The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1896. THREE BALLOTS VET 0 BE TAKEN, Increase of the Anxiety of the Party Leaders of Kentucky. FOR THE LAST EFFORT. Republicans Determined to Elect Boyle to the United States Senate. BLACKBURN'S CHANCES WANE. Democrats Defeat Legislation of the Session by Blocking Measures in the Senate. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 13.—Only three more ballots can be taken for United States Senator, and as time brings the final ballot nearer, the anxiety of the party leaders becomes more feverish. It be- tokens a forthcoming struggle as a last ort to elect, but whether that will take place to-morrow, Monday or Tuesday none but the leaders can say, if even they know. There are very few who believe a Sena- | tor can be elected, and these few believe that if any can it will be a Republican. ong these are St. John Boyle himself and his leaders and advisers. As for the Blackburn leaders, they have g him and are given up hopes of electi centering all their energies upon prevent- r yle's election, and that vhy they having so many of their friends State House each day. ible, prevent Wood ering the House and d Sendtors James and approached members were bing for his appearance in 5 he did not come. Sen- nes and Walton were in the d sat out. the joint assembly, no being made by the Democrats to 1 removed. int assembly took another fruit- ot at noon. The vote stood: 1 50, Carlisle 13, Buckner 1. No n voted. 5 the usual amount of vaporing | k, but no blood pilled. The Sheriff 1 a number of deputies were in the State | he request of the Governor, but ere not required. yvernor Bradley stated most that he would not cail an | The financial legislation | \ the Legislature es have passed the wung up in the Sen- | A is a leader of the | Derocrats made it his boast to-day that | one of these measures would ever pass | in M.e Senate, the object being to cripple Republican Government. In view of ne attitude of the Democratic majority of the Senate in this particular the Governor | co ers that it would be useless to call an extra session. Senator ate. OF OHIO. SILVER ME They Hold a Strong Session and Indulge | in Sarcasm. . | CLEVELAND, Onmo, March 13. — A | meeting of silver men, representing nearly ever county in Ohio was held at the Hol- | lenden Hotel to - night. It was stormy from the outset, and veral junctures it seemed that the meeting would be forced to adjourn. The main source of contention was the proposition of A. A. Brown of Cincinnati—that four silver men be recommended to the Democratic State convention as delegates at large to the Na- tional convention. Arguments pro and con on the political advisability of the motion were hotly made, sarcasms, satire | and innuendo being freely handed about. The motion was finally laid on the table. At an early hour Saturday morning the meeting adjourned. It <ely that an- other meeting will be held. i e N McKinley’s Name Applauded. PITTSBURG, Pa, March 13.—A mass- meeting to boom William McKinley for the Presidency was held 1n old City Hall to-night. The attendance is estimated at 2500. Every mention of McKinley’s name was the signal for applause. Plans were | yperfected for a McKinley organization and | & vigorous campaign. NORTHERN PACIFIC PLANS. Reorganization to Be Financiered by ~ Morgan & Co. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 13.—It is un- derstood that the Northern Pacific plan of reorganization will shortly be issued. It provides for an assessment of $10 per share on the preferred and $15 per share on the | commion stock, for which no security will be given. The preferred stock, however, will receive a portion of its fuce value in rst preferred stock. The common 1 receive less than its present face new common stock. W value E PR The consol bonds will receive first pre- ferred stock to the extent of at least the face value of their bonds. They wiil prob- ahly receive some security in adjustment or overdue interest. Thebond charges of the new capital will not be far from | $6,000,000, about the figure named by Mr. Hillin the London agreement. Itis un- aerstood that there will be a voting trust of at least three members and possibly five. J. P. Morgan and August Belmont wiil be among the trustees and it is prob- able that the Deutsche Bank will be directly represented. Itis not likely that James J. Hili will be directly represented. The | plan will be financed by J. P. Morgan | & Co. Failure of otd Firm, BALTIMORE, Mp., March 13.