The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1896, 3 " WAERE WILL THEY FIGHT? Managers of the Knuckle Carnival Seem to Be Cornered. | TROOPS AT EVERY TURN. But Ticket-Selling and Prepara- tions for the Meeting Are Continued. VARIQUS SCHEMES SUGGESTED, It Is Evident, However, That the Con. tests Will Be Held on the Des- ert or in Mexico, EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 11.—The situation two days before the time set for the open- ingof the long heralded carnival of sport shows need of the application of Professor Rontgen's cathode rays in order that the public may be enlightened. Governor Culberson says “No fight in Texas”; At- torney-General Harmon puts it, “Hands off New Mexico.” Governor Hughes has his army ready to prevent an invasion of Arizona, while Governor Ahumada of Chi- huahua remains non-committal, although President Diaz has pronounced against the fight. A delegation from the Ministers’ Union of El Paso had an audience with the Mexi- can Governor this afternoon, and although they talked a full hour they failed to gain from Senor Ahumada the promise that the Federal authorities would try to prevent the fight. This was a decided setback for the oppo- sition and filled the fighters’ camp with joy. Dan Stuart smiled significantly and proceeded to sell tickets as fast as he could deal them out. His stereotyped words, “The fights will take place on schedule time,”” was all the information given out by the sphinx-like] Dallas capitalist, and an analysis of the situation would indi- cate that he will keep his word. The fight or at least the big one—will, it is confi- dently believed, take place on Mexican soil about twenty miles from Juarez Fri- day morning. F mons, his training finished, came to town tkis afternoon and placed himself in the hands of his trainer. Maber will be here to-morrow. Both men are in perfect form, although Maher is four or five pounds heavier than his opponent. Fitz- simmons says he will win beyond a doubt, and expects to do the trick in five rounds. Maher is equally confident, but does not venture anyt'ing on the length of the| contest. At midnight bets of 10 to 1 were offered that the fight would take place on Mexican soil. There was a secret conference to-night between the Governor, United States Mar- shal Hall of New Mexico and Adjutant- Gleneral Msbry of the Texas Rangers. %his conference was in he nature of a council of war, and it is certain that the details of the campaign were outlined. It was reported to-night tnat Fitz- simmons sparred his training-master, Me- Coy, in a private room in Juarez late this evening, and that among those present was Governor Miguel Ahumada of Chihua- hua, who is on the border to stop the fi_ht. Consul Bufoerd, the American represen- tative at Juarez, thinks the Kitzsimmons- Maber fight will take place. He so de- clarea inan interview to-day. What ac- tion he will take he declined to say, but admitted that he had received instructions as to what he was to do in the event that the pugilists attempted to meetin the ring. *I believe that the big fight will take place,” the Consul said with an air of confidence, “but I shall not see it. I might were the conditions concerning me here different. I have received instruc- tions from Washington. They are, of course, secret and Iam not at liberty to talk. Iam convinced, however, that the fight will take plsce.” ——— . NOT IN ARIZONA, SAYS HUGHES. Militia of the Tervitory Held in Readi- ness to Act. PH@ENIX, Azrz., Feb. 11.—Ed Schwartz, edjutant-general of Arizona, by command of Governor Hughes, issued a special order that the six militia companies at Pheenix, Tempe, Mesa, Tucson and twoat Yuma hold themselves in readiness to move ata moment's notice. Twenty rounds of am- | munition was issued to each company, and commanders were ordered to report immediately their probable strength. This order was issued to prevent the pos- sibility of the knuckle carnival coming off on Arizona soil. A rumor is current that the rolling stock of the Santa Fe at Bl Paso will be held to carry all to the east edge of Arizona, leay- ing El Paso at 1 o’clock Friday, the fight to begin at 6 o'clock Friday morning. Governor Hughes to-day communicated to the authorities at Washington, and says that regular troops will be on the Arizona line to prevent the fight, backed by the Arizona militia. A number of