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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1896 FATALLY BURNED NEAR WILLITS. A Peculiar Accident Ends the Life of a Stage Driver. PERISHES IN A FIRE. His Coach Is Overturned and the Side-Lamps on the Vehicle Explode. PINNED UNDER THE WRECK. 0il Saturates His Clothing and His Body Is Cremated by the Flames. UKIAH, Car., April 6.—News of a pecu- liar and hor: cident, that resuited in the death of Ibert A. Whitcomb, the driver of a stage running from Ukiah to Willets, was brought to this city to-day. Whitcomb was pinned beneath his coach, overturned in the darkness last night, and was burned to death, oil from the side- lamps on the vehicle having saturated his clothing and the cushions. His charred body was found by Walter P. Marble, a farmer living near Booneville. Marble wasen route from Laytonville to Willitts yesterday. About three miles north of Willitts the stage which left Wil- litts last evening at about 6 o'clock was found overturned and partly destroyed by fire. The running-gear of the coach was intact and the horses were still attachea to it. Driver Whitcomb’s body was found burned to a crisp under ruins of the stage. All the express and mail matter had been destroyed. The mail was an unusually heavy one. The value of the express mat- ter destroyed is unknown. There were no passengers on the stage at the time of the accident. It is pre- sumed that, the night being an unusually dark one, the driver lost his way. This theory is horne out by the fact that the stage was found off, but headed toward the main road. The driver evidently discovered that he was on the wrong road after having trav- eled on a road leading to Norton’s mill for some distance. In turning the coach around it was upset. The lamps on the e of the vehicle exploded, and the s of the driver were saturated with ing from the lamps. Whitcomb was evidently unconscious or pinned under the body of the stage and unable to extricate himself. As a result of the explosion the coach and itscon- tents were soon in flames, and the brave driver met his death in the fire. Whoitcomb was a married man, and a widow and two children survive him. He was honést and industrious, and there is no question but that he was perfectly sober at the time of the accident. The stage had left Willetts at 6 o’clock, and was to have reached Laytonville at breakfast time. line from th THOUBLE AT SHNTA ROSH Cozad Will Contest the Election of McMinn as Street Commissioner. Claims the Democrats Won by Vio- lating the Purity of Elec- tion Laws. BANTA ROS. CarL., April 6.—The ex- citing contest at the polls for the various city offices will be followed by a struggle in the courts for at least one of the offices. There were four candidates in the field for the Street Commissionership, three being regularly nominated by the severa parties and one running asan independent. John McMinn, the Democratic nominee, received the highest number of votes, and “Doc” Cozad, the present incumbent, who ran independently, was second best. Cozad now declares that he has proo that the successful candidate and John Carleton, the Republican nominee, had a secret understanding before election and made certain agreements which conflict with the provisions of the purity of elec- tions law. Cozad claims that both of the old party nominees were members of the American Protective Association and that this organ- ization threw its strength, irrespective of varty, to the successful aspirant. Cozad also claims that Carlezon and Me- Minn had an agreement in writing, drawn up by a well-known attorney of this city, in which it was stipulated” that the suc- cessful candidate should bear all of the loser's campaign expenses and confer other favors Tae vote will be canvassed by the City Council to-morrow night, and Cozad will make an attempt to enjoin the council from counting tne vote for McMinn. Cozad will, of course, hold the office dur- ing any litigation which ‘may follow, and a E’alnnged struggle is looked for. e declares that his intention is to call as witnesses every man whom he suspects of being an American Protective Associa- tion member, to prove the alleged agree- ment, TRICKED BY A MONGOL, Doon Kee Deceived the Port Officials But Was Detected. SANTA RQOSA, CaL, April 6.