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7] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1896. 3 JACK EVERHARDT DEFEATS LEEDS, An Exciting Contest Before the Empire Athletic Club. BOTH MEN ARE GAME. It Is a Give-and-Take Battle in Which Much Punishment Is Inflicted. RUSHING TACTICS CHECKED. In the Fifteenth Round the Atlantic City Pugilist Is Knocked Out Completely. ASPETH, L. I, March 30.—The five-round contest between Jack hardt of New Orleans and Horace I.eeds of Atlantic City, at the Empire Athletic Club to-night was won by Ever- bardt. Everhardt's well-known abil esahard puncher and a ‘“game 'un take punishme 1 the be Tim Hurst was réferee and Frank Free- man held the watch. The attendance was large. to installed him as favorite with odds of 11 to 10 on. The curtain-raiser was a ten-round argu- | ment between Frank Erne of Buffalo and Ja Downey of Brooklyn. The lads turnea the scale around 125 pounds. The but it The men were t no time in making their hed in at 136 pounds. was a r by Tom O’Rourke, | Jmon!h. They clinched and after the break- away Leeds went afcer his manand caught him with the left hard on the ribs. Both were fighting viciously. Everhardtlanded a left on the face, but was countered with the right on the chin. Jack was as strong as a lion and came back at his man every time. At the end of the round Leeds seemed a bit bothered. Round 14 — Everhardt set the pace and landed the right on Leeds’ ear, but caught an upper cut on the fsce & moment later. The pace was hot and both men were fighting fierce! Leedas seemed to be weakening. Leeds kept punching his man, but Jack stood right up to him and Horace seemed to be fighting himself to a stands Round 15 — Everhardt opened with & short leit on the chest and followed witha right on' the ear. Jack kept Horace in the latier’s coruer, and the Atlantic City boy’s hlows were weakening in their force. Horace kept rushing his man and as they came together Everhardtlanded a left-hand hook on the point of the chin and Leeds went to the floor. To the spectators it looked as if Leeds fell more from sheer exhaustion than from the force of the blow. He was unable to get up and was counted out. It was a long time before Leeds recov- ered consciousness. He lay prone in the corner of the ring with his seconds work- ing over him trying to bring him back. He was breathing hard, but was uncon- scious. He had to "be carried from the ring and regained consciousness in the dressing-room. The knock-out came unexpectedly. Leeds did all the leading in the first ten rounds and was completely exhausted when he was put to sleep. The blow was a mild one and Leeds went out from sheer exhaustion. The utmost secrecy was observed while Leeds lay in the dressing-room. The newspaper Te- porters were denied admission and the police were called in to help keep the re- porters out. It was learned that when the ammonia bottle was placed to Leeds’ nose after he was brought to the dressing-room he became conscious for a moment. It | was only momentarily, however, for he | relapsed nto unconsciousness again soon \ after. Physicians worked over him from 11:10 until 11:40 o’clock before signs of return- ing life became manifest. At just 11:40 o'clock Leeds opened his eyes and moved his head. Consciousness returned slowly | but surely, and & few minutes before 12 | o’clock Leeds was assisted from the club- house and taken to New York. St X o SCHAEFER WINS THE FIRST. | Upening of @ Great International Bil- liard Match. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 30.—The | first game in the series of international billiard tournaments for a purse of $2000 nd Bob Anderson of At- Cverhardt’s esquires were Jlian, Tommy White and Jack Both men were in fine fettle. ting just before the start had come ) even money. Time was called .at ey a long time. t ttol h a right on s made two W but d and landed but Ever- the hes ed & rush wi landed the right on ds led with th Leeds swung a Jack put both t feint ed, and as ht his left up hard to e. Leeds’ left led for ith the snoulder. ed at his man, ried again and Leeds got away ton the ri 1 y other Panted his left twice on Jack He ds then e, drawing the ng Horace e doing very pshea and b came back again and ed head and body hed and Lee , and as Jack n twice on the Horace put his ged lefts: cleverly. 