The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 29, 1896, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, UKIAR'S BANDIT KNOWS THE LAW, Outlaw Schneider Conducts His Own Defense in Court. i VERSED IN LEGAL LORE. | | | He Skillfully Cross=-Examines | the Witnesses for the i State. TELLING TESTIMONY GIVEN. | Driver Howard Identifies the Prisoner | as the Man Who Halted His Stage. UKIAH, CAr., Jan examination of John § with robbing the stage running from | TUkiah to Harris on Jannary 15, was be- | gun to-day. Schneider is the man alleged to have shot ex-Sheriff Standley while the Jatter was try to capture him, and he is now also rged with robbing the United States mail, in bavine stopped the Willits stage on the last day of 1895 and | ordered the driver to throw out the mail | sacks. Under this last charge he is now | in the custody of Sheriff Johnson as a | United States prisoner. The charge under | which he is being examined is brought in | the name of the State of California, and | will be tried in this county if he is held to | answer. Only three witnesses were examined to- | day—Theodore Howard, the stage driver who was held up; J. S. Hart, agent jor | Wells, Fargo & Co., and C. Tecumseh | James, chief clerk in the exprass office, to whom is entrusted the work of preparing express boxes for the several stages run- ning from Ukiah, and who delivered the express box to Howard on the day that the stage was robbed. From James’ testimony it was learned that the contents of the box consisted of The prelimina hneider, charged | only $15 in coin and a small parcel of merchanc Howard positively identi- fied Schneider as the man who held him up, and could not be shaken in his state- ment during the searching cross-examina- | tion to which he was subjected by the de- fendant. Bandit Schneider had refused the services of an attorney, and conducted his own case. His cross-examination of Howard was exceedingly clever and his numerous objections, on legal grounds and couched in legal phraseology, inclines one to believe that he is not entirely unacquainted with the courts. From the questions put to Howard by the defendant the officers are more confident than ever -that Schneider | had an accomplice in his crimes. The examination will be resumed on Thursday. A EUREKA MAN'S PLIGHT, Supervisor Acheson Learns That | He Is Not a Citizen of [ This Country. | Discovers After Many Years That | His Father Had Never Become Naturalized. [ | EUREKA, CaL., Jan. 28.—Rumors of | disqualification which were circulated | against Supervisor Acheson of the Fifth District before his election in November, 1896, were to-day verified in a dispatch which Chairman W. J. Swortze! received from Mr. Acheson himself, who is now in Detroit, where he has been for some time looking up his father’s naturaiization pa- | vers. The dispatch contains notice of the resignation of Mr. Acheson, which will be tendered on his return to this county. Mr. Acheson, whoczme when a boy with | his father from New Brunswick to Michi- gan, always believed himself a citizen by virtue of the naturalization of his father, | who, it seems, kad only declared his inten- | tions, s sing there was no other bar against citizenship. About twenty vears ago Mr. Acheson came to Humboldt County and immedi- ately took up redwood timber lands. 1his Jand has since become very valuable and whether or not it w be forfeited isa question. Some discussion 15 also going on in reference to the legality of the pro- ceedings of the board while Mr. Acheson was a member of it. The general opinion of the bar is, however, that what services | he performed as a de facto officer are legal | and Linding. As soon as Mr. Acheson’s | resignation is handed in Governor Budd | will be asked to appointa successor, whn will hold the office for five weeks, in which | time a special election can be called gnd a | yermanent official be chosen to serve out the unexpired term of three years, | - RRING MAYOR. Pitiful Speech Made to Councilmen Who | Demanded His Resignation. | BROWNSVILTE, Or., Jan. 23.