The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1896. | CAPTURED AT JURREL CAMP Two of the Murderers of| Miner Potesti Have Confessed. WAYLAID AND KILLED.| 1 | The Gold-Seeker’s Life Taken in | a Lonely Spot in Pichacho Canyon. CRIME OF FOUR MEXICANS.| Contents of a Treasure Belt Divided | Among Them—Two Are Still | at Large. SAN DIEGO, Car. tery Feb. rder . 15.—The mys: of an’ Italian miner named Potesti, whose body was found in the dry bed of Pichacho Creek on | January 22, has been cleared by the con- fession of two of the four Mexicans who did away with him. veilir the Potesti wasa hard-working placer miner, and he saved quite asum in gold dust— | about $700. He worked last at the Picha- | vest of Jacumba, on the months ago one Onoire | saw Potesti at the latter’s cho, #nd the Italian asked with him, as he was afraid of did not go into par la 1 not stay, being on his way ocopah Mountains. A month a returned and found that Po- esti had gone. The latter had said that ne woula probably go to Los Angelesto | an ved dry-washer to hanalea From ns around the deserted | Ll believea that Indians had there, and when Joe Garcia and A, v testi's brought the news of th nding of body in the creek bed, Lloya was that Indians had done the ia said there were imprints round the body and other down the canyon. The | 'sface had been eaten | sand one eye was gone, so that ible to tell whether he had | the head or not. but ible wound over the miss- ch appeared to have been the no sign of a struggle, and 1st have been killed instantly. | worn & miner’s belt containing dust under his ordinary belt. | ld belt was gone and the other was | d up under his arms. Nothing was n the pockets, but a description of | ¢ showed clearly enough to Po- nds th b was the victlm.‘ done by the suthorities, as it | w the boundary line and in a very ; might have been completely | forgotten and entirely unavenged if one of | the murderers had not become drunk at | v Juarez mining camp. This man, Epifanio , appeared at Juarez last week | alot of tools, which were afterward | found to be the property of Potesti. He | sold them and began imbibing liquor, and | while intoxicated displayed a Jot of money | and gold dust. He became so boisterous that a Justice of the Peace ordered him under arrest, a rurale put him in the corral that serves for a jail at Juarez. | er Gallegos became sober he was de- spondent, and received the impression { that he had been arrested on the chsrge of the Italian, Potesti. He was | time, and finally broke down and confessed that he was one of the rs of the miner. He said his two of Duke’s Mexican cowboys the deed. He said one of Lower California, and that ers had disappeared. authorities sent ont a force of and the other Mexican was cap- charged with murder. When d 0 es. nfessed and named other ac- These prisoners told how they ed of the knowledge that 00 in gold dust, which he continually carried in a belt. They said they got their information from Victor | Fort s after oty A 3 in bis own defense. He explained in de- Pinto, the outlaw, and the nuthor:mes of | tail all the particulars of the affair, up to Lo ifornia are now searcaing for | the time of the shooting and killing of that picturesque gentleman, who has’a | young Mache, claiming that Mache began of crime and daredevil deeds. he four Mexicans agreed among them- selves to follow Potesti until he reached some lonesome and isplated spot, where they would kill him. The men kept a close watch of the Italian, and he finally left his camp on foot to come to San Diego by way of Campo. He left in the night, preferring to escape the heat of the desert. The watcher for the gang notified his part- rers and the four followed Potesti as far as Picacho Creek. When they saw him safely in the trail leading up the creek two of the men made a wide .detour and reached the head of the arroyo ahead of their victim, so as to meet him. The other two gradually came up with him. At a place hidden by low sandhills the unsuspecting miner met the two Mexi- cans. One of these stopped him, and the other, springing forwsrd, placed a pistol et his head and fired. Potesti fell in his tracks without a struggle, and the two murderers were joined by the other two, and they robbed the body of the belt of gold. Gallegos said there was $700 in gola dust in it. The four were on the verge of a fight in the division of the spoils, but finally agreed, Gallegos taking a little less gold and agreeing to take Potesti’s tools and camp outfit