The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 11, 1896, Page 4

4 THE TRAGEDY IN SUSUN VALLEY Motive for the Killing of Rancher Wilson Still in Question. Officers Lose the Trail of the Assassin Not Far From the House, STORY OF HIS HOUSEKEEPER. Attempt Made Early at Night to Lure the Old Man to the Door, SUISUN, CaL., Oct. 10.—The circum- stances leading to the murder of Rancher Daniel H. Wilson in Suisun Valley last evening are clothed in mystery. Since they were notified the officers have been working on every possible clew, but their efforts, so far, have proved unavailing, They are, however, in possession of infor- mation which may possibly lead to im- | mediate arrests. Owing to domestic wrangles Wilson and his wife separated in 1893 as the result of divorce proceedings. Since that time Wilson kept yarious housekeepers. At the time of the murder Mrs, Lucy Owens and her niece, Ada Rice, were in the bouse. According to Mrs. Owens' story Wilson returned from Swisun about 8 o’clock in the evening. After eating supper he sat down at his desk and commenced figur- ing on bis accounts. Mrs. Owens and her niece retired to their chamber. Fifteen minutes later Mrs. Rice passed through the room in which Wilson was seated to go to a pump back of the house for a drink of water. Seeing that the woman was but partially dressed, Wilson said he would get the water for her; but she, observing that he was busy, went for it herself. On re-entering the house she saw Wilson coming out, and when she stepped inside and placed the key in the door Wilson laughingly remarked: Do not lock me out.” No sooner had these words passed his lips than the report of a gun was heard and Wilson fell on the alleyway between the main residence and a smaller build- ing, exclaiming: “My God, Lucy, I'm shot!” The women ran to the Hatch residence near by and the news of the tragedy was telephoned to Suisun. After the officers had arrived on the scene they traced the footprints of the assassin for three- quarters of a mile and then lost the trail. Mrs. Owens stated that prior to the shooting some one threw a clod on the porch, but Wilson, being-somewhat deaf, did pot hear it. When told about it he said that if any more clods were thrown he would go out with his shotgun. It was rumored here last evening that ‘Wilson yesterday received the money for his almond crop, but tha firm to which he sold the almonds stated that be was not aid any part of the money. It is believed v some that robbery was the motive for the crime, this surmise arising from the fact that Wilson yesterday discharged and paid off his employes and was likely to have had money in hid possession. | There is no evidence so far to show that the murdered man had any bitter enemy. Wilson was a native of Ohio and was 52 years of age. He was a member of the local Grand Army of the Republic Post and bad resided in the valley for twenty yvears, He was regarded as an honest, | upright man. Wilson leaves two chil- dren—a boy, about 16 years old, who is hunting in Mendocino, and = girl about 15 vears of age. The cowardly murder has been the sole topic of conversation on the streets of Suisun to-day and all sorts of rumors have been started, eack found to be with- out foundation when investigated by the officers. Deputy Coroner Maynard im- paneled a jury this morning and then ad- journed the inquest until Monday. . CHESSMASTHRN MOVES, Scores Made at the International Tourna- ment at Buda Pest. BUDA PEST, Huseary, Oct. 10.—The results of the fifth round of the inter- national chessmasters’ tournament played in this city to-day were as follows: rodt beat Janowski ina Ruy Lopez aiter WO moves. chg‘b(‘flfi Chnr:»n.‘ek ina king’s gambit de- Noa in a Dutch game after e moves, . er beat Popiel in & French defense after fifty-four moves. 2 ‘asch in a queen’s gambit ven moves. Albin beat Schlechter in & queen's gambit declined after forty-one moves. Tschigorin had a bye. Appended are the scores of all the com- petitors up to date: Won. | Lost. 28 | ll/, 814 135 115 \l 233 T R e, . 814 1 bl 1 3% ‘Winawer . 4’7, lh *Had byes in previous rounds. Total number of games won, 30; total number of games losr, 30; total number of games to be piayed, 4 ———— RACING AT PETALUMA. Match Events at the San Rafael Hunt Club Meeting. PETALUMA, CaL., Oct. 10.—The match races given here to-day under the auspices of the San Rafael Hunt Club were at- tended by about 700 people, haif of whom came on a special train from San Rafael and San Francisco. In the match trotting race, best three out of five, mile heats, between J. J. Crooks’ bik. h. Bay Rum and H. E. Wise's b. m. Madera, Overholser drove Bay Rum first heat, after which Dick Harvey was substituted. Holbrook drove Madera three heats, when his place was taken by H. E. Wise. The summary is as follows. 211 2 dead .12 21 heat The race will be decided on Monday. Pacing, three out of five, mile heats, bes tween Rm\lolg{:u Spreckels’ Marguerite and ¥ Harry Wise's atsy. Marguerite 22 Billy Pats 11 Finish postponed till Mouday. Half-mile running dash—Entries: Frank Johnson's Morris D, ridden by Eddy J ; Ro- dolph Spreckels’ Ho\l!