The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 28, 1896, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, Ai’RIL 28, 1896. THE TREADWELL MINE DISASTER, Distruction Wrought by the Explosion of Tons of Dynamite ONE HAPLESS VICTIM. Watchman Cota’s Body Torn to Pieces by the Force of the Blast. ¢ TREES YARDS AWAY UPROOTED Buildings Are Reduced to Debris and Only a Great Hole Marks Their Site, PORT TOWNSEND, Wasm., April 27.— The steamer Willapa arrived from Alaska at 8 o’clock this evening and brings news of the terrible explosion which occurred on the night of April 16 at the Alaska Treadwell Company’s works on Douglas Island. Four tons of dynamite was acci- dentally discharged, and general havoc was wrought in the vicinity of the explo- sion. Those of Juneau who had retired were startled from their slumbers by a blast that shook the earth. The various amuse- ment resorts were emptied, as if by magic, of their thoroughly frightened revelers. To those who quickly recovered their senses three sharp, short whistles from the Mexican mill indicated that a disaster had occurred, and the presence of physicians was needed. Three doctors responded to the call, a lone fisherman making a special trip to convey them to the island. They were met at the wharf by mine employes, who excitedly exclaimed that the old magazive | had blown up, and with it one man— | Watchman William Cota—of whom ot | the slightest trace could be found. Immediately after the explosion miners hurried up the hill to the scene of the dis- aster, but nothing could be seen by the | dim rays of their lanterns except a hole in the ground and a mass of debris lying around it. In the morning, as soon it be- came light, it was found that the hole was twelve or fifteen feet deep, fifteen feet wide and about twice as long. | The snow covering a space forty acres in | extent was strewn with small bits of wood, | not one piece of which could be found larger than one's finger. The awful force of the powder was shown by the trees and | stumps in the vicinity being uprooted and | tossed down hill. A huge bank of fog lying at the rear of | the house was shoved up hill en masse for | a distance of several feet and a stump | some three feet in diameter situated a short distance away was split in twain. A most diligent search for the remains of the unfortunate man resulted in the find- ing of one eye, a piece of skull with skin | and hair attached about the size of a half- dollar and a piece of skin about half as large as the palm of a hand. At the mill buildings, store and private residences adjacent the force of the shock made itself very apparent. The boarding- hotise looks as though a cyclone had struck it, every door and window facing the mill being blown out. Several eye- witnesses to the frightful blast say they heard the report and simultaneously saw a Luge volume of fire shoot up in an area of several hundred feet. By the light it made the airevenat a distance appeared to be clouded with debris. After the flash vast quantities of smoke arose and in a few moments ob- scured everything from view. William Cota hailed from Spring Valley, Cal. Several things connected with his death make it a particularly sad one. Un- til about three weeks ago he had been em- | ployed in the Treadwell Mill. At that time he received word of the probable fatal illness ol his father and also of a brother having his leg broken. This weighed on his mind, and he seemed to have a presentiment of impending danger. He finally gave up his position and re- turned to Juneau, occupying a cabin at the rear of the hospital. Three weeks rolled by, and he concluded to return to work, accepting the post at which he met his death. He was 30 years old, sober and of good moral character and a member of the Masonic fraternity. AINSWORTH FLAME-SWEPT. Every Hotel and Business House in the British Cowumbia Town De- stroyed. SPOKANE, Wasn., April 27.—A special telegram from Nelson, B. 0., says: Ains- worth, on the west shore of Lake Koote- nai, opposite the Pilot Bay smelter, is in ‘ashes. Fire broke out last night and found the town absolutely without pro- tection. The citizens did all men could do, but were powerless to check the flames until every hotel and business house had been burned to the ground. A few goods were saved, but in most cases the loss is believed to be practically total. Dwellings lying north of the busi- ness district, along the shore of the lake, are separated by a considerable distance from the stores and were saved. Charles Olsen carried a little insurance, and H. Geigrich’s loss is also partially insured. None of the others carried even small policies, as the rates are high and many of the buildings were poorly constructed. Following are losses: "H. Geigrich, gen- eral merchandise stock, valued at $12,000; vacant three-story building, owned by the owners of the Ainsworth Hotel, valued at §6000; Frank Heep's store, a one-story builaing. and stock, worth about $1500; Ainsworth Hotel, Charles Olsen proprie- tor, two-story building and contents worth $3500; Olsen’s saloon, two-story building, value with contents $3500. Another two- story hotel, a block south of McLeod's buiiding, was burned, value $2000. It is understood that D1. Henry’s drug- store, valued, with contents, at $5000, was destroyed, but this cannot be positivel confirmed. Relief will be sent from Nel- son, though it is believed little will be needed. The fire started in Heep’'s sa- loon—how is not known. Sfma R T UKIAH PERJURY CASE, BSerious dccusation Againsta Man Tried for Burglary. UKIAH, CaL., April 27.