The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1896, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1896. ROUND VALLEY'S AVENGING MOB, Constable Crow Describes | the Lynching of “Jack” | Littlefield. ABANDONED TO HIS FATE Captors Fled in Terror When Bullets Whirred About Them. WCUNDED AND THEN HANGED.| The Accused Officer Unable to Rec.| ogniz> the Slayers of | the Vaquero. | WEAVERVILLE, Car.. April 28.—Deb- | uty Constable John Crow to-day described | in detail the lynching of “Jack” Little- | field in Round Valley on September 27, | 1895. It was a romantic tale. The man | who is accused of having assisted in hoist- | ing the daring uero into the air at the i end of a rope pictured in studied phrase the narrow escape himself had had from i the borderland vigilantes. He and Van | Horn, his superior officer, had been set | upon by a mob while returning with their ve. Bullets rained upon them. He ittletield reel and fall after having from his horse to escape the avenzers, Then Van Horn ordered a flight; they put spurs to their steeds and the cowhoy was left to his fate. Darkness was tettling down over the realm of *‘King” George White, according to Crow when *Jack” Littlefield died with his boots on. There were many men in the mob—denizens of Round Valley, where he had lived for years—but he could recog- nize none of them in the darkness. He had not even a faint suspicion that silhouetted in his mind’s eye the form of any of his neighbors as among those pres- ent when Littlefield wasshot. If Crow’s tale is true, Littlefield was wounded by a bullet and then hanged. It is the opinion of the Lone Ridersthat he was hanged and then riddled. At any rate the lynch- ing of the vaquero was not made as pleas- ant for the principal as it might have been, When the taking of testimony began this forenoon, the defense 1éd off with an attempt to impeach the evidence of Walter Clark, one of the strongest witnesses for the prosecution. Clark had sworn that he | heard the shots that killed Littlefield. Only three were tired. He was at the Red | Mountain House at the time. JamesJ, Carner, William Bonee, J. W. Grist, P. K. O’Farrel and A. C. Perry, farmers and stockraisers living in or near Covelo, testi- | fied that they were well acquainted with | Clark and his reputation for truth, hon- esty and integrity was bad. | In the cross-examination the prosecution endeavored to bring in the White feud, asking many questions tending to show that these witnesses were friendly to| “King" George E. White and were not on | friendly terms with Sylvester Palmer, who | 1s at the head of the anti-White faction. Portions of Potter's testimony, taken at the preliminary examination in December | last, were offered in evidence, and the jury | was instructed to take motice of the fact | that the sun set at 5:30 o’clock on Septem- | ber 27, 1895, the day “Jack” Littlefield was lynched. The courtroom was thronged at theafter- | noon session as it was rumored around | town during the noon recess that the de- | fendants were to go uvon the stand. The first witness called was John Crow. The constabie 1s a8 medium-sized man, with an intelligent face. He was questioned by Attorney Reid. Crow said that he went to Haydon’s house on the forenoon of Sept- ember 26. He was told John M. Vinton had been shot and went into the house | and offered his assistance to Vinton. The wounded man asked him to get Officer Bayles Van Horn as he wished to see him. On that same night Crow rode over to Van Horn’s place, a distance of thirteen miles, and acquainted Van Horn with Vinton’s request. He returued the next day with the con- stable to the Haydon place. They had din- ner there and left about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. While there Vinton told of the alleged meeting with Littlefield, and how Palmer’s vaquero had shot him without givine him a chance to defend his life. Van Horn deputized Crow as his assistant in arresting Littletield. The witness told of the arrest of Littlefield after a struggle, and their return on their way to Van Horn’s place. In the Red Mountain tim- ber, in the dusk of the evening, they were met by a mob. Before noticing the lynch- ers he saw Littlefield jump from his horse and partly raised his gun, believing Little- field was trying to escape. At that moment a shot was fired. Other shots followed. He saw one man stand- ing in front of a bush close to the trail, and six or seven men in the immediate vicinity, while others were discernible forther back. They poured in a volley of bulleis upon officers and captive. Van Horn ordered 2 retreat. Crow set spurs