The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 20, 1896, Page 3

| ¥ } g GENIT STRIVE FOR THE RHINEGOLD Living' Enactment of the Wagnerian Tradition at Bayreuth. TRAGEDY SET TO MUSIC. Magnificent Performances Under the Auspices of Prince Luitpold. MIMIC STRIFE OF FABLED GODS Herr Hans Richt'r Leads the Or- chestra in Rendition of the Masterpiece. AYREUTH, Bavaria, July 19.—There was a large assemblage, ingcluding many Americans, present to-day at the Fest- spielhaus to witness the production of ‘Rheingold” in the first cycle of Wagner's tetralogy, “Der Ring des Nibelun ren,” given under the auspices of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria. There was aiso a large crowd on the hill on which the Fest- spielhau: is located. The cast was as follows Wotan—Carl Perron, Dresden. Fricka—Madame Marie Brema, London. Frya—Frauleiv Marion Weed, Berlin. a—Fran Heink-Schumann, Hamburg. Loge—Heinrich Voge Froh—Alois Burgstaller, Bayreuth. Donner—Hermann Bachmann, Nurnbers. hannes Eimblad, Breslau. rnst Wachte: sden. reuth. drichs, Bremen. Weigune—Fraulein Katharina Rosin, Chem- nitz. Woglinde—Frauiein Josephine von Artner, mburg. Flosshilde—Fraulein Olive Fremstad, Co- The parts of Loge, Fasolt, Erda, Frya ani: Mime jere presented in an excellent manner. Perron as Wotan, Friedrichs as berich and Elmblad as Fafner produced favorable impression, ntation of the Rhine The work of the stra under the direction of Dr. Hans ter of Vienna admirabie. The y was gooq, but it often did not ac- cord with the Wagner tradition. When th - curtain arose the audience be- only a modera whiie the re gan to discern in the dimness of the scene the representation of the deep waters of the Rnine slowly. The music, with its deep, slumberous sound, walfted the audieuce from the noise and turmoil tside and a feeling of comulete rest e over the listeners. By degrees ere can be seen three and fro in the dimness o ¢ figures moving to of the wate Th are those of the Rhine daughters, Wellgunde, Flosshilde and Woglince. They swim around a rock in the center of the Rhine stream. Lower down can be seen a hideous-look- lwarf who, creeping from a cavern in the bottom of the Rhine, watches the play of the maidens. This hideous, ngly dwarf is Alberich, king of the Nibelungs. The Nibelungs are beings who live in dark s underground. A begins to court the Rhine nd in the course of their con- it is learned that .the three s are there to guard the Rhinegold, ifi treasure with powerful > properties. Xuinegold suddenly begins to shine 1e wop of the rock around lens are v 4 of th> mar—elous treasure. Alberich, who has been fooled by the Rbine dangh- ters, and_nis pleadings for love having been scoffed at by them asks the mg idens t the gold is good for. tell him the world’s wealth is to him who from the Rhinegold bammer a ring which would be- ureless might. Woglinde tells her that none but he who izhts of love withholds, who s heed nomore,” alone can wder which rounds the gold ardians of the Rhinegold are o fear of Alberich, for he hes shown them that be is an ardent courtier; there- fore he is no fit person o secure the gold. xperiences Alberich has made laughters of the Rhine have ed a revolution within him. lie no longer is in love; he becomes greedy of the power that is connected with the possession of the gold. As he cannot bhave love be decides to have power. And he calculates, in possession of power and gold: *“And forced I not love, yet de- lights, at least, I might filch.” Therefore with extreme determination he climbs up the rock from which the gold sends its rays, calis the waters to witness that he renounces and curses love, clutches the zold to gam the ring and plunges headlong with it into the depths, where he swiftly disappears, g The Rhine daughters dart straight after the thief, screaming for help. Complete darkness sets in, the floods fall ana one hears from afar the yelling laughter of Alberich. As the waves dis- appear clouds arise, and finally one djs- covers through a thin mist a beautiful piece of heights, The breaking day lightens with growing brightness a castle with snining battie- ments standing upon a rock in the back- ground. Between this castle on the rock and the foreground of the scene it is sup- vosed lies a deep valley with the Rhine flowing through it. At the side, on flower-radiant ground, reposes Wotan, the god of gods, the Fricka, his consort, beside him. Both are asleep. Wotan yearns to possess the measureless might which would fail to him who hammers the Rhinegoid to a ring. .fs he is an unfit person to achieve this aim and end, because he will not forego love, be strikes a bargain with the giants Fasolt and Fafner to build him a castle on a lofty height asa mark of his supreme power. » Tbis castle Wotan calls