—David Oldham, who was convicted of robbery in compli- city with G. W. Hilton and sent to serve twelve years at Folsom last July, and was since granted a new trial by the Supreme Court, was yesterday returned to the County Jail to await the new trial. Judge McGarvey to-day made an order admitting him to bail in the sum of $5000 on the robbery charge. Bail was furnished by his friends. Oldham had no sooner been released than a warrant charging him with perjury, committed in conuection with his_former trial, was served on him. The preliminary examination on this charge was held this afternoon before Justice S. Sullivan, who, after hearing the testimony, ad- mitted Oldham to bail in the sum of $5000. This bond was also promptly furnished. ot ks iy CAPITOLA CELEBRATION. 0dd Fellows Observe the Anniversary of the Order's Founding in America. SANTA CRUZ, CAL.,, April 27.—More than 1000 people enjoyed the basket picnic and barbecue at Capitola to-day in cele- bration of the seventy-seventh anniversary of the institution of Odd Fellowship in the United States. The affair was under the auspices of Soquel Lodge, three other lodgzes—Pajaro of Watsonville, and San Lorenzo and Branciforte of Santa Cruz—being the guests. The 1000 persons attending repre- sented the Odd Fellows’ strongest county in point of numbers, compared to popula- tion, in the world. There are approximately 20,000 people in Banta Cruz County, and there are 1000 0dd Fellows in the county. The attend- ance to-day included a large number of ladies, and about half the strength of the 0dd Fellows was represcnted. The day 'was perfect, and the affair was successful from every point of view. Carl Lindsay, District Attorney of this county, was the presiding officer, and David Maher, a young attorney of Wat- sonville, delivered the oration. The Odd Feliows of this county are as strong financially and in all those things ‘which pertain to good Odd Fellowship as they are numerically. The four lodges own their own halls, possessing an aggre- gate of $80,000 worth of real estate. A STRIKE AT SPOKANE, Union Workmen Employed by the Edison Electric Com- pany Walk Out. Trouble Caused by a Refusal to Al- low Increased Pay for Extra Time. SPOKANE, Wasn., April 27.—All mem- bers of the Electrical Union of this city in the employ of the Edison Electric Com- pany went out on a strike to-night. The cause of trouble was a demand of the armature workers for pay and a half for overtime which the company would not accede to. Some time ago the demand was made by the men and the company agreed to pay it to those working in the light department. A few days later all armature men were transferred from that department to the street railway department, where they came under charge of the street railway superintendent and under the rules of that company, where no extra charge is given for overtime, although they are still doing the same work. ‘When they were called to do overtime they did so, but the company, saying they were not employes of the Edison Com- pany, but of the Spokane Street Railway Company, refused to pay extra. The men then quit work. Efforts were made to se- cure some compromise, but were not suc- | cessful. Althougn the plant i rurning all right | to-night and all the power and light is on, it is contended by the men that the com- | pany cannot find enough competent non- | union men to conduct the plant right | along. | The Edison Electric Light Company, | the Spokane Street Railway Company and | several kindred concerns, although sepa- rate corporations, are all under one man- | agement and are now in the hends of the | bondholders, who have a man here look- ing after affairs, | The closing down of the plant would | mean the shutting down of all the street | railway lines and all the_electric light and | power in the city. D. L. Huntington, man- | ager of the company, says that they can fill the places at once and there will be no | trouble. Considerable sympathy for the strikers | is manifested, but no serious trouble is an- %ticipnted. A A R R | FRESHD COURTY ROUTES | | | Valley Railroad Builders Ready to Extend the New Line Southward. Choice of the Course Will Depend Upon the Attitude of the Farmers. FRESNO, Cav., April 27.