The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 .1896. DELVING FOR DEAD MINERS, * Rescue Work Goes Steadily On at the Vulcan Mine. TWELVE BODIES FOUND. Arrest of a Man for Looting the Residence of Two of the Victims, REMOVED TO ESCAPE LYNCHING., Working Shifts Removing the Debris in Quest of the Remains of the Unfortunate. NEWCASTLE, Coro., Feb. 20.—Rescue work was temporarily retarded by the placing of a pump so as to draw the water ~ out of the Vulcan slope. A large force working, never once ceasing except a few minutes to eat a mouthful, This morning, about 5 o’clock, a party went down, and in one of the side entries found the bodies of Will Dore, who kept the door, Nick Ross, an Italian miner, Robert Cottle and Emil Funk, son of Jobn ¥ k, pit boss. Will Dore and Robert Cottle evidently died from suffocation and »ss and young Funk were instantly ed by the explosion. All f bodies found in the first left entry, about feet from the entrance to the m 1 o'clock in the morning, when attice over the right entry was put ily at ve debris ork- in place, the crews were kept ste: work aring away the ma the entrance to the left e The task was rendered d reason of the prevalent black damp; 1t toward morning the fan had expelled most of it from the wor , and by e e was held to-day he rope-rider, slope by the ster arrived here response to a s. Welsh before the ceur a e premonition of im 10 was blown le explosion. His Cripple ( pending trouble decided not to hold an the bodies most readi. en brought to the sur- tention then to probe the > bottom by making the most aminat into the cause of nt, and to thus fix the responsi- 1mpossible just now to say how s remain the mine. The can Company has made a of his books, and gives it out e dead will not exceed forty-nine in tot whom have been recov- y-one still remain within. 1g this esiimate there is room for doubt, however, as 1o whether it is large Many of the miners who worked - Vulcan and were off temporarily the day of the explosion, insist that there are four or five more men entombed than ziven on the clerk’s list. bodi in t n; It is sawd that he rifled the effects hn Funk in his house near the Vul- Funk and bis son Emil were the explosion, and the by s body has not yet been recovered. fathe I'here was indignation among the miners ver Schmidt’s alleged act, and while the ral of Ed Welsh was in .progress this afternoon mutterings of an ominous e were heard on the street corners. idt was taken up back streets and L clear of town, and a freight train was flagged by the officers. He was t on and taken to Glenwood Springs for from a mob which wowd surely iched him if he had remained in astle. this Tony Tapero, John Gombard and s Merchant —making a total of es recovered so far. Working ht men are now steadily remov- he debris, the work all being done in v, as it is almost certain that all of the dead are in there. town is draped in mourning; all the es and places of business have been ne to assist in the rescue of bodies nsole the mothers, widows and or- 15 of the dead miners. The ladies are ing and serving meals to all at the 80 those working do not, have to o get food. FATED TO DISASTER. Peculiar Misfortunes of a Family in Pennsylvania. NEWTON, Pa., Feb. 20.—Etta “u were killed on the railroad, near rapeville, Pa., u few days ago. Within Le past two years, Albert Rowland, an le of Etta Rowland, and his son met were killed on the railroad near t Newton; her cousin, Frank Row- i, was killed ‘n a mine at Port Royal; 1sbands of Frank Rowland’s two sis- e killed on the railroad near Jean- Pa. Bunt Stevenson, another cousin + Rowland, her uncle, Mark Bur- 1d her cousin, Norman Kyle, were »n the railroad, and her sister Belle irdered by her lover. Etta Row- s father only the day before the girl's *h was badly injured by a falling tree, r mother is a cripple from an injury eceived in a runaway accident. TR Rev. Mr. Wood Will Retire. ANAPOL Ixp.,, Feb. 20.—The on of William Wood of Green- « with Walling and Jackson, the mur- ’ear! Bryan, and the general be- himself was an accessory be- fact to the crime, will doubtless the retirement of nis father from try. It is said that Rev. Mr. s the disgrace that his son has upon him most keenly, and he ‘bpeared in the pulpit since the facts of the case became known. s An Expedition to Labrador. I'HH,,\I\I{H‘JIL\ Pa., Feb. 20.—An ex- pedition bound for the interior of Labra- dor will leave Pp purpose of stud collecting specimens of fauna of thay region, ing been moved | more bodies were recovered at 2| afternoon —those of Chris | to-day and everything possible is | Russell, curator of the University of Iowa, accompanies the expedition as archeologist. —_— THE SACRAMENTO RIVER. Improvement Recommended by the Senate Commerce Committee. