The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1896, Page 3

e KINGPIN PACERS BADLY BEATEN. : Frank Agan an Applicant| for Championship ! Honors. | GREAT RACING RECORD. | Robert J and Jee Patchen Have to Succumb to an OQutsider. | TWO MOST WONDERFUL HEATS. The Victor Stood a Hard Drive in the Second Trial, Another in the Third. 4 CLEVELAND, Omo, July 3i.—Fifteen | wood Wilkes, Charivari, Mischief, Clay S5, Stells, Mamie Griffin, Myrtle Thorn, Faro Bank. 2:24 trot, eleven entries, purse $500—Harvey Mo, Cindiu, Allas, Addfon, Niece, Los An- eles, Twilight, Harry Winchester, Auditor. Solo, 'Athovis. 2:17 ‘pace. six entries, purse -Jennie Mec, Our Boy, Frank L, Adele, Sam H, Promise 20 pace, nine entries, purse $500—Pala- t dele, Colonie, Lindwood, Earthquake, Senator, Nick o’ Time, Nellie B, San Linsito. Two-year-old colt trot, six entries, purse $400—Erets, Owyhee, Central Girl, Highland Lad, Briar Bud, Lottie Lilac. & 34 2:14 pace, six entries, purse. $§600—Javeli! Allie Cresco, Piunkett, Hantord Medium, Bells Prince Nutwood. B PORTLAND SPORTING NOTES. Gossip of the Bat, the Wheel and the Pigakin. PORTLAND, Ow., July 3L—The local cricketers received a call this week from R. B. Hogue, captain of the Alameda Cricket Club. Captain Hogue has been trying to arrange a match with the All- Oregon team. If possible the Alameda playars will join the carnival visitors on the Vancouver trip and en route they will play the long-talked-of match with the Portlanders. There has been a great desire cn the part of the Californians to meet the All-Oregon team, but owing to the grgat distance and the time spent in traveling the match could not be arranged satisfac- torily. ; A large number ot city wheelmen will leave the latter part of next week for the Mazamas trip to Ashland. The Oregon Road Club has elected new officers and starts out_on its second year with every prospect of success. There is good material here for two foot- 1 | ball clubs this season if the managers get to work and push it through soon enough 0 that their men will be in condition to play the game when the season opens. thousand people saw Frank Agan win the greatest pacing race of the year at the | lenville track to-day. He defeated Rob- ert J., Joe Patchen and Badge in straight beats. Not only this, but they saw him twice lower his own record and inci- dentally the pacing record of the track. The free-for-all pace was the second on | to-day’s card. The entries were Joe Patchen, Robert J., Frank Agan, Badge and Rubenstein. The betting was very heavy. In the auction pools Robert J. sold for $100 70 $200, Joe Patchen brought $50 to $75, while the field sold at $50 down | to $25. Agan won the first heat rather easily, but the second heat was sensational. Agan led all the way, but was givena hard ive by Patchen, who held his nose st the y stallion’s neck, forcing him to pace the last quarter at a two-minute gait. Coming to the wire Agan made a great getting a lead of more than a length, which Patchen reduced to a neck at thgfinish. Time, 2:04. From the first turn in the third heat Agar and Patchen raced as a pair Roundi to the stretch Geers called on Re J, who responded nobly, but the call came too late. The geld however, jed in passing Patchen and finish- = ahead of his old rival and gave | se call, the latter winning by a 2:043{ to to-day’ ord stood at last year. s race the track 0414, made by | Summaries: $50 added if | Joe_Patchen 05—2 04— | t, £2000, Walter S won, Black Seth | rd. Besttime,2:13. | hed), Rifie'and An- | heir credit and | n Time, at | Chugnut second, | dron wonm, Flor- me, 1:03. \nnie Fweet | § ! Doiando we Time. 1 Time, 1:013. | Bell won, Bergen second, | i < | I, Omro, July 31.—Resaults | NCINNAT tonia d | won, Volley Fuse sec- d. 'Time, 1:163 id_Law won, Seribe s¢cond, Time, 1:02. nex Biton McCleliand w on, Eg- s Wanda third. 28. len won, | Time, 4 eirarch second, Linda second, Leasman won, t Time, 2:251. Wood_won, Groganetu me, 1:041. i orn second, Battledore | ON EASTERN DIAMONDS. ! Standing of the Clubs and Scores of the | Games in the National League " Yesterday. ‘ i Cruss 411, Om10, July 31.~Cincinnatis 7, gs 9, 15, 2. Batteries—Ehret and | n and Mer: e—Lally. | 9, , July 31.—New Yorks, s 5, 11,4. Batteries—Meekin | Harper and Grim. Umpire— | YOR Brookl: 33 and Warner, Hurst. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 31.—Washingtons 0; Baltimo e ana Me 11, 0. Batteries—Ge: er and Clark. and Hoffe: , Mo., July 31.—St. Louis-Cleve- | iand game postpaned on account of rain | CHICAGO, IiL., July 31.