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4 PORTLAND WIVES AS SVENGALIS Startling Exposure of a Hypnotic Society’s Methods. UNDOING NUPTIAL TIES. Husbands Led Into Error by the Means of Occult Power. STRANGE TALE OF A LAWYER. Confession Wrung From a Woman About to Bring Suit for a Divorce. PORTLAND, Og., March 24,—A promi- nent lawyer to-day, disclosing that a hyp- notic club has beer formed here, says: “The club was formed, ostensibly, for the purpose of amusement and to make o the science, but its mission ken a more serious trend. You know this is leap year and that in the long year itis a maiden’s privilege to make proposals of marriage. 1 am in- formed that seven young women hypnot- ists have succeeded in .inducing an equal number of young men to accept them in marriage, the ceremony to be performed within the next few months, by exercising their hypnotic power. 1 have the further assurance that the seyen young men slluded to had not the remotest idea of marrying those young men until they be- came spellbo this mysterious influence. The girls no sooner proposed than the men acquiesced. These men will be held in the bondage until the nuptial knot is tied and then— they certainly can’t be kept hypuotized the rest of the! “How I became cognizant of the exist- ence of this club is particularly curious. About a week ago a married woman, quite well known here, but rather indiscreet, called at my office to begin divorce pro- ceedings. I had always believed that she was one of the-m women in town and her mission struck me as being very strange. Her grounds were infidelity, and I talked with her for upward of an hour. our conversation the woman casually dropped a few remarks about hypnotism, and, detecting that it was a fad of hers, I led her on until she unconsciously and in. discreetly took me into her confidence. Before she left my office I knew as much about the hypnotic club, of which she is a charter member, as she does. “This woman confegsed to methat it was she who influenced her husband to the indiscreet act upon whieh she based her plan for a orce. me, mentioning their names, that there are nine other women in the club simi- larly scheming to rid themselves of what thev deem undesirable husbznds, but who in fact were exceptionally good men. I talked my caller out of her notion under penalty of public exposu: “] fear that the perpetuation of this or- genization and the exercise of its power | may in time shatter and ruin the entire respectable social fabric of this city.” STOCKTON'S TINY WAIE A Diminutive Stranger Takes Up His Home With the Wyatts. Insists Upon Being Admitted and Finds That It Has Fallen Into Generous Hands. STOCKTON, Car.,, March 24.— Some time between-11 and 12 o’clock last night a baby a few days old was left at the door- step of a house at 221 Union street. The dwelling is occupied by Mr. and Mrs, Severy and Mr.and Mrs. Wyatt. About midnight the little stranger made himself heard. Mr. Wyatt heard cries as those of an infant, but could not imagine whence they came. He listened for a few mo- ments and became satisfied that the cries came from without the threshoid of the front door and he arose to investigate. ‘When be opened the door he found such a sturdy and crowing youngster that the finder is now almost as proud as a father. Wyatt has no children, and he and his wife are jubilant. The child had been placed in a telescope basket. The basket . was about half filled with infant’s clothes, and there was in addition to that a can of condensed milk and two bottles. Evidently whoever placed the child there expected that it would be well cared for. It is apparently a very healthy babe, has good lungs and a splendid appetite. When the news of the affair spread through the neighborhood there was much curiosity to see the unclaimed waif who intruded him- self, so to_speak, on the family, People came and went nearly ali the forenoon, The child is_evidently not over six days old. Mr. and Mrs..Wyatt announce that if the mother will convey to them the exact age of the baby they will not ask any questions but will preceed to legally adopt it. They also say they will not attempt to learn the identity of the mother. e ROBBED AND DROWNED. Evidence of a Murder on the Stockton Water Froni. STOCKTON, Car., March 24.