The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 12, 1896, Page 2

2 . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1896. back into the element whence they came- The water was very clear and it reflecxed almost every atom of fire that moved'in the air. - Once there Was trouble aboard the raft that made the firpworks operators start for the boats. By some mischance about a dozen skyrockets and fully as many Roman candles became ignited, and all simultaneously started to show their beauties to the admiring throngs ashore. They performed curious gyrations all over the raft. One skyrocket darted out upon the water and started over the surface at & lively rate toward Capitola. Another made off straight across the bay for Mon- terey. Only a part of the rockets was submerged and the sticks kept them afioat. They emitted a trail of sparks for a long distance as they skimmed with the swiftness of a flash over the calm surface. This scene, though an accident, was one of the prettiest of tne exhibition, and the spectators cheered and applauded. . When the supply of fireworks was ex- hausted the crowd turned its attention to the swimming races in the piunge baths. These were witnessed by about 400 specta- tors. What appeared to be purely an accident early aroused a lively interest among the spectators. Some boys who were climbing around among the rafters high above the tank were commanded by the management to descend. A moment after one of them fejl the distance of twenty-five feet down into the deep water of the tank with agreat splash, He arose to the surface several times and appeared to be drowning. The ladies became greatly excited and exclaimed “Save him; Save him!” Attendants rushed to the rescue and, as they do in melodramg, grasped him by the extenaed hands”as he was sinking the third and last time. He was dragged, apparently more dead than anve, out from the promenade at the side, where he lay convulsively gasping. He was finally dragged off the floor and deposited in a dressing-room. He was W. G. Sparrowe, a trick swimmer of the Cali- fornia Swimming Club of San Francisco. Sparrowe subsequently apveared in full dress in other nautical events of a similar nature, such as diving into the water with a lighted cigarette in his teeth and coming up with it still burning. The first event wus a 50-yard candle race by four boys. They swam on their backs with lighted candles between their teeth. Two finished with the canales still lit. They were Orby Burroughs, who won, and James Mills, second. Two other Santa Cruz boys, Seymour Kittrell and James Bowman, swam a 50- yard race. The former wou. The next was a 100-yard race, for a medal, between R. B. Cornell of San Francisco and Clyde Hawthorne of Santa Cruz. Hawthorne won. Time, 1:121¢. Orby Burroughs and Charles burn tied in a 50-yard race. Time, :45. In the fat men’s race there were only two entries, Herbert Leibrandt and Lioyd Uhden, both of Santa Cruz. Leibrandt won easily in 43 seconds. me very good juvenile spring-board diving was the next exhibition. R. B. Cornell, J. H. Hobbs ana W. G. Sparrowe, all of the California Swimming Club of San Francisco, gave exhibitions of somer- saults from the spring-board into the water. A novel swimming race was the one be- tween Jack Hobbs, R. B. Cornell and W. G. Sparrowe, They swam across the tank and back, holding a glass of beer above the water. The beer had disappeared before they finished, but it is safe to say that it was not mingled with the water. Seven-year-old Lloyd Bowman, “the boy diver,’”’ plunged into nine feet of sea water after a nickel that had gone on before. The child returned to the surface in a few seconds with the 5-cent piece and the crowd applauded him enthusiastically. But 1t was not explained whether it was the same nickel or not. An exhibition of fancy and very graceful hizh diving from a trapeze was given by Cornell, Hobbsand Uhden, and the inimit- able Sparrowe with all his ciothes and his shoes on added a few clownish features which pleased the spectators. Several ducks were turned loose in the tank and several boys attempted to catch them. It was a humorous and very active scene and the ducks were finally captured. A ten- minute game of tag in the water was the last principal event in the baths. . ’ll'lhe evening at the beach closed with a all. This afternoon the Turners began to find their way to their various homes, and to- morrow the sixteenth Bezirk Turnfest will pe entirely a memory. The Turnfest has been one of the most enjoyabie and profit- able ever held. The gymnastic contests were close, and many diplomas were awarded. The winning team from San Francisco, as mentioned yesterday, are six fine-lookinz athletes, and they are a credit 10 the verein and the City they represent. The Santa Cruz executive committee is given credit by all who attendea the Fest with excellent management, and the peo- ple of Santa Cruz made it as agreeable for the visitors as they knew how. The busi- ness men subscribed liberally to the ex- penses of the Turnfest, which was a suc- cess in all respects. As the Turners leave