—Chicago-Louisville | game postponed. | N PETALUMA FAIR RACES, The Spokane Baseball Club has ar- ranged for a two weeks’ trip o the Sound cities. They will piay Portland and the Vancouver Barracks Orions. Charles Morell, H. B. Litt, George Foss and J. L. Taylor, the latter a Bay City Wheelman, have returned from a wheel- | ing trip to Tacoma and Seattle. The Mulinomah Club has appointed a committes to get together 1ts footuall eleven this year. Profiting by its sorry experience last year the ciub will get to work in good season this year, so that when the season opens a trained and ex- pert team will be ready on the field. —_———— TRANSCONTINENTAL BICYCLING. From BSeattle to Chicago in Less Than Two Months. CHICAGO, Iri., July 31.—W. H. Shene- man arrived in Chicago yesterday after a long ride by wheel from Seattle. He leit the Pacific Coast June 1 on a touring trip, expecting to reach Columbdus, Ohio, by October 1. After be had crossed two States on his journey, he had made such good time that he decided to keep as far ahead | of his schedule as he could. Until Omaha was reached Sheneman averaged seventy- five miles a day. There he encountered heavy roags and rainy weather and was delayed eleven days. Shortly after leaving Seattle he reached the desert which extends from Prosser Falls to Umatilla. This was the most perilous part of the trip, and in attempt- ing to cross the thirty-five miles of sandy fields the tourist nearly lost his life. He could not ride tire wheel through the sand and had to dismount and push it. All the water in his canteen had been consumed before he had covered half the desert, and when he reached the Colum-| bia River he fel) exhausted on the bak. “With the exception of the desertand | the rainy spells,” said he, “the trip was most enjoyable. The Western country, with its mount; cursion for cyel good condition and can be covered ata good clip. “I am a novice at this mode of travel- ing, but if one has time it is the only way to see the country. The mountains are comparatively easy to cross and do not offer mearly as formidable a barrier to'the wheelman as some of the small desertsin the Far Western country. I rode a twenty-two-pound wheel all the way, and was not bothered a bit by having to dis- mount for repairs.” Records Broken at Butte. BUTTE, MoxT., July 31.—The Northwest record of 2:12){ for a mile pacing was broken both by Feltfare, the Butte horse, and Agitato, the California horse, this morning. Trotting, three-year-olds, Dormitian won in | Awo straight heats, F. thira. Best time, 2 Pacing, 2:10 class, R. second, Barbara C gitato won fn | straight heats, Feltfare won first heat and sec- | , Keen Kutter third. 4 ana 2:1414; Feltfare’s, 2:1114. ng, half a mile, , heats, handicap, Quicksilver won both heats, Tommy second im first, Liberty in seeond, Lulu Horton third. Time, :49 and :49%4. Six furiongs, St. Jacob won, Latonis secona, Hiram Argo third. Time, 1:17. Three turlongs, Chinook won, Pat Tucker second, Tennesseé Maid third. Time, :35%. T e Chessmasters’ Tournament. NUREMBURG, Bavaria, July 31.—The eleventh round of the international chess- masters’ tournament played in this city resulted as follows: Porges and Pillsbury drew, Walbroat and Schiffers drew, Ja- nowsky beat Lasker, Tarrasch and Schleichter drew, Steinitz beat Marco, Tsehigorin' and Maroczsy drew, Schallopp beat Charousek, Blackourn beat Winawer, Showalter beat Teichmann and Albin had a bye. e sa R S May Be Raced For at Cowes. LONDQN, Exe.,July 3L.—Richard Grant, Esq., secrétary of tne Royal Yachs Squad- ron, announces that the Bennett-Goelet cup which was won in 1895 by the Ailsa, will be raced forat Cowes this season, it Mr. Bennett agrees to the proposition. ASTORIA CANNER1ES GLUTTED. Waters Alive and Tons of Fine Fish Daily Thrown Away. ASTORIA, Og., July 31L.—Receipts of salmon at the various lower river can- neries are unusunaliy heavy and far in ex- cess of the capacity of the packing es- tabliskments to handle them. To-day fish was so plentiful that one of the fishermen delivered nearly 100, and ic was reported that near Sand Isiand the water was alive with large chinooks. Many were taken with gaff-hooks by men who found themselves in the midst of & large school of fish. Atsome canneries the loss isvery heavy, NEW BATTLE-SHPS 70 BE BUILT HERE At Least One to Be Con- structed on the Pacific THREE MAY BE SECURED | Union Iron Works Bid Re- quested by the Naval Con- struction Board. THE CHARLESTON IMBRCGLIO. Sscretary Herbert Will Not Call a Court-Martial to Try Captain Coifin. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 31.