—The body of a man supposed to be James Donley was found floating in Stockton Channel to- day. Donley was a bachelor who had re- sided in the' City Homestead for several years and was reputed to be worth con- siderable money. On his person was found a small amount of money and some notes and claims. Last Saturday he had a check for $125 cashed at a local bank and the theory is that he was relieved of most of his money and then drowned, the rébbers leaving him enough money, as they sup- posed, to throw discredit upon the theory of foul play. There are no marks of vio- lence upon the body, but as Donley was a wvery sober and industrious man his friends do not believe he would have committed suicide or knowingly entered the company of bad characters. It js not known just how much property Donley leaves. He had no relatives in this city. Officers are under the impres- sion that the crime was committed by some water-front character, who accom- plished the robbery by first drugging the m’n and then throwing him into the chan- nel. FEEL Sudden Death at Santa Ro: SANTA ROSA, CiL., March 24—~W. H. nd through the medium of | t happily married | During | In addition she told | T Dobyns dropped dead in the conrthouse to-day from heart failure. He wasat the time of his death United States gauger for this district and was also employed in the Assessor’s office here. Mr. Dobyns was formerly editor of the Martinez Gazette, and at one time bhad the position of city editor of the Daily Republican of this city. He was a Mason and an Odd Fellow. e FLIGHT FROM GILROY. Jeweler Harry Frutig Suddenly Departs After Making an Assignment to Creditors. GILROY, Car., March 24.—The town is agog over the sudden flight of Harry Frutig, a local jeweler, and his wife. They left Gilroy Saturday morning and their departure gave rise to no comment atthat time; but last evening John Lewis, representing wholesale jewelers of San Francisco arrived, and with D. W, Burch- ard, a San Jose attorney, took possession of the store and began an inventory. Fratig’s debts amount to $3000. Itis ex- pected that he left the country after mak- ing an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. He was one of two bondsmen for David Murdock, administrator of the estate of his father, John Murdock, de- ceased. The estate is valued at $5000 and consists chiefly of a stock ranch ir the eastern foothills. David Murdock, actin| as administrator of the estate, authorizes his brother, William Murdock, to sell part of the stock, amounting to about $800. He then converted the balance into cash, amounting to $1500, and when called upon by the Probate Court for a final account- ing, failed to appear or comply with the order of the court. His whereabouts is unknown, he having left San Jose when ordered by the court to appear. This left | his bondsmen, Frutig and D. 8. Whitney, responsible in the sum of $3000 each. Frutig has been engaged in the jewelry business in Gilroy for over fifteen years. He bad many friends, was generous and steady in his habits and had built up a | | prosperous business. At the last munici- pal election he was nominated and made a fine run for the office of County. Treas- urer, but was defeated. He recently cleared a mortgage on his homestead, E which is in his wife's name. | /BUDD ACCUSED AT FRESND | Sensational Story Regarding an Understanding With the Octopus. Charged With Having Caused a Con- ductor’s Discharge by a Request Sent to Headquarters. FRESNO, Car, March 24.—The latest | | issue of the Fresno Weekly Populist con- tains a remarkable statement alleging a | very intimate understanding between Gov- | ernor Budd and the management of the | Southern Pacific Railroaa. The conductor | referred to is well known throughout the San Joaquin Valley. The charge is as| follows: | “Governor Budd has a great many ene- | | mies and not a few friends, some of whom | | are quite influential and in quarters usu- | ally supposed to be antagonistic to that | | wily politician. The following apparently reliable story, coming from a member of | the Democratic State Central Committee, would indicate that the Southern Pacific |and Governor Budd understand each other pretty well, It isto the effect that | | the railroad company did no less a favor | | than discharge a reliable and trustad em- | ploye in order to please the Governor. “Conductor Ben Korn, one of the most | | popular railroad men' on the coast, was | | the unfortunate employe who lost his | | position through, it is claimed, a polite1 | request sent to the railroad headquarters from the Governor. Conductor Korn had | aran between Goshen and Huron during the campaign two years ago, and met the | Governor during his canvass of the State, “The two had met before; in fact, had | quite an intimate acquaintance with each other. Budd called out to Ben and asked him if he was going to vote for him (Budd). Ben answered, ‘No; I know you to well.’ The Governor, it seems, did not soon for- | get the reply, and after his election Korn was discharged by the railroad. He was | given a high recommendation, and is now | railroading in the State of Washington.” | Pl dosies 34100 BERENDA INCENDIARISM. Ranch Employe Accused of Destroying o | Residence.. MADERA, Can, March 24.—Rovert Grainger was arrested yesterday upon a complaint charging him with arson, sworn to by John Dwyer, a rancher living near Berenda. Sunday night Dwyer’shouse which at the time was unoccupied, was burned to the ground. Grainger is a laborer who has worked around Madera and vicinity for some time, and for the ast few weeks has been in the employ of wyer. Dwyer discharged him from the | ranch on Sunday, and it seems that there | was a slight trouble between the men at that time, and during the disagreement | Grainger threatened Dwyer that he would | | get even with him. The peculiar circumstances connected with the fire led the people to believe that | it was the work of an incendiary, and to- day the District Attorney visited the scene and enough evidence was secured by the officers to warrant Grainger’s arrest, —_——— ADVENTURE OF A YOU BET MAN. Narrowly Escapes Being Carried Into a Mining Company’s Flume. NEVADA, Car., March 24.—Suverin- tendent Frank Goding of the Red Dog mine, near You Bet, this county, had a narrow escape from death yesterday. ‘While inspecting a piece of ground he fell from a bank forty feet high and landed in a rushing stream of water that carried him a distance of 200 feet. Just as he was nearing a large flume that carried 2500 inches of water he managed to seize a root proiectingnirom the bank and pull himself out. Had he gone thron%h the flume he wounld have been killed. One of Goding’s ribs was broken, a section of the vertebr® fractured, and he was otherwise badly bruised. e BUNKOED IONE CITIZENS, Plea of Guilty Entered by a Pseudo Evangelist. SUTTER CREEK, Cavr., March 24.—J. A. Smith, the bogus minister and evange- list who was arrested at Stockion on March 13 for obtaining money from J. W. Sibole and others at Ione on the represen- tation tnat he had fallen heir to a fortune and intended to divide it among his new friends, -pleaded guilty here to-day and | was sentenced by Justice Giles to six months in jail. He is an old, gray-baired man, and has been in various escapades before in San Francisco and other places, having served a term in Folsom. P——— Port Townsend Wants Defenses. PORT TOWNSEND, Waisn.,, March 24. The Port Townsend Board of Trade has | begun a crusade in favor of the Squire for- | tifications bill, nqw pending in the United | States Senate, and will ask all commercial orgarizations on the Pacific Coast to urge their representatives in Congress to work and vote for the final passage of the bill by Congress. IT 18 HARDLY WORTH ANY ON¥'Ss WHILE to take the risk of waiting for a Cough, Cold, or any Lung Tronble “10 go us it camo,” when a remedy, 80 sure and thorough as Dr, D,'Jayne's Expectorant, isjso easily procurable. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1896. IVESTING ALASKA MINE, Mission of the Excelsior Expedition Revealed at Seattle. - CAPITAL POURING IN. New York Millionaires Will - Purchase Cooks Inlet Property. MEN AND MACHINERY SENT, The Vessel Carries Lumber, Equip- ments and a Large Store of Provisions. g SEATTLE, Wasu., March 24.