The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 19, 1896, Page 18

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1896. = THE YOSEMITE STAGE HELD UP. A Lone Highwayman'’s Big Risk for Little Booty. TREASURE-BOX EMPTY,| The Frightened Passengers Are| Relieved of Fifteen o Dollars. OFFICERS HOT ON THE TRAIL.E Soveral Arrests Have Been Made. | A Total Reward of $go0 Is Offered RAYMOND, Car., June 18. —This morn- | ut 9 o’clock, the Yosemite st g between Raymond and Wawona, was beld up and robbed by a lone high- wayman about six miles from town. ‘The slage was running on its regular trip an: 1 by John S. Stevens, who u lately bas been one of the deputy sheriffs | cluded to-day and Judge Pritchard fol- lowed the decision of the Supreme Court, which compels city employes to go with- out their pay, as all moneys of the city arising from current tax revenue will have to be applied to pay back warrants amounting to $1,250,000 before the city can have a cent with which to continue in business as a municipal corporation. e MINERS DEMAND THEIR PAY. Serious Trouble Narrowly Averted at the Golden Cross Mine. SAN DIEGO, CaL., June 18.—Serious trouhle among the 170 miners at the Golden Cross mine on the desert was nar- rowly averted a day or two ago. The com- pany owning the great properties is em- barrassed through mismanagement, and W. W. Stewart of this city bas just taken charge as receiver under a $25,000 bond, his salary being $8000 per year. T. 8. Fuller, former manager of the mine, arrived to-day with the owners, | Hedges Brothers, to justily Receiver Stew- | art’s bonds. Before the receiver arrived at the camp, according to Mr. ruller, the 170 men em- ployed in the mines, who had not been paid regularly, were in open revolt against C. H. Toll, manager for the trustees, and only the words of cool-headed men among them prevented trouble. These men in- | duced the miners to hold a meeting in Miners’ Union hall and talk over their troubles dispassionately. After assem- bling, they sent for Mr. Fuller, who cau- tioned them against violence. About the time of Mr. Stewart’s ap- pointment as receiver an order was re- ceived from the trustees at Los Angeles to make a clean-up of amalgam. As th«reg- ular time for making a clean-up had not arrived the miners became suspicious and feared that their pay was to be with- held. The amalgam was not allowed be sent to Los . Angeles, was locked = up in the com- who were furnished with safe and the building put in charge | STABBED T0 DEATH AT LOS ANGELES, J. F. Wallace Killed in a Quarrel by Horace Dibble. AN EYE-WITNESS' STORY | The Men Worked Together and Engaged in a Hot War of Words. SHORTLY FOLLOWED BY BLOWS Then Wallace Staggered Back, Ex- claiming, “Dibble Has Cut Me All to Pieces.” LOS ANGELES, Carn., June 18.—The numerous friends and acquaintances of Horace B. Dibble of this city are in great | distress over an unfortunate affray be- | tween himself and J. F. Wallace, which | has cost the latter his life under circum- | stances which make it very difficult for | the survivor to extricate himself on the The Yosemite Stage That Was Held Up Yesterday Near Raymond on the Road to the Yosemite. [From a photograph.] of Fresno County and was instrumental in | the capture of the outlaws Sontag and Evans. In relating the story, he said: | I had just made a turn when I saw an object in the road. I did not know what | it was at first. It was dressed in gunny- | sacks from top to bottom. When I had approached to within twenty feet it proved to be a masked man, who suddenly swung a gun around and pointing it at me told me to halt. When I did so he requested me to throw out the Wells-Fargo box and | 1 promptly obeyed. “‘He then commanded the passengers to throw out their money. All of the pas- sengers complied with the exception of | Captain Bailey, who said he had brought no moaey with him. The robber then told me to drive on, and he kept his gun | pointed at the stage until a turn in the | road left him alone with his spoils.”” | There were two express boxes on the stage, a way box and & through box, and the box that was thrown out was the way box, which contained two waybills and a worthless letter. The value of the prop- erty taken from the passengers is said to aggregate about $15. The stage proceeded on till the Nine-mile House was reached, when a boy was dispatched back to Ray- mond with the news of the robbery, and a telegram brought Sheriff Westfall and one | of his deputies from Madera. | Sheriff Prouty 6f*M#riposa County had | also received word of the robbery, and