(hflmi.,yflofi:fixgy Frawley, and J. J. Crooks’ Billy Patsy, ridden by McGlynn. Morris D won, Mollighinnie second, Billy Patsy third. Time, 0:5214. i Challenged by Petaluma. PETALUMA, CaL, Oct. 10.—The Peta- luma Whist Club has sent a challenge to the Whist League for the Rideout trophy, now held by the Vallejo club. The pickea team of the Petaluma club, consisting of A" Morstadt, Lee Faulkner, H. T, Fair banks and J. L. Camm, is anxious to meet the Vallejo club on its own ground, the game tc be played at Vallejo on the 17th inst. Sl g MONTAVILLA’S SCHOOL ROW. Uprising of Parents Againat the Parti- san Acts of a Teacher. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 10.—Miss Emma Rinequist, a schoolteacher of Montavilla suburh, has created an incipient rebellion in her school district. She is reported as having said a few days ago that if McKin- ley emblems worn by her pupils were not disposed of she would take them up her- self, as she did not want McKinley but- tons in her school. Bryan buttons she de- clared “*All right enough.” Thedecree to take off the buttons provoked no end of complaint, and some of the little standard- bearers said they would not do it until forced. Accordingly the teacher collected all the buttons and threw them into the sewer, When the Montavilla parénts learned what had taken place at school, there be- gen a whirlwind of indignation which is rapidly growing in diameter and increas- ing in force. They threaten to petition for Miss Rinquist’s removal on the | ground of “‘offensive partisanship.” gt LOST 1IN LOS ANGELES. Disappearancs of a Man Who Was Ac- companying a Corpse to Reno. PASADENA, CaL, Oct. 10.—About a week ago Philip Palmer died in this city, and his brother-in-law, Thomas Wilson, a stranger here, started to accompany the remains back to Boise, Idaho. The South- ern Pacific agent here saw that Wilson was unused to traveling and gave him ex- plicit instructions regarding change of cars and the written schedule. Notwith- standing this he gct lost in Los Augeles during a twenty-five minutes’ stop and has not yet been found. The corpse went on, though, contrary to the rules which refuse transportation to a corpse without an attending passenger. The local office is besieged with telegrams asking for an explanation. R SRS Two Games of Football. ITHACA, N. Y., Oct. 10.—Cornell, 48; Western Reserve, 0. . PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 10.—Penn- sylvania defeated the strong Dartmouth College football team by the score of 16 to Dartmouth played a plucky, defensive game, but was utterly unable to advance the ball against the Quakers’ stone- wall opposition. i SR ST, Ukiah’s Race Meeting Closes. UKIAH, Car., Oct. 10.—The races under the anspices of the Ukiah Race Associa- tion closed to-day. Bicycle race, amateurs, half mile and re- peat, Ginochio won, Chaliant second, Elwell third. Best time, 1:10. Running, half mile, Jessie O won, Elare second. Time, :51. Trotiing, mile and repeat, Bridget wonm, Present second. Best time, 2:42. Bresed by Defi to San Rafael Guards. PETALUMA, CarL, Oct. 10.—Company C, N. G. C., has sent a challenge 1o Com- pany D of San Rafael to a match shoot at 200 yards between picked teams of fifteen men {rom each company. The highest in- dividual score in the company’s shoot for October was 45, made by Sergeant Adams, AT CHICAGU HEADQUARTERS. Democrats and Republicans Busy Figur- ing Out Expected Vietories. CHICAGO, I, Oct. 10.—Headquarters gossip to-day was mainly of the great parades yesterday and last night. The managers of both parties seemed well satisfied with the showing made. At Republican headquarters the num- ber of menin line were expatiated upon, while across the street the Democrats claimed virtually all the enthusiasm, and that the difference in numbers was due to many Democrants being compelled by their employers to march in the afternoon and being of course too weary to join in the night demonstration as their sympa- thies would have led them to do. The daily bulletin from Democratic head- quarters announce that every day brings fresh acquisitions to the standard of Bryan and free silver, not only throughout the West but in Chicago. Among the promi- nent citizers who have come out strong in favor of Bryan are ex-President Frank Wenter of the Chicago Sanitary Board and Michael Brennan, ex-Chief of Police. Mr. Wenter, who is popular among the Germans and has a large following, will speak for Bryan and Altgeld during the remainder of the campaign. His support, it is asserted, will bring to that cause thousands of votes. Mr. Brennan was | Chiet of Police during the strike of 1894, and knows all about the conditions lead- ing up toit. “In Western Springs, a suburban town seventeen miles west of Chicago,’’ saysthe bulletin, *‘there is not a single adherent of McKinley. Two months ago 160 of the 180 voters there were for McKinley. Of the twenty-six German Cathelic priests in Chicago, twenty-three are pronounced for Bryan, free