—H.G. C. Thornton, a member of the much-discussed Alaska pariy which left San Francisco on the Excelsior under peculiar circum- stances some time ago, has cleared the mystery, if there was one. crowd consists of persons representing a syndicate of fifteen New York and Boston capitalists, each worth, according to Thorn- ton, from $1,000,000 to $15,000,000. The company is capitalized for $10,000,000, with a paid-up capital of $300,000. The scheme is to prospect and take up as much gold and coal bearing land on Cooks Inlet as possible and to work it. The Excelsior, which sailed from Seattle several days ago, had 100 men, twenty-five horses, ten giants, 250,000 feet of lumber and the necessary machinery and equip- ments for quartz and placer mining, and provisions for one year. While here -the Excelsior people purchased the old steam- er General Canby, and Thornton, whose home is in New York City, remained to superintend the overhauling of, and the placing of new machinery in, the craft. The Canby, which is to be used on Cooks Inlet, will be commanded by Captain Durfee of San Francisco, leaving here for Alaska the last of the week. heimt o el IN THE YUKON COUNTRY. Inexperienced Prospectors Make Richest Mtrike of the Year. PORTLAND, Or., March 24. — Caspar Ellinger of Circle City, Alaska, en route for San Francisco, said this evening to a CaLL correspondent : “Do not go to Alaska unless you are well supplied with money. The situation at Juneau is strained. The steamer rate war, with its reduction of fares to a pitch where it was cheaper to travel than stay at home, has served to fill Juneau and Doug- las City with an element which already has begun to make itself felt as a drag on the merchants and employed men. The streets swarm with idle, broken men, for whom there is no work, yet who must be fed. Should this class continue to in- crease at the rate shown during the past two months, it will be necessary for the people of Juneau in self-protection to charter a steamer and send them back to the Sound.” *‘How have the miners on the Yukon prospered thisseason?’ was asked. ‘‘Better than ever before known and strangely, too, the new-comers have been the most fortunate. Tnis resuit, however, was largely due to accident. For some seasons past a company of old timers has held claims back of a glacier in the bills some sixty miles above Circle City. This year these men determined to abandon the glacier and not do any development work on the claims. Tnis came to the ears of a party of four men just arrived in the country from Iowa and who knew as much about a:mine as a mule does of navi- gation; but with the nerve that character- izes a greenhorn, during July they went in on the glacier, with the result that they are now returning with $75,000 among them. The news of the strike spread on the river and a majority of the new arri- vals immediatel);l struck out for the glacier diggings, all of them making money. “I have been in Circle City three years and have no cause for complaint. The fact that I am going back o soon as I have paid a visit to relatives attests that I have not been unsuccessful. To any man with money sufficient to pay his way 1n_and out, lpmvlding he does not make a strike, I would say, 'try Alaska,’ providing he is not doing well in this country; but for any others my earnest advice is, ‘stay away.’ " “‘Are the Indians in the interior o{yths same race as those found on the coast?”’ “No; they are in many respects differ- ent. Greatly resembling the Japanese, they are cleanly, and above all, the women are chaste, the gross immorality of the coast Klootchmen being utterly unknown among the Mum-a-latz, as the Yukon Klootchmen are known. Their villages are far down the river toward the mouth, but wherever a mining camp starts up they are soon to be found, the women doing wash- the | ing and the men working as canoemen and laborers.” AIDING A HIGHLAND 'PATIENT. Attempt to Secure the Release of Judge Huse on a Writ of Habeas Corpus. SAN BERNARDINO, CAL.,, March 24.