—Doon Kee, who claims to be a Chinese merchant eof this city, was arrested here this after- noon by Inspector Lynch of San Francisco and charged with being in the United States without legal right. The Chinaman arrived from the Orient some time in Januery, and was detained in San Franeisco pending an investiga- tion. He asserted that he was a mer. chant of Santa Rosa, and backed his as- sertion with the usual certificate signed by several white men. He also produced a woman and a_ boy, whom he claimed were his wife and son, to prove his previous residence. On this showing the almond-eyed son of far-away Catbay was allowed to proceed to Santa Rosa with his devoted wife and son, there toresume his business of merchandising on Secoad street. Now comes Inspector Lynch, who de- clares -that the cunning Celestial's busi- ness consists of dispensing opium to Santa Rosa “fiends,” that his store i, a “joint,” that his son was borrowed for the occasion, and that his de- voted wife is the keeper of an opium den, A United States Marshal will arrive here to-morrow to remove the prisoner to San Francisco, where an effort will be made to deport him to his native country. Pl VICTORIANS FLEECED. Bunkoed by a Swindler Who Carried Bogus Testimonials From Prominent Californians. VICTOR1A, B. C., April 6.—Many Vie- torians are mourning the hasty departure from this city of a California gentleman named John Hill, who arrived about two months ago, and who swindled numerous trades people out of amounts of from $10 to $20. Hill posed as a representative of a num- ber of San Francisco capitalists, who were about to interest themselves in British Columbia real estate or mines, or, in fact, any other promising business of the place. His testimonials_bore the names of Claus and Chief Crowley. With such backing he found ‘little trouble in raising modest sums at times. To the unwary be often appeared upon a remarkably short acquaintance, present- ing his testimonials and asking for a loan of probablv $20, ‘just till to-morrow.” At the same time he would count a big roil of bills, invariably with haste, to show that he was just lacking the amount asked for to meet an urgent bank account. Just how many Hill victimized in this way is not known, and his operations would no doubt have gone on for some time were it not that he made a few mis- takes. Oue of these was his statement that he was the discoverer of the famous Hill Bar on the Frazer River. During his stay in Victoria Hill bonded several properties and bad arranged to make his first payment on these lands on April fool's day. Hill is described as middle aged, with full, round face and slight mustache, SALTLAKE MORMON LAW Excitement Caused by an Edict Issued by the Semi-Annual Conference. Spreckels, E. J. Baldwin Moses Thatcher Deposed for Accept- ing a Nomination for the Senatorship. SALT LAKE, Utag, April 6.—The semi- annual conference of the Mormon church was closed to-night by the issuance of a manifesto which bas created a great deal of excitement and not a little dismay among the Gentiles and a few of the more independent members of the Mormon church. The manifesto is a very carefully worded document and sets forth, without disclaim- ing on the part of the heads of the church any desire that the church should domi- nate over the State, a new proposition. The incidents of last fall's election, when two men, Moses Thatcher and B. H. Roberts, high ir office in the churck, were convicted of accepting nominations on the Democratic ticket without receiving first the permission of the presi- dency, are referred to, and then the mani- festo says that the church members have agreed to and now promaligate a rule that, before accepting any position, political or otherwise, members of the church who hold sny church office (and 70 per cent of Mormon people do hold church offices) must apply to the proper authorities and learn from them whether they will be per- mitted to accept such position. To maintain prover déscipline and order in the church, the manifesto says, this { rule is deemed absolutely necessary, Their position as detined is that a man having accepted the honorsand obligations of ecclesiastical offices in the church cannot of his own volition make such honors subordinate or even co-ordinate with new ones of an entirely different character, and is bound to obey the priest- hood before assuming any other such posi- tion. Moses Thatcher, who accepted the nom- ination for United States Senator without consulting the presidency, was deposed from his office as an apostle in the church during the conference. R ARy FALLEY EOAD PROGRESS. Grading Will Soon Be Under Way in Macera County. FRESNO, Cav., April 6.