Deputy Sheriffs will leave in the morning for Nogales in order to prevent any raid upon that place. Cer- tainly if Dan Stuart attempts to pull off the fight in this Territory he will have his hands full. The only possible chance to do this is to run the train out of* El Paso in the night and after crossing the Arizona line stop somewhere in the desert and fight it out before the troops or authorities can reach them. This will probably be done, as the local sports are all wearing a careless smile. Gus Hirschfeld, Dan Stuart’s Phienix lieutenant, received a telegram from the latter to-day. He will not di- vulge its contents, but, when® asked if all | arrangements were completed and if the | might hand over 40,000 British subjects to against Mrs. Stiles was basea wholly on charges of infidelity. Judge Gary, who ! wrote the opinion, reviews several of the letters written by Mrs, Stiles to Crane | from the South which were made much of by Mr. Stiles, and interprets them as the creation of an innocent, platonic love. SET RS PRIVATES AS PRIZE-FIGHTERS. Officers of the Army Probably Had a Hand in the Omaha Mill. OMAHA, NeBr.,, Feb. 1l1. — Privates Cavanaugh and Murphy were arrested at Omaha vesterday for prize-fighting, and 100 others who witnessed the fight expect to be ordered to the guardhouse. It has been stated and generally cred- ited that the two men fought for a purse furnished by the officers at the fort. This is most emphatically denied by Colonel | Bates. While he hasno doubt that there was a purse 1n sight, he says he is sure it was not made up by the officers. That is another point to be cleared up and light will be obtained, if possible, from the two prisoners when the court-martial con- venes. It is stated by the officers that there need be no surprise if the guardhouse is stored full of prisoners in a short time. A very determined effortis being made to learn who were present at the mill, and if | the discovery be made all the soldier spectators will be arrested. The United States intends, the commanding officer says, to frown upon anything in the way of a prize-fight by soldiers. et BISHOP BONACUM BEATEN. Ordered to Cease the Prosecution of Two Popular Priests. OMAHA, Nesr., Feb. 11.—The long war between Bishop Bonacum of the Roman Catholic diocese of Lincoln and Fathers Murphy and Fitzgerald of Tecumseh and Auburn bas ended in the complete defeat of the Bishon. He some time ago removed | these priests from their parishes and later expelled and excommunicated them and all those who dared to worship with them. They fought him in the civil courtsand | were allowed to retain possession of the | churches. Now Bishop Bonacum has announced to their attorneys that he has withdrawn all suits and proceedings against them, as he had been overruled by “‘a higher ecclesias- tical court.” As the matter was appealed to Archbishop Hennessy and Cardinal | Satolli, it is supposed that the decision came from Satolli. This victory of the | priests will be a very popular one, as nine- tenths of their parishioners clung to them throughout. QUEEN VICTORWS SPEECH BEAD Continued from First Page. much as it introduced into the question the important element of a solid substan- tial government offering 10 guarantee the permanence of any settlement that might be arrived at. He welcomed with infinite joy the indications in the speech from the | throne thatjthere have been communica- tions between Great Britain and the United States in the direction of an equitable arrangement. Two things might be heartily welcomed as the outcome of the difficulty with the United States. The first was the unbounded expression of loyalty by Canada [cheers], and the second the serious movement oun both | sides in favor of permanent machinery, by which questions referrable to arbitration could be dealt with without loss of dignity | or impairment- of the sovereign rights of | either. [Cheers.] Prime Minsster Salisbury followed Lord | Rosebery. He said he concurred with | Lord Rosebery that the mingling of the United States in the Venezuelan question | might, from some points of view, conduce to desirable results. He did not think the | invoking of the Monroe doctrine was con- troversially quite unnecessary. Considering the position of Venezuela in the Carib- bean Sea it was no more unnatural that the United States should take an interest in the matter than