The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1896. SAN BERKARDIND'S CITY TRUSTEES, They Igorned an Order of| the Superior Court. CITED FOR CONTEMPT. The Award of an Advertising| Contract Caused the Trouble. A NEW PAPER GOT THE WORK. Fighting Was Then the Order of the Day Among the Other News Sheets. end, having been in progress more than three years. After landing at her own dock this morning the City of Puebla pulled over to Schwabacher’s wharf and discharged 125 tons of freight, whereupon Wharf Man- ager Carrill announced that the steamship line was again in possession ot Schwa- bacher’s business, With the withdrawal Schwabacher’s patronage went to the principal business support of the Farallone and opposition lines, leaving the Pacific Coast Steamship#ompany a monopoly of the freight and passenger traffic between Puget Sound ports and San Francisco. - THE NEWS OF NAPA. 4 Convicted Thief Goes to Prison—The Rain Doing Great Good. NAPA, Can, Jan. 23.—Ernest Gejger, who some daysago was tried and convicted on two charges of grand larceny and burglary and sentenced to Folsom for eight and twelve years respecti\‘e_ly. was to-day taken to Folsom by Sheriff Mc- { Kenzie to serve his term. 3 ¥ Geiger has paled perceptibly during his very weak when taken away. £ Another rainstorm set in last night thronghout this valley, and about half an inch of rain fell during the night, making 54 inches for the season, as againsg | inches for the corresponding period ast year. | 25 ¥ B inton, the man who had Ethel | Brandon, the notorious thief, arrested Wednesday night in San Francisco, as re- | ported by Tur CaLsthis morning, and who claimed he was from Napa, is unknown here. No such name appears on the Great Reeister of this county. e | FRESNO'S ILLICIT DISTILLER. SAN BERNARDINO, CAL., Jan. 23.—At the present time the San Bernardino City Council is in what might be termed hot water, and all because they have seen fit to defy the Superior Court. The cause of all the trouble is the award- | ing of contracts for city advertising and publishing the delinquent taxlist. The bidders were the Sub,the Times-Index, the Weekly Review and the Free Press, the latter a little weekly paper started about three weeks ago, and which gotin the lowest bid, by several cents lower than any-of the others. The managers of the other papers pro- tested against the Free Press getting the k, and to prevent the Trustees from g the contract they went before Campbell and asked that an injunc- 1 be issued forbidding the Council to .ast_evening notice was served on the 1 ning them tkat an injunction v met immediately r and awarded the c When this was made known war as declared by the other papers, and this Jing the injunction itself was served, met with cool defiance by the 1, as they bad already let the con- | toward “evening ‘the fun passed ,as Judge Campbell issued an order g the members to appear in court orning to show cause why they t be punished for contempt of edings, some claiming that the 1 n proper was served too late, e others claim that the notice served first foretelling an injunction was suf- ficient, and that the Trustees are in con- tempt in the fullest sense of the word. An exciting time is looked for next Saturaay. THE NEWS OF STANFORD. Annual Election of Officers of the Sophomore Class Held. Fencing Club Being Organized—Death of Professor Marx’s Aged Mother. ANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Jan. The sophomore class met to-day and held its regular eiection of class officers. Four candidates were in the field for the presidency, and the balloting was very close. There wps a general interest taken in the election, and a majority of the class rzembers were present to vote. As aresult of the contest the following were elected officers for the present semester: President, Steuart Cotton; vice- resident, W. P. Harrington; secretary, Miss I. Y. Fielder; treasurer, C. 8. Flem- ing; sergeant-at-arms, Clarence Riggins class historian Mackintosh; base- ball manager, F. M. Stork; track manager, w. cNeil! rcing club is being organized among tudents here, and from present indi- s there are a large number of indi- enough interested in that sport to such a elub a success. reached Professor C. D. Marx in the early part of the week that his aged mother was lying seriously il in New Or- leans, and on Tuesday he left for the Southern city. To-day a telegram came saying that Mrs. Marx passed away yester- day, so the son will arrive too late. Pro- fessor Marx is one of the most popular in- structors here anda much sympathy is ex- pressed for him in his bereavement. Dr. Jordan will probably leave for Merced this evening. He delivers a lec- ture there to-morrow evening on “Evolu- tion.” From Merced Dr. Jordan will go to Chico, where he is scheduled to deliver the commencement address before the Normal School graduating class. He wiil not return immediately to the university, but will spend a short time in Chico. It has just been announced that Rev. H. C. Minton, D.D., head of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at San Anselmo, is to deliver the sermen here on Sunday, eaa e o THE SANTA CRUZ N. G. W. They Install Their Officers-Elect and Finish With a Banquet. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., Jan. 23.—Santa Cruz Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West, installed its officers-elect to- night, and concluded the event with a banquet, which was attended by the full membership of the parlor. The new officers installed by District Deputy Grand President Miss BStella Finkeldey were: Past president, Mrs. Katie Pringle; president, Miss Mae Wil- kins; first vice-president; Mrs. Gussie Lindsay ; second vige-president, Mrs. Clara Dake; third vice-president, Mrs. Emma Holliday; recording secretary, Mrs. Clara Staffner; financial secretary, Miss Daisy Longly; marshal, Mrs. Lillian Brouse; trustees—Mrs. C. E. Rice, Mrs. Frank Bartlett and Miss Alice Maderia. After the formal business was over, the Daughters retired to the banquet-room and enjoyed a dainty Spanish supper, and then finished the evening with a dance. The Native Sons gave a banquet to.com- plete their installation and made it a stag aifair, so the Native Daughters deter- mined to have a jolly time among them- sclves, and therefore invited no men to Pparticipate in their festivities. O SEATTLE STEAMSHIP FIGHT. Feace Once More Broods Over the Ship- p . pers and Skippers. & _SEATTLE, Wasw., Jan. 23.—A bitter fight between tne Goodall, Perkins & Co.'s propellers and the Pacific Coast Steamship line and the Schwabacher D, 8 ntract to the Free | | Held to Appear Before the Los Angeles | Federal Grand Jury. FRESNO, Car., Jan. 23.—(Speclal)— Sumon Seropian, who was arrested here yesterday charged with conducting an | distillery, had his examination before United States District Court Com- missioner Prince to-day. Seropian employed Counsel and made a hard fight to save himself. The whole day was occupied by the examination. At its close Seropian was heid to abpear before the Federal Grand Jury at Los Angeles | with his_bond fixed at$1000. His prem- | ises on Fresno street, worth about $6000, are 1n tiie hands of the revenue officers, COVERNOR RERSDN EA | Passed Away in San Diego Yes- | terday After an Eventful Career, | His Life Full of Excitement, War,: Romance and Affairs of State. ; SAN DIEGO, CaAr., Jan. 23. — George Ryerson, late Governor of Lower Cali- | fornia and an occasional resident of San Diego since 1852, died in this city this | morning. He had been suffering for sev- | eral years from Bright’s disease. \ Governor Ryerson was born in St. Louis, | Mo., March 10, 1852, and went to Chi- huahua, Mexico, when he was 18 years of age. There his love for adventure and strange and exciting experiences was gratified, for he found himself surrounded by as desperate a lot of men as are often gathered together. He remained there two years and came to San Diego in the | fall of 1852 with a large drove of sheep, brought clear through from Chihuahzua. | In 1859 he married Guadaloupe Serrano, | who, with her brother, owned three square leagues of land in the Vallecitos Valley | and large herds of catile and sheep. Ryer- | son became a Mexican citizen and re- | mained so until his death. In the early ’60’s, wh:n the late War of the Rebellion was on, ne caught the fever and left for New Orleans, where he joined the South- | ern army and soon_became colonel of a | reziment. He remained to the end of the | war, his wife in the meantime not know. |ing anything at all of his whereabouts. She finaliy heard he was dead and married again. With her husband she lived part of the | time at her home in Vallecitos ang part of | the time near San Bernardino. One night | six or seven years after his departure. the | little side-wheel steamer from San Fran- morning George Ryerson appeared in his old familiar haunts. Later he proceeded | to Vallecitos, rejoined his wife and re- | sumed charge of the property there, the second husband having previously de- parted. He then settled down to_serious busi- | ness and become a progressive and pros- | perous farmer. His extensive knowledee | of the country, its peculiaritie: | a sufficient reason for the Mexican Presi- | dent appomnting him Sub-Prefect of the northern portion of Lower California, the | Governor residing at La