silver and humanity. About the same proportion exists in the Protest- ant German churches. This is a result of an actual canvass, and is a refutation of the charge that the Germans are for the gold standard. *‘Some remarkable figures are brought out by Republican claims that wheat had advanced because of the belief that Mec- Kinley’s election is assured. It is stated that when Vermont went Republican wheat fell 2){ points. When Arkansas went Democratic wheat went up 2 points, when Maine went Republican wheat fell 2 points, when Bismarck’s letter appeared wheat went up 12 points; when the Re- publican mlnngors in Beptember were claimineg everything wheat slumped from 70 to 66 cents and fell steaaily until the | election returns came in from Georgia and | Florida, when it recovered to 6914.% | “The conclusion drawn is that anybody | who will study dates will find this state- | ment is true; it means that wheat will be $1 a bushel when Bryan is elected.” The charge that Hon. Richard Bland is sulking in his tént 1s refuted, it being stated that Mr. Bland bas written to headquarters that he is physicallyunable to make any speeches outside of his own Con- gressional district. In his letter Mr. Bland expresses his great regret that he is unable to take the stump. He further states that had he personally the naming of the man to lead the free silver forces his choice would bhave been William Jennings Bryan. Governor ugeld called on Chairman Jones to-day. He assured the chairman that Bryan will come up to Cook County with not less than 40,000 majority and be- lieves it may reach 50,000. He predicts a large majority in Cook County also. iltiams to Go Westward. BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 10.—In response to pressing telegrams from James K. Jones, chairman of the Democratic Na- tional Committee, and D. McConville, the chairman of the committee on speakers of the National Committee, asking for_his services in the West, George Fred Wil- liams has announced that he will cancel | his speaking engagements in Massachu- setts up to and including October 24. The nex; nvot :fu‘k}' g.: will devote to such work wes uffalo as may be assigned him by the National Commi{tee. o —— Registration at Gotham. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 10.—To-day was the second of the fourdays of registra- tion in this city and the number of names enrolled was 71,313. Corrected figures for yesterday’s _-x:.rolanen.tx ;how that 139,259 persons red, making a total two days n! 210,632 ot ie —— s Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 10.—The treasury gold reserve at the close of business to-day stood at $124,250,046. ‘The day's withdrawals at New York were FRANCIL MARCHING CLUBS INVADE STOCKTON Streets of the Mill City Illumined by Glare of ° Flambeaux. Four Trainleads of Uni‘ormed Workingmen Arrive From Sacramento, GREETING TO GROVE JOHNSON. Monster Parade Followed by an En- thusiastic Meeting in the Pavilion. STOCKTON, Car., Oct. 10.—The great- est political demonstration that has taken place here in years was that of to-night, when Congressman Grove L. Johnson ad- dressed the people of Stockton in the Agricultaral Pavilion. Four trainloadsof uniformed members of the Republican clubs of Sacramento arrived before 8:30 o’clock and marched through the streets in torchlizht procession. The electric lights with which the streets were deco- rated during the Native Sons celebration were turned on to-night, and the principal thoroughfares were ablaze with light. Crowds began to throng the pavilion as early as 7 o'clock. The human stream continued to pour into the great building until it was filled to overflowing long be- fore the arrival of the Sacramento clubs and the speakers. The visitors came down from the capital city fully 3000 strong. Never before in the history of Stockton have so many uni- formed members of any political organiza- tions been seen upon its streets. KFrom the ten machine-shop clubs there were 1780 members in line, The united assembly clubs sent down 150 men in uniforms and 350 others wear- ing badges. The Capitol employes were in evidence with umbrellas, slouch hats and leggings. The Army and Navy League sent 150 representatives, and the Resolutes, the best drilled club in the State, were 120 strong. Fully 1600 of the visiting mem- bers of the Republican clubs were in uniform. They occupied two trains of twelve cars each, and two trains of fifteen cars each. The procession stretohed from the depot to the pavilion and along the side streets, even before the last two train loads reached Stockion. By that time the pavilion was packed to the doors, and there was no room in it for the visitors, The paraders were so numerous that the procession got into a tangle because of its length, and it was late before the meeting was opened. The streets were lined with people gathered to watch the torch-bearers, ana there has never been so lurge a crowd out save on the day of the Native Sons’ celebration. It was past 9 o’clock when the first con- tingent arrived at the