—The Naval Bureau of Construction anda Repair sent out to-day copies of plans and speci- fications for the battle-ships whose con- struction is authorized in the last naval appropriation law. The copies went to four firms—Cramps, the Unica Iroa | Works, the Bath Iron Works and the Newport News Ship-building -Company. These firms ase the only ship-building establishments in the United States that made applications for plans and specifica- tions, The fact that they entered applica- tions is no indication, however, that all will submit bids. 1t is believed at the de- partment that three at least will make proposals, two of them for all three ships and one for two. There is a disposition on the part of the authorities at the present time to dis- tribute the contracts for the ships. Under the law one of these vessels must be built on the Pacific Coast, provided the bid sub- mitted by the firm or firms bidding from | the bids submitted by Eastern firms. The | probabilities are strong, therefore, that the | Union Iron Works will obtain a contract | for the construction of at least one ship, | although the members of that firm ‘say it |intends to make proposals for the con- | structicn of all three. Information has reached the Navy De- two | Agitato’s | | tons of fine fish being thrown overboard | : St | on account of the lack of facilities for Street Stock Parade—Entries for Irot-| cynning. Never since the canning in- i Moy SR Enoley. Meguty. | dustry began has such a run of fish been PETALUMA, Car., July 3L — There l seen, and if it continues until the close being such a fine array of trotters, pacers | of the season there will be a much larger and runmers in town the fair directors | PAck than has been anticipated. The fish have deeided to introduce the novei feature | 3¢ of exceptionally fine color and quality. of parading the Tscing stock through our | streets Saturday fpfternoon. and as each | trainer and groom wil! endeavor to have | their particular striug look the best the | t will be a treat to the lovers of fine | e i horseflesh. The horsemen say there’ are tbree or | four times as many running Borses at the | racet; as have ever been there au#ne | time. There will be at least two fine run- ning races every day. the purses ranging from $300 to $500.- The entries. for these races wiil not close until the evening before the respective eyents are run. Following is the compiete trotting and | pacing programme, though in addition | there wiil be several special and over- night races between evenly matched horses, so that these contests will prove unusually interesting: 2 o mtries, purse $500—Alios, | m?fi,}n‘:’.‘"fi-é."fm’, Bonnie Director, Niece, | Favor. Millie L, Mabel McKinley, Alki. 2:30 trot, twelve eniries, purse §500—Bonnie Be!l, Biue Bell, Estelie &ill Gladys W, Beechwood, Al Almont, Florine, Lizzie E, Niek o’ Time, Ed Lafferty, Lingo, Dictatus. _2:19 trot, eight entries, purse $500—Nut- Cut His Throat at Santa Monica. SANTA MONICA, Car., July 31. -Harty Keehn, a member of the Soldiers’ Home here, who ran a restaurant recently in this city, attempted to commit suicide with a knife this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Keehn is 60 years of age and a veteran soldier. On arriving at his house the officer found hin lying with his throat cut. Dr. Linasey, who is in attendance, states that the wind- pipe is severed and the 1nsertion of a tube will be necessary. There is a show for his recovery. —_— Oregon’s Languishing Wool Industry. PORTLAND, Gr., July 3L.— Max L Koshland, & wool-buyer of San Francisco, has just returned from an Eastern Oregon trip and is on his way home. Regarding the wool business, he said there was abso- lutely notuinginit. There are no prices to quote, and he says Eastern houses have sent out word to their representatives here not even to receive wool on consignment. —_— MEANING 0f 16 to 1 in to-day’s Star. Forsale | Los Angeles. 2 Pensions: California: Original—David | . -. o sale by all newsdealers. - partment that the cruiser Brooklyn wiil | be ready for trial by August 20. Edwin | Cramp of Cramp & Sons was as the Navy ; Departmept a few days ago making ar- | rangements for the conduct of the trial. | The exact date has not yet been selected, { but it is to occur about the time men- tioned. It is expected that the depart- ment will issue orders to some member of the Board of Inspection and Survey, | directing him t¢ repair to the New Eng- | land coast to plat off the course over | which the cruiser is to ran, which is to be | between Cape' Ann and Cape Porpoise. When the course has been laid off orders will be issued to the Board of Inspection and Survey directing it to repair to Boston | and there to hold itself in readinessto | conduct the trial. X Secretary Herbert will witness the trial | Other officials of the Navy Department, | amone them Chief Naval Constructor | Hichborn and Engineer-in-Chiet Melville, will also attend. The Brooklyn is required by her specifica- tions to make a speed of twenty knots in order to be accepted. It is the general belief tnat she will make about twenty- | two knots per hour for the four hours re- | quired. In this event she will win a | handsome bonus for her builders. Secretary Herbert has settled the Charleston incident. He has written a letter to Captain Coffin, calling his atten- | tion to the fact that he should not have | purchased foreign coal for his vessel at Honolulu, without having first given the | Government coal kept there an exhaustive | test. When