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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1896. EOVERNCA BUDD AND MAYOR SUTRO. Criticism That Arouses the% Indignation of the Executive. INSINCERITY CHARGED. The Deed of a Site for the Affiliated Colleges Not Yet Signed. T00 MUCH OCTOPUS TALK. Intimation That the Mayor’s Regard for the Public Is Governed by Dimes and Nickels. SACRAMENTO, CaL., April 16.—The method pursued by Mayor Sutro in criti- | cising the executive has aroused the ire of | Governor Budd, and in speaking of the | matter he said: “When the Legislature had closed =nd all my official acts regaraing legislation | were over, and Mayor Sntro was in full | possezsion of his faculties, he telegraphed | me as follows: | 8AN FrANCISCO, March 29, 1895, To Governor James H. Budd: Please permit me | to congratulate you upon the great service you | have rendered the citizens of San Franeisco | by preventing the streetcar fare bill to become | alaw. Ikuow the pressure which was brought to bear upon you. You stood as firm as a rock- and to-day we look upon you as “‘the noblest | Roman of them all” ADOLPH SUTRO, Mayor. The cares of office and other matters have so worried him since then that he | denounces every man, woman or child | who differs from him in opinion with re- | gard to the octopus. All that I as Gov- ernor asked or wanted was that he comply with his promises made to the regents of the university, and I was backed in my demand by the following letter: | SaN FRANCISCO, April 2,1896. | To his Excellency J. H. Budd Esq., Governor of California—My DEAe Six: Permit us to call Yyour attention to an important matter in the | interest of the Affiliated Colleges of the uni- | versity. Oneof the principal arguments used by the comumittee of the Affiliated Colleges to | procure the appropriation from the Legis- | were uttered. In my cpinion the declara- tions of Sutro are simply a pretext under which he will endeavor to avoid keeping his promise to the regents, and L now pre- dict that when the time comes he will find some technicality or excuse for not carrying out his agreement. 1 Jefy any man to show a single instance in which he has kept his promises to the public except in those schemes for the avowed benefit of tne populace which are mesrked by the jingle of nickels and dimes as they pour | into the Sutro pocket.” MUST GIVE UP THE CUP, The Result of the 100-Mile Relay Race Causes 111 Peeling. BAN JOSE, CaL., April 16.—The refusal of the Bay City Wheelmen to give up the cup won in the 100-mile relay race by the Garden City Cyclers is the cause of a great deal of ill feeling toward them, as the de- cision of the referee disqualifying them is sustained by all disinterested witnesses. L. Percy Mills, when seen in reference to a publication iu a San Francisco paper to-day, said: “The statement by Mr. ‘Waters of the Bay City Wheelmen in the Chronicle, that the exchange between Reynaud and Vincent of the Bay City Wheelmen was made within the boundary lines, does not correspond to the statement made by him to me a short while after it happened, as be said at that time the exchange was made a very few feet on the outside of the flag, and I replied it was immaterial if it was dove within a few feet. But I found after inquiring of the bystanders, who were disinterested parties, that the exchanege was made about 100 feet outside of the boundary. “The Bay Oity Wheelmen’s man Vincent was sitting down outside of the boundary line before the riders came along, and Mr. ‘Waters, Mr. Vincent and myself were taik- ing about the placing of the flag. I stated | to ther: then that it was convenient to | have a watering tank to place the boundary | flagon, as itmade it very easy to see where the packet should bepassed. ¢Mr, Waters said, ‘Have you got it in the right place?’ and Isaid, ‘‘Yes; exactly where it should be.” “In reference to_my reiusin§ to disqual- ify the Bay City Wheelmen, emphati- cally deny the same, as when the first pro- test was filed it was by a Garden City Oycler, and I stated then and there that I hated to see s protest coming from a Garden City Cycler and had a notion to disallow the same, but the protest came from other sources, and I was compelled to take notice of it, and I immediately found out from disintarested parties and mem- bers from tie Reliance, Acme, Imperial and Olympic Club men that Rose of the Acme Club yelled a warn- mg to the Bay City Wheelmen rider that he was making the exchange outside | of the boundary line and he refused to rectify the mistake, but kept riding along, tuereby getting a flying start and gaining perbaps thirty seconds on the other rider. “The protest was telezraphed to