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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1896. ' MILL VALLEY VIGILANTES, With Rope and Noose, Citizens Search for an Ex-Convict. BENT UPON LYNCHING. Excitement Caused by the Return of a Criminal Warned to Remain Away. HE ELUDES THE PURSUERS. Sceks the Protection of the Authorities and Is Sent Out of the Country, MILL VALLEY, Car., Feb. 5—The wildest excitement prevailed here last night when a crowd of angry men searched the valley for an ex-convict named Andy Anderson in order to lynch kim. A number of men assembled near East- land station with a rope and noose at7 o'clock and waited for the train on which it was expected Anderson would come. When the train arrived in Mill Valley An- derson was not aboard, but he was seen 1n the San Rafael train going towara Alta, a station on the line of the North Pacific Coast road abont a mile and a half from Mill Valley. When this word was brought to Mill Valley a couple of men were sent to guard the road leading from Alta station into Mill Valley. On other highways leading into the valley were also stationed men, with instructions to give a signal if An- derson appeared. The feeling against the man in Mill Val- ley is most intense. About three months ago he was arrested for attacking the seven-year-old daughter of Henry Z. Jones, a real-estate dealer in San Fran- cisco. At the time of his arrest there was serious talk among the men about town of Iynching him and extra precautions were en by the authorities to preventany outbreak. Anderson had his pre- hearing before Justice Thomas and was held to answer before the In the higher court he aed a j trial and the jury in a verdict of simple assault, the tent of the punishment being ninety . which Judge Angelotti gave him, at the time that the man deserved ce to cover the rest of his natural Fothell Superior Court. life. The verdict of the jury came asa great Jurprise and there were signs of disap- proval on all sides. Anderson, during all the time he was in jail, said that he would return to Miil Val- ley as soon as his time was up. He was warned not to come back, but he said he would if he pleased. His three months’ term expired on Tuesday and he was re- leaspd. :He took atrain to San Francisco ana'leit the City to come back to Mill Val- ley on the 5:15 P. M. boat. Anderson was seen on the boat by a number of Mill Vailey people, who told him that a mob was waiting for him. An- derson, according to his own statement made to Deputy Sheriff Magner to-day, said that he left the San Rafael train at Alta station and walked across lots to Mill Valley and hid in the brush opposite the railroad station and watched the mob that was looking and waiting for him. After the valley had been thoroughly | searched and no trace of Anderson found the mob dispersed. When the men had gone to their homes Anderson crept out of the brush and made his way to Grethel’s barn, where he crawled into the loft and spent the night. In the morning he got up and walked up the road to a restaurant run by Fred Schluter. ‘When Anderson made his appearance at | the restaurant he created a sensation, and a deputy sheriff was immediately sent for. | He took Anderson in charge, and, to- gether -with a deputy constable, brought him into the town. In a short time the report got about that | Anderson was in the valley and the men again assembled. Anderson was told that he had better leave town, and packing up his few belongings he was escorted to the | train and once again all is peace. Anderson is about 35 years old, and was arrested not long ago for selling liquor without a license. He was tried and founa guilty and served a term of 165 days in the County Jail. He is better known as the “fiying squirrel,” a title he earned by attempting to teach the small boys of the,| town how a squirrel jumped from limb to limb. Anderson climbed a tall tree and was gomg through his act when. & limb broke and he fell to the ground. TRUCKEE'S WINTER CARNIVAL. Breaking the Road Through to Lake Tahoe. Dazzling Beauty of the Ice Palace, TRUCKEE, CAr., Feb. 5—Early this morning teams were sent out on the Tahoe road to place it in condition for sleighing, and although they had not returned at a late hour to-night, it is expected that the road will be broken through to-morrow. It may now be stated authentically that William G. Murphy, ex-City Attorney of Marysville, and one of the Donner party, will lecture in Truckee on Saturday even- ing, the 8th inst. He will arrive here Fri- day morning, and will spend that day Jook- ing over the places where the untold