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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1896. AFRICANS ILL I CUBMN FORTS, Consul-General Lee Moves to Alleviate Their Suffering. ASKS FOR BETTER FOOD. Also That Friends Be Allowed Communication With the Prisoners. BATTLE LASTING FIVE HOURS, Colonel Arcesas Reports the Capture of a Rebel Stronghold by His Command. HAVANA, Cusa, Aug.5.—United States ul-General Lee bas resumed his and is especially strong against Americans who are suspected of promoting the agitation. S ASTOUNDING STATEMENT. Fully a Million Armenians Perish From Massacres and Starvation. LON_DON, Exc., Aug. 5.—A Jady whose name is not given, who has just returned from Armenia, asserts that the foreign consuls and missionaries estimate that fully a million deaths have oc- curred in that country as the result of massacres and starvation. The present condition of Armenia, she declares, is worse than it was during the massacres. Thousands of the inhabitants are starving. S Ly ENGLAND'S MAGNANIMITY. | Recognizes Brazil’s Claim to the Isle of Zrinidad. LONDON, Ex6., Aug. 5—The Times w_ill publish to-morrow a dispatch from Lisbon saying that the statement printed in Lisbon that England has recognized Brazil as the owner of the islet of Trini- dad, off the Brazilian coast, of which Great Britain some time since took a part, Wwas communicated to the organs publish- ing it by the Government. SCmages oot Conadian Artillerymen Victorious. LONDON, KEnxa., Aug. b6.—In the National Artillery Association competi- tion at SBhoeyburyness the visiting Cana- dian artillerymen defeated a picked British team in the contest for the London Fry challenge cup, which trophy has been held by the Canadians since the last contest in 1886. The contest was an exciting one and the Canadians are elated over their success. Sergeant-major Bradgeford, who was tha No. 1 man of the Canadian team on tneir visit here ten years ago, held the same position to-day. orts to secure the transfer of the men ptured on the filibnstering schooner petitor to better quarters. BSeveral of the prisoners are 1ll, and have requested that they be supplied with food in better han they have hitherto been n. The Consul-General proposes that the friends of the prisoners be allowed to communicate” with them and procure aries for the imvrisoned men. bez Orrhuila and Pedro O'Farrill were shot at Matanzas to-day, they having been convicted of the crimes of incendi- | arism and rebeltion. Colonel Arcesas reports a hot fight be- tween his command and a party of 800 in- surgents at Cuchilias de Cagunia, near The battle lasted five hours and was d by a bayonet charge by the troops, ich ulted in the capture of the rebel old. The insurgents lost eight killed and the Spaniards three lieutenants, and nine privates were injured. neral Ochanda, chief of the captain- ff, will sail for Spain on Sat- CUBAN EEFUGEES Fescued From a Perilous Situation by a Pilot- Boat. KEY WEST, Fra., Aug. 5.—The pilot- boat Jougett came into port to-night, having on hoard two Cubans, who were picked up in the gulf from a small dingy hat was in a sinking condition. They t Matanzas on the 3d with important or the Cuban Junta. ey state that Maceo’s forces are in good shape, but need ammunition. They also state that there is no foundation for the report that Pierce Atkinson has been killed, and state that he is at present with imo Gomez. They confirm the report f Zaya's death. PICKED UP. - ISLE OF PINES UPERISINGS. Nine Rebels Capture a Spanish Gunboat and Join Maceo. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 5.—A special to the Herald from Havana, Cuba, via| ¥ West,; says: *‘The Government anthorities, it is now known, suppressed th 1th in relation to the uprisings in the Isle of Pines. “I received positive evidence yesterday that of nine Cubans—their ames being Cnebara, Abascal, Orjuela, iranda, Vega, Hernandez, Vasquez, Vie- and Camera—at Jucaro, Isle of Pines, ed the Spanish gunboat Margarita, ured her and, placing twenty of their ades on board, steamed away toward the Pinar del Rio coast, where they landed safely and joined Maceo. “The gunboat is reported to have been afterward sent by Maceo with dispatches to Key West, Honduras or Jamaica flying the Cuban flag.” THK BTSN VALERCIA Spanish Citizens Grow Desperate Under the Burden Imposed Upon Them. Armed Men Parade, Shouting “Down With Taxes!” “Down With Jthe Government!” one party MADRID, Sparx, Aug. 5.