George H. Stratton of the Olympic Club before the result of the race wasannounced, and at the time I was writing the same it was reported in the telezraph office that the Garden City Cyclers were {in the lead. 1 did not ren- der my decision to any one except the proper party, George H. Stratton, and lature for building the Affiliated Colleges was | never said to any one I wouid disallow the that the present medical college was situated | protest, but stated I would like to if it | Bt too great a distance from the City and | only came from a Garden City Cycler. County Hospital, where the medical students | In ~ deciging the vprotest I did not were obliged to spend half of their time. The+ take any one man’s word but that of great objection that was urged against the | €ight or ten, and from what I could see of selection of the Sutro site for the Affiliated | it myself and the statements made by the Colleges was that it was a still greater distance | different riders. As the matter now stands from the City and County Hospital than the | the Bay City Wheelmen must give their present medieal college. | cup up to the Garden City Cyclers or be Asan inducement to the committee to ac. | €xpelled from ,,tbc California " Associated cept the Sutro site, and as an offset to compen- | CYCLnE Clubs. sate for the distance his Honor, Mayor Sutro, repeatedly promised the committee that he | would establish on the adjoining portion of | the site a large library; that he would endow the library so that it.would be self-sustaining; that he would place in the nands of a board of trustees the library, the librery building which he would erect, and substantial property, the income of which would support the liorary, He asked the committee for afew weeks’ time to select the board of trustees into whose | hands he was to place the library and fis en- | . dowment. Permit us to call your attentiou to the fact | that his Homor, Mayor Adolph Sutro, has | not complied with his promise. As members of the committee who worked incessantly for several years to procure the appropriation to build the colleges, we most respectfully pro- test against a dollar of the approvriation being | expended in building the afiliated colleges on | the Butrositeuntil his Honor, Mayor Sutro, | has complied with his promise. Yours, re- | spectfully, W. F. McNutt, W. E. Taylor, W. M. Seaby, L. L. Dunbar, A. A. d’Ancona, L. L. Goddard; T. A. Beckef, chairman committee for colleges of pharmacy. “Mayor Sutro appeared before the regents for the purpose of asking an ex- tension of time before entering into this contract. Judge Wallace was chairman of the committee that had waited upon him and insisted upon a definite answer. In-| stead of simply asking for the time, which | would have been granted him imme- diately, he went off into a rambiing talk about the octopus, its influence over ali bodies, and finally stated that it was en- deavoring to influence the regents in re- gard to the Affiliated Collegeson the Sutro site. In his talk he went back to th days when he was fighting for the Sutro tun- nel, and talked more on other subjects than the one before the board. “When he had finished I stated, as was my duty, the position of the board, which was that it asked no more than he had promised in writing, and would take no less. Onamotion made to relieve him from his promise and accept this site I strongly stated that I would not be whipped into line by his threats of octo- pus influence. The very head and front of | my offending hath this intent; no more. The regents of the university stand too high to be injured by the ramblings of any man, and my record on the rail- road question is'tao well known to be in- jured by a gentleman who can see no hon- est man in the world other than himself, and who cries ‘octopus’ as the boy cried ‘wolf' for his own purpose. “If Mr. Sutro wishes to keep his prom- ises, well and good; but he cannot avoid keeping them by any abuse of the Gover- nor of this State or the board of regents of the University of California. My first official act as Governor-was to call the at- tention of the Legislature to ihe funding bill in the following lan;nage: While as Jegisiators you cannot pass any act directly bearing upon the subject of transcon- tinental transportation, still you may instruct your Senators and advise your Representatives in Congress thereon, and I would suggest that you so advise and instruct in favor of Govern- ment construction and control of the Nica- ragua Canal. Ialso suggest that you instruct and advise ngainst all Pacific railroad refund- ing bills. The Government might with profit to the Pacific States foreclose on the property and operate the