The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 10, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 10. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1896. PRICE FIVE CENTS. STERN MEN ARE AT WORK Champions of Silver Lined Up for Battle at St. Louis. FIRST COMES TARIFF. Equal Protection to the Farmer | and Manufacturer Must Be Assured. PROSPERITY WILL THEN DAWN Sémuel M. Shortridge, Colonel Isaac Trumbo and Other Leaders Express Their Views. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 9.—Interest in the work of the National Repubiican Conven- tion, which will meet here next week, is so keen that it is expected that at least 50,000 people from near and far will pour into this tornado-swept city to be at the political hurly-burly and to see the great manmipulators, Clarkson, Hanna, Platt and the rest, make their moves upon the political chessboard. Business men of sanguine temperament estimate the prob- able attendance at 100,000, and fears are expected lest this city of 650,000 popula- tion may not be able to provide for them all. Several hundred buildings which lay in the path of the terrific whirlwind of little more than a week ago are uninhabitable, and many are being torn down for safety. | may adopt a bimetallic plank with a gold | lining, but not specially hostile or un- friendly to the freer use of silver. All the conversations thus far bad with delegates and leading Republicans and the | voice of the press of the Mississippi Valley | are to the effect that the old party will rally to the battle cry of protection. 1 8. M. Shortridge of San Francisco, when | interviewed by St. Louis reporters to-day, | said that the most pressing present need | of the people was to start the wheels of industry going 1 the now idle factories throughout the country and give employ- | ment to the people, after which it would be time enough to consider financial and economic problems. “When those great industries,” added | Mr. shortricge, ‘“‘can stand erect and give employment to every free American laberer who is willing 1o work, it is well to wait awhile after that and determine the | kind of money or how he should be paid.” In an interview for the St. Louis Dis- patch Mr. Shoatridge said that the ques- | tion of the most overshadowing interest in California was the tariff, and that pros- perity would come back to the American | peaple with the return of the Republican party to power. It had always dealt suc- | cessiully with every great problem that had conironted the American people and it could be trusted to deal justly and wisely with the money and the tariff ques- ti The first thing to be done, he said, was to revive the prostrate industries of the Nation and to devise ways and means to give men and women employment, to give work to the idle hands throughout this country. The first thing of importance is tne tariff issue which will in a measure solve most of the other economic diffi- } culties. | Colonei Trumbo vigorously declared ‘; himself to-day as being for silver first and a duty on lead and wool afterwards. He | declared that the Eastern manufacturers wanted wool that they might buy the This calamity, throwing so many resi- | native product cheaper of the farmers. dents, for a time at least, out of house and | The farmer who grows the wool is en- home, and causing them to accept quar- | titled to the same degree of protection as ters with friends, has cramped the hotels | is the manufacturer of Massachusetts. and lodeing facilities, and prices in down- | The speaker declared that if Mr. McKin- town apartments have risen. But the|ley should be nominated on a sound- committee of arrangements say that all | money platform he would be beaten 1n comers will be housed and made welcome. | Indiana and I[llinois and would be given Not many delegates have yet arrived, | such a close rub in his own State that the and the only signs of unwonied life about | result would be known only after the bal- the Southern Hotel and the Planters Hotel, | lots had been counted. the lodging resorts of the political aris-| Ex-Governor Powell Clayton of Arkan- tocracy, are by reason of the presence of | sassaid that Mr. McKinley would be nomi- members of the National Convention and | nated on the first ballot. He was of the a few stragglers. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. de | opinion that it would be a mistake to de- Young, Colonel and Mrs. Isaac Trumbo of | clare for bimetallism conditioned upon in- Utah, Samuel M. Siortridge, T. P. Riordan | ternational agreement. He favored the and Mrs. Clara Foltz, who left San Fran- | present monetary standard and only such cisco last Thursday evening, arrived this | limitation in the coinage of silver as will morning, the gentlemen being frequently | be necessary to maintain it on a parity interviewed during the day by a swarm of | with gold. He favored the present ratio 8t. Louis representatives. |of 3210 1. It did not take long for the party to learn | The National Committee will meet at on their arrival that the concensus of opinion is that McKinley wiil have the next thing to a walkover, and that he is likely to be nominated on the first ballot. The California delegation are pledged to M vance guard of Californians into high P . Judge Thompson of Ohio has en here for several days studying out the lan of battle and marshalling his forces. his morning Joseph Smith arrived di- rect from McKinley headquarters from Canton, Ohio. He reported that Major McKinley was in fine health and spirits, and he added that there was no doubt that major would be nominated on the first ballot. It is understood that many of the lead- silver men, including Colonel Isaac ambo, will oppose McKinley’s nomina- tion and will fight strenuously for the in- troduction into the platform of ai6to1l free-coinage plank. Among these is A. C. Cleveland, the National Committeeman and delegate-at-large from Nevada. Mr. Cleveland remarked to-day that he did not think that Mr. McKinley would receive even one vote from the Nevadd delegation. The delegation were strictly instructed to ork for free coinage, although that would unnecessary, and were not pledged for of the gentleman named in connection with the Presidential nomination. Mr. Cleveland would not admit that his dele- gation would bolt if a gold or sound- a money plank should be adopted, but he | remarked significantly that California and Nevadawould declare for silver and would go Democratic. Mr. Cleveland is evidently mistaken with regard to California. The issue of vrotecting the farmers, wool-raising, wine 2nd dried fruit producers is paramount in the Golden State, as it 1s everywhere else outside of those States and Territories wiose sole dependence is silver mining, so that Californians will not prove untrue to the Republican party so long as it stands before the people as the sturdy champion of protection to American in- dustries. The indications are that the convention inley, and naturally the news put the | noon to-morrow in exeeutive session to take steps toward the congideration of the 170 contested cases. It is expected that the committee will remain in session up to | the time set for the opening of the con- vention. A. M. Hanng, Mr. McKinley’s manager, will be here in'the morning. JonN PAuL CoSGRAVE. —a PACIFIC MEN ACTIVE. They Will Urge Grant for the Vice= Presidency. BT. LOUIS, Mo., June 9.—This city is | to-night camping in the camp-ground of a | great army on the eve of battle. The Mc- | Kinley hosts, overpowering in numbers | and confident of victory, await the issue complacentlv. The outlying camps, dedi- | cated to “favorite sons,”” have but the | shadowy hope that something unforseen may happen to turn the tide of battle in their favor. The Reed men, the Allison men and, in fact, all other than McKinley men, refuse to give a roster of their pledged delegates, and refer vaguely to breaks on | the second ballot. Lieutenants of the Ohioan answer this | by saying there will be no second ballot. | There was some gossip afloat late this | evening torching combinations to prolong the contest, but all efforts to resolve this | to a certainty met with the reply, “Wait | until Manley gets here.” One unpleasant featurethat promised to embarrass the local committees of euter- | tainment is happily arranged to the satis- faction of all. The negro delegates upon ‘ their arrival will find good quarters pro- vided for them and prompt and civil at- | tention at a first-class hotel. Judge Long of Florida and Commirteeman Hill of | Mississippi received these assurances to- night and expressed themselves satisfied. | These gentlemen came in advance of their | delegations, and discovered that through | some misunderstanding their colored dele- | gates were not provided for, but are now satisfied that the tocal commitiees will | carry out every promise. The prominent | arrivals to-day included Joseph H. Manley George H. Warfield and wife .(formerly Miss Harriet Seawell), Whose Marriage Was the Most Brilliant Social Event of the Year at Healdsburg. 