The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 27, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1896. RAILROAD RUMORS FROM LOS ANGELES Southern Pacific Changes That Are Looked For Shortly. Vice-President Stubbs May Be Relieved of Some of His Onerous Duties. C. F. Smurr and J. M. Crawley to Advance a Peg in the Traffic Department. LOS ANGELES, Car., Nov. 26.—It is vredicted in railroad circles that the first of the year will be marked by a number of important changes in the traific depart- ment of the Sonthern Pacific. There has been a growing need for an active traffic manager and a number of changes may take place whereby Vice-President J. C. Stubbs, whose health has not been the best of late, may be relieved of some of the onerous duties which occupy all of his time. The title of general traffic manager, to- gether with the duties and responsibilities that were shouldered by Richard Gray before his retirement from active service, it is said, will be conferred upon' C. F. Smurr, general freight agent of the com- pany, and J. M. Crawley of this city, who has the title of assistant freight and pass- enger agent, will be sent to San Francisco and installed in the vacancy that will be created by Smurr’s promotion. s TO WED A7 TACOMA. Miss Sarah Libby Goes to Join Her Lover From the Frozen North, LOS ANGELES, Can, Nov. 26.—The telegraph wires to-night will proba- bly report the happy union at Ta- coma, Wash., of Miss Sarah Libby of this city and a prosperous mining man of Juneau, Alaska. Miss Libby was to have been married in Los Angeles several days ago and great preparations had been made for the event. The match was in_all re- spects one upen which Cupid should have smiled with his most engaging smile; but then began a series of unavoidable slips and misunderstandings which have re- quired weeks to unravel and;in the end find Miss Libby at Tacoma and the groom hastening from the frozen north to join his fiancee anda get married. In the mean- time the telegraph companies have reaped a rich harvestat the expense of the father of Miss Libby and the intending groom, who is said to be amply able to stand the outlay. Zooomgdeny JURY STRIKES FOE FEES. Peculiar Hitch in the Trial of a Civil Suit at Covina. LO8S ANGELES, CaL., Nov.26.—A pe- culiar hitch occurred at Covina yesterday in the case of Kimball vs. Fairly and Mil- ler, a civil suit. After the case had been tried the jury retired and soon returned with a verdict. The court asked the fore- man if the jury was ready to report. He said that ii was, but would not render a verdict until the fees were forthcoming. There was a general scramble for law- books and much law was read, but the jury was obdurate and its verdict, now under seal, is awaiting the fees to be put up. Defendants sav they do not want a verdiet, and the plaictiff does not seem disposed to come up with the funds. e SHIPPING BADLY DAMAGED. Fierce Gales Play Hevoc in Southern California Ports. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Nov. 26.—The seaport towns of Soutbern California have experienced remarkably stiff gales from the northeast during the past forty-eight bhours, which in many instances have caused great damage to local shipping in- terests, Nearly ell the wharves south of Point Conception have been more or less injured, including tnose of Ventura, Hueneme, Santa Monica, Redondo, New- port and San Diego. Redondo has prob- ably suffered the worst from the almost constant gale The waves there have been of almost unprecedented height. Two hundred feet of the old wharf has been wasbed away, and other damage of a very serious character has been sustained. e ESTIMATING THE ORANGE CROP. Indications That It Will. Be the Largest in the State’s History. LOS ANGELES, CarL., Nov. 26.—An esti- mate of the crange crop for the coming season has been procured by the freight depariments of the Southern Pacific and Southern California railroads, and it would indicate that the shipments will greatly exceed those of any preceding sea- #on in the State’s history. The estimate is 8375 cars, of which 2700 are in River- side, 1800 in Los Angeles and vicinity, and the remainder in the outlying districts. It is stated that the crop will come fully up to this estimate unlessadverse climatic conditions ensue. The crop last season aggregated 7000 carloads. The estimate for the coming season means 2,512,500 boxes. —_— Bnds His Troubles With Strychnine. LOS ANGELES, Can., Nov. 26.—This afternoon L. F. Kraft, a mining man who had his wife arrested a day or two ago, charging her with adultery, made an end to his life. He was discovered shortly atter he had taken poison. A patro} wagon rushed Kraft to the Receiving Hospital and Dr. Bryant went to work on him, but he died within five minutes. The poison was strychnine and Kraft took enough to kill sixty men. —_—— Fell Tharty Feet. LOS ANGELES, Car.,, Nov. 26.