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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1896. “ CALLS CRISP ) DEMAGOGUE That Is How Smith Closes His Argument Against Silver. OPPOSES FREE COINAGE Would Cause the Most Terrible Financial Panic the World Has Ever Known. REFUTED BY THE EX-SPEAKER Remarks of the Interior Secretary Two Years Ago Cited With Telling Effect. ATLANTA, Ga., April 2.—Ex-Speaker Crisp and Secretary Hoke Smith held the second of their series of jolnt debates here to-night. The speaking fjoccurred at the Mondy Tabernacie before an audience of 6000. Captain W. D. Eilis, chairman of the county Democratic executive commit- tee, presided and briefly presented the speakers of the night. Secretary Smith had the opening argu- ment. He was greeted with stirring applause. In ovening his speech Smith Baia that every one had a direct interest in the financial question. Then he went on to say that he was opposed to free coinage at the present ratio because it would produce silver monometallism and lead to the most ter- rible financial panic the world has ever known. Explaining the great production of silver in recent years, Mr. Smith stated that it was due to the decrease in the cost & of mining the metal by 50 per cent. . [ invite the debate on the proposition,” ke said, “‘that we cannot msake 371}{ grains 1 in value There is the questidn. ng, the speaker pictured a ruin- the event of the assumption of free, unlimited and independent coin- age by this country, and declared that its on labor would be to cut wages in The applause for Mr. Crisp when he * arose was prolonged. He said that silver was demonetized because it was worth #¥ more than gold. It wasnotcheap money 1. There was too much money In the d then for those who loaned money. ed to cut down the amount of ing only half, and that gold, and y owned the gold. The ex-Speaker then quoted from a speech which Smith made 1n 1894 declar- ing that he believed a single gold standard 10 be unwise and dangerous and calculated to contract the currency, check industry and turn honest men outof places. He de at sport of these declarations a number of questions to the Smith h: debare, in v that his minutes to close the course of which he claimed arguments had not been an- in conclusion called ex- ILLINOIS MEN FOR CULLOM. Mark Hanna Flatly Contradicted by Aldrich and Lorrim WASHINGTON, D.C., April 2.—Refer- ring to Mark Hanna's charge that his statement as to the preference of Iilinois delegates to the Republican National Con- vention was untrue, Representative Al- drich this evening said: *‘Oh, this’is too absurd. I had given Mr. Hanna credit for more political sagacity than he really seems to possess, if the interview is authentic, which hardly seems possible, ana I am sure he will make haste to correct it in any event. Ask any one from Illinois and New Hampshire—any one who ‘is qualified to speak—and you will find that Mr. Hanna is wrong and that my claims are correct.” Congressman Lorrimer, who was stand- ing by, said: “‘I do not claim to know anything about the condition in New Hampshire, but I do know something of the situation in Il- linois. I happen to be one of the dele- gates to St. Louis, and know that I am -for Cullom. We have also elected nine other gentlemen in Chicago as deie- gates to St. Louis who are also for Cullom. T know that the delegates elected from the Twentieth, Congressman Burrell’s distriet, and the delegates elected from the Nine- teenth district, represented in Congress by Mr. Wood, are for Cullom for Presi- dent. If Mr. Hanna makes the statement that McKinley has more than four out of the eighteer and Cullom less than four- teen of the eighteen already electea, he is talking about matters with which be isnot familiar. The claim made by the McKin- ley men that a large majority of the dele: gates from Illinois will not be for Cullom, and that they will support McKinley has the results already obtained, and when the journed Mr. Cullom will, without any question, have the large majori:yv of dele- gates from Iilinois. the previous statement of the McKinley men and Mr. Hanna to the contrary notwithstanding.” . « REPUBLICAN COLLEGE LEAGUE. Representatives of Noted Institutions at the Convention. CHICAGO, Ivr., April 2.