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20.—The Senate Committee on Commerce to-day ordered a favorable report and the Senate agreed to a resolution directing the Secre- tary of War to inquite into the present condition of the Sacramento River, the changesin its course caused by recent floods and the effect on navigation of these deviations from the ordinary course of the stream. _An estimate of the cost of restoring the river to its usual channel is required. It Wwas shown to the committee that these floods had washed away the banks of the river, creating crevasses, through which the water finds its way to the lowlands, leaving the bed of a portion of the river nearly dry and thereby rendering naviga- tion difficult and at low water almost im- possible. e No Pardon for Holston. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20.—Presi- dent Cleveland in denying a pardon to F. M. O. Holston, convicted in Oregon of forgery in a pension case, says he is decidedly in favor of strict punishment in a case like this which involves the *‘swind- ling of a poor and needy veteran, and a prostitution of the benevolent intentions of the Government as embodied in its pension law.” ————— Treasury Gold Keserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20.—The treasury gold reserve at tm;] closeh%f busli- s 92,414,987. The withdrawals ?;{Sdfgogn? f\ugreguled $1,009,987. It is expected that to-morrow the gold reserve will exceed $100,000,000. _— Signed by the President. WASHINGTON, D. €., Feb. 20.—The President has signed the act to extend the mineral land laws of the United States to lands embraced in the north half of the Colville Indian reservation. DEPUTIES FIED. UPON, ‘ Officers Receive a Surprise While Making a Raid on a Thieves’ Resort. During the Encounter One Man Is Killed and Three Badly Wounded. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20.—Jack- son City, Va., at the Virginia end of Long | Bridge leading across from Washington to the Old Dominion, a place that has long been the resort of thieves and the lower element that follows the racetrack, was to- night the scene of a tragedy in which one man was Killed and three wounded. Six deputies of Sheriff Palmer of Alex- andria County made a raid upon a saloon kept by John Nelson. They expected to find stolen property and gambiing para- phernalia. As the posse entered the sa- loon Nelson became aware of their inten- tions and immediately began firing. Harry Candler, the bartender, followed his employer’s example, and a fusitlade of | bullets met the officers. About twenty or thirty people were in | | the saloon at the time, but soon flea from danger. The attack of Nelson and his bartender took the officers unawares, and before they could draw their weapons, Deputy Benjamin Hines (colored) was in- | stantly killed, Special Deputy Johnson | shot in the neck and Deputy Edward Deu- terman received a bullet in the chin which | laid him prostrate. Charles O’Neall, a hanger-on at the sa- loon, came to the assistance of the posse and received a bullet in the eye from the pistol of Nelson. Nelson and Candler fled and the wound- ed men were brought to the Emergency Hospital at Washington, where they re- | ceived medical attendance, The bullet was extracted from Johnson’s neck and O’Neall's’ eye. Deuterman seemed the worst injured, but the physi- cians do not look for fatal results in either case. The saloon-keeper was so active in using his weapons that the Sheriff’s posse was able to make but little showing in their raid upon the lawbreakers. WALLER 1S PARDNED Orders Issued for His Release by the Government of France. The United States Refused to Make an International Controversy Over the Ex-Consul. SHINGTON, D. C., Feh. 20.—Secre- ary Olney to-day received the following dispatch from Embassador Eustis at Paris: “The President signed this morning Wal- 's pardon. Orders are being issued for release.” There does not seem to be any intention on the part of Mr. Waller's counsel or of bis friends to take advantage of the offer made by the United States Embassador under instructions from the State Depart- ment to enter suit ‘for damages in the French courts, with the United States Em- bassador providing the requisite security for cost. On the contrary the Waller family find that the United States on the facts as dis- closed decline to make an international affair out of Waller’s offense, and are con- templdting his return to Kansas, from which State he was originally appointea Consul at Tamatave, Madagascar. Mrs. Waller is said to be at present in Baltimore making arrangements for this purpose. Notbing has been heard from Waller directly by his family for three or four weeks, according to the statement W2 made by his daughter to-day. et rad e The Explosion of a Boiler. CHICAGO, Iu Feb. 20.