—While working on a three-story building at Eieventh street and Ocean View avenue to-day J. F. Johnson was thrown to the ground by the breaking of the scaffolding, a distance of thirty feet. His chin was severely cut, necessitating the taking of four stitches, and he'also sustained sev-re internal injuries. He narrowly escaped severing the jugular vein. e Rt Narrowly FEscaped Drowning in Bed. LOS ANGELES, Car., Nov. 26.—It will be weeks beiore the damage by Tuesday night’s storm _will be removed at San Pedro. Both Dr. Norman and E. Chnst had narrow escapes frcm being drowned in their beds. They were awakened by a volume of water, sand and rocks striking against their rooms and then bursting in on them. They narrowly escaped with a few clothes. e Y¥oung Cromuwell Breaks a Record. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Nov. 26.—Young D. B. Cromwell succeeded in breaking the record for & quarter of a mile again on a home trainer. His time was taken for the distance by two split-second watches, the distance being recorded by a cyvclometer, The waiches showed he had pedaled the quarter mile in nine seconds, two seconds better than a record made yesterday. e —— Spokane’s Fire Chicf Kemoved. SPOKANE. Wasw, Nov. 26.—The charges of drunkenne: offensive parli-l sanship, inefficiency d 1mproper be- | bavior were sustained by the Board City Commissioners at a meeting lasting until after midnight last night against ¥. B. Winebrenner, chief of the fire depart- ment. He was removed from office. L e MURDER AT SAN JOSE. Two Italians Revive a Feud and One Has His Jugular Severed With a Razor. SAN JOSE, Can, Nov. 26. — Vincero Labello and Robina Grabiella, two Italian laborers, became inyolved in a quarrel about 9 o’clock this evening, and as (l}e result of the same the former now lies in the City Receiving Hospital, and the lat- ter is in a prison cell. The windpipe of Lobello was completely severed, and he is not expected to live but a few hours. The wounded man succeeded in giving the name of his assailant alter being found in the street on Park avenue, near the Guadalupe River, and the Iatter was at once placed under arrest. When brought before his victim he confessed his crime and said that he used a razor to inflict the wound and would be satisfied with his work if his victim died. The assault was the sequel to an old feud which has existed beitween the parties since last February, when Lobello cut Grabiclba across the chin with a knife. They had become somewhat friendly since that time, but re erence to the as- sault by Lobello this evening angered Gra- biella and caused him to cut the throat of his former antagonist. SAN JOSE, CaL.. Nov. 27.—Lobello, the wounded Italian, died at 1 o’clock this morning. —_— Testival of Living Books Closes. SAN JOSE, CAL., Nov. 26.—The Festival of Living Books and Exhibition of Art Posters, under the auspices of the ladies of the Unitarian Church, came to a suc- cessful end in Hale’s Hall to-night. There was a good attendance both this after- noon and evening. Nearly two hundred persons took part in the grand march. A fine literary and musical programme was followed by a dance. piitosig e o HILBUORN AT SUISUN. Zhe Congressmam Given an Ovation Be- fore Leaving for Washington. SUISU CaAL., Nov. 26.—Congressman 8. G. Hilborn came from his home in Oak- land this morning and spent the day in Suisun with Mrs. E. P. Hilborn and fam- 1ly prior to his departure for Washington. He left on the overland express at 8:30 o'clock and was complimented by being pid godspeed on his journey by a large concourse of admiring friends who were at the depot accompanied by a brass band. Several partriotic airs were rendered by the band, and just before the departure of the train in a few well-chosen remarks Mr. Hilborn thanked tie people of Suisun for the compliment paid him. He said Suisun was his first home in California, and words could not express his apprecia- tion of the kindly feeling shown him. He feelingly spoke of the high tribute of respect which was paid to his departed brother, Edward P. Hilborn, whose funeral tock plece last Sunday, and was one of the largest and most impressive ever held in Solano County. Mr. Hilkorn was quite overcome by the ovation ten- dered him, and his remarks brought fears to the eyes of many of the ladies present. A TR WILL MANUF CTURE COKE. Largest Plant on the Coast to Be Erecled in Nkagit County. TACOMA, Wasm, Nov. 26.