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

> THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1896 Al WERE SLAIN BY THE THOUSAND. Christians Shown"No Mercy During the Massacre at Urfa. THE VILLAGES PILLAGED Great Devastation Among the Armenian Residents of Large . Districts, SOME RETALIATORY TORTURES. Moslems Said to Have Been Murdered and Mutilated After the Attack on Zeitoun. LONDON, Exe., Feb. 3.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a letter from Urfa, in which the writer estimates that the victims of the massacre that occurred there on December 28 numbered 3500. The correspondent of the ‘l'imes at Con- stantinople telegraphed that Sir Philip Currie, the British Embacsador, has re- ceived. a dispatch from Consul Barham fully confirming the Turkish official report of the barbarity displayed by the Ar- menians at Zeitoun towara their Moham- medan captives. The dispatch says that 250 Moslems were tortured, murdered and mutilated. The correspondent further says that the speech delivered Friday nignt by Lord Salisbury to the Nonconformist Uunion at London, in which he declared that Gréat Britain was powerless to do more than she had already done for the benefit of the Armenians has greatly pleased the Sultan, who has ordered Costaki Pasha, Turkish Embassador in London, to express his ac- knowledgments. The following is a translation of a letter received at Constantinople from a trust- worthy source in Caesarea and handed to the United Press correspondent at Con- stantinople: CAESAREA, Jan. 1.—In the district be- tween Guerun and Chelerig twenty-seven Armenian villages have been pillaged and burned. Thirteen villages, fi or six Lours from Ghemesek, have likewise been pillaged and ruined. Raiders carried the plunder from Denteil for three days con- tinuously. No clothes or bedding or kitchen utensiis and nothing to eat were leit the surviving villagers. In the district of Tonnong three Armenian villages were villaged and burned, many of the inhabi- ants buichered and young women ravished. Otner v ges were entirely ruined. No place inbabited by Armenians escaped, except Tals and Ghemenek. In the latter ce the Turks joined the Armenians in iving back the raiders. BY THE CHESTNUT ROUTE. Fajher Stide Arnienian News Sent by the (T isscciated Preas. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—In a special message sent to the Senate Decem- ber 19 iast in response to a resolution of t body, President Cleveland inclosed a nmunication from Secretary of State Olney stating that the asgregate loss at Harpoot in the burning of the American Theological School and missionary resi- dences “was estimated in the neighbor- hood of $100,600.” Is was further stated in the same com- munication that “the United States Minis- ter h otified the Porte thatthe Turkish Government will be held responsible for the immediate and full satisfaction of all injuries on that score.” This demand, was of course, made some days before the sending of the communi- cation to Congress, but the news has ap- parently only justreached the cable artist of the Chicugo Associated Press, who an- nounces it this morning under a Constanti- nople date line. The President’s message of December 19 last also refers to damages done the American missionary school of science at Marash, -but he said that. the value of the property in this case had not been - ascertained, adding that “after prompt investigation the Mirister will make a like demand for an adequate in- demnity.” All of the facts were laid before the pub- lic by The United Press December 20, 1895, TWICE THEY ARE UMITED Marriage Ceremony of Dr. Bevan and Anna Laura Barber- at Barberton Inn, : Interesting Incidents of a Wedding In- creaséd by the Robbery of the Grocer’s Mother. AKRON, Onro, Feb. 3.—Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan, an eminent physician of Chicago, and Miss Anna Laura, only child of 0. C. Barber, president of the D’amond Match Company, were married at the palatial Barberton Inn, Barberton, Ohio, at8 o’clock this evening by Archdeacon William W. Brown of the Cleveland Protestant Episco- pal Church. Not more than half a dozen guestsat the ceremony were aware of the fact that they were not witnessing an actual mar- riage. When -O. C. Barber attempted to. sccure a license here last’ Thursday he could not swear that his daughter wasa resident of Ohio, he having removed to Chicago five years ago because of tax laws. Dr. Bevan accordingly secured one in Chi- cago, but the laws of Illinois stipulate that the marriage is not legal unless solemnized in that State. Miss Barber accordingly left Barberton Thursday night and was wedded to Dr. Devan in his rooms at the Lakota Hotel, 4r0, returning to Barberion S8aturday _BARBERTON, Omio, Feb. 3.