—Five men were seriously injared, two fatally, by the explosion of a boiler on the World's Fair grounds this morning. John Swaen and John Obron were fatally scalded and Wil- liam Murray will lose his eyesight. Michael Sherry and John Colvin were scalded. The men were engazed in dredg- ing and the boiler was used to furnish power for their work. i o [Eight Men Dashed to Death. LIVERPOOL, Exc., Feb. 20.—Whiie a cage containing eight men was descending to the colliery pit at Leigh, Lancashire, this morning, the catches failed to work and the cage crashed to the bottom. All the men were killed. - TR Change of admirals. LONDON, Exg., Feb. 20.—Rear-Admiral phia in June for the | Henry St. Legerbury Palliser has been ap- ug the Esquimaux and | pointed to the command of the Pacific the flora and | naval station in the place of Rear-Admiral Professor Frank | Henry Frederick Stephenson, VAN KOVALEV MUST DIE TO-DAY He Paces His Cell Like a Wild Beast in a Cage. WILL NOT EAT OR TALK. It Is Thought He Will Utterly Collapse Before Reaching the Trap. CLAMOR TO SEE THE HANGING. Warden Aull Says He Has Never Before Been So Flooded With Applications, SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 20.—Ivan Kovalev's last day on earth has ended and to-night he lies tossing in uneasy slumber, broken by intervals of wakeful- ness, during which he springs from his cot and paces to and fro like a trapped | wild beast in its cage, only to again- thros | himself on his cot, cover his face with his blanket and toss and tumble and groan in troubled sleep. All day long he has been in a state of nervous unrest and has refused to eat a | mouthful, but scems to be overcome with | fever, as he incessantly demands water, | which e fairly gulps down. He has again turned sullen, and has all day long utterly refused to utter a single syilable, | either in reply to questions or of his own volition, with the exception of the deman; for water. His cell companion, a fellow- countryman, who, in addition to the death watch, has been keeping him company since his removsl from the solitary cell, where he was placed upon his first arrival at the prison, has been unable to extract anything further of the crime for which his life has been declared forfeited, nor has he admitted ihat he personally, as is saspected, acknowledged that he took the life of his companion in crime at San Jose to prevent him from exposing him as the perpetrator. It is now thought that the criminal will utterly collapse before he reaches the trap to-morrow morning, as he has been in such a state of nervous excitement all day, refusing any and all nourishment. He s visibly weaker and his snatches of slum- or strength, Warden Aull when gallows to-morrow morning. All I can say is that he will go there somehow. | There is no doubt but what he is visibly weaker and he absolutely refuses nourish- ment of any kind. My preparations are complete and I am sure that no blunders | can possibly occur on the part of the men whom I have chosen to perform the de- tails of the execution, as they are guards of tried nerve. There will not be a very large crowd in attendance—probably forty or fifty all told. “I have been simplv flooded with appli- cations to witness the death of this man, | but owing to the fact that the apartment | where the execution is to take place is | very small I have been compelled to re- fuse admittance to all save officials and representatives of the press.” Perhaps never in the annals of criminal history of this city since the death of Troy | Dye bas =0 much anxiety been expressed by the citizens of Sacramento to witness | the death of any criminal on the gallows | as there has been to obtain admission to | the execution of Ivan Kovaley. The cow- ardly attack upon the two aged and re- specied citizens and the brutal method by which the crime was committee have aroused such a spirit of enmity and hatred | toward this son of far-away Russia as has has served to totally overcome the natural antipathy of ail to witness the death and last struggles of a fellow-mortal. Even Governor Budd has been besieged with petitions for admission to witness the execution, and there are few, if any, of the Prison Directors but have received repeated entreaties through personal friends for cards of admission and it is evi- dent that a spirit of satisfaction is abroad in the community at the thought that within a few brief hours Ivan Kovalev will expiate that crime with his life. SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS. Deputy Postmaster of Port Angeles $1200 Behind With the Government. PORT ANGELES,Wasu., Feb. 20.