the report first reached the department that the Charleston had se- cured a supply of foreign coal, Secretary | Herbert called upon Captain Coffin for an explanation. That officer wrote to the | department stating that such action had | been taken on the recommendation of | Charles M. Macconnell, chief engineer of | the ship, who informed him that the | Pocehontas coal on the Government pile was too fine and not suited for the Charles- ton’s boilers. TUpon this statement Captain Coffin approved the recommenda- tion for the purchase of foreign coal. Secretary Herbert, after considering the matter, decided that a court of inquiry was too expensive. He therefore wrote to Captain Coffin calling his attegtion to-the matter, and admonishing him to make further investigation before taking such action again. 5 He also decided that it was unnecessary to institute any proceedings against the two other officers of the Charleston who were alleged to have been implicated in the affair. The purchase of coal by an- other ship was also the subject of censure by Secretary Herbert. The vessel was the Raleigh, which secured a supply of fuel at New Orleans. It was not the kind of coal the department desired the vessel to bave, and Captain Merrill Miller had his atten- tion called to the matter in a communica- tion addressed to him by the Secretary. The Ne wark dropped down to Tompkins- ville this morning, according to advices received at the Navy Department to-day, and witb her presence off Staten Island Admiral Bunce will have enough vessels at his disposal to commence his prelim- inarw maneuvers to-morrow. It is ex- pec hat the Columbia, which left New Brunswick, Ga., to-day, will arrive at Tompkinsvilie, to-morrow. ; The Massachusetts wiil probabiy not be able to join the squadron for some weeks. She will leave League Island on Monday next for Newport News, and after taking on board supplies at that point, will pro- ceed to Newport for her torpedo outfit. The battle-ship Texas will also be unable to join the squadron for some time. She was ordered 1o leave for Tompinksville yesterday, but failed to get away. The battle-ship Maive left Key West to- day for Newport News, where she is to have her bottom cleaned afid painted. She will probably join Admiral Bunce’s fleet in the course of a couple of weeks. The Philadelphia arrived to-day at Port Angeles, joinng the Monadnock which arrived at that place acouple of days ago. These vessels will await the arrval of the Bennington and Monterey and will then proceed to the straits of Fuca, where they will engage'in maneavers. The Alert will join them later. Among the coast arrivals are Henry Royle, San Francisco; Thomas McAdee, A (] that section is not too much in excess of | | 1 M. Cooper, Sacramento, John S. Petty, Diamond ySprings. Re-toration and in- crease—Chauncey F. Waldo, Veterans’ Home. Original widow—Elizabeth Par- menter, San Francisco. Oregon: Original—James Stephenson, Forest Grove. ‘Washington: Original widow—Margaret Grabam, Cheney. —_— SBERIDAN'S APPUOINTMENT. Pacifle £ d Director’s Commissioner Went Through Regular Channels. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 3L.—In re- gard to the appointment of Sheridan of West Virginia as 2 Government Director of the Pacific Railroad, it is learned that there was no devistion from the usual course in these matters. Sheridan’s com- mission was prepared at the Department of the Interior and forwarded to the Presi- dent for signatare in the regular way, and directions were given to the appointment clerk of the Interior Department more than ten days ago to prepare a commission and forward it to the President for the appoint- ment. —_—— Homorary Consuls Recognized. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 31.—The President has recognized the foliowing consul officers: Felix Aucgaine, consul- general of Paraguay for the State of New York, and William Evarts Richards, con- sul of Paragusy at New York; G. F. Stone honorary consul of Guatemala and Hon- duras for the State of Illinois, with resi- dence at Chicago; Edwin R. Heath, hon- orary consul of Guatemala and Honduras for the State of Kansas, with residence at Kansas City, and J. F. Buckner Jr., con- sul-general of Honduras for the State of Kentucky. The President’s Fishing Party. BUZZARDS BAY, Muass, July 31— President Cleveland, Private Secretary Thurber, Joseph Jefferson, William H. Crane and Charles B. Jefferson left for Mashpee this®morning on a bass fishing trip. They expect to be gone until to- mMOrrow n: fin. Teis is the President’s first trip to Mashpee within two years. — TWO FRACTURED SKULLS Justice Griest of Reedley Thrown From His Cart and Killed. James Dinan of Fresno Falls From a Horse and Is in a Dying Centition. FRESNO, Oar., July 3L—Pefer Griest, Justice of the Peace at Reedley, was ! thrown from a cart in which he was riding | and killed