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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1896. 3 UNDER ONE CONTROL. Arguments Before Supreme Justices on the North- ern Pacific. PRIMARY JURISDICTION. Proceedings to Have All Matters Come Before Only One Court, IT IS NEW IN JURISPRUDENCE. An Action That May Settle Contro. versies Between Factions of the Road. { of Stockton, asking that the post be given or be permitted to purchase. certain un- used cannon and war material for the burial plat of the post. Resolutions for and against bill relating to mining, prepared by the State Miners’ Association, are being received numer- ously. The cities and towns in the moun- tains generally favor the vills, while the valley people oppose it. Auburn is the last town to send in an appeal in behalf of tbe bills. By direction of the Secretary of War, First-Lieutenant Joseph E. Kuhn, corps of engineers, will report in person to Colone_l Charles E. Sutor, corps of engineers, presi- dent of the examining board appointed to | meet at San Franciscoat such time as may be required by the board for examination { &s to his fitness for promotion. A. L. Rhodes of San Francisco is regis- tered at the Arlington Hotel. Senator Scranton of Pennsylvania to-day introduced a bill providing for a delegate in Corgress from Alaska, to be elected next October. J. R. Horsely Jr. has been appointed Postmaster at Snelling, Merced County, Cal., vice W. Jacobs, removed. sreiloes WAS GIVEN? Howard Desires Some Information From the President. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan 14.—How- ard, the Populist member from Alabama, introduced the following renol‘uticn in the NGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—Justices ne Court, sitting in chambers th! morning, heard arguments of’ counsel rep- resenting the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, the receivers themreof, the sec- ond mortgage honaholders a:ad the Farm- ers’ Loan and Trust® Com pany, asking the Justices to recommend to. judges of the circuit courts in Svates throush which the Northern Pacific runs, anad who are at yariance on the question of jurisdiction, that some one co He desigmated as hav- ing primary jurisdiction. ese four Jus- tices would, if sitting in their various cir- cuits, exercise controlling power on those courts were the cases presented to them. Ex-fenator Spoonetr and W. B. Turner appeared for the Farmers’ Loan Trust Company and the origi nal receive oseph H. Choate, for the Adams committee of bondholders, Mr. Cardoza for the second mortgage independent hondholders and 8. W. Pettit, general cownsel of the North- ern Pacific, for the cour v. Colonel James McNaught, former'ly general coun- sel for the old organizat vas also pres- ent. Turner was first heard. .He stated that every interest ¢ was here represent holders and st allagreed that the Northe rn Pacific road includ ing the bond- Jolders, 2 nd they were proceed'ings should be f the co1irts would re- to the roa d and eventu- ismembi2rment. The rscould n ot long exist. e appoit tment of re- 1dge Jinkins of the cons: n, who had eceivers, .and he con- ige now had original »r Spooner said the present sit- s absolutely intolerable. The ild be that the road which was by an act of Con- ged as an entiretfy and up to he receivers were appointed op- the company as an entirery, into section s, Tun as sep- with separate offices and oper- s other roagds are, under traffic agree- a mileage basis. support of his argument for the iction of Judge Jenkins he r litigation in the cases of the ash and Southern railroads, ion of exclasive primary t of original pro- ioned. as unque 1 to-morrow ve forty e minutes to conclude, ceeding is an entirely novel one istory of jurisprudence in this and at present no one can say what will be done. Counsel desire the Justices to agree upon an order to be en- tered upon the records of all the Circnit courts ir the several circuits, directing court be recognized as possessing auxiliary thereto. ustices conclude that they power to issue such an order, ed that a recommendation to the various Circuit Judges v accede to the designation of one of the cireuits as baving the jurisdiction. OF INTEREST TG THE COAST. Reed Not Opposed to the Nicaragua Canal Projecs—Protection for the Ameri- cans in Transvaal, SHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—The an of the House Committee on In- rstate and Foreign Commerce has ap- pointed the following sub-committee to deal with the Nicaragua canal: of New York, Joy of Missouri, Noonan of , Stewart of New Jersey, Price of iana, Bartlett of New York and Doo- little of Washington. Itis alleged by friends of Mr. Reed that the Speaker is not hostile to the canal project, despite his economical policy. Reports have reached here from the Pa- cific Coast 1o the effect that some dissatis- faction and complaint was heard, and his friends have taken pains to-day to assure the canal promoters that the Speaker is not opposed. Representative Barham of California propuses to see President Cleye- 1in a few days and ask him to intimate 1 or send to Congress as soon as pos- the report of the commission ap- pointed to investigate the canal project, which for some reason has never been made public. Hamilton Smith, an engineer well known n