—C. S. Young of 8an Francisco, who has charge of the right of way business for the Valley road, arrived in Fresno to-day, and will at once turn his attention to the surveys south of this city. He will work in conjunction with and underinstructions from the com- mittee of ten of this city to secure rights of way through Fresno County, A representative of the committee will accompany him this week over the route | by way of Reedley, and also that by way of Hanford, and will see individual land- owners and ascertain their disposition. | Dr. Pedlar, chairman of the Committee of | Ten, stated to-day that the result of inter- views with land-owners on the two routes would decide which would be built first. ‘While Mr. Young and representatives of the committee are going over tie routes and talking with the people, it is not their purpose at this time to enter written con- tracts for rights of way. They will do that | after they have decided which route offers | better inducements and more favorable terms. The company 18 now ready to begin | work south from this city, and is only waiting until the question of a route is settled. The matter will be determined in a short time. —_— VISIT 8ANTA CRUZ. Hotel Men Entertained in the City of the Water Carnival. SANTA CRUZ, Car., Avril 27-—The ex- cursion train occupied by the Eastern hotel men and their ‘guests stopped here for four hours to-day. Some of the guests were driven over the cliff drivein private and public carriages. Others visited Vue de I'Eau, going by the electric-cars. The party was driven to the Santa Cruz Moun- tain° Wine Company’s cellars, and each vigitor carried awav a bottle of wine. Luncheon was served by Jobn R. Chace at the Sea Beach Hotel and the Pacific Ocean House. The Easterners left at 2 o'clock this afternoon to visit the Big Trees, and then return to San Francisco. e o Bering Sea Fleet. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., April 27.— The United States Bering Sea fleet, con- sisting of the cutters Bear, Corwin, Rush and Wolcott, will leave at noon to-morrow for the north. ‘This morning a party of prominent local citizens boarded the cutter Bear and pre- sented Captain Francis Tuttle with a hand- some silver service appropriately engraved. PROHIBITIONISTS AT LOS ANGELES Strife in the Convention Over a Declaration of Principles. NEW ISSUES INCLUDED Resolutions Embrace Planks on Questions Not Affecting Temperaace. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE FAVORED. Fair Delegates Participate in the Deliberations—Secretary Dickie v Denounced. LOS ANGELES, Can., April 27.—The Prohibition party of Los Angeles County held a mass-convention in this city to-day to select forty-three delegates to the State Convention of Prohibitionists at Stockton on May 13, to elect a new County Central Committee and to adopt a platform. About a third of the delegates were women, who proved quite capable of tak- ing a conspicuous part in the proceedings and showing that they understood par- liamentary rules. Everything went smoothly until the committee on resolutions was called to make its report. Then, to the astonish- ment of the convention, it was found that | the committeemen had failed to agree and that there were two reports. Rev. Dr. Wilson of the old Fort-street M, E. Church of this city read and defended the major- ity report. J. M. Glass of Pasadena, chairman of the State Central Committee, championed the minority report. This precipitated a vehement and determined discussion. The issue was between what is known as the single-issue principle — prohibition —and the broad-gauge idea, containing other po- litical considerations. Most of the ministers present fought for the single idea, as embodied in the major- ity report, and the lay members urged the opposite course. J. M. Glass, in behalf of his report, said it was time for the party to set it- self right on urgent, living issues of the | day, and, referring to the *‘gold-bug” influence, characterized Samuel Dickie, the secretary of the Prohibition National | Committee, as a tool of monopoly, the treasurer of the Standard Oil Company, and one who should have long since been replaced by some man whose sympathies were with the common people. This language was denounced as inde- cent personalities and blackguardism by Rev. Mr. Wilson, who followed Mr. Glass. The reverend gentleman, warming to his subject, was called to account in turn by a lady delegate, who said: “What do you call your language if not personal and unreasonably abusive?” This staggered the brother somewhat and he lowered his voice and proceeded in a milder tone. The debate continued until a late hour, the advocates of the minority report winning at every point. The usual prohibition resolution sec- tions of the majority report were con- sented to by the adherents of the opposi- tion report, after which the following ad- ditional minority report was adopted, as read by its author and chief advocate: We deelare in favor of Government ownership of all works of publlc necessity, to be adminis- tered in the interest of all the peopie. We declare in favor of the initiative, referendum and proportional representation. We declare