The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1897, Page 5

RO THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY , JANUARY 9, 1897%. 5 - WILL B BUILT ON TO HARFORD Valley Railway Company Ready to Extend Its Line. Construction to Be Commenced When Rights of Way Are Secured. Several Property-Owners Block Way by Asking Exorbitant Prices. irée weeks. The portant and wel- right of way, com- that time ve for this d within two condition to this news is that th have been sec uch a satis- val officials of the rai to-day. over thi before noon. new i their constituted the party were: lent Robert Watt, Captain , the director; Chief E: Jr. and Attorney E Way Agent C. ere for several days past. so of the visit of the ct a satisfactory y arrange- urths of ers of the remaining 2 stance they were not so is to deal with these have come from San difficulty has been en- ving to geta right of way land which the eyes of the company. these obstructionists own cent of the L n Fresno an Hanford n this city and construction of d southward with- people along to see the ad- ad as soon as possible. n of wlether the road will be ummer or not de- hed by the tin regard to between this city § cannot be er, the contin- south of of conjecture, for ate. In order to alare by next ding from this ommencea at once. the company is determined not to sther shovelful of earth until all matters have been settlea. thus far in this line has poiLt. is the situation which presents to Hanford and Tulare, and the the proposed route. All the disposition of the who are bolding ers and was interviewed at ening, and he is the statement made in e said, “‘we cannot tel le up the right-o nd that the onl emnation proceed- on of the south of be delayed for some tire. 1 we have the title, or the con- r every foot of und ahead here are half a dozen non-consenting owners this city and Hanford, and they ie land for about a quarter of the erning the right-of-way matters e Reedley route ti ressed as favorably as on the Hanford y. and things do not look very bright t quarter. Through Tulare County thing is in readiness for the road, sstumbling block is being met between Fresno and Reedley. For the present we are directing our attention to the Hanford route. *We intend ultimately to build on both these lines, and in fact are anxious todo s0 @8 soon as possible. But we do not propose to get ourseives into any more pre as we have done, and will cee ully. Even if we begin to within the next two or three 1ot hope to get it farther v next season’s business. »uld be elad to do this.” tha r But then we v Tulare DEATH 4T 5aN' QUENTIN. Hou. Stephen C. Bowers Heart Trouble, SAN RAFAEL, Cay, Jan. 8.—Hon. Stephen C. Bowers died at San Quentin at an early hour this morning. Suesumbs to Mr. Bowers was a conspicaous charac- | ter, as well for his qualities of head and Leart as for his immense physique. His : was sudden, being caused by fatty degeneration of the heart. dir. Bowers wasa native of Tennessee and bore arms for that State in the Rebel- | He represenied Marin Assembly in 1883 and acquitted him. t with much credi. He was a prolific writer and contributed much readahle matter to the press. He od hearted man with great talen:s, in qualities that win in business. vived by a widow and several County in . 4k ELK GROVE. KILLED 2 John Archer, the Horseman, Meets Death in a Kunaway Aceident. STOCKTON, Cat., Jan. 8.—John Archer, o prominent rancher living near Linden, while driving near Elk Grove, this after- noon, was thrown from his carriage. He received injuries from which he died soon efier being taken home. He was return- the | out | have not | onstruct the track southward by way of | | ing from Etk G fright and overturned the rig. never regained consciousness. 1 | . | SAN DIEGO’S WATER FETE. | ve when his horses took Archer | Arrangements Already Under Way for the " Aquatic Carnival on Washing- i ton's Birthday. SAN DIEGO, CarL, Jan. 8.