fear an | uprising on the part of the Indians in that vicinity to avenge Austin’s death at the hands of Herbert Mills in the saloon of “hum Long. Intense excitement prevails, and the settlers bave purchased all the arms and ammunition 1n the stores and are preparing for the worst. The Indians are thoroughly aroused over the murder, and a clash -may occur at any time, unless precaationary meas- ures are taken. They are armed to the teeth, and are pleasea with an occa resent the many hardships and reb { which the white subjected them. All that 15 now to bring about a uor among tbe red- ave assumed a most ous consequences. in acre is a le The Indi tening attitud: It is more likely than not that the next steamer from Sitka will bring startling news. 18 e Z STANISLAUS. WRECK NEAR Disaster to a ¥alley Raiiroad Construc- tion Train. STOCKTON, Car.,, Jan. 3.—The con- struction train on the San Joaquin Valley Railroad was ditched this morning about 11 o’clock at a point two miles from the nislaus River. The train was composed of the boarding-car and eleven qther cars of the Valley road, which had been unioad- ing telegraph p engine was pushing the car tow: and about a dozen men were on the train at the time. In some u boarding-car, the irack, ta d behind with it. The boa down the embankment on one side, and the other carsfell in the opposite direction. All of the men were severely bruised,and the cook, who was at work in the boarding- car, had a narrow escape. The stove in the bou ng-car was overturned and the car took fire, and for a while it seemed as though the entire train would burn. The flames were extinguished, however, before they made much headway. The cars which left the track were badly damaged, and it took the gang all day to clear the track in order tbat an engine might be sent to town with the news. The cars are still in the ditch this evening, and an effort will be made to raise them to- morrow. The trouble was probably due to the track not being baliasted. The engine, working from behind, caused the board- ing-car to take a sudden lurch, and being the heavier it took the otherswith it. The engine and rear cars were not injured. manner the was in front, jumped e two ¢ S countable cix i " Fire on a Sonoma Ranch. SANTA ROSA, Car., Jan. 3.—A large building, used for cooking and laundry purposes, on the Fountain Grove ranch, three miles north of town, was burned to the ground this morning. The fire is sup- posed to have originated from the cooking range, in which a hot tire had been kindled. The joss is $1500, covered by an insurance of $1200. NEW TO-DAY. Health, strength, mentel end phbysical nerve and sexual viror. Honesty, seli-esteem and confidence. The manly bearing, confident expression and the brightand happy sparkle of the eye. The love of society, denoting a happy disposition, quick mentel and physical action, are the elements of perfect manhood. They may be yours if you replace the vital force which you have lost. DR. SASBEN'S ELECTRIC BELT Will renew it. Every man who admires pure menhood shonld read the book, ‘“Three Classes of Men,” which can be had free. SANDEN ELECTRIC CO., 832 Market Stireet. San Francisco, Oppostte Palace Hotel. Office hours, 8 to 65 evenings. 7to 8:30. Sundays, 10 to 1. Portland (Oregon) oilice, 250 Washington st 9