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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 18986. IMPRISONED IN SWARTHOUT PASS, Rancher Lawrence Hemmed In by Walls of Snow. HE TARRIED T0O LONG. Delayed a Trip to the Valley and the Recent Storm Cut Off Escape. RESCUERS SENT TO HIS AID. When Last Seen His Larder Was Al- most Empty and He Was Threat- ened With Starvation. SAN BERNARDINO, CaL., March 9. Bwarthout Canyon, a desolate m vass about twenty miles east of here, Charles Lawrence is hemmed in by snow on his little ranch. Doubtless he is out of vrovisions, for when last seen his larder was about empty, and he was preparing to leave for safer shelter in the valley. he snow is from six to eight feet deep in the canyon and the rancher cannot cut his way through the ba at in a singl night cat off his esc But for the fact that he had a cow w h he could have killed, if necessity had demanded its sacri- fice, his death by starvation would seem inevitable. A rescue party was sent out this morn- ing by order of the Board of Super’ bring Lawrence out of his perilous posi- tion if possible. When the snow com- menced falling last Tuesday his neighbor, Witliam Guffy, s three miles d tant, determined to get out of the can at once, and drove over to Lawrenc who li 0! S| house to have the rancher leave with his , to remain there until awrence said he Wednesday. At that time the snow was four feet deep, and re was a heavy fall. untarily delayed his forced to remain against stock for the va the storm was now G the time left Lawrence had At s only a sack of potatoes and a little flour, and was feeding the potatoes to his horse and cov Without aic is impossible for the rancher to make his way out through | the snow, and he has probably ere this felt the pangs of hunger. The rescue party cannot return bef Tuesday, as the can- yon is twenty-five miles distant, and for over half the route the snow is so .deep that traveling will be exceedingly difficult and, it is feared, i SLALGHTER O C o THE IMOCENT Continued from First Page reported to have been made yesterday. | He is Sydney I. Dver, an Englishman, who was appoipted to the position from Spain. He is pxébul' engaged in business in Bilbao, as his income from his duties as consular agent amounted during the last fiscal year to $370 only. e BURN AN AMERICAN FLAG. Spain’s Riotous Students Are Xet on the Rampage. MADRID, Seaiy, March 9.—Quiet pre- vailed in the city of Valencia to-day. More arrests were made of persons who took part in yesterday’s riotous demon- strations. At Bilboa the manifestations against the United States were resumea to-day. A large crowd of rioters proceeded to the American consulate and stoned the gen- darmes who were guarding the building. Nine of the guard were severely injured. Reinforcements were hurriedly dispatched to the consulate, and upon their arrival a charge was made upon the mob, which was quickly dispersed. A score of the rioters were wounded by the gendarmes and six were arrested. The Heraldo says that the Hon. Hannis Taylor, the American Minister, is about to send his family away from Madrid. Their baggage was taken to the railway station to-day. The students at Salamanca paraded the streets to-day hooting and making other demonstrations against the United States. The Governor tried to pacify them, but his efforts were in vain. The crowd stoned the gendarmes, who finally dispersed them after they had burned an American flag. During the riotous proceedings several persons were injur REMONSTRANCE OF MERCHANTS, Protests Agawnst Action of the United States Congre. HAVANA, Cusa, March 9.—Merchants, political leaders and citizens generally have signed remonstrances against the action of the American Congress in the matter of acknowledging the rebels as bel- ligerents and also against the speeches de- livered in the Senate regarding Captain- General Weyler. Jose Gregorio Delgado, who was said to pave been killed in a fight on the Morales sstate, is not dead, but severely wounded. Kemarkable quiet prevails in this ci despite the reports of what is being done in Spain and Washington. No ex- citement is observable at the hotels or in the business districts. There is some talk among the Spaniards of a heated na- ture, but no open manifestations against Americans. A masked ball was held at the Tacon Theater last night. It was the largest of the season, fully 3000 persons, including a number of Americans, being present. The gayeties continued until a late hour. Reports have been received of numerous small encounters in the different prov- been no engagement of inces. There has sufficient importance to be called a battle. e PLANTATIONS DESTROXED. Insurgents of Cuba Continue to apply the Torch. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 9.—After | a stormy passage of eight days tice British steamer Viceroy, Captain Rollo, has.ar- rived at this port irom Cuba, and brings word of the further destruction of planta- tions by the insurgents. When at a place called _Vin. near to | ‘ Gibara, three men from the interior came aboard the vessel and sold milk. They had got through the lines of the insurgents in some way, but on their way back to the interior they were captured by the insur- gents and hanged. e { YOUNG AMERICA RETALIATES. Students in a Nebraska School Tear Up | a Spanish Flag. } LINCOLN, NEBR., March 9.—Studentsin | the eighth grade of the Park School to- day at a supposed pre-arranged signal made a rush for the Spanish flag which hangs on the walls, pulled it down and | tore it into shreds. The teachers were hardly given time to interpose objections, even were they so disposed. R No Mercy for Mrs Maybrick. LONDON, Exc., March 9.—The Daily News will to-morrow say that Sir Matthew White Ridley. the Home Secretary, after a | careful examination of the additional evi- dence submitted to him has decided that | no alteration should be made in_the sen- tence imposed on Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the American woman, who is undergoing life imprisonment on conviction of hav- ing poisoned her husband. i P e | Genmeral Booth Returns. | LONDON, Exe., March 9.— General | Booth, commander of the Salvation Army, arrived in London this morning from India, where he has been visiting in the interest of the army. He was met at the railway station by the chief officers of the organization, and after an exchange of greetings he proceeded to a hotel. B Caused a Slump in Kaffirs. LONDON, ExG., March 9.—On the Stock Exchange to-day a sensational rumor that Cecil Rhodes, the Prime Minister of Cape Coloey, bad been arrested caused a slump in Kaffirs. It is considered improbable that there 1s any truth in the rumor. Mr. Rhodes left Suez on February 9. He was | going to Beira. VICTIMS OF A MADMA, | One Man Killed, Three Seriously | Wounded and Many Others { Also Shot. Every Person Who Attempted to Interfere Fired Upon by the Lunatic. BROCKVILLE, Oxt., March 9.—One of the most terrible tragedies ever enacted in this vicinity took place here to-day. A maniac with a eun got loose on the streets, and as a result one man is dead, two are | fatally, three seriously and several others | slightly wounded. | It was shortly before noon a man named | La Pointe appeared on Perth street armed | | with a gun. No attention was paid to him | | until he suddenly and without provocation | opened fire on an old man named Peter Moore, who was approaching. The old man fell to the ground dead with a bullet | in his brain. Chief of Police Rose, who was near by, heard the shot and ran toward the scene | of the shooting. As soon as he appeared | { La Pointe fired at him. The charge struck |, | him 1n the preast, inflicting a wound that | | will undoubtedly prove fatal. | The next victim of the maniac was an | Indian, who came within shot and who | received a bad wound. Then Constable Lindsley, who had been informed of the | scene, took a hand in the fight. He ap- proached the place cautiously and found | La Pointe standing in the street and shoot- | ing at everybody he could see. Lindsley | got a shot at him, but missed, and before | | he could get another shot La Pointe shot | ih\m in the head and neck, and he fell, | fatally hurt. By this time all that part of town was in a ferment, and it was evident that the | only way La Pointe could be overcome would be to shoot him. A man succeeded in getting into the house opposite the place at which La Pointe was standing. | He fired at the crazy man from an up- stairs window and brought him down. | But before La Pointe fell he fired a last shot in the window from which he had been shot, but fortunately without effect. When he fell to the sidewalk he was quickly overpowered and jailed. In addition to those who were killed or badly wounded he succeeded in shooting six persons, inflicting wounds that will not prove serious. e OF INTEREST 7TO THE COAST. | Senator Perkins’ Bill to Regulate Liguor- Selling in Alaska. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9.