mortgaged roads, under proper regulation, at arate of charges to be meas- ured by the cost of the service. ““The Legislature, acting upon my mes- sage, passed the anti-funding bill resolu- tion, which I caused immediately to be telegravhed to James G. Maguire. As soon as the question came up this year as to whether they had been prope:ly re- ceived I caused a certified copy to be made by the Secretary of State, and dur- ing the present session of Congress I mailed to every member from California a certified copy of said resolution, so that every member of Congress would know exactly the stand taken by the Legislature and the Governor of this State, “‘1 have said all on the funding bill that an official in my position properly counld say. Istand asfirmly on my declarations THE NENS OF SN 5% California Synod of the Lutheran Church Holds Its Annual " Session. Prosperity anl Increasing Member. ship Reported—Delegates Present. Officers Elected. SAN JOSE, CaL., April 16 —The sixth annual session of the California Synod of the Lutheran church convened in Grace Church this morning. The meeting was opened with religious services by Rev. Charles Maggart of San Diego, the presi- dent. Rev. 0. H. Gruver of San Francisco acted as secretary. The rollcall showed the following dele- gatesin attendance: Rev.William Brandes, Napa; Reyv. O. H. Gruver, San Francisco; Rev. J. E. Bushneli,Oakland; Rev. Charles Oehler, Sacramento; Rev. W.S. Hoskin- son, Sacramento; Rev. J. W. Ball, Los Angeles; Rev. Charles Maggart, San Diego; Rev. J. S. Moser, Riverside; Rev. H. Gehrcke. San Francisco; Rev. A. L. Jatho, San Francisco; Rev. Victor G. A. Tressler, San Jose, Many lay delegates were also in attendance. Rev. A. Stewart Hartmsn of Baltimore, general secretary of the Board of Home Missions_of the Lutheran church, and Rev. E. Unangst of Guntur, India, were made advisory members of the synod. ‘The annual report of President Maggart showed the church to be in a prosperous condition and rapidly increasing in mem- bership. It showed that during the year three new churches were installed, the cor- ner-stones of two new church buildings laid and two churches dedicated. 3 ‘The election of ofticers for the ensuing ear resulted as follows: President, Rev. V. G. A. Tressler of San Jose; secretary, Rev. O. H. Gruver of San Francisco; treas- urer, John Everding of San Francisco. The various comiuittees were appointed and matters of minor importance acted upon. This evening an address was delivered by Rev. O. H. Gruver of San Francisco on “Education,” and Rev. H. L. Yarger of Atchison, Kan., spoke on ““Church Exten- sion.”" The fifth annual meeting of the Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society opened this morning in the lecture-room of Grace Church. Mrs. W. 8. Hoskinson of Sacramento presided. and Miss Rose Hickethier oi Los Angeles acted as secre- tary. Thercl c:1l showed about forty dele- gates present. The reports of Mrs. Hoskinson, the president, and the other officers showed the society to be in a healthy state. There are at present nine societies in California, two of which are in San Francisco, two in Sacramento, and one each in San Jose, Riverside, Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego. The total membership is 285, and besides the money spent in local woik, they contribute.: $332 to the General As- sembly. —_—— Tribulations of a Swindler. SAN JOSE, CaL., April 16.—George P. Kohn, who a few months ago swindled F. Ouimet, proprietor of the Russ House, out of $35 by means of a forged check, was this evening brought back from Sacramento by Chief Kidward to answer to a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He had just completed a term of one hun- dred days in the Sacramento jail on a similar charge. Kohn is also wanted at Santa Cruz. e Myrs. Manders Swes for Divorce. SAN JOSE, Can., April 16.—Mary K. Manders has commenced suit for divorce from Antheny J. Manders on the grounds of desertion and failure to prvoide. They were married in this city in 1890 and have two children. Manders isa plumber by trade, but i3 dissolute and drinks, and dur- ing the past three years has not contri- to the Legislature as 1 did tbe day they buted to their support. About a yearago be enlisted on the cruiser Philadeiphia. IDE BARTH SHORB PASSES AWAY, Succumbs to Bright's Dis- ease at His San Gabriel Home. CAREER OF USEFULNESS. Was a Leading Spirit in the| Development of California Resources. HIS POPULARITY IN POLITICS. While Wealthy at Various Times, Hz Died in Comparative Poverty. LOS ANGELES, Car., April 16.