The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 23, 1896, Page 5

THE S FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1896 STANFORD BRAVES | HOLD & POWWOW. Sophomere and Freshman Tribes Inter the Hatchet. SAGAMORES IN A DANCE Smoke From the Pipe of Peace Has a Bad Effect on Some of the Warriors. GRADUATES ARE BANQUETED. Dr. Jordan and the Facu'ty Entertain the Members of the Retiring Class. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL.,, May 22.—Instruction for the present college year at Stanford University ended at 12:30 o’clock this afternoon, and a large number of under-graduates are now on their way home, though a still greater number have remained to attend the commencement- week ceremonies, which will be more claborate this year than ever before. The graduating class was given a recep- tion this afternoon in the Roble parlors by David Starr Jordan and faculty mem- bers, assisted by the young ladies of the '98 class. The parlors were prettily deco- rated with drapings of class colors, flowers and evergreens. The affair was informal and the time was expended not in speech- making but in social conversation. Light refreshments were served. Mainly all the graduates and a majority of the professors and their wives were present. The affair lasted two hours or more and was greatly enjoyed. The great Freshman-Sophomore peace- making was celebrated on the quadrangle this evening. The sophomores and freshmen, clad in blankets and feathers and with painted faces, met at the quadrangle and marched to the lake to the chant of Indian music and the warw hoops of the braves. Here the dusky red men gathered around a huge bonfire and executed war dancing to the amusement of the numerous spectators. Several of the big chiefs, drawing their blankets closely about them for protection from the rather inclement elements, made amusing speeches in which grunts were mingled with alarming frequency in the true Fennimore Cooper style. The pipe of peace was smoked with startling results on some ot the freshmen braves who have not acquired “‘the habit,” but they will undoubtedly recover. A glittering hatchet was buried to signify that peace reigned between the tribes, and the pow-wow was at an end. Following was the programme : Presentation of ’98 war club to ’99 by Cnief Lover-of-the-Palefaced-Squaw Cot- ton. Acceptance, by Young-Man - Afraid-of- His-Room-mate Russ. Proposal to bury the tomahawk, by Man- ‘With-a-Crook-in-His-Nose Switzer. Acceptance, by Tomato - Can - Lawyer Elias. Proposal to smoke pipe of peace by Four- Eyed-Brave-Sure-in-the-Foot Irwin. Acceptance by Heap-Lose-' Im-Wampum Bradley. Gaurdians of the pouch—Heap-Laugh- All-Time Wilbur, Esquimaux Charley Fickert, Clouds-in-South Meyer, The Choral Society gave its concert last evening to a crowded house. ASHORE IN COOKS INLET. The Alaska Steamship Utopia High and Dry Upon a Northern Beach. VICTORIA, B. C., May 22.—The steamer Danube, which arrived from Alaska to- day, reports that the steamer Bertha, for which considerable anxiety was felt, has reached Sitka, The Bertha reported the steamer Utovia of Puget Sound ashore in Cooks Inlet, where, when tide was low, it lay high and dry out of water. What injury the steamer had sustained through the mishap is not known, but the vessel will have considerable difficulty in gelliug afloat. The Utopia was built at eattle in 1893, and previous to the present trip was engaged on the Seattle and Van- couver route. —— COLONEL McNASSER DEAD. Passing of One of the Oldest Residents of the Capital. SACRAMENTO, CaL., May 22.—Word was recelved here this morning of the death of Colonel James McNasser at Salt Lake City last night. Colonel McNasser was an old and highly respected resident of Sacramento. He came to Sacramento in 1861, and had resided here up to several weeks ago, when he went to Salt Lake City for his health. His death was due to an accident which occurred near here last summer, when a spirited horse overturned his carriage and he was injured internally. James McNasser was one of the largest landholders in Sacramento County, hav- ing thousands of acres of land just below and adjacent to the city, much of which is overflowed but in the process of reclama- tion. He built and conducted for along time the Golden Eagle Hotel, and under his management it gained its reoutation. He was of the most inflexible character and atrue friend to all hisacquaintances. Two years ago he sustained a losa in the death of his wife which greatly affected him, and his health had failed since then. His body will be brought to this city and giv- en burial beside that of his wife. B PASADENA ACCIDENT. An Electric-Car Collides With a Phaeton Occupied by Women. . PASADENA, CaL., May 22.