—Mrs. George Newberry, mother of Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan, who was, married to Miss Barber to-night, arrived from ‘Chicago this morning. When she reached Barberton Inn, 2 hand-satchel, containing a large sum of money, diamonds and other jewels, was missing. Officers are at work on the case. 4 g Marriages in Rhode Island. PROVIDENCE, R. 1., Feb, 3,—The com- missiqn revising the Rhode Island statutes has discovered that the law prohibiting clergymen from ‘perlnrming the marriage ceremony unless lezally registered has been a dead letter for fully fifty years although never repealed. It has been placed among the legal statutes and all clergymen have been notified. The question is raised Wwhether the mairiages performed in the State during_the past. fifty years are all legal. The Legislature i to be asked, as a matter of precaution, to pass a law vali- dating all these marriages. s S} MURDERS ARE TOO FREQUENT. Some Startling Statistics Given by an Ar- kansas Judge While Empane!- ing -a Jury. FORT SMITH, Ark., Feb. 3.—Judge Parker, in his charge to the jurorsin em- paneling them for the February term of the United States Court this morninz, quoted statistics showing that the averags nnmber murdered in the United States in t.!ne last five years was greater than the en- tire Continental army to which ‘Washing- ton bid farewell. The last vear the num- ber murdered, he said was in excess of the standing army at the beginning of the Civil War. For these murders one out of sixty were legally punished, and one out of forty Iynched. He was particularly severe upon the appeal courts, and charged them with :'splining hairs and siding with design- ing, unhscrupulous lawyers, for the defeat of justice.” A He read from an address by Justice Brewer on the abuse of the appellate sys- tem. He referred to Brewer as “a great commoner, who has not lost his touch with the people on account of his positton on the Supreme bench.” 3 *‘The mails are making a school house out of every house through the muititude of newspapers they introduce into them which are educating the people,” said the Judge. — ————— CAN SAVE" THE ST, PAUL, Successful Attempts Being Made to Move the Stranded Steamer. After Persistent Efl'ort# the Tugs Are Making Headway in Hauling Her Off. Z LONG BRANCH, N. J., Feb. 3.—The big steamer St. Paul was moved about 125 {feet to-day, and hopes are high that she will float before sunrise. The wreckers went to work early this morning, being aided materially by the high tide and a north- east wind. The tugs began hauling on the big ship as early as 10 o’clock. She rocked in her cradle in the sand, and this gave the wreckers an advantage that they had not yet had in their work. ‘When all preparations had been made the iugs out from the stern of the St. Paul began to haul on the big hawsers, and soon the vessel was seen to move. She moved slowly, but enouzh to encourage tnose at work. The weather conditions this morning were more favorable for get- ting the St. Paul off than they had been at any time since the big ship ran aground. The wind at 10 o’clock blew at the rate of about twenty-six miles an hour. At noon the wreckers c-ased bauling on the stranded steamer. When work was stopped they had moved her fully twenty- five feet, and the officials and wreckers were jubilant. Noattemvt to. work on the steamer wes made this afternoon because of the low tide, but operations were resumed about 10 o'clock to-night. At midnight the ship's officers reported over the telephone that the four tugs at work had succeeded in moving the ship about 150 feet in a north- easterly direction. At1:30 o’clock this (Tuesday) morning the tide commenced falling, but work was not relaxed. The waves beat against the broad side of the steamer with great force, but it isnot thought that she has sustained any damage. Notwithstanding the heavy storm.to- nigh, hundreds of people braved the ele- ments and stood on Ocean avenue watch- ing the boat move. At midnight it was stated that if the steamer is not floated to-night she will go out with the next tioodtide, which occurs about noon Tuesday. S SO GRAND ARMY RATES. Adverse Decision to the Appeal of the Great Western Road. CHICAGO, Irn., Feb. 3. — Chairman Caldwell notified the Chicago and Great Western Railway to-day that he had de- cided adversely to its appeal for relief from the action of the Western Passenger Asso- ciation relative to thereturn limitof Grand Army encampment tickets to Sf. Paul. This decision was expected by all con- cerned, and the Great Western ofiicials will at'once give the required ten days’ notice to its competitcrs in‘the associa- tion of its intention to take individual