—Forty dele- gates to the annual convention of the American. Republican College League, ch assembles in this city to-morrow, registered at the Auditorium Hotel head- quarters this afternoon and evening. The + clude those of Syracuse, Ann Arbor, Kala- mazoo, Williamstown, Mas: Princeton, Madison, Georgetown, D. C., Minneapolis, <Yale, Cornell, Oberiin, Lincoln, Nebr., Galesburg, 111, Northwestern and Chicago. Telegrams received during the day re- ported 200 more delegates being en route. In the matter of Presidential preferences the collegians on the ground are divided between Reed, Allison, Morton and Mec- Kiunley, but official declarations in favor of any candidate are barred by the-unwritten constitution of the league, and no attempt will be made to-morrow in that direction. The convention will be called to order in Steinway Hall at 10 o’clock. There is an aciive contest for the presidency of the league for the ensuing year. The friends of tie three principal candidates—James M. Perkins of Harvard, formerly private sgeretary to Senator Hoar; Charles B. Campbell of Northwestern and Stephen D. Demmon of the Northwestems Law School < - v not been very considerably backed up by | 1llincis State Convention shall have ad- | universities and colleges represented in- | —were actively campaigning during the day. This evening the delegates were ten- dered a reception at the Marquette Club, addresses on Republican prospects in dif- ferent parts of the country being delivered. L S Will Split the Party. i DENVER, Coro., April 3.—CHairman Arbuckle of the Democratic State Commit- tee to-day stated that if Senator Tillman in his Denver address shall repeat his speech delivered in the Senate the effect locally will be to split the party wide open. The office-holding Democrats are alleged to be endeavoring to control the delega- tion to the National convention, and this will result in a sharp contest which may result in a contesting delegation. ATS GARNIER. The Belgian No Match for the Napoleon of Billiards. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 2.—The re- sult of the fourth game in the 18-inch balk-line tournament was a foregone con- clusion in the minds of the patrons of the game who had seen the meeting of Ives and Garnier on Tuesday night. Accord- ingly, when Ives and the Belgian cham- pion crossed cues for the second time to- night there was a meager audience in the concert hall of Madison-square Garden. Ives ran out the game while Garnier was making 103. Ives gathered in 39 in the first inning, when he fell on & rather easy draw. Garnier's first attempt netted him 30, when a difficult two-cushion shot caused his retirement. The champion’s contribution in the second and third in- nings was 54 and 46, while the Belgian only compiled 14 and 5, and the card stood : Tves 139, Garnier 49. Ives gave a grand exhibition in the fourth inning. With wonderful delicacy he nursed the ivories along the lower rail and piled up the points. He passed his third wire and made 164, the second best run of the tournament so far, before a kfss robbed him. His average for four innings | was 753, or nearly half again as much as Garnier's total score for seven innings. The game to-morrow will be between Schafer and Garnier. Score: Ives—39, 54, 46,164, 2, 30, 140, 23, 9, 6, 6, 90—600. Garnier— 30, 14, 5. 0, 2, 0, , 6, 11, 31—103. Highest run—Ives 164, Garnier 30. Averages—lves 50, Garnier 9 4-11. et O e RACING AT LITTLE ROCK. Lady Ines Wins the Boundless Handi- cap in Fair Time. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 2.—The track was in good condition to-day, but | the time made did not come up to the | standard. The principal event was the | Boundless handicap. Only three horses | were entered and Garland Bar, who has | been under a surgeon’s care, was scratched | at the last moment. Lady Inez and Rey del Mar were the starters, the former win- nitg as she pleased by two lengths. There will be no races to-morrow, Good Friday. Five furlongs, Towers won, Zephyr second, fiss Kirkendall'third. Time,1:05. x jurlongs, Text won, King Elm second, Deiy third. Time, 1:17}4. Boundless handicap, one mile, value $4700, Lady Inez won, Rey del Marsecond. Time, 1:46Y six jurlongs, Rondo won, Hex second, King Dance third. Time, 1:174. Four furlongs, Manzauita won, Moncreith second, Galilee third. Time, :5014. S S For the Henley Regatta. LONDON, Exc., April 2.—The Sports- man says that up to the present time only three foreign entries have been made for the Henley regatta. These are those of the Yaie eight for the grand challenge cup, and W. 8. McDowell of the Delaware Boat Club of Chicago and E. A. Thompson of the Argonaut Club of Toronto for the diamond sculls. e In Five Kounds. PETROLEA, Oxr., April 2.—Frank Con- ley, champion lightweight of Canada, and | Tommy West of California, met here to- nightin a ten-round “go.” Conley easily defeated West in five rounds. THE NEWS OF SN JOSE, Grounds on Which Ella Aimee Cook Is Seeking a Divorce. Charges Her Husband With Cruelty, Desertion and Failure to Provide. SAN JOSE, Car., April 2.