g:vilion, escorted by the Sixth Regiment band of this city. It was the McKinley and Hobart Club of Stockton, and it marched sbout the hall, while the thousands in the andience stood on their seats. They were followed by Chairman T. M. Nelson of the County Central Committee, Hon. Grove L. John- son, P. A. Buell and Colorel George B. 8perry. Asthe present Congressman from this district mounted the platform sowe one cried, “Three cheers for Grove L. Joknson!” and the cry was taken up with a will. The Johnson Club was the next to enter the hall. As it passed before the platform it gave three rousing cheers for the speaker of the eveniidg. Chairman Nelson of the County Central Committee introduced as chairman of the meeting P. A. Buell. He deciared that to- night's demonstration was one of laboring men. The Republican Glee Club of Sac- ramento entertained the throng with sev- eral setections. A number of vice-presi- dents were named and took their seats on the platform—all leading men of the community in business and professional circles. By this time fully 5000 people were in the hall—all that could be accom- modated on the main floor, the galleries being closed. 4 Chairman Buell’s allusion, in his speech of introduction, to the good work done br Congressman Johnson, was roundly ap- plauded. It was some time before John- son could speak as he stepped forward in response to tne introduction, so lond was the outburst of applause that greeted him. In opening, he thanked thbe brawny- armed laborers of Sacramento who wel- comed him so warmly to-night. Sacra- mento and San Joaquin, ne said, were sister counties, with kindred interests, and should stand side by side in an effort for sound money and William McKinley. The allusion to the Republican candi- date for the Presidency started the cheer- ing again. He referred to the Democrats as the “late Democratic party,” and upon its shoulders he placed the blame for the present distress. The present administra- tion he scored roundiy, much to the pleas- ure of his auditors. The crowd was delighted from start to finish with Johnson’'s address, and he made many friends here by it. He was followed by Rev. Anna 8haw in a brief ad- dress on suffragi —-— THE START FOR STOCKTON, Ten Thousand People Crowd the Depot to - Overflowcing. SACRAMENTO, Cawn, Oct. 10.— The depot was crowded to overflowing this evening when five trains with forty-eight cars started with the local Republican clubs and their friends on the excursion to Stockton to attend the great Johnson meeting. Fully 5000 people went on the trains and fully as many more watched them depart. Seventeen hundred men belonging to the marching clubs, two- thirds of them from the railroad shops, formed in line in the yards and marched to the cars. Each of the clubs in the city hasits distinctive uniform and they pre- sented a fine l{)nunnoo. Great enthusi- asm_was manifested both by the excur- sionists and those who saw t‘cm off, and the air was rent with lusty cheers for Johnson and the rest of the ticket. ‘The first two trains were filied by the cluds from the shops and the Army and Navy League and the other Republican clubs filled the others. Among them was the Johnson Flying Column, com- posed of sixty bicyclists. P i SN Fate of Escondide’s Justice. SAN DIEGO, Oawn., Oct. 10.—William Beckler, who committed suicide on a pas- senger train near Osage City, Kans., last Sunday morning, in a fit of frenzy, when the boiler of the locomotive oded and the train was partially wrecked, was Jus- tice of the Peace at Escondido, in this county, and at the time of his death was en route east to secure a small fortune left by deceased relative. He wasa promi- neit man in the 4nterlor of the county, and leaves a widow and four children. —_— BANNA IS INDIGNANT. In Circulating False Reports Democrats BShew Their Weakness. CHICAGO, Irn, Oct. 10.—Chairman —_———— rnnuftmn Is Beecham’s—BEkcuaw's, | Hanna is Lighly indignant over the re- port recently given circulation from the Democratic National Headquarters that he had given up the election of McKinley. Mr. Hanna to-day received a letter from California asking him if the report was true. To the United Associated Presses the chairman said he had not enough ad- jectives to properly express his denial of the report, and he thought it showed a very weak cause when his opponents. had to resort to such tactics as the dissemin- ation of such outrageous stories. Mr. Hanna expressed himself as much gratified at the sound-money parade of yesterday. “It shows,” said he, “that the working men—that is, the intelligent, thinking class of tnem—are for McKinley, and leaves no doubt as to what will be the result in November.” The week ending to-day has been the busiest since the beginning of the cam- paign so far as the speakers’ department at headquarters is concerned. Colonel Hahn said ‘to-day that he had made more assignments for speakers this week than for the last three months, and that for the next three weeks he expects to ex- cel his record. Reports from Messrs. But- terworth and