— An unusual case will soen come up in the Superior Court in which an at- tempt is made to get a patient out of the Insane Asylum at Highland on a writ of habeas corpus. The patient is Judga Charles E. Huse, who was once one of the most prominent attorneys in Southern California. The man who is making the ficht for the Judge’s liberty is a Spanish gentleman—E. F. Glardo, a lifelong friend—who believes that the once brilliant attorney isin the asylum without cause. udge Huse was committed to Napa from Santa Barbara in 1880. He was dis- charged in 1890 and immediately sent back to Napa from San Francisco and trans- ferred to San Bernardino in 1834, where he is at present. On July 4 last he delivered a very able and patriotic address to the inmates at Higbland Asylum. Those in charge at the asylum say he is not fit to be released, but his friend will make the attempt to- morrow. C— Santa Barbara Burglaries. SANTA BARBARA, CAL., March 24— The cash drawer of the Sonthern Pacific Milting Company, situated in the lower Hawley block on State street, was broken open by burglars last night. They real- ized but 75 cents from their raid. An equally unprotitable aul was made, pre- sumably by the same culprits, from the till of Sanford Darling, a State-street grocer. Sixty-five cents secured. ——. Visitors at Santa Crus. SANTA CRUZ, CAL., March 24.—The fol- lowing guests from Stanford University are registered at the Sea Beach Hotel: Professor T. D.-Wood and wife, Professo: G. E. Howard and wife, Professor C. N. Little apd wife, Professor J. 0. Griffin and The Excelsior | wife, Miss Emma ;Outcalt. JGeneral George Stone, vresident’ of the San Francisco Union League Club, and A. O. Basseit of Menlo Park are also here. e G PASSED AWAY AT RATON. Death of Colonel Woodford, the Tem- perance Lecturer. PHENIX, Arrz., March 2¢.—A telegram announces the death of Colonel George Woodford of Chicago, 1ll.. from an acute attack of pneumonia at Raton, N. Mex., to- day, while en route East. He wasa tem- perance orator of National reputation, and for several years traveled and lectured for the National W. C, T. U. For three years past he has been connected with the Arizona Improvement Company of Phee- nix, holding the responsible position of manager of the land Xgpanment. He was largely interested in the Salt River Valley and bas done much for the advancement of Arizoua, being prominent in business and social circles. gkt R Failure at Carpenteria. SANTA BARBARA, CAL., March 24— Rufus T, Jones of Carpenteria has filed a petition of involuntary insolvency in the Superior Court of this county. The state- ment filed shows debts aggregating $2500, with life insurance and outstanding ac- counts as an offset. CORBETIT AND MITCHELL. Offer of a Big Purse for a Fight in London. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 24.—The United Press’ London dispatch of last night announcing that Secretary George Stevens of the Bolingbroke Club has offerea a purse of §12,000 for a fight between Cor- bett and Mitchell, to take place before that club in London, was confirmed by a cable dispatch received yesterday by Richard K. Fox from London, signed by George W. Atkinson, editor of Londen Sporting Life. The dispatch reads as follows: LoNDON, March 23. Bolingbroke Chib offers $12,000 for Mitchell and Corbett, with $500 expenses. Mitchell ac- cepts. Does Corbett? ATKINSON. Mr.. Austin, sporting editor of the Police Gazette, commenting on the dispatch, stated to a United Press reporter that the club had evidently taken Fitzsimmonsat his word in his refusal to meet Corbett be- fore the club for a purse of $8000, and would have nothing further to do with Fitzsimmons because of the latter’s per- emptory and emphatic declination of the club’s offer, Mr. Austin expressed some surprise at the offer of such a large purse for a fight between Corbett and a man whom he so easily defeated only a short time ago, and could only account for it by the belief that Mitchell still continues to be looked upon as the leading English pugilist. e g Brentwood Shooting Match. ANTIOCH, CaL.,, March 24.—Following is the score made at the bluerock shoot at Brentwood yesterday, a portion of the Antioch Club being in attendance: Antioch Club—Ross 22, Proctor 18, W. Rem- free 19, Altizer 11, W, J. Remfree Jr. 18, Taylor 12, Ludinghouse §. Brentwood Club—Welch 18, Cantrell 15, Portman 10, Sellers 11, Lemoine 12, Grigsby 12, Barkley 12, Christenson 9, Johnson 7, Pemberton 7, Lebree 11, William Collis 18, W. Collis11. —_— Won by the Ailsa. MONACO, France, March 24.— The matth yacht race between the large-raters which was sailed yesterday and resulted in the Britannia practically drifting across the finish line ahead of the Ailsa was re- sailed to-day and was won by the Ails The second match between the Stephanie and Ogden Goelet’s Samphire was won by the Samphire. ¥IcTIMS OF A PLOTTEE. Defense Set Up by the ILieutenants of Santa Teresa, EL PASO, Tex., March 24.