—A syndi- cate including F. W. Cerleton, local agent, | and others of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company about flve years ago acquired valuable coal properties five miles south of Hamilton, in Skagit County. They have been guietly developing the mines since that time, intending to erect the largest coke-making plant on the Pacific Coast as soon as times improved. This plan is soon to be carried out. Arrangements are being made to build | a six-mile fluome irom the mines to a point | on Skagit River several miles below | Hamilton, where coke ovens will be con- | structed. Running the coal through the | flume will thoroughly wash it, thus sav- ing expense for that process. The coal croppings are at an elevation of 2000 to 2500 feet above the Skagit River. S e BURNED TO DEATH AT VALLEJO. By the Upsetting of a Lamp Little Alfred . Frye Loses His Life. VALLEJO, Car., Nov. 26.—Alfred, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Frye, living in South Vallejo, received in- juries from the upsetting of a coal-oil lamp last night which resulted in death a few hours later. The lamp was accident- ally knocked from a table by an older brother and the little fellow’s clothing saturated and ignited. The mother vainly attempted to smother the flames with wet sacks and then resorted to the water faucet in her desperation, scattering the fire and badly bur..ing herself. Mr. Frye, who is employed at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, was away from home at the time. et PETALUMANS CALLED TO ARMS. Company C Makes a Good Showing in an Emergency Drill. PETALUMA, CaL., Nov. 26.—The long expected emergency drill was called last evening and inside of haif an hour almost every member of Company C was on hand completely equipped in service uniform for march and bivouac. Ten rounds of ammunition were given each soldier, whereat the boys thought it meant a long march and skirmish, but after a brief inspection by Colonel Fairbanks the company took a short march around the streets and returned to the armory, where the colonel compimented them, saying it was doubtful if there was a better equipped body of men in the State. ol The Boat Capsized. OAKLAND, Car., Nov. 26.—A party cousisting of William Peck, William Besse and Mrs. Edna, had a narrow escape from drowning this evening. Thuy leftthe foot of Broadway in a small boat to visit one of the ships in the harbor a quarter of a mile from the dock. Their boat capsized and they managed to get hold of the boat and the sirong ebb tide carried them rapidly down the harbor. Just before resching the foot of Market street they were rescued by George Lafleche Jr., who, with several others, put off in small boats. e Santa Barbara’s New Town Clock. SANTA BARBARA. CaL, Nov. 26.— The finest town clock west of the Missis- sippi arrived here to-day for the main tower of the Fithian building just com- pleted. It will strike by chime every fif- teen minutes, furnishing time and music to tne residents for a radins of three miles. This is the second town clock for Santa Barbara, the other having been erected twenty years ag There is a veliel current 1n all parts of India that a certain snake called Shehs Nag, when it attains the age of 1000 years, has a precious jewel formed in 1ts head. This jewel, it is affirmed, possesses the 3ulli§y of sucking up the poison of the eadliest snuke, if applied to the wounded part. ————— Confectioners use a great number of | wards’ Vslley Queen; nuts, bat it 1s surprising 10 learn that in France these are generally purchased al- ready cracked, the peasants in a village in the Southwestern Department of the Lot making it an actual business to shell nuts with marvelous rapidity for the market. AL BT e i TO CUKE A COLD IN ONE DAY, Take In¥ative BromoQuinine Tablets. Alldrug- gists refund the money if it fails to cure. 256" HARES AND HOUNDS AT SACRAMENTO Great Sport for a Large Crowd at Agricultural Park. Weather Clear and Bracing and Dogs and Game in Splendid Form. D. J. Healy’s Moondyne Captures First Money—The Other Prize. Winners. % BACRAMENTO, CaL., Nov. 26.—Great sport was witnessed by the large crowd that attended to-day’s coursing at Agri- cultural Park. The weather was clear, the air crisp, the ground sort, and the dogs and hares were in fine fettle. James Grace Jr. of San Fraucisco officiated as judge, and the veteran slipper, James Wren, manipulated the leash. The first prize, $90, was won by D. J. Healy's Moon- dyne; second, $45, by J. F. Grace’s Nellie Conroy; third, $2250, by Cronin and Mec- Donald’s Lissak, and fourth, $2250, by Joseph Kelly’s Jack. Many of the courses were very exciting. Following are the re- sults of the running: J. J. Edmunds’ Olden W beatT.Kenny’s Airship; M. Welsh’s Tipperary beat Devine and Tevlin's Prince Lief: J. F. Grace’s Nellie Conroy beat J. Mangan’s Pansy; Cronin and fact a complete caste of horseshow char. acters. with the enrhusiastic young horse- man, Mr. Hobart, himself the ringmaster, as it were. And all this unusual display of interest was caused by the arrival of eighteen se- lected ponies, hackneys, coach horses and hnnters, every one of them a high-stepper, from the Easi. Among these prized