for the balance. Gallegos told how he and the others discussed-the best method of diverting suspicion, and how they decided to take off their shoes and leave their naked footprints in the sand sround the body and for a mile or so down the creekbed in order to lead the discover- ers of the body to believe the Indians had done the deed. They thought best not to bury the body as the coyotes would dig it up again, while if it were left just as it lay it would soon be rendered unrecog- Z The four men separated before y t and have remained apart. A search of that country convinced the offi- cers that twoof the men have escaped into this State. The two in custody will be tried for mur- der at Ensenada, and as they have con- fessed their participation in the crime and division of the money it is probable that Mexican named Ignacio Sor- | Gallegos had told the story | they will be stood up against an adobe wall and shot. The name of the second man arrested is not yet known, but he is believed to be lgnacio Sortello. This man has been a constant trouble to both Mexican and American officers. It was he and Epifanio Gallegos who were captured by Cnztoms Officer Conklin some months ago for cattle-steasing, Conklin foolishly started for San Diego with both the desperadoes unshackled, one riding on the seat with him and the other behind him. When an isolated place was reached theman behind Conklin struck him over the head and stunned him and the two beat him and threw him down into the canyon beside the road, believing him to be dead. They cut the horses loose and made good their escape. Since that time Sortello has been in several scrapes below the line. ENTERTAINED AT TRUCKEE. Excursionists Partake of the Pleasures of the Carnival. TRUCKE#, CaL., Feb. 15.—One carload of excursionists was. sidetracked t'his morning from overland train 3, and abdut fifty visitors came down in an excursion from Reno. At 10 o'clock a special train was run out to Donner Creek bridge, at which point sleighs were in waiting to take visitors to Lake Tahoe. Sleighing is good from that point. : A large number of school-children went up to Tahoe on the excursion and enjoyed the treat immensely. Those who remained in town repaired to the skating-rink and to the ice on Henrys pond. The toboggan slide drew the attention of the sightseers, v chut ts are taking in pts of the carnival, and Truckee is tertaining them. s from Reno were the si doing herself proud in ¢ Many of the excursioni; cadets from the university and attended in iform. A large excursion is expected , and the same plan of entertain- mapped out y to-morros ment has bee MILL VALLEVS RECLUSE, George F. Marsh Will Close His Quaint Japanese Home and Leave. Dreds the Disturbing Hum of Elec- tricity That Will Come With the Scenic Railway. MILL VALLEY, Car., Feb. 15.—George Marsh, whose Japanese home in Mill alley has been the admiration of visitors, says he will sell out and leave because the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railroad runs by his vlace. does not like the buzz of electricity clang of discordant bells, and the building of the mountain road has transformed his place from a sequestered country spot into & scene of bustle and confusion. Marsh 1s a dealer in Japanese articles and has a great fancy for them, and it was for this reason he spent thousands of dol- lars in fixing up his property with unigue creations from the skilled hands of the Japanese. His declaration that he to dispose of his home and leave M ley has caused a great deal of surprise and Tegret.” ° ‘When Marsh purchased the property he now occupies, on Corte Madera avenue, he believed that he had secured a place far away from the noise and confusion of the town, where he would not.be hothered by Sunday revelers or loul .oiged pic- nickers. After he purchased the secluded prop- erty he sent to Japan for a number of skilled workmen, and when they ar- rived put them at work building houses and fences after the style of the homes they had left in the Orient. Large in- g bamboo and other Japanese articles arrived in Mill Valley and were carted away far up the Corte Madera Canyon to the Marsh property, where the “skilled Japs erected artistic fences and built houses without the use of nails—in fact, everything was as it is in Japan. Even the small creek running through the place was transformed by the Mikado’s subjects, and peculiar littte waterfalls and bridges were built to greet the eve of the visitor., Marsh expended a great deal of money on his Mi!l Valley home and it was ome of the interesting and objective points of the | valley, and one never theught of overlook- ing Marsh's place when showing a visitor the sights. —_——— UNION’'S MUBRDER TRIAL. Flimsy Defense of the Alleged Slayer of the Mache Family. UNION, Or., Feb., 15.