to his horse and rode on fast. Hesaw Littlefield clutch his breast after the first shot was fired, and partly turning his head as be rode by saw the vaquero stretched on his back on the ground, with his arms extended by his side. Crow testified that he had no intimation or knowledge of the persons who made up the mob or who were concerned an the lynching, and did not know who did the shooting. Before detailing the meeting of the mob the witness swore that Little- field, on setting his wateh, which had run down, fixed the time at 5 o’clock. Crow said his rifle was of a 40-caliber Winchester, and he always carried it with him in the mountains. Deputy Attorney-General Post began a cross-examination of the witness, which had not proceeded more thao five minutes when one of the jurymen was seen to be in a nearly fainting condition, caused by a sickness from which he had been suffer- ing for two days. A shorf, recess was ordered, and the juror not improvinga continuance was taken until Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. CORONADO HOTEL THIEVES. Guests Itobbed of 1hcir Valuables by a Quartet of Beltvoys. LO> ANGELES, Caxn., April 28,—The police to-night arrested one of a gang of | Government and sold. days ago on suspicion of having robbed the rooms of guests. Many articles of vaiue were missed by people at the famous caravansary, but when the suspects were searched nothing of an incriminating nature was found upon them, and they were dismissed. ' They ail left San Diego and after their departure positive -evidence of their guilt was discovered. The police here were no- tified to look out for them and Officers Reynolds this evening captured one of the quartette. Upon bis person was found a iamond pin worth $50, several rings and a diamond stud, which were stolen from guests. He admitted his guilt and said the rest of the gang left for San Francisco Monday. Sl DUTCH HARBOR -CHANDLERS LOSE. Judge Bellinger Decides That a Govern- ment Lien Against a Vessel Abro- gates All Others. PORTLAND, Or., April 28.—Judge Bel- linger, in the United States District Court, | handed down a decision to-day which is of | considerable importance to ship chandlers and suppliers and will cause them to be careful in advancing credit to vessels about which there is any taint of poaching or probability of seizure. During the voyage in which the schooner Louise Olsen was seized for illegal sealing the vessel put into the port of Dutch Har- bor and purchased from the North Ameri- can Company provisions and gear to the amount of $400, the bill being charged against the vessel, to be settled thereafter. Before returning to port the Olsen was seized by a revenue cutter, libeled by the The North Amer- ican Company brought suit in intervenor against the United States, claiming a_lien against the vesse! superior to that of the United States. The Government objected to the lien of the Norta American Com- pany, claiming that the Government's seiziire and the libeling of the vessel abro- gated all former liens that the schooner Incurred. E Judge Bellinger referred to the ruiing made 1n the case of the Havtian Republie, and while admitting that, in the reconsid- eration given the matter through _the Olson libel, he felt that his first decision might have been not entirely proper, still | he counld not tind sufficient grounds to warrant his changing the ruling in the Olsen case, and therefore woulid sustain the exceptions filed by the United States. OVERDLE ALASHAVESSELS Growing Anxiety for the Safety of the Lakme and the Utopia. Stranded Miners at Juneau in Desper- ate Straits—Seal Hunters Picked Up at S:a. SEATTLE, Wasn.,, April 28. — The steamships Al-Ki and Willapa arrived in port this morning, bringing the latest Alaska advices, but which contain not a word of news concerning any of the Cooks Inlet expeditions that sailed from the port of Seattle. The Utopia is three days overdue. Leaving Sitka on April 9, it was expected to land passengers and freight without the aid of lighters at the inlet, and to make the run directly back, reach- ing this port on April 25. Definite information concerning the Lakme and other vessels is expected to- morrow upon the arrival of the steamer Mexico. Its agents say the Lakme should have reached Sitka, for which port it cleared, by April 10 at the latest. It wasunder contract to deliver freight and passengers at or near Six-mile Ureek, 120 miles up Cooks Inlet. The Lakme, at the time of its departure on April o, expected to re- turn to this port by May 1 or earlier. All Yukon-bound miners are still en- camped at Sheep Camp waiting tor the snow to melt