—Mrs. W. F. Parker and Miss Tileston were seriously injured by the collision of an electric-car with their phaeton about noon to-day. Their Lorse was so badly injured that it was shot. ' The ladies were driving along Fair Oaks avenue when a car on the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway approached. The horse Aumped and shied in front of the car, and was knocked down and run over. The phaeton was overturned and its occupants thrown violently to the ground. Miss Tileston sustained severe contusions about the head and internal in- juries, while Mrs. Parker was baaly bruised. et L Death of a Seattle Sporting Man. SEATTLE, WasH., May 22.—James W. Smith, a sporting man and vaudeville showman well known over the Pacific had been a resident of this city for a quar- ter of a century, and but few men were better liked or had a more extensive ac- q};luintagloe among the sporting fraternity tl lnlnd“.hmmy" Smith, as ne was familiarly called. = EIORES LUCKY SANTA CRUZANS. Members of the Liebbrandt Family Heirs to Vast Estates. SANTA CRUZ, Can. May 22.—Wbhen Mrs. Christina Custer Liebbrandt died in | this city in 1878 1t was known that she left to her children an heirship which would one day prove valuable to them, but until last March no effort was made to trace back the family history with a view of seeking their share in the fortune to which they are entitled. Mrs. Jacob Liebbrandt undertook the task and has established the fact that their mother’s grandfather was George Cnster, whose wife was aunt to George Washington, the first President of the United States, and she has established further that the present Liebbrandt fam- ily is entitled to an_interest in lands in Virginia, Maryland, Texas and what was known as the Hope farm in the heart of the city of Philadelphia. But there are about 4000 descendents of the Custers, and 254 of them have proved their heirship. Those in this city are Jacob Liebbrandt, City Councilman, his brothers, John, one of the owners of the Neptune Baths, and David, now in Monterey, and Mrs. Mary Hertell of Van Wirt, Oni e e THE WARRIMOO AT VICTORIA. AUl Records Brokem in the Run From the Antipodes. VICTORIA, B. C., May 22.—The fastest voyage on record between Sydney, N. 8.W., and Victoria was ended at7 o'clock this evening, when the Warrimoo, Captain Hepworth, tied up at the outer wharf after a particularly fine trip, lasting just twenty- one days and four bhours, including stop- pages of ten and seven hours respectively at Samoa and Honolulu. | A large party of Mormons who are re- | turning from & two vears' missionary tour | through New Zealand and Tasmania arrived on the steamer, having sold their possessions in the south to go to Utah to settle. They claim to be 6000 strong in New Zealand alone, but it it said half their | number are now contemplating a8 pilgrim- | age to the promised land of Utah, and | negotiations for their transfer are pending. (OLUNBA RVER Wi Fishermen Claim the Shooting of Pearcy Was in Self Defense. | He Had Fired Upon Union Men and | They Returned Bullet for | VALLEJD BARS THE DRUMMER, Traveling Solicitors Will Be Made to Pay a License. PROTEST OF MERCHANTS Claim Their Trade Is Ruined by the Suave Knights of the Grip. TRUSTEES IMPOSE A TAX Solicitors Must Display Their Creden- tials Before Attempting to Take Orders. 29, VALLEJO, CaL, May 22.—The City Board of Trustees passed an ordinance that went into effect to-day, requiring a license of $50 per quarter for all traveling salesmen, whether they sell by eample or otherwise. This is intended to keep drummers of all classes from coming to Vallejo, no matter what business they solicit for. What between the cheap rates to San Francisco and men and women coming to town to sell their goods by sample, the merchants felt justified in urging upon the board to pass an ordinance to exclude traveling salesmen. The District Attor- ney was called upon to draft an ordinance conveying the requirements. The ordi- nance was passed at a full meeting of the board Wednesday evening, published Thursday, and is 1n effect to-day. Itisas follows: Every person, other than those conducting ~egular vlaces of business, selling different articles of apparel, dry goods, fancy goods, notions, jewelry, cutlery, groceries, harness, pisnos, organs, machinery of all kind, vehicles, hardware, tinware, mill products, or merchandise of any class or character, 10 persons not regularly engaged in carrying on such lines of business, whether by sample or | Bullet. v % I T | ASTORIA, Or., May 22.