—A meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce this evening to arrange for holding the Midwinter Water Carnival on Washing- ton’s birthday, in honor of Admiral Beardslee of the North Pacific squadron, who will retire from the navy next summer. The flagship Philadelphia, coast defend- ers Monterey and Monadnock, fish com- mission amer Albatross, coast survey Thetis, gunboat Adams, and perhaps the | battleship Oregon will be in port at the time, and it is intended to make the occa- sion the grandest iu the history of San Diego Bay. The general plan. as finally decided pon, is to have a military and naval pa- q n the afternoon of Saturday, Feb- 0, witn a bali at Hotel Coronado in n | ] )ns to the various points of in- ulated to best please the many s who will be in the city will be | the next day. | Monday, February 22, will be salt-water d There will be aquatic spors, yacht cesand other fun on the bay 1in the forenoon and afternoon, winding up with a carnival on the bay at night. The beautifu! effect of the carnival on well remembered, and it is se it, not only the splendor of lights, but the number of partici- pants, the music and the general gayety. To get the preliminary work well in hand | 8 number of commitices were appointed. st e | EXPLOSION NEAR BAKERSFIELD. | Two Men Lose Their Lives in the Maltha Wells of the Sunset 01 Company. SLD, CaL., Jan. 8.—An ex- ed at the Sunset Oil Is, about fifty miles southwest of this place, late yesterduy afternoon. Charles athrop and Peter McKinneil, each about July 4 last hoped to ec BAKERSFI losion of gas oce ars old, lost their lives. ese wells or mines yvield maltha, or | liquid asphalt. At the Sunset property | there is a shatt 150 feet deep. Frequent | deposits of gas are encountered in these | wells and the Sunset men had been pro- | | vided with safety lamps on this account, but they refused them, preferring open | candles lower is also kept in operation e to keep tue shaft and driits | clear of obnoxious gas. | The men had been at work but a short | time when an explosion occurred, which was felt at the mouth of the shaft. S wer coming to calls through the be, two men went down. er goinz thirty feet they came back and reported that the gas was too dense to proceed further. Then J. B. Hunt, the manager, was lowered to the bottom of the shaft, where he soon found the bodies | of the two men. | Whether they died from the concussion of the explosion or from inhaling the gas was not learned and will not be deter- mined until to-morrow, when the bodies will reach Bakersfield = The remoteness of the locality and the entire absence of communication make it impossible to learn full details. e STONE FOR THE ;IIEAI(WATEH. Harbor Commissioners Inspscting Quarries Near San Pedro and Santa Monica. LOs GELES, CaL., Jan. 8.—The¢ Gov- ernment commission to select a harbor for Los Angeles appears to be particulariy interested in &scert ing where the stone to build the breakwater is and is making a systematic inspection of all the granite q s in this region. To-day the Commissioners visited sev- eral quarries on the Santa Fe line, but from what has leaked out they have found no stone superior 10 that found on the Terminal road, near Aitadena. Secretary Pratt this evening stated that to-morrow the board would visit the Catalina Island quarries. There is said to be an inexhausuible y of granite there belonging to ston Trans- | portation Company. This could he de- livered by water to either San Pedro or Santa Monica at a minimum cost for freight and handling. The commissioners will remain at the island until Monday. Next week they ex- pect to have the results of the.borings at San Pedro well completed, and then will | turn their attention to investigating the boitom of Santa Monica Bay. So far the experimental work at San Pedro fully confirms the statements made by the San Pedro engineers. | | | -— FREED AT 84N BERNARDINO, Eugene Woodbury keleased on a Writ of Habras Corpus. SAN BERNARDINO, Car., Jsn. 8— | Eugene Woodbury, nephew of Richard Gird, the millionaire of Chino was this | afternoon reieased from the County Jail | on a writ of habeas corpus, sworn out by | his attorney. Woodbury and his companion, Allen Wright, were arrested four weeks ago on the Colorado Desert by Los Angeles aetec- tives for the murder of A. C. Holman, & | wealthy English prospector, near Chino | in 1893, The arrest of Wooubury created a seusation at the time, as his relatives | are prominent and weaithy. g bt sl Santa Crus’s Salmon Kun. SANTA CRUZ, Can, Jan. 8.—Every available boat was out to-aay with fishing parties or the regular fisherman. The ag- gregate catch was over 200 salmon. The | continued fine weather and yesterday’s | eatck of 150 salmon were the inducements | for the effort of to-day. Fishermen say the bay is full of sardines, and with this bait to entice them, there is every indica- tion for a run of salmon equal to that of last winter. ST Santa Barbara’s Sitent Horologe. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Jan. 8, —Ex- actly at 12 o'clock noon to-aay the old town clock that hourly sounded its mel- s low notes for a quarter of a century | breathed its last. | Durine its liletime the City Council al- | lowed $10 a month to a man to wind it, but since the completion of the new Masonic Hall, with its modern clock and | chimes, the Courcil revoked the pension. bt ‘ Guests of Santa Barbara. | SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Jan. 8.—The social season opened here to-night with a | ball ana banquet at the Arlington Hotel in honor of Govarnor Atkinson of Georeia | and party and the officers of the coast de- | fen<e vessel Monterey, now in Santa Bar- | bara channel. Governor Atkinson will leave to-morrow for San Francisco, where | he will remain for a few days before going | East. I ———ss 1 | Suicide at Nightengals. | STOCKTON, Can, Jan. 8.—A man | named Snyder blew the top of his head | off with ashotgun back of a saioon in Nightengale, about three miles east of Stockton. He btad been despondent for | some time and had threatened to take his | life before. He was well known about Nightengale, where he had worked for some time. vl Los Angeles Officer’s Death. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Jan. 8.—George L. Wilson, tie Deputy Sheriff, who was shot by Jose Morales, near Monrovia, a week ago last SBunday, died to-day from the effects of his woand. BARK ANDRINA ALMOST LOST Anchors Let Go With the Shore a Hundred Feet Distant. Captain and Crew Launch the Lifeboats and Desert the Vessel Return the Next Day and Set Sail Just as the Remaining Cable Parts. PORT ANGELES, Wasn., Jan. 8.—The four-masted British bark Andrina, Cap- tain B. V. Smith, arrivea here to-day in tow of the tug Tyee. Captain and crew are thankiul that they are in port again, having narrowly escaped going ashore on tke Vancouver coast, near Cape Beale, on Wednesday. The ship was deserted by its crew, and only by great good fortune was ‘it saved. Captain Smith says that for four aays he had seen neither sun or stars. During the entire time they were surrounded by adense fog. At noon on Wednesday the cry, ‘Breakers ahead!” was the first warning ne had of the dangerous position of his ship. A heavy’sea was running at the time, and an sttempt to wear ship proved futile. Two anchors were let go, and as the big vessel rounded one of the cables parted, leaving the Andrina within 100 feet of the shore and in immediate danger of the parting of the othrer cable. Captain Smith says the breakers were running forty feet high, and as he saw no possibility of saving his vessel, it was de- cided to launch the boats and attempt to reach shore. Two boats were capsized as soon as they were Jaunched, but finally the crew of thirty-three men succeeded in getting into two lifeboats. The boats filled before they reached shore and several of the men werc washed overboard, but they wero rescued by their comrades. A landing was at iast effected and that night the sailors took up their quarters under a lifeboat. In tue morning the weather had mod- erated, and as the ship still held to its re- maining anchor the captain anua crew again put off and after some difficulty suc- ceeded in getting aboard. Captain Smith says that at this time the ship was cut of anger, but its perilous position was made known on atiempting to raise the second anchor, for the chain parted, fortunately not untii sails were set, enabling them to make away from shore. The tug Tyee shortly aiter appeared on the scene and took the Andrina in tow, bringing it to port. The Andrina registers 2542 tons and is among the largest British sh ps that visit Puget Sound. It came direct from Aus- tralia in ballast and will wait here for orders. S HIGH SEAS SW:EPT THE DECK. Ship Agapanthus Encounters Squalls on the North Pacific—Fears for the Tacoma. SEATTLE, Wasu,, Jan. 8.—The British iron ship Agapanthus, Captain Robert J. C. Tod, of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line, arrived this evening twenty-four days direct from Kobe, Japan. Doub less no craft in recent years had so tempestuous a voyage and at the same time made port without loss of life or more serious dam- age to the vessel. From the Japanese coast to Cape Flat- | tery the Agapanthus encountered squalls of hurricance force. The Agapanthus sailed from Kobe on December 15, celebrating Christmas day with a full-tledged hurricane, {asting with terrific violence from 1 t5 6 in the morn- ing, and with greater or less fury until the midadle of the afternoon. The vessel was the time in 45:20 north latitude and 173:40 east longitude. wind quickly whipped