in order to cross the divide. Private lecters received by those at Juneau say there is already much suffering, as many miners are running short of provi- sions and that “if the weather does not change pretty soon we shall have to do something desperate.” T. C. Healey, manager of the Yukon Transportation Company, which had charge of the British-Yukon mail that was lost last winter, was a passenger down on the AI-Ki. He says the mail has not yet been found, but that it will probably be recovered with the opening of spring. Fifty-two men are under indictment and being tried before Judge Delaney in the Territorial Ccurt at Juneau for selling liguor without a license. The Al-Ki had as passengers August Peterson and an Indian seal hunter, who were lost at sea from the schooner City of 8an Diego, from Victoria, while off Mount St. Elias. They were separated from the vessel, being in a canoe, when a terrible storm overtook them. For six days they were tossed at the mercy of wind and wave, having nothing to ‘eat except raw salt meat. On the morning of the seventh day they were picked up, nearer dead than alive, by the steamer Lacy and taken to Juneau. —_— LOS ANGELES TRAGEDY, Crazed by Cigarette Smoking, Clark Anderson Attempts Suicide. A Message Sent to His Mother Is the Means of Saving His Life. LOS ANGELES, Car., April 28,—The deplorable effects of cigarette smoking were illustrated this forenoon by an at- tempt of Clark Anderson, a 19-year-old youth, who came within an ace of com- mitingsuicide at West Lake park. Young Anderson has been the pride and hope of his mother, now weighed down with sor- row over the sad plight of her son, who is apparently hopelessly demented and will probably be sent to an asylum. Before go- ing to the lake to end his life, he left the foilowing note, to be handed to his mother: Dear Mamma: I will now bid you good-by. I am on my way (o West Lake, ihere you will never see me again. Don’t worry, poor inamimna, for you know that I am crazy. Tell Mabel good-by for me, and you will find & note in my pocket for Mabel. Your son, CLARK. The messenger who delivered this note Qo Clark’s mother, Mrs. J. Stover of 51314 South Spring street, in response to frantic appeals reached the police station in time to send an officer after Anderson. The offi- cer found him in a clump ol bushes with a drawn razor, with which he was about to cut ‘his throat. The cfficer secured the weapon and returned with the would-be suicide, whom ne Flaced in the County Jail. Anderson will be examined by the lunacy commission to-morrow morning. (i i Avppointed to Annapolis. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 28.—Ap. pointments to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis have been made as follows: Robert Morris, Salt Lake City, Utab, at large, with Alexander Golb.tg‘ Salt Lake City, as alternate, and Ralpn M. Brooks, Garnett, Kans. ————— THE VFRY BEST THING to do with & Cold, or a Bad Cough, is to get Tidof it as soon as possible, and you have a safe remedy for the purpose in four bellboys who were discharged from the employ of the Coronado Hotel a few Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorznt, for over half a cen- tury a popular Lung Medicine, FATAL LANDSLIOE AT FORBESTOWN, Section of a Miners’ Bunk- House Hurled Into a River. ONE SLEEPER DROWNED Inmates Awaken to Find Their | Shelter Submerged in the Stream. ALL BUT ONE REACH SHORE. He Is Borne Down by the Current and His Body Cannot Be Founl. FORBESTOWN, CaL., April 28.—An in- significant landslide, in which not more than sixty cubic yards of earth was de- tached, caused the death of William Wolze during the rainstorm Sunday night, and five companions had narrow escapes with their lives. The body of the unfor- tunate man is at the bottom of the south fork of the Feather River, efforts to re- cover it having been unsuccessful. Wolze and his companions were asleep in the bunkhouse of the Carlisle quartz mine on the bank of the stream, abont fifty feet from the water. Without warn- ing a section of their sleeping apartments was swept into the river and the miners awoke to find themselves in the water. Five succeeded in getting out of the sub- merged building and reaching the shore, though two were injured. Wolze was never seen again. Whether he was car- ried down by the treacherous current while striving to reach the shore, or had been knocked senseless by something mov- able when the bunks shd into the water will never be known. The search for the man’s body was diligent, but it ended in failure. 