—At a meeting of the City Council of Browns- ville on Saturday a petitior. signed by four Councilmen was presented as follows: | To the Mayor of the City of Browasville: In | cousequence of the gross miseonduct, to wit, | drunkenness and disorderly conduct, on the | partof the Mayor, the highest official of the eity, we, the undersigned Councilmen of our Tespective wards, do hereby demand your Tesignation, to take effect forthwith, The Mayor’s resignation, to take effect on the second Monday in April, was read. | The Mayor called Councilman Brown to the chair, and taking the floor made a lengthy speech, acknowledging that he had done wrong and telling how the terri- ble habit had followed him all through | life; how he had striven to sever its clutches, but how at times he was forced | to succumb. He said he did not ask len- iency from the Council, and desired only that the Councilmen live up to a standard of morality that would be consistent with their action in this regard. sl o NORTH YAKIMA COINERS. Two Men Arvested With Bogus Money in Their Possession, NORTH YAKIMA, Wasn., Jan. 28.— Money has been more plentiful here in the last few weeks than for some time pre- vious and among the coin floating around were numerous counterfeit dollars. Dep- uty United States Marshal Catron and his assistants have been keeping their own counsel, but watching affairs very closely. Yesterday, after securing what is con- sidered certain evidence of guilt, Catron artested Thomas Taylor and Deputy BROWNSVILLE'S and the defendants by D. M. Delmas of | Fulk { road. | dogs are being kept at home. | pleted yet. George Guilland arrested Joe Taylor on the charge of issuing counterfeit money. The coins were from an excellent die, of the date of 1891, and had a true ring, but were light in weight and had that oily fecling denoting glass in the composition. Joseph Taylor returned here a short time ago from Spokane, where it is sup- posed he obtained the spurious coins. Th prisoners are between the ages of 20 and ¢ years and are the sons of a well-known | farmer living in the Cowichee Valley. Other oflicials, however, belivve that the Taylor boys are in league with a gang of | counterfeiters somewhere in this locality. > —— MODESTO'S MOUS SUKLT. Governor Budd Appears as Counsel in the | Tynan Case. | MODESTO, Carn., Jan. 28.—Another chapter of the noted Tynan case is being | enacted before the local Superior Court | with Governor Budd as a participant. Dr. Thomas E. Tynan, a wealthy citizen, disappeared mysteriously from Modesto in October, 1892, shortly after a suit had been brought against him by two stepdaugh- ters, Mrs. T. Woodside and Mrs. F'uquay, for a division of property. Offers of rewards and the searching of | detectives failed to find him, and he was | declared legally dead in September, 1893. Then the step-daughters were awarded three-fifths of his belongings and the case was carried to the Supreme Court, it being remanded back for a second trial. The doctor returned home in September, 1894, having been in Boston in seclusion. Now the second trial is going on before Judge Minor and a i‘nry under the title of E. Woodside et al. vs. T. E. Tynan. Plaintiffs are represented by Governor Budd and Messrs. Hazen and Maddux, Francisco and ‘Messrs. Hatton and erth. The property involved is valu- | able, and the case will undoubtedly last | for some days. an MILLVALEY SORG iR Citizens Enter Heartily Into the Plan of Importing From Ireland. Feathered Warblers to Be Brought to Marin County and Given Their Freedom. MILL VALLEY, CaL., Jan. 28.—At a meeting of the Mill valley Improvement | Club, Mr. Michalitschke stated that a | number of Mill Valley's citizens had | formed a club to take some action on the | proposition to import song birds from lre- | land and turn them ioose in the valley. In the new club are men having large prop- | erty interests here and they are heartily in | favor of the scheme. Secretary Fottrell, of the Im-| provement Club, stated that he had re-| ceived a 1ber of offers of financial aid from persons who had seen the scheme | mentioned in THE Cary, and that he had written to Ireland, where a Mill Valley | ras aow traveling, in order to | ascertain what the cost of securing the tirds and shipping them to California would be. | The interest taken in the matter is sur- | prising, and without doubt Mill Valley | will have some beautiful birds as soon as | vroper arrangements have been completed for their care and propagation. MONTE VISTA HOTEL SOLD. E. L. Hueter Will Iteopen and Greatly Improve the Hostelry. VALLEY, Car., Jan. 28.