1 planted his left > tried again and back of the head. the wind. Hora nted his Jeft on on der onto the ro; Recorve the ring, ed the left on E h 1 tiff lefts in the wind in rdt got a stiff uppercut and s followed with a couple of jabs on the e left haid on the t Leeds with the 5—Leeds s shing in, e on the e chin. almost at rdt put his sounded. landed hi s neck. Everh Everhar t on the ribs aiter the bell Leeds’ round —Leeds rushed and put his left on ng hardt's ret on the k. Leeds again landed on the face, while ack countered with the rightonithe wind. 15’ and shoulders were raw from erhardt’s blows. Leeds swung and o the ear. He rushed fiercel again and landed the left on the body, but g on the neck. s rushed in and caught a left He tried again and put tne left on nz his left the second time nderthe arm. They clinched, and a second later Leeds swung his left, catching Ever- dt on the jaw. Everkardt clinched apd Leeds punched him with his free hand. Leeds broke gronnd as Ev him, but did no damage. t on thechin. Everhardt swung his Leeds ducked, and, coming up, shot hard on the Southerner's short ribs. neck it on the head-in return. Leeds rushed v and delivered his left on Jack’s wind. ied right and left for the body but was The third time he tried he pleced it e’s jaw, staggering him. Leeds was punishing Evernard: harder than Larigne but he took it smilingly. Round 10 — Leeds’ left lead was neatly toyped. However, on the next attempt he ¢ the left on Jack’s mouth and repeated, owing with & Tight on tbe ribs. With all . panching he had received, Jack had no %o show. Leeds, rushing in, caught & one on the mouth from Jack’s left. <iandea a hard one on the arm and put right on the chin. Everhardtceme back q1icz1y and planted his left on the ear. Leeds N wice, but stopped. He came in E crossed the right but was short. They eawhen the gong clanzed. Found 11—Jack landed & left lightly on the o, but Leeds evened up with & righton Jeeds swung the left, but was e rushed and sent Jack’s head back efton the chin. Leeds seemed wear- \imsel{ jout punishing Everhardt. He iu and swung right and left on Ever- :2. KEverhardt started to on his face. AsJack ribs. 12—Leeds swung his left, but weas @ucked a vicious swing and puthis left on Leed<’ face. Leeds ard leit on the wind. He tried the rissed. Leeds planted a left on the erhardt's right on the ear. r his right for the jaw, but short. Following up, Jack drove to Leeds’ face ana a hotrally fol- «ds was giving the Southerner the €1bow in giod shape. Round 13—Leeds rushed ard hooked his left "2 the juw, taking-Everhardys right on the Jac em came near | k. | three by Schaefer,with a twice-around-the- es met with | ht on the | rhardt was after | Leeds landed a hot | | was played to-night in the concert hall at | Madison-square Garden - between Albert Garnier, the champion ot Belgium, and { Jacob Schaefer of Chicago. When the tournament was arranged it expected that there would be at least x entries, but for some unexpected rea- son only Garnier, Schaefer and Ives were willing to accept the conditions and put iup $750 each as a sweepstake in addition to the added money. x Three tournaments are to be held, the one now in progress being the first. Tie other two wiil be played in Boston and Chizago, the same conditions to rule upon 11 three occasions. . The conditions are: Six hundred points o constitute a game, the balk-line to be | eighteen inches from the cushion and each | player to contest twice against each other {n each city, 50 per cert going to tha | winnér, 30 per cent to the second and 20 | per cent to the third. The tournament | will last six nights, concluding next Sat- urday. ‘ One of the condition of the game is the | ! barring of the anchor shot, only shots be- | ! ing aliowed within the anchor lines, seven | inches in length and three and a half inches aeep. | "Colonel 'W. H. Foster, who has been | chosen referee, introduced the players. In the eighth inning Garnier followed up table hazard and made it. It wasa star shot and drew forth a round of applause. he twelfth Schaefer landed the object balls in the anchor space and played the | 0ld anchor game, fully demonstrating that | he is still the “wizard” of old. Before he tripped on an up and down the table shot he had gathered up seventy-six buttons. In the thirteenth nning Schaefer scored before be lost hisshot. Garnier seemed to pick up his stroke and made a_combina- tion of very pretty shots of all kinds, from | the ordinary masse to the difficult twist, when all three balls were lined up along i the rail. He tripped at 35. The final score: Schaefer 600, Garnier The nighest runs were: Schaefer 76, rnier 35. The average was: Schaefer Garnier 6 23-2 SMITH WI. - S ON POINTS. “Mysterious Billy” of Boston Defeats Husband at London. LONDON, ExG., March 30.