Valhall As payment, Wotan was induced by the half- vod Loge to pledge to the giants the fair Goddess Frya; but when the castle i com- wleted he tries to withdraw from the bar- xained payment. Loge then tells him that Alberich already has the ' rinz and the gients demand that. As a pledge they carry away the Goddess Frya. Wotan and Loge then go te the under- ground realms, where by cunning they in- duce Alberich to exert the magic be has acquired and turn himself into a toad. This done, they secure him and the ring and carry both to the upper region. There they set Alberich free, when with intense rage he carses the ring, declarng thatit shall bring death to any one who wears it, until it comes back to bin:. € then disappears; the two giants fight to the dea.h for the possession of the ring. After returning Frya Fasolt is killed and the other giant walks off with the ring and all the treasures. The opera then draws to a conclusion open country on mountain with most beautiful music. Donner, the Thunderer, stretches & rainbow as a bridee across the valley to the castle and all the gods and goddesses step over it to Valhall. The curtain falls while the mournful la- ment of the Rhine aaughters is heard from the river, 7 PANIC IN A CRETAN TOWN. Captains of Ships in Another M NEW YORK, N. Y., July 20.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Athens says: Dispatches received from Canea state that a panic occurred there at 10 o’clock yesterday morning in the Plantza quarter, owing to a fire, which was mis- taken as a signal for carnage. The bouses were forthwith barricaded. British Cap- tain Drury promptly landed boats, carry- ing armed sailors and the Austrian and Russian ships also landed men in Canes and Haleppa. ich the ming and singing the | The Austrian Consul showed great courage and ran to Abdullah Pasha, who seemed inactive, and berated him severely. Abduliah Pasha finally dispersed the Turks. The shops were closed and no- body dared stay in the streets. The cor- respondent says that as he passed through the town the dead and wounded were lying about and the panic still continued. BAPTISTS A7 MILWAUKEE, Eminent Divines Uccupy the Pulpits of Other Denominations. MILWAUKEE, wis., July 19.—Baptist clergymen from the leading pulpits of the United States and Canamda occupied the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Con- gregational pulpits of Milwaukee to-day and preached to large audiences. To-day’s meetings at the exposition building were the largest of the convention. The after- noon session was a great missionary meet- i h the convention sermon by Dr. B ing, w HY'C. Mabie of ton. Reports from Baptist foreign m on fields were re- ceived. In the evening the closing service finished with a .nonster consecration meeting, led by Dr. Franklin L. Wilkins, general secretary. With this service the convention closed, and the delegates will spend Monday in making side trips. et Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Will, HARTFORD, Coxx., July 19.—The will of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was ad- mitted to probate Saturday afternoon. She leaves all her property to her three chil- dren, the Rev. Charles E. Stowe, Miss Har- riet Stowe and Miss Eliza Stowe, the son to have one-third and the balance to be held in trust, the income for the support of the daughters. The value of the prop- erty is $42, CUBAN DEFEAT CLAIMED, Forty-One Are Said to Have Been Killed and Sixty Wounded. Insurgents Wreck a Passenger ‘Train With Dynamite Near Puertq Principa. HAVANA, Cusa, July 19.—According to a report furnished by General Bernal, the troops under his command bave achieved a victory over a rebel force at Varona, near Martinas, province of Pinar del Rio. The insurgent losses were forty- one kiiled and sixty wounded. The troops lost two killed and thirteen wounded. A party of insnrgents wrecked a pas- senger train near Puerto Principe by ex- | ploding dynamite on the track. One | soldier and one passenger were killed and four soldiers wounded. A report reaches here that the insurgent leaders, Enrique Collazo, Rego Comaguey and Calixto Garcia, were treacherously fired upon by rebels near Holguin, but es- caped unhurt. RS A4 RAKISH-LOOKING CRAFT. Mysterious Movements of @ Supposed Filivuster., _ PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 19.—What has every resembiance to a filibustering expedition got away from here this morn- ing. Last evening a schooner-rigged steam yacht came to anchor in the Delaware River off Camden, N. J., and during the night about fifty-five men and a number of boxes were put aboard by a tug. The yacht sailed early this morning before any one could learn anything about her, and to-night should be out to sea if she steamed directly for the Delaware capes. ON EASTERN DIAMONDS. Standing of the Clubs and Scores of the Games in the National League Yesterday. Cruss. Won.