—The testi- mony taken in the suit of Ella Aimee Cook against Jean A. Cook for a divorce on the grounds of desertion and faiture to provide has been filed by Court Commis- sioner Montgomery. The Cooks were mar- ried in this city in January, 1884. Cook kept a candy-store in this city for several years, but about a year ugo was forced to insolventy. A short time aftef he de- serted his wife and went to Los Angeles, where it is said he is now living with | another woman. Mrs. Cook claims that her married life | was decidedly unpleasant, as ner husband | thought more of other women than he did | of her. He often swore at her, and on | one_occasion ‘hurled a glass at her. He | neglected to furnish her with clothing, and after he went into insolvency she was compelled to live in a single room for five months. The vprovisions ran out, but Cook made no effort to replenish the fam- {ily larder. He sent his trunk containing | his clothing to his mother’s home in Oak- some sewing done, and a few days later went to Los Angeles. Mrs. Cook was compelled to go to the home of her ste father, 0. J. Schofield of Los Gatos, in order to secure the necessaries of life. - Depew and Vanderbilt. SAN JOSE, Car., April 2.-Chauncey | M. Depew and Cornelius Vanderbilt and party stopped over in this city this morn- | ing on ibeir way to San Francisco from Monterey, and were met at ihe depot by a land, giving as an excuse that he wanted | HALE A WILLIN GOES I SHIOKE Brunswick, Georgia, Swept by Most Disastrous Flames. FANNED BY THE WINDS Many Warehouses, Cotton Sheds and Stores Quickly Reduced to Ashes. FREIGHT CARS ALSO BURNED. Help Sent From Neighboring Cities, but as Usual the Water Supply Fails. BRUNSWICK, Ga., April 2.—Over half a million dollars’ worth of property was destroyed by fire to-day. The flames originated in the Plant Railway system warehouses at 11 o’clock this morning and, fanned by a high wind, spread with great rapidity. At 11 o'clock to-night the fire is still burning. The property destroyed includes the wharf property, cotton sheds, freight warehouses belonging to the Plant system and comprising their local terminal freight facilities; a number of freight- cars and between 10,000 and crossties, the property of N. Emanual and James Broadhead, the Plant system docks, 25,000 barrels of rosin, 2000 barrels of spirits of turpentime, all the wharf en- gines, wholesale grocery building, grocery stock and warehouse buildings of the Downing Company; Segue’s fishouse and various small fish and oyster houses on the water’s edge of Bay strest; Briezen- ick’s three-story brick building, inciuding the machinery and the supply stock; the retail dry-goods store of James Brown, the wholesale liquor stock of Tobias New- man, the wholesale warehouses of the Hoyt Haraware Company, the three-story Ocean Hotel. kxtending up Monk street the retail | store of the Hoyt Hardware Company was | | burned and Bear's two warehouses of goods, the Haas Ligquor Company and the | ice depot. In Bay street, from Monk | street up, the fire swepi Herzog's brick building used as a retail dry-goods ‘store; Hirsch’s wholesale and retail liquor- store and several smaller stores allin a block of brick buildings. At this hour it is impossible to gain | anything like an accurate statement of the losses, but the estimates place them as | follows: Plant system, $75,000; Downing | Company, $225,000; Briezenick and occu- | pauts, $60,000; Lott, $15,000. The Down- ing and Lott losses are covered by insur- ance. Business was suspended and the entire population viewed the flames. When Hoyt's buildinz caught it was expected that the entire busiress portion of Bruns- wick was going and merchants began moving their stocks to the outskirts of the city. Pandemonium reigned, drays and other vehicles were driven at breakneck speed up and down the streets to store doors and flying clouds of sparks sent property-own- ers home to guard their buildings. Way- cross, Savannah and Jacksonville were wired for assistance, but. the water supply was exhausted before the neighboring fire- men arrived on special trains, rendering their presence practically useless. The fire interfered with the gas and elec- tric-light works, and no lights are burning to-night, while the dense smoke keeps the town in total darkness. The Brunswick Rifles have been called out to do guard duty. NOT APPRECIATED IN CHICAGO. Therefore Eleanor Duse Will Not Go to the Lake City. CHICAGO, ILL., April 2.—When Eleanor Duse, the Italian actress, last appeared in Chicago her reception was not cordial from a financial standpoint and she since bas declined to return without a grarantee. So it was planned that a subscription ticket sale should be inaugurated. Colonel L. L. Sharpe yesterday tele- graphed to Henry C. Miner and Joseph Brooks, Duse’s managers, advising them against coming to Chicazo. The reason for the discouraging advice was that the first two days’ receipts of the subscription sale netted only $500 and it was thought the outlook for the week was too dis- couraging for the managers, who are under contract to pay the star a certain amount for every performance whether it be to crowded houses or empty seats. Lack of familiarity with Itahian on the partof Chicagoans and the