he | joined Westfall in the chase. A small | posse was organized, and the express-box was found about haif a mile distant from | where the robbery was committed. Ithad | been broken into, the lock on the outside being broken off, and with the exception | of the loss of the padlock was uninjured. There were the tracks of one man lead- ing to where the box was found, and the tracks of two horses leading away from it | in a northerly direction, which leads the | officers to believe that the robber hada | confederate, who aided in his escape. | The officers will continue the search, but | on acecunt of the roughness of the sur- rounding country it will be a difficult task | to capture the robber. There bave been three men arrested on suspicion. One of them is an unknown man here who has been loitering around | town for a few days. He wasseen shortly | after the robbery coming from that direc- tion and wasarrested by Constable Leon- | ard. 0 The other two men are William Little- fizld and David Robinson, who are both known to some extent throughout the | country. The indications of guilt, if any, that pointed toward these men are somewhat vague and indefinite, other than thatit | was thought somebody ought to be ar-| rested. | The passengers on the coach were: M. | M. Goodwin, S. M. Cutler, ‘Captain and | Mrs. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Whitlock, | E. M. Tailor, W. D. Kerfoot, Miss Kenny | and Miss Meloche of Madera. | A. H. Washburn of the Yosemite Stage and Turnpike Company has offered a re- ward of $300, which, in addition to the re- ward of $600 offered by the State and Wells, Fargo & Co., makes a total of §300. The last stage robbery that occurred on | this line was twelve years ago, and Stevens, the same man that was driving to-day, was driver then. | - TACOMA SHORT OF FUNDS. to Go City Employes Are Compelled Without Their Pay. TACOMA, WasH., June 18.—The argu- ment of the Jemurrer interposed by the city to the Gove injunction suit was con- | from the mines within six months. | believed to be of incendiary origin. | loss is $4000. years and unmarried. religious turn, and she imagines she is about to be punished for some terrible crime she has committed. body to remove anything from the office. The threatened trouble was finally avoid- ed by change of management. According: to Mr. Fuller Receiver Stew- art will have no trouble in managing the property, and the $150,000 necessary to pay off the debts of the company can be tnkin t the 300-foot level there is said to be $100,000 worth of ore in sight. oS SAN LUIS LAND SHARKS, They Sola Worthless Property to Over Five Hundred People. SAN LUIS OBISPO, CaL., June 18.—The County Bank of this city has commenced action in the Superior Court against L. C. Branch, proprietor of the notorious Morro Bay Improvement Company, to foreclose a mortgage on some property on the Cor- ral de Piedra rancho and on 1000 acres of town lots in El Morro. It is a matter of general sincere regret that the suit was not brought years ago. It puts a quietus on the notorious “Morro Bay Improvement Company,” a scheme which has bunkoed 500 individuals out of a hundred dollars or more each. The dupes received a supposed titie to an in- finitesimal piece of ‘worthless sand dune, inaccessibly s ituated. The proposition, as originally laid before the public and which received the approval of those cognizant of the proceedings, was to undertake the improvement of Morro Bay and provide such buildings, hotels, roads and alamedas as should make an attractive and popular seaside resort. The capital required was to be procured from the sale of lots. It does not appear that the parties who devised and arrangea the scheme had any intention of making any such use of the moneys received. On the contrary, their efforts were confined to making a map, printing deeds and pocket- ing the proceeds of the sales made. The victims were given to understand that the ‘‘lots” were sold free and clear of all incombrance, but as shown by the present suit the schemers did not have the decency to take the small percentage of the winnings required to clear off the mortgage and apply it to that purpose. Consequently in the present action all the | unfortunate lot-holders are made defend- ants and the suit will kill off any hopes they may have been foolish enough to enter- | tain with reference to their vanished coin. This land scheme has been very detri- mental to the whole county, and every one is rejoicing that the land sharks have at last been brought up with a sharp turn. Many purchasers of lots reside in San Francisco. —— Graduates’ Entertainment. SAN JOSE, CaL., June 18.