The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 29, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDA_Y, FEBRUARY 29, 1%96. | LITTLE PITY FOR DUNRAVEN, But the “Field” Ridicules| the Action of the ‘ Club. ‘ BARS FUTURE RACING. An Unfortunate Ending of the} Many Mistakes and Mis- understandings. THE EARL NO PHILOSOPHEB." new comet was observed atthe Lick Ob- servatory by C.D. Perrine not far from the position indicated in the erroneous dis- patch, and this fact was duly announced. In answer to this announcement, a_sec- ond message was received from Kiel, giving the position of the new comet and also confirming the fact that the observa- tion of February 13 was of comet C1895. This leaves no doubt that Perrine is the discoverer of the new comet, although final confirmation awaits mail advices from Germany. PASADEX 4 SUICIDE. Flora Bower Ends Her Troubles by Inhaling Chloroform. PASADENA, Can., Feb. 28.—Flora Bower, a domestic employed in the family of Dr. E. Turner, committed suicide last evening by inbaling chloroform. is morning she failed to attend to her duties and was found dead in her bed, with a vial containing the drug clutched in her right | hand. T.wo handkerchiefs saturated with chloroiorm were fouad on her pillow. She had evidently died without a struggle. A Coroner's inquest was held this after- noon and it was learned that the girl was alth and subject to fits of She had frequently threat- herself, but no apprehension She was friendless and alone. -— was felt. CHICO HEIRS LOSE. Trial of the Pratt Estate Suit Granted by Judge Gray. CHICO, CaL., Feb. 28.—The motion for New Persists in Believing That the Evi- | < = d f His S 1 | a new trial in the case of F. C. Lusk and ence ol 18 sSenses Is | A. H. Crew, trustees, vs.the heirs of the Incontrovertible. | late Judge O. C. Pratt, was Ifard and | granted by Superior Judge Gray to-day. | Some time ago the plaintiffs brought | action to cause the heirs to be instructed LONDON, Exa., Feb. 28.—In its issue | morrow the Field, which has always ipported Lord Dunraven, will say: The result of the meeting of the New York Yacht Club was a foregone conclu- still it cannot be denied that the club placed itself in a very ridiculous situa- | on. It bas virtually barred for the fu- re any protests in international yacht- z in which the club may be a party. 1t is an unfortunste ending of a number of mistakes and misunderstandings. | “We are certain that such a resolution | as the New York Yacht Club passed Thurs- | night would never have been enter- | red by an English club. The only good feature about the incident is that it will not be treated very seriously. The Field will also publish along article rehearsing the whole dispute, with run- ping comments, The evidence clearly | showed = that the necessity for a| committee of inquify was entirely | due to the wunfortunate blundering of the club’s executive in dealing with an | ordinary protest by inaction at one time | and uncalled-for action at another time. The case will doubtless be regarded in America as a precedent, and the conse- quent position of any challengers will simply be to ask no inconvenient ques- tions and to lodge no protests, but to pro- vide a yacht to be beate The Daily News say Lord Dunmvon‘ is a sportsman and a gentleman, but we | t he is not a philosopher. He first | ed to accept the verdict of the com- | mittee, with the result that he has been expelled from the New York Yacht Club, and this because he insists upon believing the evidence of his senses is incontro- e Telegraph deplores the misunder- standing calculated to arouse inter- ional animosity and stop international | E for a long time. | A special meeting of the Yacht Racing | ssociation has been calied for the pur- idering the action taken by the Yacht Club at its meeting last ng, in passing the resolution for the | ual expulsion of Lord Dunraven as an | member of the club. clgointment of Lord Dunraven as of Limerick was an- cite to-day. Y., Feb. 238.—The Lord Dunraven, which has | »d for some days, but had not | to the time of the Earl's ex- | sion from the New York Yacht Club t niht, was received by J. V. S. Oddie, ry of the club, at 7:10 o’clock this g as SUED BY A MADISON FARMER. San Francisco Stock-Buyers Figure in a Woodland Case. WOODLAND, CaL, Feb. 28.—A case pow on triel in the Superior Court is of importance to farmers who have dealings with persons who claim to be the agents of San Francisco stock-buying firms. It is an appeal from the Justice Court of Madison township, where judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff. Hays Mickey, representing that he was an agent of Koth, Blum & Co., purchased & lot of hogs of William Hays and shipped them with a consignment purchased from other farmers. They were consigned to Roth, Blum & Co., who paid all of the sellers except Mr. Hays. He immediately | began an action to recover the value of his | bogs. The defendants claim that Mickey was not their authorized agent and had no authority to purchase from Hays for them. ¥YUOLO COUNTY LITIGATION. | A Land-Owner to Be Arrested for Steal- ing a Brick House. WOODLAND, CAr., Feb. 28.