—The | 2 Hotel has been purchased MILL Monte V from Fred Kruse by E. L. Hueter of San Francisco. Mr. Hueter will build a num- ber of additions to the hotel, one in par- ticular being a large glass-covered dining- room. Cottages about the hotel grounds will also be erected. The Monte Vista Hotel has from th start proved a failure. Mr. Kruse built the hotel in 1893 and tefore the summer was over he went into insolvency. Since then others have attempted to run the place upon a paying basis, but failure has | marked each attempt. - WORK ON THE SCENIC ROAD. | Uperations Wil Commenee & Soom as the Weather Permit MILL VALLEY, Car,, Jan. 28.—A good- | sized colony of Italians has sprung up on the property adjacent to Eastland staticn. They are cuddled together in five small | houses and came here with the intention | of securing work on the Mill Valley and | Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railroad. { The Jocation party of the railroad under the charge of Surveyor Dodge has been out | placing the stakes and as soon as the weather permits a large force of men will be put at work grading and building the SRR A ey DOG-POISONERS AT WORK. Valuable Animals Fall Fictims to a Mysterious Individual’s Spite. MILL VALLEY, CarL., Jan. 28.—A dog- poisoner is at work at this place and has already kilied two valuable animals. The people are indignant and all valuable Sausalito was visited some time ago by a dog- poisoner, who managed to kill almo: every valuable dog in the town. Rewards were offered by thé irate citizens for his arrest and conviction, but he was never caught, despite the strenuous efforts that were made to capture him. ol AR £ PACIFIC BASEBALYL LEAGUE. Four Northern Cities Place Professional Teams in the Field. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 28, — The mana- gers of the new Pacifie Baseball League held a meeting here to-night and decided upon a schedule for the opening of the | season on May 1. Victoria, B. C., is to be fourth city in the circuit, and the fran- | chise hangs between Gus Ciough, the old baseball player, and Lawyer Shultz of Victoria. Tacoma’s Manager Strobel is detained in the East, and Manager Glenal- | vin of the Portland team and Manager Leadley of Seattle will meet witn Secre- tary Roche to-morrow to complete the business. Each of the three cities, Tacoma, Seattle and Portland, deposited its guarantee money, $500 each, to-day. The managers’ expectations regarding baseball for the Northwest are unsurpassed, and they feel very enthusiastic ov the new league's prospects, as all the cities are overwhelm- ingly in favor of baseball. At to-night's meeting it was decided to make a popular admission price of 25 cents. The Portland team is not quite com- Manager Glenalvin to-day signed two old California players, Tom Maguire, shortstop, of Vallejo, ard Pete Lonman, catcher, of Los Angeles. S R FRESNO’S NEW COURTHOUSE. Contract for Recomstruction Awarded to « San Francisco Firm. FRESNO, Car., Jan. 28.—Bids for re- building the Courthouse of Fresno County, which was partially consumed by fire last July, were opened by the Supervisors this afternoon. They submitted on five sets of specifications, requiring as many forms and styles of reconstruction, ranging from the simple restoration of the building, in accordance with the old plan, to a practical rearrangement and reconstruction, render- | ing the building fireproof. The award was made to the Rae Building and Con- tract Company of San Francisco at $46,700, to include marble wainscoting instead of | orange, green and white. CLOVERDALES CITRUS FAIR, All Details Completed in Readiness for To-Day’s Opening. |FRUIT IN RICH ARRAY. Golden Nuggets of the Orchards Arranged in Fantastic Designs. THREE DAYS OF Pi‘EASURE. Elaborate Preparations Have Been Made for the Entertainment of Visitors. CLOVERDALE, Carn., Jan. 28.—Citrus Fair enthusiasm is ata fever heat. Such bustle, push and vigor as is seen on all | sides augurs well for the ultimate success of the exhibition. The stormy weather of the past few days has interfered greatiy with the gathering of the oranges and lemons to be placed on exhibit and in many other ways hindered the work of preparation; still, from the appearance of the pavilion to-day, every- thing will be in apple-pie order for the grand opening to-morrow. Many willing hands have the fair in charge and will al- low nothing to hinder the successful frui- tion of their labors. The decorating committee, under the direction of T. B. Wilsonand 8. R. Sample, | has transformed the large apartment, with artistic taste, into a mass of citrus colors— The entrance to the Pavilion is gunarded by three large palm trees, the ticket-office being on one side and the directors’ room on the other. To the right or north side is situated