Paz. He was also elected President of the municipality of Ensenada, which in- | cludes the entire territory of the northern half of the peninsula. Certain it is that George Ryerson made | a successful and popular excecutive and he held the office until 1887, when Luis | Torres was appointed his successor. Gov- ernor Ryerson was a natural leader among | men. He had perhaps the best knowledge | of Mexican law, customs and the people | of any man on the peninsula. His former | estate gradually passed from him and he diea comparatively poor. ABRUTAL CHICO HUSBAND | His Divorced Wife Takes a Shot | at Him in Self- Defense. The Fellow Spends His Time in Get- ting Drunk and Annoying Her. CHICO, CAL., Jan. 23.—A telephone dis- patch to-day reports that the town of Willows, Glenn County, was stariled last evening by hearing three pistol shots in rapid succession. On investigation it was learned the shots were fired by Mrs. Emma Longmire to protect herself and children from the assaults of ber ex-busband, Lewis Long- mire. From Mrs. Longmire it was learned that last evening aboat half-past 7 Long- mire, from whom she was recently di- vorced, went to her house on the out- skirts of the town, where she lived with her two children, and demanded admit- tance, and when she refused Yie threatened to kill her and the children and attempted to break down the door of the house. Being in mortal fear of the man, she fired the shots to frighten him away. Persons who went to the house imme- diately after the shooting, say that Long- mire was standing near the curbing apply- ing the vilest kind of epitheis to Mrs. Longmire and her children. An effort will be made to have him placed under bonds to keep the peace. A New Fresno Paper. FRESNO, CAL., Jan. 23.—A new Demo- cratic paper is announced for Fresno, to make its appearance next Monday. It will be edited by Ex-Senator G. G. Goucher and will be published weekly at Bros. & Co.’s concern, which has several wholesale houses in this State, is at an first, with a prospect of changing it to a daily later on. continement in the County Jail, and was | THE LIVE NEWS OF LOS ANGELES, Important Combine of Lead- ing Street Railway Lines. IT CAME OUT IN COURT. A Widow Robbed of Her Hus- band’s Life Insurance by a Detective. CRUEL WORK OF A VILLAIN. Policies Amounting to Six Thousand Dollars Were Settled for Two Hundred. LOS ANGELES, Cav., Jan. 23.—It was revealed this morning in Department 2 of the Superior Court that the Main-street | and Agricultural Park Railway has been sold to the Los Angeles Electric Railway syndicate and that the transfer took effect January 1. The matter came to light through a pe- tition filed this morning by J. Downey Harvey, executor of the wiil of J. G. Dow- ney, deceased, in which he asks for a con- firmation by the court of the sale of 725 shares in that company by the adminis- . trator to the Bank of Californla and Pacific Roliing-miil syndicate, who own the electric railway. was $30 ver share. A copy of the contract for the sale was filed with the petition, which shows that the total numberof shares of stock is 4000 at a par value of $50 each; that the | stockholders, chief of whom are J. W. | Broderick and Mrs. Jesrum, sell at $30 per | share. They deposit the stock in the hands of H. W. Hellman, trustee, and re- | ceive payment of $5 upon each share, the | balance to be paid in thirty months and to | bear interest at 6 per cent. Then the Main-street and Agricultural Park Railway Company proceed to issue §$350,000 of ten-year 5 per cent bonds, of which $150,000 are to be sold and the money used to electrize the railway and be otherwise expended to its betterment. The other $200,000 of bonds are to be de- | posited with Hellman & Broderick, trus- tees, and to be delivered ascalled for by the The price paid cisco put into San Diego Bay and the next | ] , and his | success in dealing with the Mexicans ‘was | | syndicate, to be used for the betterment of | the road. Neither the trustees nor the | company are to have anything to do with | the expenditure of this money excent to see that it is spent upon the road. | Ifatthe end of thirty months this syn- | dicate does not pay the remaining $25 per | share and take down the stock from the hands of Trustee Hellman then the deal is declared off and all money paid is for- | feited. Under this arrangement, there- | fore, $20,000 has been paid on the trans. action. e RUOBBERY OF A WIDOW. A Detective Cheats Her Out of Her Hus- band’s Life Insurance. | LOS ANGELES, CaL., Jan. 23.