The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1896. MASSACHUSETTS FOR TOM REED, Favored at the Republican Convention of the State. DELEGATES PLEDGED. The Platform Opposes the Free Coinage of Silver and State Banks. MANLEY DOES SOME FIGURING. By His Showing the McKinley Forces Will Be Defeated at St. Louis. BOSTON, Mass., March 27.—The Repub- lican convention to elect delegates to the St. Louis convention was called to order shortly after 10 o’clock this morning by the chairman of the State committee. Most of the delegates wore Reed badges, and Mr. Lyman’s reference to the Maine statesman in his opening address elicited hearty applause. Senator Lodge also re- ceived a warm greeting when he appeared on the platfor The committee on per- manent organization reported as their choice for chairman Hon. Samuel W. Mec- Cold of Winchester. The speech of the chairman was fre- quently interrupted by applause, and especially well received were his insist- ence upon the policy of protection and adhesion to the National standing of the commercial world. Senator Lodge, in rising to present the report of the committee on resoluttons, was again warthly received. The platform declares for protection and reciprocity, and demands especial protection for our merchant marine, which, it declares, would revive our shipping and cause pay for American freight to be paid to Ameri- cans. It insists ubon the entire separation of church and state, demands a restricted migration and sympathizes with the an revolutionists. The currency plank and that championing Reed’s Presidential aspirations are as follows: “We are entirely opposed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver, and to any change in the existing gold standard ex- cept by international agreement. Each dollal must be kept as good as every othe The credit of the United States must be maintained at the highest point, 80 that it cannot be questioned anywhere, either at heme or abroad. Every promise must be rigidly kept, and every obligation redeemable by coin must be paid in gold. “We are opposed to the unsound and stem of State banks; we sup- doilar. po lJieve that it should be so amended as to ve it room for expansion and oppor- tunities to meet the demands of the grow- g business and population of the coun- v esent to the National Conven- tion for nomination as President and we urge all our delegates to give their earnest, active support to a fearless leader, tried in many hard conflicts—a man of National reputation, of unbiemished character, un- swerving Republicanism and great abili- ties, the Hon. Thomas B. Reed of Mane.” Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, W. Murphy Crane of Dalton, Hon. E. S. Draper of Hopedzle and Curtis Guild Jr. of Boston were unanimously electeda as delegates-at- Jarge to the St. Louis convention. Alter- nates were elected as follows: R. H. Boutwell of Belmont, L. C. Southard of Boston, R. F. Hawkins of Springfield and S. E. Courtney of Boston. The convention adjourned without formality. —_————— FIGURED OUT BY MANLEY, Says McKinley Will Go Down Before Speaker Reed. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.—J. H, Manley sent to W. Murray Crane the fol- lowing telegram to-day: ‘WASHINGTON, March 27, 1896. Hon. W. Murray Crane, Republican State Con- wention, Boston, Mass.: In answer to your in- quiry this is the situation as it will stand at the end of this week: At the close of your con- vention there will have been 398 delegates elected. Governor McKinley will have 162 delegates, provided you assign to him the en- delegations from Wisconsin, Indiana and Minnesota. But there should be taken from this number twelve delegates from the States who have declared since their election in favor of Mr. Reed, and as they were not instructed they should be taken from the McKinley col- umn and placed in Mr. Reed’s. This gives Governor McKinley 150 delegates, Mr. Reed 72, Governor Morton 64,Senator Allison 38, Senator Quaf 26, Senator Cullom 10, con- tested 36. You will see that this gives Mr. McKinley 150 aelegates against 210 anti-McKinley delegates. The situation is precisely as it was twenty years ago. You will remember that three months before the convention met at Cincin- nati we were confident of Mr. Blaine’s nomin- ation. He stood then as the apostle of protec- tion, but he had opposed to his nomination genator Conkling of New York, Senator Mor- ton of Indiana, Secretary Bextow, Governor Hayes of Ohio and Governor