The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 21, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUS’I; 21, 1896. DASTARDLY DEED AT SACRAMENT, James Lee Murders His Mistress in Cold Blood. REJOICES AT THE CRIME Mollie Allen, the Victim, Had Left Him to Live With a Japanese. THE ASSASSIN AN FX-CONVICT Shoots at His Pursuers and Attempts to Kill the Officer Who r Captures Him. SACRAMENTO, Can., Aug.20.—Mollie Allen, a member of the half worla, was shotand instantly killed by her lover on urth street, between L and M, in this t 5 o’clock this afternoon, and ere can be no doubt but what the mur- er was premeditated and cold-blooded, as the perpetrator makes full and free ad- n that such is the case. woman was a former resident of acerville, El Dorado County, and at one sed a happy home, husband ittle children, but domestic troubles arose and she forsook her family and gradually drifted to the bad. Several months since she met James Lee, a young 20 years of age, who had been lately discharged from San Quentin, where he had served three years on a charge of grand larceny in having robbed a man ot a watch in San Francisco. The couple became infatuated with each other and agreed to join fortunes. Lee worked as a cook in cheap restaurants and gave his earnings to the woman. Last ght he found on his return bome that he woman had deserted him and taken p her quarters with a Japanese. He ed the couple to a house in Japanese v, and finding the two together fired ee shots at the Jap, none of which, wever, took effect, and on the approach e police all the parties made their es- day he reloaded kis revolver and sta- If near the entrance of the to await the woman's return. After hours’ vigil he saw her coming, , crossing the street, joined her. His of the subsequent happenings is as follows: *When I saw her coming I went to her and said, ‘Hello, Maud,” and shé said, ‘Youkeep away from me. Idon’t want any- ng to do with you. You are going to be for what you did last night.” ‘Am I. ‘Yes, you are’ and then she d to Charlie Yates, who was standing feet from us, and said, ‘Keep this n away from me.” ‘Idon’t know that be can,’ I said, and then I pulled my gun I missed Maud on the first she got the third one all ed her.” n answer to guestions put by City At- rown, Lee told of his life at San n, where he was known as No. 15~ He claimed to have been innocent of ne for which he was convicted, and I made up my mind when I left that place that if ever I went to prison again t would be for doing something. That’s ason why I shot Maud when she I was to be arrested. My other rea- son was because she left me to consort vith & Jap. to die for killing her, for that's it means.” Lee spoke of the arder with the utmost ference, and at times a smile when questions were He claima to have a father in rcisco and 1wo married sisters, one om resides in Oaklang, and a brother 0 works in a tannery in San Francisco, refuses to tell where they reside. The victim is & prepossessing-looking mu a: entered the center of the upper portion of the body directly between the breasts. After firing the fatal shot and satisfying himself that he had attained his object, the-cold-blooded murderer, pistol in hand, calmly walked away from the quivering the ex-Conviet, Murdered Mollie Allen at Sacra- mento Yesterday. James H. Lee, Who pody of nis victim, eventually breaking into a run as the gathering crowd started in pursuit. Then began a most exciting chase, in which hundreds ?olned. all shout- ing “Stop him! Stop him{” As the lead- ing pursuers neared him Lee calmly wheeled and fired two shots into the crowd, without effect, and resumed his flight. Dodging into an alley he calmly stopped and began loading his pistol. At this moment Policeman Talbot drove up in & hack, sprang ont and made a dash at the fugitive. Luckily for the feariess officer Lee had a cartridge jammed in the cyviinder of the pistol and was unable to shoot. Seeing that the policeman was rapidly aporoaching he hurled the weappn at Talbot's head with all his rirength. The officer dodged the missile and the next minute had theirons on Lee’s wrists, loaded him into the back and drove rapidly away before the main portion of the crowd arrived. On arriving at the police station Lee calmly told his story to the Chief of Police, City Attorney ana others, admit- ) She deserved death and she | t it, and I ain’t sorroy one bit and I am | upon the woman as i:h wife lookin, iimulf perfectly justified in shoot- deems ing her. DDING’S MAIL SACK FOUND, The Stage-Driver Says He Could Have Shot the Robber. REDDING, Car, Aug. 20.