dar- linzs are steeds from which great things lll;e expected at the 8an Francisco horse show. Each one in his class maysbe a winner, but for description it would be enough to say to people who know Mr. Hobart's reputation for carrying off prize-ribbons that this new acquisition contains even some better material than he exhibited in the horse show bere. Many of them were out on the race track for a spin and the rarer beauties were tried yesterday by way of comparison with the best of Mr, Ho- bart’s old stock. The verdict was unanimous. Mr. Ho- bart repeatedly gave expression to his joy aud satisfaction: “Beautiful!” ‘‘How's ;hn"lor action?” “There’s a high step- er. And the experienced head man would say: *Yes, sir; beautiful action. 'E's all ; J¢'s the finest of 'em all. That'sa pretty 'orse!” . So the day passed from the cool morn- ing throughlong sunny hours when run- ning the horses was warm work, and till evening shadows began to fall across the racetrack. A dozen or more expert stable- men haa no rest, It was “saddle this bunter,” “‘zet out the skeleton brake with Sultan and Czar, Damrosch and Seldi— Sultan and Czar wheelers, mind you.” *Get Paragon ready in the skeleton cart.” The attendants were going like bees in a hive, while outside the newly arrived steeds were showing what they could do, some jumping; others trotting and pre- senting their dandy stepping, and still others competing with the cracksof the Hobart farm. Among the best is Paragon, a $7500 beauty that comes from the East. Heisa brown horse, 6 years old, and beautifully conformed. His knee and hock action is extravagant, to say the least, for Paragon likes to paw the air with as much grace as he carries his lovely head and neck. He is over 15 hands and 2 inches in height. They drove him with Peacock, Mr. Hobart’s handsome gray horse that was seen in the last two shows in San Fran- MARRIED UNDER HYPNOTIC SPELL A Portland Youth Finds Himself in a Sorry Plight. Lured Into Wedlock by a Charm- ing Adventuress From Sunny Spain. With Empty Pockets and in a Dis- tracted State He S:eks Legal Advice. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 26.—Burt Hill- yard, a well-to-do young man, late of Montana, is the victim of Dr. Gaudin Anconta and his sister Nina, Spanish hypnotists, so he alleges. Almost dis- tracted Hillyard late yesterday afternoon invoked the aid of a well-known lawyer in the Mackay building, a lawyer famous for successfully handling mysterious and tangled-up cases. To this lawyer Hill- yard related that he has a dim recollec- tion of having at some time the latter part of last week gone to Vancouver, accom- panied by Dr. Anconta and Senorita Nina; that he and the latter were married there, and on that occasion he surrendered to her all the available cash then on his per- son, amonnting to $550 in currency. He claims to have struggled rebelliously One of Walter S. Hobart’s Horse Show Turnouts—Spot and Lightfoot, Picture Shows Them Attached to a Skeleton Phaeton and Driven by Fred Rockett, Hobart’s Driver. McDonald’s Skyball beat Nethercott Bros.” Red Cloud; J. F. Grace’s Deceiver beat D. M. Han- rahen’s Pluto; Nethercott Bros.” Forest Queen beat E Walsh’s Paderewski; Joseph Kelly’s Jack beat O'Brien and McDonald’s Defender; O'Brien and Steigler's Dynamite beatJ. J. Fd- D J. Healy's Moondyne beat R. Hall's Electricity; Devine and Stout’s Straight Tip beat Barrett’s Eclipse: Cronin and McDonald’s Lissak beat P. W. Sheehan’s Gov- ernor_Markham: P. J. Reilly’s Rignt Bower beat Tam O'Shanter; C. Galliher’s Duke Or- lando beat Ryan and Ryans’ E V D. 5 Second series — Tipperary beat Olden W; Nellie Conroy beat Skyball;” Forest Queen beat Deceiver; Jack beat Dynamite; Moondyne beat Straight Tip; Lissak beat Right Bower; Duke Orlando hed a bye. Third series—Nellie Conroy beat Tipperary; Jack beat Forest Queen; Moondyne beat Duke Orlando; Lissak had a bye. Fourth series — Nellie Conroy beat Jack; Moondyne beat Lissak. Final series—Moondyne beat Nellle Conroy. et o o s SLATEK FPUT TU SLEEP. EKnocked Out by Billy Gallagher of Oak- land in Nine Kounds. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Nov. 26.