2 Heavy rains had turned each ditch in this vicinity into a torrent, and one of these streams, entering the south fork near the bunkhouse, had eaten into the little elevation on which the building stood. But a small section of the struc- ture was carried down by the slide, else the loss of life would have been very great. As it was, not enough earth was cast into the stream to check the torrent for even a moment. William Wolze, the victim of the dis- aster, was 35 years of age and a native of Missouri. STANFORD NOT TO ENTER Will Send No Team to Compete in the Track Events at San Francisco. Individual Athletes Will Sport the Cardinal in Several of the Contests. STANFORD TUNIVERSITY, Car., April 28.—Stanford will enter no team in the Saturday track meet at San Francisco. Such was the decision arrived at by the management last evening. This was the original idea, but a number of athletes, who could spare the time, were anxious to have the whole team entered, and so for a time the matter was left undecided. Now it is settled. Track Manager Brown said: ““It would simply be impossible to enter all the men next Saturday. Several of them have given up ali the time they can afford to track athletics, We are willing to train hard down here for three months 1o get a team in shave to beat Berkeley, but we can’t spend extra time the whole semester keeping in condition for all coast track events, With us college work is the chief thing and athletics is subor- dinate to that. Our track season is practi- cally closed here with the end of the inter- collegiate contest, as the football season is closed witn the great annual game.” When asked what chance Stanford would have against Eastern college teams, Captain Toombs sai “Wearenot think- ing of an Eastern u-in. Our team is gcod enough to defeat Berkeley, but we don't believe ourselves superior to the big col- lege teams East, nor will we make a tour for some time to test our prowess, When Stanford does go East her team will be as good as the best; until then we stay at home.” The only men who will enter next Sat- urday from Stanford—and they will enter as individuals—are Dole '08, in the pole vault, Wilbur ’99, in the shot put, Fickert '98, in the hammer throw, and Toombs '96, 1n the sprints. The rest of the ath- letes, with the exception of Reynoids, have gone out of training. During the Rose Carnival at San Jose several Stan- ford men will probably enter the races. In the baseball contest Saturday, be- tween Berkeley and Stanford, the cardinal wearers anticipate another victory. The gameisto take place on the home diamona, and as Pitcher McLuaine has recovered from his recent illness he is expected to put up his oldtime game from start to finish. The entire team resumed practice yesterday afternoon and will continue training until the game comes off. el STANFORD POLITICS, Republican Club to Hold a Mock National Convention. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL., Apri 28.—The Republican club here is plan- ning to hold a mock National Convention on Thursday week. All the Presidential possibilities will be nominated with heroic speeches, and a Republican platform will be adopted anticipatory of the one to be drawn up at St. Louie. Both Democrats and Republica e planning a campaign here and rivalry will be warm before the election. Stanford is overwhelmingly Re- publican in its makeup and the majority will be greater than usual this year. —_——— REPUBLICAN DELEGATES. McKinley Favored by the Sacramento County Commilttee. SACRAMENTO, Carn., April 28.—The Republican Couuty Committee to-night appointed the following delegates to the State Couvention: William Land, Ira A. Robie, Stephen Uren, Wilbur F. George, A. J. Johnston, John M. Avery, C. T. Janui J.. B, Terry, F. R.' Dray, J. [erhi T e O - R Reid, Fred Adams, Frank D. Ryan, E. C. Hart, George Stack, William Jobnson, J. H. Burnham, T. C. Perkins, William E. Lovdal, J. C. Campbell, Thomas Jenkins and Dwight Hollister. The committee adopted a resolution asking the convention to instruct the del- gates to the National Convention to use all honorable means in their power to se- cure the nomination of William McKin- ley for President. e s T VALLEJO CONVENTION. Woman’s Christian Temperanee Union of Solano County in Session. VALLEJO, Car., April 28.