in favor of an eleventh amendment to the State constitution, giving women the right of suffrage, We believe in gola, silver and paper as money—all to be on a parity and receivable for all debts—to be issued by the Government direct to the people. Great importance attaches to the action of this convention from the standpoint of Prohibitionists, from the fact that this is one of the strongest Prohibition counties in California, and also because this is one of the first counties to formulate party issues. The delegates to the State convention are: Jesse Smith, Pico Heights; J. D. Requa, Los Angeles; J. E. McComas, Pomona; Dr. Bowers, Los Angeles; Rev. Clarence Wilson, Los Angeles; E. P. Boucher, Palms; F. N. Stewart, Los Angeles; Rev. H. George H. Dekay, Santa Moaica; Rev. J. M. Hil- bird, Glendale; J. M. Glass, Pasadena; A.C. Hazard, Whittier; Rev. M. J. Hall, Los Angeles; Theodore D. Ka- nouse, Glendale; Mary E. Garbutt, Los Angeles; Theodore Armstrong, Whittier; W. D. Gould, Los Angeles; Mrs, J. H. Glass, Pasadena; C. P. Dorland, Los Angeles; P. F. Breesee, Los Angeles; Mrs. W. D. Gould, Los Angeles; W. K. Green, Whittier; H. K. Needham, M. Yocum, A. F. M. Strong, J. D. Evans, W. L. Stevens, Los Angeles; Rev. A. In- wood, Long Beach; E. G. Shipley, Los Angeles; Rev. E. D. Ebey, Los Angeles; Mrs. A. T. Hazard, Whittier; Rev. Mr. Ingram, Downey; George W. White, Uni- versity ; F. M. Porter, Los Angeles; G. W. Ogle, Pomona; Dr. Corbin, Los Angeles; 0. R. Dougherty, Pasadena; Mrs. George ‘W. Duggar, Dr. John A. B. Wilson, Rev. Mr. Leonardson, Pasadena. S g e Humboldt County Populists. EUREKA, CaLn, Avpril 27,—These are the delegates elected at the Populist County Convention to attend the conven- tion at Sacramento on May 12: Hon. 8. M. Buck, G. J. Moore, W. L. Mercer, J. Hem- stead, E. A. Tappencorf, Dr. Ring, J. Wilsie, A. Waddington, Jeff Knight and J. Hanson. Itisan A. P. A. delegation. e Lively Contest in Arizona. TUCEON, Arrz., April 27.—The Repub- lican County Convention instructed for McKinley. This insures a McKinley dele- gation to St. Louis. Adyices from other varts of the Territory indicate that there willbea contesting dele:ation at the Na- ional convention opposed to McKinley. DELINQUENT TAX LIABILIT1ES. Attorney- General Fitzgerald Submits an Opinion. SACRAMENTO, CaL.,, April 27.—At- torney-General Fitzgerald has given an opinion to State Controller Colgan on the question of the liability of real estate for delinquent taxes on personal property and the effect on mortgages. He says: “I am in receiptof your favor of the 21st inst., in which the following matter is re- ferred by you to me for decision: ‘John Doe is assessed as follows: North- east , quarter of section 8 and improvements, value $1600; mort- Rage deductions, $1750; northwest quarter of section 35 and improvements, value $400; mortgage deduction, $1000; southwest quarter of section 36 and im- provements, value $1750: personal prop- erty value, §1800. The foregoing assess- ment goes aelinguent, but the taxes on the assessments of the mortgages are paid. ‘" Query—Should the entire assessment of John Doe to be carried to the delinquent roll and advertised or only that portion not covered by mortgage?” I am of the opinion that the entire assessment of John Doe should be carried to the delinquent roll and advertised. _“Scction 8717 of the Political Code pro- vides that: Every tax due upon personal preperty is a lien upon the real proporty of the owner thereof from and after 12 o’clock noon of the first Monday in March in each year.” s g Lo SANTA BARBARA’S INSOLFENT, Creditors of Jeweler Campbell Lose a Case in Court. BANTA BARBARA, CAL, April 27.— The case of 0. M. Campbell, an insolvent debtor, was to-day dismissed in the Superior Court, it being decided that the court has no jurisdiction. Campbeilis the Petaluma jeweler who moved a valuable stock from that place to this city last fall, ostensibly seeking a new location. He rented an expensive storeroom on State street, but made no preparations or special effort to do business, placing a rather meager stock in the charge of a single salesman. Soon attachments began to flow in and in a short time the entire stock was in the Sheriff’s hands, where it has ever since remained. His creditors included several San Francisco firms and a long list of Eastern wholesale jewelers, and it was represented that several thousands of dollars’ worth of stock had mysteriously disappeared. 8oon after the attachments began to be levied Campbell produced a bill of sale of his entire stock, alleged to have been executed a month before to his sister, Mrs. Preston of Chicago. The fact that one of the firms levying attachments upon the Atock has been in turn attached thisspring complicates the case. Campbell, who is a jolly sporting man, has taken up quarters in Santa Barbara, nonchalantly awaiting the issue of events. UPPER MATTOLE'S LEPER The Grimm Family to Be Sent Back to the Hawaiian Islands. No Hops for the Unfortunate Girl ‘Who Is Slowly Dying From the Disease. UKIAH, CAL., April 27.