to-day. Thefatality happened in Reedley, in front of a blacksmith-shop. Judge Griest was drivinga fractious horse, which became frightered at a windmill at the side of the street and ran away. The animal ran into a vacant lot aajoining the stop, where a big farm wagon stood. Griest’s Lorse dashed the cart against the wagon with such jforce as to throw the Judge out on the ground. He struck on his head, and wher. people arrived a few minutes later he was breathing his last. The base of the skull had been badly frac- tured. Coroner Long went to Reedley this even- ing and beld an inguest. The verdict of the jury was sccidental death. Judge Griest was 45 years of age at the time of his death. He was one of the leading citizens of Reedley, baving been a resident there for many years. He was one of the leading. Republicans in the | county. He leavesa family. Judge Griest was an experienced horse- | man, and how the horse could ge: beyond his control is not known. He oughtat least to have been able to turn his horse away from the wagon and thus avoid the fatal accident. It is supposed itiiat the unfortunate man let a line slip and in this | manner the horse got away from him. James Dinan, an employe of the Fresno Canal and Irrigation Company, was to-day fatally injured by being thrown from a horse while engaged 1n . cleaning the bot- tom of the canal of rubbish three miles east of this city. The horse was hooked to the end of a chain, which was dragging the bottom of the stream. Dinan was | riding the horse and went4o turn down a steep embankment. As be did so the horse stumbled and threw him off. He struck on his head and the base of the | skull was fractured. Dinan was picked up in an unconscious condition and brought to his home in this city. He is still un- conscious to-night and will die. Dinan was formerly wealthy. He 1is 37 yearsof ageand has s wife and child depending upon him for support. SAN JOSE LAND SUIT. Judge Lorigan Settles a Clase in Which Title to Valuabfe Property Is Imvolved. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 3L.—Judge Lori- gan this morning rendered judgment for plaintiff in the suit of Amelia Loupe against Sidney M. Smith of San Francisco to quiet title to 175 acres of land near Ever- green. The property is worth between | $40,000 and §50,000. Mrs. Loupe's title to the land was not disputed, but Smith claimed he had a contract from Mrs. Loupe, by the terms of which she agreed to give him a conveyance of the property in consideration of $15000 in cash and a deed to a number of lots in the neighbor- hood of the Hotel Vendome. After mak- ing the agreement, Mrs. Loupe claimed that the title to a portion of the lots was defective and repudiated ber contract. Mrs. Loupe was on the stand for a short time. Documentary evidence as to her title to_the property Wwas also presented. Judge Lorigan ordered a decree for plain- tiff, settling her title to the land. A stay of execution for twenty days was granted defendant. W. A. Bowden was attorney for plaintiff. e BURGLARY CHARGE DISMISSED. Nick Piedmonte and 7 Weleh Re- leased for Want of Evidence. SAN JOSE, CaL, July 31.—The charge of burglary against Nick Piedmonte and “Cop”” Welch was dismissed by Justice Gass to-day. On May 26 Cavallaro’s grocery-store, on the corner of Fifth and 8t. James streets, was burglarized, and about $100 worth of groceries and cigars stolen. A number of boxesof the cigars were recovered in_saloons, where they had been sold by Welch and Piedmonte, who claimed they had received the cigars from a San krancisco drummer who owed Piedmonte a bill. Alonzo Dilly, an in- mate of the County Jail, tesiified that a tramp known as “Scotty” had told him during the water carnival at Santa Cruz that he had committed the burglary. As there was no evidence connecdng‘gc de- fendants with the robbery, Justice Gass ordered the charge dismissed. e S e Freano’s Industrial Exposition. FRESNO, Can., July 3l.—Interviews with citizens of this city show that there is practically unanimity on the proposi- tion of holdirig an mdustrial exposition in Fresno in . Everybody is getting enthusiastic over idea. Another fea- ture of the pro| celebration will be a meeting of the State en’s Associa- tion, if be the inducements offered will to the association, bin oW THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1896. LAWYER PLATTOR *SHOT AT SPOKWNE Killed by the Man Whose Character He Had Assailed. A COURT CASE SEQUEL. The Slayer Sought Appointment as Administrator of a Rich Estate. ACCUSED OF IMMORALITY. Afterward Seeks an Explanation, Is Met With a Blow and the .Tragedy Follows. SPOKANE, Wasu., July 31.