—Meyer, Reinbard & Co., clothing manufacturers for forty years. made adeed of trust for 1he benefit of their crediters to-day. The rs of the firm also made individual of trust. The trustee is Matthew 2 retired capitalist. Liabilities e.su-l nated at $250,000 and assets sw.s.ooo,l H nembe Shrinkage in vauues and bad debts were the cause. —_————— DECLINE IN°MAY WHEAT. | Theve Was a Rush to Unload in the Chi- cago Pit. CHICAGO, TvL., March 13.—There, was a big brea wheat on the Board of q ¢ to-day, May selling nearly 2 cents under the closing price yesterday and 1 cent below the opening price to-day. The market opened weak on the deprelsll"lg cables and generally finer weather, the | case wiil probably start being 6314 cents to 633 cents, which was the curb price yesterday. There was a wild rush of the longs to unload and selling by the discouraged holders of May wheat. The covering by shorts and buy- ing by New York houses helped to sup- ort ‘the market for a short time. The igh point of the day for May was t»% ts. The price deciined steadily unti 6214 cents was reached, the lowest point for two months. The market closed at that figure. oL s Aimed at Big Hats. COLUMBUS, Ommo, March 13.—Repre- sentative Fosdick of Cincinnati introduced a bill to-day making it a misdemeunf)r to wear a hat in a theater while witnessing a performance. It provides a penalty of from $2 to §10 fine. It isof course aimed at the big theater Lats. Action was post- poned. — Southern Pacific Earnings. NEW YOR Y., March 13.—The Soutbern Pacific system reports for Jan- 942,492, a de- expenses $2,671,325, de- and net earnmngs of $1,271,167, increase $146,455. - GENERAL WALKER'S LETTER. It Puts a New Phase on the Blue and Gray Controversy. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 13—A Journal special from Richmond, Va., says: General I. N. Walker has senta letter from the headquarters of the G. A. R. -at !n< dianapolis to an editor friend in this city denying that he ever made the statements with reference to the Blue and Gray parade credited to him. “I entertain no such sentiments toward the men who stood up in the ranks on the other side and gave me & manly chance for my life in battle. We fought it out like men and I believe that | the matuer should be buried forever.” This letter has attracted very general attention in Confederate circles. A circu- lar inviting Southern veterans to attend the laying of the cornerstone of the Jeff Davis ‘monument, in_which reference is made to Walker’s sentiments, has just been prepared. 1e letter was to have been con- sidered to-day by & sub-committee, but General Walker's letter puts a new phase on the matter. JLL SONOMA BALLOTIG Denizens of the Guerneville Red- woods Are Backing Their Favorite. Parachute Descents and Bromco “Busting” to Electrify the Visiting Crowds. SANTA ROSA, CaL., March 13.—A spe- cial committee of ladies, consisting of Mrs. E. F. Woodward, Mrs. L. W. Burris and Miss Isabel Donovan, re-enforced the | regular decoration committee to-day on a visit to the Board of Supervisors. The board was asked to decorate the court- house with evergreens and azaleas for the coming carnival, ata cost of about $100. All of the members of the board seemed willing to comply with this reasonable re- quest except Chairman Hall, and neither the beauty of the ladies nor the eloquence of the gentlemen could obtain - from the economical presiding officer more than a promise to consider the matter. It is now definitely settled that Ronco- vieri's American concert band, of thirty- five pieces. will be engaged for the corona- tion concert. as well as to lead the parade and play for the floral ball. nell, a bailoonist and parachute- jumper from Sacramento, will risk his neck twiee during the festival for the edi- fication of the crowds, and a swarthy gen- tleman from Mexico with an unpronounc- able name will ride fiery, untamed bron- cos, which will probably be purchased irom some of the streetcar companies of San Francisco. Captain John H. Witts of the Crescent Cycle Club of Fall River, Mass., wheeled into town to-day and is the guest of the Santa Rosa Bicycle Club. Captain Witts has just finished a trip across theconti- nent on his wheel and will be in attend- ance at the carnival. He wasshown the sights of the city to-day, and, among other things of interest, saw the big hallot-box, half-full of silver-laden