—A large i crowd gathered at the National Sporting Club to-night to witness the fight between “Mysterious Billy”” Smith of Boston and ! “Bill’” Husband. The latter tipped the scale at 148 pounds, while Smith was a vound lighter. The fight was eight rounds for a purse of £100. The betting was 7 to 2 on Smith. The American opened the first round in a lively manner, but Hus- yand was not in the least flurried and the round ended with honors even. In the secona round Smith landed sey- eral heav blows on Husbanu’s ribs, ither man bad any advantage in the third round. 3 _ In the fourth round Smith got in a| on 1 Husband's head that knocked him v, but he strugeled on through the succeeding rounds. At the | end of the eighth round Smith was de- clared the winner on points. The next event was a twenty-round match between Tom Tracy and Tom Wil- liams, both Austraiians. Tracy weighed 144 pounds and Williams 148. The fight was speedily finished, Tracy’s right land- ing on his opponent’s jaw at the end of the first round, knocking him out. aiigas et RACING AT LITTLE ROCK. heavy blow Winners of the Second Day’s Events of A NEW LEADER AT HEALDSBURG Mrs. Thilo of Cloverdale First in the Carni- val Contest. MISS BIDDLE SECOND. Heavy Vote Cast for Miss Oza Waldrop Places Her Near the Top. ¢ A CHANGE AT SANTA ROSA. Miss Sara Hall Again Passes Mrs. Burris and Has Fifty Votes to the Good. HEALDSBURG, Car, March 30— Three hundred votes were deposited in the ballot-box to-day for the various candi- brandy in his possession. A week ago revenue officers found three barrels of brandy which had been sent to Newman, and seized it, then came to the gardens of the owner and took possession of all his property. On Saturday a man from the gaugers’ department of the revenue service arrived and measured the wine on hand, and tookan inventory of the stock. g o FRESNOITES TO BE SUED. Evangelist Johnson Will Seek Balm for | His Wounded Feelings in the Courts. FRESNO, CaL., March 30.—Evangelist Johinson has not been in evidence to-day on the streets of Fresno, owing, perhaps, to the prevalence of a severe sandstorm. | He is in the city, however, and has, so | 1t is said. been in a secret conference with | his lawyers and financial backer, Rev. | George Morse of Pasadena. Itis under- | stood that papers in several libel suits | | were completed to-day and signed bv | Johnson, but they had not been filed at the close of business hours this afternoon. The suits will be for laige amounts, the heaviest being against the Morning Re- publican for $50,000; the Evening Exposi- tor for $25,000 and the Examiner and Chronicle of San Francisco for large sums in-each case. Papers in behalf of Johnson, charging about a dozen members of the citizens’ committee which waited upen him in the First National Bank with unlawful deten- tion, are also, it is alleged, in preparation. Sl FRESNOITES DECEIVED, How the Southern Pacific Seoured a Right of Way. FRESNO, Car., March 30.—It is prob- | able that sunits will be bronght here against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company . G MISS ALICE HAIGH OF HEALDSBURG. |From a photograph.] Healdsburg’s Floral Festival, and when the votes were counted to-night alarge to learn the result There are many in this city who believe Mrs. C. Thilo of Cloverdale is to be the Queen, and these are going around to- night saving: “I told you so,” for the can- with M dna Bidale second, Alice Haigh third and Oza Waldrop fourth. and Junta Fitch follow in order. Miss Waldrop received a heavy vote to-day. AT SANTA ROSA’S CONTEST. Miss Sara Hall Again Assumes First Position. SANTA ROSA, Cav., March 30.