The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1897, Page 5

[E— THE SAN FRANCI J0 CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1897. 5 DUNHAM 13 NOW IN CUBA Thus Declares a Seaman Who Knew the Fugi- tive Intimately. ESCAPED TO SEA AS A STOWAWAY. Appeared on the Deck of the Ship St. John When Far From | Land. SAILED AROUND THE HORN TO NEW YOREK. There the Campbell Murderer Em. barked en the Filibustering Steamer B:rmuia. OREGON CITY, Oz, Jar. 6.—John W. C. Green, who has been hiding in this city for the past two days, having deserted the ip Lora n, which left Port. for Cape Town last week, tells a probable story about ihe es- m this country of James Dunhan, murdered the McGlincys near San . on the 27th of last May. s that in April and May he rked on the ranch of Bernard Murphy | San Jose, and during a part of that | Dunham was a fellow-laborer with | bim on the ranch. At the end of May | Green went to San Francisco and stopped | at Peter McManus’ boarding-house, but ped on June 5 as second officer of the can ship St. John, with a fall cargo of wheatand flour for New York. Wherr| seven days out, while the vessel was off exican coast, a stowaway showed up ou deck and Green recognized him as | nbam. i am appealed to Green not to| ity, to call him Brown and gave the officer $60 in ’s request the stowaway vatch and put to work | The St. John haa a rather ge anc¢ did not arrive at New | il November 17. Green and Dun- | together and near the | er of the filibustering | This greatly pleased Dun- | at once made arrangements z0 to Cuba. The vesselleft port the and Dunham went with it. | s that was the last he saw of | h er, whom he did not then know to tes erer. In explanation of his ignorance of the McClincy massacre Green | 1 to novel-reading to such a | ail his spare time is thus em- ham at first supposed that | talked to him about the but when he found that the mate rd nothing about the affair he d it off as ajoke and said he was | ng the trip for the sake of adventure. w York, Green says, he happened | un across an old advertisement for | 1ham, and then he looked up & news- | e in a water-front saloon and | d il about the matter. He went | I W ARk \ .‘.\3\\1 AN JAMES C. DUNHAM, THE FUGITIVE MURDERER. John. W Green, a deserter from the British ship Lord Elgin, who is now at Oregon City, Or., aeclares that the slayer of the McGlincys escaped to Cuba. He says that Dunham sailed around tbe Horn on the American ship 8t. John, in which he left San Francisco as a stowaway. At New York, Green asserts, Dun- ham embarked on the filibuster Bermuda for Cuba. Guanaboco for Havana, terrorized by the massacres and the present insecurity of life. Weyler does not pay the least attention to the charges made against Fondevielia, and says the latter is merely doing his | duty. In Havana the same terror prevails and the only Cuban families remaining in the capital are those who have relatives or ac- quaintances among the Spanish authori- ties, or those who are absolutely without means to leave the country. latter the men do not know what their fate may be from day to day. made daily, the charges being only that the accused sympathize with the insur- gents. Itisnot true that General Gomez has | issued a proclamation ordering his troops to retaliate against the Spanish barbari- ties, has wricten to Weyler, telling him that if the Spanish policy of assassinating Cubans continues and also the massacre of pacificos and wounded, he will oblized to retaliate. “Yours and only yours,” says Gomez, ldom looks at a newspaper, | ‘Wil be the responsibility for such bar- barous warlare before history and hu- manity.” In his march to the west Gomez has n Enew why he was traveling as a | 18rge forces of cavalry ana his infantry is | well provisioned with munitions, —_— SENATORS 1IN FULL RETREAT. Will Not Attempt to Force the Cameron Resolutions, WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6.