The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1896. CIRCUS ELEPHANT -~ ON RAMPAGE, Kills Her Keeper and De- molishes a Frame Building. THE IRON HOOK DID IT. Driven From Her Victim by a Plucky Woman With a Pitchfork. CROWDS OF EXCITED PEOPLE. Three Wagon-Loads of Policemen Could Do Nothing but Clear the Streets. CHICAGO, Irr., March 25.—W. H. Har- ris’ big elephant Gipsy became unmanage- able at its winter quarters on the West side this afternoon, and before she could be got under control killed her keeper, tore down a frame building and created general excitement which drew thousands of people to the scene. Harris’ circus is quartered at the corner of Robey and Jackson streets in a six- story brick building, and Gipsy occupies the greater part of the first floor. Her regular keeper is Bernard Shra, but Shea is at present engaged at a music-hall in Omaha and the animal was temporarily in charge of Frank Scott, a lion-tamer. This afternoon Scott, against orders, took Gipsy out for a ride in the alley. Gipsy did not seem inclined to stop at the bound- ary of the alley and Scott gave her a jab with an iron hook. The beast became en- raged, and throwing her keeper from her head proceeded to pound him with her trunk and succeeded in killing him. Mrs. Harris came to the rescue with a pitchfork. She was knocked down, but pluckily recommenced the battle, and the beast ran toward the end of the alley. Here was standing a large crowd, and many were the bruises received in the scattering which took place when the elephant started out of the alley. Gipsy did not go far out, but went back for Scott, who, in the meantime, had been movea into a wooden building just opposite the elephant’s quarters. The animal knocked in the whole side of the building in ber efforts to gev at the man again. During this time Harris had sent for fifty loaves of bread. The elephant nieted down somewhat while she was eating, and and after she had dnished, walked into the barn and the heavy doors were shut. The door bad no sooner been closed than the ele- vhant shattered it and ran out again. By this time every streetin the vicinity was crowded with excited people. Three wagonloads of police came to the rescue, but did nothing further than to keep back the crowd. The elephunt had her own way for about four hours, when she went to her stall and allowed Claude Orton, a horse-trainer, to chain her. Harris has owned the animal for five yearsand has had po trouble with her before. Frank Scott's right name is unknown. Although he has been with Harris’ circus for six years no one knows anything of him except that he went underan assumed name. ok HER SEV. TH VICTIM. The Vicious Brute Is the Old Empress and Has a Bad Record. OMAHA, Nesr.,, March 22. — Bernard Shea, the former keeper of Gipsy, the ele- phant who created so much trouble in Chicazo to-day, was seen to-night and will take the first train for Chicago in the morning to aséume his old position.. In an interview he stated that Gipsy is only another name for Empress, the original old Empress, the first elephant imported into this country, and that the killing of her late keeper Scott makes the seventh victim of her vicious character. Tue first Harry Cooley in 1870 at Forepaugh's ter quarters. Then George West had the life crushed out of him in 1874, travel- ingon the road with Robinson’s show. «Jimmy the Bum’’ was the next man, at New Iberia, La., 1882, foliowed by William Devoe with O’'Brien’s show at Poughkeep- sie, N. Y., in 1886. Patsy Hulligan was the sixth vietim, and he had his arm torn out in Cincinnati in 1894 and ‘he died two days afterward. Shea has been Gipsy’s keeper off and on for the past ten years and says he has never had any trouble with her. SBANTA CRUZ PIONEER GONE. of 1853, Uriah BSlack, an Argomaut Stricken by Death SANTA CRUZ, CaL., March 25.—Uriah Slack, father of Judge Charles W. Slack of Department 5 of the Superior Courtat San Francisco, died at his home in this city this morning of complications arising from la grippe, by which he was attacked a year ago. Judge Slack was called to the invalid’s bedside last Sunday, but was obliged to return to San Francisco, where he remained until apprised to-day of his father's death. He came down on the evening train. He will remain here to at- tend the funeral to-morrow and return sgain toSan Francisco on Friday. Uriah Slack was 76 years old, a native of Pennsylvenia and had crossed the aivide with his wife in 1853. They resided in Northern gnd Central California and in Nevada unt¥l 1869, when they removed to San Luis Obispo County, remaining there till about five years ago. Since then their home has been in Santa Cruz. Mrs. Slack survives her husband. The funeral will occur from the Congregational Church to- morrow afteEnoon. . pa SR A San Miguel Tragedy. SAN LUISOBISPO, Car., March 26.