—A warrant was issued in the Justice Court to-day for arrest of Fred Henrich, a land-owner of this county, charging him with stealing a brick house. E. 8. Eastham is the com- plaining witness. The trouble grew out of a dispute over an old mill property for- merly located at Madison, and which was iestroyed by fire. There has been a great | 1 of litigation over the property, and | there is likely to be much more. When the mill was burned, the brick walls were left standing, and Fred Hen- rich, who claimed the ownership, took the walls down and moved the brick away, using them to construct another building. The warrant for Mr. Henrich’s arrest is out, but he has not yet been taken into custody. e SEATTLE'S WHITE ELEPHANT.= | Judgment Given the Builder of a Big Hotel That Was Never Opened. SEATTLE, Wasn., Feb. 28.—In the Su- r Court to-day Judge Humes ren- ered a decision awarding F. 8. Potvin, the ilder, judgment for $210,000 against the Denny Hotel Company, holding also that his claim takes priority over that of the Cornell University for large sums of money advanced to the company. Potvin, who | .s very prosperous at one time, bank- ted Limself in this contract, which was in 1889. The hotel, though practically ipleted five years ago, has never been din operation. The property is esti- plac mated to be worth a half million dollars. o THF COMETS. FProfessor Holden Makes an Explanation of Interest to Astronomers. MOUNT HAMILTON, CaL., Feb. 28.— Science Observer (special circular No. 111), dated February 20, from Boston, just received at-the Lick Observatory, contains information which seems to clear up the uncertainty heretofore existing regarding the discovery of comet A, 1896. From thts circular it seems that the ob- servation obtained at Kiel on February 13 was of Perrine’s comet. of . 1895 (¢), and that there was an error in the message received at the Lick Observatory, which gave its right ascension as 19h 15m 45.9s, lustead of 19h 45m 47.9s. MIXING UP | annuity, | weeks ago and has since been despondent. ‘aminulmn of Detective H. L. Coyne, | nificent stone residence of T. D. Stimson, | nese, who have insidiously and persever- by the court as to their duties and powers a3 trustees, and as to when the annuity to Mrs, Lizzie Pratt should begin. The court decided that Mrs. Pratt was entitled to an and uxpnn this decision the | trustees moved for a new trial, on the ground that the court bad no authority for making such a judgment. Rl i TRAGEDY AT NAPA, Attempt of a Man Out of Employment to End His Life. NAPA, Car, Feb. 28.—James Adams, 40 vears of age, atterupted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor this morning. Adams was found in a barn near the county infirmary by two boys. His throat was cutfrom eartoear. Adams was | taken to the infirmary, where physicians stopped the flow of blood and sewed up the wound. It was also found tbat he had cut bis right arm near the elbow. Adams, who has been working on ranches near here, lost his position a few The county physician says that chance for recovery. LOS ANGELES DYNAMITER Detective Coyne Arraigned for the Alleged Throwing of a Bomb. e hasa Millionaire Stimson Tells of the Threats Preceding the Explosion at His Home. LO8 ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 28.—The ex- charged with trying to blow up the mag- the muiti-millionaire, on Figueroa street, a few weeks since, began at 9 o'clock this morning, in the township court, before Justice Young. A good deal of work has been done by the Police Department since Coyne’s arrest, and it showed in the pre: ence of some witnesses by whom it is ex- | pected to very closely conncct the de- | fendant with the affair. Mr. Stimson’s story was given at length, his examination occupying the entire morning. He told how he first came to meet the young man. It was several weeks before the explosion, and came about through a piece of work that he | wanted done—the accompanying of his son to Mexico. He had Coyne make the trip, and it was four weeks afterward that a borab was explodad at his residence. The first time Coyne spoke to him about impending trouble was not long after he returned from Mexico. He came to his | office in _the Stimson block and told him | that he had learned that a crook was in | town from Mexico, and that some danger | threatened the millionaire which he would | find out about. Coyne did not know | whether the crook had come for robbery or murder, but he knew where he was and | with skeleton k he would enter his room and could tell from the nature of the tools be had brought with him just what | his purpose was. ;Coyne came to Stimson’s office again after the explosion, said there wasto be another explosion and wanted $70 to pay up some debts, buy a yalise and get out of the country before the bomb- throwers could find bim and kill him, as they would surely do. Devendorf, Stimson’s bookkeeper, and | Fay, a son-in-law, testified that Coyne told them substantially the same storie’. e L, INROADS OF JAPANESE. Thirty - fivre Los Angeles Restaurants Owned by Subjects of the Mikado. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Feb. 28.—The call by the labor councils for a mass-meeting to be held in this city on the night of February 7 to agitate the checking of the inroads of Japanese and Chinese into all classes of industries is causing consider- able interest and comment. The crusade is directed principally against the Japa- ingly wpushed their way into many branches of trade and employment here. Their method has been to usurp the places of white men at the restaurants by offering to work for less wages and by slipping in during the periodic labor dis- agreements between employer and em- loyed, When the white employer has come discouraged with small profits or desires a change they have stood ready to buy him out and thus secure an estab- lished business with white patrons, until at present they own thirty-five restaurants in the'city where fair meals are served for 10 cents. They work largely on the co- operative plan, which seems to be a com- plete success, The alarm at their encroachment is be- ginning to be felt outside of labor circles, where the brown mcn are doing the great- est harm, and the movement inaugurated by the labor councils is intended to create a geueral public sentiment. Atsome of the restaurants they have secured liquor licenses, and it is beheved they will shortly reach for the saloon business. They seem to easily crawd out any white opposition by their cheap methods,; and the laboring classes feel that they must make the fight of their lives for seli-preservation. LI To Pardon a Butte County Roy. CHICO, Car., Feb. 28.—A petition to Governor Budd for a pardon for David Johns, a Butte County boy now in San Quentin, has been signed by a majority of the jury that convicted him and by many prominent citizens. On September 5, 1894, Johns was convicted in the Superior Court of this county of having stolen two cows. RO Found Dead at Spokane. SPOKANE, Wasn., Feb. 28.—John Sutherland, a plumber from Everett, Wash., was found dead in his bed ina cheap lodging-house this evening. He grabably committed suicide. Sutherland The declination agreed with that ob- tained here. As has already been stated a ad been in the city a couple of weeks, during which time he was continually in- toxicated. SAN LUIS LOSES A VALUED CITIZEN, Death of Charles W. Dana After a Lingering Illness. TWO YEARS AN INVALID Stricken by Dropsy While Hold- ing the Office of County Clerk. A NATIVE OF THIS STATE. Was a Grandson of Don Carlos An- tonio Carillo, Once Governor of California. SAN LUIS OBISPO, CArL., Feb. 28.— Charles W. Dana, ex-County Clerk and one of the most valued and popular citi- zens of this part ot California, died at his people who are preparing to establish a colony in Northern California, and are a portion of a committee sent here to view the land of the Ashurst colony and to pass judgment upon it. The visitors were this afternoon taken for a drive over the Rancho Chico, through groves of fruit trees laden with fragrant blossoms. They were greatly pleased with what they sa e e STOCKTON POLICE ROW. Excitement Causcd by the Removal of Two Officers. STOCKTON, CaL., Feb. 28.—The whole city is discussing to-night the action of the Police and Fire Commissioners in re- moving Officer Charles Field and Officer Gayou from the police force. Itis claimed by the friends of the officers that it is a move of the A. P. A. to oust all persons distastetul to the present city administra- tion. Mayor Baggs and the Commission- ers, on the other hand, affirm that they are but seeking to increase the efficiency | of the Police and Fire departments and that no volitical or religious preferences will influence the board in what it consid- ers its plain duty. The excitement in the courthouse to- night when Officer Field was removed on the charge of changing an entry on the prison register from -‘drunk’’ to “lodger” was intense. The Commissioners, how- ever, are proceeding very carefully, and, it is said, submit their findings to an emi- nent attorney before presenting them, in order not to inyolve the board i legal complications. Mayor Baggs is support- ing the board. - B BRIDGING DRX CREEK, Rapid Progress Made by the Koad Constructors. STOCKTON, Caw., Feb. 28.