—Assistant En- gineer Edes of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad, returned yesterday from Visalia and reports favorable progress. He assured the local committee that grading would begin in Madera County on the 14th of this month. Edes left for San Francisco last night in answer to a tele- gram. Data on which to base condemnation suits in the matter of rights of way through Martin Madsen’s forty acres, north of Belmont addition, and in the case of James Sutherland, owning half of block 156, on Q street, have been forwarded to the law department of the railroad company in San Francisco. Lot 20, block 158, Q street, was purchasea Saturday from Mrs. Jennie Walker of Hanford. The committee of ten here is still in need of funds. Several responses have been received in answer to the last call of the committee. Quite a large sum of the nmgum subscribed, however, remains un- paid. e RAIN AIDS THE CROPS. Railway Tracks Between Falley Springs and Lodi Washed Out. SAN ANDREAS, CaL., April rained heavily bere all day. are overflowing their banks. Word comes from Wallace that 1200 feet of the track of the narrow-gauge railroad between Valley Springs and Lodi has been washed away. In consequence, no mail arrived here to-night. The rain is very beneficial to growing crops. MERCED, CAL., April 6.—A splendid spring rain visited this section early this morning. 1t will do great good to the farming interest. The fail was .40 of an inch, making for the seasor 10 inches, as against 10.32 at this time last season. HOLLISTER, CAv., April 6.—Welcome showers fell last night and to-day, bright- ening crop prospects. The damage to the fruit crop by the recent frost was not so great as reported. 6.—1It The streams The Carson Tribune Suspends. CARSON, NEv., April 6.—The Tribune, an evening paper in this city, suspended publication to-day, the proprietor an- nouncing that the plant had been leased to pardesin Reno. This leaves the Ap- veal and News the oniy dnil{‘pn¥ers in the city. The suspension” of the Tribune is the end of a triangular fight between three papers in Carson, which has lasted some eight or ten years. e Attempted Suicide at St. Helena. ST. HELENA, CaL., April 6.—G. Gali- vatti threw himself in front of the Calise toga passenger train this morning with in- tent to commit suicide. He was thrown off the track by the engine pilot and sustained a severe fracture of the skull. He hassome chance for recovery. This was his third attempt at suicide. On February 19 he shot himself and three weeks later he took carbolic acid. S Costume musicales are the social fad of the moment in London. If the evening is to be devotea to Russian musie, for in- stance, all the guests are invited to come in Russian costume. SANTA BARBARA ELECTS OFFICERS, Exciting Municipal Contest in the Quaint Seaside Town. WHITNEY NOW MAYOR. Brastow the Only Member of the Present Council to Be " Defeated. JOSE FERNANDEZ'S CAMPAIGN. Gallant Race Made by the Putative Colonel of the Fourth New Jersey Infantry. SANTA BARBARA, Cavn, April 6.— Santa Barbara to-day pessed through the most exciting municipal election that has ever taken place in the history of the city. An extraordinary vote was poiled for a town of less than 7000 population, nearly 1400 voters baving goune to thepolls. The only distinct ticket put in the field was nominated by the Good Citizens’ Club, having James T. Johnson, for many years Auditor of the county, at its head, with Frank Maguire, W. 8. Day, J. D. Axtell, W, E. Gilbert and J. B. Fulwider as candidates for Councilmen in the respee- tive wards. A man named Viebahn, a mechanic of excellent character but little known, was named for marshal. The opposing candidates in the field were partly volunteers and partly consisted of the present officials. Frank Whitney, a prominent insurance man and with an irreproachable record, also took the field for Mayor, and to him the honor fell. The old Councilmen, with the exception of Barstow, were all re-elected. A. S. Cooper will remain Councilman from the Fourth Ward and Smith from the Second; Lataillade of the Third and Welsh of the First are also re-elected. H. B. Barstow, former Councilman ofthe Fifth Ward, is succeeded by W. 8. Day. W. H. Maris is elected to the office ot City Tax Collector: D. W. Martin to that of City Marshal, and W. A. Higegins becomes City Assessor. The race for Police Judge was hotly con- tested between W. H. Wheaton and 8. S. Price, Price being elected by a small ma- jority. It was perhaps due to the third candidate for Mayor more than any other reason that the election has been one vi such excite- ment. Colonel Jose Lorenzo Fernandez is a locat character of more than ordinary attainments and of extraordinary versa- tility. The colonel claims to have com- | manded the Fourth New Jersey Infantry duning the civil war, but owing to the stupidity of some official of the War Department his name and title did not ap- pear upon the roster. In Santa Barbara, where he has resided for nearly a score of years, he is known as the owner of a genu- ine Murillo, which has been generously offered for sale for $60.000, but which jeal- ous critics have scoated as spurious. He is a carpenter by trade. an all-around phil- anthropist by profession and a vegetable vender by practice, having his quarters in a picturesque old adobe on State street. Colonel .Jose Lorenzo Fernandez has been the epeechmaker of the cam- paign. Clad in full regimentals, his un- varying party dress, he has addressed vast audiences from a dry-goods box and has set forth his policy in terms which admit of no dubious interpretation; and had the election turned upon the self-assertion of those graces which best fit 2 man to enact the part of a_city’s chief magistrate upon purely social occasions, the colonel might have been sure of success. But there has been a grave suspicion in certain circles that he was not sound on parliamentary law. —_— WARSHIPS WILL BE THERE. 