—The mail sack, which was thrown out of the Red- ding and Bieber stage by Driver Hampton at the request. emphasized by a loaded and cocked shotgun, of a bold highway- man, was found near the scene of the hold-up and brought to town to-day. In his eagerness to get at the contents the robber had cut off the whole top of the sack, but on discovering it to be the way pouch had not molested the mail. In a conversation to-day Driver Hamp- ton said that the robber was so slow and careless in making off that he (Hampton) could have shot him easily, but in ail probability the robber appreciated the position of the driver, with the reins in his hands and his foot on the brake; other- wise he would have acted differently. Sheriff T. J. Houston started out this morning on the track of the hizhwayman, ]t;!n as yet nothing has been heard from im. ey — ANTI-JAPANESE AGITATION. White T.aborers in British Columbia Growing Desperate. VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 20.—TI410 agitation against Japanese is growing in British Columbia until it has taken prece- dence over the Chinese question. Japan- ese Consul Nosse, stationed in Vancouver, was arranging to bring out a large num- ber of Japanese farmhands for settlement on the Manitoba wheatlands. These Japs live on 25 cents a day and would save 75 cents out of §1 per diem. As trouble was feared during the pres- ent agitation the Consul was dissuaded from importing this form of cheap Jafmn- ese labor. Nosse says there are 1000 Jap- anese laborers in the province, but the Trades Council claims there are 4000 and THIAL, DRANA KD BLANK CARTRIGES Interesting Events of Yes- terday in Camp City Guard. REALISTIC SKIRMISHING Drill That Only Needed a Little Acting to Have Been Startiing. SHAM BATTLE TO BE FOUGHT: How the Members of Company B Enjoy Themselves During the Evening. Caxp Crry Guarp, CompaNy B, First REGIMENT INFANTRY, N. G. C..} Los Gatos, CAL., Aug. 20, The spectators who sat perched on the fence watching the members of Company B at skirmish drill this morning wit- Mabel Marie Filmer, Daughter of Captain Filmer, and the “Daughter of the Regiment.” [From a photograpk by Leach of Los Gatos.] that each has supplanted a white bread- winner and caused misery and discourage- ment. The Japanese are more dangerous than the Chinese as skilled laborers and work so cheaply that they will eventually drive white laborers from the province. The form the agitation has taken is to have the Government prohibit all those not at- taining to certain wealth aud education. THE WEAVERVILLE TRIAL, Judge Jones Decides Against His Brother-in-Law as an Attorney. Ten of the Necessary Twelve Jurors S:cured and Court Adjourns Until Saturday. WEAVERVILLE,CAL., Aug. 20.—At the opening of court this morning for the trial of Jo Gregory, accused of killing Jack Lit- tlefield, Judeze Jones, referring to the mo- tion made by Oregon Sanders to admit J. ‘W. Turner as associate connsel for defense, said, that deeming the relationship that existed between himself and Turner to be | a relation of the third degree of affinity— J. W. Turner and Judge Jones, though of no blood relation, having married two sis- ters—in order not to pervetrate a fraud u pon the law and to avoid creating tre mendous expense to Trinity County, he would deny the motion, and he submitted a manuscript which contained his written opinion to the clerk for filing, from which the following in substance was abstracted: Hon. Edward Sweeny, Judge of the Superior Court of shasta County, has informally held thatno affinity existed and cited an authority from the Supreme Court of Tennessee, found in the forty-third o ty-fourth American Re- ports, which sustained his position exactly, and led me to believe that ¥ was peshaps mis- taken. Upon visiting San Francisco last sprin 1 thoroughly investigated the question an: my mind was changed by the right of anthor- ity being the other wey. To grant the motion would at once deprive me of jurisdiction and Pposs:bly render nugatory ali proceedings here- tofore had. Atthe time that the motion was made six jurors had been accepted and sworn to try the case. The progress that has been made in the trial has been such that I do not feel called upon to surrender the place to which I was chosen by the people of Trinity County to fill by eny one. The motion will be denied. ‘The work' of impaneling jurors was re- sumed until 3 ». a., when the entire yenire ?1 seventy-three talesmen was exhausted, four jurors having been added, making the total of jurors chosen ten, the aefense having exhausted eighteen perempto! challenges and the prosecution one. venire of twenty was called for from which to select the remaining two, and it was decided to take a recess to Saturday that an officer might find time to serve the subpenas and secure unprejudiced men, the Judge considering one day sufficient, r{mnkmf that around the basin in which Weaverville lies there are plenty of men in the woods who do not come to town once in a