—Dr. W. A, Mc- Cormack, who accompanied Supervisor Flanagan to Usal to investigate the lep- rosy case near that town, confirms the Supervisor’s statement in THE CALL of to- day that the afflicted person, a girl 15 years old, is in the last stazes of the dread disease. She is a daughter of Grimm, and came to Needle Rock, in this county, with her brother and father some years ago. They subsequently removed to Upper Mattole, near the county line, where they now reside. The Grimm family hailed from Ger- many and moved to Hawail twelve years ago. The mother died on the island, and the girl is said to have contracted the disease. After leaving Hawaii the family moved to this State and finally located in Hovpland, where the disease first became apparent. 'he girl was taken to a hospital in San Francisco and one of her toes was ampu- tated. Subsequently the patient was dis- charged as cured. The family is at present in very destitute circumstances. The father is engaged in keeping the road in his district in repair. The son is an epileptic and can do no work. The habitation of the family is located in a dense redwood forest, and many miles from any other dwelling. The entire family will in all probability be sent to San Francisco, and there steps will be taken to return them to Hawaii if this can be done. Supervisor Flanagan, to whom the matter was referred at the last meeting of the Board of Supervisors, has the case in charge and is now advising with District Attorney Sturtevant as to the best course to pursue. i St SAJLS TO SANTA MONICA. Flagship Philadelphia to Anchor in the Southern Harbor. LOS ANGELES, Car., April 27.—A con- spicuous and very interesting feature of La Fiesta parades last week in this city was that afforded by the officers and men from the flagship Philadelphia, which was in San Pedro harbor. The officers were guests of the Jonathan Club of this city. By order of Admiral Beardslee the war- ship was held at San Pedro to give an opportunity to visitors and residents to zo aboard. Many persons availed themselves of the admiral’s courtesy yesterday and to-day. A large party of Jonathans and their ladies visited the ship yesterday and were shown every courtesy. Other parties visited the warship this afternoon, but to-nignt it 18 on its way to Santa Monica. It was expected last week that the vessel would goto San Francisco immediately after the close of la fiesta, but this plan has now been changed, and the Chamber of Commerce here authorizes the statement that it will remain off Santa Monica for three or four days. Ser Ay OAPE FLATTERY MONSTER. Strange Sea Animal sighted by the Crew of a Tug. PORT TOWNSEND, WasH., April 27.— Mate Crocker and Chief Engineer Harry Flint of the tug Sea Lion siate that on Monday last, while the vessel was seeking a tow off Cape Flattery in thedusk of early evening, a marine monster was sighted. ‘Whatever the creature was they make no ciaim of knowing, but they described it 2s having been about sixty feet long and nunsreml{ twenty-four inches in circum- ference. 1t was without the shaggy mane and red eye of the traditional sea serpent, suggesting that mythical reptile only in the way its large, broad tail thrashed the waters into foam as it sped by several hundred feet ahead of the veszel, The story is further vouched for by two responsible firemen who saw the freak from a porthole and hastened at once up the ladder into the engine-room to tell Flint of the sight. et RIS SEATTLE DIVORCE SCANDALZZ 4 Hotel Porter Deposes Against Acoused Mrs. Dawson. SEATTLE, Wasm., April 27.—Affidavits in the Dawson divorce case continue to come from all parts of the United States. To-day the deposition of Fred G Alford of 310 Chicago avenue, Chicago, was filed with the County Clerk. Alford was a porter at the fashionable Vendome during Dr.and Mrs. Dawson’s stay there. He alleges that young men were in the habit of going to Mrs, Daw- €on’s apartments at alfhonrs of the night, and upon one occasion, about 2 o’clock in the morning, he saw A. C. Hess in Mrs. Dawson’s boudoir., In the cross-interrogatories of the de- fense Alford admitted that General E. M. Carr, of counsel for the plaintiff, once made him a present of $5. i s Ezplosion of a Bomb. PALERMO, iravy, April 27.—A bomb exploded last night in front of the French Consulate, doing no damage, however, beyond breaking a few windows. CONFESSES 10 A PORTLAND CRIME Emma Merlotin’s Slayer Talks When Near Death. OLD MYSTERY CLEARED. He Killed the Woman for Her Jewels Over a Decade Ago. FLED WITHOUT THE BAUBLES. Forsaken by His Courage After the Victim Lay Dead at His Feet. PORTLAND, Og., Avpril 27.