ac- tion, granting the desired thirty days’ limit. Commander-in-Chief Walker has informed Chairman Caldwell that he is satisfied with the compromise proposition from the Bt. Paul civic committee, but as vet the other Chicago-St. Paul roads bave not asked for a meeting to consider the proposition. President Dodds and General Traflic Manger Babcock of the Rio Grande West- ern Railway, while on their way West to- day, held an informal conference with offi- cials of those lines which are connections of the Western. The matier ‘discussed was the Utah passenger rate situation and the desired membership of the Western Passenger Association. No agreement was reached, but another confer ence will be held soon. SRS L . Earnings of Railroads. CHICAGO, IrL., Feb. 3.—The estimated gross earnings of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railraad Company for January are $1,812,884, an increase, compared with 1880, ihe estimated gross earnings of the system for January, 1895, of $57,991.x The earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad for the fourth week of ag{lmry _wgreisl'gs,ms; for the corre- spondin, riod of 1895, $620, ; in 5168.585.3 pe: , $620,093; increase, gt ' Piano Manufacturers Fait . . NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 3.—The Wil- liam E. Wheeler Company. piano manu- facturers, assigned to-day.” The immediate cause of the assigninent was that the firm was unable to meet the obligations as- sumed for accountof the Weber Piano Company. Application was miade fora receiver for the Weber Piano Company to- day. Itisthought that the assets are §uf- ficient to meet the liabilities at a fair val- uation. Dull trade is given as the cause of failure. % — Holmes’ Case Argued., PHILADELPHTA, Pa., Feb. 3,—The case of H, H. Holmés, convicted of the murder of Benjamin Pietzel, was up be- fore Justice Mitchell to-day on appeal. Aifter arpuments by Attorneys Moon and Rotan for tie defense and District Attor- ney Graham the case was taken under ad- visement. ———— - Sullivan Kecovering. # SPRINGFIELD, Ilr., Feb. 3.—John L, Sullivan is able to be out of bed. He will leave for Dallas, Tex., Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. TONED BACK T0 ST The Steamship Columbia Disabled” in Crossing the Bar, STEERING GEAR BROKEN Bottom Struck by the' Vessel ‘When Thrown Into 3 Trough of the Sea. COMPELLED TO DROP ANCHOR. The Disabled Coaster Will Be Re- placed by the Queen, Now at Sausalito, ® ASTORIA, ORr., Feb. 3.—The steamship Columbia had a very narrow escape from serious disaster this morning as it was bound out over the bar for 8an Francisco. There were 185 passengers aboard and a fuli freight cargo when Captain Bolles at- tempted to take the Columbia out when it was within’two inches of low water. The bar was rough, but with the pas- sengers all locked in the cabin thesteam- ship drove inte the breakers. Captain Bolles was on the bridge, and the spray dashed over him as hedirected the course of the steamship. ‘When the bar had been nearly crossed, an immense sea raised the Columbia high, and as it dropped the vessel’s stern struck bottom. Shortly afterward the steering- gear became unmanageable, and as soon as the steamer got into smooth water outside where there was good anchorage, the anchors were let go. Tne Columbia began sounding its whistle and showing signals of distress, which were seen and hcard at the Fort Stevens Life-saving Station, about three miles away. - Word was sent to this city, and the tugs Relief and Escort were at the vessel’s side within an hour, The light- house tenders Columbine and Manzanita also hurried to its assistance. The Columbia wasfound to be in no danger, but helpless, its rudde r-stock hav- ing been bent and choked. A few hours later the Relief took it in tow, with the Escort taking a line from the stern to keep | the vessel in position. The Columbia was | brought back to this city and made fast at | its dock.- . 3 During the entire time there was little | or no excitement among the passengers, | and the officers and crew showed perfect | discipline. 3 Captaiu Bolles this evening stated to a representatiye that although the Columbia did strike lightly once it did not cause the | { accident, but that it was the result of a cross sea striking the rudder and twisting ; the stock. To-morrow morning the Columbia will be towed to Portland, where it will be re- | paired sufficiently to enable it to ve taken | to San Francisco. The Columbia’s passengers will be given | the choice of.sailing upon the next steamer | for S8an Francisco, or receiving back their | fare money, The Queen, one of the best | equipped steamers on the Pacific Coast, | and which is now lying at Sausalito, Cal., | will at once come to Astoria to replace the | disabled steamer. SAN BERNARDINO QUARLREL. Complications Arising From the Horti- cultural Commission Contest. SAN BERNARDINO, CaL., Feb. 3.