—A hearing was given to-day before United States Commissioner Sexton to Senores Agnirre of Batopilas and Chapa of Tamaulipas, charged with inciting a rebellion against the Mexican Government. The testimony tended to show that one Pedro de Lima, editor of a Spanish paper at Solomonville, set up and struck off a proot containing a pronunciamento, signed with alleged fic- titions names, calling for a restoration of the Mexican constitution of 1857, and then distributed the type. It is alleged that Lima took this proof to Governor Ahumada at Chihuahua, to make him believe Lima was able to dis- close a deep plot against the Mexican Gov- ernment,and got money from the Gov- ernor; that Lima then saddled the whole business on to Aguirre and Chapa, who were at the time interested in the Solomon- ville paper. His idea is alleged to have been to make himselr solid with the Mexi- can Government, against which he is an old offender. The defense claimed the accused were nothing more than friends of Santa Ter- esa, who has, in the last three years, been creating disturbances in Northern Mexico, Arizona and Texas, and whose fanatical followers have been repeatedly shot down by Mexican troops. The accused wanted only to see that s..e had a fair show. An attempt to transfer the case to No- gales or Solomonville will be resisted in the United States court. adai kb TS ARMY BOARDS TO MEET. Officers to Be Examined as to Their Fit- ness jor Promotion. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 24— A board of army medical officers, to consist of Lieutenant- Colonel C. R. Greenleaf, deputy surgeon - general; Lieutenant- Colonel J. V. D. Middleton, deputy sur- geon-general, and Captain C. B. Frick, as- sistant-surgeon, has been appointed to meet at San Francisco on April 14 to ex- amine officers of the medical department who are candidates for promotion. First Lieutenants M. V. Ireland, Benjamin Brooke and G. M. Wells, assistant sur- geons, have been ordered before the board. Another board of medical officers has been ordered to convene for the same pur- pose at Fort Riley, Kans., on April 14, The board will consist of Major H. 8. Tur- rill, surgeon; Captain J. D. Poindexter, assistant surgeon, and Captain T. U. Ray- mond. assistant surgeon. Orders directing First Lieutenant W. F, Lippitt Jr,, assistant surgeon, to appear before the board have also been issued. e 2 7 SOCIALISM COMPLAINED OF. A Subject Considered by the American Federation of Labor, INDIANAPOLIS, Isp., March 24.—At the meeting of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor the attitude of the Socialists toward trade un- ions was taken up. From Omaha, New York and San Francisco complaints are made of the Socialistic party. The Social- ists have organized a New York trades al- liance and are endeavoring to drag trade into polities. The executive council will sift the So- cialisiic matter, as members are opposed to polities being counted in with trade. Adolph Strasser and John McBride will go to England to represent the federation in the trades union organizations. it e On Trial for Heresy. NEW HAVEN, Coxx., March 24.—The heresy trial of Rev. William T. Brown be- gan at Madison this morning. It is the theological sensation of the day in this State. The acoused is charged by prom- inent members of his congregation with having attacked the fandamental doctrines of the Congregational creed in his sermons during his three years’ pastorate. et Do d o, Requested to Resign. LEXINGTON, Ky., March 24.—William M. 8hipp and C. W. Stone, cashier and bookkeeper respectively of the Deposit Bank of Midway, Woodford County, Ky., have been requested to resign their posi- tions by the directors, a shortage of $40,000 having been found. The cefalca- tion covers a period of about fifteen years. STANFORD'S FAIR ATHLETIC TEAW Basket-Ball Practice *Continued in Encina Gymnasium. Is TRAINING FOR THE FRAY Bloomered Misses Preparing to Defeat the Berkeley Aggregation. PLANS FOR THE BIG MATCH. No Decision as to the Proposed Cardinal Costume — Make - Up of the Team. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CarL, March 24.