—John BrownJr., Deputy Postmaster in the office in this city, is short $1200 in his settle- ment with the Government. Postoffice Inspector J. C. F. Gordon is now enga ed in checking up his accounts, which may result in a slight change being made in the amount of the shortage. A complaint has been filed with United States Commissioner Henry E. Lutz, charging Brown with embezzlement and he is now under surveillance. Brown informed a' CALL representative tlis afternoon that his accounts have been short for two years and that he has en- deavored to cover up the deficit in his re- ports irom week to week. He acted as Deputy Postmaster during the term of J. 8. Fenn, and when at the beginning of Cleveland’s administration Major Hooker was appointed Postmaster he was again employed as deputy. The greater xiorlion of the shortage oc- curred during Postmaster Fenn'’s term of office, and Brown to-day claimed that Fenn was implicated, and that on leaving office he left a deficit asa legacy for Brown to cover up. John Brown has always been highly re- spected -in this community and has been considered honest and industrious. He is not addicted to any bad habits and has al- ways been popular with young people. A short time after his marriage with a charming young lady of this city his father committed suicide at Dungeness, leaving a large estate to be divided among the family. This estate has not yet been settled. s PLUNDERING PUBLIC LANDS. Federal Officials After a Washington Logging Company. SEATTLE, WasH., Fev. 20. — United States Attorney-General Harmon filed a suit in the Federal court to-day aeainst the Union River Logging Company of Kit- sap County, operating in Mason County. He asks that the order of abproval of defi- nite location of the road through the pub- lic domain be ca that the company in mal for the proposed highwa; to be an undertaking for the public benefit, | ber are so brief that they impart no rest | interviewed this | evening by a CALL representative said: “I | cannot, of course, state with any certainty | how Kovalev will behave when led to the | and Secretary Vilas granted the prayer upon those grounds. On the contrary, the Attorney-General alleges that itisa private enterprise, car- ried on for private gain, and that the com- any—which is composed of Cyrus Walker, obn McReavy and _other rich men throughout the State—is plundering pub- lic lands and stripping them of valuable ‘timber. Immediate relief is asked in the name of the Government. SUPPOSED T0O BE MURDERERS. Two Suspicious Characters Arrested at Goldendale, Wash. GOLDENDALE, WaisH., Feb.20.—Two suspicious-looking men were to-day ar- rested here by Shenff Stinson, presumed to be wanted in Los Angeles, Cal., for murder. Some weeks ago a jewelry-store in that city was burelarized, and the proprietor murdered. The Sheriff 13 await- ing further description. The suspects arrived in town last night, and to-aay made a canvass of the town on the back streets, offering different kinds of valuable jewelry very cheap. A $7 pairof spectacles was oifered for §1. They also offered to exchange a $20 gold ring with a farmer for a pair of boots. Altercation at Phaniz. PH@®ENIX, Ariz., Feb. 20.—A sensa- tional altercation occurred this evening during the firemen’s tournament between Leonard Fowler and Patsy McQuilkin, the latter a well-known gambler, in front of the Palace saloon, aresult of hot words over attacks in a newspaper on prominent officials and citizens here. Fowler was considerably worsted and both were sent to jail. McQuilkin was bailed out imme- diately. fees ge Lecture at Stanford To-Night. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL, Feb. 20.—Theodore H. Hittell of San Francisco lectures here to-morrow on “Theodore D. Judah, the Envineer of the Central Pacific Railroad.” This lecture is given under the auspices of the department in coast history. THE NEWS OF SAN JOSE, | Outcome of a Two Years’ Feud Between the Careys and the Haggertys. The Head of the Latter Family Ob. tains $150 Damages for Malicious Prosecution. SAN JOSE, Car., Feb. 20.