2he Navy to Be Wall Represented at the Featival. BANTA BARBARA, Car, April 6.— The cruiser Philadelphia has arrived and will lie in the harbor until the close of the flower festival, occasionally running down the coast for a few hours for target prac- tice. To-day the sailors were busy holystoning the decks and polishing brasses, and by another day they will be ready for visitors. The streets of Santa Barbara are already alive with marines. The Monadnock, which has run up to Mare Island for repairs, is expected back in a day or two and an urgent request has been sent to Senator Commissioner Brice to permit the United States Fish Commission vessel Albatross .| to remain here for a few days next week during the height of the festivities. Her officers are said to be desirous of being resent. Altogether the navy promises to e well represented during the festival. i WEDDED IN OLD TRINITY. Miss Cornelia Fabian Becomes the Bride of Joseph Worthington. SANTA BARBARA, CaAr, April 6.—A aotable wedding occurred at Trinity Church to-day at noon, when Joseph Worthington and Miss Cornelia Fabian were united in marriage. The church retained its beautiful Easter decorations, .with garlands and bouquets of roses added. The bride and groom are well-known society people, Mr. Worthington baving many times rendered valuable assistance in the arrangement and Mirection of amateur theatrical and spectacular plays. They will take up their residence in a beautifu! house in Montecito. Depart for the East. SANTA BARBARA, CArL., April 6.—Dr, E. H. Williams, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, who has been winter- ing in Santa Barbara, started for his East- ern home to-day in his private car. He was accompanied by Miss Rebecca Stod- dard, who will remain for several months with relatives in Brooklyn, N. Y. e Equal Suffrage Campaign. SANTA BARBARA, OAL., April 6.—In pursuance of the policy of the Equal Suf- frage Association of this State to center its forces upon wavering Southern California, a mass-meeting will be held in Grace Methodist Church on Thursday and Fri- day evenings with Miss Elizabeth Yates, Miss Harriet Mills and the Rev. Anna Shaw as speakers. Visalia’s Fatal Stabbing. VISALIA, CaL, April 6.—Kamikawa Okinw, a Japanese woman, died at 2 o'clack this morning from the effects of | Enife wounds inflicted by an unknown hite and Fish | | Bradley’s house. Chinaman on the night of April 1. The woman was a native of the Hawalian Islands, and 40 years of age. S PROSPERITY OF THE ALTON. Thirty-Third Annual DMeeting of the Stockholders. CHICAGO, IrL., April 5—The stock- holders of the Chicago and Alton Railroad held their annual meeting to-day, the thirty-third in its history. Charles H. Chappell, the vice-president and general manager of the road, was elected a di- rector, to serve the remainder of the term to which the late John B. Dyke was elected. This was the oniy change in the directory, and the former officers were re- elected at the meeting of the directors. The meeting was as harmonious as former meetings, the stockholders having cause for self-congratulation in the fact that the two quarterly dividends were received Wwith undeviating regularity, and that a surplus of $3,106,354 was shown by the an- nual report. —_— Bulls in the Wheatpit. CHICAGO, IrL., April 6.—Bulls were in control of the wheatpit on the Chicago Board of Trade to-day, and the shorts suf- fered accordingly. May, which closed on Saturday at 643%c, sold up to 67)4c, an ad- vance of nearly 23¢ cents, and the clos- ing price hid was663;c. Cudahy and Pard- ridse were the heavy buyers to cover their shorts, which were reported to be tmmense. The State crop reports received were also unfavorable. EOLD IN MOJAVE DESERT Inexperienced Prospectors Strike a Remarkably Rich Ledge. Portions of the Quartz Will Yield $5000 to the Ton—Miners Flock- in3 to the Sceme. BAKERSFIELD, Car., April 6.