The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1896 FRANCE BOWS 10 THE LION. Hastens to Explain the Import of Berthelot's Utterances. : ITS EGYPTIAN POLICY. Declaration of the Minister Was Not Intended as a Threat. ENGLAND CAN MAKE THE RAID Use of the Resetve Fund the Onme Bone of Contention—Germany Will Not Interfere. PARIS, FrANCE, March '18.—It is semi- officially declared thatthe utterances of M. Berthelot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, re- garding the gravity of the consequences of the British expedition to Dongola, doj not possess the meaning attached to them. They merely referred to the question of using the reserve Egyptian fund for the expedition. M. Berthelot will, it is said, make a statement to that effect in the Chamber of Deputies to-morrow. Altogether France seems to be anxious to remove the effect produced by the bul- letin embodying the substance of the interview between M. Berthelot and the British Embassador, Lord Dufferin. While the Government wishes it understood that France is closely interested in the matter, it in no way desires to assume an attitude of hostility toward England. It was necessary that France should clearly define her attitude at the outset, end, in view of the frienaly relations re- cently established with England, the Gov- ernment was of the opinion that the frank language would be the most likely to pre- vent any possible misunderstanding that ht arise. The Temps, in commenting upon the matter, expresses similar views to the fore- going. Concerning the British expedition to Dongola, the Eclaire says that the inter- vi between M. Berthelot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Marquis of Dufferin, British Embassador, which took place yesterday, proves that France is dis- posed to discourage a policy which does not show sufficient respect for the interests of France in Egypt. Besides, France has many other grounds of objection to England’s engaging ina venture of advantage to herself, which is not calculated to have a soothing effect upon the various ministries. S FRANCO-RUSS1AN INTRIGUES. Rumored Attempt to Detach Italy From the Dreibund. LONDON, Exc., March 18.—A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Rome says thatFrance and Russia are intriguing to | detach Italy from the Dreibund. A dispatch to the Globe from Cairo gays . Curzon’s statement in the Brit- ish House of Commons to-day in re- gard to the Soudan expedition created a great sensation, the gravity of the situa- tion being fully realized. The consensus of opinion in Cairoisthat more troops are urgently required. A dispatch from Cairo says that baggage and stores are leaving daily for the British expedition to Dongola. The Sixth Egyp- tian Battalion started to-day. They were bidden a cordial farewell by the Khedive, who exhorted the troops to mainta’n the honor of their country. The Khedive has lent to the exvedition his private camel corps and has also sent with it several officers of hiis personal staff. g N, et DEPUTIES IN A TUMULT. Bocialists Cheer an Attack Upon King Humbert. ROME, ItAvLy, March 18.—In the course of the discussion in the Chamber of Depu- ties to-day of the statement made to the Chamber by Premier di Rudini vesterday, Signor Terri, Socialist, while delivering a speech, made an allusion to the crown in connection with the late Government's African policy, whereupon the President called bim to order. . Terri retorted by shouting that the gocialists were all anti-monarchists, which elicited cheers from the socialists and cries of dissent from the other groups. The tumult was =0 great as to prevent the con- tinuation of Terri’s speech. Ex-Premier Crispi was present. A pro- posal to send a message of salutation to England was loudly applauded by the Chamber despite the protests of Signor Imbriani and other socialists. R AN ALARMING RUMOR. The Italian Forces Believed Ervacuated Kassala. LONDON, Ex6., March 18.—The Times to- morrow will say there is reason to be- lieve that the Italian forces evacuated Kassala on the 14th inst., and at- taches great importance to the evacua- tion, as it will entirely alter . the whole situation for Italy and will be likely to react seriously upon the position in to Have Egypt, to which government the danger | caused by the presence of victorious der- vishes at Kassala would be instant and yery serious. o ——.—— Germany Wili Not Interfere. BERLIN, GErMANY, March 18.—It is officially stated that Germany having learned that the British proposal to use a portion of the reserve Egyptian fund for ihe Dongola expedition is accepted by the other governments, the Dreibund has instructed the German Commissioner of the Public Debt at Cairo accordingly. CAUSE OF A WOODLAND DEATH. A Doll’s Head, Swallowed in Childhood, Ends a Young Man’s Life. WOODLAND, Caz., March 18. — The death of De Los Pace of this city, whose funeral was held vesterday, resuited from & peculiar circumstance. Attending phy- sicians believe ! the younz man's ailment was appendicitis, but an autopsy disclosed & miniature doll’s head in the pyloric orific, or the lower extremity of the stomach. About fifteen years ago, while at play with a number of boys, Pace held the doll’s head in bix mouth,and from sudden exertion it passed down his throat. —-——— Native Sons Elect Delegates. SAN JOSE, CarL., March 18—L. J. Chip- man and C. M. Wooster have been elecied delegates by Observatory Parlor, N. 8. G. W., to the grand parlor, which meets in San Luis Obispo next month. Theodore Lenzen and J. N. Johnston were chosea alternates. — HILLYARD DISINCORPORATED. James J. Hill’s Mandate Obeyed by the Town Officers. SPOKANE, Wasn., March 18.