—It de- veloped to-day in the case )i Myers vs. | the Life Association of Minneapolis, which | is now on trial in Department 4 of the [ | i | | | | Superior Court, that when Mr. Myers died | | the physician here advised the company not to pay the policy until it could be in- | vestigated. | Detective A. B. Lawson offered the com: pany to settle the business for $2000. The i theory was that the policies had been fraudulently obtained by the deceased | | representing himself as being healthy when he was in fact afflicted with kidney trouble. Lawson gave the company a bond to save them from paying any more, $2000, and_by_frightening the widow got | her to accept $100 and give up the policics. | She row claims that she was weak and | nervous and was taken adyantage of. R i LOS ANGELES OIL FIELD, Combination of the Producers and Mem- bers of the Exchange. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Jan. 23.—The | final meeting of the producers and mem- bers of the Oil Exchange was held this evening in the Board of Trade rooms, when the agreement was finally perfected whereby all the oil product of the local | field will be disposed of through the ex- | clusively at a price to be fixed and at a | cost to the producer of not to exceed 5 per | cent of the amount realized. | _ Signatures to this agreement have been secured, representing 60 per cent of the | Jocal oil output. An expert examination of the Los Angeles city oil field discioses the fact that there is 187,000,000 barrels of oil under a known oil territory of 700 acres. ERe g L0OS ANGELES LABORING MEN. Grand Mass-Meeting Held in Grace M. F. Church by Request. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Jan. 23.—For the first time in the history of Los Angeles a meeting of laboring men was this evening held in a church. It was a mase-meeting, under the auspi- ces of the Los Angeles County Council of Labor, and was held by invitation of the pastor, Rev. Will A. K‘;fighten, in Grace M. E. Church. The church edifice was crowded. Addresses were aelivered by the presi- dents of the various unions in'the city, of which there are twenty-seven different trades organized. Resolutions were adopted condemning the police for the illegal and unconstitutional arrest and de- tention of citizens in defiance of their guaranteed rights under the law. —_—— AN ALHAMBRA SUDDEN DEATH. Heart Discase, the Result of Heavy Drink- ing, the Causec. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Jan. 23.—Charles B. Torrance, a rancher of Alhambra, was found dead in bed this morning. Coroner Campbell was summoned and at once went to Alhambra. An investigation revealed the fact that death was due to valvular disease of the heart. Torrance had at one time been a butcher in Alhambra, but had sold out his business to his partner. He was living with his parents when his death occurred. He was a heavy drinker and that is supposed to have broughty about his death. He was unmarried and about 35 years of age. e REFORMS IN LOS ANGELES. The City Council Establishes a New Policy and Official Heads Come Off. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Jan. 23.—The City Council to-day at a special meeting inaugurated a policy of retrenchment by decapitating about twenty sub-officials. Beveral positions were consolidated and some officials will now be compelled to do double duty as compared with their past the | policies amounting to $6000. He got the | service. Deputyships in the Auditor’s, Street Superintendent’s and Tax Col- lector’s offices were abolished. The county Grand Jury is now investi- gating the books of city officials with the aid of nine experts, and some develop- ments are expected in a few days. Seimelae A LOS ANGELES FAILURE. Broadway Department Store Attached by Severai Creditors Yesterday. LOS ANGELES, Car.,, Jan. 23.—The Broadway Department store was attached this morning and a keeper placed in charge. The firm of L. Dinkelspiel & Son, of San Francisco, placed the attachment for a small debt, but late this afternoon other attachments were [Encnd by the attorneys of the Los Angeles Board of Traae. Williams & Co., the proprietors, assert that the failure is not 4 bad one, and that their creditors will get every dollar due. It has been suspected for several weeks past that the failure would take place, as the firm had failed in many instances to meet its obligations. e The store is a big one, but, while includ- ing many departrments, was never fully stocked. The owners came here last fall, and the store has only had an existence of about four month: BRITISH COLUMBIA LEGISLATURE It Convened at Victoria Yesterday Amid Salvos of Artillery. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 23.