— Coroner Nichols returned to-day from San Miguel, whither he went to hold an in- quest over thebody of a man found in the Lills near San Miguel on Tuesday. The head had become disconnected from the body and was found thirty feet away. A bullet hole in the right side of the skull and the following sentences scrawled upon the edge of u newSpaper, give evidence of suicide: . “Died July 20, 1895, 6 P. M. Self destraction. Impossible to make living under pryesent. Government management. 8. M. V.” % RN R ARRAIGNED AT RIVERSIDE. Platt One of the Murafin of Mrs. Pleads Guilty. RIVERSIDE, Car. March 25.—Antonio Molido, one of the quartet of Indian fiends accused of ha&ng murdered Mrs. t at the Pichango 5'his: county nearly 3 Mary Platt, the teac Indian reservation in Wwo years ago, was @rraigned to-day. A Molida had been kept in the Los Angeles County Jail since his arrest and there made & complete confession of the crime in which he, with three other reservation Indians, named Gauvish, Rodriguez and Trujillo, took part. Molido to-day created a sensation by pleading guilty. He is emphatic in his statements that Gauvish, Rodriguez and Trujilla were participants in the murder and expresses a willingness to so testify in the trial of the three men, which is to be held here on April 9. G ARIZONA ROAD MORTGAGED. The Debt of the' Maricopa-Phenix Line Secured. PHENIX, Ariz., March 25—A trast mortgage was filed for record yesterday, conveying to the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of New York all the franchises, rights of way, buildings, road-bed and roll- ing stock of the Maricopa and Pheenixand Salt River Valley Railroad, from Maricopa to Pheenix and from Tempe to Mesa, to hold as secuirty for the payment of the bonds of the railway company to the amount of $860,000. The bonds run thirty vears and bear 5 per cent interest. Of the bonds covered by this mortgage $540,000 were issued in 1886 to build the road from Maricopa to Pheenix. SadenagEnie s SACRAMENTO AFFRAYX. Conflicting Accounts of @ Quarrel Which Ended in a Stabbing. SACRAMENTO, CaAL., March 25.—Dur- ing an altercation at Eighth and K streets about 10 o’clock this evening Charles P. Lynch was stabbed in the right breastin the vi v of the heart by R. J. Hanlon. The weapon used was a shoemaker’s knife with a blade five inches long, fitted into a rude wooden handle. Hanlon does not deny the cutting, but claims that he acted in self-defense when set upon by a gang. The wounded man tells an entirely differ- ent story, and claims that the cutting was entirely unprovoked. Had the blade of the weapon not struck a rib Lynch would have been instantly killed. AR P Through Service for Arizoma. PHENIX, Ariz.,, March 25.—A deal has been consummated by which the telegraph line belonging to the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phenix_Railroad Company between Pheenix and Ash Fork passes into the hands of the Postal Telegraph Company. This change is of great importance to the business men of Pheenix, as it will give them the advantage of through rates and will save the tariff heretofore charged for the short line. It is probable that the Western Union will now run an extra wire in from Maricopa, and thus give Phenix the advantages of a second through line. SCOTINS FATAL QUARREL The Killing of Hugh Hadden to Be Investigated by the Authorities. Not Satisfied With the Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury Acquitting His Slayer. CaL.,, March 25.—W. S. Wright, who killed Hugh Hadden at Sco- tia a few weeks ago by hitting him on the head with a ratchet from a carbresk, is not going to escape accounting for his deed as easily as was at first supposed. the verdict of the Coroner’s jury, which acquitted Wright on the ground of self- defense. To-day a warrant was sworn out, and District Attorney Burnell left affair. Hadden did not die immediately from during the time of unconsciousness no particulars of the homicide could be ob- tained. The authorities of the company for which both men worked acknowledged that they knew something of the affair, but absolutely refused to talk about it. W. S. Kapple was the only witness to the affray, and he saw it from a distange. Wright claims that the trouble com- menced in the oil-house near the mill, when he asked Hadden to assist him in raisine a tank of oil onto a_low platform. Hadden refused to help Wright, and in going out the door applied a vile epithet. Wright objected and Hadden returned and struck him. An encounter ensued, in which Hadden struck Wright on the shoulder with an oil-can. Then, picking up a peavy (a heavy, wooden bar having a cant-hook attachment near one end with an iron pikeinserted), he made for Wright, threatening to kill him. Wright dodged the blow, and catching Hadden by the throat made him desist. Three times, says Wright, Hadden at- tempted his life with the peavy. The last time he was threatened by Wright with a grade-bar. Hadden left, but came back