town to-morrow they will behold the deco- rations, which ere still in place on the business streets. DEATH AT SAATA CRUL Dr. William C. Parker, a Pioneer of Pioneers, Passes to the Beyond. He Crossed the Plains in 1846 as Surgeon in Stevenson’s R-giment. SANTA CRUZ, Can, Aug. 11 — Dr, William C. Parker, a pioneer of pioneers, died in this city this morning. He was 73 years old and had been in feeble health for some time, though he was always cheerful, even when he realized that he must die. Only recently he humorously apologized to his friends for having lived so long. Parker was a native of New York and had just graduated with high honorsin medicine and surgery when he secured the position of surgeon in Colonel Stevenson’s famous regiment, which was dispatched from New York for California in 1846, He was a man of high attainments in his profession and at one time was.within an ace of appointment as surgeon-general. In S8an Francisco Dr. Parker abandoned the practice of medicine and engaged in business and wasat one time very wealthy. His fortune finally dicappeared in the great crash which wrecked so many others and sent W. C. Ralston to his dealh in the waters of the bay. This Joss did not effect Dr. Parker’s courage. He took up the burden of life with the same cheerfui bravery which always characterized him, He was neither cast down nor soured, and to the very last was as ready to divide his slender purse with the needy as he was in the days when his dollars were counted with seven figures. The body will be cremated at San Fran- cisco in accordance witn the doctor’s fre- quent and earnest request. The ashes will be interred in Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, near those of Miss Ora Kirby. o e v Sacramento Votes for Bonds. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Aug. 11.—At an election to-day the people of this city voted to bond the muuicipality for $65,000 for the purpose of building a main sewer through the southern part of the city. I TICKET NAMED AT SACRAMENTO. Republicans of the County Finish Their Labors and Adjourn. DAROUX HOLDS HIS OWN Retains His Place as a Member of the County Central Committee. DELEGATES ARE FOR JOHNSON. Resoiutions Favoring the Funding of the Pacific Railroads’ Debt Are Passed. SACRAMENTO, Car., Aue. 11.—The Republican County Convention bas fin- ished its labors, the delegates have dis- persed to their homes, the defeated aspir. ants have thrown aside their aspirations, and Frank Daroux has fully exemplhified to the small fry of the up-town “push” that what they don’t know about running the primaries of the Second Ward, even with all the odds in their favor, would fill a book. “For the first time in thirty years of political life,” said an old Republican war- horse to-day, “I have seen one man dic- tate to an entire convention that his dele- gation should be seated, even when it ap- peared before that convention without a sign of a credential.” Had Frank Rhoads, that scarred veteran of many a political campaign, entered the lists against the victor, or had “Farmer” Cavanagh forsaken bis hoplands and garden ‘‘sass’’ the result might have been different. Asi1t was they seemingly kept in the background, and Daroux is still a member of the County Central Com- mittee, still the king of the Sccond Ward. A committee of five was appointed to select twenty-two delegates to the Congressional convention, which meets in the Capitol building to-morrow, and the nominations for candidates for the various officers were taken up. As these offices were in nearly every instance held by Republicans the action was really the indorsement of the incum- bents, The exception to this rule was in the nomination of William Lamphrey for County Clerk, and the nomination of George C. McMuillen for Coroner. When it came to the nomination of a city Justice of the Peace, Robert T. Devlin named Lincoln White. There was no op- posing candidate and White’s nomination was made unanimous. The committee which had been ap- pointed to select twenty-two del-gates to the Congressional convention reported the following names, which were ratified by the convention: Twentieth Assembly District—D, Falconer, Ben Welch, H. W. Johnson, Joseph Steffens, E}'{te hgn Uren, Willlam M. Petric and George . Rider. Twenty-flrst Assembly District—W. D. Stalker, W.R. Jones, M. E. Hornlein, Mat Flynn, C. T. Jones, W. H, Hanlon and . Batcher. Twenty-second Assembiy District—William Johnston, T. C. Perkins, F. H. Harvey, C. L. Ecklon, W. W. Greer, M. B. Coon and Charles Rumon. Delegate-at-Large—E. C. Hart. These delegates favor Grove L. Johnson. On motion, Chairman Berkey appointed the following committee to manage the party’s finances in the county during the campaign: J. O. Ccleman, G. W. Lorenz, C. K. Lipman, M. J. Dillmam and William Lambert. William Sims was nominated by accla- |JT mation for Assemblyman from the Twentieth Assembly District; Scott Ennis captured the nomination in the Twenty- first and William E. Lovdal in the Twenty- second. For Supervisor from the Second District, J. W. Todd, the incumbent, was named; Third