San Francisco, has wired Sena- tor Perkins from San Carlo, requesting protection for Captain Curtis (as well as Jack Hammond), arrested by President Krueger of the Transvaal repubiic. Curtis i so well known in California. Smith cables that both are threatened with hang- ing and confiscation of property. Senator Perkins informed Mr. Smith that our Government would protect Americans in Africa. The Senator was inforr-ed to-day that Secretary Olney had received a cable from Minister Bayard giving information that the British Colonial Secretary had in- structed Sir Hercules Robinson, the Brit- ish High Commissioner at the Cape, to ex- tend protection to Mr. Hammond and other American citizens who have been arrested in the Transvaal. They will be considered for the time being as British subjects. Senator Perkins to-day introduced a bill previding for the appropriation of $100,- 000 for the purpose of erecting a drydock at Mare Island. The amount mentioned is only such as is necessary to make a be- ginning. Senator Perkins wrote to the Secretary of War in behalf of Rawlins Post, w an, Brewer and J3rown of the | sdiction, proceedings in other | Sherman | | House yesterday Grover Cleveland, President ted States, be requested to furnish the House with the following information : What patronage djd he use and what places give to members of Congress to induce he repeal of the purchasing erman law? | The matter was referred to the Commit- tee on Coinage, Weights and Measures. e | INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN BANKS Eckels Knows of No Objection to Their Incorporation. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—Comp- troller Eckels and others appeared before the House Banking and Currency Commit- tee in connection with the bill to carry into effect the recommendations of the In- | ternational American conference for the | incorporation of international Amer- 1can banks. Mr. Eckels knew of no consti- | tutional obi'ection to the measure. Eng- land has placed branch banks in almost every country in the world. If England could do this the United States certainly | could. The committee adjourned the hear- | ing for two weeks, when Mr. Eckels and others will address the body. | N R | CAPTAIN SUMN ER KEINSTATED. Two Months of His Sentence Remitted by Secretary Herbert. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—Secre- tary Herbert has remitted the unexpired senterce imposed upon Captain George W. Sumner, U. 8. N., convicted by court-mar- tial at the Brooklyn Navy-yard of care- lessness in connection with the docking of the cruiser Columbia, which he com- manded, at Southampton, England. Cap- tain Sumner was suspended from rankand duty for six months from September 12, 'and would have had two months yet of suspension. | ing orders. FIRED UFON BY WA, | Rough Treatment Received by f Americans While Hunting ' and Trapping. | Twice They Were Compelled to Aban- { don Their Boats and Swim for Safety. { LAREDO, Tex., Jan. 14.—A special from Carrizo to the Times here sa. ‘ James H. McHan, his sons, and A. J. upon by Mexican soldiers about forty in hour and Mr. Choate fifteen | miles south of this place the day before | ali-around m ¢ number of crimes, one of which, showing | | the methods of this desperado, was to bar- | | yesterday, and were compelled to jump into the river to save their lives, leaving | their four skiffs, traps, bedding, etc., which were taken by the Mexicans. McHan says his party went into camp during the afternoon on the American bank, but noticing suspicious looking | characters on both sides, they moved their | camp to a small island in the middle of the river. Next morning after they all had gotten into their skiffs thev had no more than started when the Mexicans began firing on them and they were compelled to take to the water to save themselves. The party arrived here this morning afoot on their way to Laredo, where they | intend to made complaint to the proper | authorities. The party started from Eagle | Pass several weeks ago. Colonel Villazenar, commander of the | Mexican military department lying oppo- site this city, denies the possibility of troops firing upon peaceful voyagers. He says bandits and horsethieves abound be- low Carrizo, and the hunters were proba- bly fired upon by them for the purpose of stealing their equipment. The spot indi- cated is only nine miles from Mier, an im- | portant town, the head of another mili- tary sub-department under the command | of Lieutenant-Colonel Campos, a prudent, conservative officer, who would never tol- | erate such outrage on the part of his men. Had the troops actually fired upon any one it would have been known at head- | quarters long before the Americans got to | Carrizo. It iseitiier a myth or a mistake. | The civil authorities in New Laredo deny | the possibility of the Mexican troops firing | upon any one, and pronounce the story another border scare. BY AID OF THE OCEAN., | New Invention for Propelling Fessels Laden With Freight. PROVIDENCE, R. I, Jan. 14—A new invention, which promises to revolutionize the coastwise freight carrying trade of the world, was successfully tested here yester- day. A number of the leading men in local financial circles were present at the trial, and all were enthusiastic at the suc- cess of the