Great Britain should teke an interest in Holland and Belgium, | and from that point of view he trusted that | the negotiations would continue. It was | obviously undesirable to state at present | the conditions of the negotiations, but he had had an increasing belief during the last few weeks that, although perhaps after | long negotiations, a satisfactory settlement | would be found, and that all danger of a | rupturé of the relations between the two | nations would be entirely remeved. | [Cheers.] He did not wish the House to think that an agreement had yet been arrived | at. He thought'it rightly relied upon the question of arbitration. The United States attached a more unrestricted value upon this method of adjusting differences than had heretofore been done in England. He concurred with Lord Rosebery that the | proposal which, at the will of an arbitrator, | Venezuela couid not be accented, but he | believed that means might be found, by combining negotiations and arbitration, to effect a settlement. The great obstacle to a settlement had been the extravagant claims of Venez iela when she treated the whole country as far as the Essequibo as undeniably hers and then broke off diplo- | matic relations with Great Britain. But for'that he believed the difficulty would have been solved iong ago. He agreed that the mutual development of the desire for arbitration was satisfac- tory. He thought it impossible to adopt arbitration unless restricted to subject~ matter and conditions, but between the extremes of handing everything to arbi- tration and the former practice of using too little, he fuliy believed there wasa middle term which would effectually di- minish the chances of a conflict anent dif- ferences of opinion. [Cheers.] Lord Salisbury rebutted Lord Rosebery’s criticisms of the Government’s Armenian policy. He said he defied anybedy to dis- cover in the treaties or in hisown speeches a promise or threat that Great Britain would war against the Suitan unless he governed better. He lengthily defended the Government’s policy on the lines of the speech delivered by him January 51, at the meeting of Nonconformist Unionists, in which he ascribed the atrocities in Ar- menia to the passions of race and creed. He believed that the Sultan’s Govern- ficht was a dead sure thing, replied affirmatively, and offered to back Stuart’s $50,000 bet with $10,000 more. W herever it occurs, however, two Pullmans have been chartered to carry a Pheenix crowd to the scene. FOR LACK OF EQUITE. Dismissal of the Case of Mr. and Mrs. Stiles. ; CHICAGO, IrL. Feb. 11.—An opinion was handed down to-day by the Appellate Court affirming the decision of Judge Ewing in the famous Stiles-Crane divorce suits, most celebrated in Chicago since the Carter case. The bills filed by Mr. and Mrs. Stiles against each other are dismissed for lack of equity. The original bill filed ment was wretched and' impotent, but there was no ground for imagining that the Sultdn had instigated the massucres. England lacked the power to do the only thing necessary to end the troubles, namely to militarily occupy the Turkish provinces. Patience must be exercised, and the Sultan given time to enforce the reforms he had promised. The Duke of Argyll gave notice that he would at an early date call the attention of the House to Great Britain’s obliga- tions in regard to Turkey, and would sub- mit recommendations as to the course she ought to pursue. The address in. reply to the Queen’s speech was agreed to by the House of Lords. MOURNING N A PASADENA HORIE Mrs. Cody’s Relatives Fear the Missing Woman Is. Dead. BUT ONE HOPE REMAINS. She May Have Attempted to Journey Southward to Her Children. THEY ARE KEPT IN IGNORANCE, Prattling Tots Who Do Not Share the Anxiety for Their Parent’s Safety. PASADENA, Carn, Feb. 11.— Judge Cody, father-in-law of the lost Mrs. Grace Goodrich Cody of Chicago, who disap- | peared from Tacoma on Friday, December 381, was seen by a CALL correspondent at his residence on Palmetto drive this morn- ing, and could throw no further light upon the mystery. The story as gener- ally published is correct, so far as he bas heard, and every clew made known to the family has thus far proved illusive. During the interview the little daugh- | ters of the unfortunate woman were taken good. Epson was tried in this county and cleared himself readily, showing that there was absolutely no foundation for the charge, and Foster must have known this. Epson then swore to a complaint against Foster chargine perjury, and he in turn has now been acquitted. g PASADENA'S GAIN. Magnificent Hotel to Be Built Upon the Grand Fiew Tract. PASADEXNA, CaL, Feb. 11.