—L. H. Plat- tor, one of the most prominent lawyers in the Northwest, was shot and killed in the corridor of the courthouse at 5:30 this afternoon by Henry Seiffert, a prominent restaurant and saioonman. They had just come out from the courtroom where Plat- tor, as an attorney, had made remarks uncomplimentary to Seiffert. The men walked down the corridor, when, it is said, Seiffert held out his hand to Plattor, the men being both Elks, and said, “I’ll show you that you are all wrong in your state- ments about me.” Then it is said Plattor struck him with acane on theside of the head. Seiffert pulled his gun and shot Plattor {n the left arm, the bail coming out on the right side of the neck. Plattor staggered forward for ten feet before ne fell, leaving a trail of blood along the corridor. Your correspondent was in the corridor, and, springing forward, caught the dying an as be struck the floor. He did not utter a word, dying in less than halfa minute. Seiffert, with Major Gwydir, who stood beside him during the shooting, walked down stairs to the Sheriff's office ln&nve himself up, but the gan was not upon his person when searched and no one knows where it is to be found. The shooting was witnessed by a num- ber of lawyers who had been attending the case on trial. Word of the shooting spread rapidly over the town and caused intense excitement on account of the prominence of the parties, and this even- ing knots of men are gathered on the street corners talking of the matter. The cause of the shooting was insinuations made by Plattor against the character of Seiffert. A few days ago Rudolph Gorkow, a rich brewer, died, leaving a will but cutting off his widow, formerly a variety actress (Helene Edwards, or McKenzie), with $1. She applied for a special administrator and it had been agreed that Seiffert wouid be appointed. To-day when the matter came up in court attorneys for the ben- ficia rigs under the will made great ob- jections and intimated that Seiffert was not a proper person. Plattor, one of the attorneys, told the court that he had a bad character and intimated that he had been secretly living with Helene Gorkow, the widow, before the death of Gorkow. This angered Sieffert in the courtroom, but he said nothing, and when the case was over he was supposed to be cooled down. and it is said by those close to him in the corridor that he made friendly overtures to Plattor, who refused them. An inquest will be held to-morrow morning. Meantime Sieffert is in jail, al- though it is thought he can get bonds for any sum, as he has a great many friends. Plattor leaves a widow and has a brother now traveling in California. He was one of the most prominent Democrats in the Northwest, baving held several positions. At the same time he was a brilliant speaker and had stumped theState several times, carrying convictions by his elo- quence. His wife went into hysterics over the affair and is said to be in a dangerous condition. The wife of Sieffert is also in s bad con- dition and fsinted when informed of the shooting. Nothing bas occurred here in years that has caused as great excitement as this. BRITISH COLUMBIA’S WOES. Winds, Floods, Fires and Drought Sapping Her Resources. VANCOUVER, R. C., July 3L—Al- though British Columbia is seldom if ever affected with destructive winds or dam- aging storms she now has more than her share of trouble from discordant elements. Too much water has destroyed her crops along the flooded Fraser Valley. The serious results arising from the floods are scarcely considered before a protracted period of drymess or lack of water has caused devastating fires and drying-up of crops. On Sumas Mountain, up the Fraser, several settlers have been burned out. At Albern: the York mining claims have suffered, and many thousand dotlars’ worth of aamage has been‘wrought along the line of the Nanaimo and Esquimalt railroad. 2 b On the northern eo:!t nvan‘l’ lo-g:;g— have been burned out an - ot Cimber Hmits destroyed. To the south, along the line of the Great Northern Railroad, in United States terri- tory, barns, fences and railroad-ties are being destroyed. 3 Besides the destructive fires crops are suffering very much, rticularly at Comox, where it fi- f::t that lhurly 12 wing crops of , vegetables an :rr:in JE bug.‘ burned by the sun. [f rain does not come sooh further serious damage is bound to result. SANTA BARBARA’S SCHOOLS. Interesting Report of County Superin- tendent Thurmond. SANTA BARBARA, CaLn, July 30.