—Justice Wil- ley, sitting in Justice Dwyer’s court, to-day awarded Patrick Carey $150 dam- ages and costs against D. J. Haggerty for malicious prosecution. The Careys and Haggertys own adjoining properties near | Berryessa, and the families have been en- ‘}gsged in a feud for the past two years. | The trouble arose over Carey maintaining a slaughter-house on his premises. Hag- gerty objected to the stench of the place | and a quarrel ensued. during which Hag- gerty said Carey and nis hired man pur- sued him with a long spear that is used for killing cattle. Haggerty also claimed that Carey threatened to kill him (Hag- gerty) and feed him to the hogs. Carey was at once arrested for threats against Haggerty's lile, but was subs quently discharged. It was then Care turn in the courts and he sued Haggert, for $299 damages for malicious prosecu- tion, resulting in a verdict for the former for $150 and costs. The case will probably be appealed, as both parties are well off and will fight' in the courts to the bitter end. HORSE AND LIVE WIRE. For Ten Minutes the Poor Animal's Flesh Was Burning. SAN JOSE, Cav., Feb. 20.—A horse be- looging to W. J. Bigger was struck by a live wire at the corner of Tenth and Santa Clara streets at noon to-day and knocked down. Workmen were engaged in string- ing the wires of the People’s Telephone Company, and in some manner a wire crossed a trolley wire and fell to within a few feet of the ground. Bigger, who was driving along the street, saw the wire but could not stop in time. The wire struck the horse on the side of the shoulder and te dropped like a shot. The body fell over the wire and the horse kicked convul- sively, but could not get off the wire. During the ten minutes while the by standers were studying how to =pare the animal the burning flesh was a sickening sight. A lineman cut the wire finally and the horse was relieved, but the wire had burned a cut seven inches long and two inches deep in the flesh. - BORROWED A GOLD WATCH. John Hanson’s Taste for Jewelry Gets Him Into Trouble. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 20.—John Han- son, who borrowed a gold watch from George Paugh, a rancher, a few days ago. and went to San Francisco on a spree, was arraigned before Justice Gass to-day on a charge of petty larceny. Hanson pleaded not guilty, and his trial was set for Febru- ary 20, He was lockea up in default of $100 bail. Hanson met Paugh shortly after Lis re- lease from the City Prison, where be had served a ten day«’ sentence for drunk, and they had a few drinks together. Hanson admired a gold watch Paugh had, and while looking at it he excused himself for a few minutés and disappeared with the timepiece. Last night he applied for lodging at the City Prison, and was at once charged with petty larceny. AT ICE AND POWER, The Los Gatos Company Files Articles of Incorporation. SAN JOSE, Car., Feb. 20.—Articles were filed in the County Clerk’s office to- day incorporating the Los Gatos Ice and Power Company. The object of the cor- poration is to carry on the business of manufacturing ice in various places in the State and to establish and operate cold storage plants. ‘I'ne capital stock is §600,- 000, divided into 6000 shares. San Jose is named as the principal place of business, The following are named as directors: W. D. Tisdale, Los Gatos; Abraham King, Francis E. Spencer, Otis Tupper, Eugene Knickerbocker and Paul P. Austin of San Jose, and Martin Sullivan of Marysville. S Ry PRINCE LOUIS OF SAVOY. Italians Will Give Him a Royal Recep- . tion Newt Monday. SAN JOSE, Car., Feb. 20.—Arrange- ments are being perfected by the Italian Benevolent Society for the entertainment of Prince Louis of Savoy on his visit to this city next Monday. He will be ac- companied by Commander Cav. Bertolini of the cruiser Cristoforo Colombo and F. Bruni_ Grimaldi, the Italian Consul at San Francisco. The visitors will be tendered a reception and banquet at the Vendome, and a ball will be given in their honor in the evening at lg B. 8. Hall. Tuesday they will visit the Lick Observatory. nceled, on the ground | committed were in —Samas = o Sensational Arrests at Sucramento. SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 20.—Frank J. Gregory, a brother of ex-Mayor Eugene Gregory, and W. P. Rutherford, a police officer, were arrested this afternoon on in- dictments of the Grand Jury for election frauds, alleged to have been committed at the last municipal election. The matter has been under investigation for some time by the Grand Jury. The frauds alieged to the First Precinct of ing its petition | the First Ward, which is known as the y represented 1t | tou ghest precinct in town. The nature of 1 the frauds has not yet been divgiged, f = NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. e e e e e e s The question you want to solve, like all other intelligent buyers, is how good can I buy, and how good at a little price ? Now the big store will be four years