date of the subscription sale, a whole month before the opening of the engagement, is given as the cause of the limited sale. The actress has been drawing crowded houses is New York and Boston and her mana- gers philosophically regard the failure of the subscription plan as prima facie evi- dence Chicago does not want Duse. It is reported they will follow the advice of Cfiolonel Sharpe and call the entire project off. delegation from the Board of Trade and taken for an hour’s drive about the city. The visitors expressed themselves as much pleased with the city and surrounding or- chards. ety Young Burglar Sent to Jail. SAN JOSE, Cawn., April 2. — August Radtke, the 19-vear-old boy who robved the residence of A. W. Elliot on Moorpark avenue on March 20 of a lot of jewelry,was arraigned before Justice Gass this morn- ing on a charge of burglary. His exami- nation was set for April 8, ~Bail was fixed :n_?m, in default of which he was sent to jail. ST T For Letters of Administration. SAN JOSE, Cawn., April 2.—Emily C. Danforth to-day petitioned for letters of administration on the estate of J. B. Dan- forth, her deceased husband, who died in this city on January 11. The estate is valued at $15,000 and "cousists of notes and mortgages outstanding in Nebraska, Iili- nois and South Dakota. The widow is the sole heir. L Sent to the Whittier School. SAN JOSE, CAL., Apri!2.—Joe A. Her- man, a 15-year-old boy, was committed to the Whittier Reform School this morning by Judge Reynolds. The boy is incor- rigible, and a few days ago was arrested oh a charge of petty larceny. e Pt Sweeney’s Death Was Aecidental. CARSON, NEv., April 2.—The inquest of John P. Sweeney, the turfman, resulted in a verdict of accidental death. There was nothing to show foul play or suicide. His wife reached the city this morning and ap- peared at the inquest. el RS R ONE PUGILIST MAY DIE. Clark Received Fatal Injuries During His Fight With Turner, MEMPHIS, TexN., April 2.—At the close of the Turner-Clark prize-fight here last night it was known that the latter had received terrible punishment, but it was not regarded as at all serious. Clark was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital to-day, but 13 not expected to live. The serious dam- age was done to Clark’s stomach. Turner has fled. Clarkisa white man, 'was witnessed by the Sheriff and the Chief of Police. Turner is a negro. S e Drowned During a Cloudburst. LANCASTER, K., April 2—News was received to-day from Buffalo Creek, in Owsley County, which gives the particu- lars of the drowning of nine people in Buffalo Creek during the recent cloud- burst. Thedeadare: Miss Mary Garrett, Mrs. George Gepson and three children, two children of Mr. Burns and two others whose names cannot be learned. Numer- ous narrow escapes irom death are re- ported, and the damage to property was enormous, e In the Hands of the Sheriff. CHICAGO, ILn., April 2.—The Sheriff to-day took possession of the old-estab- lished sash, door and blind factory of Herrmann Kirchhoff. Kirchhoff’s “last statement placed his assets and real-estate holdings at $323,000, with debts of $22,000. —_—— Sickness Causes a Suicide, A CHICAGO, IiLL., April 2.—Edwin F. 20,000 | The fight | -| northerm points in Gardiner, purchasing agent of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company, committed suicide at his residence in this city this afternoon. Mr. Gardiner has been suffering for some iime past with nervous prostration, and has been unable to attend to his business duties. This capsed despondency, and is supposed to be the sole cause for his act. SR g s AN ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN. Obstruetions Placed on the Track of the Chicago and Alton Express in Missouri. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 2—It be- came known here to-night that an at- tempt was made last night to wreck the Chicago and Alton express train which leaves here shortly after 8 o’clock for St. Louis and Chicago. Just out of Grain Valley, twenty-five miles east of here, the engineer discovered an obftruction on the track. He stopped his train quickly, but not in time to avoid the derailment of his locomotive. A pile of ties had been laid across the track and the rails loosened. Believing that a train robbery had been planned, guards were put out, but the train was not molested. It wasover an hour before the wreck could be cleared. Memorial to Marturs. LONDON, Exc.,, April 2.—Friends of Armenia have announced their intention to place a stained-glass window in the church at Hawarden as a memorial to the Armenian martyrs. Mr. Gladstone, who always attends the church when at Hawarden, his son being its rector, will probably write the inscription that will be placed on the window. B Queen Victoria's Accident. LONDON, Exe., April 2.