Hartranft of Pennsylvania. We felt so sure of Mr. Blaine’s nomination that we regarded it as settled and yet he was defeated in the convention and the Maine man went down before the Governor of Ohio. History will repeat itself at St. Louis. Gov- ernor McKinley is and will be the leading can- didate before the convention, but he will have him as candidates Governor Morton £ Senator Allison of Towa, Senator Cullom of Ilinois, Senator Quay of Pennsyl- ¢ania and Mr. Reed of Maine. You will find that the tables will be turned and the Ohio Governor will go down before the man from Maine. J. H. MANLEY. —— HAVE NO SECOND CHOICE. Republicans of Towa Are Solidly Arrayed Jor Allison. PHILADELPHIA, PaA., March 27.— Governor F. M. Drake of Iowa and party, who are to be present at the lavnching of the big warship Iowa to-morrow, arrived in town to-day. The party comprised Governor Drake and his staff, Secretary of State W. M. McFarland, State Auditor C. C. McCarthy, State Treasurer John Her- riot and other prominent citizens and a number of ladies, in addition to Miss Mary Lord Drake. Governor Drake was interviewed this efernoon with reference to the Republi- tan Presidential nomination. He said: ‘We are all for Allison in Towa, and we e going to do all we can to secure him the nomination for President by'the Re- pubican convention at St. Louis. We be- lievehe is the man for the place and for the times, and that he will faithfully the National banking system and be- | serve all the best interests of the country.” ‘“Have you a second choice?”’ he was asked. *‘No, we have no second choice. Any one from Iowa who would go to the Na- tional convention with a second choice would be anathematized.” R Y REGISTRATION FRAUDS. Thugs Ave Operating Rather Boldly in the City of Chicago. CHICAGO, IrL., March 27.—Charges of wholesale registration frauds have been brought against Republicans and Demeo- crats, notably in the First and Second wards, where lodging-house *‘colonizing’ is the alleged method of stuffing the regis- tration lists, and in the Seventh and Eight- eenth wards, the latter being full of cheap lodging-houses. Arrests are expected within twenty-four hours. The Election Commissioners were in- formed tiis morning that the Highteenth Ward registration books had been stolen. While John Bellair, a Republican clerk of election, was engaged in examining the books with a view to discovering fraudu- lent padding a gang of lodging-house toughs broke into the room, knocked him down and escaped with the official records. The alleged frauds in the Second Ward are charged to the Republican candidate for Alderman, and in the Eighteenth Ward to the Democratic candidate. g ALLISON THE LOGICAL CHOICE. General Clarkson Talks of the dential OQutlook. DENVER, Coro., March 27.—General J. S. Clarkson of Des Moines, Iowa, return- ing from a tour which embraced all the Western and Pacific Coast States, stopped over in Denver for the day to attend to some business matters. In an interview he declared that the McKinley boom has Presi- been pushed too hard and would end in disaster to the Ohio candi- date; that the West will sup- port a Republican candidate upon a con- servative protection and sound-money platform, though they ask for silver, and that Allison is the logical candidate upon which the whole party can best unite. He considers New York and Connecticut doubtful States, and believes the Solid South will once more vote the straight Democratic ticket. P i Democrats Will Bolt. DALLAS, Tex., March 2 A meeting of sound money Democrats was held here to-day in which about 200 prominent_poli- ticians took part. They practically deter- mined to boit the party if a free silver platform is adopted by the State Conven- tion, which action appears very prebable. WA VESSELS R DL, Ships of the North Atlantic Squadron Now Held Near Old Point Comfort. All the Officers, However, Detained on Duty Ready for Instant Service. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jarch 27.