—The Stanford girls' basket-ball team continues to practice although it is somewhat disorganized by the absence of Misses Kiefer and Merrit, who are away on their vacation. Miss Walter has de- cided not to train, owing to her residence in San Jose. Her place will be filled from the members of the second team. Captain MecCray and the rest of the girls are keep- ing up their training under the careful su- pervision of Dr. Wood, their coach, and Miss Mosher, the physical instructor. Each girl takes the regular gymnasium work and practices with the ball, en- deavoring to overcome her weak points. The girls on the vacation trips bave prom- ised to keep in good condition and to take regular ontdoor exercise and will be ready for the last week’s practice with the team. As the game is to take place on a wooden floor they are mow practicing daily in Encina gymnasjum. The girls have not yet decided to adopt a costume of cardinal ‘‘bloomers,” as was suggested, but will wear tneir regular gymnasium snits of dark material, with cardinal Tam O’'Shanters. The entire management of their affairs has been dele- gated by the executive committee to the team and they control their own costumes and finances. “It iz somewhat different playing on a wooden floor,” remarked one of the team to-day. “You see, we have been used to playing on the ground and the ball bounds differently on a wooden floor, which makes it barder to judge where it will bound. Then we must be more careful of fallsthan formerly and we can’t play as bard. “The ball, when it goes out of bounds in a hall,immediately rebounds and brings itself into play, whereas formerly we used to rush after it. Our field was about 125 by 80 feet in dimensions, and the ball never rebounded after going outside. After the girls return we shall practice team work several times a day, and hope to be ready for the Berkeley game on April 4.7 The members of the team are: The Misses Kiefer and Tucker, home; McCray, captain; Merritt and Cobert, centers: Ryan and Morley, guards. The plan at present is to have the game with Berkeley played in two halves of fifteen minutes each, with ten minutes’ intermission. [ “SAID PASHA” TO BE SUNG. Stanford Talent Will Render the Opera in Encina. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March 24.— All of Stanford’s best musical talent has combined and will produce Richard Stahl's opera,‘‘Said Pasba,” in Encina gymnasium +April 10 and 11 for the benefit of the associ- ated students of Stanford and the junior annual. There will be eighty persons in the company and only Stanford students will be permitted to.take part. The music will be furnished by the twenty-five mem- bers of the Stanford orchestra, The entire management of the stage and music is in the hands of H. Connick ’'97. Mr. Con- nick has been leader of the Stanford or- chestra for three years, had entire charge of the staging of ‘‘Pinafore” at the univer- sity iast year, and managed the music and directed the orchestra of the Stanford vaudeville show Thanksgiving evening. The cast and chorus are rehearsing under his leadership, and he will be largely re- sponsible for its success. A stage is now being built in sections in Encina gymna- sium so that it may be readiiy taken apart or set up, thereby securing a permanent stage for university theatricals. 15 as follows: The cast George W. Bush . H. Abbot . A. Sutherland .George Baldwin Charles I. Dillon iss H. McMillan Miss Mann Miss Farrell ans, etc. Messrs. Sutherland and Bush, tenors, and Abbot, barytone, are prominent mem- bers of the Glee Club, and have well- trained voices, Charles I Dillon and George Baldwin will furnish merriment for the audience. Both took part in the recent vaudeville entertainment—Baldwin as Svengali in the burlesque of *Trilby,” ana Dillon in a skirt dance and as stage manager. Mr. Baldwin is well known in college theatricals, and Mr. Dillon, prior to entering the university, was one of the leading amateur comedians of the North- west. The Misses McM. , Farrell and Mann have sweet voices and good stage presence. The chorus is large and well selected. The performance promises to be one of the most successful ever given by amateur actors at Stanford. DEPEW IS ONLY ON PLEASURE. His Western Trip Not Connected With Railroad Interests. EL PASO, Texas, March 24.