suffer- ings and privations took place when he was a mere boy, but which are stamped in- delibly on the minds of every one who was fortunate enough to lave through it. The ice palace isone mass offliuering ! pendants, dazzling to the eye and wonder- ful in their fantastic formation. Pine trees covered with ice are placed on each side of the doors and windows, and have an appearance of being strung with spun flass. Skating and tobogganing is excel- ent, and old and young devote themselves 10 these sports, xnuwngoemg is becoming to be quite a fad, and it is the intention of the directors Lo make this one of the features of Sun- 8ydsucursiun, The management is in a 30" lt‘mfl to make this the most enjoyable tampehat has ever been spent in the moun- tains, and previous excursions will pale into insignificance at the grandeur of Sat- urday and Sunday’s entertainment. ——— THE suyuj, SLOUGH. An Appropriation of $50,000 Wanted Jfor Dredging Purposes. SUISDN, CaL., Feb. 5—To secure. an appropriation of §50,000 to dredge Suisun Slough petitions have peen numerously | | These figures are reliable, and the citizens signed in Suisun, Eimira, Vacaville, Dixon and Winters, These petitions will be taken to Washington by Edward McGetti- gan, chairman of the Board of Superyi- sors of Solano County, and accompanying the same are valuable statistics whieh have been secured by the Board of Town Trus- tees of Suisun, showing the vital impor- tance of having the slough dredged and improved. he amount of freight shipped via Suisun River last year was 32,235,700 pounds, and if the improvements which are advocated were carried out the amount of freight and produce transported via the slough would be over 100,000,000 pounds. in_northern Solano County are of the opinion their request is one which de- mands early and considerate attention. AR WOODLAND'S SALOON CRUSADE. The Supervisors in No Hurry lo Suppress the Liquor Traffic. WOODLAND, CaL., Feb. 5.—Notwith- standing the fact that the anti-saloonists of this county have spent months of work | in securing a petition of 50 per cent_of | the voters to call an election to defermine whether or not the saloons shall be abol- ished, and notwithstanding their A\H'eged statement that it was no longer optional with the Supervisors to shelve their petiti- tion, but was peremptory with that body to cali a special election within thirty days after the petition was presented, the county fathers to-day for the second suc- cessive time laid the matter over for one | month. In the meantime the saloon men | will test the constitutionality of the law in | the courts. 5 | The council chambers in the hall of rec- | ords were crowded to-day. Although no | official action was taken, a member of the board this evening informed a CALL corre- | spondent that at their meeting in March fexpense of $25,000, was burned to the | they would in all likelihood determine to | submit the question to the people at the | next general election. 3 | " Crowds of men are discussing the matter | on the street corners to-night. GRARD LODGE OF DANA Closed at Watsonville Yesterday. %Steady Growth of the Order—Several | New Lodges Instituted Last [ Year.. WATSONVILLE, CaL., Feb. 5.—The ses- sion of the Grand Lodge of Dania closed | here to-day. The election of officers for the ensuing term occupied but little time, but the matter of choosing a place for holding the next session was interesting. Six places were nominated and Salinas was finally chosen. The next session of the Grand Lodge will be held the first Monday in February next at that place. ‘Watsonville was honored by the choice of C. P. Jensen for president. The other officers are: Vice-president, P. Kield- sen of Sacramento; secretary, oford | of San Francisco; treasurer, C. Beck of San Francisco; marshal, H. P. Neilsen of San Francisco; vice-marshal, P. C. Krogh of Sacramento. In a speech James Madsen, an ex-grand president, presented a beautiful large pin to the retiring grand president, H.J. T. | Jacobson, who is an ex-Assemblyman from Fresno. Mr. Jacobson has “done {able work for the past three vearsin the interest of the order, and ‘it owes much of ts success to his efforts. He thanked the | delegates in a neat speech for their regard and for their interest in the work of the order. At 2 o'clock a recess of an hour and a half twas taken, during which the delegates accepted an invitation to visit the sngar factory in a body. They expressed them- selves as much impressed with the view of the present gigantic operations and the prospect of increasing wealth of this { valley. The visitors unanimously signify | their appreciation of their reception and | the constant consideration shown them by all citizens. y The vice-president is enthusiastic over the increasing membership of Dania. He says new lodges were formed last year at Suisun, San Jose, and Lovelocks, Nev. The ball last night was a great social success. To-night the delegates are being | | feasted and toasted at a banquet at the | ‘Watsonviile House, given in their honor | by the home lodge. They will leave to- morrow with many kind memories of the | Sugar City. — LAST OBSTACLE REMOVED, Corral Hollow Directors Secure an Im- portant Kight of Way. STOCKTON, CarL., Feb. 5.