—Further riots growing out of the taxes imposed on the people have occurred throughout the province of Valencia. The most serious disturbances occurred last night in the outskirts of the city of Valencia, where fifty men, armed with rifles, paraded about, shouting: “Down with the Government!” de- fying the authorities to interfere with them. They at last made an attack on the officials who collect the octroi—the tax collected upon provisions of all kinds entering the city—and attempted to shoot them. A strong force of police was hastily dispatched to the scene. Upon their arrival the police were greeted with a volley by the rioters, who proved them- seives bad marksmen, none of the police being hit. The latter charged upon the mob, which speedily dispersed when they saw that the police were determined to suppress the disorder. Five of the mob, including 8 woman, were wounded by the police. Similar disturbancesoccurred in villages in the province, and many arrests have been made. The authorities allege that the trouble is fomented by the repub- licans, Sk SERIOUS REVOLT. Republican Uprising in Which Aweri- cans Take a Hand. LONDON, Exc., Aug. 5. -A dispatch from Madrid to the Central News reports the tax riots in the province of Valencia as a serious republican uprising. The leader of the insurrectionists, Bernardo Touledo, was at one time a student of medicine in New York, and his brother is now in command of a band of insurgents in Cuba. Among the persons arrested is one who had in his possession a number of compromising leiters, some from Buenos Ayres and others from the United States. | Arms have been found and several arrests have been made in Madrid, where steps have been taken to prevent an uprising. !x is suspected that conspiracies exist in Gevon and Saragossa. The anti-Protestant feeling, the aispatch says, is spreading, “Down with taxes!” | English Organ of the Anarchists. LONDON, Exc., Aug. 5.—The Society of | Associated Anarchists announces the ap- | pearance next week of a weekly paper, to be sold for one halfpenny and which is to | be the English organ of their propaganda. | It is to be called the Alarm, and the pros- | pectus says: “We have chosen this name | because it was the title of the paper pub- i lished by A. R. Parsons (one of the Chicago martyrs), who was executed in November, 1887, for his alleged connection with the | Haymarket riot at Chicago in 1886, | e Mussulmans Were Routed. LONDON, Exc., Aug. 5—The Daily | News will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Athens stating that the recent at- | tempt of a crowd of armed Mussulmans to | force their way into Heraclian or Candia | was, contrary to the previous report, un- | successful. "The troops who were sum- | moned to the scene prevented the Mus- | sulmans from entering the town and com- | pelied them to retire with a loss of five killed and several wounded. - English Racing. LONDON, ExG., Aug. 5.—This was the Brighton August meeting. The race for 1 the Brighton cup was won by Bradwar- | dine. Prince Barcaldine second and Mr. Wis ird’s MacBriggs (American) third. | The race for tne Pavilion plate, the win- ner to be sold at auction, was won by Mc- | Crankie, Crowley second and Ellsworth | third. Richard Croker’s Tennessee also ran but was not placed. Santa won the race for the Sussex plate for three-yeur-olds and upward, Splendor was second and the Quack third. IMPORTANT CAPTURE. New York Police Believe They Have Caught the * Long Man " Who /s Wanted at Chicago. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 5.—During the trial of Otto Schaefer, alias Big Otto, who is charged with burglary, in General Sessions to-day, two men were seen to enter the courtroom whom the police recognized as old-time criminals. One was Paul Siebert, alias Chicago Paul, alias | Charles Blum; the other was Ernest Lash. | Detectives put the men under arrest. They | were taken to police headquarters, where | they were searched. Nothing of any sig- | nificance was found on Lash, but in Paul's pockets were found jewelry, money and other articles that led the poiice to be- lieve that he can throw some licht on the many Chicago robberies that have been committed of late and which have puzzied | the detectives sll over the country. Be- sides $45 1n cash, a gold watch set with | diamonds, a gold matchcase and several | other pieces of jewelry, two keys were | found for safe-deposit boxes in the vault of the Graham Safe Deposit Company of Chicago. The police of Chicago were tel- egraphed to search the boxes. The police also searched a room in which Siebert had been living on Eighth street. There a pistol and some more jewelry were found, besides evidence that Siebert has recently cego have been committed by a long and a short man, so the detectives say, and there is strong belief that Siebert, who is very large, is the long man. ireid s LION KILLS A CHILD. Terribly Lacerates the Little Sop of the Showman, CHILLICOTHE, Onro, Aug. 5.