the candy booth, exhibits, bandstana and vis- itors’ reception-room. The west side will hold the orange-selling booth and an elab- orate exhibit from Los Agnajos rancho, the country seat of H. J. Crocker of San Francisco. The south side is reserved for the wine exhibits. F. Albertz, the pro- prietor of Moulton Hill vineyard, has had two assistants constantly employed for a week on his elaborate display of wines and grape syrup. The Cloverdale Wine Com- pany and the Italian-Swiss Colony will | have excellent wine exhibits, A portion of the south side is also reserved for an ice- cream booth and restaurant, both to be run in connection with and for the benefit of the Citrus Fair Association. J. Harry Kleiser, a young man of marked ingenuity, is devising a mechanical display to be placed near the entrance, and it is destined to attract much attention. Two long counters in the center of the pavilion, running almost its entire length, are to be | used exclusively for the display of citrus fruits, and will form' the chief attractive feature of the fair. The ballroom is on the second floor, and there the three days’ festivities will'termi- nate in a dance on Friday night, under the auspices of the Cloverdale brass band. Be- sides this organization there will also be in | attendance at the fair the Ukiah cornet band. Thus there will be no lack of musi- cal attractions. The pretty village of Preston, two miles north of Cloverdale, wi!l make a splendid showing in oranges and lemons. In past exhibitions the growers of that section | always carried off some of the leading prizes. Most of the Preston oranges are grown in terraces on the hillsides. Itis a i pretty and inspiring sight at this season of the year that greets one who drives through the valley, gazing up the hill- side and seeing the golden nuggets ghsten in tbe sunshine from behind a dark green foliage of orange leaves. And real nug- gets they will prove to be, when in a few | years Cloverdale and vicinity sends its wealth of citrus fruits to Eastern markets. The cheap rates on the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway will bring many visitors to the fair. Inquiries for accom- | modations are being received daily in great numbers by lodging and boarding house proprietors. END OF THE STORM. Rain Ceases to Fall and Danger of Floods Is Passing—Stock Losses in Yuba' County. MARYSVILLE, Cav., Jan, 28.—As a re- sult of a renewal of the storm the Feather River gained three feet during the last twenty hours. The Yuba River is ris- ing slowly. There is very little snow in the mountains. The general opinion is that the worst is passed. The First Ward residents of Marysville were in- | convenienced by slough water, but the new pumping plant will remedy that in a few days. The prospects for more rain are good, but it will probably not be as severe as that of last week. One half the acreage of Sutter County 1s fiooded with tule water and backwater from the Sacramento River. The ranches south of this city are flooded as the result of the breaking of private levees. Many hogs and sheep were drowned during the storm. The rainfall to date is 16.55 inches, S g SANTA BARBARA’S LOSS. The Ocean. Boulevard Damaged by an Unusually High Tide: SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Jan. 28.—The extraordinarily high tide of last night, aided by a strong shore wind which set in with the second installment of the storm, sent breakers dancing over S8anta Barbara’s joy and pride, her $60,000 ocean boulevard, flinging spray over the row of electric- light poles which line it, washing away the sand foundation and cutting a great hole into the bitumen pavement at one poi(;)t, which a corps of workmen repaired to-day. There was an unusually low tide this afternoon and the high™ water of last night will no doubt be repeated to-night. So great is the alarm felt over the situation that a guard of volunteers will be on watch to-night. - —_— OZETTE'S BIG FLOOD, Duwellings Washed Away by the En- croachment of Swollen dtreams. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasw., Jan. 28.