—A telegram has been received by Woods & Levinsky, announcing that the directors of the Corral Hollow road and the owners of the land | known as the Crocker tract had reached an agreement by which the road is given the right of way for which a suit of con- demnation is now pending. This removes the last obstacle to the completion of the line as far as the mines, and it will be | pushed forward with all possible speed. The compromise comes in just the right time, as the graders had reached the edge | of the tract, with the track layers right on | their heels. e Steamer Cricket Burned at Everett. SEATTLE, Wasm., Feb. 5.—The steamer Cricket, built about ten years ago on the Columbia River by Cartain Spencer at an i | water's edge at Everett to-day. She was | ‘owned by Captain E. M. Barrington of | this city. The vessel was insured for | $5000. WOODCHOPPERS IN DEADLY STRIFE, Two Italians Fight in a Lonely Gulch Near Saratoga. THEY WERE PARTNERS, One Badly Wounded With a Pickax, the Other Scalded With Soup. HOW THE QUARREL BEGAN. Both Sides of the Affair—One of the 5 Men Will Probably Die. SARATOGA, Car., Feb. 5—News was received in this city to-day of a desperate fight between Italian wood choppers, which occurred last night in a lonely gulch in the mountains back of Saratoga. An- tonio Perez, one of the participants, is in a critical condition, the result of an ugly wound over the heart, inflicted with a vickax by his companion, Gugliel Mana Lorenzo. The latter was badly scalded with the contents of a soup kettle, and is confined to a room in the Saratoga Hotel. Both men were employed on the ranch of Dr. McGraw, six and a half miles from Saratoga, and occupied the same cabin. Lorenzo’s story is that Perez went to Saratoga yesterday and returned in an in- toxicated condition, bringing home some cheese which was unspeakably bad. They had some words over the quality of the cheese and Perez became very angry. While Lorenzo was bending over a kettle of boiling soup Perez came up behind him and thrast his head into the kettle. When Lorenzo bad freed himself from the kettle he saw Perez reaching for a hatchet. In self-defense he seized a pickax, and as Perez came on struck for his heart. The blow struck just above the heart and made a terrible wound three inches in depth, This did not settle Perez. He came on again, and Lorenzo then beat him over the head with the blunt end of the pickax. Perez fell to the floor, and supposing he was dead Lorenzo started for Saratoga. He sent word to Constable Haun that he had killed his partner. A posse was organized and went to the cabin where the fight occurred. Perez was sitting up and shouting for water. He was taken first to Saratoga and then to the county hospital. Deputy District At- torney Beasly swore to a complaint charg- ing Lorenzo with assault to commit mur- der. It was at first thought that Perez’ in- juries were necessarily fatal, but the phy- sicians at the County Hospital claim that his chances for recovery are good. Perez tells a different story. He claims that after the dispute over the cheese Lo- renzo took a stick from the fireplace and hit him over the head. As to what hap- pened after that he has no recollection, but believes that Lorenzo stabbed over the heart while he was unconscious. MASQUERADE AT SACRAMENTO. Two Thousand People Have a Most En- Joyable Time. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Feb. 5—The fifth annual masquarade balil of the Sacramento Atnletic Club, held this evening in the old pavilion, was one of the most successful affairs of the kind that has taken place in this city for years. There were fully 2000 neo%]e in attendance, fully half that num- ber being masked. Despite the immense crowd not one incident had occurred up to midnight to mar the &)lensure of the as- semblage, so perfect had all arrangements been made. The committees haying the affair in charge were as follows: Arrangement and reception committee— J.'C. Pierson, W. F. Gormley. L. S. Upson, A. M. Kleinsorge, A. E. Miller, Howard Martin, C. E. Kleinsorge, I. A. Robie, George W. Railton, C. M. Phinney, Fred Trout, Arthur Arnold, Ed J. Kay, George H. Clark, Robert Alexander, Joseph M. Anderson, Charles Bauer, W. B. Geiser; floor director, George H. Clark; floor man- agers—F. C. Yoerk, Joseph M. Anderson, A. C. Kaufman, T. J. Finn, Howard Martin and W. F. Gormiey. ST CAPTURED AT SAN LUCAS. Found in the Hills After Stealing Several Horses and Buggies. SAN LUCAS, CaL., Feb. 5.