—At the fair grounds yesterday aiternoon one of the lions belonging to Thomas Hurd's trained-animal show crushed Eddie Hurd’s head, almost tearing the entire top of the skull off. The lion was supposed to be tame and year-old son of the proprietor, while play- ing got too near the lion. Before anyone conld caution the child the animal seized 1t by the top of the | head, lifting it in the air and shaking it to and 1ro as a dog shakesa rat. The mother and father attacked the beast with whips and finally made it loose its hold. The child lived but a short time. s In the Handes of a Receiver. { CHICAGO, I[rr.,, Aug. 5.—A dispatch | from Indianapolis, Ind., says: The Howe | Pump and Engine Works, one of the old- est and heretofore one of the most pros- | perous builders of water works machinery, | has been thrown into the hands of a re- ceiver upon application of its stockhold- ers. The assets will run trom $120.000 to $150,000, while the liabilities are $50,000. The cause of the assignment is the com- plete flattening out of the demand for municipal bonds, of which the company has a large amount on hand, taken in pay- | {)uer_\: for water works machinery supplied y it. ' e i Widely Enown Business Man Dead. LOWELL, Mass., Aug. 5.—Joseph Lud- lam, agent of the Merrimac Manufactur- ing Company, Lowell’s largest manufac- turing plant, is dead, aged fifty-eight. Ludlam had been engaged in business en- terprise: New York, California, Michi- gan and in foreign countries, He had a command in the far East under **Chinese’ Gordon. On returning to America he be- came superintendent of the Lake Superior copper mines. He came to Lowell about twenty years ago to accept an_ appoint- ment as agent of the Merrimac Company. —_—— King George Threatens to Abdicate. BERLIN, GEMANY, Aug. 5.—It is stated that the European courts have received letters from members of the royal family of Greece, saying that King George will probably abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Constantine, Duke of Sparta, if the powers compel Greece to desist from her aspira- tions to make the Island of Crete part of -the Grecian domains. i S e Celifornia Tariff Secvetary. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 5.—The American Protective League announces the appointment of Seras M. Dodge as State secretety in California. been in Chicago. The robberies in Chi- | was kept chained near the entrance of the | tent as an advertisement. Eddie, the two- GREAT SHAKE-UP AT THE PRESIDIO. Transfer of Fifth Artillery Officers to Other Posts. TO BE SENT TO SCHOOL. New Detail Ordered to Reéport -at Fort Monroe on Sep- tember L NAVAL AFFAIRS OF THE COAST. Pressure Brought to Bear on Secre. tary Herbert for the Retention of Admiral Beardslee. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5.—Under orders to be issued to-morrow there will be & great shake-up in the Fifth Artillery, stationed on the Pacific Coast. These orders will concern officers ana will direct transfers to and from the iustruction bat- teries at the artillery school, Fort Monroe, Va., to and from light batteries, ordinary transfers of lieutenants of artillery and details of lientenants for instruction at the school. Battery G of the Fifth Artillery is stationed at Fort Monroe, it being the policy of the department to maintain at this post one battery from each regiment. Under the orders to be issued First Lieutenant Edward T. Brown will be transferred from Light Battery D, stationed at the Presidio, to Battery G. He will relieve First Lieutenant William R. Ham- ilton, who is ordered to take his station with Battery C. First Lieutenant Warren H. Newcomb, who is thus relieved, is ordered to duty with Light Battery F. First Lieutenant Samuel E. Allen is de- tached from Light Battery H and ordered to Battery K, his place in his old battery being taken by First Lieutenant H. C. Carbaugh, who is detached from Light Battery D. First Lieutenant C. G. Treat is ordered to Light Battery D. The other battery changes are: First Lieutenant Thomas Ridgeway, from Bat- tery A to Light Battery F; First Lieuten- ant Edgar Russell, from Battery 1 to Bat- tery B; First Lieutenant O. L. Straub, from Battery B to Light Battery D; First Lieu- tenant John D, Miley, from Light Battery F to Battery I; First Lieutenapt Peyton C. Marsh, from Light Battery F to Battery A: Second Lieutenant William G. Haan, from Light Battery F to Battery H; Second Lieutenant T. W. Winston, from Light Battery D to Battery B; Second Lieutenant William_ C. Davis, from Bat- tery G to Battery K; Second Lieutenant Louis R. Burgess, from Batiery H to Light Battery F; and Second Lieutenant Charles P. Summerall, from Battery K to Light Battery D. Second Lieutenant Brooke Payne has been detached from Battery D and ordered to duty with Light Battery F. He will be relievea from duty with Battery L of the Fourth Artil]er{ in time to join the bat- tery to which he is transferred on Octo- ber 1. First Lieutenants William H. Cof- fin and George W. Gatchell are detailed for instruction at the school. Second Lieutenant William P. Pence has been ordered to join his proper battery at the school. These officers are relieved from duty at the school and ordered to join their proper batteries in California: Sec- ond Lieutenant 8. 