device. The invention is nothing more or less than the utilization of the forces of tne ocean to obtain therefrom a means of motive power for craft at sea by An inge- nious device of using a swinging cargo attached to air compressors in such a manner that every motion of the vessel, however light, whether pitching or oscil- lating, acts as a means to compress the air, which being conveved to an ordinary upright boiler, quickly attains the neces- sary amount of pressure, and let into the engine starts it in motion. In a vessel of 3000 tons only one-third of the space would be used, andin thisspage there would be a large steel compartment, which would be hung on trunnions in such a manuner as to meet every motion of the waves. In this 1000 tons of the cargo would be housed. e Ex-Confederates Can Serve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—The House Committee on Military Affairs to- day ordered favorably reported the Senate bill repealing the law barring] from ap- pointment in the army or navy any per- son who formerly held a commission therein and afterward joined the Confed- G.A.R., | eracy. The military academy approoria- tion bill was agreed to. 2l IN LOS ANGELES JAIL Mrs. Platt’'s Murderer at Last Brought to Justice. CRIME OF AN INDIAN. Francisco Guavish Arrested for the Killing of a School- Mistress. | CLEVER WORK OF OFFICERS. Conclusive Proof That the Redskin Slew the Woman and Cre- mated Her Body. LOS ANGELES, Car., Jan. 14.—After months of diligent work upon the part of local officers, the mystery veiling the mur- der of Mrs. Mary J. Platt on the Pichango Reservation, has at last been cleared away, and the fiend who took the noble woman’s be brought to justice. The murder of Mrs. Platt thrilled all Southern California with horror. Itwas a most brutal crime, the victim being a Christian woman who had left the world behind to instill the white man’s education and love of God into the minds of Indian children on the reserva- tion. It is certain her slayer is now in the Los Angeles county jail, and it is learned that the woman'’s life was sacrificed in or- der that the chief of the Pichango tribe could be accused of the murder and gotten out of the way, in which event the real murderer would have succeeded to the leadership. Chief Mateo Pa was arrested months ago upon the charge of having murdered Mrs. Platt and of burning down the school- He has been placed on wait- | house after the murder. The woman’s | charred remains were found in the ruins of | the building, and it was perfectly apparent | that she had been killed and the place burned to destroy evidence of the crime. A number of accusations were lodged against Mateo Pa, but after a long trial the | jury acquitted him. Pa’s entire past indi- | cated that it was highly unlikely that he could commit such a crime, and he left the impression upon those who heard tne case throughout that the guilty man had not been caught. Foremost among those who testified to the chain of circumstantial evidence it was sought to weave about Mateo was Fran- | cisco Guavish, an Indian who resided upon | the reservation. During the trial Deputy | Sheriffs Martin Aguirre and A. D. Marsh were in attendance and listened to the testimony. From Guavish’s conduct and from the thread of his story they were | satisfied that he had committed the murder, and they went to work on the | case with that hypothesis in view. ‘ Aguirre owns a ranch near San Jacinto, and last summer he went up there to re- main for a time. He improved his oppor- tunities of making the acquaintance of the Indians, and being fluent in the use of the | Mexican language he soon had a number of clews which went to confirm his theory about Guavish. Communicating with Sheriff Burr and Deputy Marsh, a man | was sent to Ballona, whither Guavish had | moved after the acquittal of Mateo Pa, ished his argument | Blevins and Walter Strickland, a party of | and this man worked himself into the Justices adjourned the hearing | Americans on a hunting and trapping ex- | §00d graces of Guavish and operated with orning, when Spooner | pedition along the Rio Grande, were fired | him. | At Ballona Guavish developed into an marauder and committed a gain with a butcher for the sale of acow and then steal the cow to fill the contract. He also robbed a Chinaman of some silver coin and stole several horses, all of which, | the Sheriff’s office being on the watch, | were recovered and returned to their own- ers. | Mr. Agnirre on his trip to his farm dis- | covered enough to convince him that Mrs. | Pratt had been killed through a con- spiracy among the Indians, at the head of | whom was Guavish; that the purpose of | the conspiracy was to get Mateo out of the | way and to elect Guavish in his stead. The murder of the woman was but a | means to this end. The failure of the nefarious project, through the good sense | of the United States jury and the depart- ure of Guavish from’ the reservation, to- | Indian nature, made them careless about | keeping the matter a secrat and enough was obtained by Mr. Aguirre to use as | lever to extract more. | Duriag the holidays, under the direction of Sheriff Burr, Aguirre ana Marsh went reality they went to the reservation, taking with them a warrant for the arrest of Guavish upon the charze of murder, | and