—The fisher- | men’s war on the Columbia River is still | on, but hopes are entertained thata com- | promise will be effected in the course of a | few days. Cannerymen and fishermen are l yet firm in their respective positions, both | declaring their unwillingness to yield. | That part of the agreement between the | cannerymen binding all members of the | combine to receive no fish at more than 4 | cents per pound would have been broken | weeks ago were it not that all fear the pos- | sibility of a cut in established prices by | those naving stock on hand. | The penalty fixed by the combination | for breaking the former clause is com- | paratively small and would not be consid- | ered if the provisions of the more im-| portant clause were strictly observed; but | all the packers realize that a further cut | in prices would hopelessly demoralize the | market and make it impossible to pack at | a profit even if raw material were fur- nished at 4 cents per pound. The improved tone in the market will undoubtedly operate to bring about a settlement of all differences between can- nerymen and fishermen by the payment of the price demanded by the latter. Officers of the Fishermen’s Union deny all knowledge of the murder of Searcy, | the non-union fisherman who was shot last night at Wallaces Island, a few miles | above this city, and assert that the crime was not committed by any of their mem- | bers. Theassertion finds corroboration in the following private dispatch from Cath- | lamet, received by THE CALL’s Astoria | correspondent this evening: } On Thursday evening & union boat was peaceably sailing past Wallaces Island, about 100 fathoms distance irom the boat in which were Searcy and his boat-puller, when without warning the latter two raised their rifles and | fired four shots at the occupants of the union | boat. The union men then opened fire in self- | defense, one of their shots entering Searcy’s | head, killing him instantly, another slightly woundiog the boat-puller. MSearcy phad heretofore made threats as to what he would do with the union fishermen. The general verdict here is that the shooting | wes done in self-defense and was justifiable, | the man killed being entirely responsible fof | the tragedy. EATEC I SAN JOSE DIVORCE SUIT. | Hester A. Robbins Accuses Hor Husband of Cruelty.’ BAN JOSE, CaL., May 22.—Court Com- missioner Montgomery has filed the testi- mony taken in the suit of Hester A. Rob- bins for a divorce from Thomas P. Rob- bins, on the grounds of cruelty and deser- tion. The principals were married in | Lake County in 1869, and have seven chil- dren, ranging in age from 4 to 23 years. The wife’s story was one of continued cruelty for the past ten years. Robbins drank excessively and beat her on an average of about twice a week. A couple | of years ago he left her, and has since failed to contribute to her support. Last January he swore to acomplaint in the | Justice Oourt charging her with being in- | timate with a young man. Mrs. Robbins wants the custody of the youngest child. ——— San Miguel Island Resurveyed. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., May 22.—The coast survey steamer Gedney returned at midnight last night from San Miguel Isi- and, where she has been busy making a resurvey of the changes in Cuylers harbor caused by the upheaval of a year ago. The Gedney verified the changein the coast line along the west curve of the harbor, to- gether with the shouling of the water at this point and the reefs which arose, and has charted these changes upon the offi- cial map of the island. S G Charles M. Schiele Dead. BAN JOSE, CAvL., May 22.—Charles M. Schiele, a well-known resident of this city, died at his ranch, near Los Gatos, last night. Mr. Schiele was a native of Bern- burg, Germany, and was 46 years of age. He came to this city sixteen years ago and engaged in the hotel business, and subse- quently went into the real estate business. At one time he represented the First Ward in the City Council. Pullman Cracksmen Captured. SPOKANE, Wasn., May 22.—Marshal ‘Ward to-day arrested John Callaban and George Davis, Alaskan miners, at Rosalia for the robbery of the Pullman postoffice safe, which was blown open on Wednes- day and robbed of $20 in small change. The prisoners’ pockets were full of nickels rnd wukslewn keys, and one carried a dark- antern. Hemortal Services at Calistoga. CALISTOGA, CaL., May 22.