8. Jordan, Second Lieu- tenant Delamere Skirret and Second Lieu- tenant E. F. McGlachlin. First Lieuten- ant Wiimot E. Ellis bas been detached from duty with Light Battery F and ordered to join his proper battery (K), Fourth Artillery, at the artillery schooi on September 1. The officers of the new detail for the artillery school are ordered to report at Fort Monroe on September 1. Rear-Admiral Beardslee has notified the Navy Department that immediately upon the close of the target practice and drills which are to be held in Fuca Straits it is | his intention to order the Monterey to | Bureka, Cal., to give the naval militia division there a course of instruction. The exercise which the California militia has had has been scattered throughout the summer months. On the whole it has been satisfactory, although the attendance has not been all that was expected. This is due, it is asserted at the department, to failure of the State authori- ties to make the members of the militia attend drills. The adjutant-general of the organization and other officials are espe- cially complimented for the zeal they have displayed. In his report to the department Rear- Admiral Beardsles calls the attention of the department to the fact that the conrse adopted by the Assistant Secretary of the Nayy and the valuable recognition and stance given by the Government to militia matters have aroused much enthu- siasm among the people of the Pacific | Slope. This, he says, is evidenced by the efforts now on foot to enroll naval militia battalions in Caiifornia. 5 In regard to recruiting on the Pacific Coast Admiral Beardslee says: ‘‘The course adopted of recruiting for the ships, as far as possible, only young American citizens has accumulated on them a large body of excellent men, natives of this coast. When their terms of service have expired and they return to their homes there will be mingled with the people a very strong element of well-trained men who will undoubtedly join the naval militia and prove most valuable addi- tions. £ ‘“The wide liberty that is given to the people to see'and hear something of ships and the navy is producing most excellent results. I am speaking within the figures in saying that from New Whatcon: to San Dlaigo fully 30,000 people have visiled the Philadelphia, and among these there are undoubtedly many of position and in- fluence.” ‘What Admiral Beardslee says about the desirability of enlisting as far as possible only voung Americans is borne out by statements made to the department by other commanding officers of the squad- ron. The popularity of Rear-Admiral Beardslee, commanding the Pacific sta- tion, among Californians is attested by the strong effort now on foot to have him retained in bis present. billet. As has been stated in TuE CALL, the admiral’s tour of sea dnty expires this month. Pressure was brought to bear some time ago upon the Secretary, and the resalt was the decision of that official not to re- lieve the admiral until the conclusion of the fleet maneuvers. The people of California are apparently not satistied with this extension. Letters are being received at the department ask- ing the retention of the admiral on the coast, one of them beini. it is understood, from Senator White. It can be stated, however, that the department will find it necessary to relieva the admiral this fall. The tourof duty of an admiral is two vears, and it is a rule when this time has expired for the officer to be at once re- lieved. There are a number of officers of the flag rank who ought to o to sea, with few stations for them to command, and it is for this reason that the tour is cut down to the period named. 1f the Secretary re- tains Admiral Beardsiee on the Pacific station he will have to fight strong influ- ence brought to bear upon him in fayor of str)lme otmgsr officer_who den,lren to be as- signed as Admiral Beardslee’s relief. SR INTERESTS THE COAST. New Postmaster—Office Discontinued. Pensions and Patents. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5—H. Hoge was to-day apvointed postmaster at Sur, Monterey County, Cal, vice T, 8, Clel!and, resigned. H The postoffice at Vallevista, Riverside County,’ Cal., has been discontinued. Mail for this town should hereafter be ad- dressed to Bowers. Pacific Coast pensions have been issned as follows: f California: Increase—Thomas Croghan, San Diego. Originals, widows, etc.