—An Eastern hotel syndicate has just purchased the Grand View tract of nine and a haif acres, long known as one of the finest ho- tel sites in Southern California, and will erect thereon a strictly modern hotel, with all the latest improvements. and to cost $100.000. 5 The structure is to be of the Spanish- American style of architecture, two and a half stories in height, with a courtin the center, in which will be a tropical garden with a fountain surrounded by rare palms and tropical plants. Around the patio and upon the top of the build- ing will extend a promenade, from which the viéw will be magnificent, as the site commands an extended view of moun- tains, hill and valley 1n all directions.’ S DAVISVILLE ARREST. Grand Larceny Charge Against a Once Wealthy Citizen. WOODLAND, CAL., Feb. 11.—R. F. Lig- gett of Davisville, until recently one of the wealthiest men of this county, has been arrested on a charge of grand larceny pre- ferred by a residentof Tremont Township. Liggett says that the suit is instigated by enemies for the purpose of harassing him while he is making an effort to settle up his insolvency affairs. Some time before Liggett’s failure he purchased about $500 worth of barley from 2 German resident of Tremont Township. He paid all but about $200. That amount was unpaid on the barley when Liggett failed. On the showing made by the farm- er Justice of the Peace Claussen issued the warrant for Liggett’s arrest. The case will come up Thursday. R e TWO DEATHS AT FRESNO. Youtha Who Slept Upon a Railroad Track Pay the Penalty. FRESNO, Cawn., Feb. 11. — The Fred Mrs. Grace Goodrich Cody, for Whom a Futile Search Has Been Conducted for ‘Weeks. [From a recent photograph.] from the room, the eldest being a charm- ing little blonde of about 7 years, who has as yet been kept in ignorance of her mother’s disappearance. Judge Cody said that the only possible explanation to the family is that Mrs. Cody suddenly became insane. She had everything to live for and was a happy wife and mother, with a naturally bright disposition. The members of the family are com- pletely prostrated with anxiety, and their only hope is that Mrs. Cody, attracted by the thought of her children in Pasadena, may have made some effort to reach this piace. Detectives are employed in watch- |ing all boats from the north reaching ports in connection with Los Angeles. Judge Cody expressed considerable doubt that his daughter-in-law had any consid- erable sum of money with her and, while attempting to keep up hope, he fears she will never be found living. —-— CONTINUING THE SEARCH. Tacoma Officials Are Now Confident That Mrs. Cody Is Alive. TACOMA, Wasn., Feb. 11.—The search for news of the missing Mrs. Arthur B. Cody continues under much the same con- ditions as during the past few days, and an inquiry this evening elicited the response that nothing of importance had yet been learned. The theory of suicide, which was at first supposed to be the correct one, is now generally admitted to have been wrong, and that Mrs. Cody is alive and in hiding from her relatives, while suffer- ing from mental weakness, is believed to be the true condition of affairs. The Chief of Police expresses his views as follows: ““I first made up my mind that there was a strong probability of suicide and a bare possibility of her having left the city. but since our search I am convinced that just the reverse is true. There is now a faint ssibility of suicide and a strong proba- li!iw,that she has goue away and is still alive.” seems to be also the opinion of the husband of Mrs. Cody, and it is upon this theory that the search is at present being puched in all directions outside the city. Thereis not a town or way station on the coast that Mrs, Cody could have passed or stopped at but that ber description and a notice of reward has been sent, and, if she is still alive, the chances are strongiy favorable to locating her within a few days. Her relatives and the officers are strong in the belief that the search in the city and surrounding country has been such as to prove positively that her body is not in ground gone over, if Mrs. Cody did kil herself. . It is this fruitless search that brings about the opiaion tuat she is alive. Facts of importance which are known only to the family and relatives lead them to believe they will soon hear news of the missing woman, FRESNO ACQUITTAL, Joseph Foster Declared to Be Not Guilty “of Perjury. FRESNO, CaL., Feb. 11.