—It is reported that an accident happened to the Queen’s carriage while her Majesty was driving at Nice. Nothing of the matter is known by the Government officials here. A S Gorernor of the Bermudas., LONDON, Exc., April 2.—Lieutenant- General George Digby Barker has been ap- pointed Governor of the Bermudas in suc- | cession of Governor Thomas Casey Lyons A SANTA BARBARA CROOK Many Victims of a Smooth Young Man With a Fine Barytone Voice. Was No Respecter of Persons—Even Beat a Local Newspaper Out of $25. SANTA BARBARA, Can, April 2— When William Merry, insurance solicitor and all-round glib man of business by profession and an amateur bary- tone of wunusual talent, suddenly |left town for Los Angeles several | days ago bis friends and quondam em- | ployer observed a wise discretion in allud- ing to his departure, but now that sufficient, time has elapsed to enable them to com- | pare notes all are talking at once and with | remarkable candor. Merry was a decidedly good-looking young fellow of gentlemanly address, who | arrived here tive months ago and engaged | as_insurance solicitor with John Percy | Lawton, the latter-a voung Englishman | of excellent standing in the community. | Merry bore no credentials, but referred in | an off-hand way to aleading insurance firm of New York City and was accepted on his own statements as a rushing young business man. He has more than fui- | filled this promise. Discovering discrepanciesin his accounts amounting to some $400, Lawton last week | called upon Merry for a settlement. This | the latter readily undertook to partially meet by giving Lawton a bill of sale of his horse and valnable saddle and bridle, and then coolly borrowed fare to Los Angeles, where he stated he had a brother who would lend him funds sufficient to settle the balance. This is thelustthat has been seen of him, but countless unexpected in- cidents connected with bis career here are constantly coming to light, and it would seem that he has profited aimostas well as | Mme. Lefebre in trading upon the good- | will and contidence.of the community. | The horse and saddle which he pledged |to Lawton he had already sold to an- other gentleman and had pledged it as | security to a third for a loan of $100, which he claimed had been coilected by Lawton toward the purchaseof a miter | for Bishop Johnson, newly appointed to this diocese of the Protestant Episcopal church, but which for some inexplicabie reason was not immediately available to be paia at the call of the committee having the collections in charge. He also made a collection on his own account for | this same imaginary miter. He also | issued insurance policies of which he gave no account to the office, retaininz the | premiums for his own enjoyment. His victims in these cases wers largely ladies. In one instance he succeeded in swindling a livery-stable keeper out of $100 upon an imaginary speculaticn in a Summerland oil lot; “but perhaps bis crowning feat was to actaally cheat a local newspaper proprietor out of $25. | Merry’s fine barytone voice made him a | welcome addition to local musical org izations as well as to the choir of Trinity | Church, but he was not taken up socially, | his only appearance in the houses of Santa Barbara’s upper ten being as a paid | singer. Among men he associated on an equality with the young bloods of the | piace. The date of his return is problem- | atical, but a warm reception awaits him. Lol CITY OF EUREKA. The New Steamer Which Will Replace the Ill-Fated Humboldt. EUREKA, Car., April 2.—The Hum- boldt Steamship Company, owners of the ill-fated steamer Humboldt, which was lost lust September on the rocks off Point Garda, has been revived, and the articles of incorporation have been filed. The capital stock of the company is $200,000, the subscribers to which are: Richard Sweasey, Isaaec Brown, James Foord, R. B. Jhandler, M. Kalish, 8. Bonnifield, | Thomas Baird, W. D. Bendixsen and Kramer Bros. The new company com- prises nearly the same stockholders as the old one. The new steamer will be built at the finely equipped yards of H. D. Bendixsen on this bay. larger than the o!d steamer. Her dimen. sions will be: Length over all, 215 feet beam, 31 feet; depthoi hold, 14 feet; giv- ing her a net capacity, of about 1000 tons. The work, which will commence imme- diately, will be pushed toward completion with the greatest speed. It ‘is expected that the new ship, which will be known as the City of Eureka, will leave in Sep- tember for San Francisco under the com- mand of Captain Bonnifield — GUING TU ALASKA. Government Surveyors on a Geographical Eaxpedition. TACOMA, Wasn., April 2—A party of TUnited States surveyors belonging to the geodetic corps of this coast arrived here to-day en route for Alaska. They are headed by Fremont Morse, and will be joined at Port Townsend by S. B. French and H. P. Ritter, who have been detailed from Washington, D.X. The purpose