—A large crowd witnessed a one-sided match to- night in the gymnasium of the Los An- geles Atnletic Club and saw Billy Galla- gher of Oakland put Harry Slater of New Orleans to sleep in nine rounds. The men were matched for fifteen rounds, Gallagher tipping the scales at 147 and Siater at 153 pounds. The Oakland man was in splendid condition and outpointed his opponent at every stage of the fight. He also had the advantage of height and reach. The first two rounds were slow, the con- testants sizing each other up. Gsllagher led three times in this time, but failed to damage Slater. From then on, however, he went after his man and forced the fighting from start to finish, in the fourth round he sent Slater tothe ground with a right-hand swing and once more in the fifth. Both times Slater laid down until nine seconds had been counted before responding. Slater realized that Lis only chance lay in trying to avoid punishment in order to stay the fifteen rounds, and this he did by clinching at every opportunity. Gallagher kept at_him and did effective work with his body blows. Slater landed several times on the Oakland man, but his blows lacked force, and he was plainly out of his class. The end came in the ninth round. After ascant minute of fighting Gallagher landed a swing on the point of Slater’s jaw,which sent him to the ground and out. There were four preliminary bouts of four rounds each, the most lively being between Jack Burkbart of Los Angeles ana Billy Rapp of Santa Monica. This was fast, both men being well matched. Young Oscorado of Los Angeles succeeded in putting E. Sargeant of fiinnnpolil out in the second round. HOBART’S EASTERN CRACKS He Brings Home Eighteen Celebrated Horses for the Coming Show. Since Walter S. Hobart returned from the East last Monday his stock farm at San Mateo has been all bustle and excite- ment. From daylight till dark, in two or three places at once, expert horsemen have been driving and jumping and ex- perimenting with the crack horses. Yesterday the farm appeared like a horse show all to itself, with the single excep- tion that there were no boxes full of fashionable and admiring ladies and no promenades with society youths or staid men of alfairs in white box overcoats and horsey rigs. The track was there—a magnicent race- course of three-quarters of a mile—the hurdle enclosure with its tanbark, the brakes, carts, stylish coaches, phaetons, attendants, aristocratic coachmen, and in cisco. Peacock has carried off various prizes and may be taken as a high class specimen. Hitched with him in the skeleton drag, Paragon was certainly not at a disadvantage. The action of both horses was very much alike, and as nhe{ mated so well and matched as to size, it was then and there determined to send them to the show together. Mr. Hobart selected a splendid animal while in Canada from a corral of fifty horses. This horse is Merry Boy, a grace- fuily proportioned bay gelding, fifteen hands three inches high, and five years old. He was highly com- mended in the green-hunter class at the New York show, but at that time he was sick and of course out of form. Other- wise there is hardly any doubt but that he would have left the ring with a ribbon under hisear. It is seldom that horsemen see such a jumper—not a particularly high lunger, but a sure-footed flyer that takes remark- ably long leaps. He will be exhibited to advantage especially in the hurdle and water jan. 'hongh Merry Boy has good blood and lots of nerve in him he is & very kindly horse. In the way of variety Mr. Hobart has entered & small pony which arrived Mon- day with his proud equine companions. The pony 18 suggestively named Tadpole, because he is a slippery little fellow, full of gqueer antics nng capable of playing funny pranks. Besides, Tadpole is for all the world like an embryo of the equine species. He reaches all the way up to a man’s hips, or, in horse lore, is ten hands high, and is a sturdy chip of Welsh stock of swell pedigree. Tadpole has been entered in. all the jumping classes for the coming show against large horses, but then he can take a3 feet and 6 inch hurdle with ease with Bob, one of the exercise boys, up. With Bob this little pony is still an unde- termined quantity, for Bob invariably comes to the ground after the jump. Still Tadpole stande until his rider scrambles from the tanbark to his back. Yesterday the pony’s performance was watched with much interest and it created considerable merriment; but Tadpole proved that he knew his business. A pair that will attract attention is Sul- tan and Czar, two more new-comers at the Hobart farm. They maxe up a gopd tvpe of park wheelers, and are a better class of horses than Mr. Hobart had vpefore—at least so much was admitted by Mr. Hunn, the manager, vesterday. Czar is a large blood-bay horse very well conformed and po:sessed of excellent knee and hock action, In all points he is a good mate for Sul- tan. They were driven as wheelers with Damrosch and Seidl as leaders yesterday, and later were tried together in the skele- tondrag. In both places their perform- ance excited the ad miration of those who watched them. 1he four-in-hand gave general satisfaction and will likely be seen in the show. Frills, a chestnut hackney horse, im- ported from the East as a new crack, was driven by Rockett around the track to the skeleton cart. Frills is fifteen hands high, handsome in every line and curve, full of action and as well as being a marvelous ) Eoer is a blue-blooded high-stepper. With im Mr. Hobart hopes to carry off a rib- bon in the hackney class. Spot and Lightfoot, the dandy $3000 driving pony team, was out with the skel- eton phaeton cn the track. They will be exhibited for the first time on the Pacific Coast at the horse show. Spot has the extraordinary record of twenty-one first prizes all over the worid, and was never beaten in England. The team has been shown in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other Eestern cities and never lost a ribbon. 