coon’s age. The question arose as to whether the Sheriff was not disqualified to act on ac- count of his pecuniary interest in the re- ting his gu1it and seemingly showing ab- | ward offered for the apprehension of the solutely inaifference to his fate; in fact, murderers, in consequence of which an- Le had scarcely entered his cell before he | other party was chosen’ to perform the was smoking a cigarette and laughing. duty. Jim Dockery, as elisor, will have There is no doubt but what Leeis but | twenty-two men at court by 10 o’clock little removed above the brute level and | Sat ay morning. nessed a good imitation of a small-sized battle, barring, of course, the fatalities. All that was needed to have sent the on- lookers skurrying to cover was the occa- sional fall of an opponent’s wounded man and the hurrying of the hospital corps with their inanimate burdens. As it was, the timid members of the audience ducked nervously whenever a volley was fired close by, and not a few hurriedly de- camped as the line advanced in their direction. It was a real battle in all but the bullets. The cartridges were all blank. Hereto- fore, in skirmish drill, tie soldiers have contented themselves with pulling the triggers ot their empty rifles and listening to the disappointing click of the descend- ing hammer. The result was in a meas- ure disappointing. To-day, however, when every pressure of the index finger was fol- lowed by a flash, a report and the blithe “kick’ of the rebounding weapon, the sol- diers entered into the spirit of the thine. Eyes flashed, lips were compressed, and the -boys in blue charged as wildly as though the honor of the Nation depended upon the success of their endeavors. Many a man in that line of blue felt for the first time the fierce light of battle course through his veins, and was the bet- ter soldier for it. It was an excellent drill, and probably worked more good to the company than any other one had at Camp City Guard. The company was divided up into sec- | tions, Captain Filmer retaining command of all, but leading in person the main | body of troops. Sergeant Lindquist wasin charge of a section of five men which stood at the far end of the parade ground. They peppered the main body from a sort of ambush, and the main body tried to dislodge them. The charges down the field were mage in fine style. As one section would dis- charge t heir pieces, another section would rush past them, kneel and fire a volley at the enemy. This movement was repeated till they were within about 100 feet of the enemy, who stood in a clump of trees near a church, which is in the parade grounds. The enemy fired from" behind this church at times, just as many a time in real war the house of God has been made an aid to the passion of man. Captain Filmer dashed around the field of battle with all the bravery of a gallant leader. A wire fence kept the guardsmen separated or there is no telling what might have happened. At the command, “rapid fire,” the boys drooped to their knees or lay face downward on the ground, fixed their bayonets and discharged their rifles individually as rapidly as they could load and shoot. The soldiers got excited, though they obeyed orders promptly. If there had been a flag in the fie/d this morning there would have been a struzgle for it as certain as fate, and somebody might have got hurt. Foreseeing this Captain Filmer ordered that no colors should be carried. After about twenty-five minutes of active skirmishing, from which the smoke arose in clouds, the troops trailed arms and in single file marched away to camp and breakfast. Though breakfast has charms after hard exercise the boys were loth to leave the field. The sham battle will take place to-mor- row afternoon in a larger field, where there is a hillside and more trees. The following quotation from ‘‘Othello” is inscribed on & large white banner in camp: “I have done the state some sery- ice; and they know it.”’ Company B is the oldest in the National Guard of Cali- fornia. It distinguished itself in the rail- road strike two years ago, and has won honors on other cccasions. Captsin Fil- mer is said to be the youngest captain in the guard. Tnga captain’s daughter, Mabel Marie Filmer, 3 vears old, has bg,en chosen “the daughter of the regiment.” Sheis a cute and pretty child, with blonde hair and blue eyes. The captain has a'boy about 6 months old, who has already enlisted, Mail Sergeant L. R. Townsend is the postmaster of the camp. He was asked by several comrades t!.is morning why he did not keep stamps and postal cards for sale. He replied: ‘A city guardsman never carried anything that can be{ licked.” f A letter has been_received by Captain Filmer from George Heizman of San Fran. cisco, who is a member of the company, from which the following is