—The Pro- vincial Legislature convened this after- noon amid salvos of artillery. A distin- guished gathering of military and naval officials were in attendance, including Ad- miral Stephenson of the North Pacific squadron. Governor Dewdney’s message dealt prin- cipally with the internal development of the province, the mining, fishing, lumber- ing and other industries being referred to. The strained relations between the impe- rial Government and certain foreign pow- ers was averted to, commending the spirit loyalty manifested in all parts of the empire, in which British Columbia cordi- ally u 5 In concluding his Excellency referred to the death of Prince Henry of Battenburg, expressing sympathy for the royal family | in their bereavement. THE CODE COMMISSION, | Assemblyman Hatfield Says It Has Accomplished but Little. Its Members and Those of the Railroad Commission Are Roundly Criticized. SACRAMENTO, Car., Jan. 23.—There is a general provision which requires State officials and commissions to establish their headquarters at the State Capitol, and when the original bill creating the Code | Commission was presented to the late | Legislature Assemblyman Hatfield intro- | duced an amendment to the bill which i distinctly provided that the commission | shall hold 1ts meetings in a room in the | Capitol building, to be furnished by the | Secretary of State. | Now, as a matter of fact, the Code Com- | | mission has not met in this city since the | summer of last year; on the contrary, it | has been sojourning in San Francisco. | Assemblyman L. T. Hatfield, an attorney of Sacramento, proposes to see that this | commission, appointed for the revision nd re-form of the law, shall comply with | the law, and if there is any meaningin | the English language then the amendment to the act creating the Code Commission means that it should meet in this city. Despite this amendment the members persist in holding their meelings in San | Francisco, where they have been for | months. Hatfield further claims that he believes that the commission bas accom- vlished little if anything in the year in which it has held office. Hatfield said: “Judge Daiy has been assisting in the Railrcad Commission case for several months, Judge Baldwin of Stockton has | been sick for over a month, and unable to attend to his duties in San Francisco. The commission is surrounded by politi- cal and other interests which tend to de- | tract from the attention which it should bestow on tne duties of its office. Each Come.issioner gets $4000 per year, being the same salary as that paid to a Superior Judge, and it was unquestionably the in- tention of the Legislature that they should give their entire time to the work for which the commission was created. “‘The expense of maintainingithis com- mission is over §16,000 per year for salaries alone. When this bill was introduced into the Legislature it was a pet biil with all the attorneys throughout the State and great things were expected of it, but unless there is a change between now and the meeting of the next Legislature the prospects are that the commission wiil be abolished owing to the fact that the work done has not been commensurate in any sense with the amount expended. “The claim of the Commissioners that they want to be in San Francisco in order to be in close contact with the attorneys | of the State is the rankest nonsense, for they certainly must realize that their time is too valuable to listen to versonal argu- ments from attorneys, and that in order to expedite their work all suggestions should be mailed to the commission in brief, and these could be received fully as well in Sacramento as in San Francisco.” This was one of the last bills that Gov- ernor Budd signed, and he hesitated long before signing, fearing that it might be the creating of a useless commission at a time when California was more heavily taxed than any other State in the Union. Itis said by those who are intimate with the Governor that this commission has been one of his sorest trials. He fears that through lack of application it will not ac- complish what the people expect, and it is further rumored that he has demanded that they come to Sacramento and go to work. Governor Budd himse!f states that he is so interested in the result of this commis- sion’s work that he hasaccepted the vol- untary offer of his own father, Hon. Judge Budd of Stockton, who has agreed to de- vote every spare moment of time to assist- ing the Commissioners 1in the revision of the codes. SR ey PHW@ENIX LADY OFFICER. The First Ever Appointed in Any of the Territories. PHENIX, Ariz, Jan. 23.