—Ten years ago last December Emma Merlotin, a French woman, was butchered in her house here. Several arrests were made, but the crime could not be fastened unon any of the suspects, neither was any ap- varent motive for the crime learned, as none of the victim’s valuable jewels, worth thousands of dollars, was touched by the murderer. The perpetrator of this bloody crime was never identified by the police here. But Francis Moranville, a recent arrival from Montreal, Canada, to-day told a story which sheds a ray of light upon the fiend’s identity. He says that some time ago Antone Favre, a Montreal convict, made an ante-mortem confession of the butchery. “I cannot remember the name of the woman,” said Moranville, “but I do recol- lect that in his confession he said that it was a French woman of the town, and that his motive was robbery. Favre was serving a tive years’ sentence for attempt- ing to choke to death a woman of the half-world. He got into a quarrel with a fellow-convict, who stabbed him in the lungs with a shoemaker’s awl. When in- formed that he could live only a few days at the utmost he made this confession.” Moranville said that Favre had been in Portland but two days when he killed the woman, having come here from Helena, Mont., where he had served time for some crime. He visited the woman the first night in town, and she exhibited some of her jewels to him. On that occasion he nesolved to possess himself of them. He closely watched the house, and when the woman left it to visit a neighbor the fol- lowing night he effected an entrance. ‘While he was searching for the valuables the woman returned. Shescreamed when she saw him, and to quiet her he struck her over the head. Fearing that when she regained consciousness she would give the police a description of him, he then killed her. After that his satanic courage forsook him, and he fled from the scene without further searching for the jewels. Moranville derived this information from an officer of the prison in which Favre died a day or two after his encoun- ter. Among the dead convict's effects were a large number of Poriland newspa- per clippings referring to the murder of the woman here ten years ago. THE WEAVERVILLE TRIAL Friends and Relatives of Van Horn and Crow Go Upon Record. Attempt to Impeach a Witness Who Testified Against the Constables. WEAVERVILLE, Car., Avpril 27.—The defense of Constables Crow ard Van Horn, on trial for complicity in the lynching of “Jack” Littlefield in Round Valley on September 27, 1895, after they had arrested him for the alleged shooting of John M. Vinton, has not yet ended. The entire time to-day was taken up by witnesses whose evidence is intended to offset that of the prosecntion. They were the friends of Vinton and his employer, ‘“King’’ George 16, White, and the relatives of the accused men. H. C. Simmons, a farmer and stock- raiser of Covelo, testified that he went to Hayden’s house at the request of George E. White to look after Vinton's cattle, Vinton having written to White that he had been shot. He reached Hayden’s house and was there subpenaed by Con- stable Van Horn to attend the inquest over the body of Littlefieid. He helped cut the body down from the bough to which it was suspended and made an examination of the ground. He found a cartridge about four feet from the trail, close to the manzanita tree near which the man who shot Littlefield is sup- posed to have stood. Simmons testified to having seen the tracks of three men on one side of the trail and of two men on the other side. He measured the distance from the scene of the Iynching to the Red Mountain House, and it was from two and a quarter to two and a half miles. This was important testimony, as no witness for the defense had estimated the distance at more than 134 to 13{ miles. It wanld tend to disprove the testimony of a witness for the prosecution, who swore to having heard the rifle reports at the Red Mountain House when Littlefield was shot. “Buck’’ Lacock, aged about 70, testified to the firing of five shots from his Win- chester rifle on the afternoon of March 30, 1896, as requested by Attorney Reid, who was present at the time. Tom Haydon was with him when he fired the shots. | They could not be heard at the Red Moun- tain House. Gordon Van Horn, a brother of the de- fendant, Bayles Van Horn, said that he gave his brother a 45-caliber Colts’ re- volver with six chambers loaded and three extra cartridges when he started out, at Vinton’s request, to arrest Littlefield. On the return of Crow and Bayles Van Horn he examined their weapons and found them ciean both at the mouth and breech, with rust in the barrel of Crow’s rifle. kls testimony was to prove that the constables carried no weapon of a cali- ber corresponding to the cartridge shell found at the scene of the lynching, Van Horn atso swore the constables had no rope similar to that with which Littlefield was hanged. J. W. Van Horn, the father of Constable Van Horn, téstified that, from actual test, shots fired at the scene of the Littlefield lynchirg could not_be heard atthe Red Mountain House. Mrs. J. W. Van Horn, the mother of the defendant, told of hay- ing requested her son Gordon to examine the weapons of the constables after the lynching to see if they had been used the evening before. John M. Vinton was recalled and stated that he was present at the test and that shots fired at the scene of the lynching could not be heard at the Red Mountain House. He admitted that he had been a vaquero for George £. White. Before the case went over until to-mor- row, the defense began the putting on of witnesses to impeach the character of Walter 8. Clark, the main witness for the prosecution. — BAKERSFIELD TRAGEDY. Charles Jennings, a Teamster, Ends His Life With a Bullet. BAKERSFIELD, CAL, April 27.