when they returned the redskin was their captive. He is now in the County | Jail. ;’ Ganvish’s co-conspirators on the reser- | vation now tell all about the crime and say he is the murderer. The officers will take Gauvish to Riverside to-morrow, | where he will be duly arraigned onthe charge of having murdered Mrs. Platt and then he will be turned over to Sheriff Johnson. According to the instructions | of United States District Attorney Denis Gauvish will be tried under the law of the | State and the Federal authorities will do nothing in the case, inasmuch as all the evidence has been worked up by the State’s officers. There can be no doubt as to the convic- tion of Gauvish and he will probably be hanged, and thereby will one of the most singularly atrocious and savage murders ever committed in this county be avenged. —_——— MRS. PLATT'S DEATH. Murdered Within a Few Feetof Her Sleep- ing Niece. Themurder of Mrs. Mary Platt on the Pi- chango reservation on September 20, 1894, was one of the most fiendish crimes ever committed in California. The aged woman’s body was found on the morning of September 20 1n the ruins of the Indian school, which had been burned to cover the crime. For months the officers of Southern California were baffled in their attempts to trace her slayer, and when old Mateo Pa, the chief of the Pichangos, was acquitted it seemed that Mrs. Platt’s cruel death would never be avenged. The Pichango reservation is in the sonth- ern part of Riverside County and is some- what isolated, the Government school be- ing some six miles from the telegraph station at Temecula. The Government building was quite a large structure, com- prising the schooiroom and residence life and then cremated her body is soon to | | gether with the low moral tone of the | off for a week, ostensibly for gunning. In | under one roof. Mrs. Platt, a widow of about 40 years of age, was the grtncipnl at the Pichango school, and on the night of the tragedy was alone in the house with her 10-year-old niece, Hattie Leslie. The crime bore all the evidence of the cunning work of an Indian fiend. Mrs. Platt was either stunned or killed out- Tight, thrown on the floor, oak wood piled around her and her bpd[y cremated, while in the next room the little girl slept peace- fully, to be awakened by flames scorching her hand. She ran through the room where her aunt lay roasting under the burning wood, and in_her night clothes reached the house of a friendly Indian. After the tragedy it developed that some time before a young buck attending the Indian school at Perris, some distance from the Pichango school, had been ex- pelled for some breach of ‘discipline and returned to the Pichango reservation. To be revenged on the authorities he began industriously to circulate a report that the Indian children there were being shame- fully abused and half-starved. This was readily believed by the older Indians, On the day of the murder old Mateo Pa, the chiet at Pichango, called on Mrs. Platt and told her what be had heard. He de- manded the amount of the fareto Perris and return, saying he would go and inves- tigate for himself, and if things were as reported there would be trouble. Mrs. Platt tried to appease the angry chief and refused his request, thinking the revort groundless, and not wishing to create any excitement among her own proteges she promised to investigate the rumor herself. Mateo Pa went away very angry, threat- ening among other things to have her school closed. This and the chief’s surly | manner caused Mrs. Platt some uneasi- ness, and she wrote to the Indian agent, Francisco Estudillo, at Colton, telling him of the threat and that she was alarmed. She requested that if he did not hear from her again within three or four days the come down and settle matters. This letter and a telegram from Temecula announcing the burning of the Government building | at Pichango and the finding of Mrs. Platt’s body arrived at Colton an hour apart. l[t is now believed that Francisco Guavish, the murderer, had known of the old chief’s visit and threats and tried to profit by them, believing that Mateo Pa would certainly be convicted if Mrs. Platt was murdered. The story of little Hattie Leslie, the niece of the murdered woman, was as fol- lows: “I was in bed and asleep. Aunti when I went to_bed, was in the sittin| | room reading. I went to sleep while she | was reading. After a long time I dreamed | I was burning and awoke and the room | was full of smoke and the fire came all | around my bed. My hand was burned and it hurt me, I was scared and called | for anntie, but she did not answer. Then | I jumped up and ran to the sitting-room, | but she was not there. The house was | all on fire and smoke filled every room. I | cried aloud and went into the kitchen to find auntie, but did not see her. On the | kitchen floor was a big pile of wood burn- | ing and I could smell oil—kerosene oil. I | was scared to death. Iran outdoors and | all around looking for auntie and calling, but she was not there. “I did not know what to do. I ran back into the house by the back porch and past the pile of wood burning in the kitchen | and into tne bedroom. There I got some of my clothes and a basket of letters. tried to do all I could, but there was not time. [ was afraid, too, and