—The center span and otber timbers of the Valley road across Dry Creek reached there this morn- ing. The briage will be completed ia ten Valley THE LATE CHARLES W. DANA. home in this city at about 1 o’clock this| morning of dropsy, after a lingering ill- ness of nearly two years. The deceased was one of the oldest na- tive sons, having been born in this county on June 27, 1837. He was a representative of distinguished families, being the son of Captain William G. Dana and Josefa Ca- | rillo de Dana, who was a daughter of Don | Carlos Antonio Carillo, one of the Mexican Governors of California. Captain Dana was one of the celebrated Dana family of Boston, a well-known member of which was Richard H. Dana, the author. Captain Dana, as a trader, became well acquainted with the western coast, and in 1825 he located in Santa Barbara, being the first English-speaking person to land there. After the captain’s marriage in 1828 ne became naturalized as a citizen of the Mexican republic, and in 1835 obtained a grant of the Nipomo rancho (in San Luis Obispo County), containing 38,000 acres. The Dana family still holds pos- session of a large portion of this estate. Charles W. Dana was educated with especial care, attending schools in Mexico and in the Eastern States. He was a fine scholar, extensively read, and had a com- prehensive knowledge of law. He was a member of the Republican party from the time of its organization in this State, and held important offices for a period of twenty - three years. In 1859 he was chosen clerk of the Board of Trnstees of this City. In 1861 he was elected member of the Assembly to represent the counties of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara, the latter then including Ventura County. In the succeeding election Santa Barbara was accorded the Assemblyman, and Dana was elected Clerk of this county by a large majority. From that time, 1863, to 1875 he was regularly elected to the office. In 1875 he was defeated by Nathan King, but on King’s death in 1883, Dana was ap- pointed to the office, and subsequently held the position by virtue of election up to the time of his sickness in the latter part of 1895. In 1881 he was chosen Mayor of San Luis Obispo, and in 1883 was elected City Clerk. Hc served the public faithfully and well, and maintained the respect and esteem of all parties, The people had ex- plicit confidence in him. Mr. Dana was once favorably mentioned for Clerk of the Supreme Court, and was in 1882 tke Republican nominee for mem- ber of the Siate Board of Equalization, but was defeated by Markiey. His gener- | osity was unbounded, and his substantial charities made him beloved by the poor. In 1866 the deceased was married to Miss Blanding Esquer, daughter of General Ignacio Esquer, of Monterey County, and the issue of the union are seven children. Besides his own immediate family the de- | ceased leaves ten brothers and one sister to mourn his loss. It is only a few weeks | since a daughter, Miss Fidelia, was united in marriage. to C. Bushnell Hughston, a nephew of Myron Angell, the historian of San Luis Obispo County. It was not then thought that Mr. Dana was so near disso- lution. 2 2 The death of few men will be more widely lamented in the counties of Mon- terey, Santa Barbara and San Luis Q bispo thaa that of Charles W. Dana. | CHICO’S EASTERN GUESTS. Advance Guard of Colonists Chicago Entertained. CHICO, CavL., Feb. 28.—Messrs. Homer ! ‘Wilson, Theodore Perry and Theodore N. Case and Mrs. Ruth Prosser arrived in | this city this morning and registered at| the Park Hotel. These people have been at the Ashurst colony, near Kirkwood, Tehama County, for the past week. They From days. There are only four miles more before the Tuolumne River will be reached. The bridge men are now at work on that bridge. Thirty-four and one-half miles of track have teen laid, and the work is progress- ing more rapidly than ever before. As soon as Dry Creek and Tuolumne River bridges are completed the roadbed will be pusbed beyond there as fastasmen can make it. T e SANTA MONICA’S PRIDE. New Methodist Church Will Be Dedicated on the Sabbath. SANTA MONICA, Car., Feb. 23.—Santa Monicans in particular and Methodists in general all over Southern California are proud of the new house of worship of that denomination, which will be dedicated on Sunday. The building is the gift of a wealthy gentleman, who insists that his name be withteld from the public. Its construction cost nearly $20,000, and the church is entirely free from debt. The building is situated on the corner of Arizona avenue and Fourth street, with entrances through two towers eighty-five feet in height, one on each street. It is 66x43 feet in dimensions, with a main audience room 53x43 and two rooms adjoining, to be_used for the infant class and Epworth League respectively, and which can be opened into the main audi- ence room, giving it a capacity for seating 1000 worshipers, The building is lighted by electricity throughout, and the win- dows are fitted with artistic cathedral glass. There are a few larzer houses of worship in the south, but none that, for beauty of exterior and interior, symmetry of propor- tions, harmony of coloring and conven- ience for the purposes intended, are su- perior. PERSHED ON THE YUKDN Seattle Adventurers Believed to Have Lost Their Lives in a Storm. Ignored a Warning by Indians to Turn Back to a Place of Shelter. NANAIMO, B. C., Feb. 28.