Schoonmaker, who are in California, being the first orators ever sent to the Pacific Coast by the Repub- lican National Committee, are full of enthusiasm, and siate the largest meet- ings ever held on the coast are taking place daily. The California State Com- mittee has sent a request to Mr. Hahn asking for an extension of Mr. Butter- worth’s time in that State, but this was impossible, and Mr. Butterworth will go next week to Oregon and Washington as previously arranged. Congressman Dingley of Maine, who speaking in Indiana, was in the ay. He reports that State safe nkley and sound money. Congressman Boutelle of Maine is ex- pected to reach here to-morrow and unless his itinerary is changed he will go on to the States of Washington, Oregon and Californis. Itis expected that Mr. Bou- telle will start for the coast on the 13th or 14th inst., and will remain there until the close of the campaign. Speaker Reed has been assigned to In- diana for three speeches, one of which will be delivered at Peru on the 18th. Ex-President Harrison, it is definitely announced, will make several speeches in Indiana within the next ten days. It is not yet determined where these speeches will be made. The Union Generals’ train has arrived here and the generals spoke to-night at Pullman. George R. Gaither Jr., one of the Repub- lican leaders in Baltimere, reports to headquarters that there is no need for the slightest worry in regard to the situation in Maryland. Everything is most prom- ising, he says, and the State is sure for McKinley. e+ TALKS TO THE STUDENTS. Chauncey M. Depew Speaks for Sound Money at Ann Arbor. ANN ARBOR, Micn., Oct. 10.—Hon. Chauncey M. Depew made an address in University Hall this evening before a large audience under the auspices of the Students’ Lecture Associaton. The stu- dents turned out in force and gave the speaker a rousing reception. President J. B. Angell of the University of Michizan presided and introduced Mr. Depew. The address had been advertised to be of a non-political nature, but from the mo- mept he rose to speak until he finished Mr. Depew talked politics an1 made an impassioned speech on the issues of the day. His speech followed closely on the lines of the address he delivered in Chicago Friday evening. i ONE HIMSER THROWN OUT, Otherwise the Sovnd- Money Rally Passed Uf in Harmony. GRAND RAPIDS, Mica., Oct. 10.—The sound-money rally this evening eclipsed all previous efforts of the silverites and Republicans, both in attendance and speakers of National reputation. Inside of Lockerby Hall were packed 5000 per- sons, while twice that number were turned away. Bourke Cockran of New York was the principal speaker and Palmer and Buckner, candidates of the sound-money ticket, delivered brief speeches. The special train from Lansing bearing the Presidential candidates under the escort of ex-Postmaster-General Don M. Dickinson arrived at 6:30, and with them were a large number of sound-money Dem- ocrats from the State. Don. M. Dickinson presided and opened the meeting with a shortspeech, denounc- ing the Chicago platform and advocating sound money. urke Cockran, the prin- cipal speaker, held the audrence for two hours with a strong speech upon the mrmeiyl issue, during which he genounced the Chicago platform. During his address J. E. McBride, dele- gate to the National Bilver Convention at 8t. Louis and chairman of the local silver- ite committee, hissed Mr. Cockran, and J. C. Holt, one of the vice-presidents of the meeting, ook McBride by the coat-collar and threw him downstairs and out of doors, Aside from this he was liberally applanded throughout. . Generals Palmer and Buckner were greeted with rounds of ‘;Dlll]lfl. An overtlow meeting was heid in Powers Opera’ House. Bourke Cockran addressed the meeting for an hour, dwelling upon the money question. Generals Palmer and Buckner also spoke. The candidates and Mr. Cockran were loudly applauded. The special train, under the escort of Mr. Dickinson, left at a late hour for Detroit. pief o ieort Senator Frye Talks. NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 10.—Senator Wiltiam P. Frye of Maine addressed an audience of 5000, many of whom were women, in Caledonian Park Hall to-night. For an hour and a half he paid his ad- dresses to the system of finance in England, France, Germany and America, pointing out the difficulty each had had in trying to keep the two coins at a parity, and each failing save where the superior (gold) re- deemed the inferior (silver). 1 s s o 1 Reed Discu Bound Mogey. WILMINGTON, DeL., Oct. 10.—Themas B. Reed discussed the money question before an enthusiastic audience of over 2000 people in the Auditorium this eve ing and 2s many more were turned a He held his audience closely from begin- lnin‘i to end with Lis keen wit and hard 0g! e Pl Fusion in Arkansas. LITTLE ROCK, Amk, Oct. 10.