ran over to | an Indian’s house and asked to be let in, | They did not know the house was burning | till they heard me call. They let me in | and cared for me. I did not hear any | noise while I was lving 1n bed and n | body cameto the house while I was awake. | Auntie was afraid of Mateo Pa, but she | was not afraid to stay alone with me. | fire In my room was separate from the fire in the kitchen. The fire in the kitchen was the biggest, and I am sure there was coal oil on the wood. The fire in my room was right around the bed.” s. Platt expected to die in the sacrificing service of teaching Indians, no one who knew her can doubt, but she cer- tainly did not anticipate her end would come 1n so fiendish and barbarons a man- ner. at the hands of those whose welfare | and betterment she had made a life’s work | It can truthfully be said that Mrs. Platt grew old and gray in the service of in- | structing the young Indian, and endeavor- |ing to impress upon the older onesthe | blessings and satistaction being clean and at least partially civilized. Mrs. Platt was a woman past 50 years of age. nearly twenty of her life having been |in the Indian service. She was very con- | scientious and fearless and was, moreover, a devout Christian. 1 | new teachers who govern the indians, she | believed that all of the appropriations and time should not be lavished upon the younger generation, but that the older veople should receive some attention. Mrs. Platt argued that much of the modern ap- pliances, such as electric plants, could very well be dispensed with at the various Indian schools, and the money put to greater ad- vantage by building rice homesand fur- | nisuing them for the older people. The grandparents of the present genera- tion were, she confessed, beyond redemp- tion, but the parents were not and should be civilized, as she suggested. The very fact that their children were able to wear bright new clothes and learn caused dis- content and went to drive them further from the benefits of civilization than be- fore the introduction of the schools. They should be taught to be housewives and have instilled in them a pride in keeping themselves and their abodes clean and orderly. Mrs. Platt always sought to bring her | ideas before those in authority, and seldom allowed to pass an opportunity of making a plea for the older generation. As an incident of her courage, she pre- | vented an impending fight among the voung bucks of the Pichango band in 1894. [wo parties had become involved in some ispute and stood facing each other with upraised hatchets and drawn knives, wait- ing but a signal from their leaders to begin the battie. Without a moment’s hesita- tion Mrs. Platt stepped between the con- tending factions and remonstrated with them, telling them it was wrong to quar- rel, and that the dispute should be settled | without blows. The crowd dispersed almost instantly, nor was the quarrel again renewed. Mrs. Platt was thought to have the love of nearly all on the reservation, and dur- ing August, 1894, attended the fiesta at Temecula, San Diego County, where her pupils were noticeably the best conducted of any there, and were entirely submissive to her orders. - ENT CHARGED, A Receiver Forced Upon a Savings Asso- ciation. S8T. PAUL, M1x~., Jan. 14.—The sensa- tion of the hour in the Twin Cities is the appointment of a receiver for the Ameri- can Savings and Loan Association. W.D. Hale, ex-Postmaster of Minneapolis, was made receiver this morning upon the rec- ommendation of Attorney-General Childs and State Bank Examiner Kenyon. Among the reasons given for the applica- tion for the receivership is one that in 1889 the association illegaily invested $202,000 of its assets in the capital of the German- American Fire Insurance Company. The management is declared to have been grossly extravagant and its conduct of the usiness unprofitable. The officers are said to have violated the law in their man- agement. President Bishop says the asso- clation will tight the receivership. —————— MISMANAG The Battle-Ship Indiana. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14,.—The battle-ship Indiana sailed from Newyport, R. L, this morning for Hampton Roads, Va., where Admiral Bunce’s squadron of evolution is still waiting for orders. The Indiana will not be attached to the squad- ron for some time, if at all. Captain Rob- ley D. Evans, tue Indiana’s commander, is reported to have wholly recovered from his recent severe attack of rheumatism, and is now on board the vessel, — - Execution on Judgment Not, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 14.—Exe- cution of judgment notes aggregating about §97,000 was issued to-day against Charles W. Landell, a manufacturer of glazed kid, SALT LAKE CAUCUS, Candidates for the Senate Nominated by the Re- publicans. MORMON AND GENTILE. Frank J. Cannon and Arthur Brown the Choice of the Party. PLEDGED TO THEIR SUPPORT. The Members Had Agreed to Abide by the Decision of the Majority. SALT LAKE, Uragm, Jan. 14.