— Information from down the straits this morning was to the effect tbat the pros- perous farming section known as Ozette had been inundated asa resultof the heavy rains, and much valuable property de- stroyed. Not only has property been ruined, but, _nccording to the reports, sheer good luck is all that precluded several fatalities. One well-known settler spent two days in /a treetop, while another was forced to cut wood. his way to freedom through the shingles of his cabin. Another was rescued after floating abont for two or three days on the wreck of his dwelling. .. The vicinity is famed for the severity of its rainstorms, but never before was the deluge of such magnitude as has been the case in this instance. Particulars, owing to the isolated location of the Ozette coun- try, which is situated eighteen miles to the southward of Neah Bay, are hard to ob- | tain, FALLING AT NAPA. Evidence of the Good Effects of Dredging in the River. NAPA, Cavn, Jan. 28.—The dredging |- done on the Napa River last fall has done a great amount of good, as can be seen this winter. raise the river to overflowing, but a few hours aiter the storm ceases the river is back in its banks again. . This evening the river is high, but is going down rapidly and is doing very little damage at present, Several boats were washed down stresm_yesterday while the river was running wil&v. Most of the dam- age done during the storm was to youn Iruit trees, many of .these being uprooted. Herpelie: STOCKTON NOT IN DANGER. Waters Must Rise Considerably Before Flooding the City. STOCKTON, Car., Jan. 28.—The water raised here two and a half feet during the night and ten feet during the storm. There is no immediate prospect of a flood. The water in the Stanislaus at Knights Ferry was bank full last night. At Linden the water from Mormon channel wasrun- ning over the town. At the San Joaquin bridge the water is rising now and isat the fourteen-foot mark. It can rise nearly four feet more before reaching flood height at that point. Residents on the island areall safe so far, e Safe Along the Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Car., Jan. 28.—There has been no material change in the high- water situation since last night. The river rose slightly between daybreak and noon. There is no danger on the Sacra- mento side, as the water finds escape through breaks in the Yolo side into Yolo basin. A fenllemln from Androus Island stated this morning that all danger of overflow in the island district is_believed to be past, though there is a little fear that the water may rise to-night. Eage o Knights Landing Is Safe. WOODLAND, CAL., Jan. 28.—The storm isat an end, and is succeeded by a heavy fog. All the creeks are beginning to re- cede, and the danger of a flood at Knighis Landineg is growing less. The water is higher in the%olo basin than ever before known. The high lands are all right, and no serious damage has resulted. A large force is at worh on the Yolo bridge, and railroad trayel will be resumed this after- noon. PR s n Waters Receding at Redding. REDDING, Carn, Jan. 28.—The river yesterday receded from 15 to 13 feet, and is still falling. There has been no rain since 4 P. M. yesterday, but there are heavy clouds, and more is expected. BIG BLAZE AT WOODLAND, Incendiaries Apply the Torch to Shepherd & Collum’s Woolen-Mills. Second Atftempt Within Twenty-Four Hours to Fire the Buildings Is Successful. WOODLAND, Car., Jan. 20—2 A. M.— The Woodland Woolen-mills, owned by Snepherd & Collum, are burning. Flames are pouring from every window, and the immense structures cannot be saved. The fire was started by incendiarifes. The mills are valued at $45,000 and all will be lost. At 2:30 o’clock the work of destruction was almost complete. The walls were fall- | ing, and the flames lighted up the country for miles around. Not a thing has been saved from the mills, the machinery and stock on hand being destroyed. The mill property was owned by Mrs. Emma Laugenour, who holds an insur- | The | ance policy for $§16,000 upon it. lessees, Shepherd & Collum, are insured for $11,000. b The woolen mills were Woodland’s chief industry, employing a day and a night force of men, and being crowded io their full capacity. Their loss will be a serious blow to the town. This was the second attempt to destroy the mills made since yesterday morning, and it has resulted successfully. The | first attempt was made just before daylight yesteraay. The torch was applied, but the firebugs were frustrated through the presence of mind of Ed Bhirley, the nightwatchman. The bark- ing of a dog attracted his attention, and looking in the direction of the bleaching- room he discovered a flash of fire, as though issuing from a sudden explosion. Shirley ran in and discovered a blaze coming through the floor. He broke two hand-grenades, which had the effect of checking the flames, and the prolonged screeching of the whistle brought assist- ance and the fire was effectually extin- guished. An investigation disclosed the fact that a pole, on the end of which had been tied a lot of lighted papers and rags, had been thrust under the dyehouse through one of the air holes in the foundation. About 4 o’clock in the afternoon two strange men had applied for work at the bleaching- bouse and had been refused. They are suspected. e FOUGHT A DUEL TO THE DEATH. Two Texans Quarreled Over the Ownership of Land and Riddled Each Other With Rifle Bullets. FORTH WORTH, Tex., Jan. 28.