—Last Sun- day night at 12 o’clock Deputy Sheriff Joseph Dosh, arrested in the hills, near this place, a man giving the name of George Lockwood, on account of his answering a description given by the authorities of Santa Cruz County. Lockwood was wanted | in that county for having stolen a horse and buggy from the stableman of Watsor- ville. Monday Constable Ryarson of Watson- ville came down and identified the pris- oner. Lockwood has since admitted hav- ing stolen two other rigs, one at Arroyo Grande and the other at Santa Cruz. was taken to Watsonville Tuesday. Jas g, MARE ISLAND ACCIDENT. An Oiler on the Baltimore Crushed and Lacerated in a Shocking Manner. VALLEJO, CAL., Feb..5.—Michael Han- ley, an oiler on the cruiser Baltimore, met with an accident at the mnavy-yard this afternoon that may cost him his life. A lot of scrapiron taken from tlie cruiser bad been placed on a flatcar to be hauled up to the steam-engineering scrap heap. The car was to be hauled by the small locomotive, and just as it started Hanley, who had assisted in loading the car and was some eighty feetaway, ran and caught hold of the hauling bar, a rod connecting the flatcar to the engine, with the inten- tion of swinging on the front of the car. Instead of landing in the car he swung over the bar and fell head down to the ground with his head close to the inside of the carwheel. The axle and bed of the car being within a few inches of the soft ground crushed his body and head down in the mud and rolled him over and over until the length of the car had passed over his body, which bobbed with his feet and hands up in the air as the weight of the car was lifted from him. The right hand was a bleeding mass, the wheel evidently having passed over and crushed it. His face and scalp was badly torn and lacerated, while the in- ternal injuries are supposed to be fatal. The man was quickly picked up and carried aboard the Baltimore, and from there shortly after was taken to the hos- pital for treatment. The criesof Hanley could be heard hundreds of feet away while revolving under the car and while at the hospital being treated. Hanley’s time had expired, and he was awaiting his discharge. HACKED WITH A HATCHET, Terrible Plight in Which a Fort Ross Wood Contractor Was Found. The County Physician Says It Is a Case of Attempt to Murder. SANTA ROSA, Car., Feb. 5—Frank Manson, a wood contractor at Fort Ross, was brought to 'this city to-day and placed in the County Hospital. The unfortunate man was suffering from several severe cuts about the head and two deep gashes across the throat, and is not expected to survive. It is claimed by Manson’s friends that he has been de- mented for several months, imagining that he was acting ,under the direction of spirits. At one time the spirits commanded him to kill some one, and itis said that for several days he roamed about the woods of Fort Ross with a shotgun trying to carry out the spirits’ commands. T was at length determined by his riends to bring him to this city for treat- ment, but before this could be accom- plished the demented man, still under the direction of the spirits, it is supposed, de- termined to take his own life. He was discovered near his home bleed- ing from two deep slashes across the throat, inflicted with a large butcher- knife and a bloody hatchet lying near, ac- iour&ted for the cuts across the top of his ead. From the nature of these latter wounds it seems almost impossible for the wounded man to have inflicted them upon himself, it being stated upon good author- ity that any one of the blows necessary to cause such wounds would have stunned the man. The County Physician says it is a case of attemptto-murder, as self-infliction of such wounds would be impossible. Lo APACHES ON THE RAMPAGE. They Fire Upon a Cowman From Am- bush—Settlers Alarmed. FORT THOMAS, Anriz., Feb. 5—The San Carlos Apaches are again on the ram- puage. Sam Hinton, a cowman, while nd- ing along the reservation, was fired upon from ambush at a point about fifteen miles from San Carlos agency. He avoided the shots and arrived safely at San Carlos. the nearest station where assistance could be found. All settlers in this vicinity are confidently expecting an attack in the near future. RPN ER ESCAPED FROUM AN OFFICER. Simon 0’Connell’s Protest Against Years in Folsom. SAN LUIS OBISPO, CAL., Feb. 5.