—The in- corporation of the town of Hillyard was to-day declared by a court to be illegal. The defendants came into court and con- fessed judgment to the petition of plain- tiffs, This is the outcome of the demand of J. J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Reiiway, who came here a short time ago and demanded that this incorporation be abandoned. His shops are located there and he said he would move them at -once unless his order was obeyed. Hillyard isa suburb of Spokane, and without the shops the property there would be valueless. As his demands have been complied with, the shops will no doubt remain. g w The Santa Cruz Turnfest. SANTA CRUZ, Carn., March 18.—The executive committee of tbe Santa Cruz executive committee of the Pacific Turn Be- zirk at San Jose its approval of August8 9,10, as the official dates, and August 11 as the unofficial dare for holding the an- nual turnfest in this city. Conrad Flach of Santa Cruz was appointed technical leader of the gymnastic exercises of the turnfest. SR I Vessels Collide at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wass., March 18.—The den- sity of the fog yesterday resulted in a collision between the Elliott Bay ferry- boat City of Seattle and the schooner Cora bound for Sydney. The vessels were but slightly damaged, but John Pearson, mate of the schooner, In his fright jumped over- board and came near being darowned. He was in the water fifteen minutes. S g an Sudden Death at San Juan. HOLLISTER, Car., March 18.—Edwin C. Nichols, a pioneer resident of this county, dropped dead on Mariposa street, San Juan, this morning, while talking to friends. Death came so suddenly that he Fxl})ired without uttering a word after he ell. Ve PERCES WANT HONEY Chief Showaway Will Be Sent to Washington to Demand Justice. Gold Due the Umatilla Tribes Has Not Been Paid by the Great White Father. PENDLETON, Ogr., March 18.— Paul Skowaway, rightful chief of the Cayuse tribe of Indians on the Umatilla Reservation, has returned from a visit to the Nez Perces on the Lapwai Reservation. Showaway says the Nez Perces are very much in- censed on account of the long delay in paying them the money due them, and they think of sending another delegation to Washington to plead with the Govern- ment officials to arrange for a prompt pay- ment. In .the recent payment the Nez Perces each received $28 interest money, about $50,000 being distributed among 1700 of them. Tbere remains to their credit in the treasury at Washington about $150,000, which they want and insist on having. Showaway also says the Umatilla Reser- vation tribes will send a representative to Washington to demand the money due them on account of the sale of their lands several years ago. In the treasury at Washington there is no less than $250,000 belonging to the three tribes of the Uma- tilla Reservation—the Uma tillas, the Cayuses and thé Walla Wallas. This money has been repeatedly demanded. Last summer Chief Peo of the Umatillas and Chief No Shirt of the Walla Wallas, accompanied by an interpreter, John Mc- Bean, visited the National capital and re- quested the payment of the money due the tribes, but no heed has been paid to their demands, and now Showaway will be sent on to Washington with a similar mis- sion. He will be accompaniéed by a white man. Showaway speaks £nzlish fluently and needs no interpreter. Showaway can make a good showing and will have influence wherever he goes. e G, STANFOBRD VS. BERKELEY. Intercollegiate Field Meet to Occur in San Francisco—Tour of the Mandolin and Glee Clubs. STANFORD TUNIVERSITY, Car, March 18.—The managers and captains of the track teams of Berkeley and Stanford met here to-day and decided to hold the next intercollegiate field meet in San Francisco instead of here at the university track and grounds, as previously an- nounced. The date for the meet was fixed at April 25, which leaves a little over a month for the completion of the athletic training. The universities will share the expenses equally, and to cover the travel- ing expenses of each of the men Stanford will be allowed $2 for each entry and Berkeley 30 cents. The events will occur in the regular In- tercollegiate Athletic Association order, with the exception of the bicycle races. Instead of the regular I. A. A. bicycle races one two-mile race will be runasa Fm of the list of events and to count as ieretofore. The arrangement seems to be generally satisfactory here, though it was hoped the meet might be held here on the campus. The baseball men will plzy a match game with the Santa Clara College nine to-morrow. The latter is a strong aggre- galion, and two weeks ago defeated the Varsity by a &core of 6 to 5. The Glee and Mandolin clubs leave the campus to-morrow on a 2000-mile tour through the State. The itlnerary in- cludes most of the cities of California, and the clubs will not return before April 1. Fidieay it Incendiary Blaze at Vinehill. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., March 18.—An incendiary fire occurred at the Jarvis vine- vard in Vinehill at 2:30 o’clock this morn- ing. The winery and distillery and their valuable contents of wine, machinery and the implements used in making wine were destroyed. The loss, at its lowest estimate, will be $10,000. The buildings were not insured to near their value, so the Jarvises will lose many thousands of dollars by the fire. - Will Be Tried in Oregon. SACRAMENTO, Carn, March 18. — A warrant was issued from the Governor's office to-day on a requisition from the nor of Oregon for 17- Silver, now contined in the San Jose . , who is chareed with betraying a 1-0ld girl, commiited in Oregon, will en back by M. ¥, McGaw, an Oregon official, to-morro Denied by Depew. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 18.—Chaun- cey M. Depew said to-day that there was no truth in the story that Vanderbilt is making an inspection of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, with a view to their incorporation into the Vanderbilt system. gl Robbed a Columbus Savings Bank. COLUMBUS, Onuro, March 18.—Charles A. Kightof the Fifth-avenue Savings Bank, was arrested late this afternoon charged with embezzling $30,000 of the bank’s funds. Kight was released on a $1000 bond. Turn Verein last night received froi the. | try to stir w | just been put into service and is now on its N A CARSON JURY'S HANDS, The Fate of John T. Jones Still Hangs in the Balance. ARE UNABLE TO AGREE. General Belief That the Twelve Judges Will Fail to Reach a Verdict. CLARKE'S CLOSING ADDRESS.| Caustic Arraignment of the Suspect by the Government’s Counsel. CARSON, NEv., March 19.—The fate of John T. Jones, the alleged accomplice of James Heney in the theft of bullion to the value of §23,000 from the Government mint in this city, is now in the hands of a jury. The twelve men have since noon been attempting to arrive at a verdict un- successfully, and after midnight tkey re- solved to rest trom their labors until day- light. Itis the general opinion that a dis- agreement will result. The argument to the jury this morning closed with a masterly speech by General Clarke, in which he forged the chain of evidence link by link about the accused with pitiless precision. Referring to the claim by the defense that Hirsch Harris made the bogus melt in March, he read Harris’ letter to the superintendent of the mint, written & month earlier, in which he reported the shortage and asked that the Government experts investigate it. He read a certified copy of Jones’ bank account, showing deposits aggregating $60,000, which he had accumulated in two years on $100 a month salary, and dilated on the fact that Jones had been unable to show where he made even a dollar outside of his salary. The claim made by Jones that he had won a fortune through John Kelly in the Con. Virginia deal was dis- posed of as follow: “Captain John Kelly was a prominent operator in Virginia City—a careful, cun- ning and secret operator—and George Lves was his executor, his confidential man, who did his business. John Kelly was | dead, and we could not raise him from his grave to contradict the evidence. So Jones goes to San Franciscoand tries to persuade Ives that he had some transactions with Kelly, but Ivessaid there were no such transactions. ‘‘He said his attorney, Coffin, would also call, and Coffin- called, but could get no evidence to help his client. Yet Jones in- sisted that he had dealt through Kelly. Now, these people overlooked the fact that Kelly was taken sick in February, 1890, and died in January, 1891, befcre the Con. Virginia deal, in which Jones claimed to have made his money, so the little job was nipped in the bud and went down like the other jobs these people have fabricated to explain the theft of that money.” WILLIAMS® SEATTLE BROTHER. Relatives of the Alleged Transvaal Con- spirator Will Not Petition for Govern- ment Interference. SEATTLE, WasH., March 18.