—A Sun special from Washington says the annual winter cruise of the North Atlantic squad- ron having been abandoned weeks ago for fear that its presence in the West Indies might be construed as an unfriendly act to either Great Britain or Spain, the Navy Department is now considering what is best to do with the ships until the weather grows milder and the summer tour of the New England summer resorts can be made. With the exception of short runs outside for target practice none of the ves- sels of the fleet have been to sea for any length of time, and as there is no better place to keep them than Hampton Roads the department has retained the entire squadron there throughout the winter. There will soon be several additions to the force, and it is now perplexing the authorities how to employ the time of the vessels until June or July, when it generally proceeds to Newport and the Maine coast. It is conceded that solong as the Cuban situation is prominent it will not be possible to send any of the ships even to the Gulf of Mexico for landing drills and target practice, and as the weather will probably be not suitable for open sea drills for several weeks it seems improbable that the de- partment can tind other duty for the fleet than to keep it near old Point Com- fort. At present the ships are well supplied with all the equipments they would re- quire for an extended cruise and have been held in readiness throughout the winter to move on a few hours’ notice. No officer has been permitted, under orders of Admiral Bunce, to get beyond signal distance or the sound of a gun, and when it has become necessary to give the men liberty it has been necessary to take the vessels separately either to New York or Norfolk for brief stays. For several weeks the admiral has per- Sistently declined to grant requests for ex- tended Jeaves, and except for short runs up to Norfolk few officers ot his command have been absent from the fleet since De- cember 15 last. — Fleeing From a Suitor. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., March 27.—Two young women, giving their names as Miss A.H. O'Hearn and Miss C. A. Smith of New York, left yesterday on the steamer Comanche for New York. They reported thata_rejected lover of Miss O'Hearn, a New York broker, had been made insane by his disappointment, and was pursuing the young women with the avowed inten- tion of killing Miss O’Hearn. Detectives were stationed at the whart to prevent him boarding the steamer, but be did not appear. The names given by the women are believed to have been assumed to avoid notoriety. Death of Frank Sweeney. CHICAGO, Iir., March 22. — Frank Sweeney, ex-grand master of the Switch- men’s Mutual Benefit Association, now the National Swirchmen’s Union, died at his home here this morning after suffering a long time from consumption. He was compelled to relinquish the high position which he held in National labor circles as grand masier of the switchmen’s organiza- tion on_account of the defalcation of the National treasurer,which ruined the union financially and finally disrupted it. PSR T Passed as Langdon’s Niece. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 26.—An- other feature of the celebrated Langdon and McGrath case was made known to- day. The young girl, Miss McGrath, while practically living upon Laogdon and pos- ing as his niece, was playing fast snd loose with another man, and to the latter Miss McGrath was the promised wife. His name is Fitzsimmons, and he is a wealthy jeweler in Westchester, Pa. ———— Avoided Another Strike. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 27.—The employes of the Union Traction Company claim that the company has violated the agreement made after the recent strike and will lay their grievances before the citizens’ peace committee. At a meeting last night & motion to begin another strike was ayoided by the‘ narrow margin of 16 to 14, CHEROKEE FLAT MINE-SUIT ENDS Judge Prewitt's Decision in the Spring Valley Litigation. THE BONDHOLDERS WIN Defeat of the Bank of California After a Battle of Eight Years. OPERATIONS TO BE RESUMED. Famous Hydraulic Property From Which Over $13,000,000 Has Been Taken. OROVILLE, CaL, March 27.—Judge Prewitt of Placer County, sitting as a Court of Equity, to-day handed down his decision in the big mining-bond suit which Louis Glass of San Francisco, David Gage of Oakland, A. Foster Higgins, Charles F. Post, C. M. Fry and W. L. Jenkins of New York. The suit to foreclose the bonds was filed in 1888, and it is only now that the de- cree of foreclosure is judicially granted. While nominally the suit bas been be- tween tne bondholders and the Spring Valley Company in reality it has been maintained by the bondholders against the Bunk of California and the Rideout & Smith bank, the property long ago baving passed into the possession of these two institutions. The grounds of the contest madeagainst the bonds by the banks were of a tecknical nature, it being admitted that