2%, 7 9 3OND - SSUES e oLV FREE TRADE) Ot vic 11 A BAD CASE OF INDIGESTION. of Maine, Senator Gear of Iowa, Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota, Senator Shoup of Idaho, Chairman Thomas H. Carter of Montana, S. M. Shortridge ana M. H. de Young of California, Colonel Isaac Trumbo and P. H. Lannan of Utah, J. 8. Hammer, National Committeeman from Indian Territory, Wright Cuney, delegate-at-large from Texas; J. R. Lynch, delegate-at-large from Mississippi; T. D. Riordan of California, Powell Clayton, National Committeeman from Arkansas; N. B. Scott of West Virginia, Isaac M. Pot- ter of Rhode Island, W. R. Hearst of Cali- fornia and A. C. Cleveland of Nevada. Chairman Manley was visited to-night by scores of politiciaus, ail eager to press claims of various sorts, but Mr. Manley pleaded fatigue from his long journey and retired eariy. Among his callers was ex-Congressman Nathan Frank of St. Louis, who is a con- testing candidate from the Twelith Mis- souri District. The decision of the com- mittee in regard to the claims of the dele- gates from this district will decide the Na- tional committeemanship of Missouri in all probability. The contesting delega- tions are respectfully friendly—one to Chauncey I. Filley, the other to Richard C. Kerens. There are thirty-four dele- gates from Missouri—nineteen necessary to achoice—and Kerensclaims to have the pledges of seveuteen of them. Western men are largely in evidence to- night and their views on the all-absorbing topics — the nominee and the finance plank —are highly interesting. Colonel Isaac Trumbo of Salt Lake City, delegate at large from Utah, said: “We of the West have become convinced that the Republican party is controlled by the lead trust and the Eastern manufac- turers. The time has come to put the party back in the hands of the common people. For years we have braved the heat of the East and have fought the bat- tles of the Republicans without asking anything in return. The only thing we ever got to offstand the temperature was when the people of the great East gave us Harrison for President. OQur fight is plain. We are for silver first and for a duty on lead and wool. We' want lead and wool for the West and siiver for the whole country. “The FEastern manufacturers are no, longer sincere in their advocation of pro- tection. They want free wool so they can buy it cheap at the expense of the farmer, but they insist that the manufactured product shall be protected so that they may secure high prices for their goods. Our claim is that the farmer who grows the wool is entitled to the same degree of protection that is given the manufactur- ers of Massachusetts.” “Will you bolt in case a silver plank is not adopted ?"’ “That is a matter for future considera- tion. Thus far we have believed that we could fight the matter out within our party lines, but if we fail we may be compeiled to adaopt some other course out of self- protection.” “Suppose McKinley is nominated on a sound-money platform, what then?” ““He would be beaten in Indiana and Tlli- nois and would be given such a close rub in his own State that the result would be known only after the ballots were cou nted.” “Could McKinley or any other Republi- can be elected on asound-money plat- form ?” “No! most emphatically no! Every ‘Western State, with the possible exception of Oregon, would go Democratic, and that combined with the vote of the South would sweep the Republicans to certain defea t.” “Who will Utah support for the nomi- nation ?” “I imagine that her vote will be cast for Teller. Nealy all the votes of the silver States, I think, wiil go to him. My im- pression now is that he will have nearly forty votes on the first ballot. Utah, Colo- rado and Idaho will certainly support him, and there is a move on foot to get all the mining States to act in concert.” Samuel M. Shortridge of San Francisco said: “The Califrnia delegation is here prim- arily to do what it can for California and the Pacific Ooast, and if we may offer ad- vice to the party, we hope to promote the interests of the whole country. I am but one of eighteen delegates from California; but I know each and every one of them, and I know that each of them i vledged to carry out the wishes of the Re- publicans of California as expressed in our recent State platform. That platform en- joined upon us the duty of voting and working and doing everything in honor to bring about the nomination of McKinley. And every delegate will do all thatisin his power to compass that result.” “We were next enjoined to advance the cause of silver, and this we shall do to the utmost of our ability. Next, the Repub- licans of California think the time has come when the Pacific Coast should have a place in the Cabinet, and naturally we think that California should furnish the man for the place. We ask the Repub- licans of New England, of the great Bast and perhaps of the greater Mississippi Valley to concede the justice and propriety of California’s desire in this matter. So the California delegation is here to ask at tne hands of the Republican nominee, who in my judgment will be the next President, this recognition. “I am sure that at present the money question is absorbing public attention, perhaps to the exclusion of the tariff, but speaking for myself I believe the tariff is and will be the great, paramount and con- trolling issue of the campaign. This is a & question that goes directly to the homes | and firesides of the whole American peo- ple, East and West, North and South. *We Californians believe that protection walks hand in hand with patriotism