—Gardner | T. Williums, the California mining en- gineer, who isunder arrest in South Africa for having, as alleged, been engaged in a conspiracy against the Transvaal Govern- ment, has a younger brother, Robert N. ‘Williams, residing in this city. In a busi- ness way the Jatter is connected with the Del Monte Mining Company of California. “Do you know,” Mr.Williams said when | interviewed to-day regarding his brother Gardner, “that to-day my brother was to leave for the United States and I was to meet him in California some time in May? His arrest, however, will cause him to postpone his trip for a short time. We do not fear that there will be any trouble in securing his acquittal of the charges made against him. He treats them lightly. [ had a cablegram from him during the | past week and he said that the charges did not emount to anything. It looks as though he knows what he is talking about, for to-day Mrs. Williams and the children leaye Capetown for Germany, where they will remain for some time. 1f Gardner feared trouble it is not likely ‘that he would send his wife and family to Ger- many. “I'want to say this, however. If heis guilty, he will take his medicine like a man. There will be no quibbling about it. | His relatives in the United States will not | sympatby for him, and ap- | eal to the Government for protection fo) im. A man who violates the law in th country in which he lives deserves no pity, | no consideration, and I say again that if he is guilty, he will take his medicine like | a man. “This trouble about Hammond, whe was arrested down there after the Jameson raid, is all bosh. If Hammond is guilty | why should he not be punished? If he is “ innocent he has nothing tofear. What | right has the United States to stepin and | say that its subjects shall not be punished | when they have violated the laws of an- | other country? If he is innocent, and is imprisoned, then it is time enough to in- terfere. What would we say if a subject of South Africa was to come tothe United States and violate the law of the country Why, we would say ‘Punish him,’ and we would tell President Kruger, if he inter- fered, to mind his own business. “['he.last letter I had from Gardner was sent soon after the Jameson raid. He was ‘all broke up’ about it. Jameson was his intimate friend and family physician.” TS SR ANCHORS AT SAN DIEGO. The Monitor Monadnock Makes a Quick Run Down the Coast. SAN DIEGO, Cat., March 18.—The coast defense monitor Monadnock, which bas first ocean trip, anchored in San Diego Bay thisafternoon The Monadnock arrived | outside this forenoon and was boarded by Pilot Dunnels. It was brought inside and at 1 o’clock was anchored opposite the ma- rine ways. As the anchor was dropped Captain SBumner of the Monadnock fired a salute to the flagship Philadelphia, to which the latter responded. The Monadnock made the trip down at an average of fourteen knots an hour. The machinery worked well. The Monadnock stopped six hours at Monterey barbor. Captain Sumner highly praised the vessel, and says it is a most valuable addition to the Pacific Coast defenses. R R Hold-Up at Fallejo. VALLEJO, CaL., March 18.—Carson Jacobson, a local liquor merchant, was held up by two highwaymen before the gate of his residence, near the City Hall, at 2 o’clock this morning. One of the foot- ads held the muzzle of a revolver against Fncobson’s head, while the other lootea his pockets, securing a ‘!Jurse containing $70 in coin and a pipe and doorkey. The latter articles were thrown away by the obbers. —_——— HEALDSBURG IN LINE. The Somoma Town Arranging for a Floral Festival. HEALDSBURG, CaL., March 18.—The Healdsburg Fioral Association met last night and reorganized by electing James R. Miller president, J. J. Livernash sec- retary, and George H. Warfield treasurer. These officers will act, with Rev. Mr. Mes- senger, C. H. Pond, S. Hilgerloh, Jchn H. Gunn, A. W. Garrett and C. L. Kimball, as an executive committee. This means that the successful floral festival given last year is to be repeated. It means much more; for to-day the finance committee, consisting of L. A. Norton, George H. Warfield and J. J. Livernash, started on the work of raising funds, and in a few hours had over $1000 subscribed. The date of the festival has not yet been determined. sl Suicide Near Woodland. ‘WOODLAND, Car., March 18, — Joe Maggiorini, an old Italian resident of this community, committed suicide this morn- ing on the George Hoffman ranch, between Woodland and Knights Landing, by shooting himself through the head. Whiie the family was at breakfast Maggi- orini jumped up from the table and, with- out saying a word, went out, to an out- building and fired the fatal shot. Trouble over financial matters is supposed to have induced the crime. The suicidge was 42 vears of age, a married man and the father of two children. SEEERL Wong Mow Chee Held for Murder. SAN JOSE, CAL., March.18.—Wong Mow Chee, the Chinese laborer who shot and killed Yee Yuck Nam and Gee Ah Lung at the Agnew ranch near Santa Clara_about ten days ago, was examined before Justice Campbell at Santa Clara this afternoon on a charge of murder. The evidence showed the crime to be premeditated and cold- blooded, and Wong Mow Cheee was held to answer in the Superior Court. e POLITICS ON THE COAST, The.Republicans of Butte County Will Insist Upon Open Primaries. Apportionment for the Sixth District Convention—The Los Gatos Campaign. CHICO, CAL., March 18,—The following call was issued here to-day: To the Republican Voters of Butte County: You are earnestly requested to be present at a mass-meeting of Republicans next Saturday night, March 21, at_the City Hall in Chico, for the purpose of taking some action reiative to the manner of selecting delegates to the State Convention. The proposition of the Congressional com- mittee, which meets in Sacramento next