District, Flood V. Flint; Fourth District, Willam Curtis. The closing act of the convention was the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That we are in favor of the funding of debt due the United States from the Pacific rairoad companies upon terms equitable to both parties to the contract. The_course pursued by the members of the Republican Convention has been watched with the keenest interest by the local Democracy, which has fused with the Populists. It is said that Gillis Doty will ‘receive the fusion nomination for Siate Senator; . Add C. Hinkson, Mat F. Jghnson and J’oseph Hughes for Superior Judges, although the Populists express a decided liking for Judge McKune, and he may be listed instead of one of the other candidates. For the Assembly M. J. Cur- tis from the Twentieth, Henry Brown in the Twenty-first and Lem Lansbrough from the Twenty-second are likely la%e named. Tom Johnson and Dave Ahern are aspirants for Sheriff, Wiliiam Boyne for County Clerk. SONOR'S MURDER CASE The Taking of Testimony Begun in the Trial of Dorsey’s Slayer. Events Fol owing the Homicide De- scribed by Wilnesses for the Prosecution. SONORA, CaL.,, Aug. 11.—The trial of John T. Newcomer for the mnrder of Ca- leb Dorsey began in earnest to-day, the twelfth juror being sworn during the morning hours. The District Attorney made a short opening address, reciting the main facts of the killing and then called Thomas B. Dorsey, a brother of the mur- dered man, to the stand. Dorsey testified 1o the general correct- ness of & map showing the Dorsey mine and surrounding buildings and topograph- ical featnres. William Bailey, a cook at the mine, testified that on the morning of the shooting he was in the kitchen when Newcomer drove up tothe cabin and asked him to come out. Newcomer told him that be had shot Dorsey, but did not know wheiber he had killed him or not. He was)foing into Bonora to give himself up. e anded to Bailey a key to the cabin where he and Dorsey lived and told him to go down and loo{ after the wounded man. Bailey gave the key to Bamue! Bateman, who went down to the place to look after the colonel. Bamuel Bateman stated that on the day of the shooting he noticed in the mine office a pistol which belonged to Dorsey; that after the shooting he looked forit and was unable to find it and up to the present time he had never seen it again. He had assisted in disrobing the murdered man and found one bullet hole toward the back of the neck on the right and one below the ribs near the abdomen. Bateman stated that Edward Dorsey, a son of the mur- dered man, had gone down to ihe cabin where his father’s body lay, but did not go in, and at notime did e see him with his father’s pistol. Charles Owens was the last witness of the day and merely testified to the fact that on the day of the murder, while he was at the mine, Newcomer had told him that Colonel Dorsey was up in_the woods cutting timber for firewood, Tbis is im- portant so far as Newcomer's veracity is concerned, as all that time the colonel lay cold in death. R By FRESNO MAY LOSE THE ROAD. Valley Railway Surveyors Are Staking Out a Route to Pass Around the City. FRESNO, CaL, Aug. 11.—At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-night, it was reported that the Valley road was at present making a survey to pass by Fresno, four miles to the north. This -sericus news came from good authority, and it put the chamber in very discouraging humor. According to the new survey be- gun, the railroad wilt branch from the grade already finished, at some point be- tween the San Joaquin River and thisc’ft_v. It will proceed easterly for several miles to a noint where it will turn south and strike a route to Reedley. Whether this action on the part of the railroad company is intended to leave Fresno off the line pertaanently, or merely to get the road through to Bakersfield this seasou by avoiding Diana and Q streets in tnis city, along which property- owners demand heavy damages for the passing of the road, is not known. After a year of hard struggling to bring the great competing enterprise to this city, and just when the hopes of years areabout to be realized, such news as that made known to-night is inaeed very discour- aging to Fresnoans. The chamber discussed the matter at length, but that was all it could do. The property-owners on Q and Diana streets remain firm asever in their demands for damages. VOURNING 1N SAN JoSE: The Bodies of Venanz Crosetti and Wally Feilner Borne to the Grave. Murderer Allender’s Father Declares That the Assassin’s Reason Is Unsound. SAN JOSE, Car., August 11.