—In the contest for queen to-day Miss Sara Hall once more assnmed the lead by about fifty votes. Mrs. L. W. Burris, who has been leading for several days, gained some during the ddy, but not enough to retain supremacy. The contest now seems to have narrowed down from forty candidates to four, with the lead alternating between Mrs. Burris and Miss Hall. Important changes are looked for, however, on Wednesday, as voting day. lieved that several 'thousand ballots will be cast. - Wednszsday is also election day for city officers, and more than fifty candidates will be calléd upon to drop votes 1nto the carnival boxes. These, of which there will be three, are to be located on the prin- cipal streets of the city and a guardian placed over each. The accommodation committee reports ample provisions tor visiting guests. All the available rooms in town have been Jisted with the committee, and reasonable prices will be charged. Sl e 8AN MATEO BELLES. Miss Goggin Leads in the Race With a Handsome Majority. REDWOOD CITY, Car., March 30.—The contest for Queen of the Rose Carnival the Jockey Club. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 30.—The second day’s meeting of the Little Rock Club was attended by about 1000 people. A light rain fell during the last race. Four furlongs, Treopia won, Albion second, Se Robber third. Time, :50. One mile, selling, Bing Bingor won, Metarie second, Hawthorne Belle third, Time, 1:4614. Third race, five furlongs, seliing, Petroline Ki {lm wecond, Upman third. Time, th race, four furlongs, selling, Suisun won, Chappi¢ second, Matel Oliver third. Timé, six_furlongs, selling, Joe O'Sot won, Fasig second, Reiict third. Time, 1:1 SANTA FE REORGANIZATION. Preferred Stock of the Company Ready for Distribution. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 30.—The re- organization committee of the Atchison, 'opeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company gives notice that the preferred stock of the i new company is now ready for delivery | and that the balance of the assessment on the second mortgage class A and class B, also on the income bonds of 1889, being 2 | per cent of the par value thereof, is called for payment on or before April 0. Hold- ers of reorganization certificates for the above bonds, upon making such payment and surrendering the certificates, will re- ceive new preferred stock to the amount specified in the plan of reorganization. : —_—— Fiynn Kinominated. KINGFISHER, O. T., March 30.—The promises to be guite spirited for the next three weeks. Many fair maidens are now taking an interest in the result. At South San Francisco Miss Goggin, a very popular young lady, leads the county vote by a nice majority and is booked for a winner, but there are other favorites who are re- ceiving strong support. At Menlo Park Miss Lawlor has received a most compli- mentary vote. At Redwood City Miss Ollie Christ leads, with Miss Lizzie Hall second, and Miss Nellie Hammerson of Menlo Park a close third. Miss Hammer- son is a new candidate for honors, but has many friends both in Redwood and at Menlo Park to be heard from. Miss Ham- merson is a graduate of the Golden Gate Kindergarten Association of San Fran- cisco, and is the bright young instructor retained by the San Mateo County Free Kindergarten Association, under whose auspices the Rose Carnival i to be given. The people of the town of San Mateo are said to have a young lady whom they will elect for Queen of the Carnival at the last moment, and rumor has it that Miss Gracie Lawrence is the one, as she is very popular. e BRANDY SEIZLD AT MODESTO. Revenue Officials Take Posseasion of the Lagomarsino Gardens, MODESTO, Carn., Aarch 30.—The gar- dens of 8. Lagomarsino on Dry Creek, a Republicans of Oklahoma in convention here renominated Dennis T. Flynn by ac- clamation for a third term as a delegate to Congress. mile from Modesto, are now 1n the hands of internal revenue officers. They were seized by W. Craven, a reverue collector, because Lagomarsino had unstamped | crowd gathered around the polling-booth i aidate from the Orange City now leads, | Lena Zane, Zoe Bates, Emma Widland | that day has been selected as a general | Each resident of this city is | asked to deposit one vote, and it is be- | dates who are willing to be Queen of | for obtaining rights of way uncer false | pretenses. | In 1891 Marcus Pollasky came to Fresno and represented that he proposed build- ing a railroad from this city about seventy- | five miles into the mountains nortbeast. | | He assured the people that the Southern | | Pacific had nothing to do with thescheme, | and on this pretense obtained rights of way worth $40.000. In Pollasky’s suit against C. P. Hunt- ington in New York, filed a few days ago, he alleges that he built this road for the | Southern Pacific. Many peovle here