Mon- day, 18 to leave the appointment of delegates in the hands of the members of the Congres- sional committee or the County Central Com- mittee. Unless some expression of feeling against such a course is sent from this county one of the above propositions will prevail. Do you went two or three men to say who shall go as dele%nes from Butte County, or do you believe in allowing the voters to name the delegates in open primaries? If no expression one way or the other is made by Republicans ssional committee are satisfled with placing the appointments in the hands of the County Committee. Take notice of the timeand placeof.meeting. Let representative Republicans from the sur- rounding towns be present, that the desire for open primaries may go from this county as a unanimous_expression. Those Republicans who cannot attend from far-off towns in the county should call mass-meetings of their own and protest against placing the power of ap- pointment in the hands of & few men. Let us act, and act quickly, that the expressicn may made before it is too late. Thisis a serious matter; and the Republicans of Butte County | should rise en masse and demand that the one- man power be put aside and that the people have the grivllege of naming their choice of delegates by vote. Adopt strong resolutions demanding chat primaries be opened in this county, and give every Republican voter & chance to vote for the man of his choice. —_—— SIXTH DISTRICT CONVENTION, Repubdlicans to Issue the Call at Los An- geles on Saturday. LOS ANGELES, Car., March 18.—The Sixth Congressional District Republican committee, of which T. P. Lukens of Pasa- dena is chairman, and Luther Brown sec- retary, has been cailed to meet on Satur- day, March 21, at 2 o’clock p. M. at the Hollenbeck Hotel in this city, for the pur- pose of calling the Sixth Congressional District Republican convention, and to provide for the selection of delegates to that convention, who will also be delegates to tbe Republican State convention, to meet at Sacramento Mzay 5. The members of the committee are: For Los Angeles County—T. P. Lukens, Luther Brown, John Burns and Arthur W. Kinney; Ventura County, J. R. Wil- loughby; Santa Barbara County, J. W. Taggart; San Luis Obispo County, Charles H. Reed; Monterey County, J.” W. Hiil: Santa Cruz County, Warren Porter. Under the basis of apportionment fixed by the Republican State Central Commit- | tee, of one delegate for each Assembly dis- trict, one delegate tor each 200 votes cast for Estee (‘)‘3‘ Governor and one delegate for each 100 votes or fraction thereof, the epresentation in the Congre:sional dis- | trict and State conventions will be as fol- lows: The counties of Santa Cruz, Mon- terey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura each constitute an Assembly dis- trict, while Los Angeles County is divided into six Assembly districis, three in the city and three in the county outside the city; Santa Cruz 9. Monterey 9, 8an Luis Obispo 8, Santa Barbara 9, Ventura 7, Sev- entieth District 14, Seventy-hrst District 9, Seventy-second District 8, Seventy-third District 9, Seventy-fourth District 13, Sev- enty-fifth District 10. Total, 105. Of the 105 delegates who will comprise | the Sixth Congressional District conven- | tion sixty-three will represent Los Angeles ounty and forty-two the other counfies of he district. EENES LOS GATOS CANDIDATES. Lively Soramblo for the Several Offices in the Gift of the Voters. SAN JOSE, Can, March 18.—The city election to be held at Los Gatos on April 13 will be hotly contested. Already a large number of candidates have annouced themselves, and there are several dark horses yet to come forward. Those who are already out for the offices are: For Marshal and ex-officio Tax Col- lector and Suberintendent of Streets—M. T. Blank (incumbent), C. W. Keifer (ex-Superintendent of Streets), Frank Cushing and A. T. Hall. For Town Clerk—G. A. Butler (incumbent), G. R. Lewis, T. 8. Comden and N. Hood. Kor Town' Trustees, two to be elected—E. N. Dayis (incumbent), B. T. Williams and E. E. Dowd. 3 R, : Arizona Convention Called. PHENIX, Ar1z., March 18.—Joseph H. Kiboey, chairman of the Republican Na- tional Committee, has issued a call for a Territorial Republican Convention, to meet in Pheenix on April 29, to elect six delegates to the National Convention at St. uis; to nominate a candidate for delegate to Congress, and to select a new Territorial Central Committee. The ap- pointment of delegates is based upon the vote for delegate to Congress two yearsago, and gives a total of 112 delegates. | LEFT A BRIDE AT LOS ANGELES, Flight of a Youth Who Posed as an English Nobleman. CAPTURED AT BARSTOW. Sherry Odare Returned to Stand Trial for Robbing His Wife. TOOK HER MONEY AND FLED. Sensational Ending of a Brief Honey- moon—Redlands’ Four Hundred Shocked. LOS ANGELES, CAvL., March 18.