again threatening to kill Wright the first chance he got. Wright had a ratchet- wheel from a car-brake in his hand and when Hadden came at him let it fly, hit- ting Haaden on the head, fracturing the skuil. Hadden relapsed into unconscious- ness and never regained his reason. Hadden was a comparative stranger at Scotia, having been there but a month. He was apparently about 48 years of age, was a Master Mason of Mount Moriah Lodge, of Shelton, Wash., and a member of the Vancouver Council of the Canadian Protective Association. Wright is the electrician at the Pgcific Lumber Company’s mills at Scotia, and is well known in this county. He has al- ways borne a good reputation. L el EUREKA RAILWAY BONDED. Donahue Road Believed to Have Secured a Local spur. " EUREKA, Cin, March 25.— It was rumored here to-day that the Eel River and Eureka Railroad, a local line extend- ing about thirty-five miles south from Eureka, had been bonded for ninety days to San Francisco capitalists interested in the Donahue road, and that it would not be long before steps would be taken to con- nect the two.roads. The railroad promo- tion committee promises important news soon_concerning the California, Oregon and Idaho line, which is to connect Ked Bluff with Eureka. [t is thought that as soon as a movement is made to connect Eureka with San Francisco, steps will be taken to give access to the Sacramento Valley. e NEBKASKA SETTLERS RELIEVED. The Railroads Will Defend Them Against Government Suits. OMAHA, NesRr., March 25.—Many hun- dreds of persons have been alarmed for fear that the titles to their homes were endangered by the land suits brought by the Government against the Union Pacific and Burlington systems. To-day a com- munication addressed to these parties was issued from the general solicitor’s office of the Union Pacific, which, in part, said: “I am authorized to say that the Union Pacific Railway Company and the re- ceivers will undertake the defense of the suits, not only as to the interest of the Union Pacific Railway Company, but also for account of all or any of the defendants therein.” The Burlington has given similar as- surances. —_—— Pearl Eytinge’s Hapless Condition. NEW YORK, N.Y., March 25.—Pearl Eytinge, the actress, who was taken to Bellevue Hospital about a week ago, suf- tering from the effects of morphine and alcobol, but who was discharged a couple of days later, was removed by her friends on Monday night to the Westchester Sani- tarium, she baving relapsed into her I former condition. Many people have not been satistied with | this afternoon for Scotia to investigate the | the _effects of the blow he received, and | SAYS CALIFORNIA IS A PARADISE. Mr. Depew’s Opinion of the Land of Gold and Oranges. ON A RECREATING TRIP. Declares the Vanderbilt Party Is Not Inspecting the Central Pacific, POLITICS AND FUNDING BILL, Morton the Probable Choice of His Party—The Pacific Roads Situation. LOS ANGELES, Car.,, March 25.—The special train bearing Cornelius Vanderbilt, Chauncey M. Depew, John Hone, a New York banker, and George R. Fearing of Newport, R. L, pulled into the Southern Pacific’s Arcade depot at 7:45 o’clock this evening, and after a brief stop proceeded to Santa Monica, where the party will spend the night. A small party of rail- road men, a few personal friends of Dr. Depew and a CALL correspondent were on hand to greet the visitors. The first and only one to alight frcm the train was Mr. Depew, who was soon surrounded by a lit- tle group of admirers, whom he proceeded to entertain in his inimitable and original manner. The frequent bursts of laughter which reverberated through the depot showed that Cbauncey was loaded as usual with good stories and was regaling “his hearers with the witticisms for which he is so famous. “Well, you have the call on me,” said he to THE CALL'S representa- tive, ‘and I suppose I'll have to talk, al- though Mr. Vanderbilt wants to keep out of the newspapers as much as possible. In fact, there is no need of much being said of our trip, as we are simply here for recre- ation and our visit bds no business signifi- cance at all, except such as may result from the broadening of our knowledge of this great country. “Neither Mr. Vanderbilt nor myself has ever been in California before. You know | we New Yorkers are so well satisfied with ourselves and our local habits that we do not travel about much. You in the West here have come to loock upon us as a lot of selfish millionaires, bloated bondholders | and rapacious goldbugs. This view of us has become so pronounced that we have almost begun to think it is true and that we are the only people and part of the | country worth concerning ourselves | about. But Mr. Vanderbiit and I finally came to the conclusion that we would break through our crust of exclusivenesss and see California for ourselves, belie®ing that in doing so we would get into closer | touch with the people of this great State, learn to appreciate your more wonderful resources and possibilities and go back to our work invigorated both in body and mind.” “But, doctor, you do not appear to be iin need of any 1invigoration,” was sug- gested. *‘That 1s true so far as my physical man | is concerned, for I manage to keep my youth despite an accumulation of years. I honestly think that I perform more work than any half-dozen other men in | the country, but I am able to do it becanse } my habits are regular and I sleep much | and well. Still I get tired of work some- | times, and I already feel refreshed by this | trip. i ‘‘Here we are three days out from New Orleans, and the whole journey has been | a constant delight and revelation. By the | way, the Southern Pacific Sunset route is | a magnificent line. The roadbed is solid | and smooth and everything indicates that the road is managed by competent hands. We enioyed our ride over it very much. We had our view of Southern California | farms and orchards this afternoon, and to say that we are delighted is putting it mildly. We are enchanted. We expect to remain about ten days in the Starte. After visiting all the principal points of interest in Southern California we will proceed to San Francisco, which I suppose you Westerners think is at least the hub of the solar system. taking it for granted that Boston can make good her claim of being the hub of the universe. 1 under- stand that Los Angeles lays claim to being somewhat of a hub herself. I will be bet- ter able to judge as to that after I see the town to-morrow. “No, our visit has nothing to do with the prospective ownership or controt of the Central Pacific. We have been offered iots of things for sele since we struck the West. Ranches, mines and railroads galore are shoved at us, each with the as- surance that it is the opportunity of a life- time to make a fortune, but we are not on the buy. The Vanderbilt system reaches 2s far west as falt Lake City, and may some day tap the coast, but we are not fig- uring on extensions now. We have a traffic agreement with the Union and Cen- tral Pacific that is quite satisfactory to us, and our only interest at present is to see those roads well and safely managed, so that we can route our coast traffic over them to advantage to ourselves and our patrons. “Personally I think the proper solution of the Pacific roads question is some sort of arefunding act. I have not kept well informed on the bills now before Congress, but I dare say that some bill which would secure to the Government. the money it has loaned the roads would be better for the Government and better for the people than foreclosure and Government owner- ship. I do not believe in Government ownership. A Government road would be badly run, for politicians would run it and it would be run ata loss. Congress would have to make up the deficit, and then the New England States, in fact all the States of the East and South, would raise a protest because like sums were not spent to aid transportation enterprises in them. Eastern Congressmen would re- fuse to vote approppriations to ay Pacific roads debts and the result can easily be imagined. Owing to the poor service which a Government road would give, places reached by competing lines would give their trade to them and places served only by a Government road would find their trade paralyzed.” Mr. Depew cited South America as an example. There Government ownership was tried and found wanting. As to the excellent railway system of Germany under Government control, he said the re- sult was heigher freight rates than this country could stand. If the same rates prevailed here, he said. not an orange or a pound of fruit or grain could be thipped from California to the Missouri River ata profit. Under the Gorntan system of rail- road management the great prolific West would still be a desert waste. “You can say,” said Mr. Depew, in con- cluding this subject, ‘‘that weare not look- ing for an opportunity to buy the Central Pacific. All we want at present is the most efficient line to California, via the Union and Central Pacific under private management. Changing the subject to politics, the after-dinner orator began by saying: “McKinley certainly shows the greatest strength in the race for the Republican nomination. He will undoubtedly go into the conventicn with the mest votes, but not a majority on first ballot, mind you. Nor is he liable to get a majority on any immediate subsequent ballot, for there are other formidable candidates, not the least of whom is our own respected Gover- nor Morton. There is a great probability that there will be a long-drawn-out contest in the St. Louis convention, and that Mc- Kinley, the prime favorite, will have to give way to a compromise candidate. Now, the strongest man for a safe compro- mise is the one who can carry the most important