—Governor Hughes to-day appointed Mrs. Rebecea G. Phillips a member of the Board of Educa- tion of the Territorial Normal School. This is the first appointment of a woman on this board ever made in the Territory or any other Territory or State where women are not electors under the law. Mrs. Phillips 1s formerly from Philadel- phia, a leading spirit of the W. C. T. U, and the corresponding secretary of the ‘Woman’s Suffrage Association of ‘Arizona, and has taken much interest in the cause of education and reform. The appointment will evoke gm\t dis- cussion as to its legality, but the lady gs admirably qualitied for the position and, if the Governor stands firm, will undoubt- edly win the fight. Pureka Burglar Sentenced. EUREKA, Cav., Jan. 23.—Harry Jones, charged with burglarizing the store of A. W. Erickson at Arcata on December 11, 1895, pleaded guilty and was to-day sen- unces by Judge Wilson to three years in San Quentin. DEMAND OF THE ALASKA. INDIANS, They Want a White Man Hanged as a Just Retribution. A TRIBE MEMBER KILLED Their Doctrine an Eye for an Eye and Tooth for a Tooth. WORK OF PORTLAND ROBBERS. They Held an 0ld Man Up in the Day- time and Took His Watch and Money. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 23.— Horace Stevens, just from Alaska, says: “The action of the Killisnoo Indians in sending a delegation to Governor Sheakley at Sitka, demanding the immediate execution of a man named Mills, charged with the murder of one of their tribe, is but a result of the summary treatment accorded them by this Government during the witcheraft troubles some years ago, when Commander Merrimnn with the United States steam- ship Adams landed a force of men and rounded up the tribe and then treated them to the sight of their village being bombarded and their canoes torn iuto splinters with Gatling missiles. At the time the lesson wasa needed one, the Killisnoos having caused great trouble and anxiety among the whites by their insistence in continuing the barbarous rites of their religion, if so it may be called, of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. If a man fell sick some witch must have caused his illness, and the medicine man was just as likely to pick out a white employe of the Northwest Trading Com- | pany as being the sorcerer as to select an Indian. On the occasion of the Adams guns be- ing turned on the village the Killisnoos had acted in a more than usual high- handed manner. A Siwash had been killed by the premature discharge of a bomb in the company’s whaleboat, for which the Indians demanded the life of a | white man. There was an epidemic of typhoid fever among them which, as it at- tacked one after another of the tribe, they concluded must come from the whites, [ O ¥ : and the salmon were late in running, | :Inh oil that tl{ehstmff“wxlll h“"]')' e which fact they laid to the workings of | <o 1S Six or elzht miles long by three the trading company’s pile-driver, claim- ing the shock as the hammer fell was car- ried along the bottom of the channel to the king salmon, who he warned and turned the fish into some other bay. The cure for all these troubles, accord- ing to their light, was the securing for torture and ultimate death of a white. A big medicine potlash was held and a young lad working on the company’s steamer was decided to be the witch. capture were at once laid, but through the talkativeness of a squaw, living with a white man, for the time being failed, and suddenly the laa disappeared. NEWS OF ST BARBIR Jerry Bruggy Convicted of an Assault to Murder Yesterday. The Philadelphia Returned to Port, but the Monterey Did Not Materialize. SANTA BARBARA, Can, Jan. 23.— Jerry Bruggy, who has been on trial on the charge of attempt to murder preferred by Judge Thomas Henley of Santa Maria, was to-day convicted by a jury in the Su- perior Court. Although a number of witnesses came down from the northern partof the county to testify in the case, including the old gentleman who had so narrow an escape from death at the handsof the prisoner, the trial was rushed through with dis- patch, being given to the jury at sunset and decided within Lalf an hour. It was Bruggy’s intentien to argue his own case, but as the time for the trial approached his forensic couraged weak- ened and ex-District Attorney Putnam undertook the defense. Perhaps the most curious feature of the case is that not- withstanding the months in which Bruggy has Jain in the County Jail and the con- viction of the officers that he isan old criminal, it has been impossible to ascer- tain his previous record or to learn any- thing whatever concerning his life prior to his coming to this county. B g WOCDLAND PERJURERS FREED. Cases Not to Be Tried on Account of o Saring of Expenae. WOODLAND, Car.,, Jan. 23.