—The Solano County convention of the Woman’s Chris- tian Temperance Union met here iast evening. Addresses of welcome were de- livered by Rev. Mr. Woodward, pastor of the M. E.Church, in behalf of the churches; Rev. T. F. Burnham representing the {ouuq people’s societies, of the church; Rev. W. L. Gaston in behalf of the Inde- pendent Order of Good Templars, and Professor Henckins in bebalf of public schools. Response was made by Mrs. Hillas of Eimira. This morning reports from local unions were read. A paper on social purity fol- lowed ahd the subject was vigorously dis- cussed. At the aiternoon session, after i ises, a paper was read by Alumbaugh_of Vacaville on the women of the Bible. Mrs. Williams, county evangelist, submitted her report, which showed general progress. A ques- tion box wss introduced, and the questions were well answered by Mrs. Dillas of El- mira, ———— VICTORIA 710 THE ORIENT. Three Steamships to Be Added to the Oregon Companu’s Line. VICTORIA, B. C., April 28. —Among passengers expected on the Empress of China, now due from the Orient, is F. Mitchell, manager for Samuel & Co., of Yokohama. He is en route to London, where he will immediately let a contract for the construction of three magnificent steamships to replace those now running for the Oregon Railway and Navigation line. The steamers will be thoroughly modern in appointments. They will be very large and will be de- signed somewhat after the Empress, except that they will not be provided with quite as great power or extensive passenger accomodations asthatvessel. The first of the new ships is to be ready for service in May and the others soon afterward. - FOUND WITH HUMAN BONES. A Relic of Jose Estrada From Santa Marguerita Ranch. SAN JOSE, Car, April 28.—Mrs. Mur- phy-Colombet of this city bas received a souvenir of her family, the Estradas, from the Santa Marguerita ranch. Itisan old silver spoon, on the back of which is en- graved: ‘“Jose Estrada, December 19, 1777 The relic was found by workmen en- gaged in digging under an old church on the ranch. The spoon was found in a box containing human bones, probably those of Jose Estrada. Mrs. Murphy-Cclombet will send the spoon to the Estrada family in Mexico. e SAN JOSE WITNESS MISSING. Murderer Wong Mow Gee’s Friends Working in His Behalf. SAN JOSE, Car., April 28.—Ah Joe, the principal witness against Wong Mow Gee, the Chinaman who shot and killed Yuck Nam and Gee Ah Lung at the Laurelwood farm on March 10, has mysteriously disap- peared. Joe was the only eye-witness to the shooting, and it is believed that the friends of Wong Mow Gee have persuaded him to leave the State. A warrant has been issued and eveiy effort will be made to locate the missing witness. S UPSET BOILING WATER. Seven-Year-Old Joseph Lewis Receives Frightful Scalds. SAN JOSE, CaL., April 28, — Joseph Lewis, the seven-year-old son of Manuel Lewis of Santa Clara, was horribly scalaed last evening. The child had crawled on to a shelf to get a drink of water, and in doing so upset a pan of boiling water over himeelt. The boy was frightfully burned about the chest and stomach, in several laces the skin being burned from the gody. The 1njuries may prove fatal. AT AN UNLAWFUL SPEED, A Market-Street Cable Company Is Charged With Vio'ating the Code. Evidence to Show That the Mission Cars Exceed Sixteen Miles an Hour. The suit for $50,000 damages filed last Monday by Louis D. and Margarette Fri- chette, the parents of James A. Frichette, who died from injuries received while at- tempting to board a Mission car on the evening of September 24, 1894, excites con- siderable interest by reason of the peculiar wording of the complaint. The point is made that cars are run ata speed greatly in ‘excass of that fixed by the statutes, and that athletic young men are expected to give evidence of their agility by jumping on or off, as occasion might demand. In this particular case the complainants set forth the fact that ““James A. Fricheite was 21 years of age and an athlete, ana was accustomed to eomply with the invi- tation and such requirements ot the corpo- ration to get on and off the defendant’s cars while in mction and in perfect safety, and could have done so in perfect satety in the present instance if the corporation had complied with the law and had not ex- ceeded the customary and lawful rate of speed in running its cars.” In addition to this the complaint says: On September 25, 1894, the defendant was a street-railyway corporation running a line of cars propelléd by electric power on Mission street, from Twenty-ninth sireet to_ the ferry, and was limited by fon 501 of the Civil Code of California 10 a speed of not exceeding eight miles an hour, The rules and time table of the defendant required its conductors and motormen having charge of the running of its cars to make the run between Twenty-ninth street and the ferry, a distance of four and a half miles, in thirty-fiye minu and in order to accomplish that distance in’ that time it was the custom of the defendant