doubtful State. Can any one doubt that that State is New York, and that Morton is the man to carry it? Heis a man without animosities and who will be acceptable to all factions. McKinley is friendly to Morton, and so are all the leading aspirants, nearly every one of whom will throw his strength to Morton when his own chances become hopeless. Thus, in my opinion, Governor Morton's ultimate nomination is almost an assured fact.” “But in the event of Morton’s failure to seize the prize, whom do you consider the most probable nominee?” “There is no other, according to my thinking, for we New Yorkers do not con- cede that our man can possibly meet with defeat.” This ended the interview, as Mr. Van- derbilt, who during the entire stay of half an hour, did not once show his face out- side his private car, wasimpatient to be off for Santa Monica. But Mr. Depew, beiore swinging himself aboard the train, cracked one more little joke at the expeuse of Grover Cleveland. “Just to show you how some men will go wrong,” said the prince of story-tellers, ‘“and refuse to embark on the tide of for- tune when it is at its flood, I will relate a little incident about the present occupant of the White House. Had Grover Cleve- land embraced the opportunity which I once offered him, he might to-day be one of odr party, riding about the country in a private car and enjoying himself, instead of being a public servant, the drudge of the White House, hated and execrated by alarge proportion of his fellow-citizens. ‘Why, I once oftered to make him the head of the law department of the New York Central, but he chose instead to have him- self elected Governor of New York and afterward President of the United States. This only shows how men of brains even will make mistakes."” SUICIDE AT LOS ANGELES, Repeated Attempts of an Aged Man to End His Life by Drowning, Second Plunge Into the Waters of a Pond Accomplishes His Desire. LOS ANGELES, Can, March 25.—A most peculiar suicide occurred, this morn- ing just outside the city limits on First street. At this point there is a good-sized pond. On the First-street side there is a steep embankment, for ten or fifteen feet the declevity beirg almost sheer. About a month ago William Mertens, a man about 70 years of age, was sent to Los Angeles by his relatives in Yutan, Nebr., for his health. It appears that the old gentleman was somewhat demented, and it was believed that the climate of this section would tend to cure him in body and mind. He was stopring with a wealthy rancher named Herman Newman, who resides at Prospect Park. A few days ago, while .passing by this pond, Mertens sprang from th2 wagon and attempted to throw himself into-its waters, but was prevented by the prompt action of Newman. This morning gain driving into the city with Mertens. | When opposite the pond Mertens told Newman that he had dropped his spec- tacies and asked permission to get out and get them. As Mertens had appeared to be in buoyant spirits fora number of days and was apparently in improved health New- man did not suspect his motive. Mertens got out of the wagon and re- traced his way about fifty feet, looking along the road as thougn hunting for his spectacles, but in reality searching for a point on the bank of the pond beyond which he believed the water was deep. ‘When he had come to that place he started to go down the bank. Newman, becoming apprehensive, had also jumped out of the wagon and got within two feet of Mertens, when the old man sprang headlong down the bank into the water. Newman grasped Mertens by the coat, but in some way Mertens re- leased himself from the garment, leaving it in Newman’s hands. All attempts at rescue were in vain. The man at once dis- appeared and did not rise again. The body was recovered a half hour later. TACOMA'S KING OF THIEVES. Futile Attempt to Secover on a Worth- tess Draft Floated by Paul Scnulze. TACOMA, WasH., March 25, — days before Paul Schulze, the million- dollar embezzler, committed suicide in April, 1895, he drew two drafts on the California Safe Deposit and- Trust Com- pany of San Francisco through the Bank of British Columbia of this city, the aggre- gate amount being $4862, and received the cash. The drafts, on reaching San Fran- cisco, were not paid, as Schulze had no funds on de posit, but there was no alarm until the suicide occurred. When Schulze's frauds were discovered Manager F. W. Low of the Bank of British Columbia lost - his position. - hat became of Schulze’s money will never be known. After Schulze's death, though he had been living. in princely style, he was found to be practically pen- niless. To-day the petition of the bank to be allowed a claim of $4860 against the receivers of the Yakima Investment Com- pany came up for a hearing on the alle- ration that Schulze had signed the bogus draft as one of the receivers of the invest- ment company. This was shown, but it was proven that the receivers did not re- ceive the money and that Schulze had no authority to make the drafts. The court denied the petition. It came out in the evidence that $2500 of Schulze’s ili-gotten gfin was used to pay interest on old debts of the investment company, incurred when Schulze was manager, and which debts he concealed. Six hundred of the remainder was paid on rivate debts. e sum unaccounted The remainder of for. Newman was | DECEIVED BY A PORTLAND MAN. Mrs. Lillie Strauss Causes a Sensation on a Steamer. TEARS OVER A MESSAGE. Receives a Dispatch Announcing the Suicide of Fred Andrews. HAD BEEN SENT BY HIMSELF. The Love-Sick Young Man Sought to Touch the Heart of His Idol. PORTLAND, Or., March 25.