—A duel which resulted in the death of both com- batants was reported this morning from Shofters Lake, Andrews County. Crick Atmore and Willis Mason quarreled over the ownership of a section of land and came to blows. Then each returned home and started on a search for the other with rifles. They met on the bunk of the lake and fired at the same time. Atmore was struck in the head and died instantly. Mason was hit in the body and died in less than an hour. Sl e Is ¥et Very Serious. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 28.—The Times will to-morrow print a telegram received from and signed by British residents in Johannesburg, South Africa. d The dispaich declas:s that the situation is very dangerous. The Boer forces, it says, are arrogantly dictatorial with their own executive and deadly opposed to granting reforms for the benefit cf the Uit- landers. The forces are still concentrated around the town. ‘T'he executive is choos- ingasite for a fort. The dispatch adds that a catastrophe can only be averted by the adoption of urgent measures. DIED. HUSSEY-In this city, Jannary 28, 1896, at his 1ate residence. 15011 Turk st PJ. 0 8 native of Albany, New Fome o 110" 108 A storm of a few hours will | SACRAMENTO'S MURDER TRIAL Jurors Selected to Decide the Fate of William Christ, |MRS. HART TESTIFIES. Says the Defendant Acted Like a Crazy Person Before the Killing. WANTED HIS WIFE TO DIE. Had Offered the Witness a Pistol With Which to Shoot Mrs. Christ. SACRAMENTO, Cir.,, Jan. 28.— The jury which has been chosen to try William Christ for the alleged murder of his wife was completed this morning, George Boyd, A. L. Warren, 0. C. Smith, G.D. Went- worth, C. B. Strong, F. B. Adams, William Vought, E. Heinrich, C. Kellogg, J. C. Scroggs and Max Ginsberg being the chosen ones. The selection of the last three jurors occupied the forenoon and the afternoon session was consumed by the District Attorney, who made the opening statement for the prosecution. The Prosecuting Attorney outlined the points the State would attempt to prove and stated that facts had been learned proving that the statement of Christ was farcical in the extreme. The weapon that ended Mrs. Christ’s life must have been discharged within twelve or fourteen inches of her head, as her face was badly powder-burned; whereas, if Christ’s story was to be believed, when the weapon was ten feet. The bullet then would have taken an upward course, while the report of the autopsy proved that the missile ranged downward. He stated that all the con- tents of the room would be offered in evi- dence; that photographs of the face and | hand of the dead woman, showing the powder-marks, would be presented, and it would be shown that defendant had made very contradictory statements as to how the homicide occurred. At the close of the District Attorney’s address Mrs. Frances E. Hart was called to the stand. Mrs. Hart is the wife of ‘William Hart, the man of whom Christ was jealous, and which jealousy, it is believed, led to the killing. Mrs. Hart testified that she found some “gushing’ poetry in ber husband’s pocket. It wasin Mrs. Christ’s handwriting and signed with and showed it to him. That afternoon Christ called on her and said that he had been thinking the matter over and if she thought her husband had Mrs, Christ. talking like a crazy man wife could have everything she wanted, and thathe had treated Hart like a brother and now both had deceived him. His ex- pression was wild and the witness was afraid of him. The next witness, George Ogg, told of how, on the day of the killing, Christ had come to him and told him of the poetry | that Mrs, Hart had shown him as having coat, and which had been written by his wife. Ogg read the -poetry and tried to | make matters all right by telling of a drama which he had once seen, where a man wrongfully accused his wife of un- faithfulness. Thomas Eby, a clerk in the Controller’s office and a neighbor of Christ’s, told of having heard the deadly shot fired and of having met the prisoner, who told him that he had accidentally killed his wife, Part of the furniture of the room was brought in and arranged and the witness, stepping down to it, retold the story of the shooting which had been told to him by Christ. Eby will go on the stand for cross-examination to-morrow morning. e e POLICE SCANDAL. Officers Said to Be Implicated in the In- timidating of a Witness. SACRAMENTO, Car., Jan. 28.