envelopes, by which the contest for. Queen will be de- cided. Captain Witts soon became affected by the voting mania, and during the afternoon deposited over 500 votes for his favorite candidate. Miss Julia Guerne has forged steadily | ahead all day and is now thought to be leading in the contest. Miss Guerne is the aaughter of George Guerne, the well- known breeder of trotting horses, from whom the town of Guerneville takes its name. That she is an exceedingly popu- lir young lady is evidenced by the heavy vote that bas been polled for her every day during the contest. Ben Pippin, Marshal of Guerneville, while in town recently said that his town would have a candidate in the race for whom the boys from the redwoods wonld go to the bottom of their purses. Mr. Pippin quaintly declared that his candi- date *‘might not be the bell-cow, but would travel well up in the herd.” # The vote will be counted to-morrow at 1 o’clock p. M. and again at 7 inthe evening. ECCERE T LOS ANGELES JURY DISAGREES. ~No Verdict Reached in the Lowry Em- bezzlemant Case. LOS ANGELES, CaL., March 13.—After being out twenty-eight hours in a vain endeavor to agree the jury in the F. E. Lowry embezzlement case was discharged at 7:30 o’clock this evening. The jurors refused to say how they stood, but it is rumored that on the last vote eleven were for conviction and one for acauittal. Friends of Lowry crowded around him andeoffered congratulations. Lowry him- self seemed elated, and he and his faithful wife, who has stood heroically by him since the beginning of the trouble, ieft the Courthouse !0??[1}91" looking happier than in many months before. A retrial of the on be ordered. bt S s Los Angeles Lawyer Arvested. LOS ANGELES, CaL., March 13.—M. V. Biscailuz, who was at one time a man of wealth and an attorney of local renown, was artested to-day on a charge of embez- zlement. ‘T'he complaining witnessis Mrs. Aguilar, a poor widow, who has a son in San Quentin. She alleges that she some time ago gave Biscailuz $1250 to send to | her boy, who was sick in prison. Bis- cailuz pretended that he sent the money, but she afterward learned from her son and the prison officials that he appropri- ated 1t to his own use. Biscailuz has been very erratic of late, and has been under arrest several times on similar charges. s WRECKED AT GOLCONDA. Two Central Pacific Passenger Trains Collide. GOLCONDA, Ngv., March 13.—Two Cen- tral Pacific passenger trains collided at this place this afternoon, demolishing both engines, telescoping the baggage cars and injuring Engineer Wicklow and Fire- man McDermott, though not seriousiy. - The east-bound train was waiting for the west-bound train. The air brakes on the west-bound train_refused to work and the collision resuited. No passengers were injured, though many were considerably shaken up. I-RAYS OUTOONE AT SANTA CRUL Successful Tests. of the Horseshoe Magnet in Photography. PICTURES IN A SECOND. Concealed Objects Are Outlined Without the Aid of the Crookes Tube. RESULT OF AN EXPERIMENT. Instantaneous Reproductions of Many Articles Through a Hard- wood Board. SANTA CRUZ, Car., March 13.—Otto V. Ort, a photographer and electrician, has concluded experiments at his studio that Ort found that he had produced a fair negative, but was- surprised to see that some of thearticles had been photographed in duplicate and triplicate. 1t occurred to him that this was produced by a jarring of the pieces. The sheetiron key was taken in triplicate and the brass key in duplicate, and the one-cent pieces in duplicate. One of the washers and one of the putty points lodged on the piece of abalone shell. This disturbance was causea by the placing of the horseshoe magnet. But it opened to Mr. Ort the possibility that the production was instantaneous, and if this could be proven the twelve hoursin the dark room would be shown to be unneccessary. He took another plate, contined it in the box only onesecond, and was rewarded with a faint impression of the articles. The first picture shows the outlines of the several articles quite distinctiy, so that i an observer may distinguish their shape and form witk ease, though the duplica- | tions look much like shadows. The ob- | jects are more strongly represented under the poles of the magnet than at the curva- ture. There is a light circle on the photo at the end where the curvature of the magnet lay, while the poles are not repro- duced in the