—Mrs. Lillie Strauss, tke wife of *Doc’’ Adolph Strauss, and a woman well connected in San Fran- cisco, some months ago separated from her husband here for alleged infidelity on his part, and returned to the coast me- tropolis. Recently she came back for the purpose of.effecting arrangements of some unknown purpose with her husband, but when he heard of her coming he hurriedly left for the bay, accomnanied, it is said, by a young woman, Zella Rummel of Al- bina. The following telegram from As- toria this afternoon would indicate that Mrs. Strauss made the best of the situation while here: “When the steamer Queen arrived down from Portland yesterday morning on her way to San Francisco, a messenger-boy was waiting here with a telegram for Mrs. Strauss, one of the passengers. When she opened the telegram and haa read it she burst into tears, crying out: “‘Fred had killed himself, and it isallmy fault.’ ‘‘She fell over on the floor of the cabin cabin in a faint. Some ot the lady passen- gers revived her, and with tears running down her cheeks she told her story of do- mestic woes. She said she had been en- gazed to be married to Fred V. H. An- drews, one of the most popular young men in Portland, but they had quarreled and she had broken off the engagement and had told him she would go to her former home in San Francisco. He saw her off on the steamer and tried to persuade her to remain and marry him. He threatened to shoot himself if she did not. She was disconsolate in her grief, and, leaving her trunks on the steamer, she came ashore with theintention of going back to Port- land to at:end his funeral. “As the telegram did not say that the shooting had resulted fatally she wired the | lady whose.name was signed to the tele- gram asking if Fred would live. A reply soon came, saying that she had seen Fred this morning, and that she thought he would. Other telegrams passed and 1t was found that the man had not shot himself, but ihat it was all a joke—a very cruel one, though—and that he had sent the original telegram himself. She will return to Portland, while her trunks are on the Queen, en route to San Francisco. ““The lady is Mrs. Dr. Strauss of San Francisco, whose recent troubies with her husband and her leaving him are well known on the coast, owing to t eir being aired in the papers. She has been in Port- land about a month and there she met Andrews. They immediately became at- tached to one another and were constantly together.” Feuili e UNCLE SAM A LOSER. Disast s Result of the Seizure of an | SEE = : e it 7 ihe " | the principal candidates being Thompson, Opium Smuggler. PORTLAND, Or., March 25.—The seiz- ure and sale of the famous old opium- smuggling steamer Hayiian Republic by the kederal autLorities will net but littie to the Government. The steamer was libeled as an opiuam smuggler and was supposed to be the property of the Mer- chants’ Steamship Company. On being condemned by the Government at auction sale she brought $16,000. At this juncture the Kodiak Packing Company put in a claim for §11,000, alleging that it was the | first owner of the Haytian Republic, hav- ing sold the vessel to the Merchants’ Steamship Company and tha$ there was that amount due from the latter on the purchase price. United States D:strict Attorney Murphy combatted this claim on tne gronnd that if the Kodiak Packing Cum‘)lnv had any recourse it must be from the Merchants’ Steam:hip Company and not from the Government. Secretary Carlisle, however, holds a different view, and has sent to the District Attorney orders to turn over to the Kodiak Packing Company the amount claimed—$11.000. Inasmuch as the Gov- ernment has been to the expense of over $5000 in caring for the steamer during the time it has been in the Government’s hands there is a debtor balance accruing from the seizure. A Vi Prohibitionists Meet. PORTLAND, Or., March 25.—The Pro- hibition State Convention openea to-day with 150 delegates present. The meeting resolved that there was no purity in any political organization outside of the Pro- hibition party. The convention will nom- inate a ticket. PEACE AT MILL VALLEY, Excitement Has Subsided After the Furor of Tuesday Night. = The First Engine Run Over the Dis- puted Avenues and io the Power-House. MILL VALLEY, CaL., March 25.