—The trial of | Kelsay Porter for the murder of the Mache family in Pine Valley on New Year's night isdragging slowly along. A strong effort is being made to save tne defendant’s life, if not his liberty. 'The courtroom is densely packed from morning until mid- night. An attempt was made to-day to prove that there had been a conspiracy between | the Maches and Lockwood, a character iknown as “Six Shooter,” to kill Porter. Porter went on the stand this afternoon | snooting at him first, but he did not ac- count for the killing of the old couple, claiming it must have been accidental. His defense up to now is not a very strong | one, and in many communities it would | not be aceepted-as a defense at all. Itis claimed, though, that Porter's lawyers will spring a surprise when they introduce rebuttal testimony. | _ The killing of the Mache familyisnota | local sensation, but it has aroused indig- | nation of the whole State. In the past few | years so many murd=rs have been com- mitted in this locality, and the perpetra- tors allowed to go free, that the respecta- ble people are resolved to put an end. to ANGTHER COMET - SEEN AT LICK Professor Perrine of the Observatory Gains New Honors. DISCOVERED BY CHANCE. His Find Made Possible by the Receipt of a Message From Boston. GERMAN ASTRONOMERS ERRED. Had First Seen the Wanderer, but _ Believed It to Be One Al- ready Recorded. SAN JOSE, Car., Feb. 15.—The follow- ing telegram was received from Boston at | the Lick Observatory yesterday: The comet Perrine, known as C, 1895, was | observed at Kiel, Germany, s follows: Feb- ruary 13,7082 of a day,Greenwich mean time; | right ascension, 19 hours 22 minutes and 28 | seconds. | The position mentioned in this telegram | does not agree with observations secured | at Lick Observatory for over two weeks | past by C. D. Perrine. This morning, | while observing his comet, he looked up | the place mentioned 1n the telegram from | Kiel, and found another comet in the fol- | lowing position: Right ascension, 19 hours 2% minutes 57.95 seconds; declination, 2| hours 49 minutes and 1 second; February | 15, .084, Greenwich mean time. [ This new comet is moving rapidly north | to east. 1t is about twice as bright as the Perrine comet, aud can be Seen with a | telescope of 3-inch aperture. It has a short teil and a decided condensation in the head, but no nucleus is visible. ES R LAWYER FITZPATRICK WINS. A Case Involving the Right to Take As- | signments of Bank Deposits. N JOSE, Cavr., Feb. 15.—E. F. Fitz- patrick, an attorney of Redwood, has been given judgment against D. Bargetto in Judge Lorigan’s court for $257 for attor- ney fees. The money was turned over to the court some time ago by the San Jose Safe Deposit Bank to await the determina- tion of its ownership by the court. The case was on trial several days and devel- oped into one of the most vigorously con- tested three-cornered suits that hasbeen | before the court in this county for a long time. It has been watched with great in- terest by bankers, depositorsand attorneys on account of questions involved and the decision of the court settles the rights of | persons who take assignments of bank- | books and savings accounts. | Bargetto got into trouble a few months | ago on account of the part he took in a | row near Menlo Park. He engaged Fitz- | patrick as his attorney, the latter agreeing to see him through for the amount of money he had in the bank and $50 extra. | Bargetto paid the attorney $50 and gave | him an order for §257, which was on de- | posit with the Safe Deposit Bank. Before | the order was presented Bargetto got safely out of his trouble, and he notified the bank not to pay over the money to Fitz- | patrick. A suit was at once instituted, and the bank turned the disputed money over to the court and let Bargetto and Fitzpatrick fight it out. _ elcair gty POUSITIONS PARCELED OUT. Santa Clara County Supervisors An. nowunce the Annual Appointments. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 15.