—Sena- tor Perkins to-day called upon the Treas- ury Department conterning the applica- tion for the remission of the penalty in the case of the San FKrancisco vessels the Bowhead and Winchester. The Secretary will return on Wednesday, when the case will be taken up and disposed of. | The bill of Senator Perkins relative to liquor-selling in Alaska was introduced by him in the Senate to-day. It provides for a license of $600 per year in towns of 1000 inhabitants or oyer, and for $400 for towns of less population. The money so raised will be devoted to the public schools and public roads. Only | those who hold licenses are permitted to | import hquor into the Territory or to | manufacture it. The Senate Committee to-day reported favorably upon Perkins’ bill to erect at Monterey, Cal., 8 monument to the mem- ory of Commodore A. D. Sloat. The House to-day passed Representative Barbour’s bill changing the time for hold- i ing court in the Northern Judicial District of California. | Represeniative Hilborn to-day presented | a petition of citizens of Alameda County | praying for the passage of Johnson’s bill | placing a protective duty on agricultural | staples. The name of the postoffice at Tibbotts, | Inyo County, has been changed to Aber- deen. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original—John F. Woodward, Santa Monica; Hugh McMyers, North On- tario; William B. Sturges, Selma; James L. Whipple, Los Angeles; Reuben Meeks, Boulder Ureek. Additional—Charles B. Fenn. Avenal. Increase—James M. Smith, Sacramento; Varnum Westcott, Soledad. Oregon: Original — Joseph B. Ferris, Shaw; John B. White (deceased), Port- {land. Original widow—Sarah White, | Portiand. | Washington: Original—David Burton, | Cora. -— NOMINATIONS BY CLEVELAND. A List of Presidential Appointments Sewt to the Senate. WASHINGTON, . C., March 9.—The | President to-day sent to the Senate the following nominations: Postmasters, Cal- ifornia—Thomas Fox, Sacramento: Mary Bryce, Winters; Josephine J. Gaffney, Los Gatos; Lizzie M. Calder, Willows. United States Consuls—Clement J. Dietrich of Marland, at Nantes, France; Richard L. Miller of Virginia, at Hull, gland; Ethelbert Watts of Pennsyl- | vania, at Horgen, Switzerland. | To be Indian Inspector—John Lane of | Washington. Bergeant Joseph Dripps, Eighth Cavalry, and William F. Creary, Third Iniantry, and Corporals Edward T, Hartman, Sev- enth Infantry, and Howard W. French, ll‘im Cavalry, to be second lieutenants, CLOSING OF A SN JOSE BANK, The Commercial Fails to Open Its Doors for Business. NO ALARM IS FELT. Embarrassment of the Institu- tion Believed to Be Only Temporary. DEPOSITORS WILL NOT LOSE. President Murphy Says the Concern Is Solvent—Commissioners in Charge. SAN JOSE, CAr., March 9.—The Com- mercial and Savings Bank of San Jose failed to open for business this morning. The following motice was posted on the bank doors: SAN JosE, March 9, 1896. The Board of Directors of this bank bave found it advisable In the interest of all persons affected that this bank suspend its business and go into liquidation, which is therefore done. The ussets of the bank are largely in excess of its liabilities, and in the judgment of the officers the demands of all the depositors and creditors will bepaidin full. J. T. MCGEOGHEGAN, Cashier. The immediate cause of the suspension was the refusal by the institution’s San Francisco correspondents, Donohoe, Kelly & Co., to honor a couple of its checks. The bank had loaned so closely to the limit that this action caused temporary embarrassment, and liquidation was deemed advisable. The Commercial and Savings Bank is one of the oldest in the city and among its officers and in its directory are some of the wealthiest and best-known men of San Jose. Their integrity and financial standing is deemed a perfect assurance by every one that every dollar in tke institution is safe. The bank has a capital stock of $1,000,000, with $300,- 000 paid up in United States gold coin. Aside from this there was $255,000 in the surplus fund at the last annual meeting. This has since been increased to $280,000 and the bank has $580,000 from this source alone. The actual resources in all are $1,100,000 while the total liabilities are only $686,000. Thus it will be seen that all the aepositors are safe, and the stockholders as well. The officers are: B. D. Murphy, presi- dent and manager; James W. Findlay, vice-president; J. McGeoghegan, cashier; Henry Philip, secretary. All of these gentlemen are stockholders. Other prominent men of the city are large stock- | holders. The bank went through the distress of 1893 without a tremor. It simply needsa little time now, according to those who know the inside facts. The officers of the various banks of the city express utmost confidence that the embarrassment is merely temporary, and that the depositors will be paid] in full and the stockholders be out nothing. They point to the great weaith of President Murphy, and do not think the temporary suspension of the bank will cause any ap- prebension or excitement among the peo- ple of the county. J. W. Findlay, vice-president of the Commercial and Savings Bank, in an in- terview said: “The bank will pay