—If | the Horticultural Commission matrers | were mixed before, it is hard to get the | status of affairs now. The question now | agitatinz the Supervisors is: Whnere will it end? This was the day for anditing bills, and before the Supervisors were the | claims of old and new commissioners aud | inspectors. - The District Attorney says emphatically that he will not approve any of the bills, so the Supervisors are in a quandary as to whether they can legally | issue warrants or not. County Auditor Diss says he will refuse to draw warrants if issued by the board. | ‘What farther troubles the Supervisors is that the District Attorney told them that they could be forced to appoint successors | to Mesers. Muscott and Pierson. Matters | are further complicated by the Southern Pacific agent oipRedlands coming before the board and stating that he had a sup- ply of trees on hand. One commissioner ordered him' to- deliver them, while the others told him to destroy them, and be- hind all are the consignees,. threatening a damage suit if something is not’ done at once. The board aoes not know how to act to get out of the muddle. | —_—— TROUBL¥Y AT HOLLISTER. Supervisors Demand County Treasurer Montgomery’s Resignation. HOLLISTER, CaL., Feb. 2.—The Board | of Supervisors to-day directed the County Clerk to demand the resignation of County Treasurer Montgomery. In Juue, 1895, adeficiency in the accounts was made up by Montgomery’s relative, and he was continued in office by his bondsmen.: A recent Grand Jury was not informed of the matter and adjourned without action. Another Grand Jury has been called for next Monday, when an expert will be em- ployed to go over the county books from Montgomery prefers to makea statement and hand his resignation to the Grand Juary, and upon advice of his attorneys will not obey the Supervisors.. ————— SEQUEL TO WOODLAND’'S FIRE. Woolen Mills Proprietors Now Sue to Collect Their Insurance. WOODLAND, CaL., Feb. 3.—An im- portant lawsuit, the outcome of which will be anxiously watchéd by the property- owners of this city, will at once be begun in the Superior Court of this county. The action is brought to recover the difference existing in the loss sustained by Messrs, Shepherd and Cullum .of the Woodland ‘Woolen Mills, for property destroyed by fire. The stock in hand was ipsured for $16,000, and the insurance companies have refused to pay more then 10 per cent of that sum. - The proprietors of the mill in- sist upon payment in full. ¥ e Injured at Redding Depot. REDDING, CAL., Feb. 3—J.- W, Hall, when alighting from a train this morning, stepped into an open manhole, was thrown from his feet and rolled under the train. One foot, was run’ov: r and had to ame putated above the ankle. Invited to Los Angeles. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Feb. 3.—At a meeting of the Flower Festival committee, | presided over by Dr. Richard Hall, C. D. Willard of Los Angeles, secretary of the Board of Trade in that city and mana, of La Fiesta, who was present, form: invited all to be present at the Angels Cit; Carnival, which would be.timed so that it would in _no way conflict with the Santa Barbara flower festival. paasteibs T I L PINE VALLEY'S T} RIPLE CRIME. Kelsay Porter on Trial at Union for Mur- dering Three Members of the Mache Family. TUNION, Or., Feb. 3.—The trial of Kel- say Porter, ¢harged with the murder of three members of the Mache family in Pine Valley on New Year’s day, was begun to-day. According to the evidence gathered by the Deputy-District: Attorney, who is to prosecute the case, it appears that Porter expected the coming of the Maches by a road passing near a shed. Armed with a Winchester rifle with maga- zine loaded full, he got on the shed and awaited their approach. When near by he opened fire on young Mache, who was riding-a horse, a bullet hitting him. and causing him to fall from his horse, dead, a short distance away. Porter then followed the old people, who were in a sleigh, and shot at them, firing sixteen shots at the mother and son pre- vious to killing the father. The post mortem on the body of the e!der Mache showed that his skull was fractured, and it is believed that; after firing all the shells ih the magazine, Porter struck him with the rifie, and then reloaded it and fired two or three shots into his body. Porter continues to keep silent, so far as making any statement for the benefit of the public is concerned — PH@ENIX'S FLIMSY JAIL. An Escape Reveals the Fact That the Bars Were Made of Tin. PHENIX, Ariz., Feb. 3.