—The County Board of Supervisors this morning elected the following officials to serve for the en- suing year: County Infirmary—Superintendent, James Orcutt; physician, J. W. Hall Jr. Almshouse: x;penn:cndem, W. J. Wolcott; o physician, Dr. Brown. County 'pny: —San Jose, Dr. J. T. Har- Dr. J. W. Thayer; Mountain View, merson; Santa Clara, Dr. Warbur. N. P. Jackson was elected janitor of the Hall of Records; H.D. Ross, janitor of Courthouse; James La Piere, night watchman -of Courthouse and Hall of Records, The board passed an ordinance protect- ing the song-birds of the county. To shoot or trap them is made a misde- meanor. It goes into effect in fifteen days. - DISAPPEAR WITH A WATCH. 1t Belonged to Another Man, Who Wants the Present Holder Arrested. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 15.—George Paull, a rancher in the Calaveras Valley, to-day swore to a complaint in Justice Gass’ court chiarging John Hahsen with stealing a gold watch and chain. Hansen was re- leased from the City Jail yesterday morn- ing after serving a ten days’ sentence for drunkenness. The two men became ac- quainted while at the County Infirmary day they took several drinks together, Wkile in the Scandinavian Hotel Yanil pulled out his watch and Hansen asked to see it. While examining the timepiece Hansen excused himself for a minute and disappeared with the watch, Hansen is believed to be in San Francisco. He is also supposed to have committed several thefts while in the infirmary. the carnival of blood. They are deter- mined to'make an example of Porter, if found guilty as charged. OPTION ON CHINUO RANCH. Forty Thousand Acres Controlled by a San Francisco Firm. SAN BERNARDINO, Cawn., Feb. 15— Easton, Eldridge & Co. of San Francisco have an option on 40,000 acres of the Chino ranch for $1,600,000. The option was filed this morning, being sent through Wells, Fargo & Co., and was copied and forwarded tobe filed in Orange and Los Angeles counties, the property being partly in each county. The contract is dated September 25, 1895, and expires on March, 26, 1896. It is stated in the agreement that Easton, Eldridge & Co. are negotiating with an English syndicate, and that it is for the purpose of furthering a sale that the option is given. The property included is the entire Chino ranch, except 320 acres of town site and 1000 acres to be selected. It also covers the Chino Valley Railroad, water rights and everything appertaining to the property. The terms of sale, if made, are one-fourth the purchase price in cash, and the balance inthreeequal annual installments, at 7 per cent interest. The Chino Ranch Company is represented on the contract by President C. H. Phillips. This option bears out the published statement with reference to default in the payment to Richard Gird. Phillips was to pay him $800,000, and the price now given is $200,000 less. 2 A check was received at Vassar College from Miss Helen Gould for $8000. It is to found a scholarship in memory of her mother. e BOWNE-OSBOEN NUPTIALS. A Quiet Ceremony Performed by the Rector of Trinity Church, SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 15.—George Max- well Bowne and Miss Laura Terry Os- born, both of San Francisco, were mar- ried in this city at noon to-day by Dr. J, B. Waketield of Trinity Episcopal Church, Mr. Bowne, who is a well-known mer- chant of San Francisco, was for many years a resident of Santa Clara. His mother, Mrs. Margaret Bowne, and his sister, Miss Emma Bowne, still reside in that city. The bride’s father is a member of the firm of Osborn & Alexander of San Francisco. The family owns a fine residence and orchard on the Homestead road, near Santa Clara, where they spend the summer months each year. The wedding was a quiet one. Among those present at the veremony were the bride’s father, M. W. Bowne, and Mrs. C, D. Steiger. —_—— B80CIAY, GAMES FOR CYCLERS. Garden City Wheelmen Arranging for Whist and Billiard Towrnaments. SAN JOSE, CAL, Feb. 15.—On Monday evening the Garden City Cycl:rs will in- augurate a duplicate whist tournament at their clubrooms. The tournament will consist of a series of four games and be played on four successive Monday ®ven- ings. An entrance fee of 50 cents will be charged. Prizes will be awarded the first and second players in the contest. 2 W. W. Lipseit and E. J. Gilbert have.| been appointed a committee by the cyclers to arrange for a series cof four. handicap | to turn over. some time ago, and when they met yester- | billiard matches. The games will open next Wednesday evening and be pllye(Fon successive Wednesday evenings. First and second prizes will be awarded. ST Fire at Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., Feb. 15.