—Late last night Simon O’Connell escaved from Deputy Sheriff Hill of San Diego at Port Harford. O’Connell was being taken to Folsom for two vears for robbery from San Diego. A diligent search has been made for him by officers to-day, but no trace or clew found. Two ——— An A. P. A. Victory at Madera. MADERA, CAr. Feb. 5.—A special elec- tion was held in the Third Supervisorial District of this county yesterday to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Myer. R. M. Wilson, Republican, received 182 votes, and H. Giles, Democrat, 96. Wilson had the support of the A. P, A. element. A TALE OE WHOA! GRAND PARADE - AT SAN DIEGD, Naval and Military Demon- stration Arranged for Saturday. OF UNUSUAL GRANDEUR. The Monterey’s Bluejackets Expected to Participate in the Event. EXCURSION FROM LOS ANGELES, A Ball in Honor of Rear-Admiral Beardslee to Close the Festivities., SAN DIEGO, Car., Feb. 5.—Arrange- ments have been completed for the naval and military parade next Saturday. It will be of exceptional size and grandeur. Colonel A. G. Gassen of Governor Budd’s staff will command the parade and will be assisted by a large staff. The procession will move in divisions as follows: First division—Band of the United States steamer Philadelphia. Arny and Navy Battalion, Lieutenant- Commander R. R. Ingersoll commanding. Staff—Surgeon F. A. Hesler, Adjutant W. H. Campbell, Ordnance Officer H. A. Eilers, Chief of Pioneers Barth. First company, Company H, First In- fantry, U. S. A., Lieutenant Robert H. Noble commanding. Second company, marines, Philadelphia, Lieutenant McLemore commanding. Third company, seamen, Philadelphia, Lieutenant Holcombe commanding. Fifth company, seamen, Philadelphia, Lieutenant Shoemaker commanding. Sixth company, seamen, Philadelphia, Cadet Lanning commanding. Becond division—B8an Diego City Guard band. Company B, Seventh Infantry, N. G. C., Capiain 8. V. Dodge commanding. Third division—Naval Battalion, N, G. C., Lieutenant Thomas M. Shaw com- manding. Officers in carriages. 3 The line of march will be 4s follows: East on D to Sixth, to H, to Fifth, to C, $o Fourth, to D, to Union, countermarch- ing to the Plaza. The zoast defender Monterey is expected to arrive from San Francisco Friday, and if she is in port, the parade will be greatly enlarged by the presence of her bluejackets and marines. The festivities will wind up with a grand ball at the Hotel del Coronado in honor of Rear-Admiral Beardslee on Saturday evening. This will prove the most im- portant function of the year. A big excursion will be run from Los Angeles Saturday, and already over 1000 tickets have been sold. Tbe cruiser Alert is also expected during the week from Callao, en route to Mare Island. SR R, JUSE ILARIO CONVICTED. Consumption May Save Him From the Gallows. SAN DIEGO, Carsy Feb. 5.—Jose Ilario, the Indian who has been on trial for a week for the murder of Mrs. Anne Sand- rock in Mission Vailey on October 5 last, was found guilty by the jury to-night. The verdict was that Ilario was guilty of mur- der in the first degree, but as the wretched criminal is rapidly sinking with consump- tion a recommendation was made that his punishment be fixed at imprisonment for life. Judge Picrce set March 2 as the time for fixing sentence. The evidence against Ilario was wholly circumstantial, but so strong that the jury could reach no other verdict than guilty. The murder of Mrs, Sandrock was utt.erfy cold-blooded. The woman was past mid- dle age, and lived alone in a little store at the foot of the grade leading into Mission Valley. She was seen about noon on Oc- tober 5 selling goods to a stranger who stood near the counter. About 4 o’clock of thatday the body of Mrs. Sandrock was discovered lying near the counter, her head being battered with a club and her throat cut. On the counter were several packages wrapped up, and a scoop half full of beans was lying near the scales at the end of the counter, almost over her head. A butcher-knife, which was recog- nized as belonging to her, was lying two or three feet from her, covered with blood. She was lying in a poolof blood, and close examination revealed blood spots on the floor leading into the rear room where she slept. In the rear room theclub was found with which the murderous blow was struck. Blood stains were upon it. The room had been ransacked, and a purse con- taining Mrs. Sandrock’s little savings had been wrenched open and the contents taken. The purse was in a handbag, and one or two litile articles in this were also missing. Sheriff Jennings and his deputies ran down several clews before capturing Jose Ilario, and investigation in his case brought a number of circumstances to light which pointed almost conclusively to his guilt. Ilario was miserably poor, and lived like a ‘wild beast in a hole in the ground in the city park. Hegaveevidence of being demented, but was looked upon as harmless. STANFORD LECTURES. Society and the Mind to Be Dealt With, Baseball Practice. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Feb. 5.—The Stanford faculty members have completed the outline of the university extension lecture course which is to take place in San Francisco at the hall of the Academy of Sciences. The lectures are divided into two series, the first dealing with society, the second with the mind. Following is a list of the topics, with the names of the speakers and the dates of their occurrence: SERTES I—SOCIETY. Febrnary 12—*The Abolition of Poverty,” Henry Huntington Powers. Febnui{ 19— Social Aspects of Conduect,” Willlam Henry Hudson. erglh”l’) 26—'‘Religion as a Social Factor,” W. W. Thoburn. March 4- ‘Th}BI l(!}thic! of Social Reconstruc- tion,” Edwi . flgfil. March 11—*Unearned Happiness as a Social Factor,” David Starr Jordan. March 18—+The Social Diffusion of Enjoy- ment,” Edward A. Ross. SERIES TI—THE MIND. i March 25—“Development of the Mind of the Child,” Earl Barnes. April 1—The Evolution of Happiness,” H. H. Powers. A ‘April 8—“The Relativity of Knowledge,” E. H. Greggs. April “15—“Iliusions and Hallucinations,” Frank Angell. David Starr April | 22— Degeneration,” Jordan. April 29—“Mob Mind,” E. A. Ross. From the number of men who met last night for baseball practice and from the ability shown by several of the new play- ers, it now looks as though Stanford might guc a very respectable aggregation in the | eld this season. As yet there has been | no game played, and until that is done nothing definite can be judged in regard to the nbilitF of the new men. The first game will be played next Saturday. The freatest need 1s for pitcners and catchers. t now looks as though Captain McLaine would be compelled to do all the box work for the team. Jeffs '98 and Osgood ’97 are the only candidates for catcher. LT SENT TO J4lL FOR CONTEMPT. A Prominent Resident of Highlands Re- Jused to Pay Atimony. SAN BERNARDINO, Caw., Feb. 5.—W. R. Smith was sent to jail this morning for contempt of court, and he will have to stay there until he concludes to pay his wife $138 alimony, or untii Judge Campbell changes his mind, which is not probable. Smith is a prominent man of Highlands, and a short while ago sold some land for several thousand daollars, none of which Mrs. Smith ever saw. The case went into court and the Judge decreed that Smith pay to Mrs. Smith $100 cash and $6 per week until the court decided the ¢ase, but Smith failed to pay and this morning, when he started to make excuses, the court stopped him and committed him to jail. e VICTOR RESERVOIR SCHEME. Two Hundred Thousand Acres of Land to Be Placed Under Cultivation. SAN BERNARDINO, Can, Feb. 5.— The first genuine step toward pushing the Victor reservoir scheme to the front was made this morning, when H. P. Sweet of Chicago, the presiaent of the Columbia Colonization Company, filed several trust deeds, by which the land to be improved by the company is transferred to the Los Angeles Loan and Trust Company. The Eroperty o. the Hesperia Land and Water 'ompany with all its rights has also been transferred. The amount of land to be laced under cultivation is 200,000 acres. Vork will be commenced at once and will be pushed rapidly ahead until completion. HINCKLEY 5. HINCKLEY, San Bernardino = Suit Which Threatens a Rupture of Family Relations, A Prominent Young Attorney Charged With Forgery Leaves the City. SAN BERNARDINO, CaL., Feb.5.