—The Democratic and Populist State com- mittees met here to-day and effected a fusion on the electoral ticket. The Demo- crats retired Jefferson Davis, elector at large, and J. P. Robinson and J. P. Smead, distriet electors, The Populist State Committee selected to fill the vacancies J. V. Sovereign, elec- raola. " The Tustoo. praposttion. same e fusion came from Mr. Bryan hhnsel!.p:ouo ‘wrote Sena- tor Jones, chairman of the Democratic National éommm.ee, to use his influence in bringing about a consolidation of the silver forces in Arkansas. s e Fusion in Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Oct 10.—The Democratic Executive Committee, which met here this afternoon, developed the first decisive step toward fusion with the Populists in Indiana. The ‘latter were given two of the five nominations, but the men by the Populists were not necepted, ‘11T W-l'-h:?« .and Charles Behefle'd, .. | oL oL Py 1L, Le.ag nominated. i O CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1896. SANTA BARBARA'S GIFT T0 CHARITY Pretty Hospital in Which Sick Children Will Be Cared For. Public-Spirited Women Provide Another Blessing for the Ailing. HOME FOR LITTLE SUFFERERS. An X-Ray Entertainment Planned to Raise More Money to Fit It Out. SANTA BARBARA, Cavn, Oct. 10.—A new and important addition is being made to the Cottage Hospital, that beautiful home for the sick provided some years ago through the public spirit of Santa Barbara women. The hospital is not only liberally patronized by Eastern invalids who seek this coast to recruit their failing health, but has proved a great blessing to resi- dents as well, in cases where surgical operations become necessary. The operat- ing-room equipment is second to none in America, with plate-glass operating- tables and the most perfect aseptic ap- pliances. The benefits of the hospital have been freely extended to the poor, and few institutions in the State have so modestly performed so much in the way of charity. & Of late several little children have been numbered among the patients, and there was manifest need of a pleasant home, re- tired from the bustle and roar of the larger buildings, where these little people could pass their long hours of convalescence or of suffering in the bright sunshine and surrounded by companionship and diver- sions benefiting their tender years, ‘With the Cottage Hospital directors to conceive a good work is to put it into execution, and almost before the public was aware that such a project was under contemplation the pretty building was under way, and stands to-day well nigh completed, the coziest and most delight- ful little home for sick children in Cali- fornia. The Cottage Hospltal stands ina pleas- ant clearing beside a grove of friendly live oaks in Santa Barbara's pretty suburb, Oak Park. The children’s building stands by itself in the ample grounds. It is a one-storied structure of symmetrical pro- portions but simple architecture, facing south and southeast, and finished with staff outside. 1t contains two large wards, well lighted, which, when finished, are to have rounded angles everywhere, so as to present no lodging place for disease- breeding dust. Large storie mantels over- hang generous fire-places, where wood fires will sparkle in chilly weather. The walls will be prettily = tinted, and the larger of the two wards will be furnished throughout by Mrs. Raliph Radcliffe- Whitehead, a wealthy Montecito lady. One bed in the smaller ward will be fitted ug by the St. Cecilia Club, which will probably maintain a free patient here in addition to the one it now supports in the hospital. A comfortable bathroom and neat little diet kitchen, the latter to be furnished by Miss Osborne, and a littie nurses’ room, which will be furnished by C. E. Bigelow’s gift, with glass doors com- manding both wards, occupy the remain- der of the floor space. The most charm- ing feature of the building is the ten-foot porch running around the south and southeast front, upon which broad doors open, so arranged that on all pleasant days the little cots can be wheeled upon it. This children’s annex, modest and sim- ple as it is, costs a pretty sum. Three bundred dollars must yet be found some- where and a unique plan has been con- ceived by the authorities to raise it. This is no less than an X-ray entertain- ment to be given to the people of the town'by Richard J. Hall, the physician under whose direction the hospital has been conducted for the past year or two, who has the X-ray in harness, and it has done wonders at the hospital. At an X-ray ciinic to-day a little child was brought in—Little Jim, the pet of the hospital, a beautiful two-year-old boy who came thither afflicted with rickets, but who, under skilled mrger;i: is acquiring a very decent pair of legs. 'hese legs were placed before the Crookes tube, and through the covering of flesh was seen the boney structure, now firmly knitting to- gether agai ter an_adroit. operation. The baby, who is used to surgery and sharp knives and pain and suffering, bore the Cimmerian darkness, ihe strained position and the prolonged inspectiva like a wee Trojan, but he heaved a sigh of relief when it was all over. All the proceeds of the proposed X-ray entertainment will be used to fit out the Children’s Hospital, WILL NUT REMAIN IDLE, Gold Democrats of Illinois Determined to Get on the Ballot, CHICAGO, IrL., Oct. 10.