to invite and require young and athletic male passengers 1o g¢ion and off 1ts cers while in motion. The new point of law made_ by the com- plainants is certainly novel if nothing more. Patrous of electric lines know that it is the custom of motormen to rattle aown to a crossing ata lively rate. If a woman or an old man is to get on or off, the car stops; otherwise the speed is only slightly diminished, The distance from the ferries to Twenty- ninth and Mission streets is a fraction over four and a half miles. Yesterday a CALL representative made the round trip, starting from the ferries. Including the wait for the incoming car the time con- sumed was exactly seventy-two minutes, On the outward™ journey eleven ‘‘dead” | stops were made, and in addition to this there was a slight letting up in the speed 4as the car approached the various cross- ings. On tbe return trip thirteen stops were made. In order to have accomplished the round-trip in the time named, to- gether with the twenty-four stops and “slow downs,’ the actual speed could not have been short of sixteen miles an hour, At various crossings passengers got on and off the car while it was uufi in motion. James H. Frichette, on account of whose death the suit is brought, wasa popular young man in the Mission, and a promi- nent member of the Native Sons of the Golden West. On the evening of Septem- ber 24, 1804, he was returning home, and attempted to board the car while it was in motion. He missed his footing, and was thrown under the car, sustaining injuries which resulted in his death on October 3, SANTA ROSA IN CARNIVAL GARB. Queen Laura’s Capital a City of Red, Green and Yellow. CLOTHED FOR THE FETE Business Houses Hidden Under Masses of Flowers and Buating, ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ALL Guests Will Not Waat for Their Daily Bread or a P'ace to Lay Their Heads. SANTA ROSA, CArn, April 28.—Santa Rosa began to put on her carnival dress to-day, the warm, pleasant weather inject- ing the carnival spirit into even the silurian and the calamity howler. Early this morning the framework of a half dozen huge arches spanned ths principal streets, and as if by magic putona garb of green, which will serve for a back- ground for the gay flowers and bright bunting that are to follow. During the forenoon a crew of men was busy on the dome of the Courthouse, which is now resplendent in - red, green and yellow, while the statue of Minerva from her dizzy height of 200 feet waves Old Glory in her right hand, and, like the rest of her sex in Santa Rosa, is happy in the pos- session of a new dress of bright colors. The Santa Rosa Bank was the first busi- ness house to decorate this year, a huge fan of the prevailing colors ornamenting the front entrance, with the rest of the building garbed to match. The Grand Hotel will be covered with moss and ferns, with flowers and carnival bunting inter- mingled, and it already presents a holiday front. One of the handsomest and most unique features of the decorations will be that of the merchants doing business in the Hahman block. They will erect an arbor eighty feet long and twenty feet wide over the sidewalk in front of their shops and stores, which will becovered with redwood boughs, mosses and ferns. The inside will be a mass of red and white roses, lighted by dozens of incandescent lights. A force of thirty decorators, under the direction of Dr. E. G. Griffith, has been at work on the Athensum for two days, pre- paring the big theater for the coronation exercises. The interior of the building will be beautiful beyond the powers of de- seription, as myriads of the choicest flow- ers from the fairest gardens have been do- nated for use in its decoration. The local militia company is making great preparations for entertaining the visiting military companies that will take part in the parade. The directors of the carnival have made a liberal appropria- tion toward paying the expense of a spread for the boys in blue to make war upon. Company E of Santa Rosa can be relied upon to handsomely entertain its guests. Profiting largely by the experience of the past two years, the directors have this year made commendable preparations for the reception of strangers. Tiers of seats are being constructed on Fourth street, just above the theater, which will be re- served for visitors only. Allof the avail- able rooms in town have been listed by the committee, and good quarters at reasonable rates can be secured by address- ing Chairman T. A. Proctor of the rooms committee. Eating-houses will be located in every availabie building, and those con- templating a visit to the rose carnival can ‘be agsured of a reserved seat from which the magnificent parade can be witnessed, a “square’”’ meal at a reasonable price when hungry, and, when fatigued by the continual round of pleasure of the day and night, a comfortable bed to sleep in. e SAN JOSE DECORATIONS. Zons of Flowers and Evergreens Used on the Electric Tower. SAN JOSE, CAL., April 28.