every dollar it owes; every dollar due, whether to depositors or correspondents, will be paid in full. We have been accommodating our cus- tomers with loans, and we have loaned up very close. The conditions which have caused the action taken have been brought about by our San Francisco correspondents, Donohoe, Kelly & Co., refusing to nonor a couple of our checks. This action was unexpected and we were not orepared forit. This re- fusal is due to a recent change of officers in that institution. We are so closely loaned to the limit that we deemed it best to go into liguidation. There is not a shadow of occasion for any one to feel alarmed. “We have telegraphed] for the Bank Commissionersand they will come at once, as we understand. It is now expected that by to-morrow a detailed statement of the affair can be given the public through the Bank Commissioners. “Everything in connection with the bank is absolutely square and straight. There is nothing in any way wrong with the books, its resources or accounts. Free loans to our customers, and inability to collect at once when our checks were re- fused unexpectedly are the causes. We have sbundant resources in high-grade securi- ties to meet every cent of our obligations. “I wish especially to urge depositors in the savings department not to sell their pass books. To do so might be to suffer a discount loss and it is foolish to discount the deposit one cent, as every cent will be paid that their books call for. *There is another thing which I will say in justice to the other banks of this city: We do not owe any bank in San Jose one cent. So our closing our doors makes no difference to them since we neither owe them nor they us.”’ “We have suspended payment not on account of any lack of ultimate resources to liquidate our indebtedness, but becausa of the lack of funds immediately available to meet demands,” said Cashier J. T. Mc- Geoghegan. “This course was taken by the officers of the bank not because there has been any failure, but simply to prevent a crisis that might lead to a failure and loss. We closed our doors in order to prevent an occasion for forcing us to the wall on account of a lack of re- sources. Asfar as the securities in the present status of affairs are concerned, there is no possible doubt that there is more than once or twice over sufficient to pay any liabilities. The action of the Commercial Bank does not affect any other bank in San Jose.” Rush McComas, president of the Garden City Bank, said: *“As a fact it will be just a temporary difficulty. Mr. Murphy owns $250,000 worth of real estate. I have known his property, that lying between Santa Clara and Mountain View, for thirty years, and I consider it worth at least $120,000. Then he hasa one- sixth interest in the great S8anta Margarita ranch in San Luis Obispo County. Nego- tiations are now being conducted with an English syndicate for the sale of this very valuable property. He owns property also in Santa Barbara County. “The president of the bank is a wealthy man. His honor has never been im- pugned in the county. Ido notthink this matter will affect any other bank in this town.”’ H. W. Wright, the president of the Union Savings Bank, said: “Although they have decided upon liquidation, every- body will be paid in full, and there is no cause for alarm. There is no possibility of anybody losing a dollar.” Mayor Paul P. Austin, manager of the Security Savings Bank, said: “I have no doubt that the condition of the affairs of the bank is such that it will result in no loss to anybody and there is no reason for depositors to worry. I believe it to be only a temporary disaster. The final outcome will not result in loss to depositors, the same probably applying to stockhold- ers. The occasion which fed up to this step is purely within the bank itself, purely an internal affair. There are no banks in the State in a better condition to-day than the banks of Santa Clara County. ™ J. E. Auzerais, cashier of the Safe De- posit Bank, on behalf of the president, de- clared he was satisfied the depositors of the Commercial Bank would be paid in full. It will affect none of the other banks in town, and things will quickly resume their normal condition. The officers of the other banks expressed themselves with equal confidence regarding the ab- sence of any cause for alarm on the part of the public of this city. In an interview with a CALL representa- tive, B. D. Murpby, the president of the bank, said: “As regards the important action taken, it may be said simply that after due deliberation the directors of the bank deemed it advisable and for the best interests of all parties concerned—stock- holders and depositors. The best business sense that could be