|Lost. | Fer Baltimor Cincinnati Cleveland... 871 ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 19.—The Brooklyns lost the majority game of the present series to-day. Pitehier Daub west to the bench after five ian- ingsand Harper finished the game in good style. Hart kept the Brooklyn hits well scat- tered. ~ Sensational fielding by both sides abounded. In the absence of & staff umpire Murphy and McCarthy officiated to the satis- fact ion of%e 1. Attendauce, 6000. Score: St. Louis 6, 10, 15 Brookiyn 2, 7, 2. Batteries— Hart and McFarland; Daub, Harper ana Grimm. Umpires—Murphy and McCarthy. LOUISVILLE, KY., July 19.—~Cleveland “took two games from Louisville this afternoon in the presence of the largest crowd in the his- tory of baseball in thix city. Clingmans error and two bases on balls gave Cleveland the first game. Young won the second for the Spiders by keeping Louisville's hits well scattered. Cleveland has signed Pitcher McDermott, just released by Louisville. Attendance 13,goo. Score: First game—Cleveland, 4, 10, 2; Louis. ville, 3,6, 5. Batteries—Cuppy and O’Meara, Frazerand Dexter. Umpire—McFarland, Second gume—Louisville, 0, 9, 2; Cleveland, 0,0. Batieries—Hill and Dexter, Young mmer, Umpire—McFariand. CINCINNATI, Omro, July 19.— Baltimore wou the last game of the series this afternoon. Tn the seventh the locals went to pieces and the champions scored nine unearned runs. Attendance 24,000. Score: Cincinnatis—6, 9, 4; Baliimores—14, 19, 2. Batieries—Fore- man, Fisher and Peitz; Hoffer and Clark. Umpire_Sheridun, CHICAGO, ILL., July 19.—The Chicagos won both games irom the Washingtons to-day. The grounds were muddy and sharp fieiding was outof the question. Score: First game—Chi- cagos 4,9, 1. Washingtons 3, 10, 4. Batteries— Griffith and Kittredge, McJames and McGuire. Umpire—Ems:je. Second game—Chicagos 5, 14, 6. Washing- tons 2,5, 1. Baueries—Friend and Doushue; Mercer, German and McGuire. Umpnire—Ems- ite, KANSAS CITY, Mo.,. July 19.—Kansas City won from Grand Rapids to-day by a lucky bunching of hits in the second {nning, when a on balls and & hit by pitcher, followed by three singles and two doubles, netted six runs. The grounds were very bad, as a result of the rain yesterday. Score: Kansas City—7, 14,5; Grahd Rapids— 6, 12, ries—Barnett’ and Blanford, Baker and Smink. Umpire—Snyder. —_—— B and Santa Cruz Team Beaten. BANTA CRUZ, Cavn., July 19.—The Santa Clara baseball team beat the Santa Cruz Electrics this afternoon at Vue de PEan Park by a score of 14 to 13. This is the third game between these teams, and the second won by the Santa Cl. The Electries did not Elly ball witn their usual skill, wkile the Santa Claras did good work and showed the results of steady practice. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1896. _— __—_——,,e—_e,—,—™_,™,™,,™,—,,—™—~,—~,Y,Y,—,—Y,Y,,Y, - _ _ _ _,_—_—_—_—_—,—,—,———,———_—_———— _————— e ——————————— BLALING FORESTS AROUND SPOKANE. Miners and Others Flee for Their Lives From the Mountains. THEY LOSE EVERYTHING The Resistless Flames Gradu- ally Creeping Down Into the Valleys. SCENES OF AWFUL GRANDEUR. Several Small Towns Threatened. Timber Loss Wil Amount to Many Millions. SPOKANE FALLS, Wass., July 19.— The sun is hidden from view at this point, caused by the fierce forest fires that are raging in the mountains near here. The smoke is getting heavier every day and the sun looks like a red ball of fire. Re- ports coming in from outside places in the mountains say that miners and prospec- tors are coming down into the valleys, some of them having lost everything. 'W. F. Kohlhauff and Frank Childs, just returned from the north fork of the Sal- mon River in British Columbia, say that the fires have gained great head way there. They had been working at Arnold mine, but the fire came down so fast that they barely escaped with their lives. The camp with the shafthouse and tools was burned. The fire has not yet penetrated the thick underprush along the creek, but has been confined to the top of the mountains. Reports from all mining camps to the north are to the same effect. Around Kaslo, Slocan and Sandan miners have been compelled to flee for life, as the fire comes on so rapidly. Around Rossland it is still high on the mountains, butis creeping down. The flames have gained such headway that any attempt to stop them are useless and fruitiess. As there is heavy timber around Rossland and the trail has been all cut away there is litile danger of these towns being burnea, but several large mining plants near the former place and a big smelter at the latter are in danger. Large crews of men have been put to work to prevent fire