picture. Mr. Ort is confident that the permanent magnet may be used with success in this line of experiments and feels that he has demonstrated that there is no need for the vroduction of fiuorescence in order to pro- duce a photograph. He says he has never used a Crookes tube, though he is satisfied that he could use it successfully from thc information he has gained from newspa- per accounts. He believes that there is something beyond the mere production of a photograph in the uses of the permanent magnet ard he will give some attention to AN ELOPENENT M HOLLETER | A Young Woman Leaves the | City With a Putative Preacher. AIDED BY HER SISTER. | Professor Simmons, Revivalist and Phrenologist, Carries Away a Convert. MISS M'CROSKEY'S ESCAPADE. Comes to Town With Her Mother and Roards a Train With the Wily Exhorter. HOLLISTER, CAL.,, March 13.—The an- nouncement this evening that Miss Annie McCroskey, a young lady of about twenty HIDDEN simple than that of Roentgen. them, and consequently had been reprod: curvature of the magnet.} OBJECTS PHOTOGRAPHED BY uced in duplicate and triplicate. young lady came of her own free will and joined me before the train started. can’t be held for abduction, and Miss Mec- Croskey is nearly 23 years old. My arrest is an outrage, but I am determined to have redress. If it takes money to get satisfaction I've got lots of it, and this affair will cost somebody $20,000.” Miss McCroskey, who eloped with Sim- mons, is a daughter of Ben McCroskey, an old resident of Hollister. She is of medinum height, slight build and is of pre- possessing appearance. She seems to be very much in love with Simmors, and ‘de- clares that she will marry him in spite of all parental objections. - SANTA ANA DISAPPEARANCE. Miss Cora Knight Wanders Away While Temporarily Deranged.' .SANTA ANA, Can., March 13.—Miss Cora Knight, instructor of English in the Santa Ana High School, disappeared just before the opening of school to-day. Searchers were out this afternoon and tracked her to Santiago Creek, where she had followed the junction with Santa Ana River. There all trace was lost. At 7 o’clock to-ni:ht Professor Perham, Super- intendent of Schools, found the missing young woman on Fifth street, near theé’ river, and conveyed her to her home. Her mind was wandering and she im- azined she had been asleep. Miss Knight bas been in poor health ot late, and her present condition is believed to be only temporary. : Miss Knight is a daughter of H. T. Knight, the engineer at Folsom prison, and a niece of D. A. Bender, general freight and passenger agent of the Virginia and Truckee road at Carson City, and Banker Bender of Reno. She is a graduate of Berkeley, where her sister is at present in i attendance. She came here from Oakland | last fall. 1 NEWS. FROM SHY JISE, Death of a Prominent Writer for | MEANS OF A HORSESHOE MAGNET. (Otto V. Ort of Santa Cruz has discovered that he can picture articles through ghard substances instantaneously by a system much more With a common magnet the outiines of a number of objects were reproduced through a hardwood board. The negative from which this illustration was made showed that the objects had shifted position after the magnet had been placed upon They are pictured more clearly at the poles that at the demonstrate the fact that emanationsfrom a horseshoe magnet have the same effect the Roentgen or X-rays. He accidentally left a common horseshoe magnet near a bunch of dry plates and found in a little while that the plates were ‘“‘fogged” or clouded from the action of the magner. This suggested to him that the permanent magnet might have the same effect on a sensitive plate, so he undertook the exper- iment. Mr. Ort was aware that emanations from an electric magnet would affect a dry plate also affected the dry plates, as instanced by the accidental placing of one near a bunch of them, he concluded that the ex- veriment would become a demonstration. on a seusitive plate as that produced by | the same as the light would affect it, and | since the horseshoe or permanent magnet | | experiments that may prove oi benefit to | science. SAW A WHITE SEA OTITER. | Santa Cruz Fishermen Allow a Small | Fortune to Escape. SANTA CRUZ, Carn., March 13.