—L. S. Hodge, a newspaper man, formerly of Seattle,and a companion, a white man whose name is not known, are undoubtedly among the number of adventurous seekers for gold in the great Yukon country who will never return. A party of Indians arrived in Juneau this morning tell of the probable death of the pairin a terrific snowstorm. Hodge and his companion left Juneau about the last of December for Circle City via the Takou route and through Wilson Pass. They started in company with James Jackson and two other natives. Jackson is the mail-carrier for the Alaska Commercial Company. He and his com- panions were traveling with sleas drawn by dogs, while Hodge and his_companion were afoot and drawing their own sleds. After leaving the foot of Lake Le Berge the white men, unabl. to keep up with the Indians, were left to shift for themseives. It was between Lake Le Berge and Cas- siar Bar that the bearers of the news last saw the unfortunate gola-seekers. Hodge and his companion had thrown away their supplies, and were endeavoring to find a better trnil when the Indians came upon them. The white men refused to gomply to the urging of the natives to turn back. The Indians pushed on toward the camp at the foot of Lake Le Berge. Shortly after leaving the adventurers a terrific snowstorm came on. The Indians them- selves narrowly escaped with their lives into the cnmg. As neither Hodge nor his companion has since been heard from there can be but littie doubt as to their | clear and healthy complexion, with the LONG SLEFP OF AN ALBINA GIRL Miss Helen Burnham Has Been Slumbering for a Month. AWAKENS AT INTERVALS Has Opened Her Eyes but Three Times Within the Last Ten Days. IS RAPIDLY GAINING FLESH. During Brief Periods of Consciousness She Eats With a Ravenous Appetite. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 28.—For nearly thirty days Miss Helen Burnham of Albina, a suburb of this city, has been indulging in a sound sleep, awakening only at intervals of three or four days, when she eats enormous meals and at once returns to the arms of Mor- pheus. Medical men and scientists are puzzled over the remarkable case, and, to add to their dismay, there seems to be no likelihood thatv the young lady will be- come awake “for good”’ for some time to come, if at all. It appears that it was with great diffi- culty that Miss Burnham could grasp the principles of shorthand, notwithstanding tkat in all other studies she was very bright. This circumstance preyed so Leavily upon her mind that for several weeks she suffered from insomnia, during which time she lost twenty pounds in adi- pose tissue. She became quite sick, and at last Dr. C. S. Weber was called. The doctor, ascertaining that her trouble was due to loss of sleep and appetite, by reason of mental disturbance because she made no progress in her stenographic studies, ordered her to discontinue the study fora time and devote herself to some occupa- tion that would not tax her mentality. For a week this advice was followed, yet produced no beneficial results. The doctor then resorted to bromide of potassium to produce much-coveted sleep for Miss Burnham, and with startling re- sults. It is almost a month since the first and only dose was given her. The effect was marvelous, and it is alleged to be unparalleled in the history of materia medica. She slept for twenty-four con- secutive’ hours, and on the second day awoke with a ravenous appetite. After eating an abnormally large meal she again fell asleep, remaining in a somnolent state | another day, when she again awoke, very | hungry. This continued for two weeks, and at the expiration of that time the duration of sleeping periods was increased to forty-eight hours at a stretch; and at no time did she remain awake longer than an hour. ‘Within the past ten days Miss Burnham has awakened three times only, and at each time ate enough to satisfy the crav- ings of two hard-working, hungry men. Since her long sleep commenced she has grown quite fat and has a remarkably exception of a mark on her forehead in the shape of a well-formed Maltese cross. | Some of the superstitious friends of the Burnhams regard that mark as an ill omen; but Dr. Weber says it is nothing but an eccentric blood mark, which will vanish in time. INTHE SAN JOSE COURTS, Decision Involving the Status of Assigned Claims From Insolvents. Arrest of a Man Who Failed to Keep a Promise to Become a Benedict. SAN JOSE, CAL., Feb. 28.