get- ting to them. Trains in that section have great trouble in running on account of the fires along the road and the falling of burned trees across the track. Calispell mountains, a-short distance from Spokane, are on fire. At night in the neighborhood the light penetrates the dense smoke and makes a beautiful pic- ture, while the roar of the fire and crack- ling of falling trees adds grandeur to the scene. The fire on these mountains is fast creeping down to the valiey, and ranchers are in alarm. In the Ceeur d’Alere mountains thereis some fire, but as this section has been swept a number of times the underbrush has been burned away and fires are not so easily started there. On the Colville reservation fires are said to be raging terribly. Prospectors just in from that section say that the damage to timber will amount % millions of dollars. A great many prospectors will lose all they had, and those who are coming in consider themseives lucky to get out with their lives. The fires will not abate until there is rain, while smoke increases in density every duy here. Loss to life and property will be heavy. —_—— GENERAL DEVASTATION, Telegraphic and Kailroad Service Badly Demoralized. SEATTLE, Wasn., July 19.—Telegraph service along all the raiiroad lines extend- ing to and across the Cascade Mountains has been seriously impaired for a week, owing to the prevalence of forest fires. I'rees are being burned and felled acioss the wires, carrying everything down with acrash. A crew of linemen and repairers is kept busy on each trauscontinental line, as well as the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern, and the Great Northern coast branches. Bicyclists traveling north on the coast lines on Saturday say the fire raged with such fury in proximity to the tracks that the heat became almost un- bearable. Owing to the unusual dryness, because of a scarcity of rain this season, the fires are doing greater damage than heretofore, and there is no probability that they will soon be extinguished, save through the intervention of showers. . DRIVEN FROM HOME. Families Fleeing From the Villages of * Halstead and Niagara, ALBANY, Or., July 19.—Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Moore, Mrs. 8. N. Steele and chil- dren and her father, who have been spend- ing a few weeks at Halstead, up the North Sautiam, seturned here yesterday, having been driven out by forest fires, The fires started two weeks or more ago at Minto and have spread until about four miles square have been burned over and it now threatens to destroy the villages of Niagara and Halstead. They say several unused cabins and the Niagara logging camp are burned. The fire has thus far burned very little in the green timber and the damage has not been great, but it threatens lo destroy much valuable tim- ber should it continue to spread. The fires have begun unususlly early this year and there is no question about their spreading very fast. Death of a Milpitas Citizen. MILPITAS, CaL, July 19.—Alfred Jones, an old resident of Milpitas, died at the French Hcs})lul in San Francisco yes- terday after a lingering illuess., At ‘one time he was proprietor of the Milpitas Hotel. He was a native of New York, aged 62 years. LOS ANGELES' BENEFIT, Equal Suffragists Extend Aid to Miss Couzins in Her Distress. Leaders in the Eleventh-Amendment Crusade Address a Large Gathering. LO0S ANGELES, CAL, July 19.—The benefit given in Unity Church to Miss Pheebe Couzins, the woman suffragist and lecturer, was well attended to-night, A goodly sum was collected and will be ten- dered to her to-morrow. Miss Couzins has been bedridden for several months with rheumatism, and as a result her exchequer became exhausted. She applied to the Woman Suffraze Asso- ciation of Los Angeles County for assist- ance to reach her brother in Missouri. The benefit to-night was the result, Mrs. Mila Tupper Maynard, president of the Suffrage Association, presided and read a letter of regret from Miss Couzins, who was too ill to_be present. After a se- lection by the Women’s Orchestra Rev. Anna Shaw was introduced. She paid 2 high tribute to Miss Couzins, who had done so much for the cause and | would doubtless have continued an earn- est worker had she retained her health. | Miss Shaw proceeded to discuss what it | is to be a Christian. She referred to the | fact that there was no doubt as to this be- | ing a Christian people, for the Supreme | court had been appeaied toand had so de- cided. This bit of sarcasm caused a slight ripple of laughter. The speaker referred to woman's long | fight for the right of conscience—to follow | the path of duty as dictated by her own conscience. She denied that women were contented [ to occupy a subordinate and inferior po- | sition, and said that even if this was so it | was because woman had been robbed by man of her love of liberty. Rev. John A.B.Wilson of the First Methodist Episcopal Church followed with a stirring address. - - MRS, Answers Trustee Patterson’s Evplana- tion of the Whittier School Trouble, LOS ANGELES, Caw., July 19.