—On Sun- day next Grand Army Post No. 41 will hold memorial services in the Casholic church here. Elaborate preparations are being_made for the event, and it is ex- pected that there will be a large number oi veterans in attendance. The church Coast, died from pneumonia to-day. He will be appropriately decorated with flags and bunting. | there was a large splinter. otherwise, must pay a license tax of $50 per | quarter year. Every person shall be deemed not to have obtained such license as he may by this ordin- ance be required to obtain, unless upon de- mand of the City Marshal, or other proper per- son, he produce the same for inspection. T. U. CHICO, CaL., May 22.—Following is the list of officers elected by the Butte County W.C.T. U. during the convention heid n this city: County president, Mrs. D. W. Gray, Oroville; vice-president at | 1arge, Mrs. A. K. Bidwell, Chico; county recording secretary, Mrs. Aiice Mecum, Chico; county corresponding secretary, Mrs. Lilian Birmingham Gray, Oroville; county treasurer, Mrs. N. Earll, Chico; auditor, Mrs. B. M. Royce, Chico. County superintendents of departments—Evangel- istie, Mrs. A. K. Bidwell, Chico; no license campaign, Mrs. L. F. B. Gray, Oro- ville; franchise, Mrs. . W. Gray, Oro- ville; juvenile and Demorest medal, Mrs. Robinson, Palermo; viticulture and un- fermented wine, Mrs. 8. M. M. Woodman, Chico; social purity, Mrs. Horton, Hon- cut; Union Signal and Ensign, Mrs. Eben Boalt, Palermo; song, Mrs. Fimple, Chico; hygiene and heredity, Mrs. C. A. Fisher, Gnflley; press, Mrs. Ro; Ch ci tific temperance instr | Allen, Cnico; kindergarten and mothers’ meetings, Mrs. Umpleby, Palermo; narcot- ics. Mrs. L. A. B. Curtis, Pentz; work for minors, Mrs. E. M. Dufour, Nimshew; law enforcement, Mrs. Francis Lunt, Yankee Hill; Sabbath observance, Mrs. Potter, Pentz. e NEVADA BOY BRUTALLY BEATEN. Clubbed Into Comvulsions With a Picce of Shovel- Handle. NEVADA, Can., May 22.—Eddie Rice, aged 11, could hardly reach school this morning, and when he did get there he fell on the floor and writhed as though about to have spasms. His arms and legs were terribly bruised and swollen to nearly twice their natural size, while in his head The boy said he had been beaten by the man with whom he lived because he did not work to suit him. The spiinter was from a stick with which he says he wasstruck over the head. The child was taken in an express wagon to a doctor’s office, and subsequently taken to the County Hospital. It is claimed that the boy was beaten with a piece of shovel-handle by a younger brother, but this story is discredited. The officers will investigate the case. e ey VALLEY ROAD RIGHIS OF WAY. What C. 8. Young Says About Exorbitant Prices. FRESNO, CaL., May 21.—C. 8. Young, who is here in behalf of rights of way for the Valley road, stated to-day in an inter- view tbat unless land-owners south of Fresno were more liberal in grantingrights of way than those north of this city had been the Valley road would build no further south than Fresno at present. He said the directors were growing tired of being held up for exorbitant prices for rights of way, and hereafter rights of way must be donated by each county through which the road passes, or at least there must be greater liberality shown than heretofore, Lot DEPORTED FROM SEATTLE. A Judicial Decision Which Will Separate Mother and Child. SEATTLE, WasH., May 22.—Federal Judge Hanford has rendered a decision ordering the deportation of the wife of Gee Lee, a big Chinese merchant. The woman has a babe in arms and the case will result in the separation of mother and child in the event that the latter’s rights are de- manded. The decision is regarded as far- reaching, as it is the first case of the kina, and in the event that it holds good several men who left here in a boat on Tuesday morning for Capitola and were believed to have been drowned, returned yesterday. They wentin a sailboatand were becalmed and laia by at Moss Landing. S NAPA COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT, List of Graduates Upon Whom Degrees Arve Conferred, NAPA, Can, May 22.—Napa College commencement was held yesterday. The following students graduated and received degrees: Chauncey J. Hawkins, Suisun, bachelor of arts; Lulu M. Coleman, Dixon, bachelor of letters; Albert S. Hiatt, Pleas- ant Valley, bachelor of arts; Mary M. King, Napa, bachelor of letters; Clement E. Jordan, Napa, bachelor of philosopy: Alice M. Jordan, Napa, bachelor of science; Mary ¥. Boges, bachelor of paint- ing. "I!