—Hon. J. de Barth Shorb aied at his San Gabriel home, San Marino, after a lingering ill- ness, at 7:45 o’clock this evening. He had been a sick man for several years, and his demise was not altogether unexpected. Death was caused by a complication of diseases, but his principal mualady was Bright's disease of the kidneys. Probably no citizen of California en- | joyed a wider acquaintance than J. de Barth Shorb. Certainly no one was more closely identified with the development of the southern part of tiie State. He was the pioneer wine manufacturer of Southern California, and one of the chief promoters of every public interest in this section, and in fact of the whole State, | being almost as well known in business | circles in San Francisco as in Los Angeles. Mr. Shorb was a native of Maryland. He came to California in 1864, after being | graduated in iaw. Instead of settling | down to the practice of his profession, | however, he undertook the management | of the Philadelphia and California | Petroleum Company’s oil-developing busi- | ness in Ventura County, which was the | first experiment of the kind attempted in | this State, and failed, although backed by | the late Thomas Scott, then president of the Pennsylvania Railway Company. Shorb lost all the money he had in the | | oil business, and was glad to accept a civil ! appointment on the engineering corps of | | the United States army, which he hela for many years. During this time he began 1o acquire title to gold-bearing landsin the | Temescal grant, better known as the San | Feliciano placers. While thus engaged he | married the eldest aaughter of Don Benito D. Wilson, one of the wealthiest pioneer residents of Southern California. After marriage he established his home | at San Gabriel, adjoining that of his father-in-law, where he reared his family and lived till the time of his death. No private residence in Southern Cali- fornia was better known than San Marino, the hospitable home of J. de Barth Shorb. | Soon after setiling down at San Gabriel | Mr. Shorb engaged extensively in viticul- | ture and started the first winery in Southern Califorsnia, which vroved a finan- cial success. About ten years ago he in- terested English capitalists in the winery and formed the present San Gabriel Wine Company, one of the biggest organizations of the kind in the State. During the boom Mr. Shorb engaged ex- tensively in real estate transactions and enterprises of various kinds requiring large amounts of capital. Some of his latest ventures were not entirely success- ful, and left his estate more or less in- volved financially. J. de Barth Shorb was a lifelong Demo- crat, and took a lively interest in politics. He held office at various times. In 1892 he was prevailed upon to accept the Demo- cratic nomination for County Treasurer, and was elected by a large majorivy over his predecessor, Colonel J. Ban bury, who had been renominated by the Republi- cans Mr. S8horb did not hold office long, how- ever, before ill health compelled him to go to Philadelphia for treatment. As he remained more than sixty days out of the State the office was declared vacant, and a Republican deputy whom he had retained was elevated to the position of treasurer. Since then Mr. Shorb hds not been en- gaged very actively in business, as his health would not permit. During the last few months he sank gradually awsy, until death ended his sufferings this evening. g 2 FOR SAN PEDRO HARBOR. The Los Angeles Council of Labor Scores the Octopus. LOS ANGELES, CaL., April 16.—Inter- est in the harbor question centerseat pres- ent in the hearing before the Senate Com- merce Committee at Washington to-mor- row. Lively developments are expected when the delegations sent from here to T ground. The citizen who advocates the proposition of two harbors off the Los Angeles County coast, both to be created by the expenditure of the people’s money, is infinenced to such action by one of the following motives: Firs'—He is the tool of Mr. Huntington and the corporations he represents. Second—He is so at the behest of a polit- ical boss. . Tnird—He fayors Santa Monica because his individual interests will be subserved thereby. There wili not be two deep sea harbors off the coast of this county. To place them there would be a wasteful expendi- ture of the money of the people. You ask why? Because they are unnecessary and are not required by the demands of ‘com- merce. Organized labor is not calling for any looting” of the public treasury to en- hance the inteiests of Huntington and a few others who may have investments at Santa Monica. Pablic improvements we are for, first, last and all the time. . While this is true we do not propose to sit idly by and see the people’s money sEenz for the pecuniary aggrandizement of the worst enemy labor has 1n these United States, Collis * P, Huntington, without entering a most decided protest. That protest 1s of record and by it we stand. —_— FOUGHT A BIG. BATTLE Bloodiest Engagement of the Cuban War Occurred at Lechuza. In the Thick of the Fight Was a Gallant Company of Brave Amazons. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 16.—A Herald special from Tamva, Fla., says: Further information received from private sources in Havana show that the bloodiest engage- ment of the war was fought Tuesday at Lechuza. The Spanish forces under Colonel Linares suffered overwhelming defeat at the hands of Antonio Maceo, who com- manded a force of 8000 men in a strong position. Spanish reports place Colonel Linares’ force at 1500, of whom 450 were killed and 500 wounded. The insurgents lost 200 killed and about 400 wounded. The Spanish plan was for three battal- ions to sttack Maceo simultaneously, but Colonel Echeverras’ battalion failed to ar- rive. He is now being court-martialed. Maceo led his troops into the thickest of the fight, and Colonel’ Linares’ forces re- treated in disorder. They finally made a stand on the wharf of the San Claudia plantation behind rude fortitications until a warship came to their rescue. The Cu- ban forces on the shoie made sad havoc with the troops as they embarked, shoot- ing them down in their boats. In the battle the Amazons, a com pany of Cuban women, fought bravely. In an effort to capture Colonel Linares an insurgent, Alvarez, got separated. See- ing his danger Mrs. Alvarez and several others followed him. Both husband and wife were caught in the Spanish lines and tried to fight their way back with ma- chetes. Thinking that his wife was at his side still, Alvarez made his escape, but she was cut off at the last moment and was Literally hacked to pieces by Spanish In his grief and chagrin Al- varez shot himself seriously. General Maceo ordered him to appear before him. On demanding a reason for his crime Alvarez said be could not en- dure life purchased by his wife’s death. Maceo replied, “Pray God you may die, for if you live I will surely hang you. Cuba needs men too sorely to lose any ex- cept in the face of the enemy.” ‘The news of the Spanish defeat has pro- duced a great sensation in Havana and the censors naye been forced to admit many details. SINTH BIRGIRS GRENTEST DAY, Continued from First Page machetes. Alice Williams of Naples, the owner of the little steeds. Smilax, geranium leavesand roses formed the simple decoration. The tennis club exhibit, which insists upon its title of a tennis club, one of the most effective piclures of the day, was trimmed with wild mustard and drawn by two white horses tandem, the one in ad- vance being controlled by two mounted outriders. The occupants were: Dr. and Mrs. ‘White, Miss Leland and Miss Noble. Mark Brownsill and L. Fred Lamb were out- riders, ana all wore plain white suits and hats with yellow bands. The ladies and gentlemen in the trap carried rackets and employed them as new and efficient weapons in the battle of the owers. This won the first prize. The dainty Sedan chairs, fashioned of bamboo and adorned, the one with pink Duchesse roses and the other with white La Marques and smilax, had for their fair mistresses Miss Stuart and Miss Mary Stuart, each of the ladies being costumed after the fashions of the eighteenth cen- tury, their dresses being pink and white look after the respective interests of San | with high cciffures, powdered and decora- Pedro and Santa Monica get the ears of the Senatorsand proceed to enlighten them on the locai situation. An additional mass of information was wired to the Free Harbor League repre- sentatives at Washington this evening. Among the matter sent was a petition signed by several hundred of the leading members of the Chamber of Commerse urging Congress to make an appropriation for both the inner and the outer harbor of San Pedro. The petition was got up becanse emissaries of the Southern Pa- cific Company were circulating a paper purporting to show that the senti- ment of the Chamber of Commerce favored an appropriation for a deep-sea harbor at Santa Monica and for the inner harbor only at San Pedro. Ex-Mayor Workman, who helped to cir- culu{e the petition asking for two appro- priations for San Pedro, secured the signas tures of 125 members of the Chamber of Commerce who are in the wholesale trade. The very few wholesale merchants who refused to sign 1t gave as their sole excuse that they dhf business with the Southern Pacific and were afraid the octopus would strangle them if they signed such a paper. John F. Humphries and others made a | thorough canvass of the general member- ship of the Chamber of Commerce, and