—When Police Officer J. A. Wilson was called up in the Police Court this morning for pre- liminary examination on the charge of having d to intimidate a witness—Grace Weston—City Attorney Brown announced that he wished to have the case postponed. He then sprang a sensation by announc- ing that he had other matters to bring up, implicating others than Officer Wilson on even more serious charges. FAILURE AT SN JOSE The Hurlbert Printing Company Files a Petition in Insolvency. Small Creditors Take Recourse to the Courts to Recover Amounts Due Them, SAN JOSE, Car., Jan. 28.—The Hurlbert Printing Company, by its president, BE. C. Hurlbert, to-day filed a petition in in- solvency. The company has been engaged in business in this city since September 6, 1895. A general depression of business and stringency of money are given as reasons of fallure. The liabilities are valued at $5086 51, and book accounts amounting to $3094 59. The hearingon the petition was set for February 6. Mary A. Talcott filed a suit 1n the Supe- rior Court this morning against E. C. Hurlbert and others, to recover $425 prin- cipal and interest, due on a promissory note executed by defendants to F. T. Hale on July 18, 1893 The note is secured by a second mortgage on the plant. In Justice Gass’ court this morning judgment was given to Charles Oetken, guardian of V. Bergin, a minor, for $193 against the Hurlbert Company, for wages as an employe, GosTet i s Reason Shattered by an Injury. SAN JOSE, Carn., Jan. 28.—William Hocking, a 20-year-old boy of New Alma- den, was examined before Judge Lorigan this morning as to his sanity and com- discharged it was at a distance of at least | her first name, and she took it to Christ | any improper relations with his wife she | could take his revolver and go and kill | He then began to ramble, | He said that he | had saved and denied himself so that his | been found in the pocket of her husband’s | $4627 13, and the assets consists of a plant’ mitted to Agnews Insane Asylum. Hock- ing’s head was injured when he was a child and of late he has become too dan- gerous to be at large. He imagines his mother wants to poison him. He was ar- rested on a similar charge a few months ago, but as he improved rapidly under ! treatment he was aischarged. e CRAZED BY GRIEF. A Woman’s Mind Unbalanced Through the Loss of Her Husband. SAN JOSE, CAv., Jan. 28.—Mrs. Jane Lea- man, who had been confined at Agnews, but was released on parole a short time ago, was returned to that institution this afternoon. | Mrs. Leaman has been.residing with | her family on North Iourth street and | yesterday morning wandered away. | Lazt | night about 12 o’clock the Sheriff's office | was notified that the unfortunate woman was at Oak Hill Cemetery weeping over the grave of her thusband, but when the| officers reached the place she could not | be found. About9 o’clock this morning | she was loéatea near the Franklin School | and brought to her home in this city. | This afternoon she was returned to Ag- news. The lossof her husband a couple | of years ago unbalanced her mind. | s onAie s * Iscaped From an Officer. SAN JOSE, CaL., Jan. 28.—Joseph Lam- bodo, an orange peddler, who was con- victed in Justice Dwyer’s court of misde- meanor and embezzlement and sentenced to serve 100 days in the County Jail, escaped from Constable Coschina while be- ing taken to the prison last evening. Lam- bodo was given a $5 piece in payment for 25 cents’ worth of oranges by Mrs. E. B. Stanwood and appropriated the change. EC Young Burglars Sentenced. SAN JOSE, CAL., Jan. 23.—Herbert Gil- lespie and Louis Martinelli, the boys Wwho robbed a Chinese house on tbe Wade ranch, near Alviso, a couple of weeks ago, pleaded guilty to petty larceny before Jus- tice Herrington at Santa Clara this morn- ing, the charges of burglary having been dismissed. Martinelli was sentenced to six months and Gillespie to thirty daysin the County Jail. g o Fined for Cruelty to Animals. SAN JOSE, CaL., Jan. 28.