from south- t to nortawest and carried away the boom guy, the sails being set. Both booms were sent flying across the deck from port to starboard, unshipping a heavy derrick. They were snapped in the middle and the pieces carried into the sea. In getting before a ses, Captain Tod stated, the ship rolled to an angle of forty- five degrees, first to one :ide and then to the other. Two great iron derricks weigh- ing each over three tons were tossed about the deck as if made of the lightest pine. The bulwarks and stanchions were stove in and broken and the rails were under water. With booms and heavy anchors flying about the lives of the seamen be- came greatly imperiled, but no one sus- tained serious injury. On New Year's day the Agapanthus was overtaken by a second but less vio- lent hurricane. During the worst of the siorm the boatswain was struck on tne heal by s staysail block. While very seriously injured, he will probably re- cover. Captain Tod said that in all his experi- ence as a seaman he never saw seas run higher than during the storms encoun- tered by ihe Agapanthus. Time and again it seemed as though the vessel would be broken 1o pieces. The steamsuip Tacoma of the Northern Pacific line, bound from China to the City of Tacoma, was no doubt overtaken and possibly disabled by the hurricane encoun- tered by the Agapanthus. Itis now three days overdue, and considerable anxiety as to the vessel's ability to weather such a storm is being felt in shipping circles. It is perhaps not so strong or seaworthy a vessel as the Agapanthus, The atter brought about 1500 tous of Japanese mer- chandise, and will return with 6000 tons of steel rails, cotton and flour. A PORTLAND GAMBLER'S FALL. From a Prosperous Sport and Bad Man With a Pistol He Becomes a Bunko Sharp. PORTLAND, O, Jan. 8—*Sandy’ Olds, who up to eight years ago was one of the most prosperous gamblers in the Northwest, was arrested last night for bunkoing John Wonrly, a green farmband from New Whatcom, out of $20 in a card game. Heis in jail in default of $25 bail, pending his trial to-morrow afternoon. In 1889 Olds shot down in the street and killed Emil Weber, another well-to-do sport here, without 2 moment’s warning, 0Olds’ first shot brought his victim to the ground, but not content with that he siood over Weber’s prostrate form, empty- ing every chamber of his revolver iuto the dead man. ‘Weber had a great many enemiesamong the Portland &amblers, #nd the impres- sion was that Olds was nerved by them to commit this atrocious crime. Be that as it may, tbe secret is an open one that prominent gamblers here spent thousands of dollars in his defense, engaging the best legal talent in the State. Olds had three trials before Criminal Judge Stearns, who twice sentenced the murderer to death. In each instance the Supreme Court reversed the judgment and Olus remained in the CountyJail here uutil 1891, when he was granted a change of ventie to Washington County, where he was convicted of manslaughter. The presiding Judge sentenced the de- fendant to one year's imprisonment in the penitentiary, and, oddly enough, the same Judge sent up a poor man for three years for stealing two saimon. For a time after his release from the penitentiary ‘‘the boys” gave Olds a bitof a helping hand, but when they grew weary of viewing him in the light of & mar- tyr and he was left to shift for himself his downward career was a greased one—that is to say, his dress grew shabby and threadbare; he was seldom seen on the street with bis former companions, and, in fact, he suddenly grew ola and friend- less in appearan: — e Rebels Wreck a Train. SEATTLE, WasH., Jan. 8.—Philippine Island advices received by the steamship Agapanthus to-day tell of the wrecking by Tebels of & train at San Marcos, near Manila, The rails were loosened for a distance of twenty meters, throwing the engine and four coaches down an embankment. About 1000 rebels avpeared, made prison- ers of the trainmen and passengers and took possession_of the mails and freight. While the train was being plundered another band of rebels set fire to the near- by towa of Calumpit. SiiEeg e Testifuing at Victoria. VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 8. —The case of the schooner kavorite opened before the Bering Sea Claims Commission to-day, the only interesting feature being the ap- pearance of Captain Alexander McLean, the star witnass for the United States, this time as a claimant. He was master of the schooner when it came home under threat of seizure by the Corwin. il Fresno Citizens Will Play Ball. FRESNO, Carn., Jan.8—The Hundred Thousand Club bas issued a challenge to tne Chamber of Commerce for a baseball game between teams selected from the respective organizations. The challenge will undoubtedly be accepted. The gale receipts will be placed in the funds of tie organizations. ~ Much interest is being taken in the proposed game betwéen the sedate citizens. EUTE e Winners at the New Orleans Track. NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 8.