—A re- markable story of a rich mining discovery comes from the Mojave desertin the south- eastern part of this county. The find was made last week by three ‘‘tenderfoot’ brothers named Ashford, who knew abso- lutely nothing about mining. They had made a fajlure of ranching here and de- cided to go prospecting on the desert. They started nine weeks ago, and for seven weeks worked on the desert without realiz- ing anything. Then they accidentally stumbled on toa ledge 2500 feet long, the croppings show- ing free gold, which can be seen with the naked eye in quartz at a distance twenty- five or thirty feet. The vein is two feet thick, and a large share will run $5000 to the ton. The ledge is located sixty miles east of Mojave, in the midst of the desert and thirteen miles from water. It was found last week, and a big rush has set in. The | men who have located the ledge are thor- oughly reliable and don’t want to sell the mine, and the report of the discovery is authentic. Experienced miners say they never before saw such a mass of rich rock. THE TRAGEDY AT ISSONS A Murder Committed Fifteen Years Agoe Recalled by a Suicide. Carrie Bradley, Convicted of Com- plicity in the Killing, Ends Her Life With a Bullet. PORTLAND, Ore., April 6.—Carrie Bradley, one of the most notorious women ever having lived in Portland, committed suicide a few days ago by shooting herself through the right temple at Sisson, Cal. The cause of the self-murder was attrib- uted to the loss of her lover, “Pete” Sulli- van, who a year ago was sent to San Quen- tin from San Francisco for a term of five vears for enticing goung girls to Carne She was absolutely de- void of womanly feeling. Carrie Bradley came to Portland in 1877, | but her career terminated 1n this city in the fall of 1881, when she, with the assist- ance of Charley Hamilton, her hus- band, who once was foreman of the United Carriage and Baggage Company in San Francisco, and Sullivan, chloroformed James Brown to death in her house, to prevent him from appearing against her in a robbery case. e murder was not discovered until a week later, when Brown’s body, concealed in a trunk, was fished out of "the river. Meanwhile tne Bradley woman had fled to Ban Francisco via Victoria, B. C., but she was arrested at the bay.on a telegram warrant just as she was leaving the steamer. Later Sullivan was taken into custody in Woodland, Hamilton succeed- ing in escaping to Mazatlan. Mexico. Carrie Bradaley was convicted in this city of manslaughter and was sentenced to twelve years in the Salem penitentiary, bnt Governor Moody pardoned her after the lapse of five years. Sullivan got five years and served his whole sentence, Upon the expiration of his term he and the woman movea to Sisson, where their home has since been. Hamilton continued a murderouscareer. Soon after his arrival in Mazatlan he killed a Mexican in a gambling row, for which he was sent to prison fer twenty years. The story goes that the Portland and sound gamblers made up a $5000 purse to obtain his pardon,which wasaccomplished. After Hamilton’s liberation in Mexico he went to Seattle, but he was never molested for his participation in the Brown murder. The fellow, though, had become a very bad man, constantly getting into quarrels, and in one of these he seriously cut a Seattle man with a dirk and fled from the town. That was eight years ago, and since then nothing has been heard of him. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. Readers Who Act Promptly Can Still Secure the New Dictionary. The recent distribution by the Pacific Coast Newspaper Syndicate of 500 intro- ductory sets of the new Encyclopadic Dic- tionary resulted in much satisfaetion to those who were fortunate enough to secure the work on the terms offered. But'those who did not act promptly and whose ap- plication therefore came in too late, have lately besieged Syndicate headquarters with requests for the much-desired vol- umes at the special price and on the re- markably easy terms of payment then offered. Very many of these requests come from those” remote communities whose oppor- tunities for inspection were not favorable, and these being now fully convinced of t genuineness and worth of the offer of course .esire to participate, The Syndicate also naturally wishes to place sets of the work at those more dis- tant points for the purpose of the favor- able publicity to be received from com- parison with other dictionaries and ency- clopedias, It has, therefore, been arnnfied to inaug- urate a supplemental distribution for this week only, during which time the work will find a place in many towns and com- munities where it is not now known, This week, however, positively closes the distribution, when the regular subscription price of $42 a set will prevail, /. frn CAPITAL CITY SPORTS PROTEST, Coursing Defended Against Secretary Holbrook's Attack. NOT A CRUEL PASTIME. | If the Chasing of Hares Is Pre- vented, the Gun and Rod Must Also Go. SACRAMENTO CLUB TO MEET. Gauntlet Thrown Down to the Seciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. SACRAMENTO, Carn., April 6.