—Two fishermen, William Swanson and Arthur | Googins, while off Lighthouse Point this morning, discovered a sea otter that at- | tracted small attention at first, as they are | often seen in these waters; but within in a they discovered it was snow white. Mr. Googins and Mr. Swanson had never believed in the white sea otter stories, and were inclined to doubt thewr first im- pression, but white it was without doubt, and that it was a sea otter they were quite as certain. i = A, Otto V. Ort of Santa Cruz, the Photographcr Who Photographs Hidden dbjeots by Means of the Horseshoe Magnet. He took an ordinary hardwood plate- holder, such as photoeraphers use, and placed within it the sensitized plate the box placed various articles of alumi- num, copper, zinc, abalone shell, brass and shegtiron. The aluminum was repre- sented by small squares, the copver by small washers and one-cent pieces, the zinc by triangular putty points such as are used by glaziers, the abalone shells by a round fragment about the size of a nickel, the brass by a Yale key and the sheetiron by a flat drawer-key. On these articies he laid an eight-inch horseshoe magnet, and wrapped around this box, ariicles and magnet a piece of vlack paper, placed the package within three thickfesses of card- board and carried 1t into the dark room, where it was left for twelve hours. The plate was then removed from the plate- holder and developed by the liko-hydro- potash process. adapted to photograph and on the top of | ! The stranger seemed tame enough, and as they made no effort to molest it it | played about the boat for nearly half an | hour, when something frightened it away. They had no firearms or means of captur- ling it, and while they supposed that it | would have been a valuable catch as a cu- riosity they were not aware of the commer- cial value of the white sea otter. When they returned to the wharf this evening | and reported their adventure and learned | that the skin would have beem worth sev- | eral thousand dollars they were greatly chagrined. Wong Mow Chee’ cond Vietim. SAN JOSE, Car., March 13.—Gee Ah Lung, who was wounded by Wong Mow | Chee at. the Agnew ranch Tuesday night, ! died at the County Hospital this morning. { This is Wong Mow Chee's sccond_victim, Yee Yuck Nam having been killed in- stantly. An inquest will be held to- morrow. Wonz Mow Chee has already been :ru‘l_ined on a charze of murdering Yee YuckNam, few minutes the otter came within thirty- | | five feet of their boat, and to their surprise | | summers, had eloped with Professor Sim- | mons, who has been holding revival meet- | ings here for the past few weeks, threw | Hollister into a state of excitement. Simmons’ daily and evening meetings, | which were conducted ina tenc, have at- tracted large congregations. In addition to preaching, he pretended to know some- thing of phrenology, and the flattery | which he gave to many who came forward to have their “bumps’ examined resulted in a short time in the formation of a large | class, of which Miss McCroskey was a member. Last week the young woman 'branched out and occupied the stand in the tent | both as a preacher and phrenologist. Her | success at this first attempt was more than | she could stand, and the encomiums of | the wily professor placad her completely in | his power. The elopement was evidently a prear- | ranged affair. Miss McCroskey came to | town today with her sister, Edith, artl | they were heara to remark as they parted with their mother on the street, “She is not on to the racket.” | This would have been true had not Dis- | trict Attorney Dooling and County Clerk | Foote been on the train on which the | elopers departed. These officials recog- | nized the young lady and her companion, and as soon as Gilrov was reached word was sent to the parents of the girl, who are prominent and respected people. Professor Simmons came here from Napa, where, it -is said, his actions were not above reproach. He had been here but a few days wben there was questions as to his moral life. One of the local pa- pers published a statement at which he took offense, and to vindicate himself he had many persons testify in an open meet- ing as to what he had been. ‘It was reported here this evening that the couple were arrested in San Jose, and will be re- turned here to-morrow. * % R ARRESTED AT SAN JOSE. Simmons Apprehended and Placed in the County Jail, SAN JOSE, CAL., March 13.