—The wild excitement of last night has subsided and at noon to-day the first engine was run over the track of the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Rai'road as far as the site of the proposed power-house on the Cushing property. There ‘was no demonstration when the engine steamed across the avenue where for a week work had been delayed on account of Maurice ‘Windmiller's injunction. A crowd assem- bled, but none of the cheering that marked the event of the first flatcar being pushed over the disputed avenues last night greeted the engine, as with steam escaping from every valve it made its way over Blythedale avenue. through the McInnes property and over Corte Madero avenue to the Cushing property. ' All through the day the men have been .| loaded with all possible [ his able corps of assistants. at work strengthening the track and lay- ing more rails. Last night the supply of spikes ran short and in consequence the track was in a weak condition until rem- edied to-day. No time is being lost in completing the road and the great block- ade of material which resulted from the injunction suit is broken and tbe cars as they arrive in Mill anle{ are being un- aste. A third rail is being laid so as to allow the cars of the North Pacific Coast road to travel as far as;the power-house. o Judge Angellotti’s decision dissolving the ipjunction has not, as expected, de- cided the point which was considered most importanti—who owns _the Mill Valley roads? This point is still in question and may shortly be tested. The secretary of the Tamalpais Land and Water Company asserts that he will tear up any water pipe that any property- owner attempts to Lv across one of the roads. The company he represents claims toown all rights to the roads. Whether the company has this power or not may shortly be determined, as it is said an at- tempt to lay pipes will be made by certain individuals to test the point. DA by New Hotel for Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Car., March 25.—River- side is to have a new $75,000 tourist hotel. Plans for the new structure have been drawnand F. A. Miller, manager of the Glenwood Hotel here, who is back of the project, expects to go East in a few days to interest capitalists. The hotel will oc- i!{lpy the site of the present Glenwood otel. —_— . Opposed by Seattle Preachers. SEATTLE, Wasm.,, March 25.—By way of a concession to Methodist ministers, the broadsword contest between Captain Jennings and Baron Malchin, the Russian champion, has been postponed from Easter Sunday to the Sunday following, but the divines express themselves as unwilling thatthe affair should take place on any Sunday. FOR STANFORD'S MUSEUM Three Hundred Varieties Fish Received From Jamaica. of Several Species Heretofore Unknown to Science—Work on the Junior Annual. STANFORD TUNIVERSITY, CaL, March 25.—An interesting collection of fishes has been received by the zoological department of the university. It com- prises about 300 different varieties and is the work of Mr. Roberts, a missionary in Jamaica. Several species are entirely new to science, and will be named after the discoverer. Some of the fish are]very interesting. One resembles a toad in appearance, an- other has bristles like a porcupine and is called the porcupine-fish. The parrot-fish is a bright green in color, while the angel- fish is light yellow with large fins. The ugliest specimens belong to the branch of scorpionide or scorpion-fish. Dr. Gilbert's specimens have not been opened yet, as there is not enough alcohol at hand to preserve them. The work of classification will soon begin. The last work on the Junior Annual is being done by Editor E. M. Hulme 97 and The book | goes to press in a few days and will appear | the latter part of April. The present in- dications are that this year's annual will far surpass that of any previous class, both in literary and artistic merit. It will con- tain pvems by Edward Maslin Hulme, Charles K. Field and Miss Winnifred Harper, and will be illustrated by such artists as R. K. Culver, Merle Johnson, Miss Morton and Miss Hvde. Stories, sketches, verses, photographs, humorous scenes of college life, pictures of members of the faculty and the usnal interesting “grinds” will make up the volume. Baseball practice continues daily under | the coaching of Captain McLaine. The usual method of batting flies and ground- ersto the menisemployed. Practice games are played every few days, and the men also practice batiing the curves of Captam McLaine. The makeup of the 'Varsity in- field 1s practically decided as follows: Mc- Laine (captain), pitcher; Jeffs, catcher; Young, first base; Harris, second base; Sharp, third base; Taylor, shortstop. The competition for the outtield is very active, Wight, Stansberry, Strohn, James and Freeman. Wight and Sharp are tempo- rarily laid up, but will be prepared for work in a few days. SR R Seattle Case Dismissed. SEATTLE, WasH., March 25.