—The declaration of Secretary Holbrook that he would try to put a stop to coursing, on the ground that it was a violation of the laws of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has not by any means met the approval of the members and officials of the Sacramento Coursing Club, and they express their opinion of his intentions in very plain language. Frank Christofelt, vresident of the club, said to-day: “Iam at a loss to see how any one can be so foolish as to claim that coursing is a cruel sport, especially when it is com- pared with any of the other lines of out- door amusements. The fisherman im- pales a live worm or minnow on his hook and drags a fish into his boat; he tears the hook out of its mouth, often dragging the entrails with it, if the fish happens to have swallowed the hook; then he throws the fish into the boat, to thrash its life away and die in agony. The hunter in the mountains gets'a snap shot at a deer and cripples it; the animal escapes into the underbrush and slowly dies, perhaps from starvation. *‘The crack shot at the trap wounds a pigeon, perhaps with but one grain of shot, and then to save his score he slowly crawls onto the suffering bird and clutches it, bringing it alive to the judges to prove that at least one grain of shot has hit it. “In coursing, the dog runs up on the hare, tosses it into the air, gives one snap and its life is ended. A hare is an ac- knowledged pest and is destroyed at all times by the farmers, whose products they destroy. The fact is that if coursing is to be stopped on the ground of cruelty, then must all other sport cease, for in my opinion cours- ing is the least cruel of all, Did it ever strike you that there was never any cry heard against coursing until the establish- ment of the new coursing park in San Francisco? This park will simply do away with the grounds at Newark, as it can be easily reached by streetcar, while the other can be reached only by one early train. Strange, is it not, that since the establishment of those new grounds a member of the Bociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals should have suddenly discovered that a sport that has been carried on for at least 1200 years without a murmur is cruel ? *“We shall hold a coursing match next Sunday, and Mr. Holbrook can then have achance to put a stop to the chasing of hares in Sacramento county by the dogs belonging to the members of the Sacra- mento Coursing Club, if he so desires.” Henry Devine, secretary of the club, said: “Coursing in my opinion 1s by no means a cruel sport, for the animal, when caught by the dogs, isin almost every case killed instantly. Even should the dog miss his snap in the first instance and catch the animal by the leg the second dog snaps it through the back the next in- stant and ends its life. “On the other hand, if a sportsman wounds a hare it runs away and dies a lingering deatn. Yet how many men out with a gun but will shoot at a hare when it jumps up, even though he does not care to carry it home for food? All sport is more or less cruel. “The horseman whoin a close race down the stretch beats his horse in the nopes of winning even by a hair is cruel, yet for ages this has been done und there has never been a murmur, The marksman at the trap who wounds his bird and leaves it to slowly bleed to death is cruel. “In fact all sport may be considered | straight course, was won by Leopold de months ago, got on a spree with some oil men, during which he paid $300 for an in- terest in 4 lease. When he became sober he could not remember what he bad done with his money. He concluded that the wisest course was silence. During the past week Baily made an- other trip to the oil territory. He was ac- costed by a stranger, who asked him if his name was not Baily. The man receiving an affirmative reply, told Baily he had just deposited $7500 to Baily’s credit in a bank at Wheeling as his share in an oil well which had “‘come in" three weeks ago on the leased land. Baily, suspecting a bunko pame, said little, but as saon as his unknown friend left he made a rush for Wheeling, where he found the story to be true. P S T T0 REGULATE TRAF¥FIC, An Agreement Between Roads Running Into Texas. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 6.