—William Kin- ney, balieved to be a dangerous criminal and held to await the acfion of the Grand Jury on a charge of burglary, broke jail some time last night. He sawed through the iron ceiling of his cell and escaped to the roof through the ventilator, whose protecting bars, it was discovered, were made of tin. This is a new jail and cost $75,000. BISEBALL AT STANFORD Candidates ‘for Diamond Favors Appear for Their First Practice. Track Athletes Desire to Save Berke. ley the Necessity of Going East ~ : for a Match. : STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Car., Feb. 3.—The baseball men were to-day at work for the first time this season. So far the | rain has kept the field in such bad shape that a regular practice was impossible, but the past few days of warm weather put the diamond into fine condition, and at Captain McLaine's call to-day a large number of candidates appeared for honors. There will be plenty of seekers for all vacant places, but it will require a long, severe course of training to put this raw material into the proper shape for a good team. 2 - : Manager Watson says that every effort will be bent to administering . another de- {feat to Berkeley tlis season, but he freely asserts that a baseball year never opened less auspiciously for Stanford. Six of last vear’s men have left the university, and ail their places will have to be filled. The manazement expects to see one thing, however, as the resnit of this fact—it an- ticipates a hot fight for all vlaces, and, as competition makes good playvers, Stanford may. yet put a good.team of ball-tossers against Berkeley. 3 Trackmen to-day began actual work for the first time-this year in pursuance to Captain Toombs’ directions issued to the men at the meeting last Saturday. Toombs says that nothing but hard work and lots of it by all the athletes—old and new—can give Stanford a victory this year, or can even give U. C. a gooa shake-up. About | thirty-live or fortv men are eager to do their best, and if nothing but the unex- pected happens Berkeley will find foemen worthy of her steel without going East for them. -Students’ are on the gui vive over the belief thata decision in the Stanford case may be handed down within a day or two by the Supreme Court. Should a” favora- ble decision be rendered there will bea thanksgiving celebration by the entire student bod: BUTTE CITY ADVENTURE Stage-Driver Grigsby and a Pas- senger Narrowly Escape Drowning. Attempt to Ford a Swollen Stream and Are Carried Down by the Current. CHICO, Car., Feb, 3.—Morris Miller, a prominent merchant of Butte City, and Samuel Grigsby, a stage-driver, had a thrilling experience Saturday as the result of attempting to ford a swollen stream be- tween Chico and Butte City, and tuey are now felicitating themselves upon being yet in the land of the living. Morris was a passenger on Grigsby’s stage to Butte City. The recent rains have caused the creeks in this vicinity to run bank full, and when the stage arrived atone of these swollen streams the bridge was found to be entirely submerged. Grigsby trusting to his knowledge of the road, believed hé could drive.on to the sub- merged structure without difficulty, and plunged his horses into the water. Tue horses splashed along for a few yards, and then, reaching the natural bank ot the creek, suddenly disappeared under water. They had missed the briage. ' The/animals immediatgly arose to the surface and struck out for the shore. The current. was so strong that horses and stage were carried down stream,” and despite its n:ruEglel the team could not reach the bank. The horses were be- coming exhausted, and there was danger of their giving out and sinking, in which event toeir weight would have dragged the coach te the bottom. The. driver re- tained his presence ot mind and with taut reins kept the horses’ heads above water, while he urged them on with shouts. - Finally a hend 1n the river appeared and the current swung the stage toward the opposite bank. The horses gained a foot- hold and dragged tbe coach to dry land. Miller and Grigsby came tm-ong{‘l the ad- venture unhatmed, though both received i‘ wetting and the merchant an excusable right.- ol Chico Ordinance Invalid. CHICO, CaL., Feb. 3.—Superior Judze Gray decided to-day that the town ordi- nance of Chico in regard to licenses of ho- tels and restaurants was illezal and void, that il was special legislation by its téerms and expressions and discriminated against persons in the same line of business. SRR Failure at'Santa Ana: ' SANTA ANA, Car,, ¥éb. 3.