—Results: seven furlongs, R. Q. Ban won, Candy second, Graciosa third. Time, 1:31. Six furlongs, Hill Billy won, Grasling sec- ond, Minnie Murphy third. Time, 1:16} Seven furlongs, Necedah won, Alamo second, Denver third. Time, 1:303;. Seven furlongs, Donna Kita won, Damocles second, Rossmar third. Time, 1:30. One mile, Davezac won. Paros second, Miss Clark third. Time, 1:45% Six furlongs, Dorotny (I won, Miss Leigh second, Tommy Rutter third. Time, — 16! Weylar Must Send Good News. LONDON, ExGrAxD, Jan, 8.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Madrid, saying the postponement of theusual meeting of the Cabinet on Fri- day caused a great deal of uneasiness in the Spanish capital, and gave rise to ru- mors that a ministerial crisis is imminent. It is considered more likely, however, that General Weyler has been ordered to send the Spanish Governmeni good news at any cost before, the next meetingof the Cabinet. — Takes No Stock in the Confevsion. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 8.—Captain O’Brien of the detective bureau this morning said that he took no stock in the story told by Frederick, Bauman in Louis- ville that he murdered Frank Arbuckle of Denver. The yarn was made out of whole cloth. AN INNOOENT OULPRIT. It Fires the Alarm Gun at the Wrong Time and Stirs Up ¥ort and Town. Cape Town, South Africa, claims the honor of possessing the smallest creature ever known to have been a gunner in the royal artillery, or any other artillery. At the casile, Cape Town, it appears there is a magnificent gun worked by electricity, used for giving the midday and evening timg, accoraing to the Brocton Times. One day the military and civillans of Gape Town wera surprised to hear the gun go off at 10:30 o'clock in the morning. The general commanding the station sent to inquire what such irregularities meant; the brigade major did the same. The commanding otficers of each regiment and battery stationed at Cape Town sent messengers, but no one could be found upon whom to lay the blame. The offi- cials conld give no explanation; they were as much surprised as any body. The general in command of the station became farious at such an unheard of in- fringement of discipiine. He was sure there was mismanagement somewhere or the act could not have been possible. Strict search was ordered td.be made, but although the crder was carried out to the | letter the culprit remained undiscovered. Then when the search had been prac! cally abandored the little gunner was ac- cidently discovered and arrested. There be lay inside the instrument that trans- mits the electric current from the Royal Observatory of Cape Town to the great gun. This instromentis calloda relay, and is in the_central telegraph office of the station. The action of the current go- ing through the instrument’s main moves a sort of light tongue, which is so finely set that the slightest touch will affect it the tongue forces the current into whatare termed the time fuses, whicn ;fire the gun at the castle. Right ins.de the relay was found the little gunner. He was discovered by an official who was examining the instrument, and who was surprised to see inside—a big brown spider. In its explorations within the instrument the spider must have touched the tongue sufficiently to move it, and thus fired the gun. The general sent the spider to the Cape Town museum, where it is now to be seen with a card underneath entitling it “The Littie Gunner,” and giving a full account of its exploit with the Cape Town mid- day gun. ————— Picturesque Wales. All along the fields of Wales stand ruins and castles crumbling to decay. Owls hoot and ivy clambers in the grass-grown chambers and rugged turrets, as they have done throughout many a hundred years. 