and prosperity. What the prostrate and almost helplessly ruined indusiries of this coun- try want is the return of the Repubtican party to power and the restoration of a genuine American protective tariff, and it is because Californians look upon McKin- ley as the personification of protection, and it is because of his close identification with the protective tariff, that California is for Major McKinley for President.” M. H. de Young of Californid had thisto say: ““The delegates from the silver States are very determined in their desire to ad- vance the interests of silver. They want the right to have free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. Some of them are very radical and talk about leaving the conven- tion in case they fail to have their views adopted. This action will not be general. “It is generally known that Colorado, under the leadership of Teller, proposes to walk out of the convention. The silver men, especialiy Colorado, Montana and other-States where silver is an important factor, think that if Teller would be nom- inated by the Democratic party in Chicago there would be no question of his indorse- ment by the two conventions that meet in 8t. Louis on July 22. That is, the silver party convention and the Populist party. In fact it is an understanding aiready made and agreed to that both of these conventions will indorse the nomination of Teller. I think if Teller leaves the con- vention Montana and Idaho will promptly follow. Utah as a whole will not.” A. C. Cleveland, National Com mittee< man from Nevada, was one of the arrivals this afternoon. “We are liere,”” he said, “to fignt to the bitter end for silver. We expect defeat, but we shall fight just the same. If the party does nathing for us, they must ex- pect defeat in Nevada. The Nevada dele- gation, I feel sure, will remain in the con- vention. There is nothing to be gained by starting a third party. If the gold standard is adopted here and free silver men win at Chicago, the result will be an overwhelming victory for the Democrats in Nevada.” P. H. Lannan, publisher of the Salt Lake Tribune, is a guest of the Sounthern, and, while nota delegate, is much inter- ested in the convention. “We are for free siiver first, last and all the time,” said Mr. Lannan :his evening. “The people here in the East have a, much mistaken idea of us out there in the West. Tihey regard our silver ideas as selfish ones, but I assure you they are not. It costs about §12 a ton to mine and treat silver, whoreas it costs only $2 50 to do the same for gold. Let us pass the free coin- age of silver measure and business will revive all over the country, idle labor will be employed and bard times will be a thing of the past. This does not apply only to Utah, Colorado, California and other Pacific Coast States, but to every State in the Union."” Continued on Third Page. l WEDDED AT HEALDSBURG, George H. Warfield and Miss Harriet Seawell Become Life Partners. Brilliant Ceremony in Parlors Deco- rated With Pink and White Blossoms. HEALDSBURG, Can, June 9.— The words which united in-marriage George H. ‘Warfield, cashler of the Farmers' and Me- chanics’ Bank of -Healdsburg, and Miss Harriet Seawell, one of Sonoma’s fairest and most popular daughters, were pro- nounced at high noon to.day. The cere- mony was solemnized at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Seawell, on North street. The pretty home had been beautifully decorated with nk and white flowers—St. Joseph lilies, magn olia and sweet-pea blossoms inter- mingled with smilax and dainty ferns. The decorations of the parlors in which the ceremony was performed were entirely of S8t. Joseph lilies and magnolia blos- soms, whose purity was shown to decided advantage when blending with sprays of smilax and rare ferns. The marriage ritual was read by Rev. John T. Shurtleff of Santa Rosa in an im- pressive manner. Miss Dorothy Tungate, a niece of Judge Murphy of San Francisco, was the maid of honor, while Emerson Warfield, the groom’s brother, was best man, and Walter Seawell, the bride’s brother, groomsman. The bride, a beautiful blonde, was ar- rayed in an elegant bridal robe of white brocade silk. Her luxuriant golden hair was dressed in exquisite taste and carried when he entered the house, thought its in- mates would be at the Synagogue. He was seen climbing on the roof and a huge cry was raised. He jumped from a wall in trying to escape and 1njured himself. Henry Fowler and Albert Millsom broke into Muswell Lodge, in the northwestern district of London, on the night of Feb- ruary 1, and murdered its owner, Henry | Smith, a retired engineer, aged 75, who led the life of a recluse, performing even his own domestic duties. They got away with £600 in sovereigns, and were not | capturea until after a police chase of two months. Fowler, a powerful, ferocious ruffian, made a desperate struggle for free- aom and had to be strapped to a stretcher to be taken to the stand. At theend of the trial he made a murderous attack on his companion, Millsom, who made a con- fession admitting the burglary and blam- ing Fowler for the murder. Fowler hfted Millsom off his feet by the hair and dashed | him to the floor and almost smashed the | dock to pieces before he was overpowered and dragged below by eight policemen. Mrs. Annie Dyer, aged 58, the Reading baby-farmer, who was convicted of having murdered a number of infants, the bodies of some of whom were found in the river, will be hanged in Newgate to-morrow. —_—— SUING VISCOUNT SUDLEY. Miss May Gore’s Breach of Promise | Case on Trial. | LONDON, Exe., June 8.