the bond- holders paid in their money in good faith, the proceeds of which was used in the bet- terment and development of the com- pany's property. The Cherokee mine is one of the largest and richest hydraulic mines in the State. The records of the company show that over $13,000,000 in gold has already been taken out, with the yield apparently inex haustible. Since the commencement of the litization the operation of the prop- erty has been suspended and the once booming mining camp of Cherokee Flat has gradually been given over to the ground squirrel. At the time of the final shutting down the mine employed 200 men and consumed three times as much water in a day as does the City of San Francisco. The company owns its own system of ditches, which are the most extensive in the State. It has over 100 miles of tiese ditches, embracing one of the largest water sheds of the Sierras. The system is capable of supplying 5000 miner's inches in the driest season of the vear. Tne original cost of the pipes, ditches and The Famous Spring Valley Gold Mine at Cherokee, Butte County, Which Has Been Closed by Litigation for Eight Years. [From a photograph.] involved the possession of the famous Spring Valley mine at Cherokee Flat. He has decided in favor of the bondholders and against the Bank of California and Rideout & Smith. He orders the fore- closure of the bonds, representing $150,000 in principal, with $130,000 of interest that has accumulated since the suit was begun eight years ago, and directs that Recelver ‘Whitecomb, who is in charge of the prop- erty, shall proceed to advertise the sale of the mine in accordance with the foreclos- ure proceedings. In the opinion filed to-day Judge Prew- itt holds that the defendants are estopped from questioning the validity of the mort- gage: that the plaintiffs are entitled to have and recover a judgment against the defendants, the Spring Valley Gold Com- pany, for the sum of $151,000 principal and $129,759 33 interest due to February 1, 1896, and interest on said principal sum from February 1, 1896, until judgment; thatthe property rights and easements are subject to the lien of the mortgage; that the plain- tiffs are entitled to a judgment and decree of sale of the mortgaged property, rizhts and easements according to law and to apply the proceeds to the expenses of the sale and of the receiver, both before and after judgment, and the compensation of themselves and their attorney and to the payment of the principal and interest due on the mortgaged debt; that the defend- ants and intervenors and all persons claiming, or to claim under them subse- quent to the execution of the mortgage be barred and foreclosed of all right, claim or equity of redemption; that the Spring Valley Gold Company pay any deficiency which may remain after applying all the proceeds of the sale of the mortgaged premises; that the plaintiffs are entitled to an order continuing in office the re- ceiver: that his bond be fixed at $10,000, and that it be executed to the State of California, with at least two sufficient sureties; that his powers continue the same as heretofore; that he be authorized and directed to sell the mortgaged prop- erty in the manner provided by law; that the plaintiffs submit to the court at least once each yvear a detailed statement under oath showing the disposition made by them of the tiust funds received under these findings, and that they do rot re- move from the jurisdiction of this court any fund or funds held by them in trust, and that all payment of bonds be only upon the actual surrender of them and physical cancellation of the bonds and ! coupons at a point within this State, un- less upon supplemental motion or petition the court shall otherwise order. The litigation over the well-known Cherokee mine, which has proauced over $13,000,000 in gold, has been going on for more than eight years and has become one of the notable mining suits in the State. A number of prominent attorneys in 8an Francisco and Butte County, where the property is located, have been con- nected with the case. The counsel for the bondholders has been T.Z. Blakeman of San ¥rancisco. Arrayed on the siae of the two banks has been C. W. Cross, J. M. Allen, F. C. Lusk of Chico and Major A. F. Jones of Oroville. The decision is a decisive victory for Attorney Blakeman, who alone has fought the case from the start. Every possible point has been bit- terly conteste both sides. The principal flumes was $750,000. A