‘he degree of master of arts was con- ferred upon the following former students who had done the required post-gradunate work: William B. Turner, Sprague, Wash.: Everett M. Hill, S8an Francisco; Irvin C. Hatch, Napa; Frank T. Tuck, Fort Smith, Ark.; . Scanton, New York. 5 Rev. Dr. Alfred Kummer of Oakland made the address to the class beforea very large audience. Notwithstanding that this is the last commencement and the college now closes for good, there had been good feeling manifest all the week, and last night the class of '98 gave an elaborate reception at the college. P Woodland’s New Gas Plant. WOODLAND, Cav., May 22.—Contracts were let last night for a new gas plant to be erected for the Consolidated Electric Light, Gas and Power Company of this city. The Van Syckle system has been adopted and the new plant will be one of the best equipped in the State. Tt will be erected on the site of the present gas works and when completed will be a valu- able addition to Woodland’s lighting fa- cilities, Work will be commenced at once. e Fresno’s Rock Pile Abolished. FRESNO, CAn, May 22.—The Super- visors discontinued the rock pile to-aay. The rock piie was instituted about a year ago, ana petty offenders were compelied to break rock and earn their meals. But the rock pile seemed to have no terrors for tramps, as they have been as thick as ever in Fresno. 2 sl 72 City of Puebla Breaks the Record. VICTORIA, B. C., May 22.—The Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s steamer City of Puebla again reduced by a full hour the steaming record between British Columbia and California, arriving here at 11 o’clock yesterday morning, just 483{ hours from San Francisco. 70 GO AROUND THE WORLD. Big Wager Put Upon the Journey by a Bright Lad. ANDERSON, Ixp.,, May 22.—Five thou- sand dollars was posted yesterday by A. H. Melton of the Scofield Bolt Company of this city and H. J. Bleum of Cleveland, Ohio, and June 6 Raymond Wood, aged 17, will start on a tour around the world. Melton put up $5000 that Wood would go around the world in two years and send home $5000. Wood is to get $2500 if he does it. Wood is buta lad, yet he is a genius. He is at present in the employ of the Scofield Bolt Company. He already has his globe- trotting scheme outlined. ~He w as raised in Bowling Green, Ky. He will start with- out money and will make the trip via St. Louis, San Francisco, Honolulu, Yoko- hama, Suez and New York. He will de- pend on making hismoney in the English- speaking nations. i guCes BEFORE TWO JURIES. hundred Chinese women in this State wiil be returned to the land of their birth. ecsg Sad suicide at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wasu., May 22.—Mrs. Hattie Ring, 30 years old, wife of Melvin Ring, a mail-carrier of this city, while suffering rom mental derangement consequent upon serious surgical operations, hanged herself in the family home yesterday. Her body when found was suspended by a towel and kitchen apron from the top- most hinge of a door. —_——— Rage Caused His Death. SPOKANE, CAL., May 22.—John Brown of San Francisco, a prominent reservation mining man, in a fit of anger threw his rifle at his horse this morning. A car- tridge in the wenfion exploded, the bullet passing through Brown’s heart. —_——— Missing ¥oung Men, Return. SANTA CRUZ, CAL., May 22.—Newton E.Julian and Royal March, the young fex: An Unprecedented Case on Trial in a Nebraska Court. OMAHA, NeBr., May 22.—Stanley Ciay- comb was arrested several weeks ago, charged with robbing the graves of Hannab Larsen and Jacob Helin and dis- posing of their bodies to the Drake Med:- cal College in Des Moines. Two distinct charges were filed making separate cases. The court decided to-day tkat as the testi- mony must necessarily be the same two juries should be empaneled. Two juries bave been sworn and an unprecedented case of two juries and two cases going on at the same time before one Judge is the result. The courtroom is crowded and great interest is centered in the result. AN AMICABLE ADJUSTMENT, Concessions Made to the Southern Pacific in Freight Rates. DENVER, Coro., May 22.—The basis for an amicable adjustment of the Utah freight rate trouble was determined upon to-day by the trans-Missouri freight rate committee in session here.. The basis is in favor of the Southern Pacific, and reo- resentatives of that road, after agreeing to remove all cut rates now in force, de- parted for California to-night. Heretofore the Southern Pacific rates from Pacific Coast points to Utah common points have been 85 per cent of the Missouri River rate to Utah. Matters relating to commodity rates into Utah will come up to-morrow. —_—— Honored by the Mikado. WICHITA, Kax., May 22.