of the expedition is to determine geographi- cally tge exact location of certain passes. in the Aleutian Islands and of other rgferenoe to Unalaska and Kodiak. The whale party expects to be engaged in the north until July 1. and will be considerably| Ij CARNIVALS OF - THE FLOWERS, San Jose’s Elaborate Pre- parations for Her * Fete. THREE FLORAIL ARCHES. Imposing Structures of Immense Proportions and Beauti- ful Designs. CHICO TO HAVE A FESTIVAL. The People of Santa Cruz A‘re Busy Perfecting Details and Money Is Rolling In. i SAN JOSE, Car., April 2—The commit- tee on street decorations of the Carnival of Roses have perfected the plans for three of the great floral arches, and work will be commenced on them in a week or ‘ten days. The design of another arch will be decided in a day or two, and it is thought two more arches will be erected by private parties. The arches will be the finest ever erected upon the coast. They will be entirely covered by flowers and arranged so as to form the carnival colors—red, white and blue. The base of the arches will be banked by potted plants and flowers. The committee has decided to erect | arches across Santa Clara street, at Third street; on the Alameda just east of the narrow-gauge track; across First street at Bassett, and across First street at San Antonio. The other two will probably be erected in the middle of the block on First, between Santa Clara and San Fer- nando,-and on First, between Santa Clara and St. John streets. The arch at Third and Santa Clara streets will be an imposine structure after the old California mission style of archi- tecture. It will be forty feet high, with three arches, the central one twenty- seven feet high and. twenty-four feet wide, and the side arches twenty-three feet high and sixteen feet wide. It will be surmounted by a tile roof. -A high staff in the center will support the American flag and streamers of red, white and blue will droop to the outer points of the arch. The arch on the Alameda will be of nearly the same design' ana size. The street is a trifle wider there and this will give additional width to the arches. The otber arches will be similarin de- sign, and covered entirely by flowers. ST s CHICO'S MAYDAYX FESTIVAL. Ballot-Boxes Opened for the Selection of ‘May Queen. CHICO, CAL., April 2—Grand prepara- tions are being made for a Mayday festi- val to be held at Gefteral Bidwell’s famous grove. Several hundred dollars have been subscribed by the leading citizens and merchants of Chico, and a grand time is expected. The officers of the day are: President, Professor Pennell of the State Normal School; first vice-president, Professor Hyatt of the Chico High School; second vice-president, Professor Harvey of the Chico public school. The address of wel- come whl be delivered by General Bid- well. A procession of school children ana all the civic societies and the Chico band will parade. Company A of the National Guard will act as escort. Ballot-boxes will be open to-day to give every one a chance to vote for their choice for May queéen, and a lively contest is ex- pected. Ballot-boxes will’ be placed in each of the confectionery stores and the price of votes is 5 cents, or 25 cents, | twelve for 50 cents and tweniy-five for $1. A year ago, when arrangements for the Fourth of July celebration was in prog- ress, the projectors hit upon a plan to give the people of Chico a chance to all have a voice in the selection of the Goddess of Liberty ana_at the same time materially assist the celebration fund financially. Ballot-boxes were placed in several of the prominent stores, and each person by | depositing a nickel ora sum larger was | entitled to cast votes for the lady of his or | her choice to the number the money | called for. The ballots were counted twice | a week, and the result when the contest | had closed was astonishing. A large sum was realized from the sale of votes, and | Miss Alice Sproul, the popular school- | teacher, was declared the choice. | There will be a large number of Chico's | popular young ladies that wili enter the | contest and many a young man will drop | a nickel for his favorite. SANTA CRUZ DECORATIONS. |« Beautiful Designs Subnitted by a Local Artist. SANTA CRUZ, CAL., April 2.—An ad- journed meeting of ths Carnival Associa- | tion committee was held to-night and the | first payments made on subscriptions to | the casa fund. The theory of ‘‘Pay as you 20” has been insisted upon from the be- ginning, and now that active work has been begun the cash is coming in to carry the work to a successful finish. Some very beautiful and elaborate de- signs for decoralions were sultnitted by Mr. Lemos, an artist of local note. One set represents a permanent palace of the Queen of the Pacific, to be constructed of | coral and ornamented with bric-a-brac faom the depths of the sea. The designs also include a transformation scene repre- senting the seasons of the year. Mr. Convey also presented designs con- templating the ornamentation of tne river. His ‘plan”is to build a palace of classic | design for the Queen’s restine place, to be illuminated. with a. profusion of electr.c | lights. These designs were referred to the decorating committee, to be reported upon | at the meecting next Wednesday night, tbe regular meeting nights being changed from Tuesdays. MADELA’S MISSING MAN, Joseph MeoCullom, @ Miner, Disappears Under Peculiar Circumstances. MADERA, CaL., April 2.