old next Saturday and will sell a high-class merchandise at a tiny price. Saturday is our Birthday ; we’ll be four years old. We have have been with you four years ; we enjoy your confidence ; we’re proud of it. o DS & M- Sy S @ G it has spent all this time in demonstrating to you how good it o (NS ESDRDESOREYRIIENRE We shall offer to you for our big young friends some very clever Suits, as shown in picture above, both single and double breasted, made from.those fine Blue and Black Twill Cheviots, 500 Sizes 12 to 19 years. - RAPHAEL’S | (INCORPORATED). awfully clever garments, as a birthday souvenir, at THE FRISCO BOYS, 9.11,13, 15 KEARNY ST MASONIC AND NAVAL CEREMONY, Surgeon-General Browne's Memory Honored at Mare Island. PLANTING OF A TREE, A Beautiful Black Acacia Set in Soi! From Many His- torical Spots. MANY INTERESTED SPECTATORS Major E. A. Sherman Had Secured Thirteen Little White Boxes of Earth. VALLEJO, Car., Feb. 20.—One of the most interesting ceremonies that has oc- curred at the navy-yard for a number of years took place in front of the naval hos- pital at 2 o’clock this afternoon. It was the plantine of a beautiful acacia tree in soil brought from various historical spots dear to all liberty-loving people on American soil, to the memory of ex-Surgeon-Generai John Mills Browne, United States navy, whose remains now lie in Arlington Heights burying grounds, Virginia. The gentleman under whose direction and supervision the ceremony was per- formed, Major E. A. Sherman, a member of the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, and past president of the Masonic Veteran Associa- tion of the United States, had gathered much of the earth deposited about the tree. Members of the Masonic Veterans’ Asso- ciation of the Pacific Coast and members of Naval Lodge No. 87 and Solano Lodge No. 229, F. and A. M., and other visitors and brethren were presert and participated in the ceremonies. Captain A. 8. Barker, U. 8. N., Medical Inspector George W. Woods, U. 8. N., and Chaplain A. A. Mc- Allister, U. 8. N,, warm friends of the late Surgeon-General Browne, who was treas- urer-general of the Supreme Council of the A. A. Scottish Rite of Free Masons and past grand master of the Grand Lodge of California, were interested participants and spectators. The brethren on arrival at the hospital were welcomed by Dr. Woods. As soon as all had assembled the brethren were each supplied with a narrow piece of blue ribbon, which was looped in the button- hole. Major Sherman had brought the earth in little white enameled boxes from thir- teen historical spots in the United States. After an invocative to Almighty God by Chaplain McAllister, with the members formed in a hollow square about the tree and with Major Sherman in the center, the choir of ladies, consisting of Mrs, Captain A. S. Barker, Mrs, F. H. Lefaver, Mrs, A. = A. MeAllister, Mrs. C. M. Perkins, Mrs. C. | J. Decker, the Misses McCalla, Mrs. R. M. Cutts,and Organist E. R. Langdon, sung in a most effective manner “*Before Jehovah’s Awful Throne.” The service peculiar to the dedication of a monument, with appropriate alterations to the one in whose memory the tree was to be planted, was read in a clear voice by Major Sherman aud was attentively listened to by the spectators and many of the invalids at the hospital who stood or reclined on the balconies of the hospital which had been erected through the efforts of Dr. Browne. Each one of the thirteen brethren held an equal number of boxes of earth, and Major Sherman in appropriaie terms gave a short synopsis of the earth it con- tained. After the earth had been depos- ited by each one of the brethren he placed his right hand on his left breast, then raised the hand and eyes heavenward, as if 1n the act of supplicatinz the Most High to look with favor on the ceremony. The following gentlemen assisted in de- positing the earth: 1. George V. Carter deposited earth taken from the base of Plymouth Rock, the landing-place of the Pilgrim Fathers. 2. A. L. Hatheway deposited earth from Faneuil Hall, the *‘Cradle of Liberty,” Boston, Mass. 8. J. O'Hara deposited earth from Liv- erpool wharf, Boston, Mass., where the tea was thrown overboard from the ship Dar- mouth. 4. A. J. McPike deposited earth from the battefield of Lexington. 5. H. D. Richardson deposited earth from the battle-ground of Concord. 6. J.J. Luchsinger deposited earth taken from Bunker Hill, the spot where General Warren fell. 7. Chris Christiansen deposited earth from Independence Hall, Philadelphia, where Declaration of Independence was signed. 8. Lieutenant C. M. Perkins deposited earth from the battle ground at Yorktown, Virginia. 