—Chauncey M. Depew, Cornelius Vauderbilt and party passed through cn a special train at 9 p. M. to-night for the coast under care of Gen- eral Manager Kruttschnitt of the Southern Pacific. Mr. Depew, when asked relative to the newspaper reports about the New York Central's pmgoud acquisition of the Central Pacific, said: *“We have merely come west for recrea- tion and to look over what in time may be our connections.” o 1n reply to the guestion, “Who will be nominated at 8t Louis?” Mr. Depew gave a hearty laugh and said: “Oh, we can’t tell anythiag about that,” butevidently. changing his mind, remarked: ‘“Governor Morton of N;w York will be the nominee.” (O Dy wned in the River. ‘WICHITA, Kaxs., March 24.—A special from Arapahoe, O. 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OFFICES PORTLAND, OR. 253 Washington street VIRGINIA CITY’S HOPE. R. P. Keating’s Opinion of the Present Mining Situation ou the Great Comstock Lode. R. P. Keating. superintendent of the Savage mine, Virginia City, Nev., is at the Palace Hotel. . “The hope of the camp,” he said, “is in the Brunswick. It has a big fissure-vein— something like the Comstock—and there is good reason why it may develop enormous wealth also. It is estimated that no less than $600,000,000 has been taken out of the Comstock mines. Of course there has been lots of barren ground—places where no ore was found. “I presume 300 men are probably all that are now employed on the Comstock,. whereas we used to have between 5000 and 6000 men. “Qur miners, though they get $4 a day as wages, are so liberal in their expend- itures that they do not by any means get rich. They buy stocks a good deal, and sometimes a miner in this way will get to be worth $50,000 or $100,000. Lots of them up there have been, but they didn’t let go soon enough and are still working away with pick and shovel. Others got out with similar amounts and have settled down. The miners earn all the money they ever get. What they make by specu- lation they are entitled to and we are all glad to see them get it.” Mr. Keating is down for only a short stay. He has been meeting many old friends since his arrivai. —_——————— TESTING RUSSIAN ARMOR. 4An Unusual Compliment Paid to the United States. NEW YORK, N.Y., March 24.—A Sun special from Washington says: The Rus- sian Government, through its legation in Wasbington, has requested the Nayy De- partment to conduct the acceptance test of a large quantity of first-class Harvey- ized steel armor, which it has purchased in this country from the Carnegies for two battle-ships recehtly authorized, and Sec- retary Herbert has notified the Minister that the ordnance experts will undertake the work at the Indian Head proving- grounds. The courtesy extended to this Govern- ment is rather unusual, and was probably never before allowed by one Government to another. It is also regarded as a high tribute to American ordnance that Russia should be willing to allow American-made nlflz to l!:.ll htlixze resisting power of armor plates whic] roposes to place on some of her best. batt},e-ng?na. L The guns and armor will both be of do- mestic make, as will be the powder and all the aceessories of the trial, and except for the presence of the Russian military and naval attaches, who will take no active vart, the Russian Government will be un- :&Runhfllt the trials. The report that besubmitted through the Navy Depart- ment will be accepted by Russia as final N and conclusive of the power or weakness | of the new armor. About one year ago Russia made a con- tract with the Bethlehem company for 1100 tons of heavy steel, such as is manu- factured for American war vessels, and the trials which took place, both at Bethlehem, where the company hasa proving ground, | and abroad, showed that the plates were of the highest degree of excellence | :ind entirely acceptable to the authori- es. This armor is now being fitted on two vessels under construction in Russia. Re- cently, however, Russia has entered -into a contract with an American firm for an- other large amout of armor, the deliv- eries of which will begin immediately after the acceptance t: ——— In the year 1895 the value of the manu- factured silk imported to this country was $31,206,202; in the same year the value of the unmanufactured which was brought 10 this country was $22,626,055. DR. McKENZIE, The world is on its nerve just now. Every one is getting nervous—nations and individ- uals. 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