—Public interest in the affairs ot the Whittier Re- form School is being intensified day by day. The publication in THe CaLL of a portion of the testimony taken recently by Trustees Patterson and Mitchell, relat- ing to che punishment of inmates, has called forth considerable comment from leading citizens, much of which has been anything but complimentary to the man- agement of the institvtion. Trustee Patterson had a long explana- tion in the morning papers to-day, in which he indorsed the alleged acts of cruelty as necessary discipline. He at- tributed various and sinister motives to ‘“the Mitchells” for having instigated the investigation. = A corresponCent saw Trustee Adina Mitchell after she had read Trustee Patterson’s card to the public, and asked her for a statement regarding it. She said: “And so Mr, Patterson has taken & col- umn. and a balf of valuable space for his repeatedly threatened explanation, and after all it is an explanation which does not explain. By this onslaught upon ‘the Mitchells’, the gentleman evidently be- lieves that he can draw me into a contro- versy with himself in order that the pub- lic mind may be distracted from Whittier. Not at ali! 'As I have before remarkeu, I must decline to engage in a personal con- troversy with Trustee Patterson or any one else, whereby the public mind may be diverted from the cruelties practiced in the State school at Whittier, which should be in fact, as well as in name, a reform —_—————— MITCHELL’S RETORT. school. Thatisall.” ~ SONOMA VALLEY’S UNION BIGH SCHOOL. BONOMA, CAL., July 19.—The boara of trustees of the Sonoma Valley Union High School has finally determined upon the purchase of the old Cumberland College building on Broadway. The building, though old, is one of the handsomest and most imposing in the valley. It was built by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which Was at one time quite powerful in this State. Under the management of Rey. W. M. Cunningham the institution for a long time enjoyed a very high reputation as one of the most thorough educational institutions of California. The building has been un- occupied for some years, but is in a fairstate of preservation. A few repairs will make it & most desirable home for the high school. INVESTS I THE OREGON RALIAY, Huntington Believed Have Purchased an Interest. to TARIFFS ARE RAISED. The Southern Pacific Buys the . Power to End a War of Rates. NORTHERN COMPETITION ENDS. Romors That the California Corpora. tion Is Now in Centrol of the" Line. PORTLAND, Og., July 19.—A rumor is current here in railroad circles that Collis P. Huntington and the Southern Pacific people have a hand in the new govern- ment of the Oregon Railway and Naviga- tion Company, which will on August 1 be transferred from the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, whers it has been involved in litigation so long, the receiver dis- charged and the road pass into the hands of the reorganized company. It is believed that Huntington has, indirectly or other- wise, obtained a share in the controliing poweron the purchasing committee ap- pointed by the reorganization board at New York to acquire the Oregon corpora- tion's property. For a long time the Southern Pacific has closely watched the trend of affairs under Keceiver McNeil’s management, and when it was mentioned that the Union Pacific would probably regain control of the Oregon Railway and Navigation line when its affairs were in shape, rumors came thick and fast from San ¥rancisco that the Southern Pacific interests were actively at work to defeat the objects of its trans- continental rival. Oune reason for behev- ing that there is an alliance somewhére is that simuitaneously with the formal sale of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company’s property came the announce- ment of a cessation of the rate war be- tween the Southern Pacific and the Oregon line, which had been in progressin freight and passenger trafic between San Fran- cisco and Portland for months pest. The Southern Pacific had a losing fizht of it, and, inasmuch as the company bad been losing money steadily on the Shasta special, it had good cause for welcoming a restoration of the old rates. The Oregon corporation is well able to continue the fight with its steamer service, and those who are acquainted with the situation assert that peace was declared between the companies because the California corpora- tion had ppwer to declare peace. Then, again, a suspicious state of