an extract: “Tt does a fellow good to see every morn- ing in Tme CarL about two columns of news from camp. It is very interesting matter to me I assure you. I'll give a diamond medal to the man catching the most b’ars of Sergeant Townsend’s kind.” Major H. B. Hosmer, Who makes almost daily trips to the camp from San Francis- co, has offered a gold medal and a silver medal to be contested for at target prac- tice and to be rewarded respectively to the men making the highest and next highest score in two days’ shooting, ten shots toa man, There has been but one day’s tar- get practice, and these prizes may not be competed for until the company returns to the City. The camp is entirely free from sickness. Oocuionnlry a few men line up before Dr. McCulloch and the hospital tent early in the morning and say solemnly and in chorus: “Doctor, do you know wha t’s the mat- ter with me?” The doctor usually knows. He smiles, and they ail “‘smile.” The commiitee of Los Gatos citizens which is looking after the encampmen. is composed of the iollowing prominent business men and members of the Board of Trade: R. F. Roberison, W. H. Adams, T. E. Johns, W. A. Pepper and J. D. Beggs. Mr. Adams is the Southern Pa- cific Railroad agent here. He 1s the most active member of the committee in look- irg after the comfort and needs of the boys in camp, and the most obliging sta- tion agent one would meet in a week's time. Adamsis asortof Los Gatos Poo- bah. He is secretary of the Boara of Trade, president of the local Improvement Club, secretary of the fire delegates (what- ever that is), a prominent Odd Fellow and Mason, and if anybody wants to know anything about anything everybody says: “Go und ask Adams.” They are talking of running Adams for Mayor. At 5 o'clock this evening a drumhead court-martial was held near the flagstaff. Corporal John Wilson was the alleged culprit and prisoner. He was broughtinto the awfal presence of the president of the court-martial, W. D. O’Brien, by a special detail of two men, who had their bayonets fixed to their guns. x The charge against the prisoner, who was arrested without notice, was ‘‘main- taining a pound in camp,’”” which is against the regulations, and ‘‘giving drinks to the men between 1 and 3 o’clock in the morning.” A ‘‘pound” in the army is a sort of a blind-pig saloon where liquor is sold on the quiet. Corporal Wilson occupies the tent with Quartermaster Clifford, and the whole court-martial was a_screaming burlesque. Nearly all the men in eamp were gathered in semi-circle, seated on campstools. Tue judge-advocate was Sergeant H. B. Suliivan, and the prisoner was ably de- | fended by W.J. Hayes, who is either a young lawyer or ought to be. e ° The prisoner appeared in a silk hat and and in his shirt-sleeves, whereat there was a general scream of “Sweep,” ‘‘sweep.”’ “chimney-sweep.” The prisoner bowed to the right ard leit, and then to the president, with hat removed. : ““What is your name?"’ roared the presi- dent. ** Wilson,"” the meekly. : “Pudd’'nhead Wilson?” inquired the presi ient. “I object to the siur ¢ast by the presi- dent on the inteiligence of my client,” screamed Hayes, jumping to his feet. “Overruled,” ruled the president, and the ifarce went on, while the prisoner seatea himself on a drum, “I don’t know what a’ pound is,” said the judge-advocate, “but it is very good. I nave been there myself.” Sergeant Kellv was fined two drinks by the president for refusing to swear that he would tell lies in his testimony about the pound. “I object,” roared the defendant’s at- torney, jnmping to bis feet and wildly waving both arms. “It is preposterous, sir. It has not been proven that there is a pound.” “Sit down,” said the president, bringing a lath down on the table behind which he responded prisoner sat. Kelly finally testified, with much re- luctance, that there were some ‘‘Jjimmy Johns” in Wilson’s tent, but he said he didn’t know whether they were filled with Congress water or “‘spiritual” liquor. This was considered very damaging testimony, and Corporal Wilson, to heip the thing along, looked as though he was about to be hanged. At this critical period Atiorney Hayes arose with great solemnity and stated in legal phraseology that he desired to call the attention of the president to a very weighty matter that was gnawing at the viufis of the situation. Making a lofty grandiloquent gesture he said: “‘Supper 18 getting cold; I move we con- tinue this—" Captain Filmer stepped forward and said: “I would like to state that supper has been postponed.” The prisoner then shed tears 30 briny that they dried into salt drops on his cheeks. Dr. Sieberst appeared on the witness- stand with a big red hatchet in hand, with which he had been assisting to fix the stage for the evening's theatricals. The prisoner