—Ellen M. Garland, Los Angeles; Janett Bell, Sacramento. Oregon: Original—Henry Reno, Brown- town. Incresse—William A. Krum, Olex. Washington: Original—James Leonard, Spokane. Pacific Coast patents: Alphonso B. Bowers, San Francisco, excavator for hy- draulic dredgers; Edward 8. Cobb, San Francisco, wheel; Joseph C. F. Dick, Ken- wood, Cal., two-wheeled vehicle; Flemon Drake, San Francisco, combined tele- phone and district alarm system; Juan W. Ernest, Los Angeles, extension guard- rail and folding table; Henry Eschweiler, San Francisco, carpet-sewing machine; Arthur F. Espersen, Tacoma, Wash., ad- justable shade; Albert J. Finley and C. Wilson, Silverton, Or., steam cooker; Horace B. Gale, 8an Francisco, distribution and regulation of power; Willm_n H. Gil- bert, Oakland, Cal., key opening can; Charles Shardy, San Diego, refrigerator car; Frederick E. Jarvis, Oakland, sash fastener; Robert F. Langer, 8an Francisco, target meter; Charles F. McGlashan, Truckee, Cal., ice palace: Thomas Mc- Glew, San Francisco, pulverizing mill; Charles C. Moore, assignor to F. L. Vande- mark, San Francisco, water fiter; Frank E. Morrill, San Francisco, valve for siphon bottles; David M. Smyth, Pasadena, sig- pature gatherer (two patents); Charles J. Waterhouse, San Francisco, shade awning for windows. STRICKEN BY PARALYSIS, Fate of Robert Fraser, Minstrel, Author and Playwright. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 5—Robert Fraser, an old-time minstrel and author, is in the New York Hospital with paraly- sis. On Saturday afternoon he wentinto the office of his brother, Leslie Fraser, and complained of feeling ill. An instant aft- erward hefell, hiz whole left side being paralyzed. -He was taken to a private room in the New York Hospital, and the physicians say his chance of recovery are slight. Fraser was born in this city fifty-four years ago, and has been in turn minstrel, actor, playwright and stage manager, He was end man for Dixie’s minstrels in Philadelphia, and while there painted the drop-curtains and scenery for their theater and the Arch-street Opera-house. He afterward went into the legitimate and served as understudy for the late George Fox. Later still he went into the play- writing business. He is best krown in that line, where Corinne’s “Hendrick Hudson,” Frank Daniels’ “Little Puck’ and Vernona Jarbeau’s “Starlight” have made him famous. e SAVED FROM LYXNOHING, Murderer Morgan Quietly Taken From Omaha to Lincoln. OMAHA, NEBR., Aug. 5.—Sheriff Mec- Donald and deputy to-day took George ‘W. Morgan, the convicted murderer of little Ida Gaskill, to the penitentiary at Lincoln, The Sheriff received informa- tion that considerable talk was being made on the streets directed toward working up a feeling against Morgan so that a crowd could be raised Friday might to lynch him. At the Sherift’s speclEl.Y«j’\!e!t the fact that Morgan was to be taken to Lincoln was not mentioned in the papers, he fearing the news would cause a crowd to collect here or at Lincoln. George Hoover, the murderer of Councilman Du- bois, will be hanged Friday morning. Morgan was to have been hanged at the same time, but the Supreme Court is now reviewing his case and the date will be changed. LIILE GAL'S 1R LOT Turned Over to Two Profes- sional Beggars by Her Dying Mother. Finally Taken From a Children’s Home by Her Grandfather at Anaheim, Cal. CHICAGO, Irn., Aug. 5.—Nellie Blank is the fourteen-vear-old grand-daughter of Dr. P. Pfenniger of Anaheim, Cal., but no oue knew it until a few days ago, and that is why the little girl was called Nellie Ward and was an inmate of the Children’s Guardian Home in Indianapolis until yes- terday, when. she left for Anaheim, via Chicago. During the World’s Fair Nellie’s mother, who was dying in St. Louis, turned the little girl over to “Gghg’’ Ward, a paraly- tic beggar, and his wife. The three came to Chicago. During the fair the beggar, Ward, was wheeled arouna thbe grounds by his wife, and Nellie was the cause of their receiving a great deal of money. After the fair they wandered to Indian- apolis, where Ward soon died. Nellie was found in a destitute condition. The child was taken to the Children’s Guardian Home. A few weeks ago Inspector Fitzpatrick of the Chicago police received a letter from the Marshal of Anaheim and an- other from John Pfenniger of the same place, asking the police to look for the child, who had been disposed of by its mother to the two professional beggars. The story came to the notice of a lady who was a teacher in the Guardian Home, and she notified the police. A photograph of Nellie was sent Pfenniger, who