—A committee consisting of Chairman Ewing of the Na- tional Democratic State Committee (gold), Chairman Williamson of the Executive Committee, ex-Judge Thomas A. Morgan snd ex-Judge A. A. Goodrich will go to Springfield Monday morning to enter an appearance before the Board of onpl:a‘hnli of the gold DemwrntiuRl:?l'ni;;r aates, whose nominating petitions have been protested by the secretary of the sil- ver Democratic committea. {l Secretary of State Hinrichsen and the Board of Re- view should deciae to keep the ticket off the bailot on accountof the similarity of the name to that of the regular Demo- cratic organization an immediate sppeal will be taken to the courts and a writ of mandamus asked for to compel the Secre- ;a‘rj{ z! State to place the ticket on the of =gl s Of Interest to the Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 10.—S. E. Evans was to-day appointed postmaster at Noble, Fresno County, California, vice G. W. Todd, resigned; E. K. Rolls, at Monrie, Benton County, Oregon, and A. E. Snover, at Orient, Snohomish County, Y ihe 1oavs ot abse e leave of absence granted - ant Joseph R. Binns, lflrst ?uhn{‘;;?tf)i pldm:n‘:.nt of California, is extended one mont —_—— Kslled at a Political Meeting. LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. 10. — While Congressman John W. Lewis was speak- ing at Chaplin, Ky., last night, Joe Prather slipped up behind William Keel- ing, who was in the crowd around the speaker’s stand, and shot Keeling three times, kiling him instantly, T a flfi"‘fi“‘:.."""‘ had tr;nplod on the removed, an speaki wen{on. : Lo e Gisnn F UG The Second Robber Caught. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Oct. 10.—Sheriff An- driano believes that he has the second robber who looted the bank at Skerburne, Mion, The man was taken from a Bur- in to-da a Deputy Sheriff. He g;sr:;l renhlnnyc-w:nd reached for a re- volver, but the dagnty overpowered him; The soner is about 22 years of age, of ight complexion. e appears to be a Swede. He claims to reside in the vicinity of Menlo, lowa. Poison in the Flour. LIMA, Omro, Oct. 10.—The family of Granville Herbert were taken leently sick after partaking of hot biscuit. Har- bert and his daughter, Mrs. A_lbert King, have since died, and the remainder of the family are in a precarious condition. The flour with which the biscuits were made had poison in it. Death of Professor Blaisdell. BELOIT, Kax., Oct. 10.—J. Blaisdell, professor of rhetoricand English literature in Beioit College for forty ysars and most prominent in religious and educational matters, died suddenly to-day at the sani- tarinm at Kenosha. pesimen Murphy Beld for Irial. WILMINGTON, DEr., Oct. 10.—United States Commissioner Smith decided this afternoon that Edward Murphy, captain of the steamer Laurada, should be tried before the Unitea States Court on January 12, on a charge of setting on foot a mili- tary expedition against Spain. He was placed under $1500 bail. e s Joe Blackburn Fery Sick. VERSAILLES, Ky., Oct. 10.—Senator Blackburn is confined to bed, very sick from throat and lung trouble, the result of a cold contracted at Tammany Hall, New York, last week. _He bad high fever to-night and his phy- sicians have forbidden his seeing any one. Blackburn became ill yesterday at Mount Vernon, where he had an appointment to speak. Doctors say he may not be able to make any more speeches before election. Pl O S Ca=l Browne Behind Bars. CANTON, O=ro, Oct. 10.—Carl Browne, Coxey’s son-in-law, attempted to make an intemperate and abusive speech here to- night, but the crowd grew so threatening that the Sheriff locked him up m jail to preserve him from harm. s Death of tieorge Carless.] YALE, Mich., Oct. 10.—George Carless of Monterey, Cal., died at the home of his brother Joseph last night. Death was caused by the bursting of a blood vessel. Joseph Galllard Surprised, The Belgian and French citizens of the Thirtieth Assembly District gave a grand surprise to the. Hon. Joseph Gaillard at his place of business last evening, Speeches_were made by Romain Van- §othnm. H. H. Lehousse, Julius Lafleur, ohn Boylan and Samuel Stewart. Hon. Joseph Gaillard isthe Republican candi- date for Supervisor from the Tenta Ward. ———— Haskins Club. ‘The Haskins Club held a large and enthusi- astic meeting at Washington Hall. The fol- lowing permanent officers were elected: Presi- dent, Otto Koeper: recording secretary, J. F. Mahoney; corresponding secretary, L. Veiller; treasurer, S. Gillls; executive committee—T. Foley, Dr. H. Sichel, G. Philiips, H. Sheridan, A, Cills, 'The friends of T. Haskins, candidate for Supervisor of the Second Ward, irrespec- tive of party, pmgou toinaugurate a vigorous campaign throughout the City, believing that the citizens of every aistrict will accord him the same enthusiastic support that is now manifest among the voters of his own ward. The club will meet weekly at Washington Hall. ———— Cheered for Ambrose. There