paled perceptibly, whiie all the court officials shied several feet. The testimony of Dr. Sieberst and Ser- geant Kelly was funny. They refused to testify to things in particular on the ground that it would incriminate them- selves with relation to the pound. President O’Brien found Prisoner Wil- son guilty because the charges had not been sustained and sentenced him to set ‘em up out of the “jimmy-johns.” Retreat was sounded, the cannon roared, “*Old Glory” dropped to earth for the might and there was a helter-skelter dash for the well-laden mess-table. The dramatic entertainment given under the trees to-night by the members of Com- pany B made a charming and brilliant scene. About 2000 people were in a tendance. The hillside close to the dancing pavil- ion furnished seats for hupdreds, from which they looked down on the panorama. 1f there was a small boy in Los Gatos who was not perched on the limbs’ of the big trees aboye the gudience it was because he was crippled and couldn’t get there. Swarms of small boys were in the trees. An impromptu n:cfa _with a red drop-cur- tain, and furnished with an upright piano and plush chairs, made = pretty parlor scene. First came an overture by the City Guard Mandolin Club, composed of Ser- eant Apthorpe, W. Parker, G. Bell and %. Miller. Negro specialties were given by the inimitable Sergeant W. H. Sieberst, who was a whole show in himself. Vocal solos by Sergeant H. B. Sullivan, C. E. A. Creighton and E. L. Filmer were much enjoyed. Henry Osthoff provoked great laughter by his comicai German specialties. Every number on the pro- gramme was stormily encored. This was the cast of characters in the one-act farce comeay, “First Love”: Hugh Livingstone, a wealthy ironfounder, Ser- geant W. H. Sieberst; Emily, his daugh- ter. Miss Emilie Sieberst; Charles Fox, his nephew. Sergeant A. H. Clifford; Henry Van Zandt, his neighbor, Sergeant H. B. Sullivan; Perkins, a groom, Ser- geant H. B. Taylor. Miss Sieberst looked charming and all the performers ac- auitted themseives in a manner that showed that Company B has dramatic as well as military talent. Dancing con- cluded the entertainment of the evening. To morrow morning at 11 o’clock {bg sham battle Will kegin, STOCKTON'S FETE BY MOONLIGHT, Goodwater Grove Is Turned Into a Bower of Beauty. VERITABLE FAIRYLAND. Sweet-Faced Girls Flit About Under the Illuminated Giant Oaks. WARBLERS ON THE BRANCHES. Belles at Refreshment Stands Swell the Fund for the Coming Great Carnival. STOCKTON, Car., Aug. 20.—Goodwater Grove was to-night the scene of the most successful outdoor affair ever given in this part of the State. Nothing could be pret- tier than the scene which met the eye as the crowds left the electric-cars and en- tered the big gates, At the entrance of the grove and for some distance outside along the car line hundreds of Japanese lanterns had been hung, while inside there were thousands | to illuminate the scene. From limb to hiub and from tree to tree, where the giant osks cover the ground, strings of lanterns had been placed, so that there was no end of light. All of Stockton seemed to have turned out to the picnic as one looked at the gath- ering. Hundreds of sweet-faced girls in their light summer dresses flitted about under the trees while the concert was go- ing on, in fact, every Stockton belle was on hand to lend beanty to the scene. Before 9:30 there was not a seat beneath the trees, in the pavilion or at the club- house that could be had for any - price, while hundreds were standing about be- neath the oaks admiring what looked a veritable fairyland, and still hundreds of others-promenaded about along the paths jand driveways, listening to the concert givén by the Sixth Regiment band. In the center of the grove and at the foot of a giant oak was the ice-cream | booth, decorated with the colors of the | Native Daughters and testooned with | multi-colored lanterns. Here a committee of Native Daughters— with Miss Louise Gallup, the Queen of the { last floral carnival, as chairman—supplied the wants of those looking for tlie cooling dish. | The others who assisted were: { Nellie Atwood, Mrs. Mrs. | Connell, Mrs. J. W. Kerrick, Mrs. Emma | Phillipson, Mrs. Aunie Adams, Miss Addie i Yost, Misses Jessie and Lucy Harris, Mrs. | Minnie Baker, Mrs. Exther Needham, Mrs. | M. McIntosh and Mrs. A, Snyder. | Over at the dancing pavilion the lemon- | ade and cigar stand was presided over by . Miss Z-tia Kohlberg, with a corps of able | assistants. They were Misses Eiiza Watts, Ida Safferhill, Marie Wahl, Lena | Nevin, Mrs. Lizeite Ryan, rs. Lena | Mills and Messrs. W. E. O’Congor, John | Kerrick, W. H. Hosmer and George E. | Catts. | Mrs. Belle Stockwell, Mrs. Mamie Dorr | and Mrs. Esther Necdbam looked after | the rest of the refreshment tables. | During