—At the Republican legislative caucus to-night a resolution was unanimously adopted bind- ingall members to abide by the decision f the majority. All of the forty-three Republican members were present. Frank J. Cannon was then nominated as the Republican candidate for the United States Senate by acclamation. Arthur Brown and Judge Bennett were both put | into nomination. Brown received twenty- four votes and Bennett nineteen, and Brown was declared the other nominee of the caucus. The Legislature is composed of forty-three Republicans and twenty Democrats. The Senatorial fight was quite warm all day. The supporters of George Q. Cannon were dismayed by an onen letter from that gentleman, which apveared in the | Deseret News, the official organ of the Mormon church, in which Mr. Cannon says he is not a candidate and covld not accept the office. This action, it is said, | was the result of a conference between | George Q. and his son, Frank J., who from the beginning of the struggle has been an active and aggressive candidate. It was then generally considered that the elder Cannon’s declination left the path clear for the younger, as it is con- ceded that one of the Senators must be a Mormon, and the Cannons are the only Mormons who have been mentioned for the place. PENDLETON ROBBER TAKEN Arrest of a Man Suspected of Having Looted the Town Postoffice, Answers the Description of the Bandit ‘Who Held Up Postmaster Johnson. Unlike many of the | PENDLETON, Or., Jan. 14.—Sherift | Houser has arrested F. S. Wood, suspected | of committing the bold robbery at the postoftice last evening. Wood came here | less than a week ago, claiming he was an | attorney from Weiser, Idaho, who had | been unfortunate and needed assistance to get to Astoria, where he had money due him. He stopped at the Golden Rule two | days. Oneevening he followed the hotel 'bus driver to the barn, evidently to hold | him up. | The landlord drove Wood away and he | went to the Hotel Pendleton, where he | was stopping when the robbery occurred. Officers searched his room and found some new clothing thought to have been stolen. ‘Wood learned that his room was being searched and ran aown the back stairs of the hotel and escaped over the fence, but was soon in custody, He1s the only man found who answers the description of the robber given by Postmaster Johnson. Offi- cers are out in all directions prosecuting a vigorous search, but no reports as yet have been received from them. This morning the Postmaster said the | amount taken by the robber was over $700 and may reach $1000. R ST S CARSON CONTEMPT COASE. Editor Parkinson Ruffles the Dignity of a Police Court Justice. CARSON, Ngv., Jan. 14.—E. J. Parkin- son, editor of the Tribune, was cited for contempt by Police Court Justice Haw- thorne yesterday for articles alleged to have reflected upon the court and for threats against his Honor. This morning similar articles apveared in the Tribune and a fresh citation was issued. The case was continued until Saturday. | About three years ago the editor of the | Appeal was sent to jail by Judge Rising for contempt. Last summer the editor of the News was sent to jail by Judge Haw- ley, and if Parkinson is sent up it will complete the list of Carson editors who have been “in limbo” for contempt of court. . Two Boycotts at Carson. CARSON, Ngv., Jan. 14.—The Opera- house Company, controlled by H. M. Yer- ington, Trenmor Coffin and George Rich- ard, in retaliation for the exposures by the Appeal of the mint ring, have ordered all their advertising out of the Appeal. In return for this mang citizens of Carson have announced a boycott against the opera-house while the boycotton the Ap- peal continues. SAITA CRUZ NHTIE SOKG Officers-Elect of the Local Par- lor Installed and Ban- queted, An Order That Is Fast Gaining Strength in Membership and - Progression. SANTA CRUZ, Cav., Jan. 14.—Officers~ elect of Native Sonsof the Golden West Parlor 90, were installed to-night by State Granad Vice-President Henry C. Gesford of Napa, a State Senator. After the installa- tion a banquet was given at the Ocean House, which was enjoyed by the full membership of the local parlor ana many visitors from Watsonville. The Santa Cruz parlor is adding strength in mem- bership and progression, with encouraging prospects for the future. Following are the names of those in- stalled: Past president, E. L. Foster; president, George B. Sweet; first vice- president, M. Besse; second vice-president, W. P, Vehlberg; third vice-president, C. E. Towne; recording secretary, R. H. Pringle; financial secretuy, W. L New- | day it was decided to purchase at once one man; treasurer, W. I. Thurber; marshal, L. H. Ryder; trustee, E. H. Brouse. The programme at the banquetincluded: Opening remarks by the toastmaster, Grand q1‘mstee Frank Mattison; toast, “Qur State,” Grand Vice-president Hon. H. C. Gesford ; toast, ““Our Order,” District Deputy J. A. Tatham; singing by a quar- tet—Frank Mattison, Ben R. Martin, George A. Chittenden and Joseph D. En- right; toast, ‘‘Grand Parlor,” Charles M. Cassin; toast, “Grand Officers,” Past President W. D. Haslam; toast, “S. C. Parlor No. 90,”” First Vice-president Mil- ton Besse; toast, ‘‘Our Pioneer Fathers,” Past President George Staffler; toast, | *‘Our Pioneer Mothers,”” Past President | George A. Chittenden; toast, “The A. H. | O, V..” Past President 0. V. Ort; toast, | “N. D. G. W.,” President George B. | Sweet; toast, ““The Press,”” Second Vice- president W. T. Vehlberg. The banquet was concluded with singing. e BMONTJZREY BAY GAME. Piscatorial Epicures That Accept Stale Bait. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, Jan. i4.—The rough sea weather of yesterday had a somewhat depressing effect on fish and fishermen to-day, yet 155 fine salmon were taken in half a day’s fishing. The weather 'was 5o rough last night that the baitboats could not zo out, and these silver-side, red- flesh salmon declined the stale bait that remained. They are fond of sardines and will come up for them in preference to go- ing down, but they want their dinner fresh. San _Francisco visitors—Fathers Casey and Lynch and Frank Maskey, the Kearny-street confectioner, and wife—were | on the buy to-day, but had bad weather, and that and the fastidiousness of the sal- | mon rendered their sport only partially | successful. John R. Chace of the Ocean | House is enthusiastic over the reception of the fish he sent to San Francisco yester- | day. As soon as the weather clears there | will be a renewal of the fishing, for thereis | no end to the salmon that can be caught if | they are treated right. THE NEWS. OF SN JOSE, Decline to Nightingales, Cardinals and Sky- | larks to Be Imported to the State. Dr. Florence B. Needham Brings Suit for a Divorce—Death of Two Pioneers. SAN JOSE, CAL., Jan. 14.—At a meeting of the executive committee of the Central California Acclimatization Society yester- dozen Peking nightingales, one dozen car- dinalsand fifty English skylarks for dis- tribution throughout the county. The membership of the organization is rapidly growing in Sen Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, as well as in this county, and it is expected that the first annual meeting on the 25th of this month will be | well attended. — DEATH OF TWO PIONEERS. Jokn H. Dibble and J. E. Southworth Go to Their Reward. SAN JOSE, Car., Jan. 14.—John H. | Dibble, an old resident of Santa Clara, died last evening of Bright's disease. Mr. Dibble was born in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1819, and came to California in 1854 ‘He was a tinsmith by trade, and in 18 e came to Santa Clara and established a tin- store, in which business he was engaged at the time of his death. He has been a member of the Town Board for seven years, and was a member of Santa Clara Lodge No. 52, I. 0. O. ., and Santa Clara | Encampment No. 32, 1. 0. 0. F. Two | children, Juiia and Charles Dibble, survive | hi: | J. Southworth died in Santa Clara last evening. He had resided in that town for many years. He was 64 years of age | ;‘al"d a native of Ohio. A widow survives lm. 7 e TIRES OF A WAYWARD SPOUSE. Dr. Florence B. Needham Brings Action for a Divorece. SAN JOSE, Cav,, Jan. 14.—Florence B. Needham to-day began suit for divorce against Charles T. Needham on the grounds of drunkenness and failure to provide. Mrs. Needham is a physician, and she has become tired of supporting her husband. Needham is now serving a fifteen-day sentence in the city prison as the resalt of a New Year's spree. At the time of his arrest, Mrs. Needham sent Justice Gass a letter asking him to give Needham the full benefit of the law, as she was about to abandon all attempts to reform him. —_——— Embezzlement Charge Dismissed. SAN JOSE, Car., Jan. 14.—The charge of embezzlement against J. W. Lippitt was dismissed on motion of the District Attor- ney this morning. The defendant had | been tried twice and there was no prospect of a convictiol Lippitt was accused of embezzling $61 25 while employed as a bookkeeper by W. E. Crossman. kg Sicodiinge Taken to San Quentin. SAN JOSE, CaL., Jan. 14.—John E. Burke, sentenced to three years for looting the residence of H. V. Morehouse, and Thomas Jones and John Shaffer, sen- tenced to one year each for robbing M. Pa- checo’s house in Alyiso, were taken to San Quentin this morning by Deputy Sheriffs Gafdoer and Jefferson. s Worl: on a Telephone System. SAN JOSE, CaL., Jan. 14.—The People’s Telephone and Telegraph Company bas a force of workmen at work placing the oles in position on South First street. he work of construction will be rushed, and an effort will be made to have the ex- change ready for business in sixty days. — Opens With Increased Attendance. SAN JOSE, CAL., Jan. 14.—The Univer- sity of the Pacific opened this mornin with an increased attendance. Rev. 3 Gibson of San Francisco and Presiden Beard addressed the students. = SACRAMENTO ACCIDENT. William Potter Struck by a Train and Fa- tally Injured. SACRAMENTO, CAL,, Jan. 14.—William Potter, an employe of the California Dairy, attempted to cross the railroad track before’ an incoming train with his delivery wagon this morning, in the city outekirts. As his wagon reached the mid= dle of the track, the horse balked, and a second later the locomotive struck the wagon, knocking it into kindling wood, instantly killing the borse and throwing Potter over forty feet. He struck upon his head, and sustained fatal in- juries. When picked up it was found that the left side of his face had been torn away. As soon as possible Potter was conveved to a private bospital near by and medical assistance rendered, but his injuries are such that there is no hope of recovery. Potter is a mere boy, barely 18 years of age, It is claimed that it was impossible for the engineer to avert the accident, as the track was wet and slippery. . Los Gatos Board of Trade Election. LOS GATOS, Car., Jan. 14.