—Al though the Cuoan resolutions were not discussed in the scssion of the Committee on Foreign Relations this morning, owing to the absence of Mr. Camerou, the mem- The Filibustering Steamship Bermuda, on Which Murderer Dunham Is Said to Have Escaped to Cuba. overland to Ban Francisco, and thence immediately to Portland. Dunham professed to be wholly un- skilled in the work of a sailor, but Green says that could hardly have been true, for the third time he was sent up he could oyal or a topgallant sail as well as | He was regarded as the most ut on the ship. He was act- < 10 learn, and madean excel- r. en represents himself asa graduate of the University of Virginia, class of 86, and his writing and language do not con- tradict the ‘claim. He says he has fol- lowed the sea.oft and on for more than four years, mostly on the Pacific, and his weather-worn appearance bears out the assertion. [He is now 28 years old. His ive in San Francisco, his being in the drug business. He swears his story is true, and there is no | way eit to prove or disprove it here. Green left for 8 to-night. CUBAN BODIES FED TO DUGS. With IHorrible Practices of Spaniards the Corpses of Their Victima. EW YORK, N. 1a special sa vapers here violently atiack the American representative, Mr. Money, for violating the iaws of war proclaimed by the Spanish authorities and which forbid all investiga- tions in the military camps not expressly sanctioned by the commander-in-chief of the army. Horribie details are known in Havana of the assassinations last week at Guana- bacoa by orcerof the Spanish Major, Fon. deviella. The bodies of the young base- ball players, Pistorzia, Parra and Castillo, murdered by the troops without cause, were left to tbe dogs to be eaten. The families of the three unfortunate young men applied to Fondeviells, asking per- ssion to bury the bodies. “Bodies of Cubans,’”” answered Fonde- vieila, “'are fit only to feea to dogs.” The mothers and sisters who called on the crue. Spanish commander, hoping thst their sacred request would be granted, left him in tears, fryiug to beaven for revenze. About eighty Cuban ~families left bers of the committee talked about the resolutions informally after the other business had been finished. It seems cer- tain trom the temper of the committee that if the effort is made to have the Cam- eron resolutions referred back to the com- mittee there will be a bitter fight, and the committee will indorse its action in or- dering the report and resoluticn which are now on the calendar. Such effort is not anticipated, for Mr. Hale and those who are with him are | satisfied with the present condition of things and will do nothing to start the agitation. Members of the committee appreciate the strength of the organization that has been effected to prevent finul action by | the Benate, and there appears to be a tacit understanding that the resolution shall not now be pushed. A sufficient number of Senators have been arrayed on the other side to protract debate, and the friends of the resolutions find that by rusbing them they will pass no apj priation bills. The present indication ap- pears 10 be against action on the Cameron resolutions. Sl TAKEN ¥OR THE THUEE FRIENDS Atlantic Coast Pursued by the American Cruiser Raleigh. NEW YORK, N.Y. Jan. 6.—The big ocean-going tug Walter A. Luckenbach, which arrived yesterday from Mobile, had a brush with the United States cruiser Raleigh on her southward trip. Mate Cates told the story vesterday. The Luckenbach went south to tow up the British ship Everest, whici having sprung aleak had been beached 1n the Mississippi, and after repairs had been purchased by the Luckenbachs. She stopped at Norfolk for coal December 9, when on the way down the coust and then proceeded She had reached Alligator Reef, off the ¥lorida coast, December 4, when Captain Willem espied the Raleigh, which is patrolling the coast on the lookout for Cuban filibusters. The Raleigh circled around the Luckenbach, first crossing her bow some distance ahead, and then grad- uaily swinging around to follow her closely. Among the | Arrests are | It is said here, however, that Gomez | be | Captain Willem is proud of his boat, which is one of the fastest of the kird on the coast, and as his papers were all right | he determined to give the cruiser a chase. She had made no signal ordering the tug to heave to, 30 all steam was crowded on and she plowed her way along at a four- teen-knot gait. A cloud of black smoke trailing after the Raleigh indicated that she was giving chase. She was well astern, however, having lost in coming around. Four hours passed in this pastime, and then a puff of blue smoke and a report that came echoing over the water from the Raleigh told Captain Willem that he was expected to lie fo. He did so with promptitude, a boat was lowered from the cruiser and an officer came aboard. He examined the papers, asked questions and then told Captain Willem that he might goon. His boat had been mistaken for the Three Friends. | TR TR | UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATR. American Newspaper Correspondent Doomed to Die in Cuba. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6.—An affi- davit was left with Secretary Olney yester- | day morning, signed by Marina Elena Del- gado Green, sister of Henry Delgado, said 10 be dying in a Cuban prison. ‘The charge bas been made that Harry Delgadoisa Cuban and identical with Ricardo’ Del- gado, an insurgent officer. | The affidavit declares that Harry Del- | gado was born in Brooklyn in 1865, lived | there seven years and was educated in | New York. He was twice purser of the | Ward line of steamers and in about 1890 he was married in Hudson, N. Y., to Miss Sophie Granger. . He was then engaged in the brewery business, but in the last year joined the staff of a New York paper, and a few months ago went to Cuba as correspond- ent. Tne affidavit states that Ricardo Del- gado is an entirely different person, a Cuban by birth, although a cousin of Harry Delgado, and an artillery officer in the Cuban army. WEXLERK'S LATEST EDICT. Property. Owners Called Upon to Prove Uwnership of Estates. HAVANA, Cusa,Jan, 6.—Another edict has been izsued by General Weyler, under which all owners and managers of real es- tate in the provinces of Pinardel Rio, Ha- vana and Matanzas shall within eight days from the date of the edict appear be- fore the Mayors of the fortified towns nearest to their homes and prove their ownership of the estates or the capacity in which they are employed thereon. Owners of estates will be required to show their receipts for the last taxes paid by | them, and statements of the number of hands employed on each plantation will have to be made. In all cases where the authorities dis- cover any irregularities in the statements the persons subjected to examination will be obliged to remove at once to the forti- fied towns nearest their homes. All for- eign residents of the three provinces named who are employed in agricultural or iudustrial pursuits, either as owners, managers Or overseers, must prove their nationality and furnish full “information regarding the persons employed by them, exhibiting their police documents. e To Patrol Florida’s Coast. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Jan. 6.—The United States dispatch-boat Dolphin ar- rived at 8t. Johns bar this morning at 10 o’clock and came up the river to Jackson- ville. The Dolphin is the first of a num- ber of vessels detailed to watch for filibus- ters to arrive. The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius is en route to the coast of Florida on the same mission and will arrive in a few days. The torpedo-boats Ericsson and Cushing have also been ordered to Florida to prevent filibuster- ing. These four boats will patrol the Florida coast from the mouth of the St Johns River to Tampa. 3 —_—— Dauntless AArrives at Jacksonville, JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Jan, 6.—The steamer Dauntless arrived in port at 9 o’clock this evening in custody of an offi- cer of the revenue cutter uSoutwell. The captain and men deny the sfory of their landing an expedition on the coast of Cuba. They say that the men were taken from the No Name Key last Friday by that steamer. The Dauntless slipped into the Bt. Johns River after dark between the cruiser Newark and the dispatch-beat Dolphin without being ‘seen by either vessel. 3 —_—— Butcher Weyler Will Remain. MADRID, Spary, Jan. 6.—A formal denial of the statement that it is the in- tention of the Government to supersede General Weyler as Captain-General of Cuoa is published in the Epoca, an in- spired organ, to-day, l GOLD IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY Rich Ledges Discovered on Ranches Near the Coast. L] Specimens of High Grade Ore Shown by the Fortunate Prospectors. Smiths Canyon Soin to Be the Scene of a Typical Mining Camp. SANTA BARBARA, CAr., Jan. 6.—Au- thentic news ‘has just been brought to town of a 1ich gold strike on theadjoining ranches of Charles Cathcart and George Williams in Swiths Canyon, six miles from this city. Two Colorado miners have been prospecting in the canyon for some months past and it is ciaimed they have located the main ledge. Specimens brought to town are now on exhibition and are pronounced to baof high-grade ore. Excitement runs high over the find, and as water is convenient a large rush of people to the new goldfields is looked for in the next few days. The locaters had tried to keep their discovery secret, but now that the news has spread they wiil not be lonely in the canyon in the future. SACRAMENTO INDICTMENTS. Ex-Deputy Clerk Landsborough Held for Trial for Forgery and Presenting Fraudulent Jury Demands. SACRAMENTO, Carn., Jan. 6.