the evening a chorus of colored singers, who hai volunteered their ser- | vices, sang a number of negro melo'ies so { well that they were made to sing again | and agaio. | The singers were ‘‘ont of sight,”’ being { hidden in the branches of the big oaksthat | cover a portion of the upper porch of the clubhouse. | Stochton’s 400 turned out en masse. | Every one here is becoming mcre and | more enthusiastic over the coming cele- | bration, and this enthusiasm was mani- | tested to-night by the manner in which | they turned out to attend the moonlight | picnic. The proceeds of to-night’s affair | will go to swell the water-carnival fund. | This morning S. Bonner, vice-president of the Veteran Firemen of San Francisco, and George R. Pidgeon, chairman of the committee of arrangements for the 9th of ! September celebration, came to this city | to arrange for bringing the association here on the 9th. They met John McCann ur}d perfecied the arrangements. They stated tbat they would come up 150 strong, bringing with them a band of music and their old er- gines. They returned to San Francisco to-night. The engine which they will bring up is | one that was made in 1826 for President Van Buren. It was brought to this coast round the Horn in 1849 and presented to the Veteran Kiremen. Ursula Partor of Native Daughters of Jackson, Amador County, will have a great time during the first week in September, when the Native Sons of that place will present them with a bandsome silk banner. Ursula will be here in full torce during the coming celebration. FIRE AT NEVADA CITY. Chlorination Works at_the FProvidence ‘ Mine Destroyed. NEVADA CITY, CAL, Aug. 20.—At 3 o’clock this morning the chlorination works at the Providence mine were discov- ered on fire. William Hoeking, the fur- naceman 1n charge at that hour, had gone to the changing room in the lower part of the building only a few minutes before and on his return found the fire blazing fiercely. It had started near the firebox on the side of the building next to Deer Creek. Hocking gave the alarm to the men on duty at the mill and soon two good streams of water were playing on the burning builaing from the hose that 1s kept 1n readiness for use in case of fire. deoming the chlorination works was a small room in which the retorting was done. This room was not over twenty- five feet from the large forty-stamp mill building, being connected therewith by a tramway. What little wind there was blew away from the mill, but even with this advantage the men had to work hard to save the mill. The office, just above the works, was burned. Seveial tgnks containing gold in solution were de- stroyed and ir contents lost. All the chemicals, assaying material aud .ugra- tatus and other contents of the building were destroyed. It is thought that the furnace was not badly damaged. The loss will probably be from $7500 to $10,000. There is a ‘‘blanket” insuranc, licy on all the company's property, ang .’.’: Is]ll-lhl\mt eford will be necessary befor the amount of damage will be known® Mamie Manibey, | Mrs. Belle Stockwell, Miss Mabel Saffer- | { bill, Miss Florilia Campbell, Mrs. K. Me- | | After the fire was over men were set to work clearing away the debris, and as soon as possible the works will be restored. In the meantime operations at the mine “1? hl‘niu will not be seriously interfered wi g L 25 BIG FIRE NEAR FERNDALE. @rizzly Bluff Creamery and Cheess Fac- tory Consumed, | FERNDALE, CAL., Aug. 20.—The Griz- zly Bluff creamery and cheese factory, the largest and best equipped in Eel River Valley, and situated about five miles from Ferndale, was destroyed by fire this morn- ing at about 2 o’clock, together with all the machinery, thirty boxes of butter and twelve tons of cheese. The creamery hdad a capacity of 2000 pounds of butter per day and about the same for cheese. It was built in 1890, and had become famous for the good quality of its cheese, which was said to be the bestin the State. The flames were first’ discovered by a daugbter of J. Davenport, managero! the creamery, who Tesides within a short distance of the fac- tory. A small dwelling in close proximity was also burned. The exact cause is un- known, but_it is supposed to .have been from the boiler-room. It was a joint stock company, of which Messrs. Wheaton, Breon & Co. of San Francisco are agents. The total loss will amount to $20,000, with $4000 insurance, recentiy tsken at a low rate for three years by the Fireman's Fund of Ban Francisco. Joe Davenport is the heaviest loser. —— Benicia’s Wool Pullery Burned. BENICIA, CaL., Aug. 20.