secured the signatures of a large majority of them to the Betilion for a dual appro- priation for S8an Pedro. The canvass left ne doubt in their minds that nine-tenths of the members favor San Pedro as the site for the deep-sea harbor. The Los Angeles County Council of Lavbor has reaffirmed its opposition to Huntington’s proposed harbor grab by the adoption of the following emphatic decia- ration, to which there was but one dissent- ing voice at the last meeting : The issue has at last been distinctly defin, As we view the harbor matter there is either one side or the other for the citizen to line up on. He is either for San Pedro and the people's harbor or he is 1 against San Pedro. There is no middie tions of roses corresponding with their ex- terior adornments. Their bearers, Fred Wright, Robert Stuart, Mr. Buch and Egbert Thompson, were in Continental costume, the bearers of the pink chair wearing white coats with pink satin facings, and the bearers of the white chair white with green facings. This won first award in the class of novelty other than equestrian, Second place in this class was taken by the Roman ciiariot covered with pink roses, occupied by Miss Rosamond Meigs and Constauce Delaney wearing flowing gowns of pink and driving three horses richly-decorated with pink roses. Two Africans of sable bue and costumes of Roman slaves, with bare legs and feet and leathern sandals, walked at the horses’ heads, and a droll little darkey, who would confess to no name but San Diego, sat at the ladies’ feet. Third. place in this class was taken by a band of six Spanish olive-pickers from Ell- wood Cooper’s ranch, trundling olive lad- ders on wheels and prettily decorated. A picturesque but somewhat unwieldy windmill, entered by Z. de V. Thornereau of Santa Ynez, attracted much admiration, but an exhibit which perhaps aroused more interest and curiosity than any other in the parade and which was in a sense its most picturesque feature was enterea by E. Cota and was somehow overlooked. This was a genuine oxcart of tae olden style drawn by two beautiful Jersey steers. It looked like a truneated prairie schooner save that the sides were open and it was canopied with flowered calico. In it sat three Spanish women in ancient costumes, Luisa Cordero, Margarita Valencia and Romaldo Pico, the latter seventy years of age, and a youth named Vasquez. The vehicle had but two heavy wooden wheels. with roses. The class known as equestrian novelty is always sure to bring forih a number of in- teresting exhibits. Kinton Stevens of Montecito, who last year bore off the prize as an Arab, won the first award on this occasion, costuming as a knight in armor, the overlapping scales of his waistcoat be- ing formed of English ivy leaves. Helmets, leggings and the decorations of his horse were of yeliow marguerites, the animal wearing a yellow visor. W. L. Thacher, head of the aristocratic boys' academy in the Ojai Valley, gratified 2 pumber of his pupils by joining them to form a band of cowboys, wearing broad sombreros and white riding suits, with decorations of brodiza or wild hyacinth. All rode white horses aud the animals were tastefully trimmed with the same delicate flower. The students were L. J. Bradley, H. L. Billson, P. R. Brown, P. 8. Palmer, E. A. Palmer, 8. €. Smith, J. P. ‘Weeden, W. McCormick and S. Charles Carne. The boys waved aloft the white banner with a will when it was handed them. X Lottie Allen, dressed to represent a pink Tose, received third award. One of the most charming features of the procession was the miniature vehicle entered in the name of Osmond de la Torre. Little Osmond was clad from head to foot and even to the tips of his fingers ina skin-tight suit of red and green change- able silk, with go'den gauzy wings, and on his head a humming-bird, which he typified with his costume. His little companion, Minnie Elizalde, was dressed {0 represent a buttercup and this bright wild flower decorated their tiny cart. It was drawn by an Angora goat harnessed in yellow and led by Joe Elizalde in white and yellow. It was simply adorned DEATH OF DENNIS SPENCER The Brilliant Lawyer cumbed to a Stroke of Apoplexy. Suc- Highly Estecmed by the Members of His Party and Known as a Valuzb.e Citizen. Dennis Spencer of Napa died at his rooms in the Lick House at 1:20 o'clock this morning from a stroke of apoplexy, which ended his con- sciousness at 7 o’clock of the evening be- fore. While in his law office late Wednescay afternoon he was stricken down with a light stroke of apoplexy. He was able to go to his rooms in a car- riage and Dr. Winslow Anderson, his fam- ily physician, was summoned. He did not lose conscicusness from this