—An exceed- | ingly interesting breach of promise case is | now being tried in the High Court of the Queen’s Bench before Lora Chief Justice | Russell and a jury. The action is_that of | Miss May Gore, who is suing Viscount Sudley, the heir of the Earl of Arran, for | breach of promise of marriage, claiming £15,000 damages. The plaintiff’s lawyer | in court to-day said that the plaintiff was | Viscount Sudley’s mistress from 1889 until | 1892, after which period he paid ber £500, | she signing a document releasin: him from all causes of action. Subsequently Miss Gore lived under the protection of | another heir to a peerage, and Viscount | Sudley learning of this tried to induce her | to return to him, promising to marry her if she would do so. On the stand Vis- count Sudley denied that he had ever promised to marry the girl. —_—————e LOSS OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. The Steamer Abandoned After It Com- | menced to Nink. | LONDON, Exe., June 9.—A cablegram | received here from Jamaica states that the British steamer Golden Fleece from New York for Kingston, before reported ashore near Morant, jettisoned a portion of her cargo, but the work of lightering was | stopped when she was found to besinking. | She had eighteen feet of water in her hold lust night. She will be a total loss. None | of the crew was lost. The Golden Fleece | was formerly the steamer Lake Nepigon. She was built in 1895 and was owned by | tne Argonaut Steamship Company (lim- ited) of Scotland. She was 321 feet 1 inch long, 35 feet 2 inches beam and 25 feet 9 EGGS CAST AT IDAKO'S CHIEF Governor McConnell the Victim of a Woman's Wrath. ASSAILED ON A STREET, Mrs. Lasher’s Fierce Bombard- ment With Ancient Fruit of the Hennery. SHE THROWS AND HE DODGES. Poor Markswomanship Loses the Day for the Valiant Attacking Party. SPOKANE, Wase., June 9.—An irate woman bombarded Governor McConnell of Idaho with eggs of ancient lineage, at Burke, Idaho, Saturday night. That the executive is still wearing the raiment in which he was then clad is due to the time-honored precedent established by Eve when she threw the first stone in the garden of Eden. The Governor was more skillfnl at dodging than the woman was at casting eggs toward a given center. Mrs. Wells Lasher, the wife of a striker who figured promineatly m the Ceur d’Alene troubles several vears ago, has borne a grudge against the Governor be- cause he sent troops into Cceur d’Alene at that time. She Lhas long boasted she would geteven. Governor McConnell and suite were in Burke on political business on Saturday, and Mrs, Lasher went forth to do him battie. Armed with fruit of the hennery that should have been plucked, lo! many years ago, she sallied forth. Meeting Gov- ernor McConnell and several friendson a main street, she began the bombardment. The Governor, simultaneously, began to dodge. When she found that she was not a good marksman, and the first lot of am- | munition had failed to bring down the de- sired game, Mrs. Lasher went back to her cabin after more; but the Governor con- | cluded that he had urgent business in ‘Wallace and left town before she returned. ‘When asked to-night if he had anything Loss of a Mission Vessel. to say about the matter Governor McCon- ST. JOMANS, N. £., June 9.—Information | nell refused to talk. He is much chagrined has been received here of the loss of the ! to find that the episode has become public French mission vessel 8t. Pierrc. The property. inches deep. Blead S ship was wrecked at Island Head, near | Cape St. Marys. The crew was rescued | and. safely landed at Placentia. Rev. Father Hamon, the priest on board, had a | remarkable escape. BLOWN INTO SMALL SPLINTERS. Eighteen Houses in the Town of Wyeth City, Alabama, Wrecked by a Cyclone. MONTGOMERY, ArA., June 9.—The little town of Wyeth City, in Marshall County, some thirty miles west of Gads- den, with a population of about 300 souls, was completely wrecked at ‘11 o’clock this- morning by a cyclone. Eighteen houses were destroyed. The cyclone lasted fully five minutes and then passed in a north- easterly direction, Fifteen persons are wouanded, six fatally. Mrs. Picketts and a man named Bundby were badly hurt and will die. Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Brown and several children will prob- | ably die. The path of the cvclone was al- most 100 yards wide. Several persons are | missing, and it is probable that they will be found dead. Ed Long and an unknown her favorite flower, a magnolia blossom, The ma id of honor, Miss Tungate, was cos- tumed in a pretty gown of white. After the ceremony a wedding bre akfast was served. Shortly afterward the bride slipped away and donned her traveling suit—a pretty effect in navy blue—prepar- atory to her departure with her husband on the afternoon train. Mr. ‘and Mrs. Warfield will spend a month or more at. Del Monte and Santa Cruz. and on their return will reside in Healdsburg. The groom is a son of Colonel R. H. ‘Warfield, proprietor of the California Hotel, San Francisco, and one of the most energetic and prominent members of business and social circles here. His bride, formerly a pupil at Mme. Ziska’s institute, is a general favorite in society circles and a charming and accomplished young lady. THREE MURDERERS DIE Men Who Took Life in Order.to Secure Booty Pay the Death Penalty. Completion of the Executions Indi- cated by Hoisting Black Flags at Newgate, LONDON, Exg., June 9.—Wiiliam Sea- man, Henry Fowler and Albert Millsom, who were convicted of murder at the May sittings of the Central Criminal Court, London, were hanged together at New- gate Prison at 9 o’clock this morning. The executions were private, their com- pletion being indicated by the hoisting of a black flag outside the prison. Large crowds gathered in the streets and the low-class saloons in the vicinity of the prisom were bnsy, but orderly. There was some cheering in the crowd when the black flag was hoisted. Willam Seaman battered to death an old Jew, John Levy, aged 75, in his own house in Whitechapel at 2 o’clock in the afternoon of Saturday, April 4, and after- ward murdered his housekeeper, a woman named Gale, bv cutting her throat. Levy, who was a retired leather-dealer, kept his money in gold in his house, and Seaman, woman were killed by lightning. srE-Lonasy IN THE BEART OF CHICAGO. Daring Burglars Raid a Bakery, Blow | Open a Safe and Secure Lich Booty. CHICAGO, ILL., June 9.—Four men to- night held up the watchman of a bakery on Lake street, a few doors from Chicago’s principal thoroughfare, State street, and took about $1000 from tbe safe which he was guarding. Shortly after 11 o’clock four men knocked on the door of the Caieteria Catering Company, 46 Lake street, and the watchman, thinking they were bakers employed by the company, opened the doors and admitted them. Once inside the men seized and bound the watchman, and after gagging him, blew open the safe and took therefrom nearly $1000. The police have no clew and give out no particulars. Towa’s Cold Wave. BURLINGTON, Iowa, June 9.—A cold wave struck here to-day. The mercury has fallen to 50 to-nizht and it is growing colder. A fall of 60 degrees has been KERN'S FINE COURTHOUSE Ccunty Supervisors Will Accept the Completed Structure Te-Day. A Stately Building in Which Public Servants Will Make Their Home. BAKERSFIELD, Can.,, June 9.—The Kern County Supervisors to-day examined the completed county courthouse, and the magnificent structure will be accepted to- mMOrrow. Although the courthouse is called a new building it is not realiy so, the present structure being an addition to the old one, which had long since proved inadequate to the needs of this county. Yet so deftly has the old building been combined with the new that from almost every stand- point the appearance is that of an en- tirely new structure. The old courthouse, which did duty for two decades,was completed in 1876. It was commenced in 1874, the California Bridge Company of San Francisco being the builders, and it cost $29,999. Two years ago a bond election was held in this county, among other projects involved be- g the repairing and rebuilding of the courthouse—something which bad become an imperative necessity. The bonds were carried by a large majority. Bidsweread- vertised for and D. Kilpatrick was the lucky one, his offer being $53,683. Owinfi to delay in delivering the material worl has been greatly hindered, but the county has got a fine building for a very moderate vrice. This does not include_ the furnish- ing and carpeting, which will cost about $10,000 additional. The curved wing on the right is to be used as the ball of records. The old court- house grour.ds were covered with a dense growth of trees, but these have all been removed, and the new building stands in the center of a great lawn, which will be embellished with flower-beds. Just to the rear is the new jail and Sheriff’s office, which has been in use a little over a year. shown in thirty-six hours. KERN COUNTY’S STATELY COURTHOUSE, AS REBUILT. [From a photograph by R. S. Hale.]