—The body of Charles Jennings was found in the Royal lodging-house this evening, with a bullet-hole in the skull and a big revolver clutched in a stiffened hand. He | was employed as a teamster on the Tejon ranch, and was a steady, ‘hard-working man. He came to town with his team on Sat- | urday, and sent it back with another | driver. Engaging a room in the lodging- house, he left word not to be disturbed. | Late this evening a friend called and fouund | him dead in bed. No cause for the deed is known. Jennings had wages due him from the Beale estate, and had no trouble, so far as known. He came here from Sa- linas or San Jose. e g e Celebrated at Visalia. VISALIA, CaL., April 27.—The seventy- seventh anniversary of the founding of 0dd Fellowship in America was ob- served by appropriate exercises here to-ni%lt. There was music, an oration l{g . M. Power and song by F. . Thompson of San Francisco followed by an informal dance and a good time in general at the armory. The Re- beckahs and visiting brothers joined in. The banquet-room was prettily decorated, | elso_vdcrs for 200, with room for more, being aid. BEFORE THE THEOSOPHISTS. The President’s Term BShortened From Life to Three Years. NEW YORK, N. Y. April 27.—Dr. D. J. Black of Cincinnati, permanent chairman, called to-day’s meeting of Theo- sophists to order, and Claude Falls Wright, chairman of the committee on revisions of the by-laws, read the report of the com- mittee. The report recommended the repeal of the rule permitting the president of the society to delegate his fpowers which was adopted during the last sickness of the aeparted president, William Q. Judge, in order that the continuity ol the society’s business might not be -broken. Mr. Wright explained that this rule was adopted merely as a temporary expedient. The committee recommended the adop- tion of anew rule making the term of office for the president three years, thus doing nw&% with the life term heretofore in force. There was a recommendation in the committee’s report that the following rule be added : ‘“No member of the Theosophical Society of America shall promulgate or maintain any doctrine as being advanced or advo- cated by the society,”” and that the rule providing that the convention may tix the term of the president, when it {)ecomes necessnr{ to elect one, is eliminated. The last-mentioned rule also was adopted during the last illness of the de- parted president. The committee report was adopted unanimously. A large committee was appointed to solicit _ subscrintions. The ~convention then adjourned sine die. e Run Down by Coalcars. DAYTON, Onro, April 27.—As the St. Louis and New York passenger train on the Panhandle was pulling out of the city last night a train_of five coalcars on the Cincinrati, Hamilton and Dayton crashed into it from a side track and struck a sleeger in which there were ten persons. C. O. Grief of Cleveland was _instantly killed. Philif Netter, a New York mer- chant, had a leg broken. ek S o U Robbed by Masked Men. TRINIDAD, Coro., April 27.—John Aielle, manager, and Robert Mackey, as- sistant manager of the mining company’s store at Berwind, Colo., were held up yes- terday by four masked highwaymen and robbed of $4000, which was to have been used for paying off the miners. —— ZLumber and Mill Burned. BUTTE, Moxt., April 27.—The Lavell lumber-yards and planing-mills were de- stroyed by fire to-day; loss, $50,000. The fire is supposed to have been started by tramps. S Approved by the President. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.—The President has approved the act granting a pension of $100 a month to Joseph A. Cooper, late brigadier-general, Ubpited States army; the act granting to railroad companiesin Indian Territory additional power to secure depat grounds and the act ranting a pension to Martha Brooks of Nebraska to become laws without his approval. e Equestrian Statue of Grant. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.