brought to bear upon the situation pointed to a sus- pension in order to liquidate. A number of large loans have been made, for which the securities are perfectly sound and good. The parties owing the bank were unable to raise money immediately in response to a call upon them. The demand of some deposi- tors upon the bank in consequence could not be met. Under these circumstances it was deemed best to go into liquidation in order to prevent a sacrifice ot securities. With time the depositors will be paid in full and a handsome balance will remain for the stockholders. “The Bank Commissioners are now on the ground and will make a thorough investi- gation of the affairs of the institution. As soon as they complete their work the statement will be given to the public. It is unnecessary at this time, only in the way of reassuring the depositors and other creditors, to emphasize the fact of the sol- vency of the bank. The statement of the Commissioners will speak for itself and there is no possible doubt that there will be fully as favorable a showing as could be claimed even by the most san- guine official of the bank. “During the investigation by the Bank Commissioners the Board of Directors will meet and consult upon the situation every day. After the report of the Com- missioners is furnished, a working com- mittee will be appointed. The notes and other securities will then be taken in | hand and realized upon as fast as business prudence and care to avoid needless sacri- fice will warrant. Of course so important a step was not taken by the directors with- out due deliheration and consideration of every interest involved. A phase of the situation which is fortunate for commercial interests in San Jose is that our bank had no possible connection with any other in the city. It does not owe any other bank in town anything, nor did any of them owe us & cent.” Bernard D. Murphy is one of the best known public men in the State. Many Democratsof California have long regarded him as the ideal candidate for Governor, but somehow he has always fallen a little short of a party nomination for that high office. He has been honored with the office of Mayor of San Jose, State Sen- ator from Santa Clara County and often the position of chairman of the Democratic State convention. s The Murphy family is one of the oldest and richest in California. B. D. Murphy is supposed to be worth very nearly a mil- lion dollars, but recently he has felt the need of ready cash. The Murphy ranch of 5000 acres at Mountain View is said to be worth $150 per acre. The ability of the bank to pay depositors and protect stockholders is not questioned by men who are familiar with the resources of the institution. s BARRON CASE CONTINUED. The Mulatto’s Claim Not to Be Heard Until the Will Contest Ends. SAN JOSE, CaL., March 9.—Judge Rey- nolds this morning made an order con- tinuing the suit of Edward Andrew Bar- ron, the mulatto claimant to the Barron millions, until after the contest of the will of Edward Barron by George E. Barron {ms been decided. The order is as fol- ows: The issues arising upon the complaint of Edward Andrew Barron, claiming to be heir to said Edward Barron, deceased, having been set for trial upon stipulation of said parties herein, it now appears to the court that said issues are not in a condition to be tried, and it is ordered that the case be stricken from the calendar. It beingclaimed by plaintiff that the Sending contest of the will of Edward Barron, eceased, is merged in this contest, and it be- ing conténded by counsel for George E. Bar- Ton that issues arising on the complaint can- not be tried until the contest of the will of Ed- ward Barron has been decided; and counsel | for other defendants insisting that the issues arising on this complaint should be tried with- out reference to the will contest, and which must be decided before a distribution of the es- tate shall be tried, such issues arising upon this complaint that can be tried before the contest of the will is disposed of will be set for trial as soon as they are in a condition to be tried, not earlier than May 1 next. dmase Lol Fired by Incendiaries. SAN JOSE, CaL., March 9.—At an early hour this morning an attempt was made to burn a vacant house on White street, near the Alameda. The fire was discov- ered and extinguished before any damage was done. The under portion of the rear porch had been soaked with coal oil and there were other evidences of incen- diarism. Port Townsend Factory Reopens. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., March 9.