sus- pected this at the time the road was | planned, but Poliasky stoutly denied it. HONTINGTON'S Continued from First Page | Pacific Railway Company are held and shall elect officers of said new company | under the same conditions and require- | ments as to the official organization as | represented by the by-laws of the Union Pacific Railway Company. Union Pacific Railway Company and may | provide for- the indebtedness of the last- named company to the United States by the issue to the Secretary of the Treasury | as those herein authorized to be made by the Union Paciic Railway, secured by mortgages of tihe same nature, extent and relative lien as that authorized to be made by it in section 2 hereof, they to enjoy and exercise all rights, powers, priv- ileges, franchises and immunities equal in | character, extent and duration to those and enjoyed had it accepted and carried out the provisions of this act, and may make, issue, negotiate and deliver its bonds, mortgages and stock corresponding in character and extent to like securities, which in such event the Union Pacific | Railway would havebeen entitled to retain in existence and to make and issue, and in all its relations and duties to fhe Govern- ment and to the public, and in regulation and management of its corporate affairs it shall be substituted to and governed by the provisions of law which would in such event have been applicable to the Union Pacific Company. It is said that the only change which | will be suggested in the full committee of the House will be oneaffecting theamount of installments to be paid on the principal by the Union Pacific Company. One member of Congress thinks that $385,000 should be paid annually for the first period and §600,000 for the second pe- riod—an increase of $65,000 and $100,000 re- spectively. But this proposition will prob- ably be overruled. It is probable that the end of this week will see the bill reported to both houses. It is said to have been prepared hy Hun- tington, after consultation with the Union Pacific people and leading members of the committee, and to have been swallowed with alacrity by the joint sub-committee. The full committees are practically com- mitted to anything prepared by their sub- committee. Superintendent of the Home. OMAHA. NeBR., March 30.—Charles E. Clark, for seven years a printer on the World-Herald, was to-day appointed su- perintendent of the Childs-Drexel home at Colorado Springs. He is at present dis- trict orgamizer of the International Typo- graphical Union and is thomuglg' capable of holding the position to which he has been appointed. He leaves for his new position next week. SCHEME GOES. This corporation may acquire all or part | of the railways and properties of the | | of bonds of the same character and amount | which the Union Pacilic would have had | SEQUEL OF THE CARSON SCANDAL Trenmor Coffin Indicted for Bribing William Langevin. PLACED UNDER ARREST. Bondsmen Come Forward and He Is Immediately Given His Liberty. FINDINGS OF A GRAND JURY. Go-Betweens Refuse to Testify, but Are Balked by the Circe Affidavit, CARSON, Nev., March 30.—Trenmor Coflin was indicted by the Grand Jury to-day. The indictment alleges that on or about November 25, 1895, while the trial of James Heney, the mint bullion thief, was pending, Trenmor Coffin “corruptly and feloniously obstructed and impeded the due administration of justice by paying $100 1or the purpose of influencing Joseph Langevin to not appear in the United States District Court to testify; also to avoid the service of a subpena.” £)VThis is a very busy day around the Gov- ernment building. It was definitely set- tled in the public mind that the United States Grand Jury had tne Coffin contempt case under consideration. When the jury went into the building, in the morning D. Circe was along, and it was known that he would be required to teil further of his dealings with Coftin, when he, as alleged, took money for the attorney to the Lange- vin bouse. It was elso rumored that his memory regarding the identity of the person who | gave him the money and the general de- tails of the affalr bad become somewhat impaired. The grand jurors, however, had Circe’s original afficavit to refresh his | memory, and they made a very searching examination. | Joseph Langevin was also before the | jury, with William Langevin, his son. At about 3 o'clock the jury came down, and the news spread rapidly about the town that it had filed an indictment with the clerk. Coffin was expecting the indictment and | his bond, fixed at $500, was at once pro- duced, with Jacob Klein and Dr. Lee as sureties. | Judge Hawley was asked to consider the | case of Langevin, who refused to testify, | but he said that, as the jury had found an indictment withont his testimony and ad- | journed, he would not act in the matter. Both Langevin and Brule, another go- between, will have to face contempt pro- ceedings later on if they refuse to testify. TWICE STUCK IN MUD. | But the Paris Was Not Injured by the Mishaps. SANDY HOOK, N.J., March 30.