—Fire to- day consumed the residence of Luis Flores, including household furniture and many valuable musical instruments. The blaze started from a defective flue,.and be- ing outside the city limits obtained great headway before the departmen: arrived. Two small barns were partially burned. The loss is $3600, with only a small insur- ance. Sl Summerland Boomers Retire. SANTA BARBARA, Cirn, Feb. 15.— Easton & Eldridge have taken down their sign and closed their local office, opened for the purpose of booming Summerland oil field lots. While development in the district is still going on the effort to in- duce speculation is regarded as premature and not justified by the present product of the oil field. San Rafael Bond Tssue Defeated. SAN RAFAEL, Car., Feb. 15.—An elec- tion was held here to-day for the purpose of voting High School bonds to the amount of $25,000. Considerable opposition was shown on account of the large amount to be voted, many believing $10,000 would he sufficient. The proposition was defeated by fifteen votes. TO THE BOTTOM OF A SHAFT. Four Men Killed by Being Hurled Down a Mine. REPUBLIC, Micn., Feb. 15.—This morn- ing, while eleven men were being hoisted up shaft 1 in the Republic mine in a skip, the skip in some manner became over- turned, and the men fell to the bottom of the shaft. The shaft is a very steep in- cline, and is so deep that the men cannot use the ladders. They ride from the bot- tom in a skip. Fortunately the skip had not been raised very high before it began It had gone up about sixty feet when the men were thrown out. Four of the men were instanlty killed by the fall and one fatally wounded. All the rest, with the exception of one man, were more or less seriously hurt. The dead are James Bridge, B. P. Egelberger, Andrew Bailed and William C. Grath. Andred Peterson cannot live. Brick Martin had bis leg broken. e MURDERER WILLIAMS LYNCHED. | The Slayer of a Policeman Put to Death by a Mob, MONTGOMERY, Ara., Feb, 15.—Robert Williams, the .negro who shot and killcd | Policeman John F. Suggs in this city last | night, was lynched in the suburbs of the city to-night. Williams was arrested at Cowles station, about thirty miles from here, on the Western road, this afternoon, and was being taken from the train a mile and a half out of town when a Jarge crowd seized the negro and, hurrying him to a tree, strung him up. A Freight Steamer Ashore, FIRE ISLAND, N. Y., Feb. 15.—The British freight steamer Otranto, from Shields, is ashore on the Great South beach. She lies head on a mile west of the Fire Island life-saving stati is not much sea on and the v A She carries 110 passengers and has a crew of thirty men. | ~— WOLLD CLOSE SIN QUENTH Governor Budd Believes One Penitentiary Is Enough. * A TALK ON ECONOMY. California, »‘the Executive Says, Has Too Many Insane Asylums. GUARDING THE STATE FUNDS. His Reason for Vetoing the District Fair Appropriation Bill Is Ex. plained. STOCKTON, Car., Feb. 15.—Governor Budd was present to-day at a .meeting of | the directors and members of the San | Joaquin Valley Fair. Association, and in | tihe course of his indirect comments on President Shippee’s statemehnt, alleged to be derogatory to his official treatment of the district associations, he made some in- teresting statements in regard to his ideas of economy. In regard to the veto of the fair appropriation bill, the Governor said that a number of the Senators who came to him to urge its passage had counted upon his being favorable to aiding the distriof fairs out of the State treasiry, in- asmuch as he was on a note for §6000 with | other directors of the association. | upon him which would force him to sign | the bill. | “When I heard that,” said the Governor, “I cussed.” | The Governor believed that the people | were taxed to death Jast year and he was | determined to stand by his promises of an | economical administration. If it had not | been that he believed that it would entail | considerable hardship upon some of the inmates, he said, he would have vetoed | the appropriations for two of the State in- | sane asylums, as the present system is en- | tirely unnecessary. Further, the Governor said that he | would be in favor of consolidating San | Quentin with Folsom, closing the former institution, as under one management the | | ecriminals would be cared for at a far less | expense to the State. ‘When asked why he approved the bill | granting aid to the State fair, he said that | Hesaid that the brag had been made | | that they could