identified the child as his missing grand-daughter. B LIEUTENANT STRONG INSANE. Was Ewecutive Officer of the Ranger on the Pacific, NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 5-—Lieu- tenant W. C. Strong, who was recently placed on the retired list of the navy, wili be taken to the hospital for the insane at Washington to day. Lieutenant Strong has been under treatment for dementia at the Naval Hospital in Brooklyn for several weeks. He was recently examined by a medical board for insanity, and upon the recommendation of the latter his removal to the asylum for the insane was ordered. Lieutenant Strong is_a son of the late Rear-Admiral Strong, U. 8. N,, who for- merely resided at Newburg, N. Y. He bears an excellent reputation as an officer, and his misfortune is greatly regretted by his brother officers. Among his hallucina- tions is the belief that he possesses great wealth in real esiate. During his last term of sea duty he was executive officer of the Ranger on the Pacitic. He was appointed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1868. He was well up in the list of lieutenants when retired. BB T A S Grover Goes Fishing for a Change, BUZZARDS BAY, Mass., Aug. 5.—The President for a change went out in the bay fishing to-day, remaining nearly all day. ABBOTT'S BIER AN ICE-CLAD CRAG. The Wisconsin Central Offi- cial's Awful Plunge to Death. GOES OVER A PRECIPICE. A Misstep While Ascending Mt Lefroy’s Steep Side Costs Him His Life. HIS BODY NOT RECOVERED. Rests on a Glacier From Which It Can Be Rescued Only With Great Difficulty. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 5.—Particulars of the fatal accident to P. Abbott, assistant solicitor of the Wisconsin Central Rail- way, while he was attempting the ascent of Mount Lefroy, near Laggan, on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, were received here to-night. On the 3d inst. a party, consisting of Professor Fay and Messrs. Little, Abbott and Thompson, all of the Appalachian Club of Boston, started from Laggan to attempt the ascent of Mount Lefroy. When about eight miles from the station Mr. Abbott fell over a precipice about 1000 feet high. His body is lying on a [ glacier and its recovery will be very diffi- calt. A force of railway nien, provided with ladders and ropes, are endeavoring to recover the boay, and when this is done it will be sent to Boston for burial. HOLLISTER MURDER CASE Second Trial of F. M. Conkling for the Killing of C. N. Hardwick. Former Verdict Set Aside Because urors Experimented Out of Court. HOLLISTER, CAL., Aug. 5.—The second trial of the People vs. F. M. Conkling, charged with the killing of C. N. Hard- wick in February, 1895, commenced in the Superior Court to-day, Judge William Conley of Madera presiding in place of Judge Breen, disqualified. After an all- day session seven jurors were secured. The killing of Hardwick occurred near Paicines, as the result of a dispute over land matters. Conkling was tried in the Superior Court before Hon. N. A. Dorn of Balinas, in May, 1895, and after a four days’ trial the jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree, fixing the pen- alty av imprisonment for life. At this trial Conkling wasa witness in his own behalf, and swore that he fired the fatal shot at a distance of twenty feet from Hardwick. The theory of the prosecution was that the shot was fired from a dis- tance of seventy-five yards. During the trial and prior to retiring to deliberate upon a verdict Jurors W. J. Scott and F. J. Bacon sought to test the truth of the defendant’s evidence. Procuring @ Winchester rifle, they went across the railroad track east of town and fired a number of shots into cloth similar to that of the shirt worn by the deceased. To their own satisfaction they proved that the cloth would be powder-burned at a distance of twenty feet, whereas the cloth- ing worn by Hardwick at the time of the homicide was free from burns. Upon this showing a motion was made for a new trial and denied. The case was then ap- pealed to the Supreme Court, which body decided that the action of the jurors in ac- cepting evidence outside of court was highly improper and ordered a new trial. i e SAN JOAQUIN BEET CULTURE. Farmers Grow Samples to Induce Claus Spreckels to Operate a Factory at Stockton. STOCKTON, CaL., Aug. 5.