—Executive officers of all the railroads engaged in in- terstate traffic to and from Texas, as well as of the steamship lines running between the Atlantic coast ports and Texas, met here to-day in the offices of the South- western Traffic Association and adopted an agreement for the maintenance of rates and a division of competitive traffic. The agreement is molded closely upon that of the new Joint Traffic Association. It provides for a board of administration and an executive board. The executive board is to consist of the presidents of the several companies which are parties to the agreement. The board of administration will remain in continuous session in St. Louis and will have absolute jurisdiction of rules to gov- ern the traffic. This board will also allot the percentages under the pooling agree- ment. chairman and to-morrow the board of ad- ministration will be selected. On the English Turf. LONDON, Exg., April 6.—The South- western two-year-old selling plate at Kempton Park, five furlongs, on the Rothschild's Addie. Court Royal was seco(l]ld and Richard Croker's Susan Ann third. The Lancashire handicap steeplechase of 2000 sovereigns, three miles and a half, was run to-day at Manchester and was won by Captain Bewick's Lady Helen. Captain J. A. Orr-Ewing’s Nellie Grey was Sf,“’é’d and Henrich Egger's Collina third. e Black Plague in China. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 6. — A re- port received at the Navy Department to- day from a naval surgeon on duty in China contained the.information that'the black plague had broken out in com- mercial centers. He says the authorities pad endeavored to keep the fact a secret, but the surgeon thinks this Government should be informed, so as to guard against the plagli‘le. The mortality has been very irent. he report has been sent to the Marine Hospital. b e Latter-Day Saints Confer. CLEVELAND, Osnio, April 6.—Fhe Re- organized Church of Christ of Latter-day. Saints began the annual conference to-day in the old Mormon Temple at Kirtland. There is a large aitendance of delegates from California, Canada, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi and other States. Four mem- bers of the original church are present— Joseph Smith, Elder J. C. Clapp and Elder Albert Howes of California and Alexander H. Smith. el George Gould’s Tour. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 9.—George Gould left Railroad for a trip over the Missouri Pa- cific and Texas Pacific railroads. He was accompanied by C. E. Sattetlee, secretary | of the Texas Pacific, and will be absent | two weeks. Since the increase of grain | exports via New Orleans the importance of the Texas Pacitic to the Gould interests has materially increased. gt Miners Use the Ray. DEADWOOD, 8.DakK., April 6.—Experi- ments are being made with the Roentgen ray in the Black Hills by mining experts with a view to using it in locating ore bodies. One prospeetor named Glover has just been attended with partial success in this direction. Theexperiments are being watched with unusual interest. i s Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 6.—The treasury gold reserve at the close of busi- | ness to-day stood at $127,918,373. The withdrawals for the day were stated at | $169,100. The $800,000 gold to be exported to-morrow, it is officially stated, was not | withdrawn from the sub-treasury at New York, but was taken from private stores, . There Will Not Be a Strike. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 6.—There will be no strike on the Metropolitan Traction Company, according to-W. D. Mahan, president of the Amalgamation of Street Railway Emvloyes, who arrived to- day. Mr. Mahan says the men will first try arguments, and then arbitration. e The Glaziers’ Unlon. A lively meeting of the Glaziers’ Union was held last evening at 115 Turk street. The spirit of the affair was caused by the appearance of all the Elnzien from W. F. Fuller’s, who signed the membership roil cruel, but the least cruel of all is coursing. ‘We do not beat our dogs to make them run, and they can stop if they tire. If the dog catches, he kills, and no maimed ani- mals are left to die a lingering death.” Maurice Sheehan, the treasurer of the club, said he understood that Holbrook's objections were confined to coursing in parks. Sheehan gave as his opinion that this was even more merciful than coursing on the plains, for the reason that the hare bad a chance to escape through the holesin the fence provided for that purpose, while on tne plains there were no hiding-places or barriers that could be passed by the hare and not by the dog. Mr. Shehan believes that Secretary Hol- brook has undertaken a big job when he determined to stop coursing matches. If coursing is stopped on the ground of eru- elty to animals the shotgun and the fish- ing-rod must also go. NANSEN: FATE IN DOUBT. How the Story of His Alleged BSuccess Was Started. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 6 — A Herald Bt. Petersburg special says: At last we have been told the true origin of the story about Dr. Nansen's discovery of the north pole. It came from Tomsk through the merchant Kuschnareff, who isthe uncle of Kandakoff, the originator of the news. His story is thaj bis nephew did nothing more than spread the report. It appear: that in the Siberian Islands there have been three parties in search of the mammoth hones, One of these parties returned some time ago and sald they had seen a ship in the neighborhood of the islands with Europeans on board. They did not attempt any communica- tion with the ship. Kandakoff, to whom the mammoth hunters brought the hews, thought it might retate to Nansen, and wrote thus to Itkutsk, whence it was sent all over the world. ————— DRUMMER BAILY'S LUCK. Money Paid Out During & Spree Proves a Good Investment. PARKERSBURG, W. VA, April 6.— C. J. Baily, a drummer traveling for Henking, Boyle & Co,, while on a collect- ing trip in the Sisterfield oil field a few » [Eat22 1SS TTTRTRTRTNINNR |2 and took their working-cards. It is ex- pected that within a few days every glazier ’ in the City will be in the union. ————— The lron-Molders. At the meeting of the iron-molders held last night a committee was appointed to wait on all wholesale and retail dealers in stoves, for the purpose of ascertaining which of them are bandling stoves that are manufactured in the State Penitentiary oi Oregon. This committee was instructe —_———— One-half the world wonders why the other haif is allowed to live. NEW TO-DAY. e ANRROTOMAR L :ii“i)i“?i?ii’ E e s L] # Special Saving Saleg § 3000 E 3 » SAMPLES FINE CHINA, LA LT LT Tl Consisting of Fine Decorated ® Plates, Cu and Saucers, : Salad Bowls, Pitchers, Fancy ¥ Dishes, Etc., sent us by Euro- ¥ Eean manufacturers to erder ¢ f: . There’s but one piece ofa -« # kind, and they occupy an im- w mense amount of valuable ¢ space, which we need badly. : Out they go at just one-haif, #and even one-quarter, the & regular price. This offer holds # good until all are sold. Better w & come quickly, though; won't & # last long at such prices. LD LT e $ THAT BI1G CHINA STORE- A Quarter of a Block Below Shreve’s. WANGENHEIM, STERNEEIM & 00, » PIPY 528 and 530 Market St., 27 and 29 Sutter St., BELOW MONTGOMERY. L. F. Day was elected commissioner and | to-day by the Pennsylvania | to make a report ;t the meeting to be held next Monday night. Itis sznm’i t.gn there are a number of dealers who have the product of the con- victs on sale, and the purpose of the iron molders of this City is to induce such d"li ers to discontinue handling such and sel only such stoves as are made by free white labor. e — The Plasterers. The Plasterers’ Union at its meeting last evening installed the officers who were elected at the previons meeting. The strike in the Parrott building was discussed by the members, but no action was taken in the matter up to a late hour. ————— Will Toast Hobbs. Leading residents of Ocean View, who are so greatly pleased at getting a fire engine, bet ter water service and other long waited for i provements from the present Board of Su visors, will this evening give a banquet to Mr. Hobbs and other members of the board, through whom those favors have come. NEW TO-DAY. MORE SPRING OUTER GARTIENTS! Each day finds us receiving the newest styles in Capes, Suits, | Jackets and Separate Skirts. More new ar- rivalslast week, the right styles and materials, rightly priced. | 87 SEPARATE SKIRTS—Made ot fancy weave black mohairs, most fashionabie fabric of the season—cut very wide—stiffened—lined through- 3:50 out... 53 $ — | $6 ALL-WOOL CLOTH CAPES—Full circle cut—7 rows of braid—finished with small pearl buttons—black, tans, blues and reds. .o $10 COVERT CLOTH JACKETS—The very latest style in all tan shades— full'line of sizes—silk facings—very special price for these. = $4.7l $20 KERSEY JACKETS—latestshades o tan—ripple back—elegant butto: $16.so and trimmings. Price only. $22 50 REEFER DRESSES—Fancy cheviot mixtures—skirts extra wide —jiackets and skirts lined throughout —the latest Eastern craze. knce$l6.5n only.. All ofour $1, $125 and $1 35 FINE PERCALE SHIRT WAISTS—100 patterns — beautifully ~ laundered. "This week on special sale at........ . 8SVITS i lIEBES 120KEARNY ST. Satisfaction guaranteed on all country | \ $3m CLOAKS ¢ mflggflm A TWO GREAT WHEELS! THAT . 'TRUSS-FRAME MEANS TH The Greatest Wheel on Earth. WE ARE AGENTS ALSO ——FOR THE—— “BEN-HUR,” The Best Bicycle Made FOR $85.00. BICYCLE REPAIRING A SPECIALTY Full Line of Bicycle Sundries at Lowest Prices. S THE VERY BESY ONE TO EXAMINE your eyes and fit them 10 Spectacles and glasses with Instruments of his own :..v...fiz': whose superlority has not been equaled. My suqt cess has been due to the merits of my work, Office Hours—13 to 4 ». a. IRON BEDS, BRASS BEDS, FOLDING BEDS* Wire and Hair Mat- tresses, Reclining ] Wheel Chaira, Commodes, Back Rests W. A sgEROCK, New Montgomer: g A ¢ b4 4 H 4 b4 ¥ i, onder G Hatel, 5.,