—The com- plaint against L. H. Griflith, the street railway builder, who was charged, with other prominent citizens, with having sev- eral years ago conspired with Adolph Krug, then Treasurer, to rob the city, was dismissed to-day in the criminal depart- ment of the Superior Court. SEL Tacoma Gets the Convention. TACOMA, WasH., March 25.—The Dém- ocratic State Central Committee has agreed upon Tacoma as the place for holding the State convention on April 14. 4 CHICO ASIATICS EAT TOADSTOOLS, Five Are Dead and the Grave Yawns for Others. SOLD BY A PEDDLER. Butte County Chinatown Being Depopulated by Bogus Mushrooms. PHYSICIANS GIVEN NO REST. Lack of Botanical Knowledge Results in a Wholesale Killing of Foreigners. CHICO, Car., March 25.—That deadly species of mushroom, the toadstool, has been the means of partly depopulating the Asiatic element in Chico’s Chinatown. As a result of partaking of the fungus two Japanese and three Chinese died to-day, and there are quite a number who will probably die before morning. A Chinaman went to a slaughter-house near town last Sunday and gathered a lot of toadstools, which he supposed were mushrooms. He peddled them out among his countrymen and some Japanese, and many partook of the luxury. On Monday physicians were called to prescribe for poisoning, and the doctors have been busy night and day ever since. About a dozen Japanese and Chinese were stricken down, and early this morning the first Chinaman died, followed later by a Chinese woman, a Japanese man and woman, and another Chinaman late this afternoon, making five in all. The Chinese woman was not under a doctor’s care, and aninquestand autopsy was held by the Deputy Coroner late this afternoon. The verdict was that death resulted’from accidental poisoning. Sev- eral other Chinese are lying at death’s door, and their demise is expected at any time. A few have sutficiently recovered to be out of danger. The present warm weather has brought out muslirooms and toadstools in profu- sion, and it takes a connoisseur to tell them apart, the appearance of the plants being very similar. ey ORLAND’S NEW INDUSTRY. Wheat Fields to Give Way to the Orchard and Vineyard. CHICO, CAr.,, March 25.—The people of Orland and vicinity have awakened to the fact that wheat raising in their neighbor- hood is becoming a back number, and that the soil is peculiariy adapted to the rais- e of fruits, especially citrus. On Mon- day evening a company to be known as the Glenn County Citrus Association with a capital of $15,000 was organized and within a few days thearticles of incorpora- tion will be filed and the association will be ready to do a general business in the raising, packing, buying, selling and ship- ping of all kinds of fruits. —_———— Death of Mrs. Wilson. CHICO, CAL., March 25.—Mrs. Paulina 0. Wilson, widow of W. 8. E. Wilson, ex- County Assessor of Butte County, died this morning at Stockton. She was one of the pioneer women of Chico and was known to every resident. She was 45 years of age. The funeral will take place in Chico to-morrow. Rail Fatality Near Troy. SPOKANE, Wasu., March 25.—Antone Lonney, a laborer, was run over by a freight train on the Great Northern near Troy, and both his legs were cut off. He was brought to Spokane on a special train, but died before reaching the hospital. Lonney was trying to beat his way, and while attempting to board a moving train, missed his footing and fell under the wheels. FKrom papers on his person it would appear that he has friends and property in San Francisco. —_— Salt Lake’s Guests. SALT LAKE, Utan, March 25.—Senator ‘W. H. Andrews of Pennsylvania, General | J. 8. Clarkson of Iowa, and . Colonel Isaac Trumbo arrived 1n Salt Lake this morning in their special car “Davy Crocket,” from California. The party 1s on a general tour of the West in-the interest of Senator Allison’s candidacy for the Presidential nomination. They haa conferences with the Republican leaders here, and leave to- morrow for Denver. NEW TO-DAY. FOR THRE DAYS ONLY THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. $2. We place on sale 875 short pants Suits, ages 5 to 15, in broken lots, which were $2.65 65 $2.65 PREVIOUSLY SOLD FROM $7.00 to $2.65 $16.50. For three days only we have reduced them to $2.65. ALSO: ' 1000 Men’s Suits in broken lots, in an $8.50 $8.50 sisting of Sacks and endless variety of styles and colors, con- double and single breasted three-button Cutaway Suits, ‘former price $13.50 to $20 ; now selling during our DISSOLUTION SALE at $8. 50 $8.50 'COST CUTS NO FIGURE. Our aim is to dispose of goods during this sale. WE MUST REALIZE CASH. HYAMS, PAUSON & CO., Wholesale Manufacturers of Fine Clothing Selling Direct S. E. Corner Post and Kearny Sts. to the Public,