—A fire that oc- curred here this morning at 2:15 might bave caused a great loss to this town by the destruction of McKay’s tannery. The fire destroyed Brown & McArthur’s wool pullery, which stood about 500 feet west of the tannery, and the high wind that was blowing in that direction completely cov- ered the tannery with smqke and burning cinders, and it was only by the greatest exertions and the great facilities for hand- ling fires at the tannery—twelve streams being used—that the tannery was saved. The pullery was totally destroyed. The | loss is about $1000, with no insurance. L ANS T e Early Morning Blaze at San Jose. BAN JOSE, CaL., Aug. 20.—Fire was dis- covered in the grocery store of James E. Beggs, corner Seventh and San Carlos streets, at an eariy hour this morning. The fire originated in a closet in which coal oil was stored. The stock of grocer- ies was damaged to the extent of $300, which was fully covered by insurance. OLO'S TERRIFC STORM The Heavens Open for Fifteen Minutes and People Stand Appalled. . i A Man and a fiule Strueck by Light- ning and a Stubble-Field Burned. TWO STEAMERS N COLLISION. Occurs Off Brown's Poeint, Five Miles From Tacoma. DENSE FO0G. PREVAILED. The Utopia Crashes Into the Rapid Passenger Boat The Flyer. LIVES MIRACULOUSLY SAVED, Slow Running of the Vessels Alone Prevented Another Dire Calamity. SEATTLE, Wasg., Aug. 20.—In a dense fog off Browns Point, five miles out from Tacoma, the swift and handsomely ap- pointed passenger steamer Fiyer, which plies regularly between Seattle and Ta- coma, and the freight and passenger steamship Utopia collided this morning at 9:50 o'clock. Miraculously enough, no lives were lost, but the fact that the Uto- pia, which isa big and powerful vessel, was running slowly at the time alone pre- vented the sinking of the Flyer in this in- land sea with all on board—about fifty people, inciuding the crew. The Fiyer, bound irom Tacomsa to Seattle, was in the act of crossing the bow of the steamship, which was en route to Tacoma, when the Utopia struck her with terrific force on the starboard side, tearing a great hole amidships just above the water line. Consternation reigned aboard both vessels for a few moments. Seeing that the Flyer was badly disabled Captain O'Brien of the Utopia went to her assistance, and in a few minutes the pas- sengers and crew were transferred to the Utopia and the Flyer was towed into Ta- coma. Though only five miles out 1t re- quired the greatest exertion to get the crippled craft safely to port. When Tacoma was reached it was found that the Flyer had four or five feet of water in her. She will probably be isid up for two or three weeks, as in addition to the hole in her side her boilers and steam ap- paratus were badly injured. The Utopia, which runs between Van- couver, Seattle and Tacoma, bad her bow more or less broken, the damage amount- ing perhaps to $500, while the Fiyer,which is laid up at Tacoma, can hardly be re- paired sbort of $5000. Tie Utopia, after making Tacoma, came back to Seattle to- night. WOODLAND, Carn., Aung. 20.—One of the most terrific storms ever witnessed in this locality swept over the Southern por- tion of Yolo County about noon yesterday and it is a miracle that no human lives were lost. The tierceness of the storm was not gen- eral. The only part of the county where any destruction was done wason the norph side of Putah Creek, extending frdm George Pierce’s place, near Davisville, to the ranch of F. E. Russell, about four miles east of Winters, The storm consisted of a heavy down- | pour of rain., accompanied by blinding flashes of hightning and heavy peals of thunder. It.asted about fifteen minutes, and half an bour later everythiig was sunshine. The horses and cattle became frightened and ran around the fields ina furious manner. At J. E. LaRue’s place the lightning struck a yearling mule which wasrunning with a band of horses, kulinyg it instantly. An empioye working on the farm of George Pierce was struck by the lizhtning and is probably fatslly injured. A flash of lightingignited a stubble-field and before it could be extinguished a mile | of fence was destroyed. While the storm | was in progress the residents of the vicin- ity were badly frightened, for it was oue of the most terrifying scenes ever wit- nessed by them, especially when at the beginning of the storm nothing more seri- ous was apprehended than a summer shower. ATTEMPIED SUICIDE. A Waterloo Farmhand Shoots Himself in the Head. STOCKTON, CaL, Aug. 20.—A young farmer named Huntemann, who resides at Linden, has brought to this city the news of an attempted suicide at Waterloo. While he and a lady companion were waiting at a blacksmith-shop at that | town at 8 o’clock yesterday morning fora | horse to be shod, a farmhand named | John von Dohlen entered the place and assed through to the rear of the building. Shortly afterward a shot was heard from the direction in which Von Dohlen had gone. 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