—T. J. Sim- mons, the so-called evangelist, was ar- rested in this city this evening on the arrival of the 5 o’clock train from Hollister, on instructions received from Sheriff Hol- brook of San Benito County. Simmons was accompanied by Miss Annie Mec- Croskey of Hollister, and his detention was due to a warrant sworn to by the young lady’s father, charging him with abduetion. Deputy Sheriff Black made the arrest. The minister objected vigorously, and de- clared that the officer could not arrest { him without a warrant. Simmons was taken to the County Jail. The yomng lady | was not taken along, as instructions had been received to have her sent toa hotel. Simmonsis about 49 years of age, and is | both an evangelist and a phrenologist. He talked freely. “I hardly know what kind of a state- *ment to make,” he said. *“My arrest was uncalled for. There was no reason in the world why I should be taken from a train and thrown into jail like a common crim- | inal. Miss McCroskey and I were on our | way to Calistoga, and intended to stop in | San Francisco long enough to be united in marriage. I have been married before and bave four children, but my wife died four years ago. I am an evangelist, also a phrenologist, and for the past two months have been holding meetings in a tentat Hollister. 1 taught Miss McCroskey the science of phrenology, and we learned to { think a great deal of each other. “After we had decided to get married I asked the fatherif I could have his daugh- ter. He refused, and—you know how it is—I was determined to have the girl any- way. Iwent to the train to-day and the the Italian Press of San Francisco. ! Prospects Favorable to a Heavy Yield in the Valley—Crime of a Boy. SAN JOSE, Car, March 13.—Deputy | Sheriff Curley of San Francisco, who was | a visitor at the County Jail to-day, identi- fied the picture of Lee Haller, who served a term here a year ago for petty larceny, | as that of Highwayman Schneider, who is | now in jail at Ukiah charged with high- | way robbery and assault to murder ex- | Sheriff Standley. | About three months ago, it is charged, | Schneider held up the stage between Ukiah and Round Valley. In the hot chase given by the officers after the rob- | bery Schneider shot Standley. \ On February 25, 1895, Haller was arrested | by Constavle Murtin for looting the depot | at Mountain View. When arrested he ; carried a revolver that had been stolen | from Sourrissean’s gunstore in this cit; The evidence was not sufficient to convict | him of burglary and he was prosecuted on | the charge of stealing the revolver. He | was convicted of petty larceny and given i 120 days in the County Jail. Trrtrec iy DECEIVED A GIRL. A yizteen-Year-Old Boy Arrested by San Jose Officers. | SAN JOSE, CAL, March 13.—George | Silvers, a 16-year-old boy. was arrested by Chief Kidward this afternoon on a8 war- | rant charging him with deceiving Nettie | Davis, a 17-year-old girl of Oregon City, Or. Silvers, whose home is in Oregon City and who. was employed in the Will- amette paper-mills at that place until about a month ago, has been visiting his uncle, Joseph. Berryessa, at Berryessa for the past week. e admitted he was wanted and acknowledged his guilt. Silvers said he left Oregon City about a month ago and came to San Francisco, | where he stayed until about a week ago. | When arrested he had in his possession four letters addressed to Frank Smith, which he had just received at the post- office. They were from a young friend at | Oregon City, and one of them informed him that the girl’s father, William Dayis, who is sexton of a church in Oregon City, had sworn to a comfilaintcharging him with a grave offen: e had a gold watch and $18 in his possession. Silvers takes his.arrest philosophically and has expressed a willingness to go back to Oregon City and marry Miss Davis. [y DEATH OF C. 5. RIZZINI. Pneumonia Causes the Passing of a Prominent Italian. SAN JOSE, CaL.,, March 13.—C. S. Riz- zini, a prominent Italian resident of this city, died at the St. Charles Hotel this morning of pneumonia. He was a native of Parma, Italy, and 45 years of age. The deceased had been an officer in the Italian army and came to this country twelve years ago. Most of his life in this | country was spent in San Francisco, where | he was t‘fnnected with the ltalian press. He located here about two years ago and was engaged as teacher of the Italian school in this city, besides contributing many articles to the ltalian press of San Francisco. He wasa prominent member of the Masonic fraternity of San Francisco, of Court Italia, A. O. F.'of A. of San Jose, and the Society of Veterans of the Italian Army in San Francisco. His remains were this afternoon shipped to San Francisco for interment. e, BRINGS OUT THE BUDS. Warm Weather a Boon to the Santa Clara Valley Orchards. SAN JOSE, CaL., March 13.