—As- semblyman L. M. Landsborough of the Sacramento delegation is again in trouble, as the Grand Jury to-day found five more incictments against him, and itis rumored that the end is.notyet. Of the indict- merts brought to-day two were for forgery and three for presenting fraudu- lent jury demands, and it is claimed that the full amount of his peculationsis not known even yet. It issaid that investi- gation has developed the fact that even the July jury demands have been tam- pered with. Assemblyman Landsborough has been in the County Clerk’s office for meariy four years, and until the records.of the office for that period have been examined it will not be known how much Sacra- menio County has suffered financially at the hands of this servant oi the people. Landsborough is occupying his seat in the Assembly and assisting in perfecting laws to govern the peovle. In the indictments broughi to-day bail was fixed at $1500 in efich case. This isa very material reduction from the aniounts fixed in the first indictments, which were $5000 each, but was afterward reduced to 2500. peeiS e DUBOIS LEADS IN IDAHO. His Return to the ~Senate Made Fracti- cally Certain by the Quarrel of Fusronists. SALT LAKE, Utan, Jan. 6.—The Popu- list contingent of the Idaho Legislature threatens to frustrate the plans of the Dem- ocrats to elect their United States Senator by either scattering its votes among can- didates who have no chance, and thus preventing any election, or by voting for Dubois, the siiver Repnblican. The Dubois supporters appear to hold the balance of power, and unless the quarrel between the Democrats and Popu- lists is made up the election of Du Bois is considered exceedingly probable. 1i the fusionists do come together again, which is problematical, the plum will go to either Johnson, Demccrat, or Claggets, Populist, but at this time Dubois 1s thouht to have the best chance of any of the candidates. ey HOLD-UP NEAR LOCKEFORD, Chinese Highwaymen Beat and Kob One of Their Countrymen. STOCKTON, CarL., Jan. 6.—A bold rob- bery was committed on tbe road this side of Lockeford, about seventeen miles from here, at 7 o’clock to-night. The proprietor of the Chinese wash- house was standing near his place, when he was confronted by three feliow-Mon- golians, who ordered him to throw up his hands, He attempted to resist, when the robbers set upon and beat him over the head with their revolve They then rified his pockets, taking what coin he had. He was badly cut about the head and neck. The Mongolian highwaymen went down the road a short distance and were raet by another of their race in a covered rig. In this they started toward Stockton. The man who was robbed and beaten re- ported his loss as quickly as possible, and Sheriff Cunningbam was notified by tele- pbone. He sent Deputies Black and Wall out on the Lockeford ana Lodi road to intercept the robbers, who are thought to be vegetable peddlers. @it e 8AN JOSE ELOPERS RETURN, HMrs. Daniet Chapman Forgiven for Her Runaway Marriage. SAN JOSE, CAL., Jan. 6.—Daniel Chap- man and Miss Wilhelmina Murphy, the vrominent society young people who ran away Monday afternoon and were mar- ried against the wishes of Miss Murphy’s mother, returned from San Francisco this morning. They were married on Monday afternoon by Rev. Dr. Wakefield of Trinity Episcopal Church, at the residence of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. Murphy-Colombet, and again_last evening by Bishop Riordan in San Francisco. The young couple have been forgiven by their relatives. Mrs. Chapman is the daughter of James T. Murpby and B. D. Murphy is the uncle of the couple. Mr. Chapman has large cattle interests in Mexico. .The couple will reside in this city. gt Sola Toadstools for Mushrooms. SAN JOSE, CaL., Jan. 6.—Ah Quong, a wily Celestial who was selling toadstools for mushrooms, was arrested by Officer | McClintock this forenoon.' He had two "sacks well iilied, and as he was going from house to house it is believed that many persons bought from the poisonous sup- ply. He will be held untilit is known whether there have been any serious re- sults from his offense. Otherwise he will be prosecuted for peddling without a license. —_—— His Room Looted by a Burglar. SAN JOSE, CAL, Jan. 6. — At some time to-day the room of H. J. Haagen, the janiter at Turn Verein Hall, was entered by a burglar and $230 in coin was taken from a trunk. The burglar was evidently familiar with the premises. A waich and chain and jewelry iu the same trunk were not disturbed. A portion of the coin taken belonged to the Turn Verein of this city, it having been collected by the janitor. - g Sl Pomona Newspaper Change. IPOMONA, Car,, Jan, G.T:I.