bring an influence to bear | | that institution seemed to stand in great need of temporary aid, and that, as a State fair, it wasa State institution. ~ He said that he considered that he had saved the State $196,000 by his record, and he would continue to veto all bills which he considered a grab into the public treasury. After some discussion among the direct- ors and members of the association a com- mittee of twenty was appointed to devise ways and means for raising the debt and continuing the fair without State aid. President Shippee did not attempt to re- futé any of the Governor’s statements, but stated privately that they would refute themselves. REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS. Corigréssional Nominations—A Setback for Elkins and a Gain for McKinley. CHICAGO, ILL., Feb. 15.—Congressman William Lorrimer was renominated for the House of Representatives to-night by the Republicans of the Second Congres- sional District without opposition. Con- gressman Hugh R. Belknap was renomi- nated in the Third District Republican convention by acclamation. George E. White was renominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Fifth District. The Republicans of the First Congressional District will hold their con- vention Monday night and nominate Alderman James R. Mann, in place of Congressman Aldrich, who has declined to be a candidate again. The men who were elected delegates to the National convention from the forego- = terday afternoon was followed by a run on the allfed house of A. Kopperl, which does a banking and steamship agency business among the Jewish popuiation. The result was that the latter house also made an assignment this morning. No statement is given. a DEFALCATION Failed in Business, Ruined His Father and Eobbed His Town. EPPING, N. H., Feb. 15.—Two weeks ago this village was thrown into a.como- tion by the announcement that State Sen- ater Charles E. Folsom; who manufactured box shooks, had failed for $30,000and that AND DEATH. | his aged father was ruined by indorsing his son’s paper. For the past fiftezn years Mr. Folsom has been chairman of the Board of Selectmen, and soon after the failure ugly rumors began to ve circulated that he had misappropriated some of the town’s money to tide him over. Within the past twenty-four bours the excitement attending the failure has - been greatly increased by the death of Senator Folsom at an early hour this morning, and the additional report that he was not only a defaulter to the extent of $12,000 and more, but had also been a forger on several occasions to hide his stealings. Folsom was a man in whom every one re- posed the highest confidence and his | habits were of the best. AR Ty INTEREST TO THE COAST. Postponement of Hearing the New Min- eral Lands Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15—The mineral lands classification bill was ¢alled up for consideration in the House this morning by Representative Johnson, but upon the suggestion of McMillan of Ten- OF ing districts were uninstructed asto the Presidential choice. CHICAGO, IiL., Feb. 15.—The. Cook ( County Republican convention which was held to-day instructed the 373 delegates to the State cohvention to vote for John R. Tanner for Governor_and Henry L. Hertz of Chicaeo for State Treasurer. PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Feb. 15.— The protracted session of the State Re- publican Central Committee, which did not adjourn until long after midnight last night, was caused by the Elkins faction trying to force a resolution through pledg- ing the commistee’s united support to El- kins for the Presidency. The resolution was finally withdrawn, JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Feb. 15.—Re- publican conventions were held to-day in four counties and delegates favoring Mc- Kinley chosen. So far forty-nine counties haveacted, of which fifteen have instructed for McKinley. “PEARL RIVEEKS” DEAD. She Owned and Controlled the New Or- leans Picayune. NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. George Nicholson, proprietor of Orleans Picayune, died to-day. best known as ‘‘Pearl Rivers,” a recognized ability. She svas the only woman in the world who | owned and controlled a big morning news- paper. Her husband, who was managing editor of the Picayuue, died last week, and itis thought that worry over his demise, together with a severe cold contracted two days ago, caused her death. She was about 60 years of age. the New She was writer of il G Caused a Second Failure. CHICAGO, ILL., Feb. The failure of the banking-house of Kopperl & Co. ves- 15.