—Sherry Odare, a young Englishman who has been cutting quite a dash at Redlands and other Southern California towns as a scion of British nobility, was arrested this afternoon on board a train at Barstow, and is now on the way back to this city to answer to a charge of grand larceny. Odare recently married a young woman named Katie Moore, and the couple were spending their honeymoon in this city. Mrs. Odare had but. a short acquaintance with her husband, but she trusted him so implicitly that in a burst of confidence she told him last evening that she had $285 sewed up in a skirt, and she intended to put it into a bank to-day. Odare seemed pleased to learn of this evidence of thrift on the past of his better- half, whom he had regarded as a dower- less bride and married solely for her good looks and winning ways. He arose bright and early this morning on a pretext or having important business to attend to. When Mrs. Odare arose an hour or two later she was astonished to find that her skirt had been ripped open and the money abstracted. The horrible suspicion flashed through her brain that her husband had robbed her and fled. She started an in- vestigation and her worst fears were con- firmed when she learned that Odare had purchased a ticket for the East, via the Santa Fe road. Such was the tale of woe Mrs. Odare related to the District Attorney this after- noon and that official issued a complaint and the warrant was telegraphed to Bar- stow, where the train was intercepted and the cuiprit taken off. A Deputy Sheriff left for Barstow this evening to bring the prisoner back. Stk g il CITY OFFICIALS ATTACKED. Scored Becauses They Ride on Passes in Streetcars. LOS ANGELES, Cir., March 18.—C. Severance has filed several communica- tions recently severely scoring the City Council. He to-day filed another docu- ment, in which he says: “*Men who pose as the guardians of pub- lic morals should have clean hands and clean records. The pass on which you, gentlemen, have been charged with rid- ing has printed upon it in conspicuous letters these words: ‘Not to be shownany erson.” Why not to be shown? Because 1t is a badge of infamy and evidence of un- faithfulness, and a Councilman who would accept ‘and use such a pass reveals at once that 5 cents—that insignificant nickel—is more highly valued than his honor and his regard for State laws.” Severance declares that it made his blood boil to think that such men have the temporary power to put in the chain- gang and imprison in a lousy and ill- ventilated jail their fellowmen, whose only crime is poverty that compels them | to sleep in a baystack or freight car. In the face of these things, Severance is not surprised that “anarcby 1s raising its head in these United States.” After explaining why street laborers do not ride on passes, Severance says: ‘‘Having seen so much complaint in the duily papers regarding the bad condition of our streets, along certain lines of car track, I am led to ask, though the charge of impertinency may attend the query in your opinion, if there is any esoteric connection between your 5-cent passes and the dilapidated condition of some parts of our streets?” PR BENNETT HELD FOR The MURDER. Wheelman Must Answer for the Killing of Czarski. LOS ANGELES, Cav., March 18.—Elisha (alias “Jim’’) Bennett, who fatally stabbed Fred Czarski, a saloon-keeper, ten days ago, was held to answer to a charge of murder at his preliminary examination to-dav. Bennett, accompanied by W. A. Burke and Casey Castleman, two well- known bicycle-riders, was in Czarski’s saloon. The barkeeper, Czarski’s brother- in-law, jested Bennett about cycling. The latter became angry and used vile lan- guage in the presence of Mrs. Czarski, who was also in' the saloon. Czarski took up the quarrel and knocked Bennett down. On regaining his feet Bennett drew a knife and stabbed Czarski in the abdomen, inflicting a wound from which be died a few days later. Burke and Castleman left the saloon before the stabbing occurred, and were not impli- cated in the row. 5. J. McDowell, Czarski's brother-in- law; Mrs. Loretta Czarski, widow of the deceased, ana Paul Flammer, one of the officers who- arrested Cyclist Bennett, tes- tified for the prosecution this morningan the examination. Mrs. Czarski and Mc- Dowell gave a version of the stabbing that differed from t:at given by Casey Castle- man. Their narrative, however, tended to show that Czarski first assaulted Bennett, after being provoked by an epithet from the latter, and that after a brief struggle Bennett deliberately walked over and subll;ed the saloon man as he stood against the bar. — o LFEACH FAILED TO RETURN. Mysterious Absence of a Southern Pacific Station dgent. LOS ANGELES, Car. March 18.—F. ‘W. Leach, Southern Pacific station agent at San Pedro, has mysteriously disap- peared. He left the station in charge of his assistant last Monday morning, saying he was going to Los_Angeles” on business and would return in the afternoon. He has not been seen since, and the cause of his disappesrance remains unexplained. So far as known his accounts are all righ He has been a trusted employe of the com pany for ten years, being transferred irom the “northern division to the southern division about a year ago. He is 34 years of age and unmarried. Dole Held for Forgery. LOS ANGELES, Car., March 18.