—Joseph Mc- Cullom, a miner, aged 52 years, arrived in Madera yesterday from Fresno Flats with the intention of visiting his home in Wis- consin. He called on the local agent of the Santa Fe ling and purchased his ticket to Mojave, stating that it was his inten- tion to start for the East on the might train, and after magking inquiry as to the time of deg:rmre of the train he left the oftice of the tickes ngem, and returned to the notel where he had been stopping, and after supper made the necessary arrange- ments for leaving. He started for the Southern Pacific depot, and scolzred inat! the office of .the ticket agent and had his baggage checked at 10 o’clock and then walked out. When the time for the arrival of the train was at hand McCullom could not be | thousand dollars. found. Search Was made for him at all the hotels and all other places where Mc- Cullom might be, but the hunt was with- out success and the train pulled out with- out him. The agents made up their mind that the mystery would be solved to-day, but a diligent search made by all of the constables and others failed to tind him. He was known to have in his possession money amounting to- about $150, and it is feared by the friends of the old gentleman that he has met with'foul piay. = TBE VALLEY ROAD. Work Being Rushed Fast as Men and Material Can Do It. STOCKTON, Car., April 2—Work on the Valley road is being pushed as fast as men and material can- rush it. Superin- tendent McFarland reports that the con- tractors are now at work on the last span of the bridge over the Tuolumne River, | and it is expected this bridge will be fin- ished by the 10th inst. After that the tracklayers will begin work again, as the track at present is up to the bridge. From the Tuolumne to the Merced River there is a stretch of twenty miles which will be built without delay. Cotton Brothers are here to-day and have commenced the work of putting to- gether the timbers for the bridge across the Merced River, for which they have the contract. The force here is busy putting in the block system of signals at the crossings of the coal road'and the electric street rail- way. febnge s e THE BUTTEVILLE TRAGEDEY. Bitter Feeling Between Catholics and:A. P. A.’s in an Oregon Town. WOODBURN, Og., April 2-—Word was brought here to-day that there is mucn excitement and bitter feeling in Butteville over the killing of Frank Kelly yesterday by James Dozier. There was talk of a Iynching party being organized to punish Dozier. Some feelingexists against Coro- :\;r Ciough because he held a secret inquest Vesterday. It hasalso been learned from pretty reliable authority that a warrant will be issued to-morrow for the arrest of Dozier on a charge of murder. Dozier was at his work to-day plowing and did not feel uneasy as to his safety | At the funeral of Kelly Dozier was de- | | nounced as a cold-blooded murderer by | the speaker. The feeling on the partof | the Cathotics againat the A. P. As in | Butteville is very bitter and many fear that more blood” will be shed before the trouble is ended. e LODI LABORER ROBBED. Held Up on a Railroad Track and Re- licved of His Blankets. STOCKTON, CAL., April 2.—Last even- | ing Thomas Rooney, a laborer, who had been employed by Contractor Kelso at Lodi, and who was on his way to that place, was held up by three men on the railroad track not far from the Calaveras River. One of the men named Henry White. but who is_better known here as | ‘“Blackie,” struck Rooney on the side of | the heed, knocking him down. He then took the man’s biankets away from him and attempted to go through his pocke! Rooney came baek and reported the mat- ter to the officers, and this morning Con- stables Howe and Her:om found White | and lodged him in jail. This is not tue | first time he has been under arrest. ; ivsrs oo UNFORTUNATE TA COMA WOMAN. | Begs to Be Sent to an Asylum to Keep | + Her From Murder. TACOMA, Wasn., April2.—Mrs. Francis | Burney, a very pretty woman, appeared | to-day before Judge Parker, and requested | to be committed to the insane asylum. | She seems periectly rational, but says ter- rible thoughts come into her head to kill | her two chiidren. She loves them and | cannot account for her mania. She says: “I've just enough sense to know I haven’t | any.” She was sent to the asylum. S e Bids for the Los Angeles Parl. LOS ANGELES, Carn., April 2.