—The end of a long line of criminal litigation was reached here to-day, when Joseph Foster was de- clared not guilty of perjury by a jury in the Superior Court. The defendant and Joseph Middleton are said to have formerly been members of the notorious “Tulare’s Forty Thieves.” Middleton was arrested near Hanford for stealing grain on complaint of Ira Epson. Miud&mn, who was a close friend of Foster, was convicted. Foster warned the complaining witness that if he swore to a complamntagainst Middleton he would in turn charge Epson with grand larceny for the stealing of a horse, and he afterward made his threat = | Boyce mentioned in these dispatches as | having, in company with a negro lad named Thompson, been mangled by a train while sleepirg between the rails, proves to be Frank Blanchard, whose {amily lives in West Virginia. Blanchard made Fresno his home. He and the negro boy died at the County Hospital last night. Blanchard’s body was identified this after- noon. N JAL AT RIVERSIDE: The Indian Slayer of Mrs. Platt Taken to the Place of His Trial. Announces His Readiness to Plead Guilty Previding He Will Not Be Hanged. RIVERSIDE, Oar,, Feb. 11.—Francisco Gauvis, the Mexican Indian who is charged with the murder of Mrs. Platt, a teacher on the Indian reservation at Temecula, in tliis county, was lodged in jail here to-day. Gauvis was arrested for this crime shortly after its perpetration, together with Matao Pa, the chief of the tribe. Francisco, as well as Matao, were both discharged at the time, when it was found impossible to convict Matao. Francisco, after his discharge, moved over to the vicinity of Los Angeles, where he engaged in petty thieving, which finally brought him into the hands of the police. After his discharge and before his re- arrest Los Angeles detectives discovered evidence sufficient to accuse nim again of the murder of Mrs. Platt. The murder and subsecfilent burning of the home and body of Mrs. Platt was a particularly atrocious crime, which shocked all Southern California at the time. It is now claimed thatevidence has been obtained which is conclusive that Gauvis killed the woman because of some fancied slight and then fired the house. Gauvis is a_villainous-looking, 1gnorant half-breed. He talks freely of the murder, and, although he claims to be innocent, says he expects to be hanged. A sugges- tive indication of his guilt is the fact “that he agrees to plead guilty to the murder providing he will not be executed. -—— Woodland’s New Journal. WOODLAND, Carn., Feb. 11.—W. R. Ellis, formerly editor of the Mail of this city, will begin the publication of an illus- trated local journal in Woodland, to be called the Rustler. Mr. Ellis announces that it is his intention to make this paper a vigorous champion of the interests of this city and county. It will be printed upon bookpaper, each number to be illus- trated with photo engravings. e Freano’s Electric Plant, FRESNO, CaL., Feb. 11.—This city made connection to-day with the power-house on the San Joaquin River. The placing of poles to carry the electric wires is com- sleted. and work in every department is rawing to a close. Fresno will soon be an electric city. More than 100 men are pushing the construction in the different departments. — Death of a Seattle Pastor, SEATTLE, Wasn., Feb. 11.—Rev. Eu- gene Hayward of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city died from typhoid fe- ver this afternoon. He was a” native of Stockbridge, Wis., born in 1846, and served in the Union army in the Civil War. DECIDED AT - L0 ANGELES Judge Welborn's Decree in the Downey Will Case Filed. CHARGES OF FORGERY. Letter Upon Which Contestants Relied Is Declared to Be Fraudulent. WINIFRED MARTIN ‘WINS- Retains the Property the Heirs of the First Wife Sought to Acquire. LOS ANGELES, Car.. Feb. 11.