— The annual report of Covnty Superintend- entof Schoels Thurmond has been com- pleted and was to-day forwarded tothe State Suverintendent. The total number of children of school age in the county is 4927, 2491 of whom are girls and 2476 beys. The number of pupils enrolied in the pub- Jic schools is 3751; number attending pri- vate schools, 315; not in attendance upon any school, 81. Foreign-born children number only 129. In the attendance upon primary and grammar schools boys are in excess, but in the high sch@ols this pro- portion is reversed and the eirls are ahead. Amount of money received from the'State apportionment, §44,449 60; amount re- ceived from the dt:ucy, $33,316 40; amount S A i i the year, : total recel % the year, §12,06¢ 95 pts, $105, zmAmunnt paid teachers for salaries, $60,- 5 . current’expenses, $13,775 82; amount paid for ings and furnitare, $10.660 39; amount paid for library books, $186495; amount paid for apparatus, $797 85. To! expenditures. §37,31201. Balance on hand July 1, 1896, $10,624 49. Valuation of schoolhouses and furniture, $207.480; valuation of libraries, $15610; valuation of apparatus, $3720. Total valu- ation, '$231,810. Number of volumes in libraries, 17,478; bonded indebtedness of various districts, $69,470; number of high schools, 3; num- ber of new districts organized during the year, 3; total number of districts, 67. ImEE e NEWSBOYS DAILY PAPER. Spicy Little Sheet Edited, Gwned and Sold by * De Kids.” PORTLAND, Or., Juiy 31.—This city now bears the disiinction of being the only place in the United States where a daily newsboys’ paper is pringed, circu- lated and issued as a business proposition by the littie fellows themselves who sell papers for a livelihood. The first sample copy with prospectus is out and regular issue will begin Monday. Itisan after- noon daily, less than the size of half an ordinary newspaper page and has three columns to the page. The editors, re- rters and correspondents-are all “de ids,” as the salutatory announces. For a long time tie newsboys have sup- g::ted two newshoys’ woeklies—the News- v and the Calamity Howler. Recently they consolidated, and henceforth their daily, the Evening Newsboy, will do bat- tle for the rights of the newscarrier. The venture seems to be an assured success, as subscribers cannot resist the appeals of the boys. In the field of journalism it is a unique thing, and the only position that an adult has anything to do with is that of treas- urer and business manager, filled by John F. Cordray, the well-known theatrical man, who was selected by the young stockhoiders. The Evening Newsboy an- nounces its determination to root up rot- tenness in the City Hall and municipality generally. DIVINES AT SANTA CRUL Extension of Missionary Work Is Necessary in Weak and Destitute Fields. The Financial Secretary Makes a Good Stcwing in the Matter of Collections. : SANTA CRUZ, Carn., July 3L—Atithe church convention of the Christian churches at Garfield Park to-day the first order of business was the report of the committee on State work, which pre- sented resolutions that were adopted com- mending State Evangelist McHatton and his work. The several churches were re- quested by the committee to peérmit their ministers one month each todo mission- ary work undaer the direction of the State board in the weak and destitute fields. The matter of engaging the State evan- gelist for the coming year was left entirely with the board. The park fund and the evancelistic fund were united. The trus- tess of the Curtiner Echaol for Young Ladies requested the lconvention to eléct two trustees in the stead of two whose time had expired and Mrs. A. M. Elston of Berkeley and Mrs. H. C. Ingram of Irvington were elected. Resolutions of commendation were adopted mentioning the chairman, seere- taries, railroad comw panies, the press com- mittee and the press, the Woman’s Board of Christian Endeavor an¢ the colleges, | and the committee requested ‘one day of the next State meeting 1ora Sunday-school convention. Sympathy was expressed for Rev. W. B. Berry, who was taken 1ll since the present State meetings opened. Rev. W. A. Gardner, chairman of the eaucationa! committee, and Rev. H. D. McAneny, financial secretary, rted the condition of the Bible chairs, stating that Dr, S. M. Jefferson had been em- ployed as president and Rev. A. M. Eiston as assistant professor. The financial sec- retary has raised this year in Northern California $10,847 and in Southern Califor- nia $23,285, bringing the total for two years to $50,03L Resolutions of approval were adopted and the committee directed to retain the secretary until the endowment fund reached $100,000. or until all available ground shall have been covered. Presi- dent Jefferson announced two courses of study, the . classics ana English, at Berke- ley Seminary, to open August i2. To-morrow noon the church convention will conclude its business, and on Sunday the services will be the last of the State meetings. PO S e Significant Loan Transactions at Seattle. SEATTLE, WasH., Juiy 31.