peace exists on the Columbia river between the competing companjes.' Instead of the usual fight for seashore travel, the Colum- bia River and Puget Sound Railway and Navigation Company, which is allied with the Southern Pacific interests, has put rates at top notch to the-coast and Puget Sound. There is an agreement with the Oregon Railway and Navigation people to maintain rates, and both companies, through the influence of Mr. Hunting- ton’s corporaiion, have adopted an inter- changeable sysiem of handling each other’s freight and passenger traffic that seems curious to those who have hitherto seen war to the knife between them. iy CLAIMS HE IS8 A PORTUGUESE. Convict Ah Sam Objects to a Deportation to China. PORTLAND, Og., July 19.—Judge Bel- linger has been called upon to decide “Whether a man whose father is claimed to have been a Portuguese and his mother a Chinese woman is a Chinese within the meaning of the registration act, or other- wise?” Thecase involves Ah Sam, alias Sam Fcok, who was brought before the court vesterday for an order that he be de- ported to China, because he is a felon. Sam was serving a sentence in the Oregon State penitentiary for larceny at the time the. law was passed reqnmnf Chinese to recister. The Chi- nese registration law dees not permit con- victs to take out certificates of registration, and it provides that they shall be returned to China. It 1s alleged by Sam that his father was a native of Portugal, and con- sequently heis nota Chinese and is not amenable to the registration law or sub- jectd to deportation. The father is now dead. - Sam came to Portland with his mother when he was 6 years old. He remained here for ten years and then went to Peking with* his mother. He subsequently re- turned to Portiand and was convicted of larceny. He speaks very little English and hisavpearance is that of a full-bloode Chinese. The United States District At- torney contends that, as the accused has adopted Chinese manners and customs and also 2 Chinese name and speaks only the Chinese language, to all intents and purposes he 18 a Chinese. Judge Bellinger took the matter under advisement. THE NEWS OF SAN JOSE." Diseased Milk Causes Serious lliness in a Rancher's Family—An Al- leged Firebug. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 19.—Henry Nutt- man and wife and twelve children of Santa Clara are recovering from an ex- tended illness caused by using milk from a cow affected with tuberculosis. For sev- eral months the whole family has been more or less sick, and Mrs. Nuttman has been at the Santarium for six weeks. “The youngest chiid is seriously ill. Au exami- nation o6f the organs of the cow after it “l:e killed showed an advanced case of tul S I Rebelzahs Install Officers. _ SAN JOSE, Can., July 19.—Josephine Rebekah Lodge No. 14, L. O. 0. F., has in- stallea the foilowing officers: Sadie Curtis, P. G.; Alice Moe, N. G.; Bertha Cottle, R. 8.; Emily Chi F. 8.; Mrs. William Gulu’lald.“{‘. fi'fi'fi. Cameron, C.; Ro- setta McMilla: Axlhmh Anxu:ig. fi. 8. N. G.; Mrs. mstrong, . N. G.; Mrs. R. 8. V. G.; Ella ett, L. S. V. G.; Ethel Church and Clara Gussefeld, A. ' To Rescue Fullen Women. SAN JOSE, CjL., July 19.—The ladies of the Central Christian Church have effected the temporary organization of a society for the rescue of fallen women. Ata meeting recently held a commis con- sisting of Mrs. B. F. Norris, Mrs. W. A, ‘Wilson and Mias Florence Hammond was appointed to mem| p from the various church organizations. The move- ment is meeting with much encourage- ment. It is the object of the society to provide a suitable home for girls and women who have been rescued from im- moral lives until they shall have obtained employment. ———— SLASHED BY AN EX-CONVICT. Murderous Assault Over a Conorete- Laying Dispute. SAN JOSE, Caw., July 19.—John Nel- son, a Swedish laborer, had a narrow es- cape from death this evening at the hands of Isador Salazar, an ex-convict. He was slasbed four times with a pocket-knife, one of the blows laying the left side of his neck open, the wound being eight inches inlength. He was also gashed in the back of the head, his nose was cut open, and the fourth wound was across the rizht band. None of the arteries in the neck were severed and Nelson will re- cover. The affair was the result of a dis- pute as to tne respective merits of the men in laying concrete. The assault was nn‘uslifiagle, as Nelson was unarmed. Salazar was released frop San Quentin about two months ago, after serving a long term for garroting a man ih this city. el ARRESTED FOR ARSON, Officers Acouse an Ex-Bartender of Ap- plywng the 1orch to Haystacks. SAN JOSE, Can, July 19—H. W. Hoyer, who was formerly employed as bartender in Grimley’s Hotel at Mayfield, was brought to the County Jail last even- ing to await an examination on a charge of arson. Hoyer is accused of having burned fifty tonsof hay belonging to Peter | Grimley. Circumstantial evidence against Hoyer is very strong. A candlestick belougiufi to aroom occupied by Hoyer was foun near the place where the haystacks had stood. SANTA CRUZ ~ FESTIVAL, Turners From All Parts of the State Will Contest for the Prizes. A Fishermen's Battle Among the Many Interesting Features of the Carnival, SANTA CRUZ, CaL., July 19.