—Judge Olin Welborn, in the United States Cir- cuit Court, to-day filed a decree in the cele- brated case involving hali of the million- dollar estate of the late ex-Governor Downey. The claim to the interest in the estate was made in accordance with a let- ter alleged to have been written by Gov- ernor Downey in his lifetime, in which he agreed to leave in his will one-balf of his estate to the heirs of his first wife, Maria Jesus Downey, deceased. The present suit was brought by Winifred Martin, sister of ex-Governor Downey, against the claim- ants. Judge Welborn decides that the document is a forgery and was written by one of the heirs of Mrs. Downey, R. C. Guirado, and concludes as follows: “It is ordered, adjudged and decreed that John G. Downey did not make the said alleged agreement in the amended bill and hereinafter set out, or any part thereof; that said alleged copy is false and fraudualent; that the claim of said defend- ants and each of them under the said alleged agreement or any copy thereof be and the same are held for naught; and that all copies of said alleged agreement in the possession of the defendants, or either of them, be delivered up to the clerk of this court to be canceled and an- nulled.” REV. MRS. RICE'S WOES. Arrested for the Second Time for Proach- ing on the Street. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 11.—Mrs. J. R. Rice, the wife of the *‘cowboy preacher,” was again arrested this evening upon a charge of obstructing the sidewalk. A large crowd followed the seven officers who arrested her to the police station, hooting and howling. She was placed in the re- ceiving hospital and there detained. In the meantime the crowd at the volice station continued to grow and increase. It was a quiet and peaceable mob. Some fifteen or twenty officers were among them in citizens’ clothing. No attempt was made to do violence. Kinally $25 bail was deposited for Mrs. Rice and she was re- leased. When she made her way out of the station the crowd greeted her with tremendous cheers. She proceeded to her home, foilowed by a large bodygnard. Mrs. Rice held a meeting early in the evening that drew a large audience. She spoke in the very heart of the business center. and from the street. It took ten policemen to keep the walks clear, but the police had no jurisdiction beyond the side- walk. They could not disturb her as long as she tatked in the street. At the close of her meeting she stepped on to the side- walk and commenced talking with a lady friend. The crowd that had been listening to her followed, completely blockading the sidewalk. The police asked her to move on and she refused, claiming she had a right to talk to her friend. She was then arrested. ——— EXHAUSTING THE OIL WELLS. The Supply of Those in Los Angeles May Soon Be Consumed. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 11.—State Mineralogist J. J. Crawford has been in the city for some days reviewing the work doue by his deputy, W. L. Watts, who for over a year past has been studying the oil fields of Southern California. These gen- tlemen are both of the opinion that the local wells will in time become exhausted. The shallow ones will give out first and the deeper ones will survive the longest. Neither would express an opinion asto the time when the supply would be con- sumed, but it was evident that they did not believe it was long distant. ““This need occasion no alarm,” said Mr. Crawford, ‘“‘as the oil belt extends from Santa Barbara to Puente, and I think dis- coveries will be maee in Riverside and San Diego counties. Oil will be the fuel for California for years to cowne; as fastas one field is exhausted others will be found.” Rl e ot MUTILATED BY FOOTPADS. A Young Man Attacked Because Would Not Surrender His Money. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 11.—Fred Standler, a young man recently from the East,was walking alongSan Fernando street between 7 and 8 o’clock last evening, and was about to cross the viaduct into East Los Angeles, when he was accosted by two men, who ordered him to hand over what money he had about his person. Standler replied that he was a stranger in the city and penniless. The footpads, however, in- sisted that he did have money, at the same time grabbing him and tbrowing him to the ground. A They placed a gag in Standler’s month and threatened him wich a horrible pun- ishment unless he informed them where he had his money concealed. Standler did not dream that the men would carry out their threats, and made no movement toward complying with their demands. The fiends then jumped upon him and mutilated him with a knife, They then escaped. A Standler was not discovered until this mornfng, when he was uncouscious, and he is new 1n a precarious condition. He e OpSS A BABY HELD FOR A DEBT. Novel Point Upon Which a Los Angeles Judge Must Rule. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Feb. 11.—Superior Judge Shaw will to-morrow decide whether or not & child can be held as security for debt. Mrs. Lou Jackson has in charge the two-year-old male infanv of Mrs. Barbara Frick. Mrs. Jackson claims that Mrs, Frick owes her $10 for caring for the in- fant, and declines to give up_the baby until the money is paid. Mrs. Frick says she owes Mrs. Jackson nothing. Judge Shaw to-night issued a writ of habeas corpns, directing Mrs. Jackson to bring the infant into court to-morrow, when he will decide whether or not she can hold it. LS Victim of the Juggernaut. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Feb, 11.—Chief Deputy County “Clerk George Varcoe, while riding a bicycle on Pico street, was run into by an electric car to-night and received injuries from which he will not recover. SAN BERNARDINO SUIT. An Ex-Wife’s Strenuous Efforts to Secure Her Alimony. SAN BERNARDINO, Carn., Feb. 11— The case of W. R.Smith, who is in the County Jail for contempt of court in refus- ing to pay his wife $138 and $6 per week alimony, promises to become quite sensa- tional, and if what Mrs. Smith says is true, her husband may yet take a trip back to Denver in an officer’s care. Mrs. Smith is getting impatient and in- forms her ex-husband’s attorney that if he does not come forward with the neces- sary amount she will have him arrested for forgery committed in Denver, as Smith, she claims, forged her brother's name and the latter is only waiting his sister’s word to commence proceedings. The cry of Smith and his attorney is “Millions for defense, but not one cent for alimony.” In the meantime Smith is fighting to get iree. Eaire Fresno Wants an Appropriation. FRESNO, CaL., Feb. 11.—The Chamber of Commerce to-night took steps to assist Congressman W. W. Bowers in securing an appropriation for a publiz building in this city. Statistics of the resources and of the Federal business transacted in Fresno will be forwarded to Washington. Fresno has been trying for six years to get a Government building. and the Chamber of Commerce has mnow taken hold in earnest and is pushing the application for an appropriation. e S T B Walks From Eureka’s Jail. EUREKA, Carn, Feb. 11.— Charles Hecker, charged with murdering Patrick Reilly at White Thorn in July, 1894, after a dispute over the reward for a lost horse, was to-day, with the consent of the Dis- trict Attorney, freed by Judge Hunter. Hecker has had three trials, two of which have resulted in disagreements. On the second trial the jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree. Hecker has been in jail almost two years and it has cost the county nearly $2000in attempts to convict him. PUINT WILSONS WAECY, It Is Believed the Kilbrannan Can Be Floated When the Tide Is High. The Stranded Vessel Is Badly Dam- aged and Its Hold Is Filled With Water. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Feb. 11.— The British ship Kilbrannan, which went ashore in a squall at Point Wilson on the morning of January 6, is still there, its condition being unchanged since it swung around broadside onto the shingle beach. The vessel will not sustain further injury unless an unusually beavy storm comes on. Since the recent unsuccessful attempt by seven tugs to float it the time has been taken up removing ballast, tanks and mov- able rigging. There are several holes in view in the vessel’s bottom, but as she lies on her port bilge the full extent of the damage cannot be ascertained. There is five feet of water in the hold but the pumps aboard are sufficient to keep this down. On the 14th inst. another attempt will be made to float the Kilbrannan. An im- mense wrecking pump is here ready to work as soon as the vessel is floated again. There is five feet of sand to seaward, but with the removal of all the extra weight this will not interfere with thé work of floating the ship. If this effort fails it is possible that a dredger will be used to make a channel. All competent aunthori- ties agree that the vessel can be floated, if not now, easily with the big tides of May and JSune. If the next attempt to float it succeeds the vessel will be taken to Esqui- malt and docked for repairs. o = ASTORIA’S PIONEER WOMAN. Mrs. Nancy Welch Passes Away From Heart Failure. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 11.—Mrs. Nancy Welch, the first white woman who made Astoria her permanent home, died this evening of beart failure. She arrived in 1846 with her husband, James Welch, who erected the first frame house in the town. Until the day of her death her mind was clear and she enjoyed telling of her trip across the plains in 1843 from Muscatine, Towa, with her husband and six other young married couples. COVERNOR BUDD'S FINANCIAL PLAY. Believes That County Funds Should Be Kept in Circulation. LOANED TO THE BANKS. Financial Institutions Could Be Made to Furnish Good Security. CHANGE IN THE LAW ADVISED, He Will Recommend That the Legise lature Pass a Bill Embodying His Views. STOCKTON, CaL., Feb. 1l:—Governor Budd to-day denied very emphatically that he had made a statement that the Bank Commissioners would shortly re- scind their order directing that no public money should be placed in banks except on special deposits. He says, however, that he wili recommend to the next Legis~ lature that it change the existing law so as to permit the county boards of Supervis- ors to let the county funds out to banks which bid the highest for the privilege of using them. The bonds which the Gov- ernor says he would have the banks fur- nish to secure the county against loss would be gilt-edged county, city, State or National bonds. The bankers could be drawing the interest on these bonds and at the same time be loaning out the county money. They could, therefore, afford to pay the county for its use, and in his opinion there would be no danger of loss to the county. *I hold,” said Governor Budd, “‘that the banks should be given the privilege of using the money if they pay for it. Thay could give ample bonds to secure the county against loss. They could put up Government bonds, for that matter. That would put the money in circulation, and the county would be perfectiy safe.” Referring to his widely reported conver- sation with County Treasurer Kerrick of this county, the Governor said: “Kerrick wanted to know what he would have to do in the meantime. He said it had been suggested that a $6000 vault be built to hold the county funds, and I told him it would not be right to tax the peovle of this county any such sum to build a vault. *‘I* would be cheaper to hire two reliable guards until such time as the law was changed rather than to go toany such ex- pense. Ifall I said had been reported there would have been no misunderstanding about the matter.”” FEal B LR SPRECKELS OR HOBARIT. One of the Gentlemen to Become an Agri- tural Board Director. STOCKTON, Car:, Feb. 11.—Governor Budd to-day intimated that he might ap- point Adolph Spreckels or Walter Hobart of San Francisco to positions on the State Board of Agriculture in ‘place of his brother, John E. Budd. There are other vacancies on the board which the Gover- nor will fill shortly. He will not_give out in advance who his appointees will be, but it is believed that Senator Jonn Boggs of Colusa and W. P. Matthews of Tehama will be named. Kings County’s Courthouse. HANFORD, CaL., Feb. 11.—The Super- visors of Kings County this afternoon, after a week’s consideration, adopted the vlans for the Kings County courthouse offered by Architect W. H. Wilcox of Los. Angeles. The building will be three stories high including basenient, and 100 feet long by 65 in width. It will be con- structed of stone and brick, the main floor to be absolutely fireproof. will be $32,000. The total cost SALE SALE. “Wholesale Sale” is an odd title, perhaps, but it means just what it says. It’s a sale of the “odd” and “broken” lots of our great wholesale stock. The prices ate not wholesale prices—far lower than that. We ask only the cost of manu- facture — just the bare cost. These goods can’t go onto the Retail counters, so we’ve got to sell them this way—hence the “Wholesale Sale.” The time is limited. Don’t wait until the best offers have been picked up by others. BROWN BROS. & CO Wholesale Manufacturers Props. Oregon Citer Woolen Mills Fine Clothing For Man, Boy or Child RETAILED At Wholesale Prices 121-123 SANSOME STREET, Bet. Bush ALL BLUE SIGNS ceevseaeD e and Pine Sts. .