— Rather Plans for his | The Justice, however, did not lose sight of the robbers, and as they entered a grocery- store at West End avenue the ofticers timely hove in sight aad Herners ordered their arrest. These men, though, are not believed to be the footpads who for some time past have veen engaged in wholesale highway robberies on the east side. They are new hands, encouraged in the business by the failure of the police to capture the men more pnucularfy wanted. St s Lt BAKERSFIELD'S FIELD DAY. The Dogs in Good Condition and a Large Attendance. BAKERSFIELD, Car., Jan. 23.—This was the last day of the regular field trials. There may be an amateur stake to-mor- Tow, but at this hour it is doubtful, as few entries have been made. The weather is cloudy, but gooa for dogs. There wasa good attendance, including a number of ladies. The first brace put down was Silver Plate and Orion, who were down 25 minutes. Then Josephine and Nemo I were down for 63 minutes. Betsy Mark and Glen- beigh Jr. then ran for 19 minutes. After lunch Orion and Nimrod ran for 23 min- utes. The last brace was Nimrod and Glenbeigh Jr. They were down for about 234 hours, changing about considerably. The judges announced their decision late this evening, as follows: Nimrod first, Glenbeigh second, Orion third. The event will conclude with a big free barbecue at the Stockdale ranch at noon to-morrow, given by W, S. Tevis. il e S BAKERSFIELD THIEVES. They Steal and Forge a Money Urder and One Gets Left. BAKERSFIELD, CaL., Jan. 23.—Postal Inspector Flint arrived here this morning to investigate a theft and forgery of a money order. A warrant was sworn out for Theo. de Court, already in jail on another charge under the alias of Smith. He with Gyle and Harp were examined pefore Commissioner Maude this after- noon, and were held for trial. The evi dence was very direct and convincing. They will be taken to Los Angeles for trial. It developed that Gyle stole the order and forged the signature, then gave it to Harp, who “blew it in”’ in a dive for wine with a waiter girl. Gyle never got a cent or even a drink out of the steal. MORE OIL [N SAN DIEGO. Promising Indications on the Mesa Twelve Miles From the City. Company of Denver Capitalists Or- ganized fo Operate Copper Mines | and 0il Wells. [ SAN DIEGO, CaL., Jan. 23.—Indications of heavy oil strata have been iound on the Otay Mesa, twelve miles from this city, on the Mexican boundary, and a com- pany is now being formed to place ma- chinery and prospect on a large scale. Deposits of mineral paint have been found which are so strongly impregnated Otay wide and is several hundred feet above the valley. Geologists say that the surround- ings and the character of the ground give every indication of an abundance of oil at no great depth. | Operations are continued at Point Loma | without abatement and the drill is now down over 400 feet. The company ex- pects to find oil at 900 feet, though some | irregularities in the strata have discon- certed the geologists. Boring is also going on at Delmar, where | oil was accidentally found by a rancher | digging a well. The oil was so strong that the well was useless for water and it was continued as an oil well. The oil stream is supposed to be the same as that under Point Loma and a continuance of that of Los Angeles. The iron and copper country in the vicinity of San Isidro, Lower California, has been found to be promising in oil and the Woods Investment Company of Den- ver is said to be about to prospect for it. A member of the company is expected to arrive to-morrow from the City of Mexico, where he went to secure concessions from the Mexican Government for_erecting smelters at San Isidro and San Fernando for the handling of copper ores. The company has acquired the largest copper mines on the peninsula outside of Santa Rosalia, and a large amount of money is about to be invested. A schooner is now off that coast gathering a cargo of copper ore to be taken to San Francisco. L SRR FATAL TACOMA FIRE. A Drunken Man Upsets a Lamp and Perishes in the Flames. TACOMA, Wasw., Jan. 23.—A fatal fire occurred this evening at 9:40 o’clock at 2033 Barley street, in which James Mc- Laughlin lost his life through his own carelessness. He had gone upstairs in a drunken con- dition and upset the lamp at the head of the stairs. Fighting the fire as best he could in his stupor, he fell from exhaus- tion on his bed and was smothered by smoke, his arms being badly burned. He leaves two daughters. The residence he occupied, a two-story structure costing about $900, was only damaged about $150; no insurance. et iy Quick Work in Nevada City. NEVADA CITY, CAv., Jan, 23.