—For months past Manager Corcoran of the California Navigation and Improvement Company has been endeavoring to interest farmers of this county and those of the San Joaquin Valley in the cultivation of sugar beets. Two hundred lots of seed were distributea by him on application, and he is now be- ginning to receive the samples of beets raised. Corcoran was led totake an interestin establishing the beet industry here by Claus Spreckels. The sugar king told him that he intended to establish several beet factories in this State, and that he would piace the m where he found that beets of the required percentage of sugar and purity, of juice could be raised in sufficient quantities at a low enough rate to warrant handling them. ~Mr. Spreckels agreed to supply the seed if Corcoran would under- take the work of distributing the samples among the farmers and instructing them as to the methods to be used in raising the beets. Circular letters were sent by the latter to scores of farmers, and on applidation they were supplied with packages of seed and instructions as to how to plant and care for the beets. The best beets were raised on the Mid- dle Division of Roberts Island, and showed 13.73 per cent of sugar and 81.8 per cent purity of juice, while the standard is 14 per cent of sugar and 80 per cent purity of juice. From the vicinity of Lodi the next best sample was sent in, and both localities have demonstrated their ability to raise good sugar beets. As the acreage that can be planted is practically unlimited, there is no reason why Mr. Spreckels cannot find in this county a ood location for a beet sugar factory. E‘nere are still many sections of the county where experiments in beet culture nave been going on that have not been heara from, and, as scon as the results from 100 samples have been obtained, Mr. Corcoran will submit a detailed report to the sugar king and see if he cannot be induced to select Stockton as the site for one of the pro- posed iactories. As the beets can be grown all down the valley it will be in- creasing traffic on the Valley road. BB g shot ESCALON’S MYSTERY. Sudden Death of a Rancher While Water- ing His Hors STOCKTON, CAL., Aug.5.—0. W. Jones, a farmer living near Escalon, on the line of the Valley road, died in a mysterious manner this morning. He arose at an early hour and began watering his horses. He had a number of them to look after and it took some time. Meantime the harvest-hands preceded him to the field. Only his little son remained, mending old sacks in a building close by. The lad saw the horses start from the watering trough without any one to look after them, and, believing they had broken away from his father, ran out to stop them. He then found his father lying in the corral, and when he reached him he was Gead. A physician was Sent for and made a careful examination of the body, but could find no marks to indicate that any of the horses had kicked him. The physician ascribed the sudden death to heart trouble, though Jones had never suffered from heart affection. The Coro- ner will investigate the case. Jones had a very fine ranch near Escalon. He was one of the leading members of the Lone Tree Methodist church. e TACOMA WHALE HUNT. All Is Rendy for the Attack Upom the Puget Sound Leviathan. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 5.—The hunters who have been preparing to capture the large sperm whale which has been in the sound between here and Delano fcrthe past two weeks received their harpoon gun and other appurtenances, but their harpoons are on the steamer Pueblo, which will arrive to-morrow morning. It is expected the hunt will commence to- morrow morning or the next day. Many excursionists are expected to accompany the expedition. The whale has been seen daily disporting in the bay near Delano beach and is said to be a monster. Those who are to attempt his capture expect to secure forty or fifty barrels of oil. e WASBRINGTON FLAME-SWEPT. Narrow Escape of the Yolo Town From Total Destruction. SACRAMENTO, CAn., Aug, 5. — The town of Washington, opposite this city, in Yolo County, had a narrow escape from total destruction by fire this evening. As it was, nearly a biock of buildings were destroyed, but as they were all frame structures, on which there were small amounts of insurance, it is believed the loss will not be over $4000. The fire started in the two-story residence of John Church- hill and spread rapidly, five residences and two large barns being destroyed. A high wind was blowing and at one time a dozen residences were ignited by flying embers. The town has no water system, and had it not been for the prompt assjst- ance rendered by the fire crews of the Southern Pacific shops the entire town would have been consumed. ¢ Z e I ol FIRE AT SAN JOSE. Flames Sweep Through Notley Brothers’ Large Hayyard. SAN JOSE, Car., Aug. 5.