was a large meeting of the Golden Eagle Democratic Club of the Forty-fifth Dis- trict at 330 Broadway Friday evening. The aftendance was the largest that was ever held, and seventy-five new members signed the roll. | After transaciing the regular business, the oratorof the evening, Captain John Foley, spoke on the topics of the coming campaign, which.was listened to with marked attention. After giving three cheers for W. T. Ambrose, the club adjourned, to meet next Tuesday evening. e o Lectures on Electricity. The first of a course of twenty Saturday night lectures on static e€lectricity was given last night in the School of Electricity of the Mechanics’ Institute by Elmer E. Farmer, in- structor of the school and a teacher in the electrical department at Stanford University, of which he is a graduate. The scope of the work is elementary and practical. The ap- paratus used is supplied from the Stenford University engineering laboratory and the Westinghouse and General Electric companies, and includes all those instruments necessary to demonstrate modes, principles and methods in electrical work. { —————— Bryan Silver Club No. 2. A meeting of Bryan and silver men was held in Union Hall, Howard street, last evening, at which Bryan Silver Club No. 2 vas organized. After the opening remarks of the delegate of the Bryan and silver executive committee the following permsanent officers were elected: John Cleary, president; M. F. Sullivan, vi resident; Charles F. McDevitt, secretary; ‘homas Reavey, captain; M. F. Sullivan, first lieutenant. The meeting then adjourned to meet Monday evening, Octeber 2. . Fell From a Scaffold. J. Bufford and R. Green, carpenters, em- ployed by Green the bill-poster, fell from & scafs fold on Nineteenth and Mission streets late Friday and were badly bruised by being struck by a plank. Mother bird knows what is best for her young. She feeds them. It is na- ture’s way. Why don’t you learn the grand lesson of nature? When you arelé sick, when you . are debilitated, when your blood is disorderd, © the herb remedy, Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. This blood medicine cleans the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. It goes through you. It purifies and enriches, then leaves the body through the natural channels. You tgke no big chances when you take Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla is a certain cure for sick head- aches, brow pains and constipa- tion. Ask your druggist for the “ Home Remedy,” Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla, And take no substitute. ,,é\fi SAN FRANCISCO'S LEARNE SKILLED SPEGIALIST, Ten years of successful practice in this city has stamped him as the master of medicine and surgery. Medical institutes have risen and fallen. Specialists have come and gone. Others will come and go the same as those before them, leaving their patients poorer am'i uncured, but Dr. Sweany, through the confidence of an appreciative people, through the great demands from the sick and afflicted for his professional services, and through his unparalleled success in curing disease, has built up an immense and extensiye practice, which has substantially and permanently established him in this city. ¥ In seeking the services of Dr. Sweany you place yourself under the care of a highly educated physician,a physician whose ambi- tion is to excel, whose whole life is devoted to the advancement of the science of medicine and the relief of suffering humanity. He has no single remedy which he deals out as a common cure- all, nor any mechanical contrivance which he heralds to the world as a remedy for all ills. His medical education condemns such methods. His'lofly aspirations and honesty in practice place such modern impositions back in the days of witcherait and quackery, where they justly belong. Dr. Sweany is a great student as well as a Doctor. research he is always abreast of discovery in medicine, Through constant study and deep the times. There is no new no new apparatus to assist the physician in treating disease, but what is at his command as soon as science proves it to be of worth and benefit. Every case that he undertakes to cure is treated scientifically with such remedies and such means as in his judgment that particular case requires in order to effect a speedy and permanent cure. He has no experiments to make in treating disease, for he is thoroughly educated and prepared through experience already gained to accomplish his work in the field of medicine. He has given special attention to all classes and kinds of nervous and private diseases of both men and women, and has restored to health many after other methods of treatment and other doctors of ability failed. Those living away from the city who wish to avail themselves of Dr. Sweany’s professional services should always write an unreserved history of their cases, giving every detail in plain language. He will then render them such advice as he deems will be of benefit to them. Call or address F. L. SWEANY, M.D 787 Market Street, Sau Fraciseo, G,