—Venanz Crosetti and Wally Felner, the victims of Harvey Allender, were buried side by side in Oak Hill Cemetery this afternoon. Last evening and until the time of the funeral this afternoon the bodies of the lovers lay in state in the Italian Benevolent Society Hall and were viewed by thousands of persons. The caskets were placed side by side in the center of the ball and were al- most entirely covered by floral pieces. At 3 o'clock impressive services were held in the hall. The funeral was largely attended. The procession was headed by a band, followed by the San Jose Hussars and the Italian Benevolent Society, Then came the two hearses. The line of march was to St. Joseph’s Church, where short services were held, and thence to Oak Hiil Cemetery. The streets along the line of march were lined with people. Harvey Allender was examined before Justice Gass this morning on the charge of murdering Crosetti, H. %’ Morehouse ap- ared for Allender, and District Attorney errington prosecuted the case. John Crosetti, a brother of the murdered man, and three other witnesses were examined, but nothing aside from what was brought out at the inquest was developed. The ex- amination lasted about three-quarters of an hour. Allender was hela to answer be- fore the Superior Court. To-morrow he will be examined on the charge of killing Miss Feilner. Allender was closeted with his father, homas Allender, for a short time this morning before his preliminary examina- tion began. The father saya his son is in- sane. He saysthe murderer has shown si%lns of it all through his life and that he inberits it from his mother’s ancestors. SR ASSESSHMENTS MAY GO UP. Nine Counties Summoned to Show Cause Why Their Valuations Should Not Be Raised. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Aug. 11.—After a week spent in close application and care- ful studv of the true finances of the vari- ous counties whose assessments the State Board of Equalization had at one time al- most concluded to raise, or rather to order their representatives o show cause why the assessments should not be raised, the members find that the following counties are assessed, in proportion to property values and resources, on a/par with those counties whose assessments were deemed sufficient, and they will not be called upon for any further raise: Glenn, Marin, Placer, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tulare and Yuba. The counties which have been called upon to appear before the board and show cause why their assessments should not be raised are: Alameda ana Santa Clara, August 17; San Francisco, August 19; Butte, August 20; Solano and Yolo, Au- gust 21; San Bernardino, August 24; Sac- ramento, August 25, and Humboldt, An- gust 27, Four of these counties show a decided decrease from the standard of last year’s assessment and the board failed to dis- cover any material reason for this shrink- age. On the other hand, five of the cour.- ties have returned increased assessments, notably San Francisco County, which shows ngnm of $31,788,714 in excess of last year, and Sacramento, showing a gain of $582,650. The board deemed them still be- low var and they will be cited to show cause. —_—— LIVING 1IN ERETIREMENT. Mattie Overman Said to Be Residing in ZLos Angeles. 10S ANGELES, CaL., Aug. 1L—A ru- mor is current here to the effect that Miss Maitie Overman of Brown-Overman fame, late of Ban Francisco, is in this city, but is living a retired life, and has been seen by a few church people only. To these she is alleged to have made confessions of the guilt of herself and Dr. C. O. Brown, and she has professed great interest in relig- ious life. She is living under an assumed name, it is said, and isa constant attend- ant atone of the small churches on the outskirts of the city. Her future plans have not been disclosed to any one. e Manuel Coronel Testifies. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Aug. 11.—Manuel Coronel, after a night in jail, came forward smilingly when called in the Yndart- Coronel case to-day. Ha denied in toto every utterance of Antunez, who swore g{onmnly a few days ago that he saw anuel attach Don Antonio Coronel’s name to ti e trust deed by means of trac- ing it from a genuine signature. Further than this, the witness denied in detail all the allegations of conversations with the various witnesses for the defense, and the charges of forgery in connection with the trust documents. THE ST, PAUL 1S ABANDGNED. Sttipped of Her Valuables, - the Ship Is Now Tenantless. LITTLE FREIGHT SAVED. Damage to the Ownets, Outside of the Insurance, Will Be $40,000. ENGLISH UNDERWRITERS LOSF. Startling Condition of the Southern Pacific’s So-Called Aids to Navigation. ON BOARD STEAMER ST. PAUL, ashore off Point Pinos (via Monterey), Aug. 11.—The St. Paul men have worked like beavers all day and to-night, the Pacific Coast Steamship Company has practically given up the ship. Anchors, chains, winches and all manner of gear have been hoisted out by the donkey engine that remains above the water and away to the Banta Cruz, which sailed this evening for 8an Francisco. Yesterday morning Marine Adjuster Hooper arrived and immediately boarded the St. Paul. He remained in consulta- tion for balf an hour, looked down on the water-logged cargo and went ashore. When seen by Tue CALL correspondent before he left the vessel he answered all queries with a brevity that was almost a witticism. *I came down here to dosome adjusting, but I see nothing to adjust. The sea has made my labor exceedingly light and I may as well leave.” The loss to the company, outside