—D. Heller, 2 dry-goods merchant of this city, went insolyent to-day. His liabilities are $8380, all with S8an Francisco firms o ; assets, §3127. This is the second time Hedler has failed in this eity. ¢ GUARDS ARE POORLY ARMED. | Adjutant - General Barrett Deprecates America’s Weakness. MODERN RIFLES NEEDED /Qur Militia Should Be Put on a Par With That of Other 7 "Nations. SENATOR WHITE'S AID ASKED. Even Little Canada, Says the Com. mander, Is Better Equipped Than This Country. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Feb. 3.—The fol- lowing letter has been mailed to Senator Stephen M. White by.Adjutant-General Barrett in regard to the National Guard of California: My Dear Sir: As the National Guard, in many instances, throughout the United States are not equipped and armed as should be done by. the United States Government, I would earnestly request that you use yonr influence in getting 1arger and more appropriate allot- ments from the Government than has hereto- fore been the custom, as it _is absolutely neces- sary that our guard be placed on & par with any nauon in the world in regard to modern arms and equipments. Even the little Dominion of Canada equips its militia better, &nd has of a recent date ordered 40,000 of the most modern improved rifles to equip its ‘militia with. : ‘U'he United States certainly cannot overesti- mate the necessity of at once placing our 115,- 000 National Guardsmen in the United States in s good a condition as the regular army. The National Guard Association of the United States has a committee at Washington, D. C., comprising General Albert Ordway and Gen- eral Samuel Dalton, who are working for the interest of the National Guard throughout the United States, and I hope you will be able to assist them in their undertaking. Geueral Dole, the Assistant Secretary of War, isalso very enthusiastic in these matters. Trusting that I am nos encroaching too much upon your valuable time I am very respect- fully, A. W. BARRETT, Adjutant-General, XA S MURDER HIS MANIA. Miss Methven’s Assailant Believed to Be of Tnsound Mind. SACRAMENTO, Cawn., Feb. 3. — John Berry, who in a fit of delirium attempted to.shoot Miss Maude Methven last Thurs- dey night at the residence of her mother in this city, had his preliminary examina- tion in ‘the Police Court to-day and was held to answer before the Superior Court. The testimony elicited the fact that the young man was not even acquainted with the girl whose life he attempted to take, and there exists little doubt but that his brain bas been softened by the excessive use of stimulants. It is claimed that be has tnreatened the lives of people before ! and that a few days previous to the pres- ent trouble he was roaming the streets armed with 2 huge butcher-knife searching for some one who had done him an imagi- | nary injustice. i SLASE R DEBRIS COMMISSIONER’S PAY, Entitled to Compensation Only for Ac- tual Work Performed. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Feb. 3.—An opin- ion has been rendered by Attorney-Gen- eral Fitzgerald to the Controller to the ef- fect that the Debris Commissioner is exn- titled to compensation for actual work per- | formed only, and that he 1s not entitled to even appoint a secretary until such ! work begins, as the act which creates this | office provides that the Statd must give an | appropriation of §250,000, to be met with a {like appropriation by the United States Government for the purpose of restraining dams, and until such appropriation’ be made by the Government work cannot be started. e R : Arrested for Murder. SACRAMENTO, Car, Feb.3.—A Chi- naman, arrested *in. Folsom this morning by Constable Donnelly, is supposed to be Ah Gim, wanted for the murder of his roommate, Lee None, whom he shot through the head last Monday morning because None disturbed his morninialum- bers. Although the authorities believe they have the right man such Chinamen as have visited the prisoner for the pur- | pose of identification persist in declaring that he is potthe man wanted, and it is believed that they are endeavoring. to screen hinr. ——— Curnow an Agnews Trustee, SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 3.—Doctor J. M. Curnow was appointed to-day as trustee of Agnews Asylum, FIGHTING SANTA CRUIANS, Editor Francis Arraigned for Striking Editor Braun With a Cane. | The Pammeled Man and a Friend Tell the Story of the Attack and Defense. SANTA. CRUZ, CaL., Feb. 3.