—Mrs. | nessee it was pestponed until Monday next in order to give him time to consuit the Interior Department upon the merits | of the bill. This is the bill for classifica- | tion of railroad land, introduced in the | last Congress by Caminetti, and in this | Congress by Johnson. | _Colonel H. G. Otis, W. C. Patterson, W. | D. Woolwine and W. G. Kercknoff of Los Angeles are in Washington in the interest | of the improvement of San Pedro harbor |at Los Angeles. They will be given a | hearing before the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors on Monday. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original—Alexander H. Mer- ritt, Soldiers’ Home at Los Angeles; John W. H. Simmons, Kernville; Paul Lieber- mann, Fort Bidwell. Increase—Charles Crane, Escondido. Original widow—Laurs Robison, Anabeim. Mexican- war surviv- | ors, increase—Henry A. Stanberry, Hor- nitos. Oregon: Original Brunner, Portland. Washington: Original—Richard Betts, Centralia. Original widows—El1zabeth Platt, Quilcene. | | { | widow—Maria A, -— Chief for Scientific Bureawu. WASHINGTON, D. C., Fep.15.—A com- | munication was received in the House to-day, from Secretary Morton requesting the allowance of a director-in-chief of scientific bureaus'and investigations, with & salary of $6000 per year. e i Ao Three Severe Shocks, HONESDALE, Pa., Feb. 15.—Three severe shaeks were felt here at 5:57 o’clock this evening. They were not unlike those of an earthquake. RArtist Hinokley Dead. BOSTON, Mass,, Feb. 15.—Thomas Hawes Hinckley, the artist, died at Miltoa to-day, at the age of 83. If/// R My, ./ lt, \\)' e e— / ) ,,l,':] 7, / /10 T M}%}/{{‘{/\\ THE QUEEN OF THE MAY, MARGARETTE, DAUGHTER OF MR. AxD MRS. H. SCHNIDER, EAST PORTLAND, Al \/ .'.‘. LN \ [ ¢ b P //‘1 ( OREGON. EAST PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 10. More people have talked of California in Fast Portland during the past week than had been done previously in a®month of Sundays. And all this talk and all this praise is for the great California Sarsapa- rilla—Joy’s Vegetable Sarsapariila, It brought a great, huge flush of delight to my native face. Itake a State’s pride in a- State remedy, and I am pleased to realize daily the increase in the praise of California in general and Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla in particular. East Portland is all alive to the merits of this California remedy, and one of the best of families in this pretty suburb of Ponlgnd sends the | picture of their handsome daughter, Mar- garette Schnider, asa testimony to'the good of this great remedy. East Portland, Uregon, boasts of one of the prettiest Margarette in the land. ‘Chis sweet little girl is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Schnider of 282 Crosby street, East Portland, Oregon. As you see her in the above picture you see her in the flesh. Her cheeks are plump, her eyes bright, and thereis color in her face. There is not a mark, a blot or a blemish to spoil the beautiful ‘contour of the face. The renson’is given that she has been using Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparila. Margarette sends her love to California and tells of her delight with Joy's Vegetable Sarsapa- rilla. Margarette is winsome, bright, and is easily the prettiest Margarettein the coun- try.- I spoke to her fathet. His place of business is at 33 Fourth st., Portiand. He came out of his offices especially to tell me of the great good Joy’s Vegetable Sarsapa- rilla had done for the family. “It is,” said he, “the family medicine now, and we propose always to keep this remedy in the house.” He advised me to visit many other houses in Portland and I would learn of wonderful things that had been done by Joy’s Vegetable Sirsaparilla. He said he knew of a case of serofula that was completely cured by this great blood medi- cine. He also informed me of a. lady who bad running sore‘s over the body, and she had been using the Sarsaparilla for two months to good effect. By tke way, a remarkable thing in Porte land is that there are no stdbstitutes here. People are not putting up something “just as good,” and of course when you ‘ask for Joy’'s Vegetable Sarsaparilla you get it without a murmur. The truth is they ara not cutting the price and druggists make a rational profit, therefore do not feel in- clined to cheat people. It 1s a good ides to publish this letter as written. HENRY TILLMAN,