system of canals thirty miles long and 1500 feet wide, which cost o ver $500,000, conveys the ‘“‘debris’ out across the Sacramento Valley onto the tules bordering on that 1iver. Some eminent miring men have been connected with the property during its operation, Its last manager before the beginning of the litigation was Louis Glass, now the general manager of the Sunset Telephone Company.; His prede- cessor was Garney Williams, the present manager of the world-famous Kimberley diamond mines of South Africa, Mr. Wil- liams resigning his vosition at Cherokee to accept the African offer. The mining bonds were originally issued by a New York corporation which was the owner of the Butte County mine. Sub- sequently the stockbolders formed a com- pany under the laws of California, which were believed to be more favorable to mining companies, and transferred all its assets to the new company. The new company, in conside ration of the transfer, agreed to assume all the debts of the old company and especially that created by the bonds. The mortgage became matured in 1884, but suit in foreclosure was not instituted until one day of the lapse of the four years’ statute in 1888. At the time of the filing of the suit the company was 1n- debted to the Bank of California and Ride- out & Smith for §50,000. The banks insti- tuted a search for possible technicalities in the issuance of the bonds, and thinking that they had discovered one, they ob- tained judgments against the company and proceeded to sell the property at Sheriff’s sale. Owing to the question as to the validity of the bonds the banks ob- tained possession for the amount due them, no one else caring to bid on the property. The main point raised by the banks, as to the validity of the bonds, was decided by the Supreme Court in favor of the bondholder. The statute of limitations which was also raised and which Judge Prewett has just now decided in favor of the hond- holders is considered by the attorneys to be of minor importance and it is not even known whether an appeal by the banks will be considered worth taking. A PORTLAND HEIR. Claim of*a Blacksmith to Philadelphia Property. PORTLAND, Or., March 27.—A. C. Lohmire, a blacksmith of this city, is one of the lucky heirs to the Daniel Pegg estate of Philadelphia. Mr. Lohmire has just been discovered by the lawyers who are engaged in working up the case. There are five heirs, and should the courts decree in their favor there is a $70,000,000 estate to be divided up. It consistsof thirty-four acres- of valuable land im the heart of Philadelphia. This land was owned by Pegg in early days. In 1793 Pegg leased it for a term of ninety-nine years. The rents have not been paid for over forty years and all Philadelphia is excited over the fact that the heirs may establish their claim of ownership to the lana. T ke other heirs are confident that their claim is valid. and they are determined to have an investigation and, if possible, recover their ancestor’s wealth, which strangers olders of the bonds are i bave beeu enjoying for a geueration. ELOPE FROM LOS ANGELES, Flight of C. A. Sayre and the Wife of Smith Oliver. HE DESERTS A FAMILY. The Runaway Couple Believed to Have Crossed the Line Into Mexico. EMBEZZLEMENT STORY DENIED Sayre’s Accounts With His San Francisco Employers Said to Be All Right. LOS ANGELES, Can. March 27.—A sensation was caused here to-day by the announcement that C. A. Sayre, a well- known mercantile agent, representing C. F. Weber & Co. of San Francisco, had eloped with another man’s wife and his employer’s money. The sum was said to be $6000, but it has since developed that this part of the story is not true. At least a friend of Sayre purports to have received a telegram from Weber & Co., stating that Sayre's accounts with the firm are straight. The rumor about the money originated from the fact that Sayre secured for Weber & Co. from the City Board of Edu- cation a contract for furnishing some of the new schoolhouses. A demand for $6000.on this contract was cashed a few days ago, and this money, it was rumored, Sayre had made away with, but the firm’s denial seems to set the matter at rest. Sayre, however, has to all appearances eloped with another man’s man’s wife. The woman is Mrs. Smith Oliver. The husband admits that she ran away with Sayre and he is heart-broken. Oliver is an attache of the Sheriff’s office and is well thought of. He and his wife boarded at the St. Lawrence House, where Sayre also bad rooms. 