—The American line steamship Paris, which ar- | rived to-day from Newport News, Va., where she has been undergoing repairs, stuck her nose in a mud bank while going up the ship channel during a dense jog. e backed off very soon as the tide was ARANTINE, L. L, March 30.—The Paris again went aground southwest of Quickstep buoy. 3 The Paris lifted her anchors and left quarantine for her dock in New York at this morning. he exact location of the grounding of | the Paris, according to a report made at the office of the American line by the officers on the vessel, was 900 feet north- | east of east, off the Quickstep buoy. At3 | O'clock in the afternoon the water on the draught marks showed that she drew | twenty-two feet and two inches of water | on both sides, being on an even keel. At that time all the water except sixty tons in the port fresh water tank 7 had been removed and later that was taken out. During the afternnon five coal barges “were alengside receiving the 2000 tons of | coal from the bunkers of the Paris, a | greater part of which was removed before | she got off. She used 150 tons on her trip from Newport News. It was said by the American line officials that the Paris would sail as scheduled (Wednesday), her experience in the mud not injuring her in | the least. She got off easily with the rising tide and the help of the tugs. COMBINING TRADE. | Preliminary Steps to Fix the Price and Control the Output. PITTSBURG, Pa., March 30.—A gigan- tic industrial combination went through the preliminary stage of formation and was practically effected at a meeting of steel-producers held in New York last week. Another meeting will be held in | Pittsburg soon for the arrangement of de- tails. Itis proposed to regulate the pro- duction of steel to actual requirements by methods similar to those used by the rail pool. > At the start the price will be fixed at $20 aton, and will be changed according to price changes of raw materials. Pending completion of the combination steel-pro- ducers have withdrawn from the market, and will make no new contracts. Nearly the entire proauction of the United States was represented at the New York meeting, embracing capital of several hundred mil- lions of dotlars, — - ALL THE HARRISONS HAPPY. There Is No Discura in the Ex-Prosi- dent’'s Family. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., March 30.—Gen- eral Harrison yesterday gave a farewell { wedding dinner previous to his wedding, which was attended by’ Mr. and Mrs. Rus- sel] B. Harrison and Mrs. McKee and her children. The affair was a happy one. The family home has been refurnished and fitted turoughout for the reception of the bride. The work of redecoration has been done by a corps of artists brought from New York, and tlie apartments of the bride are said to be of surpassing beauty. The utmost reticence has been observed about the matter, but it is said that Gen- eral Harrison, being familiar with Mrs. Dimmick’s tastes, has had these apart- ments fitted in accordance therewith, in- tending it as a surprise to her. s it TFloods at the Falls. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., March 30.— There is a flood on the Canadian side of the river. Half the town is under water. The Grand Trunk Railway station 1sunder water and surrounded by a lake. Furnace fires are out in private houses and cellars are full of water. The Grand frunk has a serious washout in Dundas. SETSTIY T Purchasing Stockton Property. STOCKTON, CAL., March 30.—The Val- ley road has been making purchases of real estate here within the past week. A deal was concluded on Saturday by which a full block wasturned over to the railroad by the Weber estate. The land is just north of the pottery works in this city. The price paid for the block was a large sum, but the amount has not been made public. The property will be used for a switching yard. SAN BEENARDINO .BU.VKC)ED. Relief for a Snowbound Settler Fails to Reach Him. SAN BERNARDINO, CArL., March 30.