—The Eccle- sian Literary Society of the High School held its third annual graduating exercises last evening at Germania Hall. An inter- esting programme was followed by a dance. The graduates were: Fred E. Borton, | Joseph C. Christenson, H. Ray ¥'ry, Ernest W. Gill, Clinton ‘Hayward, George C. Humphrey, Rudolph C. Halla and Wil Iiam Q. Wright. Disastrous Fire at Alviso. S8AN JOSE, CAL., June 18.—A large barn belonging to John Vierra, a mile and a half northeast of Alviso, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Ten horses, twenty s2ts of harness, sixty tons of hay and s number of vehicles and farming implements were consumed. The fire is The e ol Crazed by Keligion. SAN JOSE, CaLn, June 18.—Jjohanna Olsen, a domestic, was to-day committed to Agnews Insane Asylum by Judge Lor- igan. Sheis a native of SBweden, aged 36 Her mania is of a | grounds of self-defense. Dibble is city salesman for the Pacific Coast Crockery Company, doing business at 226 North Los Angeles street. The deceased was a store employe of the same conceri. The tragic encounter occurred at the, store early this morning, and reports di fer as to the circumstances which led to the fatal stabbing. Alfred Pearson a T. W. Heard were the only parties wj witnessed the killing. Mr. Heard sts, that he was working in the shipping partment when he heard the pair engay in'an excited conversation. Their wo were hot and their actions threatening al emphatic. He was standing about for feet from them. His attention was al tracted by quarrelsome words, and | stepped out of the door of the packing' room and saw Wallace advancing on Dibble. At that time they were about fifteen feet apart. He saw Wallace strike at Dibble and push him away, and heard him say, ““If you allude‘to that hammer agamn 1 | will strike you.” Heard turned to the shipping-room, when he heard words of a very profane nature used by Dibble to Wallace. He im- mediately turned and saw Wallace and Dioble close together. He saw Wallace striking Dibble, who, with his leit hand raised, wasattempting to shield the blows. Then the men broke away, Wallace staggering to one side, and Heard caught him in his arms and assisted him to a pallet of straw, on which he was laid. The wounded man said, “Dibble hascut me all to pieces.”” Wallace was taken to the receiving hos- pital, where he died a few moments after- ward. The last words he utiered were those above quoted. The deceased had been in this city about avear. He leaves a wife and child at 4240 Cbampagne avenue, Chicago. His wite was informed of her husband’s death and she 18 now on the way to this city. De- ceased was about 30 years of age. Horace B. Dibble, the man now under arrest, has resided in Los Angeles nearly twenty vears. He is about 40 years of age, has a wife and resides at 110 Downey ave- nue. Heisa member of the Foresters, A.0.U.W. and Odd Fellows. He is well known and universally liked. He has been employed by the firm for several years. A CAvr correspondent saw Dibble at the jai1 and asked him if he wished to make a statement. He replied that he did not, except that he had been cowed by de- ceased, threa tened and bullyragged until he was forced to defend himself. NOT A DANGEKROUS DELAY. What Runtington Says of an Unsigned Agreement. NEW YORK, N. Y, June 18.—C. P, Huntington said yesterday that the delay in signing the contract between the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Panama Railroad Company did not mean that the agreement had fallen through. He knew of no reason why the contract should not be signed and beseved that it would be signed very soon. vertain parties inter- ested had been out of town, he said, and the delay probably had no other signifi- cance than some minor details, which still remained to be arranged. Lol el As a substitute for the industrial system which under Republican administration has developed such extraordinary prosperity, our opponents offer a policy which is but a series of experiments upon our system of revenue— a policy whose end must be harm to our manufactures and greater harm to our labor.—JAMES G. BLAINE. NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. WHISPER I'T ABOUT! THE BIG KEARNY-STREET STORE IS CLOS- ING OUT THEIR ENTIRE STOCK OF SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS. IT WILL BE A BIG| SALE? THE BIGGEST SINCE WE'VE BEEN | ezl | Q |WL y/ RAPHAEL’S (Incorporated), The San Francisco Boys, 9, 11, 13, 15 Kearny St. " ONLY A GAZE Into our big corner window will give yow an insight to what the big store is doin g at IN BUSINESS. Spring. Swits, in {orings, medium hose right swell worn so much. 