—The Los Gatos Board of Trade last evening elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Secretary, George H. Adams; treasurer, William_Riddle; board of ' directors— Charles W. Gertridge, B. N. Hewitt, Lee Darneal, R.R. Bell and F. M. Jackson. The directors will elect a president and vice-president during the week. | record has occurred near this place. CHICO MEN KILLED. Singular Case of Snake Poisoning Near the Town. DEADLY FANG IN A BOOT. Two Men Who Wore the Foot- gear Died in Fearful Agony. | NARROW ESCAPE OF ANOTHER. The Cowhides Had Been Discarded by a Person Who Was Attacked by a Rattler., CHICO, CAv., Jan. 14.—One of the most singular cases of rattlesnake-poisoning on As the result of wearing a boot into which one of the venemous reptiles had plunged its fangs, two men are dead, another’s life was despaired of for some time and the original owner of the boot owes his exist- ence to the fact that he discarded the foot- wear immediately after he had been at- tacked by the snake. Where this most un- usual method of death-dealing would have ended is hard to conjecture, but luckily one person had the good sense to investi- gate the cause, and thus insure others | against a similar fate. One day last week Thomas Horton was passing through a piece of cleared land, when he was struck at by a rattlesnake. The reptile was shedding its skin and therefore in its most venemous condition. The serpent’s fangs penetrated one of Horton’s cowhide boots and the snake was easily killed. Horton discarded his boots and his wifa gave them to Napoleon Meeker, a negro, who worked on an adjoining farm. He wore them and died. Archibald Hooker, a nephew of the dead man, wore them forty-eight hours, and he also died in great agony. The boots next passed into the posses- sion of an old trapper. The second day he wore them he was attacked by s pain in bisleg. His experience told him that it was the resuit of rattlesnake-poisoning. He used a remedy in time and recovered. On examining the bootleg he found a small-pointed piece of bone imbedded in the leather. It was the fang of the rattle- snake, placed in such a position that in drawing the foot from the boot the fang, which curved upward, would not injureit; but in putting the boot on it would be | almost im possible to escape a slight scratch from the poison-covered tooth. Fishermen Fined for the Unlawful Cap= ture of Salmon. SANTA ROSA, CAr., Jan. 14.—Lauren Foreman, John Kin A. Duncan and Fred Bice, the four young men arrested by Fish Commissioner Babcock last Satur- day near Healdsburg for iliegal catching of salmon, settled the charge against them by paying a fine of $7 50 each here to-day. Commissioner Babcock did not care to try the case at Healdsburg,where the populace was in sympathy with the arrested men. He brought them to Santa Rosa Monday afternoon and the affair was settled in a few minutes. The light fine with which they were let off wasa source of surprise even to themselves. They were “loaded down” with money and were prepared to fignt the case to the bitter end. st o Petaluma Telephone System. PETALUMA, Car., Jan. 14.—H. B. Hig- bee, the assistant cashier of the Bank of Sonoma, to-day became the purchaser of the Pierce telephone system and will be president and manager of the new corpora- tion. The other officersare: Vice-presie dent, Colonel D, B. Fairbanks; directors— H. B. Higbee, Colonel D. B. Fairbanks, W. H. Fairbanks, Mrs. H. B. Higbee and George P. McNear. The system will be reatly enlarged and extended and the atest inventionsemployed. e Control of Portland Railways. PORTLAND, Og., Jan. i4.—The Port land Consolidated Street Railway system, which was sold under execution a few days ago to the representative of a Boston bank- ing firm, has come under the management of a local company, which has secured con- trol of the road for Eastern capitalists. The new company was incorporated by O. F. Paxton, Alfred Sears Jr. and J. V. Beach. The capital stock is $800,000, of which $100,000 is preferred stock. The full intensi of living is reache only by the gtrfccfly healthy. ickness discounts the capac- ity for emjoyment, When a piano is badly out of tune, the noises that come from it are certainly not musical. They are not beautifal. If it is only a little bit out of tune, you can play some few things onit. You can create a semblance of music, but you can- not make really beautiful, satisfying, soul- stirring music, unless every string is tense and firm, unless every piece of the whole instrument is in perfect tune, in perfect condition, in perfect harmony with every other piece. It is the same with a human being. If his body is all out of order and ruu-down, he will not be able to enjoy anything, no matter how full of enjoyment it may be for other people. If he is just a little bit out of order, if he is not sick, but doesn’t feel Just right” e will only be able to enjoy things in a half-hearted sort of way. The nearer he is to being perfectly well, the nearer will his capacity for enjoyment be perfect. To really live, and to take his part in the work and pleasure of the world, his body must be in perfect con- dition. ~If this condition doesn’t exist. something is wrong and something ought to be done. 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