‘ho partner- ship in the Pomona Times, the pioneer newspaper in Pomona Valley, was dissolved between John Wasson and Willard Goodwin to-day. Thenew editors and proprietors of the Times are Wasson and Messenger. WATER SYSTEM FOR SUISUN, Cash to Defray the of the Morks Ttealized From a Sate of Bonds. SUISUN, CAL, Jan. 6.—Last July a proposition was submitted to the voters of Suisun to incur a municipal indebtedness of $42,000 lor a new water system, and it was carried by an overwhelming ma- jority., The Board of Town Trustees has since worked hard to dispose of the bonds, but its efforts were not rewarded by suc- cess until to-day, when J. McMullen, rep- resenting the San Francisco Bridge Com- pany, entered into negotiations, the result of which was the sale of the 6 per cent bonds at par value. Water will be brought from a distance of eight and two-thirds miles to town, and the source of supply is capable of a aaily flow ox 300,000 gallons and a storage capacity of several million gallons, Work will commence on the arrival of piping from the East, the latter part of February. e Santa Barbara Man’s Mania. SANTA BARBARA, Can, Jan. 6.—A pitiable case of dethroned reason was pre- sented here to-day, when O. Ellison, a surviver of the British ship Golden Horn, that was wrecked off Santa Rosa Island five years ago, was by the court ordered to be sent to the Highland Asylum for the insaue. Ellicon was ship’s carpenter on the ili-fated vessel, and like others of the crew, remained in Santa Barbara aiter the wreck and rescue. He worked at_his trade occasionally and built a few private yachts for residents of this city and Montecito. The shock of the wreck preved upon his mind so that at times he would be despondent and again act as if trying to rescue some drowning comrade. Finally his_brother and friends, fearing that he might become a raving maniac, brought about his commitment to the asylum. ftlng v Drowned Aear Garberville, EUREKA, CaL., Jan. 6.—Word reached here from Garberviile this morning that the south fork of the Eel River in this county has claimed another victim. This time it was John Somerville, tbe 15-year- old son of George Somerville of Brice!and. The drowning occurred on New Year's day, when the boy with two companions went out on the river in & rowboat. The boys lost control of the boat and it was upset. Two of them managed to -clin, the boat, which was eventually carried in to the shore, but young Somerville was swept down the stream. He was seen to swim with the current about 200 yards, when, throwing up_bis hands, he “cried, “Wait for me!” and then sank, The body has not been recovered. —_— Angels Camp Stage Wreciced. BTOCKTON, CaL, Jan. 5—The stage from Angeis Camp to Milton met with an accident this morning, the passengers being thrown out and some of them badiy bruised. When about ten miles this side of Angels, horses and driver are usually changed. This was done this morning, and after the second driver had taken his | seat on the box the horses started down the grade on a run. In some way they got beyond the driver's control, and near the foot of the grade the coach was over- turned. The vehicle was wrecked. For- tunately none sustained serious injuries, one lady passenger being the most se- verely brui-ed. Another conveyance was secured and the passengers brought on to Milion. S Roe Will Die at Napa. NAPA, Car, Jan. 6.—Sheriff George 8. McKenzie has issued invitations to the hanging of William M. Roe, recently con- victed of the murder of Mrs. John Q. Greenwood, Roe will be executea at the County Jail iu Napa on the morm- ing of January 15, at 11 o'clock. A scaffold, which was_prepared some years ago for tke executioh of a murderer, whose sen- tence was commuted by the Governor, was to-day brought down from the attic of the Courthouse and will be erected in the rear of the Courthouse, on the plaza. As faras known Roe’s attorneys are tak- ing no steps to delay his execution. AR G Druids Feted at Stockton. STOCKTON, CAL, Jan. 6.