—At- torney E. J. Dole, who is alleged to have raised a check on the Exchange Bank of Santa Ana from §$250 to $8 50 and cashed it at the State Loan and Trust Company’s Bank in this city, was held to answer in the Superior Court for forgery by Recorder Rossitter to-day. Bail was fixed st $2000. Dole was arrested in San Francisco about ten days ago. He is well connected and always bore a good reputation. S Played With Matches. LOS ANGELES, Car., March 18.—The three - year -old son of A. Orfia, chief ranger of the Independent Order of Foresters of America in California, while playing with matches to-day ignited his clothes, and received burns which may prove fatal. The child’s injuries are con- fined principally to the chest, abdomen and arms. SALT LAKE-OGDEN LINE. Southern Pacific Believed to Be Back of a New Venture. OGDEN, Uran, March 18.—The organ- ization of the Salt Lake and Ogden Rail- road Company, which will build a roa(_i | from Ogden to Salt Lake City,.was an. nounced to-day. Reports conflict as to who is at the back of the enterprise. Simon Bamberger of Salt Lake, one of the incorporators, said that the Pioneer Elec- tric Power Company of Ogden, which re- cently floated $1,500,000 bonds, was push- ing the matter and tbat it would be an electric road. The incorporators include C. K. Bannister, secrétary of the power company. He stated to a ‘CALL corre- spondent that he knew nothing further of the enterprise than that he had sub- scribed for one share of stock, but that it would probably be an electric road. He denied that the power company had any interest in the matter. Bamberger recently returned from a trip to San Francisco, and the general opinion here is that the Southern Pacific 1s the “nigger in the woodpile,” and that it wants a direct connection with Salt Lake. Cha DEATH OF AMOS ADAMS. Came to California From New York in the Early Fifties. SAN JOSE, CaL., March 18.—Amos Adams, a pioneer of this State, died at his residence in this city this morning. He was 78 years of age, and a native of New York. Adams came to California -in 1853, and | shortly after took up his residence in this city. He was possessed of considerable means. MILL VALLEVS PROTEST Fighting to Keep the Scenic Railway Off the Main Streets. Work on the Road Continued Despite the Objections of Land-Owners. MILL VALLEY, Car., March 18.—The Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railroad is completing the construction of the electric road to Eastland station de- spite the objections and hindrances of the property-owners and residents of Mill Valley. To-day a large force of men was put to work grading Corte Madera avenue. No resistance was made by the property- owners on the avenue and the men con- tinued their work unmolested. J. H. McInnes has sold a right-of-way through his property to the company and taken in payment for the privileges granted the railroad stock in the corpor- ation and money. Yesterday the secretary of the road was served with a notice by P. S. Furgeson to the effect that he would hold the Mill Val- ley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railroad Company responsible forany damages sus- tained by him by reason of the scenic road | running on the avenue in front of his property. Mr. Furgeson is also prepared to take the necessary legal steps to protect his interests. The whole trouble about the mountain road coming into Mill Valley arises ovar the question of whether or not the people of Mill Valley or the Tamalpais Water Company owns the highways at this place. The people claim to possess them, as the roads have been open to public travel for over five vears, although the Tamalpais Land and Water Company has gone to the expense of - keeping them in good condition for this period. The deeds under which the property is sold give the purchaser all the privileges for which T0ads are usually built. In its turn the Tamalpais Land ana ‘Water Company, which is the backbone of the mountain road project, ciaims to re- tain the title in the streets by virtue of the deedsand because the roads haye never been dedicated to public use or maintained and kept in proper repair by the people. Acting on the-advice of its attorney the Scenic Railroad Company ran its line upon Corte Madera avenue without securing the assent of the people and relying solely upon the contention of the land company that it owned the streets. : According to tne first survey the track on Corte Madera avenue was brought within two feet of the sidewalk in front of George Anker’s and J. H. McInnes’ places. The latter gentleman promptly served an order upon the railroad eompany that-he would not allow it to'run so near his side- walk as it would depreciate the value of his property. A new survey was ordered, with the resuit that it wasfound necessary to buy a right ot way through the landsof J. H. McInnes, and this has been done, but the remaining property-owners on Corte Madera avenue have come to the conclusion that the road running upon that avenue will greatly injure them and in consequence notices have been served by them upon the officers of the road stating that they intena to get damages. e ca A Madéra Newspaper Changes Hands. MADERA, CArL., March 18.