—At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Sixth District Agricultural Park this after- noon the bids were opened for the lease of the park. The bid of Thomas FL. Williams was the largest by several | It will be submitted to the Governor of the State as per agree- ment, and there is nodoubtthat Williams’ | bid will be approved. I{ Williams gets the ‘park there will be some of the finest meets on the coast. ST Fisalia Burglars Sentenced. VISALIA, Car, April 2. — William Walker and Ralph Smith, charged with burglary, were sentenced to-day to State Prison for two years each. Last Monday night they broke into a freightcar at Goshen, and part of the goods was found on them when arrested the following day | at Armona. | MINNESOTANS AT LOS ANGELES. The Distinguished Visitors Made ‘at Home in the City. TRIP TO SANTA 'MONICA. Entertained at a Masonic Ban- quet Presided Over by Mayor Rader. DELIGHTED WITH THE SIGHTS. After Climbing Mount Lowe They Will Resume Their Tour of the Coast. LOS ANGELES, Cavn, April 2.—The visiting Minnesotans, consisting of the Mayor, Aldermen and other members of the city government of Minneapolis, have little cause to regret the prolongation of their Western tour to Los Angeles. Upon their arrival here yesterday they were taken over the new electric road to Santa Monica, and to-day they were given a spin around the kite-shaped track of the Santa Fe, making short stops at suca towns as Riverside, Redlands, Ontario, San Bernardino and Pomona. To-night such of the party as are Masons are being entertained at a Masoniec ban- quet, presided over by Mayor Rader. To- morrow they will be driven about the city in carriazes of resident Minnesotans, and | a trip to Pasadena and Moumt Lowe will conclude there visit here. The visitors appear to be greatly de- lighted with what they have seen and the entertainment afforded them by the hos- pitable people of California. — AN IN TROUBLE. BUSINESS Arrested for Opening a Letter Addressed to Another Person. LOS ANGELES, Cav., April 2—William H. White, a well-known busmess man of this city, was arrested at noon to-aay by | Deputy United States Marshal Covarru- bias, on the charge of opening a letter ad- | dressed to R. A. Johnson. Mr. White is manager of the branch house of Baker & Hamilton, dealers in agriculturalimplements, of San Francisco. | The indictment on which he was arrested was returned by the Federal Grand Jury last January. 1t states that on May 1895, a ietter was mailed at Rivemide, signed by H. Johnson and addressed to R. A. John- son at Los Angeles, and that on the 27th the defendant. White, knowingly and with the design to pry into the letter, opened it. Mr. White was taken before Court Com- missioner Vandyke soon after his arres: and was released on $1000 bail. He will be. arraigned next Thursday at 10:30. ‘When askea about the case Mr. White said: “Johnson used to_be in my employ. I do not remember having opened a letter addressed to him. I may have done so by accident, for my mail is Jarge. Business mep do not always lock at the addresses on the envelopes when they are very much rushed.” 25, g Died From the Kick of a Horse. LOS ANGELES, Car., April 2—C. W. R. Ford, the manager of the Boston dry- goods store on Broadway, died at his resi- dence on Bellevue avenue a little after 1 o’clock this afternoon. Mr. Ford, while at his ranch at San Fer- nando a few days ago was kicked by a vi- cious horse and .was badly hurt. It did not seem at first that the ‘injuries would be fatal, but peritonitis set’in and Mr. Ford died from the effects this afternoon. Mr. Ford was a business man of remark- able ability and vigor and showed his pro- gressive chiaracter in building the very handsome business-house on Broadway. HONEST CLOTHING FOR EASTER! MEN’S SUITS. $10.00 YOUTHS’ SUITS......$5.00 i CHILDREN’S SUITS. .$2.50 These are our prices for reliable clothing. When clothing is sold balow these prices you can hardly expect to get honest woolen fabrics that will wear well, that are properly cut and made. Even at these prices there is littie or no profit.: They are the closing prices of our Dissolution of Partnership Sale, on the handsome Spring Clothing made especially for Easter. BEST EASTER SUITS for Men, black and colored Cheviots. Cassimeres and Worsteds, in the new 3-button double breasted Sacks. Cutaways, single or $10.00, $12.50, $15.00 BEST CONFIRMATION SUITS for Boys, 12 to 19 years, 3 pieces, in black, blue or mix- tures, fine woolen fabrics, made especially for Easter, 1896. $5.00, $7.50, $lo.oo BEST CHILDREN’S SUITS, ages 4 to 14—2 pieces—Sailor, Reefer and other styles 4t just one-half of the prices they were to sell $1.50, $2.50, $3.50, $5.00 The new styles in Children’s HATS AND for. CAPS are here. 25¢, 50¢, 75¢ and $1.00 H. SUM MERFIELD & CO.