— The county of San Bernardino has been bunkoed out of $40 and someone will have to pay the penalty. Three weeks ago one S.S. Guffy came before the Board of Supervisors and told of the predicament of his snowbound neighbor, Edward Lawrence, who would perish if relief was not given. The board authorized Guffy to take provisions and hurry to Lawrence’s relief. Guify, on Saturday, tiled a bill for $40 with the Supervisors, together with a 16t- terof thanks from Lawrence. The bill was approved and paid tnat day, but now comes Lawrence in a letter declaring that he got no provisions or aid from Guffy, nor did he write a letter of thanks to the Board of Supervisors. The letter written by Lawrence bears no resemblance to the handwriting in the letter given the board by Guify, while the writing of the name Guffy in the letter purporting to have been written by Lawrence is identical with the writing of the name Guffy signed to the warrant. Lawrence says in his letter that he did not need relief. The Supervisors will ask Guffy to explain the mystery surrounding the transaction. L0S ANGELES CONTEST. Judge Clark Holds That the State Can Contest a Wil | Granted the Same Privileges Under the Statutes as Individuals Enjoy. LOS ANGELES, Car., March 30.—Supe- rior Judge Clark handed down an 6pinion to-day on a demurrer to a contest to a peti- tion to probate an instrument purporting to be the last will of C. de Reynolds. de- ceased. The demurrer is sustained and ten days are granted to amend. The contest is by the Attorney- General, and the court says that, al- though the demurrer must be sustained, the question is whether, if a person dies leaving an estate which, had he died in- testate, would under the statute have passed to the State, the State is entitled to be heard in opposition to the probate of an instrument propounded as the will of such deceased person. On principle the court is of the opinion that this question should receive an affirm- ative answer. The Code of Civil Pro- cedure (sec. 1307) provided that any per- sml‘l interested may appear and contest the will. That the State is an artificial person— a public corporation embodying the sovereign power—will of course be con- ceded, and no reason is given or authority | eitea why the word “person” in that sec- | tion should be confined-to natural persons or flxouid not embrace artificial persons as well. The court holds, in short, that the State is entitled to contest the probate of a will as much as any person under the law. Shste MEDILL PROPERTY SOLD. Magnificent Res{d;nre to Be Constructed by the Purchaser. LOS ANGELES, Car, March 30.—An important estate sale was concluded this nificent place of Joseph Medill, the Chi- cago editor, at Altadena was sold to D. B. | Cameron of the same city. The price is | said to be something over $50,000. Mr. Cameron is a member of the firm of | Cameron, Amberg & Co., and is one of the | wealthiest men in Chicago. Heannounces Phis intention of at once putting up one o the finest houses that money can buy. Editor Medill's fine residence was de- | stroyed by fire last year and he concluded, in view of his important newspaper inter- ests at Chicago, that he could not afford to rebuild and live again in Southern Cali- fornia. e egel U Tropico Postoffice Robbed. LOS ANGELES, Car., March 30.—The general merchandise-store of Schule Bros. at Tropico, in which the postofiice is lo- | cated, was robbed last night. Besidesa | small amount of cash and some small arti- | cles in the store the robbers took all the stamps and cash in the postoflice. | e Death of a Nevada City Pioneer. NEVADA CITY, CaL., March 30.— Wil liam Landrigan died here yesterday. He was & pioneer of '49. He came from Ire- land in that year and settled in San Jose, going later to the mines. Landrigan was 70 years old. et SOLANO COUNTY'S PROTEST. Delegates to Oppose the Nomination of Congressmen at the Republican State Convention. VALLEJO, Car., March 30.