—W. J. Deater, owner and editor of the Madera Evening Tribune, the Democratic organ of Madera County for the past five years, sold out to day to George A. Clark of Madera, the former business manager of the paper, and ‘Walter Sharp of Visalia. SINTH BARBARA " EAPLORING THIP, Search for a Hidden Valley Among the Mountain Peaks. TWICE SEEN BY MAN. First Discoverers of the Mimic Paradise Unable to Find It Again, NESTLES AMONG PRECIPICES. A Fertile Garden-Spet Which Has Been Described in Delightful Legends. SANTA BARBARA, Car., March 18.— For many yearsa delightful legend has been current among the Spanish-Ameri- can population of Santa Barbara, to the effect that in the midst of the great wilder- ness of mountains lying back of this valley there existed a fertile valley several miles in extent, but wtich was cutoff by lofty and inaccessible peaks which completely encircled it. Now an attempt is to be made to locate this hidden valley—an at- tempt that will not be given up until a most thorough search has been made. The story goes that on one occasion s party of men looked down upon it from the mountain summit, and although they could find no trail leading down into 1t, contrived to fight their way through thick- ets of chaparral and lower themseives past precipitous rocks until they stood in this mimic paradise, wholly isolated from set- tlement or travel and before untrodden by man. A crystal stream coursed through the valley, escaping in a waterfall which they were unable to pass; so they were forced to retrace their steps over the peril- ous way by which they had come. When they attempted to return to the valley they could not find it, and although they made many attempts to reach it again, every peak that they climbea frowned | down upon the same rugged and barren waste of mountains. The “Lost Potrero,’” as it has commonly been called, has passed | into the history of the county as a roman- tic tradition. A party of Americans hunting through the ranges back of the Santa Ynez last | year claim to have again come upon this wonderful valley, but when they returned to their homes and again set out ‘prepared | to thoroughly explore it and perhaps take Government entries they were unable to find it. Such faith have they in the valley's actual existence that this week a party of young men will set out for this place, pre- pared for a two months’ trip and deter- mined to looate the garden spot. They as- sert they wiil climb a hundred of the high- est peaks they can find before resigning their quest, and as all are good mountain- eers and Lardy travelers the result of their enterprise will be awaited with interest by the skeptics they leave behind. — HER SON-IN-LAW A DEBTOR. Property of an Aged Invalid Attached by Creditors. SANTA BARBARA, CAL,, March 18.— An attachment was levied to-day upon property belonging to Mrs. Eliza G. Ord on complaint of W. A. Hobson, a whole- sale butcher of Carpinteria, who alleges that Mrs. Ord gave bonds in the sum of $1000 as security for the payment of bills contracted by R. N. Watson, her son-in- law. Watson is doing a retail butcher business in Carpinteria and he now re- fuses to(;)ay debts aggregating over $3000. Mrs. Ord is an elderly l1ady and an invalid, who in a fit of epilepsy last spring upset a kerosene lamp and was badly burned. As this bond is dated subsequent to thoss in- juries payment will probably be contested on the grounds that she was incompetent to make such a contract. . BUNKO MEN AT ANGELS CAMP, Superintendent Routledge of the Pure Quill Mine Duped. STOCKTON, CAL., March 18.—The police here have been notified by Harry Rout- ledge, superintendent and part owner of of the Pure Quill mine, Angels Camp, that an attempt was made to bunko him and his partners out of the rine. Two men, giving their names as A. W. St. Clair and Frank Worsley, went to Angels Camp a short time ago and repre- sented themselves as wealthy Englishmen. They said they had just purchased a mine in Colorado for $40,000, and offered to buy the Pure Quill. The offer was accepted and the papers drawn up. They came here on Sunday to meet a man who, the; said, would come from San Jose wit! $12,000, the first installment of the pur- chase price. The two men borrowed money from Routledge, who also paid their expenses during their stay at Angels. In the night the men decamped, taking the papers and specimens of ore and without paying what ;l‘z‘e’y had borrowed. It is thought that they may attempt to alter the papers and sell the mine on the strength of the speci- mens, and so bunko some one else. NEW TO-DAY. Has brought to light nothing more remarkable than the Hand- some Men’s Suits we are selling for X dollars. Black, blue, brown and mixed Cheviots, Cassimeres and Tweeds, tailored like dress suits, and fit to wear anywhere. Suits in style, but all we ask for TEN DOLLARS. COLUMBIA OUR ONLY BRANCH in S. F. Il.l: 211 Mh‘\’l’;‘h‘ - Bl Aveid Beims wse ing a similar name. $20 Suits in quality, $20 them is the wholesale price of / N WOOLEN MILLS 541 MARKET STREET.