—James ‘Wheeler Davidson, a young war corre- spondent, whose father, C. H. Davidson, is a banker of this city, has been com- manded to appear at the Scourt of the Mikado to be entertained. Davidson rer- dered distinguished service to the Japanese army duriug the recent Chinese war, and the Emperor has already decorated him with the insigma of the Order of the Rising Sun. —_——— Strife on Crete Island. LONDON, Exg., May 22.—The Daily News publiskes a dispatch trom Vienna saying that the situation in the island of Crete, growing out of the long hostility between the Turkish soldiers and the rulers of the island and the Christian pop- ulation, is daily becoming more threaten- ing. It is feared that & revolution may break out any moment. Bodies From the Huins. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 22.—All night long workmen toiled in the ruins of the Brown building searching for bodies. At 1 o’clock this morning the body of a Polish laborer was found. and at 10:40 the body of Contractor Straube was reaclied. The list of dead now numbers four, and this is be- lieved to be the total of the fatalities. e Labor Riots in Bohemia. PRAGUE, Bonexia, May 22.—Riotous labor assemblies have been frequent at Richenburg, Bohemia, since Mayday. Last evening a crowd of 1000 persons gathered outside of Wolf’s factory anda refused to disperse. Finding the growd determined to remain the police fired, killing two and seriously wounding five. S Cholera Rages in Egypt. CATRO, Ecyer, May 22.—There were no new cases of cholera reported here yester- day, but the deaths among those pre- viously attacked numbered forty. In Al- ndria yesterday seventeen deaths from olera occurred. No fresh cases were discovered. S e The Cargo Shifted. LONDON, Exc., May 22.—The Brtish ship Pass of Balmoba, Captain Tovar, which sailed from Tacoma February 6 for Queenstowu, has put into Stanley, Falk- land Islands. Her cargo having ‘shitted, part of it was jettisoned. She also reports the loss of some of her sails, N Made an Assignment. NEW YORK, N.Y., May 22.—After an extended carear as operatic and dramatic managers, Messrs. Abbey, Schoeffel & S A NS P SO R e R SN P AN iz X Grau find themselves in financial difficul- ties and have made an assignment for the benetit of their creditors. z 1. March—* ” . . Marquardt s‘, 2 — s ot oA e Thomas 3 3. Waltz—“Blue Dawsbe” . . . Strauss Z 4 Prelude, Sictiano and Intgrmezz0 from A valleria Rusticana” . Mascagni ~ 3 S “htheMill” . . . . . Gla BUSINESS ¢ / 6. “Recollection of Tannhauser” ‘Wagner A 0 7. Overture—“William Tell” . . Rossini N 8 “Toreadore et Andafouse” . . Rubinstein 9. Waltz—“Jolly Feliows” . . Vollstedt 90. Polla—“Pizzicate” . . . . Strauss §1. Finale—“La vie pour la Czar” . Slinka 12. Galop—*“Storm end Lightning” Zikoff Grand display™ of all good kinds of e Concerts afternoon and evening by The E Orchestra, under the directisn of Mr. Marquardt, assisted by the renowned harp Mme. Alexandra-Brietschuch Marquagdt. THE CONCERT PROGRAM NEW TO-DAY. The most beautiful store on earth opens ifs doors to the public to-day for inspection and criticism, When the four great engines in ™ the Machinery Hall are started this evening, 10,000 electric lights will turn night into , and with the fifteen acres of floor space Its vast stocks ant\unrivaled facilities for conducting thernselves to all visitors. ’ economically, co Evening, 7:30 to 11 million and a SN SAN FRA«MC!ISS@O. OPENS\FCR MONDAY \= MAY 25, 1896 7 sy % = o f =% OF INTEREST TO THE COAST.| gf%k (special, May 15); Henry Schreider, Congressman Johnson Sues a Washington Hotel-Keeper to Recover Stolen Valuables. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22.—Grove L. Johnson, Congressman from the Sacra- mento district, has brought suit against George W. Cochran of the hotel bearing his name to recover $1257 as damages claiming to acerue to plaintiff on account of jewels stolen from him last March. In his declaration, Johnson sets forth that at the time of the robbery he was living at the Cochran, with his wife and daughter, paying $300 & month. ‘While .at dinner with bis family on March 11 the door of one of his apartments was broken open and from a trunk, which was locked, were taken $804 worth of jewelry and watches and $453 in bills and coin. Johnson notes the fact that printed on the outside of his door was a notice stat- ing that the management would not be re- sponsible for valuables not put in