8o sim and Lightwood are champions. Spot is a thoroughbred hackney mare stunted. With one or two exceptions, the rest of Mr. Hobart’s new stock is composed of highly bred coach horses. As a rule the horses at the Hobart farm are a better looking lot than last year, which fact goes to show that tne enterprising owner has worked conscientiously to improve still further his famous stock. i the Undefeated Pony Team. The against the marriage, as well as the sur- render of his money, but he was come pletely devoid of will power. “Did you enter a protest against the minister performing the function?’ asked the lawyer. “No, 1did not; but on the contrary I remember quite well that the preacher re- marked that I wasan uncommonly happy- looking benedict,” remarked Hillyard, with a soughing sigh. “Did you give her the money in the presence of any one?”’ again inquired the lawyer, “Of course; 1 handed it to her in the presence of the preacher at the solicita- tion of Dr. Anconta, who said it would be safer in her keeping.’” Hillyard and his lawyer subsequently visited the bride in her old quarters, to which she and her dupe returned after their marriage. The lawyer's questions did not in the least disconcert the daz- z[ingly beautiful adventuress, who isabout 27 years of age, and she capped the cli- max by showing a marriage certificate, to which was attached the signature of a Vancouver divine. When it was suggested that Hillyard was married under hypnotic influence the senorita laughed a musical laugh, saying: “Dear, I would not have married him so fast if he had not been at my feet every hour of the day beseeching . What? Is he tired of me so soon? Bahl” ‘With that she shot a glance of disgust at Hillyard. and, turning her pack upon both men, she retired to another room, While there is no question that Hillyard has been duped by a brace of adventurers, yet they cannot be criminally proceeded against. The worst of the affair is that Hillyard is engaged to wed a San Diego (Cal.) girl on Christ ay. T DUMB FOR OVER A YEAR. Murderer Preister Stricken Speechiess After Gaszing at His Sonffold. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 26.—Detective ‘Weich, who returned here from Granis Pass to-day, in speaking of Charles Pfeis- ter, condemn d to death for brutally mur- dering his wife about fourteen months ago, says: “About eleven months ago it was neces- sary to remodel and improve the security of the jail at Grants Pass, and the au- thorities, not deeming it safe to retain Pfeister in their custody during the progress of the work, he was sent to Jack- son County for safe keeping. The time for his execution was drawing very near, and ‘on the morning' of his removal, the gallows upon which he was to expiate his crime had just been completed. As Pieister passed it, he gave one horrible shudder, and from that time to this he bas not uttered a solitary syllable. All the nourishment he takes has to be fed to him as if he werea helpless babe. If food is placed into his mouth he will readily eat it, otherwise he will not partake of 1t. “Without his knowledge this murderer has closely been watched since he ceased speaking, but no one has ever heard him utter as much as a moan or a sigh. Eleven months ago Pleister weighea pounds and now he doesn’t tip the scales at 70.” Pfeister’s lawyer is seeking a reversal of judgment on the ground of insanity., —_——— FOR ATTEMPT TO KILL, The Degenerate Son of a Thrifty Sire in : Berious Trouble, PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 26.—Jack Fahie, a well educated but cowardly ruffian, who has several times narrowly escaped the penitentiary, is under arrest for have ing attempted to kill H. K. Sargent, a re- spected young man, ina saloon Tuesday night. The Telegram says of him: *‘Fahie is the son of an eld ld.hmm,l one of the early residents of Portland, who amassed wealth by investing in real estate. On dying he lefi his possessions to the son, in tmgt.which are to be handed overito him on hisarriving at the age of40 years. ln the meantime, however, he re- ceives rents and revenues from the estate which amount to some hundreds of dollars per month. This money he spends among lewd women, thugs, gamblers and pugilists, his 1avish expenditure enabling him to play the king among that kind.” Fahie has a large number of ac- quaintances in San Francisco. DUBUY’ DRIVE. The Famous Escape