of the insurance, will be between $30,600 and $40,- 000. The insurance placed with English companies, on the vessel, is $55,000. The local insurers are Gutte & ¥'rark and Mann & Wilson of San Francisco. The loss in cargo is much greater than at first be- lieved, for only eighty out of the hundred livestock were saved, and but 400 out of the 6000 sacks of grain will be worth re- moving from the iooded hulk. The hun- dred sacks of wool which were supposed to be impervious to the action of water are a total loss. The St. Paul stlll lies tightly embedded on the rocks with a lJittle more list to port, indicating that the ledge she isleaning against is pressing in her plates. When she gets a few degrees further over the swells wili get at her woodwor. and then the beach will get the splinters. Seen from the stranded ship ali roads ap- pear to lead to the bit of shore ahead of her, and those highways bring each their string of visitors to the beach. The St. Paul plays to a full house. The Southern Pacific Railroad possesses ail of the land 1 this vicinity, and fbat company only tolerates the public on itsright of eminent domain. Mounted employes of that great corporation furiously gallop here and there with a ‘“‘keep-off-tne-grass’’ menace in their rushes. One of these fierce vi- dettes yesterday plunged down toward the beach as though he would drive the trespassing breakers into the sea. The Southern Pacific Company is ap- parently paramount here, from the crest of the coast range out to a marine league from the continent. The light and fog signals of Point Pinos, its efficient so- called help to navigation merit some pub- lic notice. Monterey is the third harbor in impor- tance on the Cahfornia shore line. The southern entrance to the harbor is flanked by long dangerous reefs jutting far out into the ocean. Vessels coming in from the south must hug closely the promon- tory, and when a white blanket of fog hides all bearings nayigation here is ex- tremely dangerous. The St. Paul, on her rock, is u fatal evidence of this fact. Pigeon Point is an isolated spot, twenty or thirty miles away from a_ harbor. No vessel has any business within five miles of its rocks, yet it has a splendid light, its great flame revolving from a lofty tower, is visible far at sea. A keeper and five as- sistants stand watch there from dusk to dawn. Its fog whistle 1s sounded by a powerfal engine and a second stands ready to keep up the music in case of ac- cident to the first. The loud bellow of the horn can be heard out in the fog-thickened air. Point Pinos has a small tnird-order light, with one keeper and an assistant. The lamp siis in asquatty tower, far in- land, its comparatively feeble lamp less than a hundred feet above the billows that always beat savagely on that beach. The jog signal is an insi nificant affair, utter- ing its low, owl-like hoot when the coast 15 covered with a bank of whiteness al- most impenetrable to the seagull. When the wind that blows the fog aways kicks up a_ sea that sets it bellowing loud the signal is not needed. When the whistle sounds strongly through the fogless nieht the light is not needed. A phonic and a visual condition truly. : The steamship agents of this port say that often vem‘l’s are delayed for hours in the fog off the point trying to feel their | way in. Such a thing atthe entrance of a harbor whose gateway istwenty-five miles wide from headland to headland is diffi- cult of comprehension. The following is a list of freight on board the steamer 8t. Paul: From Newggn—lu sacks peanuts, 11 sacks walnuts, 24 boxes lemons, 6 boxes oranges, 1 keg wine, 1 lot household goods. San Pedro—4 boxes seed, 10 boxes lemons. East San Pedro—5 cs canned fish. s via East San Pedro—1 lot house- 1 organ. D Ventura—1 box sauce, 20 packages merchan- dise, 1 case h‘me{‘ 5 cs canned goods, 3 barrels rolled wheat, 151 boxes lemons. —28 packages merchandise, 49 5 smgl crawfish. Gaviota—1 box butter, 1 case eggs, 81 sacks wool, 2 bundies pelts, 42 s crawfish, 3 boxes fish, 7 bundles dried fish. Cayucos—1 tub 5 boxes butter, 6 cases e, 1 case dry goods, 1 packege merchandise, sacks barley, 9 dressed calves. San Simeon—18 packages merchandise, 12%4 boxes 7 tubs butter, 5 cases eggs, 100 calves, 1 sack beans, 6 sacks potatoes, 1 box fruit. Port Harford—6 cases honey, 18 boxes 1 keg butter, 35 packages merchandise, 11 cases eggs, 23 boxes fish, » 1les—937 sacka beans. San Luis Obispo—1605 sacks barley. Steeles—291 sacks barley. Nipomo—2253 sacks barley, 246 sacks oats. Santa Maria—372 sacks wheat. The consignees are: W. C. Price & Co. leth & Nash; J. Ivancovich & Co.; J. ford; Southern California Fruit Compa: A, Martins; Dair; ‘meu’s Union; E. J. gonen & Co.; Wadhams & Ken Bros.; Ross, Higgins & R. 8. Owen; Dairymen’s Unfon; Kohler & Frohling; Emer‘pnn Breweri: Kowalsky & Co.; Demlx!x'g. Palmer & Co.; Lievre, Fricke & Co. éohn Tancisco News Company; Immel Thomas; Allen & wis; L. ; Gordon & Co.; Reding- n & Winchester; Dunham, American Union Fish Co.; Milani & Co.; G. Camiliou et Bry Wheaton, Breon & Co.; Christy & Wise; Thomas Dennigan, Son & Co.; Hills nroc.f'l D. de Bernardi & Co.; Getz Bros. & Co.; + Grant & Co.; Sinsheimer Bros.; L. D, Co.: Western Meat Company; F. Uri & Co.; Hilmer, Bredhoft & Co.; J. A. Folger & Co.; Standard Oil Company; Marshall, Teggert & Co.; Russ, Sanders & Co.; Horn & Judge; C. \ nta Barvai boxes lemons, .; J. P, & C Donnely; Castle Bros.; Marshall & R.; D.E. Lilison & Co.; J. W. Gall & Co.; Kowalsky & ; Labor Exchange; Pacific Coast Fish Com- gnny; Sacramento Fish Comgu ;_ Bassett & unker; H. Dutard; Newhail Land and Farming Company; Southern Pacific Milling Company. — e S8AN LUIS MYSTERY. Thomas Young Arrested on Suspioion of Attempted Wife- Murder. SAN LUIS OBISPO, CAn. Aug. 11.