— The steel-wire nail works, one of the larg- est on the Pacific Coast, after being closed down for the past eighteen months, will resume work to-morrow. The machinery will be operated day and night, and the output will be 800 kegs of nails daily. Manager Lively now has orders for 100,000 kegs of nails. e e Portland’s Schoal Election. PORTLAND, Or., March 9.—The Amer- ican Protective Association candidate for School Trustee, J. P. Finley, was defeated by R. K. Warren in to-day's election by 639 votes. The contest was one of the most exciting ever hela in the city. ‘Women turned out in large numbers to vote, and school children were pressed into service to canvass for candidates. L g Modesto Guardianship Decided. MODESTO, CAn., March 9.—Superior Judge Minor to-day randered a decision 1n the guardianship case of little Sallie Cobb, who was brutally beaten about six weeks ago in San Francisco by her father, known as George St. Clair. The decision gave he guardianship to her uncle, Thomas 'W. Johas, l NOGALES GUARDED BY GENDARMES, Mexican Troops Sent to Repel a Threatened Invasion. SANTA TERESA’'S PLANS. Her Force May Have Already Crossed Into the State of Sonora. APPROACHES ARE WATCHED. Customs Collector Webb Receives Or- ders From Washington to Be Alert. NOGALES, Ariz., March 9.—Every pre- caution 18 being taken to frustrate the de- | signs of Lauro Aguirre and Flores Chapa, who, with their followers, are on their way to the Mexican border to organ- ize a revolution against the Mexican Gov- ernment. The Governor of Sonora has ordered the gendarmes to hold themselves in readiness to head off the revolutionists should they attempt to enter the State, and a company of gendarmes arrived at Nogales this morning under the command of Kosterlitski, to guard this port. It is believed the route taken by the would-be revolutionists from their beadquarters at | San Jose, near Solomonville, Ariz., is up the San S8imon Valley, only twyo days’ ride from the San Bernardino ranch, where they will cross the boundary into Mexican territory from San Bernardin: hey will likely pass along the Sierra Madre range of mountains to the headwaters of the Yaqui River, there to unite with the Yaqui Indians, over whom Santa Teresa, the ud- viser of Aguirre and Chapa, bas great power. The Mexican authorities here have little to say about the affair, and attemnted to divert public atiention by there is nothing more serious in it than a big smuggling scheme. Colonel Fener- chio of the Mexican army the whole party will be killed before it gets thirty miles into Sonora, if the plotters cross the line. Aguirre for some time edited the Inde- pendent at Nogales in the interest of Santa Teresa, and the M ans do not take much stock in his ability to lead a revolution; but Chapa is a bright fellow, who was at one time editor of a revolu- tionary paper at El Paso, Texas, and was one of the leaders of the Garcia revoluiion in Mexico, on the Rio Grande, several years ago. He, with a lot of the discon- tented and defeated Garcia revolut have made their headquarters and around Solomonville, Morenci, Clifton and the upper Gila River Valley in Angonia nists, | since their exile from Mexico, and it is believed all of these desperadoes are with the party. Santa Teresa went to Solomonville about three months ago from Nogales, where she had lived for three years, an exile from Mexico because she caused the Yaqui In- dians to revolt against the Mexican Gov- ernment. She is a spiritnalistic fanatic and has peculiar magnetic powers. By exercising weird occultism she has caused | herself to be looked upon by the ignorant Yaquis as a saint, and they will do any- thing she tells them to do. Before she was exiled by the Mexican Government she incited several revolutions among the Yaquis. She hates President Diaz and all of his officials. The Mexican officials here estimate that she caused the death of more than 2000 people during the revolu- tions caused by her, and if she or her fol- lowers are caught on Mexican soil they will all be shot on the spot. The following telegram was received by Collector Webb from the United States Marshal at Tucson, which shows that the authorities at Washington have been ad- | vised of the contemplated revolution: TUCSON, ARz, March 9.—To Collector of Customs S. F. Webb, Nogales, Ari vised from Washington that Lauro Aguirre and Flores Chapa are reported to be en route to Nogales to organize for a Mexican revolu- tion. Instruct mounted inspectors to keep a good lookout and advise me by telegram of | any news of said pal or their confederates. W. K. MEADE, United States Marshal. The American cfiicers all along the bor- der have been notified to keep a close watch for the revolutionists and any news of them will be red to Nogales imme- mediately, but as it is only two days’ ride from Solomonville to the border at San Bernardino they may now be on Mexican soil. FRENCH CAMP TRAGEDY A Discharged Cook Shoots His Successor When His Back Is Turned. The Victim of His Cowardly Act Is Near Death—Patients Threaten a Lynching. STOCKTON, CaL., March 9.