'ge $40 for ’em. TWO GREAT DAYS, Friday and Saturday, at the Big Kearny-Street Store. Your Sunday Trousers Ain’t Sunday the day youw N\ dressup? Most \\\ people do. \ Some right smart dressy Trousers, pure woolen fabrics; $6 values. Fashionable Spring patterns; clever fitters. Friday and Saturday, $2.50. Do youw want our new Book, “Hints From a Big Store”? It's & valuable aid to those that shop by mail. Your name and address, please, and we’ll send, it to yow. TWO DAYS v BT OF GOLDEXN OPPORTUNITIES. Vacation Those happy days of vacation are at hand when the little fel- low is released from study and toil, when he can romp about the counitry as free as a bird. Yow want something inexpensive, yet good. We're prepared to supply youw with’em. We devote Friday and, Saturday to one of the big- Sest sales that the big store has held in many a day. We'll let prices do the rest. ~ Short Treuser Boys, A glorious selec- tion for those short trouser boys, ages6to 14, made from durable fabries; perfect fitting. Friday and Satwurday only at $1.48. English Gorduroy. That swell Suwit, Tan Corduroy, the strongest swit made, for boys ages 6 to 15, Re- member, for Fri- day and Satur- day only, at Long Trouser Boys. Some very nobby Cheviot Swits, swell colorings, for boys ages 12 to 19; made in all styles. Valwes up to $10. Spe- cial, Friday and Saturday only. $4.85. Long Trousers, For Boys, All-Wool Cheviots, ages 12 to 19, $1.50. - Wash Fabric »Suits. * No end of pretty ones, in Galateas and Duck ; prices cutin half. 40c, 65¢ and 95c. Short Trousers, In neat mixtures, agdes 4 to i Ak e o RAPHAEL’S (Incorporated), 9, 11, 138, 15 Kearny St. i The Home of the Masses. SANTA CLABK'S OUTLODK Sunshine Breaking Through the Clouds of Business De- pression. Several Important Real Estate Deals Recently Consummated and More Wiil Follow. SAN JOSE, Car., June 18.—The past year has been a disastrous one to all busi- ness in this State, the real-estate interests feeling the effect more acutely than prob- ably any other branch. In the general improvement which is now showing in all lines of business property interests are, as is always the case, among the first to re- ceive substantial benefits. Quiet but very effective work has been going on in this county, which will be of far-reachihg benefit not only to Santa Clara but to the entire State. About four years ago the Morgan Hill ranch, a beautiful domain of 10,000 acres, without improvements, was subdivided and offered for homes, Notwithstanding the great depression that has character- ized business since then, there has grown up on that property a resident population of 500 people, who can boast of a large $5000 schoolhouse and one of the finest railroad stations on the line. Waterworks have been established and 3000 acres of fine orchards are now growing on the ranch, and young as the trees are, many of them are bearing crops. The San Martin, another large property near the Morgan Hill, has been on the market for three years, with similarly gratifying results. Here are 19,000 acres of the choicest of Santa Clara lands. The prices that were first put on the | 1and of the Morgan Hill and San Martin ranches have been steadily maintained, and to-day the land is selling at increased figures. 2 C. H. Phillips, who with T. G. Mont- gomery has been directing the sale of these lands, made in March last the largest | single sale of real estate ever made in this State. This property was the Chino | Ranch. Yesterday two more important | sales were made by Mr. Phillips in San Luis Obispo County—one the Godfrey Ranch of 10,000 acres and the other one of 2080 acres, eight miles from Paso Robles. These two sales were made to colonists from Nebraska. In connection with these ranches Messrs. Phiilips and Montgomery have taken a large property of great interest to S8an Jose and the valley, and have plans well organ- ized for an aggressive campaign, expect- ing to close out the Morgan Hill ranch during the year and to make decided in- roads into the San Martin and do very active work in the vicinity of San Jose. S R PARKER WILL CONTEST. Reading of Mrs. BEeatley’s Depoeition Causes a Sensation. SAN JOSE, CALi, June 18.