—A. Green- berg, a pawnbroker, who was convicted yesterday of cruelty to animals, was this morning sentenced to pay a fine of $50 by Justice Gass. Greenberg neglected to take proper care of two horses, and one became so weak from starvation that it had to be killed. e Acquitted at Auburn. AUBURN, CaL, Jan. 28,—Andrew Steel was to-day acquitted of assault to commit murder. He was accused by F. Chappel- let, a wealthy mining man of Oakland. The gentlemen own adjoining claims on the Forest Hill divide. HONORS TO FATHER YORKE. St. James Church Parish Gives Him a Hearty Reception. A reception was given to Rev. Father Yorke by the representative men of St. James parish last eveningat the parochial residence. His Grace the Archbishon sent his regrets at ‘being unable to attend. During the evening addresses were pre- sented to Father Yorke testifying appre- loyalty. Father Yorke, in response to the'toast of “Our Guest,” spoke feelingly of his grati- tude for this testimony of appreciation of his efforts in the cause of truth, and said that his sole aim in the present con- troversy was to make the truth in regard to Catholicity known. The pastor, Father Lynch, having ex- pressed his pleasure in entertaining the “brilliant and fearless advocate of justice and morality,” the honored guest of the evening, and having congratulated them on being the first representative body to publicly recognize his worth, proposed the health of his Grace the Most Reverend Archbishop Riordan. Hisremarks were followed by two inter- esting written addresses, one by the offi- cers and collectors of St. James Church Hibernian Society, and the other by Father O’Connor. Both expressed the greatest veneration for the honored guest and unbounded appreciation for his bril- liant efforts in behalf of the Cathoiic re- tigion and the defense of the sisterhood against the attacks of those unfriendly disposed to those of the faith. Uvon the religious controversy Father O'Connor wrote: The result is that an amount of moral good | has been effected in_ this City, through your | discourses and lectures, which cannot be suf- ficiently appreciated. We, therefore, beg leave to thank you for your presence here this even- ing. * * * We join in a heartfelt universal prayer that God ‘may long preserve you the ornament of the priesthood and the fearless, ciation of his labors in defense of Catholic | COLVILLE JAIL TRAGEDY, Convict Niese Cuts the Throat of His Wife and Commits Suicide. The Counle Had Been Convicted of Beating Their Boy to Death With a Club. SPOKANE, Wasm., Jan. 28.—Adolph Niese, who was held, with his wife, in the jail at Colville for murder in the second degree, they having beaten their little boy to death with a club, to-day cut his wife’s throat with an old razor and then his own. He is dead and she will die. The killing was done so quietly that no one knew of it, and when the jailer went to open the cell 'at 2 o‘clock he found the floor covered with blood. Niese had a deep wound in the right side of the neck, | severing all the arteries and the veins in | the throat, and he died in a few minutes. His wife was also cut on the neck and suffered greatly from loss of blood. She is not dead, but there isno hope of her re- A number of letters were left ssed to different persons who had been interested in the trial. The crime for which Niese and his wife were convicted was & most brutal one. A son about 12 years of age was deliberately beaten to death, and when the neighbors inquired the cause of the boy's death they said he had fallen down a bank. At the trial the evidence proved that they had killed him, and further that they had been implicated in the murder of Niese's first wife in Wisconsin, The only reason they were not convicted in the first degree was that one of the jurors had 4 scruples about hanging & woman and a compromise of murder in the second de- gree was accepted. g Not an hour before the commission of the crime in jail to-day they had been sen- tenced to tweuty yearseach in the peni- tentiary. ‘William Gardenio was the first personon whom the title of doctor of medicine was bestowed. He received it from the college of Asto, in Italy, in 1329, NEW TO-DAY. The man with a weight on his leg can’t hope to win in the race. A man with a weight on his (health can’t expect to compete in life and business with those who are not handicapped. 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