—Walter G. Mackay, a discharged employe of the County Hospital at French Camp, to-day attempted the murder of Bernard Cook, who had taken his place. Mackay was formerly head cook at the county institu- tion, but was discharged last month for drunkenness. This morning he visited the hospital, shook hands with Cook and the attaches. When the latter left the room he stepped up behind Cook, placed a revolver at his back and fired. Ralph Farnsworth, another employe, heard Cook’s scream as the bullet struck, and dashed into the room. Mackay rushed at him with the revolver. Farnsworth turned and ran, followed along the porch in front of the door by Mackay, who de- clared there were three men in the hos- pital he intended to kill. Ashs= attempted to shoot Farnsworth, William Brown, the head nurse, sprang upon him. Mackay told Brown he intended to kill him, too. A struggle then ensued for the posses- sion of the gun, Mackay being finally over- powered. By this time the poorhouse and hospital patients heard that Mackay had shot Cook. The latter was a favorite with | cial I am ad-| them. The patients threatened alynching. Sheriff Cunningham reached the scene be- fore they could carry out their threats and brought the shooter to jail. Cook is seriously wounded and may die. Physicians have been unable to locate the bullet, which entered below the eleventh rib at the left side of Cook’s back. The wounded man seems to have been marked by misfortune for its own. He was in- jured by a glancing bullet at Tracy re- cently when the conductor of a train was putting off some tramps and was com- pelled to use a revolver. He was then taken to the hospital, and being friendless and out of work the officials placed him in the kitchen. There he worked faith- fully under Mackay, and later under Mackay’s successor, finally being pro- moted to the position of head cook. Uil 3 N R FOR A LEVEE AND CANAL. Stockion Votes to Ballot Upon a Bond Proposition. STOCKTON, CaL., March 9.—At a meet~ ing of the City Council held this evening plans were adopted and it was decided to submit to the people at a spe- election, to be held on Monaay April 13, the proposition of bonding the town in the sum of $140,000 for the purpose of building a levee and canal out on the eastern border to carry off the sur- plus water in freshet seasons and thus rotect the town from overflows. The two evees for that purpose start on either bank of Mormon channel, three miles cast of town, the whole forming an im- mense triangle, with a ditch forming one leg of the triangle and the levees forming the others, protecting about 24,000 acres. — VALLEY ROAD PROGRESS. Rails Soon to :Be Stretched Across Dry Creek Bridge. STOCKTON, CaL., March 9.—Work on the Valley road is progressing very rapidly. The bridee across Dry Creek will be far enough alone to admit of the laying of steel across by Saturday of this week, when track-laying will immediately proceed to the Tuolumne river, a distance of four miles. This can possibly be covered in three days. The bridge across the Tuolumne will oc - cupy considerable time in building, as there will be two spans of 150 feet each and three spans of eighty feet each. WILL LEAVE ESQUIMALT. Two British Cruisers Suddenly Ordered to Honolulu on a Mysterious Mission. VICTORIA, B. C., March 9.—Unexpected orders were received by H. M. S. Comus and Pheasant on Sunday. The Comus is now in drydock being overhauled. The work is being rapidly pushed to comple- tion, it being expected that the two cruisers will start on Saturday for Hono- lalu, Their object in proceeding to that port is unknown except to the admiral, who re- | ceived cable advice on Sunday on which immediate action was required. It is given out that the vessels’ work will sim- ply be to protect British interests in case of a revolution. The Pheasant had in- tended going to Bering sea in a short time. g Santa Barbara’s D guished Guests. SANTA BARBARA, Car., March 9.— A special engine came in late yesterday bringing Fred Crocker's private car. witn Will H. Crocker and family and the Prince and Princess Poniatowski. The party pro- ceeded at once to one of the pretty Crocker cottages, which has recently been fur- nished in most artistic taste, and where they will make a prolonged sojourn, tarry- ing until after the flower festival. A TorToNATE COMBINATION OF THR Liver and Kidney Rm& Blocd Puarifler, In‘existence. A compound of the juices of Vegetable Altevatives indigenous to California. THE EDWIN W. JOY COMPANT,. 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