—The work of decorating the electric tower for the Carnival of Roses began this morning. Over 1500 yards of vari-colored bunting and tons and tons of evergreens will be used and when completed it will present a grand and magnificent view. The im- mense structure, over 200 feet in height, will be entirely covered by everzreens and bunting. The ironwork will be entwined with foliage, with carnival flags every few feet. From the first crossbars of the tower streamers of red, white and blue bunting will be festooned to the top landing. The cap over the lights will be covered by evergreens and a large carnival flag will float from the pole surmounting the tower. In the center of the structure, about twenty-five feet from the ground, an immense ‘*‘horn.of plenty” will be sus- pended. Work on the arches is being rushed. The Arch of the Carnival, on the alameda, near the narrow-gauge depot, is being cov- ered with moss and evergreens and is NEW TO-DAY. Nearer Perfact than ever. Would you know all the delight of silent gliding bicy- cle motion ? Then secure one of the famous $100 I atike. ilartford Bicycles, handsor d reliable, 880, $00, 860, Beautiful Cataiogue free if 3o call. Standard of the World, nearly completed. The framework of the arch at the corner of Third and Santa Clara streets is up. The other two arches will be finishied by Saturday. The work on the floats is progressing rapidly. Over sixty are in course oi con- struction, and these in themselves will make a procession nearly a mile long. Sy QUEEN LILLIAN’S COURT. Maids of Honor Named by the San Jose Carnival Ruler. GILROY, CaAwn., April 28, ss Lillian Rea, Queen of the Santa Clara County Carnival of Roses at San Jose, has chosen Miss Irene Hankensen, Miss ie White- hurst and Mrs. H. L. Partridge as her maids of honor. Miss Hankenson is a beautiful brunette, tive voung ladies in the valley. Miss Whitehurst is the daughter of Senator ‘Whitehurst, and an accomplished, viva cious young lady, popular in social ci Mrs. H. L." Partridge 1s a s Rea and a very siriking handsome figure and face. San Jose. PURE WATER FOR WOODLAND, Professor Hilgard Says the City’s Sup- ply Is Not Contaminated. WOODLAND, CAr., April 28.—Not long ago there was more or less talk about the quality of the Woodland water. There were sensational rumors afloat, to the ef- fect that there were holes in the pipes and that in consequence surface water was be- ing distributed. With a view of ascertain- ing the facts, Superintendent Masters for- warded a sample to Professor E. W. Hil- gard of Bcrke?ey University for analysis and in reply received a report of the analysis. Commenting on the result, the professor said : “The water contains a large amount of mineral matter. This is not of such a char- acter as to affect at all its value for domes- ticase. Itis remarkably free from all or- ganic contamination. As for the saline ingredients, they are not such as to be likely to interfere with any one’s digestion ; they are peculiar to the formation from which the water is derived and nowise point t0 any contamination.” MURPHYS GOLD STRIKE, Rich Returns From the Recent Find on the Ponte Ranch. bl She resides in Years Ago a Copper Company Had Refused to Work the Claim. MURPHYS, CaL.,, April 28.—The ex- ‘citement caused by the rich gold strike at Ponte’s ranch a few days 2go has not abated. A man who wason the ground yesterday says he saw more gold than he ever saw before in its virgin state. He was shown several tomato cans full of glitter- ingspecimens. Years ago a copper claim was worked in making excayations at that time alarge bowlder containing much free gold was found. The coppsr company was notified, but returned the peculiar reply that it was not hunting for gold, but intended to pay careful attention to its copper possessions. The lode now attracting attention runs from east to west. It is about six feet in width and is en a straight line with the old Gambling mine, which _years ago yielded a succession of pockets netting its owner over $30,000. The Gambling mine is at present being worked by William Har- per of Murphy’s Grade, who on Monday last came to a chute in_his tunnel that promises to open another large pocket. 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