attack, and yesterday morning he haa partially recovered. At 7P a asecond and a severe stroke produced a hemorrhage of the brain, from which he lost consciousness at once. He did not recover consciousness until he died. Last evening Dr. W. F. McNutt was HE HAD AN HONORABLE CAREER | called in consultation, but medical aid was useless. Alice Day, wearing white mull very prettily trimmed with wild hyacinths and time deceased had suffered from heart disease, and no hope was entertained of his recovery. He was about 53 years of age and was a member of the Masonic and 0dd Fellow fraternities here. ~His re- mains will be taken to Folsom Friday morn- ing for interment. e FIREBUGS AT WORK. The Gardina Family Has a Narrow Fscape From Cremation. SAN JOSE, Car., April 15.—An attempt was made about 11 o’clock last night to fire a house at 906 Locust street, near Oak, occupied by Joe Gardina and family, who had moved in_bui a few days ago. En- | trance was gained to the cellar and a wood- | pile was saturated with benezine and tur- | pentine and then lighted. The blaze was iscovered and extinguished before any damage was done. Had the fire secured a good start the Gardina family would have | been roasted alive. | A bouse belonging to_J. T. Gruweli on Clay street in East San Jose was destroyed | by tire last night. The loss is $600. he | house was vacant and the fire is supposed | to have been the work of tram ps. NEW TO-DAY. A good, healthy wholesomeness will | make even a homiely face attrictive. There are many reasons why women should take care to be healthy. Oue very strong reason is that beauty and illness are very seldom found together. riding a white horse, took the first prize among girl equestrians, Margaret Fulton, decorated with star- shaped collar and cap of whitem argue- rites and with her pony similarly adorned, came second, and Clarinda Stafford, simply clad in wbite, her horse heavily trimmed with white rosebuds, received third award. A.D. Bannerman, the marshal's aid, ! rode & bay horse, the bridle of yellow | satin, the collar and saddle covered with white roses. He carried a shield of white roses with a yellow bow in the center, Jennie Svence, who bore off the first prize among ladies on horseback, repre- sented that brilliant flower, the streliizia. 8he wasclad in green and orange and wore two of the great blossoms. The rider, whose white costume and cavalier cloak wrought of brodima at- tracted every eye and to whom the blue flag was handed, was Ronald Thomas, a retired New York stockoroker, who makes his home in Santa Barbara. John T, Gould, who came second, wore the dark blue suit trimmed with tiny golden acacia blossoms, sash, hatband, saddle and blanket. The only member of his family by his deathbed was his son Lloyd. L. James of Napa and Judge W. P. Lawler of this City. His widow, who is at her home in Napa, fear of the resulting shock to her. His two daughters at Mills Seminary | were notified, and will arrive in the City | this morning. The deceased was one of the best known and most highly {esteemed men of the California | bar, and his high character and lovable | nature won for him a nost of sincere | friends. | § Dennis Spencer was for years a prominent | citizen of California, being recognized as | one of the leading lawyers of the State. | He was high in the councils of the Dem- | | ocratic party. He was appointed to an | important State office by Governor Buad, | in recognition of his services to the party | | and the State at large. | Mr. Spencer’s home was in Nava, though | he had an office in this City, where the Of his friends, besides his physician, | there were Senator H. C. Gesford and L. | was not notified last night, owing to the | | greater part of his business was concen- Henry Howard, the graceful YOUNE | trared, river wearing white and gold, his horse | decorated with white roses, found first | | favor in the youths’ class. with Alfonzo| SUISUN, CaL., April 16.—Jacob Cohn, Bermudez, in red and yellow, second, and | an old pioneer and a well-known citizen of Oscar Ruiz third. Suisun, died this morning. For some The judges generously strained a point S Death of a Pioneer at Swisun. | Tllness—and especially the kind peculiar to women—makes_ the complexion bad, the eyes dull and sunken, the manner listless and the intellect dull. | No woman in this condition can be at- tractive to her friends. Personal ap- pearance counts for much, but comfort amounts to even more. What’s the good of living if one cannot enjoy anything? If headaches and backaches and drag- ging weariness and pain accompany even | slight fatigue? If the system is constantly subjected to a debilitating drain, where is the energy to come fi’om