—The Druids of this city, representing San Joaguin Grove No. 9 and Concordia Grove No. 56, gave a banquet to-night at the Imperial Hotel in honor of a number of high dig- nitaries in the order. The visiting Druids were: James A. Devoto, nobie grand arch; Pnilip Rohrbacher, supreme grand arch; J.J. Mollison, grand secretary; F. Cavanaro, past noble grand arch, and- E. Meahler, past arch of Grove No. 3. Covers were laid for 100, and the local Drnids gave the visitors a warm welcome. The affair was & grand success. s gl Southern Pacific Brings Suit. LOS ANGELES, Can, Jan 6. —The Southern Pacific has begun a suit of inter- vention before United States Judge Ross in the case of the Mercaatile Trust Com- pany vs. Atlantic and Pacific Railroad and the Upited States Loan and Trust Company. The intervenor- asks that Receiver Smith of the Atlantic and Pacific be ordered to pay it $48,638, alleged to be due from the Atlantic and Pacific as its share of taxes on the leased line in Cali- fornia between Barstow and Mojave, which the Southern Pacific has been paying. e Suicide at Portland. PORTLAND, Og., Jan 6.—Four days ago W. 8. James, professor of penman- ship and a teacher at the business col- lege, disappeared. His friends quietly instituted a search, but could not locate him and nothing was said of hisdisappear- ance. To-day James’ body was discovered in a little annex reom in the G. A. R. Hail, where he shot himself with a target pistol. James was known as an accom- plished educator and formally lived in California, where he was connected with an institution of learning. ———— Mount Echo Homicide Confesaes. IONE, CaL., Jan. 6.—Sam Wilkes, who was charged with the killing of William Wiley at Mount Echo on December 21, was examined to-day before Justice Gold- ner, acting in place of Justice Coombs. He confessed, stating that he was drunk and did not know what he was doing. Wilkes was held for sentence before the Superior Court. Whates Killed Near Monterey. MONTEREY, Can, Jan. 6.—Captain Albert Schaufle, agent for the Monterey Whaling Company, shipped by the steamer Gypsy to San Francisco to-day 150 barrels of oil, about 4500 galions. The whaling season here 1s not yet over, but the company has already succeeded in killing sixteen whales, all of them being of the humpback species. B —_—— Stevenson Coming to the Coast. POMONA, Car, Jan. 8.—A letter re- ceived from Vice-President Stevenson an- nounces that he will spend several montbs in Southern California this year, looking after his extensive interests. He will go to Los Angeles as soon as his term expires, but will keep his bome and law practice at Bloomington, Ill. The Vice-President 8!! a_large olive orchard near Etiwanda,> besides a large lemon grove near San Diego. seuied 3l o Thompson Back in Los Anghles. LOS ANGELES, Cawn, Jan.6.—“Kid” Thompson, convicted of wrecking and robbing a train at Roscoe in 1894, was prought back to-day from San Quentin, where he had been confined under sen- tence of death. The Suprems Court granted a new trial, and he was returned to be retried. TRIES IN VAIN 10 SAVE A LIFE Redwood City Young Lady Fails to Prevent a Suicide. Strikes at a Glass Containing Foison in the Hands of a Drunken Man. Half of the Liquid Is Spilled, but the Rest Is Drained to the Dregs. REDWOOD CITY, CAL, Jan, 6.—Frark William Goepfert committed suicide here this morning by taking a dose of strych- nine. Goepfert had been drinking to ex- cess since New Year's day. He was told early this morning by Hind & Langley, for whom he was working, that unless he sobered up he would be discharged. About 10:30 o’clock be applied to a young laay bookkeeper in the place for a glass. After procuring it he went back to where he had been at work, but in two or three minutes returned with the glass filled with a liquid, He informed the bookkeeper that it contalned strichnine and that he in- tended taking it. After remonstrating with him to no avail tBe young lady struck the glass and spilled about half of the contents. Goepfert immediately drained the balance in her presence and then departed. The young lady believed that he was probably joking, and that the glass contained nothing but water, but when he returned in a few min- utes and repeated that what he had taken was strychnine she sent for a physician. Two doctors soon arrived and worked over Goepfert for fifteen minutes, at the end of which time he was dead. He was ayoung man,25 years of age, and has borne a good reputation, his only failing being that he was addicted to drink. SAN MATEQ SENSATION. County Board of Education Accused of Favoritism in Granting Teachers’ Diplomas. REDWOOD CITY, CaL., Jan. €.