—A decision of more than usual interest was rendered by Judge Lorigan this morning for the plain- tiff in the suit of Heine Schmidt against Hill & Yard to recover $417 97 on an assigned claim from P. Bonte, a wholesale photographer of New York. Two years ago Hill & Yard went through insolvency and were discharged of their debts. Sub- sequently the suit decided to-day wascom- menced. The defendants contended that the claim of Schmidt was barred by the statute of limitations and that it was, further, not to be considered, as the firm of Hill & Yard had been discharged of their debts. Judge Lorigan held that, although there was no absolute acknowledgment of the debt in correspondence between Bonte and Hill & Yard, there was an expressed ad- mission and promise to pay the bill, and he ordered thntfljud'menl be given in full for the plaintiff.” As to the insolvency proceedings, the court held that the in- solvency laws of California had no opera- tion in New York, ana a discharge of the defendants from their liability of indebted- ness could not affect the plaintiff’s claim. A stay of execution was granted the defendants. e oAl e MARRIAGE OR A PRISON CELL. Failure to Keep a Betrothal Pledge Gets a Man Into Trouble. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 28.—Mary Rose, a Portuguese young woman, swore to a complaint before Justice Beggs this morn- ing charging-Antone V. Perry with failing to carry out his promise of marriage. The irl says that Perry and herself have been Fovers for two years, during which time he led her to believe he would marry her, and now he refuses to make his promise good. Perry was arrested and taken into court. His examination was set for March 4. Bail was fixed at $500. N Democratic Convention Called. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 28.—The Demo- cratic City Central Committee has named the evening of March 12 for holding the city convention to make nominations for th April election. The nominations will be for Mayor, Treasurer, Street Commis- sioner, Chief of Police and a Councilman and a School Trustee from each of the four wards. —— e High Court Delegates Named. SAN JOSE, CaLn., Feb. 28.—Court Gar- den City No. 7752, A. O. F., has electea F. W. Hogan and M. Perry delegates to represent s large number of Chicago fate. | the Subsidiary High Court of the Pacific Coast, which meets in Eureka in May. F. X. Hernandez and H. Kelley were elected alternates. Miss Lena Gunther and Mrs. C. Gregg will represent Garden City Circle No. 130, Companions of the Forest of the A. 0. F.,at the High Court of the Com- panions of the Forest at the same place. TOY-PISTOL PS EXpLODE. Terrible Burns Received by a Precocious San Jose Lad. SAN JOSE, Car., Feb. 28.—Clinton de Poister, n 10-year-old boy, while playing with a toy pistol at his home in Santa badly burned by the explosion of & quan- tity of vpaper caps in his coat pocket. A bunch of matches in the boy’s pocket be- came ignited, touching off the caps. The boy’s cries summoned his mother, who smothered the flumes, but not before the child’s hand was frightiully burned. Lt INT City Treasurer Permanently Restrained From Paying Water Works Bonds. SANTA CRUZ, CAL., Feb. 28 —The de- fendants in the case of I. L. Thurber and thirteen others, resident taxpayers of this city for eight years, against C. E. Wil- liams, City Treasurer, the City Water Company, the Holland Trust Company and Coffin & Stanton, having failed to answer the prayer of plaintiffs for a per- tual injunction restraining the City reasurer from paying any moneys in dis- charge of principal or interest of the $400,000 first mortgage bonds of the city water works, the plaintiffs have taken ad- vantage of the default, and the temporary injunction issued last June will be made erpetual and will be signed by Judge Ereen in tne stead of Judge Logan, the presiding Judge of the Superior Court, REND LAND IN LITIATION, Valuable Property That May Pass Into the Possession of a Halfbreed. SANTA CRU. UNCTION. Disposed of Originally by a Man Who Had Forged a Power of Attorney. CARSON, NEgv., Feb. 28.—The Evening News publishes the follo Papers were filed this afternoon with the clerk of the Unitea States court which will cause considerable anxiety to persons on land in the vicinity of Reno. These papers are signed by the Attorney-General of the United States and United States Attorney C. A. Jones, and allege as follows: Charles Musso, a Sioux hali-breed, re- sided on a reservation in Minnesota on July 17, 1854, when Congress passed the act giving to every Sioux half-breed 430 acres of any Government lands that were unsurveyed or subject to pre-emption. Five pieces of script were issued for said Charles Musso, whicn, it is alleged, he never received. The script was taken pos- session of by a special commissioner of the United States, appointed by the same act of Congress. He jorwarded it to the Su- perintendent