—The pre- liminary examination of Philip Francis, editor of the Penny Press, for assault with adeadly weapon upon Ed Braun of the Record, was begun' this afterncon before Justice of the Peace Gardner. The evi- dence of the prosecution wus adduced, and the defendant’s motion for a dis- missal denied. The defense will put in its evidence to-morrow. The prosecntion to-day presented only, four witnesses out’of the twenty-five or thirty who saw the trouble. Braun ‘testified that he was talking to E. W. Warren, and that his back was warned toward Francis when the latter passed and then turned and struck him with his cane, He was knocked down, he said, but immediatel; gvgvt up and “jumped” Francis again. hen closely uestioned by Disérict Attorney Lindsay, %a said he did not ‘mean that he “‘jumped Francis again,” but that he meant that he merely ‘‘jumped’’ him. ‘Warren swore that neither he nor Braun rushed at Francis before the blow, which was dealt with the small end of the cane; but after Braun had fallen be (Warren) caught the cane and wrested it from Fran- cis, bending°it in the struggle, He was unable to identify the cane, saying the one exhibited was not the one in the fight. The District Attorney contended that it was the same, and then Warren admitted it. He said Francis strack bim a couple of times before he got lhfi cane | away from the Penny Press man, He en- - g:gad no further in the trouble, he said, cauge somebedy held him. These two were the. onli' witnesses who testified to baving seen the beginning of the fight, though- there are other wit- nesses who did see it, and one who saw all of it and got mixea up in it. Attorney Netherton, in his motion for the discharge of the defendant, asserted that the evi- dence had not shown that the cane was a deadly weapon under the law. PP A TACOMA’S MYSTERX. Officials . Ave Certain That Mrs. Cody of Chicago Committed Suicide. TACOMA, Wasm., Feb. 3.—The police have reached the conclusion that Mrs. A.B. Cody of Chicago, who disappeared Friday, has committed suicide. They have searched for her all day in vain. To-dayher parents discovered a note which she had left, stating that she in- tended to end her life. The police also learned to-day that she bought a revolver Friday afternoon and that she trembled as she paid for the ‘weapon and asked to have it loaded. It is feared she went to the woods on the outskirts of the city and there ended her life. A conductor of a suburban lins says a woman answering her description rode with him Friday and Saturday. A large number of meh spent the day search- ing the woods for her. 3 S SEATTLE IONEER GONE. Hillory Butler, One of the Founders of the City, Passes Away. SEATTLE, Wasn., Feb. 3.—Hillory Batler, for forty-five years a resident of Seattle and one of the foundersof the city, died this afternoon. The deceased was a native of Virginia, and 76 {ears of age. He did much for the State of Washington, and in politics he was a Democrat. b . Santa Barbara Suit. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Feb. 3.—Suit has been begun in the Superior Court by U. Udart against Francis Lyon and N. C. Den. “The plaintiff ¢laims to have been in peaceful possession of a tract of land of 162 acres, which, during his ab- sence, defendants took possession of and prevented him from getting any returns therefrom. le prays for a return of the land and $100 damages. The vroperty is known as the Glen Annie rancho. ARGUED AT SAN RAFAEL. The North Pacific Railroad Injunction Suit Comes . Up in Court. Lengthy Affidavits Denying Sydney V. Smith’s Right to Vote His Stock. SAN RAFAEL, Car., Feb. 3.—Aiter a series of postponements the injunction suit instituted by Messrs. Foster, Mark- ham and others of the San Francisco and North Pecific Railway Company to re- strain Sydney V.Smith of the same com- pany from voting his stock therein except as a unit with their own, was called here this morning before Judge Angelotti. Mr. Lilienthal. representing the plain- tiff, occupied the morning by reading a number of affidavits prepared by his cli- ent, including Messrs. Markham, Newhall, Fugazi, McDonald, Overton and Wicker- sham. They were practically to the same effect, their purpose being to reaffirm the assertion made in the complaint that they invested their money in the purchase of stock in the railroad on the express un- derstanding that Mr, Smith’s interest should be pooled with theirs and all the stock voted as.a unit for five years. They further stated, which Mr. Smith denies, | that he assured them that the agreement was valid. Attorney Lilienthal argued at length to rove, first, that the agreement executed Between the parties was valid. Second, that if it were invalid the defendant, Smith, was, under the circumstances, estopped from provingitso. Third, that the proposition of the defendant to make a combination with the narrow-gauge | road, in' which the plaintiff bad no inter- est whatsoever, was not one which they could in law or equity be expected to support. g “ontinuing, Attorney Lilienthal warmly eulogized the good management of Presi- dent Foster, who, he declared, had during the last two years carried the road forward in an _unim.errugted course of pmspem{. He declared further that he could scarcely could be proposed to displace him, except in pursuance of a deliberate plan to sad- dle a.prosperons road with one not paying expenses and generally rotten. Attorney Lifiienthal’s argument occupied the remainder of the afternoon. HASTLY FIND AT FRESKO, Boys Stumble on a Coffn Con- taining a Body Stolen by ‘Ghouls. Was That of a Man Who Had Been Killed by a Southern Pacific Train. FRESNO, Car., Feb. 3.