—The Re- publican County Committee met at the NEW TO-DAY. Easter from a Boys’ Standpoint. Just a word about our Easter Display— our exclusive Easter styles—the handsome French writing portfolios we are giving with each $5 purchase—the curious Japzn- ese Magic Ege Tops that the children get free with every purchase. It’s a time of joy, good will and sunshine. Come and see our big, bright Easter show windows. ‘<31-29-31-33-35-3TR KEAR) THE GREAT MAIL ORDER HOUSE. county seat and ordered primaries to be held throughout the county for the elec- tion of delegates to the coming Republican State Convention, with the exception of two delegates at larze, which were ap- ointed by the committee, to wit: W. B. Parker of Vacaville and W. D. Pennvcook, editor of the Vallejo Chronicle. This aft- ernoon the chairman of the committes made the following public announcement for the government of delegates: To the Editor of the Vallejo Chronicle: There was one important fact which was omitted in your report of the proceedings of the Republi- can County Committee, and that was that the delegates elected and appointed use their every endeavor to prevent the nomination of Congressmen at the coming State convention, as it is the sense of the committee that the call was for the selection of delegates to the Na- tional Convention at St. Louis, and only that. It hardly seems probable that such a step will be taken, but as the State Central Committee or, rather, several of the Congressional dis- tricts have taken powers to themselves which are unprecedented, there is no knowing what is possible and how far théy may go to gain their object. The people comprising the party, wherever you meet them, are suspicious, and it will be & fatal step if anything is done in an underhand manuer at the beginning of a cams paign which has every indication of success. J. J, LUCHSINGER, Chairman of the Republican County Commite tee. His Hands and Face Were Covered With Bad-Blood Blotches and Big Red Pimples. He Had Taken a Potash Medicine for His Llver, and It Did More Harm Than Good. He Now Uses JOY’S VEGETA- BLE SARSAPARILLA. He Now Praises JOY’S VEGETABLE SAR~ SAPARILLA. He Is Now a Per« fectly Healthy Man. MR. WILLIAM MYCROFT, 454 Minna St, “AS STRAIGHT AS A STRING,” “AS bright as a dollar,” *“as strong as an ox,” is William Mycroft of 454 Minna street. In the parlance of bis trade he “slings the hammer,” and right merrily does the anvil resound as the sparks sput- ter and fly and the great, big beads of hon- est toil fall down and around and about the cheerful, healthful face of William Myecroft. Isaw him yesterday. He stop- ped for a few moments and told me what he thought of the great Californian herb remedy. JOY'S VEGETABLE SARSA- PARILLA. He told me how he had been suffering from liver trouble, then pains in his back, how he kept awake at night, morning at Pasadena, whereby the m‘,g_fi scratching, scratching—always scratching; i | how be took a medicine with iodide of pot- ash; how the scratching became worse; then he used the Californian herb remedy, JOY’S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA. He mended from the first week. He got better and beiter; was now well. Hesaid: “Iam glad 1 insisted- on getting JOY'S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA. You know some druggists always try to make you take just what yon don’t want. When I went in for my second bottle I had to talk an hour before I gotit. Youbet, I get JOY’S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA when I want a good blood puritier. See— look at my hands and face. They are not filled with blood blotches, are they? Well, they were six weeks ago; that’s before I began to use JOY'S VEGETABLE SAR- SAPARILLA.” AsT left I could hear tha good man beat out on his anvil JOY’S, { JOY'S, JOY'S for the jaded. gLBENRY, UBAZAR 'BABY Carriages! All onr Carriages have varnished bodles, either Steel or Wood Wheels and Patent Brakes. Canopy top, scroll shape body, upholstered m“ Fabrique de Luxe 50 Hood 10p, rattan body aise or Bedford Cox .2675 Hood top, rattan body, fancy design, uphols- tered in Milanaise or Bedford Cord, with Plush Roll... -......$7 75 and $9 50 Canopy top, rattan body, scroll design........ $f Parasol top, rattan body, upholstered in Mi- innaise, Plush roll $10 Hood top, Close woven bod: Bedford Cord. Plush roll 1n addition we have x larg, and Canopy Top Carriages, in ewest designs, bod- ies and uphoistery, at iowest prices. We make a Specialty of Repairing Carriages. “GOLDEN RULE” SEWING MACHINEN AT HALF THEIR VALUE. Speclal Until April 1, 1896. 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