9. Chaplain A. A. McAllister deposited earth from Washington’s tomb, at Mount Vernon. 10. G. V. Carter deposited earth from the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, at Springfield, Illinois. 11. James Topley deposited earth taken from the tomb of General U. 8. Grant, at New York. 12. Burgeon C. J. Decker deposited earth from the Statue of Liberty, in New York harbor, sent by General Miles, U. S. A. 13. Major E. A. Sherman deposited earth taken from the grave of Ex-Medical Direc- tor John Mills Browne, at Arlington Heights, Virginia. After the ceremony, grand honors were given, and the choir closed the service by singing “America.” The company were then dismissed. Mrs. Cutts, in behalf of her sister, Mrs, J. M. Browne, extended her sincere thanks on behalf of her absent sister to Major Sherman for the interest he had manifested in thus planting a tree in com- memoration of the honored dead officerand Mason who was loved and revered by all his brethren. STEXLHEAD OR SALMON TROUT? 4 Gilroy Jury Unable to Determine the Difference. GILROY, Car., Feb. 20.—The trial of Bert Emlay, accused of catching salmon trout in the Uvas stream, took place in Justice Howard Willey’s court this after. noon. The trial excited more than ordi- nary interest, for its result was watched with interest oy the local Nimrods. Dep- uty District Attorney Beasley conducted the prosecution for the people, and Hon. P. B. Tully was retained as counsel for the defense. The opinion of Mr. Seal, a fish expert of Stanford Universitv, was pre- sented. He declared it to be a steelhead trous. The jury, aftera short deliberation, failed to agree, the verdict standing seven for acquittal and five for conviction, and were discharged. SACRAMENTO'S ROUND-UP The Grand Jury Finds Indict- ments Against Ten Residents of the Capital. A Policeman Charged With Perjury. Election Officers in Serious Trouble. SACRAMENTO, Cavn., Feb. 20.—The Grand Jury of Sacramento County, which bhas been in session for some time past, presented a partial report this morning to Judge Catlin of the Superior Court. The report, which is lengthy, presents indictments against ten persons, namely : W. P. Rutherford, George Dowdger, Frank Gregory, J. R. Brown, George Anderson, George E. Brady, George French, I. J. Simmons and B. L. Taylor. ‘W. P. Rutherford, who is a policeman of this city, is charged with perjury in hav- ing positively sworn, in the Police Court, to having seen a man, who was on trial for vagrancy, on the streets of this city when the party in question was confined at the sl]eged date in the Woodland Jail. George Dowdger is charged with assault with a deadly weapon in having, it is claimed, wantonly fired at a Japanese. He, however, claims to have shot at a bird and hit the Jap accidentally. The others are charged with conspiracy in having fraudulentiy Fcrmined illegal votes to be cast during the late election, knowing the same to be illegal. The latter were acting as election officers in the downtown wards, which it is claimed were heavily stuffed. The indictment states specific instances, and the testimony showed that in one precinct sixty illegal votes were cast, being mainly voting in the names of dead men and repetitions. Frank Gregory isa member of the firm of Gregory Bros. of this city and is a brother of ex-Mayor Gregory, who at present is so- journing in Eastern parts to most people unknown. Warrants were issued, and_the majority of the accused were immediaely srrested nmlhreleased on bonds in the sum of $2000 each. Among the names voted were those of “Big Neck” Smith, a noted tough, who shot and killed a man named Brannigan in a row over an election a few years ag: Smith died in the County Hospital after- ward. Clem Pressy, at one time a Sacra- mento gambler, who left the State d died in Arizona, also was voted, and it is claimed that there were many others. S sl e End of a Damage Suit at Fresno. FRESNO, Cav., Feb. 20.—The suit of J. E. Doolittle against the Sun Insurance Office of London was to-day concluded. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $3000 damages. Doolittle sued for $15,000 damages for arreston a charge of embezzlement. He was formerly agent for that company, and its agent had him arested and subsequently had the case against him dismissed. S o Politieal Reciprocity at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wasn., Feb. 20.—Thé local Democratic party to-day in convention formally indorsed by a big majority the candidacy of Dr. J. Eugene Jordan, the Populist nominee for Mayor. The l‘opu- lists in return yielded a_ majority of the subordinate offices to the Democrats.