—Boys who were hunting about two miles south of town made & ghastly find in a ravine this: after- noon. In crossing a slough thick with weeds they stumbled on a crushed coffin, containing the body of August Modenbach, -a former butcher of this city. Modenbach was injored by’a train on the Southern Pacific réad just north of town last September and soon afterward died. He was crossing .the track with a. four- horse team when the wagon was struck. After Modenbach’s death, physicians who conducted the autopsy stated that death bad ensued as a result of a_skull fracture received in the accident. This the com- pany physician disputed hotly. A con- tusion on the skull was sewed up and the body interred in the town cemetery, Soon afterward it was discovered thatthe grave had been opened and the body re- moved. It was not found until to-day. The deceased seemed to have no friends or relatives whio took any interest in the mat- ter 80 the affair was dropped and no action was ever instituted against the road on account of the man’s death. Coroner Long and others to-day readily identified the body from the slkullincision. It was, by order of the Coroner, returned to the cemetery. The theory at first ad- vanced, that medical students had taken the remains up, seems to be now thorough- ly disproved.. < Sy . Railroad Fatality at Gazelle. YREKA, CaL., Feb. 3.—John J. Howells, aged 27 years, a former railroad man, at- tempted to board a freight train at Gazelle yesterday, but missed his footing and was thrown under the car. A wheel passed over his right leg severing it almost in- siantly, lmf he was injured internally. He ‘was brought to Yreka last night and died a few hours later. ST . Held for a Lodi Murder, LODI, CaL., Feb. 3.—John Costello, the young man who shot and killed James L.n{_hnn near here in a drunken row re- cently, bad a preliminary examination this afternoon. He was held without bail to answer to a charge of murder, conceive of any ground upon which it | SAD TRAGEDY AT BELLEVUE A Woman Throws Herself Before a Fast-Moving Train. DEATH IN AWFUL FORM. Locomotive and Cars Pass Over Her Body Before They Can Be Checked, TROUBLE DEPOSED HER REASON. Believed to Have Been Temporarily Insane When She Committed the Suicidal Act. SANTA ROSA, CaL., Feb.3.—Mrs. H. H. Button threw herself before a swiltly moving train to-day at2o’clock and was instantly killed. The tragedy occurred at Bellevue station, three miles south of this city, on the Donahue road, and it was clearly a case of determined suicide. The engineer of the train, John Hyde, saw the young woman standing near the track as the train was approaching,.but did not an- ticipate her purpose. She waited until the vonderous construction engine was almost abreast of her, when the enginear was hor- rified to see her throw herself headlong across the rails. The train was quickly brought to a standstill, but not until the entire train had passed over her body. The proper officers were notified, and Officer Yoho removed the mutilated body from the rails outof the way of passing trains. The body was horribly mangled, both legs being cut off and the head al- most severed. » The unfortunate woman was about 26 years of age. She was married and was the mother of three children, who are liv- ing near Santa Rosa. Her husband is the well-known horseman “Doc” Button of this city. The couple had been’ living apart for some time. Mrs. Button lately applied for a divorce from her husband, and it-is believed that the worry and trou- ble over this litigation had unbalanced her mind, It is also said that the unfortunate woman was subject to epileptic fits, and was often attacked by spells of dizziness. A Coroner’s jury was empaneled, and after a short deliberation rendered a ver- dict of *‘Suicide while temvorarily de- ranged.” No blame is attached to the railread or its employ e Thrown From a Buggy. SANTA ROSA, Can., Feb. 3. — Miss Minnie Widdie was seriously injured here yesterday, and is now lying unconscious at the residence of W. H. Morris. The young ladv was driving upon the Sonoma road near this city, when a rapidly driven team comin in the opposite direction col- lided violently with Ecr buggy. She was thrown to the ground, and it is believed sustained injnries that will prove fatal. NEW TO-DAY. 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