1t is alleged thatan in- timacy sprang up between Mrs. Oliver and Sayre, whojis also married, which ripened into love and they planned an elopement and are now supposed to be in Mexico. Sayre paid his room rent at the St. Lawrence last Saturday, drew $1000 which he bad on depositin a bank, disposed of a stock of spectacles valued at $300 and has not since been seen. On the same day Mrs. Oliver pretended that she was going to Pasadena to visit friends, and she, too, never returned. Oli- ver began a quiet inquiry and soon came to the conclusion that his wife, to whom he had been wedded thirteen years ago, had played him false, but shunning public disgrace and hoping she would return he confided his trouble to only a few intimate friends. Sayre’s friends supposed he had left town on business, so the story of the elopement was kept quiet for nearly a week. Sayre’s wife and daughter, the latter 17 years old, and a son aged 13, live on a bee ranch at Nordhoff, Ventura County. Mrs. Sayre never suspected infidelity on the part of her husband, whose business kept him from home most of the time. The news of the elopement was a great shock to her. Only recently Sayre took Mr. aad Mrs. Oliver to Nordhoff to visit his family. Mrs. Oliver’s parents, who live at High- land Park, are greatly grieved over her course and have invited Mr. Oliver to share their home. — - JUDGE REYMERTS CAREER. Secured a Fortune From the Famous Sitver King Mine. LOS ANGELES, CaL., March 27.—Judge James de Noon Reymert, who died at his home at Alhambra Tuesday evening of Bright's disease, and was 1aid to rest to- day, had a notable career. He was a na- tive of Norway, and claimed close kiiship to the royal family of that country, being able to trace his lineage back to King Canute of Denmark. After workingin the copper mines in Wales and graduating from a law school at Edinburgh, he came to America when still a very young man. He settled in the wilds of Wisconsin and began life there as schoolteacher, after- ward devoting himse!f to the practice of law. Owing to the prominent part he took in framing the constitution of Wisconsin as a State he became known as one of the “fathers of Wisconsin.” After the State was admitted be served five years in the Assembly and three in the Senate, repre- senting Milwaukee city and county. He was for a number of years in charge of the ited States land office of Milwaukee and in 1860 ran for Congress on the Douglas Democratic ticket and was defeated. ‘When the Civil War broke out Reymert went to New York City and practiced law, his income from this source_amounting to $50,000 a year. While in New York he was elected Judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals and served one term.. His health failing in 1877 he went to Chile, where he engaged in mining and ranching on a large scale until 1884, when he went to San Francisco and resumed law practice. Being threatened with pulmonary troubles he soon removed to Armnzona, where he prospected, located and opened the famous Silver King mine, which made bim a fortune. In 1889 he gave up active mining and came to Los Angeles, again devoting his attention to law. He pur- chased a fine suburban home at Alhambra, where he died suddenly on Tuesday at the age of 74. ———— JACKSON, THE STRANGLER. Captain Lees Asks That the Sentencing of the Culprit Be Postponed. 1L0S ANGELES, CAL., March 27.—Frank P. Jackson, who throttled a woman in a disorderly house last night and is sus-|" pected of being the San Francisco stran- gler, plead ed guilty to the charge of bat- tery in the Police Court to-day and will be trial for the murder of Thomas Carroll, this evening brought in a verdict of not guilty, holding that the homicide was committed in seli-defense. —_— A Divorcee as Administrator. LOS ANGELES, Car., March 27.