— Some time last night Mrs. Tnomas Young, who resides at her home near Steeles sta- tion, received a fracture of the skull which may resuit fatally. There are several con- jectures as to how she received the wound, one being that she fell from her carriage. while driving home yesferday, snother that she was struck by some one. Mrs, Young and husband were in town yesterday attending to legal business in the settlement of the estate of Mrs. Young’s father, Peter Kelly, deceased. It is said Young became slightly intoxicated during the day, and Mrs. Young, 1t _is be- lieved, drove alone 10 their ranch, six miles from here. As to what occurred frorm that time until late in the evenini no one seems to know, but shortly alter o'clock Young brought his wife to town in an_unconscious condition, and called Dr. Norton, who is attending her. This afternoon a warrant was issued for the arrest of Young and he was jailea this evening. Young has been married only a few months. 5 The Kelly ranch was visited this after- noon and it was learned from one of the ranch hands that Mrs. Young had returned to the ranch early in the evening. Young arrived later, and soon they both left for town again, One of the rocms in the house was badly disordered. SRS TACOMA BaNKERWS CRIME, Cashier Peters Founa Guilty of Falsify- ing Books and Keports. TACOMA, WasH., Aug. 11.—The sensa- tional trial of Cashier W. G. Peters of the Columbia National Bank, chaiged on nearly thirty counts with falsifying books and reports to the Bank Examiner and on other counts, making a total of forty-six, with using funds in an unauthorized man- ner, was ended this afternoon by the jury bringing 1n a verdict of guilty on the counts charging falsification. On the other counts it did not agree. The verdict was not a surprise, ss the Government during the five days’ trial had presented a very strong case against the defendant. The Columbia National Bank closed las$ October. Bank Examiner Clary soon found discrepancies in the accounts, whicn re- sulted in an investigation and indictments by the Grand Jury. Teller Andrus and Bookkeeper Young testified during the, trial to having been instructed by Peters to change tbe figures in the bank’s books. The most important fact adduced was that under his supervision the books were made to show there was $20,200 on hand on a certain day when in reality there was but $200. ——-— ANDRE'SBILLUONSIGHTE British Columbia Indians See a Strange Courser of the Slaies. They Watch the Obj ct Until It Passes Northward Beyond Their Vision. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 11.—News was received here from the north to-day that Professor Andre's aerial expedition to the north pole had been seen on July 3 in the vicinity of Keena River. In connection with the report A. W. Vowell, superin- tendent of Indian affairs of Victoria, has received the following self-explanatory letters: HazgLTON, July 3. A.W. Vowell, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Victoria, B. C.: STR—1 have the houor to report that this day, at 7:35 P. M. (local time), an ob- ject, by description in the shape of a balloon, was seen by & boy about four miles to the west of here, latitude 55 deg. and 40 min. Atthe time there was & strong northwest wind. It was seen to emerge from out of a heavy bank of white clouds, swerving in at an intermediate clear space in a semi- circular line, to disappear in another cloud at an altitude of 400 feet above timber-line on the mountains. It had a black appear- ance, having been secen between the boy and the setting sun. The boy’s descrip- tion of the balloon and its actions leaves no doubt as to 1ts reality, and is no doubt the Andre balloon expected to have left Spitzbere gen for the north pole on the 1st inst. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, R. E. LoRING, Indian Agent, HazevuTeN, B. C., July 10, A. V. Howell, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Victoria—Sir: I have the honor to submit a report that I received this day by Ghail, hea chief of Kitspiux, that while trapping with & party of Indians on Blackwater Lake, above the head of Skeena, an object resembling a balloon and then displaying very bright lights ‘was seen by them on the evening of the same day as before mentioned (the 3d inst.) in a nearly northerly course, Ghail, whom you know, is a trustworthy man and his statement {s to be credited. The Indians on the Skeena were made aware that they were liable to see during the beginning of this month a balloon going nortn and of the purpose of its occupants, ete.,and to report to me anything noticed by them of that de- scription. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant. R. E. LORING. e William G. Brown of Kingwood, W. Va., was nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Second District of West Virginia yesterday. _—r— SANTA ROSANS ~ MAY GO THIRSTY, Captain McDonald’s Scheme to Corner the Water Market. ENGINEERING A COUP. Mammoth Pumping Plant to Be Constructed Near the City’s Wells. WILL EXHAUST THEIR SUPPLY His Intention Believed to Be to Empty the Reservoirs Owned by the Muusieipality. SANTA ROSA,, Can, Aug. 11.—The water supply of this city is menaced by a new danger. Wild rumors and startling reports are being constantly received and the residents are greatly excited. Those who favor the new city system are appre- hensive and the friends of the old com- pany wear a broad grin. The new danger lies in the fact that Captain *“Jim” McDonald, whois a large shareholder in the old company and a brother of Mark L. McDonald, its presi- dent, is about to put in a big pumping plant just beyond the city’s wells. The avowed purpose of the new plant is to irri- gate the McDonald farm of 1100 acres and to construct a natatorium. As the under- ground flow supplying the city well passes through the MeDonald Tract, and as the supply has been none too good before, the danger from this new move becomes at once apparent. A Carr correspondent visited the scene of operations this afternoon, going first to the city’s *'big well.”” This well is located about a mile east of town, in a wide swale of low ground. It is forty feet deep and sixteen feet in diameter, and is full of water despite the action of three pumps. From here on to the McDonald place there is a slight raise of probably thirty feet to the mile until the foothills are reached. The new McDonald piant is located a few hundred feet from the higi ground, by the side of a beautiful spring. This spring has been known to old residents for many years, but it is so hidden by a dense growth of willows and cattails as to be in- visible from three sides. 1t is about 100 feet in diameter and is fully 15 feet in depth. From an outlet on the south side flows a limpid stream, estimated at 350, 000 gallons per day, and emptying into Mud Creek. The surface of the little pond is broken by the bubbling and gushing of the water as it is forced upward by the underground stream beneath. From this spring to the foothills a ditch has been dug and a 12- inch main is being Jaid. If this main is intended for irrigation purposes, the in- tention of its projectors must be to irrigate the foothills. But the fact that the Mec- Donald reservoir is iess than a mile away and that the pipe line is heading directly in its direction gives color to the rumor that the water is to be used for other pur- poses. There is a division of opinion as to whether this bubbling spring is the source of the water supply that flows under- ground to the wells. Ex-Mayor Woodward, when inter- viewed, seemed inclined to believe that the spring was entirely independent of the underflow. Ex-Councilman Charles Collius declared that it would be impos- sible to pump out all the water witnout the use of the most modern and powerful machinery. There are others, however, who do not take such a hopeful view of the case, and point to the fact that the MecDonald reservoir now contains 250,000,- 000 gallons of water, which they cannot use, and that the new move is made solely to harass the city system. ROMANCE OF STOCKTON. The Late L. U. Shippee Was Soon to Have Been Wedded to His Faith- ful Nurse. STOCKTON, CAL., Aug. 11.—Had L. U. Shippee recovered from the illness that cansed his death last week, he would soon have been married. Every arrangement was being made by Mrs. Cook, his lifelong friend and faithful nurse, to have him re- moved from his rooms over the Stockton Savings and Loan Society bank to the new building at the southwest corner of San Joaquin and Market streets. This build- ing was to have been completed by July 1, and it was the plan of Mr. Shippee to move as soon as it was finished, and make Mrs. Cook his wife. At the funeral of the deceased capitalist yesterday she appeared in mourning. The reason lay in the fact that bad he lived she would have been gomething more to him than a friend. It was beiieved by many here that Ship- pee snd Mrs, Cook had been secreily mar- NEW TO-DAY. "APENTA" THE BEST NATURAL APERIENT WATER: Bottled at the UJ HUNYADI Springs, Buda Pest, Hungary, Under the absolute control of the Royal Hungarian Chemical Institute (Ministry of Agriculture), Buda Pest. *We know of no Spring which shows so great richness in Mineral Salts, or which combines such advantages, as this water. “Professor Dr. R. C. TicusorN, LL.D., F.C.S., F.I.C., Dublin.” ““ This Water is richer in Mineral Salts than all Continental Bitter Waters, and its efficacy is so great that even the smallest dose secures the best results.” fho, Sworn Chemist in Buda Pest. Prices: 15 cents and 25 cents per bottle. 