—The large hayyard of Notley Brothers, on Park avenue, was swept by fire at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The fire started in a hay ware- house. This and the office buildings of the company and a large residence was consumed. The department did not go to the fire, as it was outside the city limits. A bucket brigade did good work in pre- venting the spreading of the flames. The area burned was about 125 feet front by 200 feet deep, and all the buildings that were in the wake of the flames were burned to the ground. The large hay warenouse contained nearly 250 tons of hay. The shingle-mills were the only buildings saved, and that they are stand- ing is due only to the fact that the wind was blowing in the opposite direction. The loss, including the house, will amount. to nearly $8000. The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. £ Pc Fire Near Modesto. MODESTO, CarL., Aug. 5.—A fire this evening destroyed xg*mid,enu of Mrs. V. Pittort, about one mile south of this city. The loss will exceed $2000. U o 2SR Santa Barbara Man Near Death. SANTA BARBARA, Can, Aug. 5— Charles D. Crowell, an expressman and an old resident of Santa Barbara, is lying at death’s door from an overdose of landa- num taken early this afternoon. Crowell has been a great sufferer from rheumatism for some {ime, and was accustomed to take the drug to alleviate bis pain, but whether the present dose was taken with suicidal intent cannot be determined. The attend- ant. physicians say that if he can be kept awake for iweive hours his life may Ee saved. —_— Rohnerville Pioneer Killed. FORTUNA, CAL., Aug. 5.—John Kirk,a pioneer of Rohnerville, was struck by a wire cable and killed in the logging-camp of the Eel River Valley Lumber Company to-day. SPORTS AND SONG AT SANTA CRUZ, Programme for the Pacific Coast Turnfest Made Public. CONTESTS OF ATHLETES Brawny Teutons Will Compete for Honors on Track and in Arena. DAILY CONCERTS AND DANCES Ladies’ Classes to Participate is Graceful Drills With Wands and Dumbbells. SANTA ORU Z, Caxn., Aug. 5.—The Tur- ners and their associates and guests arrive here on Saturday evening at 8: o’clock by special train to participate in the annual turnfest of the Pacific Coast Bezirk. The guests will be met at the depot by the Santa Cruz Turn-Verein and fraternal societies of this city. The pro- cession will form at the depot and march up Pacific avenue to the lower plaza, oppo- site the Ocean House, then countermarch to the Carnival Pavilion, where the visi- tors will be welcomed by F . R. Walti, presi- dent of the Santa Cruz Turn-Verein. Mr. ‘Walti will speak in German and he will be followed by Lieutenant-Governor Jeter and Mayor Clark, whose speeches of welcome will be addressed to the English-speaking visitors. The ladies’ class of the local Turn-Verein will serve refreshments and tbere will be a general handshaking, form- ing of new acquaintances and renewing of the old. Sunday morning at 6 o’clock reveille will be sounded. At 7:30 the Turners and their guests will march in procession to the festival grounds. On arrival the re- hearsal of the wand exercises will begin, then will follow gymnastic exercises in classes, exercises on horizontal bars, par- allel bars ana vaulting horse. At 10:30 A. M. the public prize target shooting will commence. From 12 M. to 1P M. there will be an intermission for Iunch. At 1 P. M. the prize tourney will begin and continue until 4 o’clock, when the bears (gentiemen between 40 and 70 years) of San Jose will perform dumbbellexercises. Then will follow elub- swinging by the ladies’ class of the San Jose Turn Verein, and buglecall for the commencement of the wana exercises; an oration by Albert Corrlin, president of the Pacific Turn Bezirk grand exhibition drill, consisting of wand exercises. A dance and concert will continue from 11 A. M. until6 . M. At 6P M. the Turners and their guests will return in procession. At 5 P. M. the prize recitals will take place in the Turn Verein Hall, only in presence of the judges. At 8 p. M. there will be a concert. Monday’s programme will open at 7 o’clock with swimming in the bay; at 8 P. M. a procession to the grounds, After arrival there will be field exercises, con- sisting of pole-vaulting, hop, step and jump, high jumping, toot races, wrestling, rope-climbing, lifting heavy weights, throwing 16-pound shots, 1lndian eclub- swinging and fencing. The diploma-shoot- ing far Turners begins in the afternoon and the Euhlic target-shooting continues during the whole day. The concert and dance lasts from 11 A. m. till6p. M. At 6 P. M. the Turners will return to town. At 9'p. M. the grand ball in the carnival pa- vilion will begin and at midnight the prizes wiil be distributed. The programme for Tuesday will in- clude excursions to the Cliffs, the Santa Cruz winery, the Big Trees, Capitola and other places of interest in the morning, | with bicycle races in the afternoon on Pacific avenue. Inthe evening the river fete will conclude the turnfest. 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