of Gambetta After His Voyage in a Balloon. M. Duabus, who was Maire of Epeneuse, Oise, in 1870, has just died at Clermont, aged 72. Who was Dubus? Outside of our small and respected French colony here, we may safely say that few of us know. And yet his name is bound to be recorded in history and to remain thsre until the records of the “Terrible Year’” are lost and jorgotten. He was the man who saved Gambetta from falling into the hands of the Prussians during the Franco- Tman war. The story is simple enough, but its very simplicity serves to teach sound citizens of every country the priceless value of pa- triotism. On the 8th of October, 1870, tak- ing advantacze of a favorable wind, Gam- betta, accompanied by Spuller, left Paris in a balloon, intending to reach Tours. After sailing in the air at a comparatively slow rate the balloon drifted toward the north. The Prussians noticed it, zave chase, and fired at it furiously. It was hit several times, but the holes made in it by the bullets caused only a slight escape of gas. After some little time, however, the leaks began to tell, and the balloon began to descend slowly. The famous travelers distinctly heard the hoarse cheers of the enemy, who imagined that their long chase was coming to an end, and that they were about to congratulate themselves on their capture. But just then all the re- maining sandbags, together with every- thing that could be dispensed with 1n the car, were thrown out, and once more the airship pointea toward the clouds. The fusillade became more furious, but the bullets were harmless. A slight in- crease in the wind also favored the fugi- tives. The enemy was left behind, but he was still in hot pursuit. The balloon, be- coming weaker and weaker in buoyancy, at last began to descend graduaily. It landed in the woods of Favieres, eleven kilometers from Clermont. The Prussians were coming on rapidly. The Maire of Clermont, M. Dubus, who watched the balloon and saw the danger of the fugitives, hitched up his two strong- est and fastest horses to a light wagon, and a few moments after their landing he was driving them at full speed on the road to Montdidier. In that drive he beat the record and brought Gambetta and Spuller into the little town in safety. Of course the Prussians found the balloon, but no trace of the men who were in the car. Such is the simple story of Dubus’ drive, for which he received the cross of the Legion of Honor and an appointment to a judgeship in the Canton of Mouy. Four years ago a monument was erected to Gambetta near the spot where his balloon descended, and the tree in which the air ship got fastened was named “Gambetta's Oak.” The owner of the land on which it stood has lately cut it down, because he did not like to have patriotic pilgrims and picknickers on his property. This goes to prove that there are hogs even in France, but, fortunately they are among the sans patrie.—New York Sun. A SUBSTITUTE FOR AMPUTATION. A French Surgeon Treats Injuries by Embalming the Wounded Limb. A new and simple mode of treatment has been introduced in France, by which, itis claimed, a large proportion of injured limbs now usually amputated can be saved. The method, which is due to Dr. Reclus, was recently described before the French Congress of Surgery, and is thus explained: “Whatever the extent or gravity of the lesions, he (Dr. Reclus) never, under any circumstances, amputates the injured limb, but merely wraps #t in antiseptic substances by a veritabie embalming process, leaving nature to separate the dead from the living tissues. This method of treatment possesses the double advantage of being much less fatal than surgical exaresis, and of preserving for the use of the patient, if not the entire limb, at any rate a much larger part than would be left after amputation. “He advocates this very conservative treatment on account of the excellent effects of hot water, which he uses freely. After the skin has been shaved and cleansed from all fatty substances by ether, etc., in the usual way a jet of hot water 60 to 62 degrees C. (140 to 144 degrees), but not higher, is made to irrigate ail the injured surfaces and to penetrate into ail the hollows and under all the detached arts of the wound without exception. 