—The warm weather of the past week is bringing for- ward the fruit buds rapidly throughout | the vallev. The prunes, cherries, peaches and other fruits are bursting into bloom, and if the cold weather had any damaging effect upon them it is not yet perceptible. Thus far the prospects for a good crop are very bright. Apricots and almonds were generally getting into bioom when the cold weather came. The irdications at that time were that the apricot crop would be short, from causes in no way connected with the weather, and there has been little if any change in the prospects since then. All the otuer fruits are making as good a showing as could reasonably be desired. Considerable more rain will’ be needea, however, to carry the fruit through to per- fect maturity. EoLirey Halberstadt Held. BAN JOSE. Can., March 13.—August Halberstadt, alias George Milter, the ex- convict, who held up Charles Berryman | and who subsequently escaped from Officer Monroe and excnanged a fusillade of shots with pursuing officers, was arraigned be- fore Justice (rass to-day on a charge >f assault to murder preferred . by Officer Monroe. His examination was set for March 19. Bail was fixed at $2000, in delault of which he was sent to jail. Halberstadt will also be prosecuted on the robbery char:e. He has served three terms in San Quentin for burglary, and charges of prior convictions will be placed against him. RS b Sentenced for u Moscow Murder, SEATTLE, Wasi, March 13.—Harry Gerdon was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Piper at Moscow. Idaho, to-day, for the murder of Emmett Fox. Frank Smith, his accomplice, will be sentenced MCARTY VISITS - CANTY'S' RANCH. Food Purchased for His Band of Starving Horses. FINDS MANY CARCASSES. Dying Thoroughbreds Eagerly Lick Up Water From Their Owner’s Hands. CRESCENT'S PITIFUL NEIGH. One Mare Found Nearly Buried Under the Earth Pawed Up in Her Struggles. MODESTO, Car., March 13.—“White Hat” McCarty returned this evening from Canty’s ranch, whither he went to see his band of starving horses. When intes viewed he said he had put 294 into the pas- ture. To-day he found 109 living and thirty-four dead, the balance being on the lower part of the ranch. He will go down to-morrow to hunt up those in the brush. McCarty was accompanied by Admer N Brown, a former employe. When they ar- rived at Canty’s ranch this morning they | found the men, under Canty’s directions, separating the weakest horses and feeding them, giving them better pasture and haul- ing feed. MecCarty offered to buy a load of hay and Canty sold it. McCarty found three valuable animals unable to rise. One was the mare Crescent, sired by Promptor, and another Daisy 8, the mother of three of the finest horses on the coast—Little Bob, Messitent (bought for $6500) and Phyilis. At present the horses found by him to-day are being well fed on bran, hay and grass. McCarty denounces Canty strongly. He says: “I wouldn’t think of letting such an outrage go unpunished. I nave $300,000 invested in the horses, their value ranging from $300 to $4500. Some of them belong to my son. It is pitiful to see some of them. Crescent, when approached, neighed feebly. - Brown and I carried water in our bands, which the mare licked eagerly. One mare was nearly buried by the earth pawed up in her struggles. “When they were first put into the pas- ture Canty told nre the horses could run the entire length of the land to the river; then he put in a cross-fence, confining all in | the poor pastureon the island. Canty tells me he buried all that died near the road. I cannot see why his neighbors, seeing the condition of the stock, did not break down the fence and let all out to feed.” The date for McCarty’s examination has not yet been set by the court. Fire Near Sonora. SONORA, Car., March 13.—The resi- dence of John Harney on the Sonora road, near Jacksonville, was totally destroyed by a fire caused by a defective stovepipe. It was insured for $300. NEW TO-DAY. You may not be quite ready for your Spring Suit. How about a pair of Trousers 2 Some right clever Tailor-made Trousers to-day in genteel, dressy stripes. Awfully clever goods. Special for Saturday at —$1.75.—~ RAPHAEL'S (INCORPORATED). THE FRISCO BOYS, to-morrow. . 9,11,13, 15 KEARNYST