—Henry Hart, charged with burglary, had his hear- ing in the Justice Court at 10:30 o’clock and was held to answer. The information was filed at 11 o’clock. He appeared be- fore the Superior Court at 11:30 o’clock, pleaded guilty, got one year at Folsom, and goes down to-morrow. S Italian Warship at Victoria. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 23.—The Italian warship Christopher Columbus reported at the mouti of the straits at 4 p. », than subject the county to the expense of trying the cases the authorities have de- cided not to prosecute for perjury George A. and Matthew Miller, two of the princi- pal witnesses for the defense in the case of Stuart, convicted of robbing Postmaster Morrin of Rumsey. The jury that found the robbers guilty practically decided that the two men men- tioned had sworn falsely. Theauthorities believe that the Millers, who live in Colusa County, will not again inflict their pres- ence upon Yolo County, and while it is not desired to foster .the too prevalent crime of perjury, it is argued that it is not incumbent upon Yolo County to pose as a moral monitor for her neighbors. However, it is.possible that the matter may be called to the attention of the Grand Ju,y, which will meet next Tues- day. R — ITWO HIGHWAYXMEN ARRESTED. Held Up an Old Man in Broad Daylight and Robbed Him. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 23.—This evening east side Officers Minor and Wilhelm ar- rested James Ball and John Williams for holding up an old man at Mount Tabor in broad daylight this afternoon. They robbed him of a litile money and a gold watch and then disappeared in a clump of bushes. Their victim, though, shadowed them till he met Justice of the Peace Herners of Mount Tabor driving along the road in his buggy. Herners was quickly informed of the crime, and he drove behind the robbers, who all this time imagined themselves free from pur- suit. They lingered along the highway Ltill dusk, when they went to Sunnyside. | NEW TO-DAY. A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. A Case of “Out of the Frylng-Pan Into the Fire.” Frequent physicking as a cure for a whole catalogue of troubles is the terrible mis- take that is mining the health and short- ening the lives of thousands every year. When the eye is lnsterless, the complex- ion yellow or dingy, head aching, the brain dull, the limbs tired and heavy, the spirits depressed and energy at ebb tide, pills and purgatives are employed to violently move the bowels, which, if frequentlv repeated, leaves the digestive apparatus in a state of complete collapse. Nature is nota carthorse to be driven with a whip. What is needed is a stimu- lant and invigorator like Peruvian Bitters. Its use causes the inactive stomach, the torpid liver and bowels to naturally resume their functions. If the system contains any malarial poisons, cold or fever. nothing known to medical science will so effectually drive it out as the world-famous Peruvian Bark—the most important ingredient of Peruvian Bitters, a faultless, powerful tonic that restores brilliancy to the eye, the glow of health to the face, clearness to the intel- lect, and keenness of perception to all the senses and faculties. Mack & Co., San Francisco, gists and dealers, ¢ | GRILLON NEW TO-DAY. Our big boys like the big store, like it for many reasons ; because it’s up-to-date ; because our clothes are up-to-date, just chock-a-block with style ; that’s why they like it, and they can dress stylish without the usual riders of extravagant prices. Some remarkably clever Suits, | as shown in picture above, for our young friends between the ages of 12 and 19, in Blue Chev- iots, jauntily cut, cleverly tai- lored, suits that other stores are getting $11 and $12 for; spe- cial with us at —$5.60— IT PAYS TO TRADE AT THE BIG STORE. RAPHAEL’S (INCORPORATED). 9, 11, 13, 15 KEARNY STREET Frisco’s Largest and Most Popular House. WEAN San Francisco’s Leading Specialist, ’ QUCCESSFULLY TREATS ALL CHRONIO diseases of the head, throat, lungs, heart, siom- ach, liver and bowels; kidney ' troubles, disorders of the bladder and urinary orzans, rupture, piles, varicocele, hydrocele and swelling of the glands. 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They are perfect fitters, 2nd are made in the very latest style. Button or 1ace, all sizes, ail widghs. The regular price $4. A&~ Country orders souviveu, &~ Send for New Lilustratod Catalogue Address B. KATCHINSKI, 10 Third Street, San Francisso. PHILADELPHIA SHOE CoO. TAMAR INDIEN A 1sxative refreshing fe fruit lozenge, very agreeable to take, CONSTIPATION hemorrhoids, bile, loss of appetite, gastric ang intestinal troubles and beadeche srising from them. E. GRILLON, 33 Rue des Archives, Parig Sold by all Druggista.