—During the week and for the first time in years in this State a loan company, a Milwaukee con- cern, possibly scenting the battle from afar, broke the ironclad rule of *‘payable in gold coin’’ and executed a mortgage upon the New York block for $100.000 *‘payabfe 1 lawful money of the United States.”” But yesterday the screws were applied trom another point in the East when a New York loan agency, which has for years boucht King County warrants at par and often given a premium, wired its local representative not to purchase King County warrants at any price. % amount pai¢ for rent, repairs and SNOW WOUNTAY BED WITH BLOOD Cattlemen Meet Sheepmen in a Fight for Su- . premacy. FIVE MEN ARE KILLED. Culmination of a Fend That Has Existed for Many Years. TWO COLLISIONS IN ONE MONTH. Authorities Will Now Take Action' to Prevent a Recurrence of the Trouble. % FOSSIL, Oz., July 3L—J. M. South has just brenght word of a desperate battle between sheepmen and cattlemen on Snew Mountain, southwest of Canyon Oity, in Grant County, which took place abouta week ago. Mr. South was at Muddy Sta- tion when the Mitchell-Antelope stage- driver brought word to Mr. (’Neil, mana- ger of the Prineville Sheep and Land Company. that Mr. Kitchen, one of the company’s employes, was one of three sheepmen killed, two.cattlemen-being also slain. Another of the sheepmen killed was Ernest Sherar, a nephew of Joseph Skerar, the well-known wool grower and bayer. Young Sherar was known to a number of Fossil people as the pitcher of the Antelope Baseball Club, For years be has been buyine and shipping sheep for his uncle, and on the occasion of the battle he with several others, includ- ing Mr. Kitchen, was driving a band of sheep across the country to. the railroad, | presumably to Huntington for shipment. There have been so many fake “'sheep fights” in Grant County this year that this may be like the others—simply made up in order to scare sheepmen from going into the mountains with their flock, but this story in that it gives the names of somes of the killed and was accepted as | true by Mr. O’Nei! has symptoms of truth |inat | The fight took place on Snow Mountain | and was a continuation of the war that has i been raging for some time in that part of Oregon. . This battle was one of the most desperate and bloody that has yet taken place. There has been hard feeling for a long time between the cattle and sheep men in that part of Oregor.. Numberless disputes bave taken place over the possession and ~ use of the ranges, the caitlemen asserting that the sheep drove the cattle from the | ranges. There has been much hard talk, | but until recentiy no bloodsned. Within | the past month, however, there have been ; two bloody fights. It is thought probable that the authorities will now take some action to prevent a recurrence of the trouble. —_— OREGON'S CRATEER LAKIL. | Scientists to Start on an Exploring Trip i in @ Few Days. PORTLAND, Oz., July 3L.—Barton W. | Everman, one of the agents of the United States Fish Commission appointed to visit Crater Lake with the Mazamas and Ash- land Crater Lake Club in Augusrt, arrivea in this city to-day. He wiil be joined shortly by Professor U. 0. Cox, an expert on fish and fisheries, who has been over at Seattle for some time. Messrs. Cox and Everman are two representatives who are to make an official repori on the trip of exploration to Oregon’s famous crater Jake. Besides Mr. Everman and Professor Cox there will be Dr. C. H. Marion, chief of the division of ornithology of the Agri- cultural Department, J. S. Diller and others, who will make “scientific examina« ;ig:‘; of Crater Lake and the neighbor- From Crater Lake the exparts will go to Klamath Lake to see what has become of several thousand fry of white fish which : were put in there in 1889. It is expected that the Forestry Commission of :gfm. tional Academy of Sciences; Professor E. L. Greene, botanist of the Catholic Uni-~ versity of Washington; Mr. and Mrs. J.G, Lemmon, botanists, of Oakland, Cal.; John Muir of Martinez, Cal.; Professor Thomas Condon of the Univarsity of Ore- son, and representatives of the United tates Weather Bureau will be in attend- ance. gl o Railroad From San Diego Zastward. SAN DIEGO, Car., July 3L—Railroad men from different parts of the country have revived a project to build a raiiroad from San Diego eastward to an advane tageous connection, and oflicers have been | elected by the directors in this city. | NEW TO-DAY. Schoolbo et ys’ Clothes AT A REALLY GREAT REDUCTION. «‘Clothing is known by the Com that keeps it.”” Wise mothers know that our ur:i a guarantee of exceHeace. $2.50 This week and next we offer special inducements to Schooiboys. $3.00 For instance ;. Reefer Suits, made in the tip of fashion and very strong, ages 4 to 19, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4 and $4.50. Combination S s, all=-wool tweeds, in= visible plaids ; Suit, extra pair of pants and cap, all of $5.00 and $7.59. same material, ages 8 to 15, complete, $3. b Reefer Suits, imported fabrics and extra well made, perfect fitting. Former prices, $9, $8.50, $8 Reduced to $5. Long Paants Suits, in dark grays and small brown - checks, for ages 12 to 19, $4. $4.00 Odd Knee Pants, per pair, 25c. 0dd Long Pants, per pair, $1.50. Boys’ Biouses prics. See them all in Post-street windows. and Waists—way below the right We Give Mail > 5, 5