the safe, put he says that Mr. Cochran told him that there was no danger if the door was locked and the trunk also. He declares that the position of the proprietor in re- gard to limited responsibility is not ten- nb’}‘efie Secretary of the Interior to-day made a requisition on the Secretary of the Treasury for $680,000 to be used in pension yments at the San Krancisce agency next month. S James D. Morrow was to-day appointed Postmaster at Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, vice Frank Buckholtz, removed. A postoffice was to-day establizhed at Garlock, Kernd PCm'm'_yt, Cal., and Ida K. i ostmistress. keA“{u;?.op?fl::ewas established at Boyer, Churchill County, Nev., and Alva Boyer appointed Postmaster. ensions have been granted as foliows: California—Original: Henry Weir, Vete- rans’ Home, Napa; Daniel Francisco; 'Wu&m W. Johuson, | way. t. Helena. Original widow (special, | May 15): Salabriette Hugbes, Los Angeles. | Washington—Increase: Enos P. Peaslee, Chelan. ; Crosby 8. Noyes, editor of the Washing- ton Star, leit for California to-day, accom- anied by his wiie and daughter, Miss Myra. The trip is made for the benefit of Mrs. Noyes’ health. Mr. and Mrs. Noyes bave a daughter living in Oakland, the wife of Attorney Hall, Congressman Hii- | born’s partner. gl To Investigate Secretly. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29 —It is | likely that the proceedings of the sub- committee of the Senate Committee on Finance to investigate the recent bond sales will conduct its hearings in secret. | Certainly that will be the programme Senator Harris, the chairman, has hi He said to-day that his voice and vote would be against an open session, for he did not care to have the press discuss the matter piecemeal. For Public Buildings. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22.—The proposed to her while on a lake trip in August, 1893, and they became engaged. The defendant gained some motoriety | about two years ago through an announce= ment of his adoption by an alleged titled English heiress. el Fire in a Stockcar. CRESTON, Iowa, May 22.—A stockear in Burlington train 80, Conductor Dority in charge, caught fire this afternoon about a mile west of Prescott, and before the flames could be extinguished nine head of horses were fatally burned. The stock was_en route from Davis City to East St. | Louis. Abouta mile west of Prescott the flames were discovered and the train was brought to a standstill. About a dozen | head of horses were rescued. The train- men succeeded in extinguishing the flames. SRERTERA Two Blocks Burned. BRECKENRIDGE, Coio., May 22. — With a high wind blowing a fire broke out here this afternoon which threatened to destroy the town, but after two biocks were burped the fire was stayed at the Arbogast block, leaving most of the busi- | ness houses uninjured. Estimated loss, House Committee on Public Bunildings | $50,000. and Grounds to-day ordered favorable re- ports on bill providing for public build- ings as follows: California—Woodland, §50,000; Wyoming—Cheyenne, $100,000. Increase over the frst appropriation. i e Receiver for a Clock Company. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 22.—Albert C. Wall has been appointed receiver for the Charles Jacques Clock Company. ‘Che businass was established ten years ago and the company was incorporated to do busi- ness in this city, Chicago, San Francisco and Paris. The liabilities are $21,780, and the nominal assets $30,976. Fskel e b For Breach of Promise. CHICAGO, IiL., May 22.—Harriet B. Fowler, formerly an employe in the clothing house of James Wilde Jr. & Co., yesterday sued Allen C. Wilde, a member ahoney. San ! of the firm, for $25,000 for breach of itch | promise. Miss Fowler alleges that Wilde One Exception to the Rule. Representative McCall of Massachusetts, like every member of the House, has his trials and tubulations with counstituents, who write to him for seeds. But now and then the flood tide of clamor for “seeds, more seeds,” has 8 welcome variation, Here is ove: “Dear Mr. McCall,” he wrote, ‘I see by the Boston papers that it is ‘time to pull Congressmen’s legs for seeds.’ You were kind enough to send an assortment last year. For heaven’s sake don’t send any | this year.” e The Prince of Wales is to be installed as chancetlor of the University of Wales in the coming summer. The ceremony will take place at Aberystwyth, the seat of the ordest of the constituent colleges of the university. — .- 5 No fewer than 600,000 children are in. sured in Great Britain every,year.