—A favorable report was made to the Senate to-day on Quay’s bill appropriating $300,- 000 for an equestrian statue of General Grant in this eity. Much interest has been aroused in this matter and members of Congress are being urged by G. A. K. men and members of the Loyal Legion to ut this bill through at this dession of %engress. ANOTHER LINOOLN STORY. It Contains a Streak of the Great Man’s Humor, Mr. Lincoln was one of the rare talkers who could always point a moral with an adorning tale taken out of his own experi- ence. Everybody has experience if he only knows it. Mostof us are so much in the habit of taking in wisdom and fun through the printed page or the story, as another man tells it, that we lack the capacity to see it for ourselves. The story-teller is the man who finds his own material. An old Southern polisician was moralizing thus a few nights ago and eulogizingz the man the South used to dis- like. “When Lincoln first came to Washing- ton I went to see him, s> prejudiced against him beforehand that no man with less genius could have overcome it. Ileft that first interview his friend. No man ever came nnder the charm of Lin- coln’s personality without respecting him, and, if allowed, loving him. *‘One day, after we had become fairly 590d friends, I told him of my early preju- ice. ‘Mr. Lincoln,’ I said, ‘I had heard every mean thing on earth about you except one. I never heard that you were too fond of the pleasures of life.”” Mr. Lincoln sat for a moment stroking his long cheek thoughtfully, and then_he drawled out in his peculiar Western voice: ‘* ‘That reminds me of something that a bfdy said to me when I was about 10 years old. ‘“ ‘Once in a while my mother used fo get some sorgchum and some ginger and mix us up a batch of gingerbread. It wasn’t oftew, and it was our biggest treat. ‘“‘One day I smelled it and came into the house to get my share while it was hot. 1found she had baked me three ginger- bread men, and I took them out under a hickory tree to eat them. “iThere was a family near us that was a little poorer than we were, and their boy came along as I sat down. ‘¢ “Abe,” he said, edging close, “gimme a man.” ‘I gave him one. He crammed it into his mouth at two bites and looked at me while I bit the legs from my first one. ‘“*Abe’ he said, ‘‘gimme other 'un.” ¢ ‘I wanted it, but I gave it to him, and as it followed the first one I said: ‘“* “You seem to like gingerbread ?”’ “etAbe he said, earnestly, “I don’t s'pose there’s anybody on this earth likes gingerbread as well as I do,” and, drawing asigh that brought up crumbs, ‘I don’t s'pose there’s anybody gets less of it.”’ ' And the old politician said Mr. Lincoln looked as though the subject was ended.— Burlington Hawkey e RIVALRY IN EX-GOVERNORS. Louisiana and Nebrasks Have Entered the Lists With Their Claims. Several newspapers are pointing to the number of ex-Governors of their respec- tive States as evidence of health-giving climate. So far the New Orleans Daily Item has carried off the palm for Louisiana. The Item shows that of the six men who have held the gubernatorial office in Louisiana during the last twenty-eight years only one is dead. Wait until you hear from Nebraska, sa y the Omaha World-Herald. Of the nine men who have held the gubernatorial office during thelast twenty- eight years, only one is dead, and he was the first Governor of Nebraska as a State. We refer to David Butler. Every one of the other eight Governors is yet a citizen of Nebraska. All of which indicates that men not only live in Nebraska, but they enjoy life and keep on living in Nebraska. Nebraska’s second Governor 18 secretary of the State Fair Association, and is one ot | the busiest and most active men on earth to-day. Nebraska’s fourth Governor is in such | good health that he is being mentioned as | a possible United States Senator for the term beginning three years hence. Ne- | braska’s fifth Gover is mentioned as & can- | didate for Congress at the coming election and its sixth Governor is engagedactively in cnring\ for the political interests of | William McKinley in this State. ; J. Sterling Morton acted as Governor of Nebraska Territory for nearly three months in 1861—thirty-five years ago—and he is now the most talkative member of the Cleveland Cabinet. Nebraska’s war Governor, Alvin Saun- ders, is living to-day. He was Governor of the Territory from 1861 and was reap- pointed in 1865, the signing of his commis- eion being one of the Iast acts of President Lincoln’s life. Governor Saunders is now putting in hisleisure moments going about the country arousing interest in the pro- posed trans-Mississippi exposition, to be held in Omaha in 1893, Of the seventeen men who hsve repre- sented Nebraska in the lower House of Congress five are dead. Of the ten men who have represented Nebraska in the United States Senate two are dead. Pretty good climate in Nebraska. ——————— The native snake ‘‘charmers” of India have a cruel habit of sewing up snakes’ lips with invisible silk thread. Many of the victims starve to death. that Dr. Sanden has issued a neat pamphlet, in which he has re- produced the letters of fifty prominent citizens of San Fran- ! cisco and California who have been cured by his famous Elec- tric Belt during the past few weeks. Among the people who testify are men who will not permit their names to appear in this paper, but this pamphlet, | with letters in full, can be had | by any one who will apply for it at the office or by mail, free. 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