—E. L. Campbell and R. C. Goodspeed, the di- vorced husband of Mrs. Lucy C. Good- speed, were appointed administrators of the latter’s estate this morning, and, in her place, the administrators of the will of Mrs. Annie E. Pratt. They gave bonds in the sum of $36,000. Charles F. Hanlon, who was attorney for Mrs. Goodspeed, was in court, but he interposed no objec- tion to anything that was done. BORN IN WASHINGTON’S TIME. Death of a Colored Woman at the Age of 108 Years. STOCKTON, Car., March 27. — Mrs. Lucy Arthur, said to have been the oldest woman on the Pacific Coast, died this morning. Born in slavery and having lived in bondage for a half century; the mother of seventeen children, of whom but two survive, the younger being 50 years old; died at the remarkable age of 108 years, 3 months and 23 days—that, in orief, is the history of the aged colored woman whose longevity has been the as- tonishment of all who have known her. She possessed all her faculties to the last and up to yesterday could thread a needle. Mrs. Lucy Arthur was born in Knox County, Ky., and for fifty years did not know what it was to oreathe the air of freedom. For over thirty years she had lived in this city and was known as ‘‘Auntie’” Arthur. She had seen severa! of her children grow to manhood and woman- hood, become fathers and mothers ‘and finally die of old age. Recently she buried her only surviving daughter, old “Auntie’’ Cleggett, who had attained the age of 73 years. Her eldest surviving son is three score and six. Mrs. Arthur was born when the Revolu- tionary War was fresh in the minds of everybody, and a year before Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States. Besides her own chil- dren, six grandchildren survive her. She will be buried from the colored Baptist Church on Sunday. e e HAIL AND LIGHINING. Damage Done to Stockton Fruit Trees by a Storm. STOCKTON, CAL., March 27.—Stockton was to-night visited by a terrific hail- storm, accompanied by thunder, lightning and wind. The hail fell in large quantity, and some of the fruit orchards now in blossom will suffer severely. Lyndall Miller, a prominent real estate man, was on his way home when over- taken by the storm, and took refuge under alarge tree. An electric current passed down the tree and struck him, throwing him to the ground and stunning him. He was taken to his home and will be con- fined to his room for several days. A number of chimneys were cracked and broken by the lightning. ARRESTED AT GRAYSON. Rancher Canty and His Brother- in-Law Are in a Serious | Predicament. Arraigned for Taking “White Hat”| McCarty’s Horses Out of a | Receiver’s Hands. } MODESTO, Car., March 27.—Another | chapter was to-day added to the disgust- | ing horse-starving episode on the J. M. Canty Ranch, near Modesto. Rancher ! Canty, who allowed over half a hundred of | “White Hat” McCarty’s horses to perish and 240 others to become so feeble from | lack of nourishment that they will never | fully recover, all because McCarty failed | to advance money for their pasturage, was | arrested. His brother-in-law was also | taken into custody. The two had taken | the remainder of McCarty’s horses out of | the hands of a receiver and driven them | to a corral in Grayson. ! Several weeks ago McCarthy was ar- rested for failing to pay for food for his | band of thoroughbreds, many of which | have 1ow records as trotters and sprinters. | He was acquitted, but the horses were attached and placed in the hands of a re- ceiver. Heremoved them from the barren corral in which they had suffered the pangs of hunger and which contained tbe carcases of dozens that had succumbed and placed them in a good pasture. District Attorney Fulkerth and County Assessor Campbell were notified to-day LOCKEFORD LAY UNDER WATER, Ranches Are Inundated by an Overflow of the Mokelumae. MISTAKE OF A FARMER. Cuts a Levee for Irrigating Pur= poses and Fails to Control the Torrent. GREAT DAMAGE IS EXPECTED. Efforts to Repair the Break Prove Unsuccessful—Hop Crops May Be Ruined. STOCKTON, Car., March 27.—W. 8. Montgomery, who lives about a mile from Lockeford, yesterday cut the levee of the Mokelumne River, which passes through his place, and as a result. the country for several miles around is under water. Sev- eral farms are inundated, and the loss will be heavy. Montgomery cut. the levee for the pur- pose of letting the water in on to his land to irrigate it, but in the meantime the river rose suddenly as a result of the re- cent rain and it was impossible to mend the cut before the water had spread over the country. It continuesto pour through the cut, which is becoming larger, and there is danger of the hop region, which is on higher ground, being also flooded. In that event the loss will be very great. The water is creeping up to the more elevated ground, and the hop-growers are greatly alarmed. The break in the levee i$ now twenty feet wide ana eight feet deep. An attempt is being made to stop it, but it is almost impossible to do anything so strong is the volume of water pouring through the zap. A small levee recefitly built by Rancher Kerr on the side of the main levee was