—Soie sensa- tional evidence was introduced in the Parker wiil contest this morning by the reading of the deposition of Mrs, Medora Beatley of Hartford, Conn. It showed that Emma L. Parker, the contestant, had led a gay and fast life before she met Ed- ward L. Parker. Mrs. Beatley had been an intimate acquaintance of Emma Parker, and she told of theflirtation which led to the contestant first meeting Edward Parker, and of the wine supper and night of revelry that followed. Her narration of the Rocky Hill escapade differed ma- terially from that told by Mrs. Parker on the stand. 5 In her deposition Mrs. Beatley said she knew Emma Parker, then Emma Hough, intimately in her youth. Her mother ob- jected to her meeting Emma Hough, but she was bound to do o, and she met her at the house of hef sister. Beatley's mother did not want her to have anything to do with Emma because she did not T | think she was a good girl. The deponent said that Mrs. Parker told her when she came from New York once in about 1872 that she had been living with two other women, all of whom hnf been supported by men. She was well dressed and had diamonds and jewelry. On one occasion she said she had been livivg with a man named George L. Brown, and they bad travéled extensively. She szaid she was tained all she could from him. Mrs. Beatley detailed the flirtation that led to Emma Parker and herself meeting Ed Parker and a Mr. Scranton. Kd Parker and Mr. Scranton were on the street, when + Mrs. Parker struck up a flirtation. Mr. Scranton made the advances, and because the witness was bashful Emma referred to her as a simple country girl. The arrange- ments for a drive were made in a hotel parlor while Ed Parker was waiting out- side for the developments. When ar- ranged, Parker and the contestant drove together and the witness and Mr. Scranton. They went to Rocky Hill, where a game supper with plenty of wine was enjoyed. They spent the entire evening theredrink- ing and singing. They all became intoxi- cated. Oa their way back to town an acci- dent happened to Parker’s rig, and the two men took their companions to the Charter Oak building, where they secured a room. | The deponent says Emma Parker was arrived' at the room. They had more liguor to drink, and the entire party spent the night in the room together. This afternoon Rudolph Messing and John Stock, who witnessed George H. P:nk:r’l wfll, were put on the witness stand, 3 The case went over until Monday morn- ng. < AFOEY s NOTORIOUS JIMMIE CLARK. The Prison Again Yawns for Him for Disposing of Stolen Goods. going to leave him -because she had ob- | under the influence of liquor when they | same cell 1n the County Jail here with Sal- vatore Ragosa, who is now serving an eight-year term in San Quentin for burg- lary. Ragosa had robbed the Van Su g«s place at Almaden and the residence of W. H. Hamilton on the Los Gatos road, and had buried the plunder near Redwood City. Before Ragosa’s trial came on Clark | was dischareed; and Razosa confided to bim the hiding-place of his booty, with the understanding that Clark was to di fiose of it and divide the proceeds with agosa. Clark secured the stuff, and disposed of some of the jewelry in this city, which Sheriff Lyndon recovered. When Ragosa learned that Clark, had pocketed the en- tire proceeds of the cacne, he told Sheriff Lyndon of tbe matter. A search was at once instituted for Clark, but he had dis- appeared. ———— EX-CUNSTABLE BURKE DEAD. of His 4n Interesting Reminiscence Official Career. SAN JOSE, CaL., June 18—Edward E. Burke, a well-known resident of Santa Clara, died last evening after a lingering illness. He was a native of Ireland and 55 years of age. fn 1882, while Constable at Mountain View, Burke arrested Dick Kel- lows, the notorious stage robber, who 1s now serving a life sentence in San Quen- tin. While conveying Fellows to the county jail Burke took him into a saloon at the corner of First and St. John streets, and while ordering the drinks Fellows escaped, but was recaptured a few weeks later. S Rathbone Sisters Flect Officers. SBAN JOSE, CaL, June 18.—Mizpah Temple No. 22, Rathbone Sisters, has elected the following officers for the ensu- ing term: Past chief, Mrs. F. J. Brando most excellent chief, Mrs. W. Frink; ex- cellent senior, Mrs. G. L. Rodgers; excel- SAN JOSE, CaL., June 18.—Jimmie Clark, who has served nearly a score of terms for petty larceny in this State, was arrested Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Ed- wards for disposing of stolen goods. A few months ago Clark was confined in the lent junior, Mrs. J. H. Truman; manager, Mrs. J. 8. Brown; misiress of records and correspondence, -Mrs. T. M. Singleton; mistress of finance, Mrs. G. Mcliwain; pro?acmx; ol"e famplei filu JSt;venson; guard of outer temple, Mrs. J. Johnson; trustee, Mrs. C. H, Corey. :