to make enjoyment possible? Personal comfort and a consideration | for the feelings of others are two of the incentives to an effort to secure | health. If the illness is in any way connected with the purely feminine organism (and the chances are ten to one that it is) Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription will cure it. 5 Dr. Pierce has used the * Prescription " in his practice for thirty years with un- | broken® success. A large book written by him entitled “ Woman and Her Dis- eases’’ will be sent (securely sealed, in | plain envelope) to those who will send this notice and ten cents to part pay postage, to WORLD’S DISPENSARY MEDI- CAL ASSOCIATION, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. V. to give a second prize of $20 to the Spanish bard of three pieces, which entered the parade, although they did not properly come into any specified class. Sacro Romero, Baltasar Ruiz and Robert Ruiz were the musicians. H. F. Maguire found first favor among the marshal’s aids. His decorations were creamy rosebuds. - Wiliiam Alston Hayne, whose decorations were yellow marguer- ites, came second, and Bert Baker, riaing a black horse trimmed with pink roses, was third. 3 W. H. Maris, a8 marshal’s aid, had his leg broken by the kick of a horse while passing the tribunes. Clinton B. Hale, who tried to assist Maris, was stepped upon by a horse and injured about the head and ankle. Upon this occasion the festival has been rich in‘'music. Herr Hans Schuy, & musi- cal leader of wide reputation, had a splendidly organized orchestra of twenty-four pieces including several talented men from Los Angeles. The Philadelphia’s band was out in force and an excellent band accompanying the Hotel-men’s delegation volunteered its services during the procession. Dixie Thompson, for the first time in two years, appeared on horseback in public as a vol- unteer aid, riding his valuable blooded horse, which was exhibited at the Colum- bian Exposition, with his $4000 silver- mounted saddle and silfer bridie. This evening there were receptions in several of the Santa Barbara homes. The decorated streets were filled with prome- naders. The event of the evening was the concert by the Philharmonic Society at the pavilion, Herr Hans Schuy directing. HORSEWHIPPED A DOCTOR. A San Franoisco Womaun Creates a Sen- sation in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, CAL., April 16,.—As Dr. Granville Macgowan was sitting at a table in the Creamerie on Broadway this after- noon at lunch along with many others he was suddenly attacked by a woman armed with a horsewhip. The suddenness of the attack astounded the doctor, but he pulled the whip from the hands of the infuriated | woman and hustled her out of the place. The excitement in the place was intense. The doctor put on his hat, paid hischeck and retired to his office. The woman’s name is Mrs. Ella Robison and she has a room at the Wellington. stood to have begun divorce proceedings from her husband in San Francisco. She is about 34 years of age and a pronounced brunette. The doctor made the following state- ment: “The woman came to m( office about two weeks ago. She was illand 1 prescribed for her several times at inter- vals of two or three days at my office, and by her request at her room. “I saw her last about a week ago, when she stated she was well and would leave for her home in San Francisco in a day or two. She thanked me for my kind treat- | ment. She paid her fee promptly at each visit. She stated to me that she had haa much trouble with her husband, from whom she was applying for a divorce, and ‘ived in constant fear of his injuring ner or her young boy. She seemed queer, and 1 can ‘only account for her actions upon the groungthn she is insane. She nasno possible grievance against me and I am satisfied she is crazy.” g Napa Republican State Delegates. NAPA, CaL., April 16.—The County Re- publican Convention was held here to-day. Delegates to the State Convention were as follows: R. H. Sterling, S. E. Holden, 8. 8. McKenzig, P. 8. King, F. L. Coombs, Andrew Jackson, A, L. %Villhms, A. N. Bell, G. W. Btrohl, W. F. Fisher and F. B. Mackinder. G. M. Francis was indorse: as a candidate for delegate to the National Convention from this district. —_—— Committed to Agnews, SAN JOSE, CAvL, April 16.—Mrs. Eliza Moore, a widow 47 years of age, was com- mitted to the Agnews Insane Asylum to- day by Judge iorlgan. Her insanity is the result of illness. She bhas one child. A Dublin police magistrate has been fining lady cyclists 10s a time for footpath riding. No excuse saves the fair delin- qusnts from the magisterial infliction. 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