'OF ALL DRUGGISTS AND MINERAL WATER DEALERS. Full Analysis and additional Testimony and Information suppiied by CHS. GRAEF & CO., 32, Beaver Street, New York, Sole Agenis of THE APOLLINARIS COMPANY, LIMITED. SEE that the Label bears the well-known RED DIAMOND Mark of THE APOLLINARIS COMPANY, LIMITED, ried, and that after his death she would lay ciaim to what property re- mained out of theonce magnificent estate of the one-time millionaire. This expecta- tion will not be fulfilled, for to-day Mrs. Cook told a CALL correspondent that she was not married to Shippee, but that he begged her to marry him while on his sick bed. She preferred to wait until he had recovered somewhat, and so they were never united. One reason that gave rise to the idea that she was Shippee’s wife was that Mrs. Cook nursed hini through bis illness, and that several years ago she fired a shotat himin front of the Yosemite House be- cause of some misunderstanding. They afterward became reconciled, and their great friendship continued up to the time of his death. Shippee’s nephew to-day filed a trust deed by which the famous Shippze ranch near here is transferred to him. After paying off the mortgage he is directed to pay Mrs. Cook $5000, and to Evelyn Shippee of Butte County $5000. Several smaller bequests of $1000 each are made w0 relatives in the East. The deed con- templates the disbursement of apout $30,000 in cash after paying off the debts on the place. The trust deed was executed on May 27, and was drawn up by Attorney Arthur Levinsky of this city. . Wrecked Near Petaluma. PETALUMA, CaL., Aug. 11.—The south- bound freight train of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway was wrecked on a trestle south of town this atternoon. The breaking of trucks on the fourth car cansed the disaster. The car was filled with live- stock. Section bands were at once dis- patched to repair the damage, but the train due at 7 . M. was unable to reach here, the passengers being transferred to ’buses and brought to town. LiFecii Redwood City Pioneer Gone., REDWOOD CITY, CaL., ‘Aug. 11 — Henry Newton Bishop died last night at his home in Belmont. He was 78 years of age. Mr. Bishop was a pioneer of this State, coming to the coast in 1849 with the late Senator Sharon and Colonel E. D. Fry. He had lived in this county since 1868, having been manager of the Sharon property for the last twenty years. NEW TO-DAY. THE OWL DRUG CO., CUT-RATE DRUGGIS OPEN ALL NIGHT. We Cat Prices On Everything, SAVE YOUR DITIES. Alcock’s Plasters.... Belladonna Porous Plasters. Beacham’s and Carter’s Pill: California Syrup of Figs (We sell only genuine).... Hoff"s Extract of } Cuticura Resolven Orange Blossom Paine’s Celery Compound. Nelson’s Amycose... Send for our New Illustrated Price Catalogue, Contains cut prices on Drugs, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Trusses, ete. THE OWL DRUG CO., 1128 Market St., San Franeisco. Tenth and Broadway, Oakland. 320 NSouth Spring St., Los Angeles. HOW CHEAP—WHAT lT’s PRETTY STYLES— HOW CAN YQU DO IT ?— THE MARKS FROM THE MANY WHO BOUGHT SALE TANS LAST WEEK. OF "EiML! THAT’S OUR CHIEF REASON. IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF PRICE OR WHAT THEY’RE WORTH — IT'S WHAT THEY’LL BRING. LAST WEEK WE SOLD PLENTY-THIS WEEK WE'LL STRIKE THE CLIMAX. CH1LD’S TANS that are cheap at $150 we'll sell at............i... LADIE®® TAN OXFORDS, that beat anything ever shown for 2, we'll dispose of for...... .... SL15 The above are only a few of the many big inducements that we’re offering. OUT-OF-TOWN FOLKS—Send for the Sullivan money-saver, the book of shoes, and prices that are right. SULLIVAN’S, MONEY.SAVERS IN SHOES, 18-20-22 Fourth Street. Just South of Market. DR. MCNULTY. HIS WELL-KNOWN AND RELIABLE SPE. clalist treats PRIVATE CHRONIC AND NERVOUS DISEASES OF MENONLY. He stons Discharges: cures and Skin Diseases, 85¢ 80¢ MEN’S SUMMER TANS, worth $2 50, we’'ll put a eclosing price of.. 5o secre Sores and ‘Swellings: Nervous Debility, Impo- tence and other weaknesses of Manh He corrects the Secret terrible effects, Loss of V! ood. Frrors of Youth and thelr itality, Palpitation of the Despondency and other caused by the Errors, restores Lost Vigor and Mauly Power, re- moves Deformities and restores the Organs to Health. He also cures Disesses caused by Mer cury and other isonous Drugs. Br. MexNulty's methods are regular and sclen- P At SRR b e e ?:“xs‘u ?r';'inn"e‘n;:é'u New Famphier o0 Y to me| thelr I:Ellmufnl‘nelh cured st Home. Terms Teasonsble. o ours—9 to 8 dally; 6:80 to 8:30 evenings. Sun- days, 10 to 1’2 onl;. Consultation free and sa credly confidential. Callon or address P. BOSCOK uesll?m'r!'..:l; %{L ‘ranc} o T F g talk toyou FOR BARBERS, BAK: BRUSHES & seiti aax boses, bllliard-tables, ‘bookbinde: candy-makers, canners, Emm ‘foncemills, foandries,” laundries, Daper bangers, printers, p-lnuml:’h:-wl:cwnn ters, tauners, : em. AT CHANAN BROS., Brush Manufacturers. 609 SacramentoSte NOTARY PUBLIC. HABLES H. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY-A