'his is the only way of removing ali clots and to wash away all foreign bod- ies, together with the micro-organisms they may contain. The advantages of hot water at this high temperature are three- fold: First, hot water at this temperature is anuseptic, heat greatly increases the potency of antiseptic substances; secoud, it is hemostatic (that is, staunches the flow of blood); third, it helps to compen- sate for the loss of heat resulting from the bleeding, and especially from the trau- matic shock. After the ‘embalming’ pro- cess, and the dead tissue has been sepa- rated from the living, the surgeon has nothing to do excent to divide the bone at a suitable spot. According to Reclus the results attained are remarkable.” —_———— A feature of the population statistics of Western Australia is the large proportion of males to females. The disparity is maintained in the arrivals by sea.” At present there are 45 females to every 100 males. LEAVENWORTH 15 SWEPT BY FLAMES | Half the Town Consumed at an Early Morning Hour. Fire Starts in the Bjork Hotel and Causes a Panic Among the Guests. All More or Less Burned, but No Lives Are Lost—Property Loss Is $50,000 SEATTLE, Wasa., Nov. 26.—More than half of the business portion of the town of Leavenworth, situated on the Great Northern road, in Okanogan County, this State, is in ashes to-day from a fire which originated early this morning in a pile ot overheated pitchwood in the office of the Bjork Hotel. There were several narrow escapes among the hotel guests, but no loss of life resulted. Those sustaining losses of property, which, in the majority of cases was completely destroyed, are: Jobhn Bjork, hotel and stock of general merchandise; W. M. Crosa, fruits; P. M, Donahue, saloon; Mrs. H. A. Anderson, restaurant; 8. Silverton, saloor; Frank Posey, barber-shop; M. Melliville, framd store building; J. M. Duffy, saloon} Charles Metzdorf, brakeman; J. Murray, laborer. D. X. Silverthorn, the cook, and all of the inmates of the hotel were more or less burned about the hands and face. Mrs, Anderson saved nearly all of her restau. rant fixtures and some fixtures from Done ahue’s and Duffy’s saloons were likewise rescued. John Bjork, proprietor of the hotel, is reported to-have !ost several hune dred dollars in cash and five or six ine mates of the house sustained serious losses in the way of personal effects. Practically no insurance was carried on the buildings destroyed, all being frame structures. The total loss will probably not exceed $50,000. Leavenworth is a di- visional railroad town of about 500 inhab- itants. It is situated on a beautiful plateau at the mouth of Tumwater Can- yon and is in the midst of a good mining district. While the mines supply some business its chief trade is derived from the railroad. CLAUDE DUVAL. The Gallant Highwayman Was of French Extraction. This gallant robber of men’s purses and ladies’ hearts was of French extraction. He was born at Domfront, in Normandy, | where his father was a miller. In bis | youth he was for some time page to the Duke of Richmond, and then turned highwayman, a calling which he tound remarkably profitable. On one occasion he met the Master ot the Buckhounds to Charles II, one Squire Roper, as he was pursuing a soli- tary hunt in Windsor Forest. But the hunter became the hunted; the sport was changed; Claude Duval quietly demanded the master’s purse, pocketed 50 guineas and left him bound bhand and foot to be- wail his fate until he was released by the foresters. The life of this notorious crim- inal furnishes us with an example of the peculiar fascination which the *‘sport” al- forded to its votaries. Duval became so rich with his ill-gotten gains that he was enabled to retire from the profession and return to France. But a quiet life, free trom the excitement of his old career, did notagree with his adventurous spirit. He returned again to England and resumed his avocations. At length he was cape tured at the ‘‘Hole in the Wall,” in Chan- dos street. While in prison awaiting his doom many ladies of position visited him and endeavored to obtain his release, but justice was inexorable and he was hanged at Tyburn in January, 1670. His epitaph in St. Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, speaks of him as “Old Tyburn’s glory, England’s illustrious thief,” and tells us: Here lies Duval—Eeuder, if male thou art, Look t0 thy purse: it female, to thy heart. Much havoc has he made of both. Just Leyond the borders of our county, about a mile from the village of Bagshot, stands a solitery, picturesque, reed- thatched farmhouse, once the residence of Claude Duval. The late M. G. M. Hughes, the historian of Windsor Forest, describes in his work the interior of this haunt, and tells of the old fireside and chimnuey, in which a hiding place wasso contrived that its only access was through a trap doorin the back, which, when closed, was con- cealed by the smoke. Here Duval often lay concealed when the soldiers searched hisdwelling.—The Gent'eman’s Magazine, —_———— In Persiz, amony the aristocracy, a visitor sends notice an ‘bour or two befors calling, and gives a day’s notice if the visit is one of great importance. He is met by servants before he reaches the house, and other considerations are shown nim, according to relative rank. The left and not the right is considered the posi- tion of honor. ‘W TO-DAY. 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