—Letters containing congratulations and wishes for success are received by the Turnfest com- mitte daily. All the Turn Vereins in the State are new rehearsing for the great gymnastic exercises to take place during the Turnfest, and every one is anxious to win the first prize. The gymnastic exercises will consist of field sports ana other different exhibitions of strength and flexibility of the body. Fiity men have already applied to take part in the prize swimming contest, and the lovers of sport are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to witness the most skill- ful swimming contests ever seen on the coast. The swimming will take place in Santa Cruz bay. A large number of societies have been enlist in what is called “The Fisher- mer’s Battle.”” This consists of tilting with lances, the points of which are pro- tected by a pall. The Iancers will occupy rowboats and those who can stay longest in their boats and can throw the most of their con- testants into the water shall be declared the victors. All participants in this bat- tle must of course be good swimmers. The following Turn Vereins have so far promised their attendance: San Fran- cisco Turn Verein, which will furnish fifty active members to take part in the prize tournament; Turn Verein Eintracht, San Francisco, fifty active membrs; Turn Verein Vorwaerts, San Francisco, twenty active members; Mission Turn Verein, San Francisco, thirty active members; Sacramento Turn Verein, twenty active members; Oakland Turn Verein, twenty- five active members; San Jose Turn Verein, twenty active members; Stockton Turn Verein, fiiteen active members; Napa Turn Verein, ten active memobers: Santa Cruz Turn Verein, ten active mem- bers, Marysville Turn Verein, ten active members. S Altogether there will be about 300 active members taking part in the exercises and exhibition drill, and the total number of Turners that will be present is estimated at 1500. The American flag was decided upen as one of the decorations for the 7urnfest by the executive committee this afternoon. The merchants and other citizens of Santa Cruz will be requested to use the flag with the Turnfest colors of red and white, and thus aid the Turners to give the festival a patriotic air. J. Arnold, representing THE CALL, presented to the committee a proposition to furnish for distribution throughout the coast & number of banners that will at- tract attention to the Turnfest. The propo- sition was accepted and the committee manifested its approbation of the interest THE CALL has shown in the Turnfest. The committee transacted a good deal 6f routine business, and the preparations are progressing finely. CAPTURED NEAR ANTIOCH, Deputy Constable Brown of Tracy Ar- rests a Horsethief. STOCKTON, CarL.,, July 19.—Deputy Constable Brown to-night brought to the County Jail here Charles Ziest. whom ne booked on a charge of grand larceny for having stolen a horse and buggy and a number of laprobes and suits of clothing. Ziest had been working on the Smith ranch near Tracy. Last nignt he took a valuable horse out ot the bary and har- nessed it to the best carriage the place. He had previously stolen a number of Tobes and some clothing belonging to the owner of the ranch, and these he bundled into the stolen rig and started for San Francisco. When the loss was discovered Deputy Constable Brown started in pur- suit and overtook Ziest near Antioch this afternoon. Ziest admits the theft and says he intended to go to San Francisco and dispose of the rig. FETIE-CR AL WOODLAND AGRICULTURAL FAIR. 4 Siz Days’ Race Meeling to Be Held in August. ‘WOODLAND, Car., July 19.—The di- rectors of the Agricultural Association have decided to hold a fair this season. The soliciting committee has secured sub- scriptions for almost enough money to in- sure success in going ahead and complet- ing arrangements. The fair will be given during the latter part of August, and will last six days. Three days will be devoted to running races and three to light-bar- ness performance. Secretary Barney has received communications from prominent horsemen‘from all over the State, and the 5] programme promises to_be one of the.best ever presented at the Woodland track. It will be the association’s aim to -provide races that can be won by the sell- ng plater as well as the c erjack in both branches of the sport. fv iR Third Vietim of Eureka’s Disaster. EUREKA, CaL., July 19.