—The suit lately instituted in this city entitled Sarah C. Hinckley vs. Nat B. Hinckley, as administrator, promises to rupture family relations and again bring to light the downfall of one of San Bernardino’s brightest young attorneys and citizen. Mrs. Sarah C. Hinckley lives in the East, and is a sister of the late Frank B. Hinck- ley, who left considerable valuable prop- erty near San Bernardino City. In some manner the estate owed Mrs. 8. C. Hinck- ley about $4000, and Mrs. F. B. Hinckley gave notes until such time as they could be paid. Her attorney was E. E. Rowell of the firm of Rowell & Brunson. ‘When the notes became due Mrs, F. B. Hinckley gave her attorney the amount to pay them with. In place of forwarding the entire amount, he sent about one-third and forged Mrs. F. B. Hinckley’s name to notes for the balance, and in turn forged a receipt for the full amount from Mrs. 8. C. Hinckley. As each month went by he sent interest money East. ‘When the forged notes became due Mrs. 8. C. Hinckley, after waiting, sent them to an attorney in this City, who immediately went to Rowell in regard to them. Seeing that the game was about up, Rowell put the attorney off and quietly Yen the Cit and has not been heard of to this day. It was then shown to Mrs. F. B. Hinckley how she had been betrayed and robbed. Having paid the money, she declined to acknowledge the forged notes, hence the suit against Nat B. Hinckley, the admin- istrator of his father’s estate. How it will end is hard to conjecture, and in all prob- ability the contest will be a bitter one. — Orange-Packing in Full Blast. SAN BERNARDINO, Carn., Feb. 5.— The orange-packing season has again opened in San Bernardino County and carload after carload of fancy fruit 1s being sent out. Packers are sending guarantees with their oranges that they are entirely free from the effects of the frost that )}luved such havoc in some localities. 'his they can safely do, as the frost cut no figure in the orange belt of this county. Tie fruit has ripened nicely and is supe- rior to last year’s crop. FATAL ACCIDENT AT COULTERVILLE Peter Matsen Falls Two Hundred Feet Into a Chute. UNDER TONS OF ROCK. The Badly Mangled Body Was Extricated From the Ore Pile With Difficulty. HAD BEEN MISSING TWO DAYS. First Fatal Accident Among the Em- ployes of the Merced Gold Mining Company. STOCKTON, CAL., Feb. 5.—News comes from Coulterville of the horrible death of Peter Matsen, a Swedish roustabout in the employ of the Merced Gold-mining Com- pany. The company owns a number of mines in that region and Matsen had been in the habit of going from mine to mine to do his work. Yesterday afternoon, shortly aiter 4 o’clock, Al Carmen was taking ore out of a chute of the Potosi tunnel when he dis- covered the body of Matsen. The latter had fallen 200 feet into the chute and fif- teen tons of rock had been dumped in on top of him. It is thought that Matsen fell mnto the opening on Sunday, as he had not been seen since that day and the rock was dumped into the chute on Monday. The body was badly mangled. The remains were dug out from under the pile of ore and will be given a decent burial to-day by the company. This is the first death through accident that has ever occurred among the employes of the Mer- ced Gold-mining Company. The Coroner’s jury last night returned a verdict of accidental death. CONVICTED OF ARSON AT MADERA. Fournier Found Guilty of Firing His Saloon for the Insurance. MADERA, CaL, Feb. 5.—The second trial of Achille Fournier on the charge of bnrning insured property was ended to- day, atter occupying the time of the Su- perior Court for a week. The jury was out two hours and a half, and returned a ver- dict of conviction. The fire out of which the case grew oc- curred in this city on the night of July 27, 1895, and destroyed the postoffice and a number of other buitdings, including Fournier’s saloon. Andrew Anderson and Fournier were arrested, and charged with setting the fire. Anderson confessed that they fiid it, but afterward retracted his statement. He also had two trials, and was convicted on the second, and is now in Folsom State prison. His case has been appealed, and Four- nier’s will also be taken to the Supreme Court. e To Arm Australian Troops. SYDNEY, N. 8. W., Feb. 5.—A confer= ence of the commandants of the forces of the Australian colonies, after sitting a week, has recommended a scheme of con- centrated federal defense, and also that all Australian troops be armed with rifles of the same pattern, caliber, etc., asthose supplied to the imperial troops. Romeo Answered. “The Natal Mercury” says that an act- ress was recently sojourning in a Durban hotel, and late one night began rehearsing her lines in “Romeo and Juliet.” She thought no one was astir, and that she could, therefore, safely repeat her part as though facing the footlights, although the window of her room was slightly open. In the voice so well known to theater habitues, she had uttered thelines, *“‘Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”’ when, to her surprise, she heard a reply, something like this: ‘“Me no Romo, Missis; me John Dales’ coolie.”” The rehearsal wasprecipi- tately adjourned. 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