not strong enough to check the rush of waters and was washed away. As yet it is impossible to estimate the loss. If the river should fallin the next few days and the water pass off the land damage to the crops might not be so great as is feared. It is possible that a damage suit will be brought against Montgomery for cutting the levee, A telephone message from Lockeford at a late hour this evening says: The waters in the inundated district are still rising and the trouble is greatly aggravated by the heavy rainfall in the upper country this afternoon. The farmers are greatly alarmed. and it is feared the levees below the original break will give way before the pressure of the water running through the place where the cut was made. The warm weather for the past few days has started a large volume of snow water down from the mountains. The people about Lockeford will make an effort to-morrow to stay the flood by placing artificial filling across the cut and then pumping the water back into its original channel. SRR Merced Ex-Banker Arrested. MERCED, CaL, March 27.—J. W. Howell, ex-cashier of the defunct Merced Bank, was arrested to-day charged with periury. Bank Commissioner Fullerswore 10 the warrant. He was admitted to bail in the sum of $1500. NEW TO-DAY. Aol ——————— \ that Canty and his brother-in-law, Mc- Donald, had taken the horses from this field and driven them to Grayson yester- day. These officials at once procured war- rants for the arrest of the pair for illegally removing property under attachment by the county. They were apprehended and arraigned. McDonald was released on his own recognizance and Canty gave bail, with J. M. Ritchey and W. A. Funck as sureties. The charge against them is considered a grave one, and it is believed that Canty will at last be made to suffer, in a meas- ure, for having deliberately starved dumb brutes to death. The remainder of McCarthy’s horses will be sold for personal-property tax on Monday next. e GIFT TO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. Claus Spreckels Donates Valuable Land for a Public Highway. SANTA CRUZ, Car., March 27.—Claus Spreckels has evidenced his interest in the welfare of Santa Cruz County by donating to ita strip of land fifty feet wide and a mile long, extending from the county road to Aptos Beach, to be used forever asa public highway. This donation is ab- preciated, from the fact that a few years ago the strip was the subject of litigation, the county claiming it as a public high- way, while Mr. Spreckels contended that it was his private land. The resulit of the litigation proved that Mr. Spreckels’ con- tention was correct. Now he has donated the strip to the county without considera- tion, his only desire being that the public shall use it. The land donated is very valuable. NEW TO-DAY. AWhole Library of Bicycle == sentenced to-morrow. As he was inter- rupted before he left any marks of vio- lence on the woman no more serious charge than battery could be placed against him. Jackson has little to say about the matter and answers %uutionl evasively. The police are still of the opin- ion that he is a dangerous man. Captain Lees telegraphed to Chief Glass to-day to postpone the sentence until he had time to communicate with Glass by mail. It is understood that Lees tele- graphed at the requast of Jackson’s brother, who has an_explanation to offer. The olice are reticent about the matter, and interesting developments are expected when Lees’ letter arrives. The denizens of the tenderloin district are greatly excited over the occurrence. hitis s P FANIES Harman Acquitted. ’ LOS ANGELES, Cavr., March 27.—The jury in the case of Louis J. Harman, Information The Columbia Catalogue is not a mere price-list. It gives convincing reasons why all who love pleasure and comfort in bicycling should select (STANDARD OF THE WORLD. 2 si00 Your knowledge of bicycle making will grow by reading this interesting book. Froo If you eatty . ke. s l\ D LADIES ~ LOOK! s Look at our display of Boys’ Reefer Suits at $2.50; our Boys’ Long-trousered Suits at $5.00. Those windows! See those Men’s All- Wool Tailor-made Suits at $10—and see it your men folks are not paying up to $15 for the same suits. And the HAT window—the Men's Boys’ Fedoras at 95 cents. Those ties—man’s only finery—such swell ones at 50 cents. Don’t go wondering why we can under- sell others on first-class goods—we KNOW and will tell you. COME IN! 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