—The disaster at the Government jetty works on Friday night, caused by the overturning of a loaded rockear intg the ocean, burying two men under tons of rock, has cost the life of anather victim. Kenny Ferguson, the last of the three men and the one hurled onto the track, died to-day from Lis injuries, The United States life-saving mw&noh-nt?tg: a ':uflbou for the garead 0 s, but no traces of the -m M[nn’ficl)onud and Ed- ;urdd Inrm:n. t!lh:l‘l,:he&ufimm" can be jound. be pai s ng kept on the beach. o s | TULIRH WED DY TELEPHONE Marriage Bans Pronounced by a Preacher Miles Away. ROMANCE OF THE WIRE. From Santa Cruz Pastor Bate- man Unites Mr. Lawler and Miss Ray. HE FAILS TO KISS THE BRIDE, Nineteenth Century Progress Exem- pified in a Happy Ceremony at Sunrise. . e TULARE, CarL, July 19.—A unique and romantic marriage took place in Tulare at 5 o'clock this morning; or, rather, it oc- curred in Tulare and Santa Cruz. The wedding knot was tied through the me- dium of a telephone, the contracting par- ties in this city answering questions pro- pounded by a clergyman in Santa Cruz. J. L. Lawler led Miss Ollie Ray to a point some leagues distant from the altar over which the pastor presided, but nineteenth century progress has set time and tide at naught and the nuptial bond was fastened as securely as though they were ‘face to face with him. But the parson cid not kiss the bride. The officiating clergyman was Rev. R. H. Bateman of Santa Cruz. The bride and groom repaired this morning to the Tulare office of the Sunset Telephone Company and called up Rev. Mr. Bate- man. Thereply came over the wires from Santa Cruz that Rev. Mr. Bateman was in readiness. Then the ceremony began, Eli Manuel receiving the inquires from the clergyman and propounding them to the principals, The groom responded over the wire, there being two ’phones in the office. In this way the rites were performed, and the minister at Santa Cruz pronounced them man and wife. Tnose present were: B. Ray, father of the bride; Mrs. T. J. Lawler, mother of the groom; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ray, Misses Bessie, Meta and Lena Ray, Eli Manuel and Sidney Lawler. After the wedding the party repaired to the subur- ban residence of W. A. Ray, where they partook of a wedding breakfast. J. L. Lawler is manager of the Tulare candy kitchen, which is owned by the Lawler estate. He is also agent for the Sunset Telephone Company, whose office is in the rooms of the canay kitchen. Every one knows and likes “Jimmy.”” The bride is a handsome brunette. Both have lived in Tulare for many years, Mrs. Law- ler having come to this city from Warren- burg, Mo., while the groom is a native of Illinois. Rev. R. H. Bateman was formerly pastor of the First Christian Church of Tu- lare, and Miss Ray was a member of his church. iisigre X o PLANNED BY TELEPHONE. How Mr. Lawler Arranged the Details With Pastor Bateman. SANTA CRUZ, CaiL., July 19.—James Lawler and Miss Ollie Ray of Tulare had some time ago decided that they would become man and wife this mornimg and that the ceremony should be perfiormed by the Rev. R. H. Bateman, pastor of the Santa Cruz Christian Church, but Mr. Bateman is busily engaged here prevaring for the annual meeting of the Christian churches of Northern California, which will begin at the tabernacle at Garfield Park on Tuesday, so it was impossible for him to be in Tulare this morning. When the minister informed his young friends by telephone last night thac he was sorry he could not reach Tulare in time to officiate at the wedding, Mrx. Law-" ler replied with a query, ‘“What’s the matter with the telephone?” “I don’t know,” said the clergyman. “Don’t you get me? Isay I'm sorry I couldn’t be there—"" “Oh, yes; I caught that all right; butI say what's the matter with marrying us by telephone?’’ Mr. Bateman was pleased with the nove elty of the idea and asked when the cere- mony should be performed. “At sunrise in the morning,” was the reply; and so it was arranged, and at day- light this morning Mr. Bateman “met’’ the couple by telephone, with 250 miles of wire between them, and pronounced them man and wife. His daughter, Miss May Bateman, telephoned her congratulations. The voices of the several persons were easily recognized. This is Adams & West- lake’s $15 metal bedstead. Just as good as their $30 one—not so pretty, that’s all. White enamel Brass knobs and top-rails. Everything elseis as good as metal beds—here. You’re welcome to look—buy if you want to. CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COMPANY (. P. Cole & Co.) 117-123 Geary Street. NOTARY PUBLIC. LES H. P A N PSR M, gronrtas mn ‘Telephone; -rg" 2694