—Board of Education, examinations, Grand Jury, Supervisors, expert—these half-dozen words whispered to any citizen of San Mateo County would immediately suggest a story which has aroused considerable feeling throughout the county, wherein the Board of Education and the teachers of certain of the public schools figure most conspicuously. A few months ago the Board of Education beld examinations for the granting of diplomas, After the result had become known, those who were successful were, of course, jubilant, and those failing were naturally disappointed. Had this been all, there would probably have been an end to it then and there; but the successes and failures were of such a nature that the matter was not allowed to be dropped. One of the leading citizens of this place took the matter in hand and carried 1t for inyestigation before the Board of Super- viSors. He addressed a commiunication to them and appeared personally to press the case. He parucularly called attention to the fuct that all of the applicants from Menlo Park, San Mateo, Woodside and eight out of nine from Halfmoon Bay passed the examination, while only five out of twelve from Pescadero and five out of fiineteen from Redwood City were suc- cessful. He thought it rather stransze that in schools only a few miles apart, where the studies were the same, tuere should be such a wide difference in the re- sults of the cxamination. He asked the Board of Supervisors to appoint some suitable and disinterested person to ex= amine the vapers, at the same time offer- ing to defray all expenses out of his own pocket. The board considered that it had no au- thority in the matter, and the affair was temporarily dropped. As soon as the Grand Jury was formea the case was brought 1o its attention, and the jurors deemed it of sufficient importance to receive their consideration. They so informed the Board of Supervisors through their foreman, and asked that an appropriation irom the county funds of $200 be voted for the hiring oi an expert to review the examination papers, and r port, together with any opinion or recom- mendation which bLe might consider roper. On this suggestion the board al- owed the $200, and selected an expert from Berkeley, who will at once com- mence work. The result of his investiga- tion is awaited with interest, as the affair bas attracted more than ordinary atten- tion throughout the county. The Grand Jury will make its report on the 20th of this montb. —_——— FRESNO'S TREASURE CACHE. Finders of Bandit Murietta’s Hoard Will Return to Prospect for More. FRESNO, Carn, Jan. 6. — Ex-Deputy Constable J. G. Wofford still refuses to divuige any further particulars regarding the find of the Joaquin Murietta treasure, unearthed by himself and a friend near the Firepaugh graveyard, in the western portion of the county, recently. He can« not be prevailed upon to tell who- his friend is, where he is or what has become of the fortune, which amounts to some- thing like $147,000. It may be that the amount is exaggerated somewbat, but there is hardly any doubt that treasure was discovered. ‘Wofford says that he intends in a few days to return to the spot where the treasure was unearthed and do some “placer mining.” He believes that in the haste of bimself and his companion to get the trunk out of the ground they lost several gold pieces. The trunk had de- cayed and they had to take it from the earth in pieces. The bags in which the gold was found had also rotted, so that they would hardly hold together, and the treasure had to be lifted out by band by the finders: The sight of the large amount of yellow metal of course excited Wofford and his friend and they did not use the greatest care in handling the com. The ex- constable thinks that $500 or £6)0 might have been lost in the dirt, and it 1s for this that he is going to use the pan. e g i Attempted Suicide at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, CaL, Jan. 6.—It is rumored that Charles Fiye, a prominent young business man of this city, and a member of the firm of McLaughlin & Flye, commission merchants, attempted to com- mit suicide last night by swallowing a dose of chloroform, and it is also claimed that be made two attempts to shoot him- self. Family trovbes, according to the report, haa caused temporary mental aberration. NEW TO-DAY. " MANLY POWER. 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