of Indian Affairs in Minne- sota, who advertised for the owner, Charles Musso. The script was soon claimed by W. S. Chapman of Nevada, who presentea a power of attorney for said Charles Musso, which was signed in Hennepin, Minnesota, July 9, 1863. As such attorney, in fact, he executed a pretended relinquishment and received the script. alleged, nothing more or less than a forgery. Chapman applied for a patent on the land, which is near Reno, and received it on deptember 15, 1864. upon being made acvuainted with hi rights, applied for the script in April, 189 and in this way the fraud was discovere The establishment of the allegation, it is expected, will make the patent void, and the title of those now enjoying its benefits will be worthless and it will become the property of the haif-breed Indian. Twenty- one private individuals and the Sierra Nevada Lumber Company will be defend- ants in the case. Chapman was well known in Nevada in early days. s e Dt Suicide of a Tacoma Man. TACOMA, Wasn.,, Feb. 28.—James L. Lewis, the bookkeeper of the Tacoma Trading and Transportation Company, stepped out of his office this afternoon, walked through a warehouse to the wharf, placed the muzzle of a 44-caliber revolver 1n_his mouth and pulied the trigger. Lewis leayes a widow and a seven-year- old son. He was very well known. His parents live at Uniontown, Or. The cause of the act is believed to be the possibility that he would soon lose his position. Clara yesterday, had his left hand and thigh | The paper was, it is | In the meantime Musso turned up, and, | HORSES STARVING NEAR MODESTE, | Scores of Blooded Animals Dying on the Canty Ranch. |IN A BARREN PASTURE. The Thoroughbreds Said to Be the Property of “ White Hat” McCarty. FIFTY HAVE ALREADY DIED. Their Owner Will Not Pay for Feed- ing the Stock—An Agreement Broken. MODESTO, CArn., Feb. 28.—A band of between 250 and 300 thoroughbred horses are dying of starvation at the ranch of J. B. Canty, twelve miles south of Modesto. The animals are the property of Dan Me- Carty, known to turfmen of the United States as “White-hat”’ McCarty. McCarty and Canty entered into an agreement by which Canty was to pasture the stock and be paid monthly in advance. The first month’s payment was made, but no more. Notice was served by Canty, then he refused to feed the stock without pay, leaving the horses in a barren pas- ture. About fifty have starved to death | and still McCarty fails to pay. Canty can- not liberate the animals for fear of a dam- age suit and cannot claim them for their feed. McCarty’s first experience in this county was on the West Side, where he leased C. C. Eastin's ranch, never paid the rent ana waa ejected by the Sheriff. FRESNO’S RABBIT DRIVE. All Preparations for the Anmihilation of the Vineyardists’ Little Enemies Are Completed. FRESNO, Cal., Feb. 28.—The final pre- parations for the great rabbit drive and slaughter to-morrow have been made. Field Marshal Muller has completed his list of appointments of aids and lieuten- ants. This list will comprise about thirty persons on horseback, among whom are Butler B. Minor, J. M. Collier, Judge Crichton, Juage Short, Fulton T. Berry, M. Page Minor, Harry W. Skinner, D. Clarence Minor, B. R. Porter, George P. Thorton, A. L. Hobbs, R. M. Thompson and W. J. Dickey. The slauglter-corral is located east of McMullen station on the Tracy division of the Southern Pacitic Raiiroad. In the early morning the colonists of Caruthers and Easton will start the rabbits from their | localities toward the line of march. This main army of rushers will be arranged in crescent shape, with the points on a straight line with the two strings of fenc- ing. The great mass of humanity will | then move to the westward, the center aiming directly for the corral.’ As the lina moves forward it will gradually contract, so that by the time the fence-lines are reached the crowd will be from four to six deep. The line, at the time of forming, will be about five miles in length. Many visitors are in Fresno to see the slaugnter, and the town will be almost de- populated to-morrow when the drive be- gins. SNOWSLIDE IN THE CASCADES. Complete Blockade on the Great Northern Raroad. SEATTLE, Wasn., Feb. 28.—The land and snow slide on the Great Northern in the Cascade Mountains has developed into the most disastrous one in the history of the road. Rocks, trees and earth were swept down the mountain sides, carrying away snowsheds, bridging and tracks. There has been in consequence a complete blockade since Monday night, and through trains will probably not be running again before Sunday evening. NEW Department. $17.50 $9.50 $8.50 $8.50 $7.50 suit for twi Tweeds th goods ever fine finish, keauty, mo: Handsome at compel Black, Brown and Gray Cassimeres, Cassimeres, plain checks, Breasted Sack Snits. 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