0ld towns sleep at the footof old hillsand the footsteps of strangers walking through quaint, irregular streets call ancient dames to ancient doors to peep curiously forth upon the’ passer-by. The country abounds in charming subjects for the artist—the castle standing in the marshes, the alehouses and taverns, old-fashioned characters smoking long pipes, shepherds with their sheep dimly seen in the moun- lonely fishermen exercising thair patient craft, people in outlandish garb crossing fords on their way to market, small hamlets with their modest mills, larger villages where the idiers gather on summer evenings at the crumbling stone bridges; here the memorial of some famous battie ground, or some abbey or monastery of thirteenth-century archi- tecture: there the residence of some wealthy squire, with green acres and noble trees; and, above all, bare, bleak hilltops add just the requisite touch of severity to the aspect, to say nothing of the grotesque legends inseparable from it all. Even the topography of the country is grotesque. It has sometimes been suid that the founder of Welsh geographical names must have taken all the letters of the alphabet, drunk many tankards of cwrw da, then kneaded the letters in a very confused manner and thus given them to the world. But even a Welsh baby can pronounce Cymreigyddion, and no one in the country thinks anything of Liangefelack.—Buffalo Commercial. B e W. R. Haskell set a trap for coyotes near Lakin, Kans., and caught immense golden eagle, measuring 6} fect from tip to tip. OIL CLAIMS T0 BE DEVELOPED Fresno Capitalists Invest in an Enterprise at Coalinga. Wells Will Be Sunk to Tap the Beds of Petroleum in the Foothills. Their Product to Bs Brought to Mar- ket Through Piping Miles in Length. FRESNO, CaAL, Jan. 8.—Articles of in- corporation are being prepared in this city for a new oil company which has been organized within the past few days. Itis to be known as the Home Oil Company, and the following are its officers: Presi- dent, G. W. Terrill; vice-president, L F. | Poston; treasurer, C. M. Kilbourne; sec- | retary, K. W. Brown; manager, Captain Frank Barrett. The new organization proposes to de- | velop an oil claim in the foothills in the southwestern portion of the county, lo- cated about nine miles above conllng.‘ The company is said to have some excel- lent prospects, its claim giving indications | | of zood mineral value, and boring will be begun at once. The machinery is already | on the ground, and it is the intention to | | push the operations with vigor. ! The company intends to construct a pipeline from its wells to a point on the | Southern Pacific Reilroad, about a mile | south of Coalinga. Cuptain Barrett was yesterday granted permission by the | | Board of Supervisors to lay the line along | | the county road. It will be nine miles in | length and large enough to convey a big | | stream of oil. It will be the.first pipe- | |line for the transmission of o1l in the county. No pumps will be required, as the pipe will pe laid so as to take advan- | tage of the law of gravitation, the wells ! being situated about 700 feet higher than | the railroad. The company will deal ex- | clusively in crude oul, and does not in- | tend, for the present, at least, to build a | refinery. A ready sale for the vpetrolenm | m s = -0-0-0-0 on board the cars.at Coalinga is expected. Captain Barrett is the principal owner | of the new enterprise. The stockholders | have invested considerable capital in it, | and it is understood that Eastern capital | sts are also interested. The Sunset Oil Company, which owns a tract of 1380 acres north of Alcalde, has | begun work in earnest. A lot of new ; machinery arrived on the ground last | Saturday, and preparations are being made | to bore for oil. The company will start in | with a ten-inch drill, and will bore down 1000 feet. The machinery is the finest that | could be bought, and as soon as the derrick that is being erected is in working order, drilling will be commenced. A water plant has already been put in. The refinery in this city will start up soon. | New machinery will be added and its | capacity increased. It will manufacture all the different products of petroleum, and 1he company expects excellentreturns on itsinvestment. i hee | VINEYARDISTS DEFRAUDED. 1 Crops Sold to a Certamn Buyer. | FRESNO, CAL, Jan. 8.—A number of | vineyardists in various portions of the | county claim they have been bilked by L. | { E. Karr, and are talking of instituting | criminal prosecution. The amounts out | | of which they were defrauded were small, | | but they aggregate a considerable sum. | Karr is at present in Riverside, engaged | | in fulfilling an orange-picking contract. | Karr i3 1n the business of picking fruit | | by contract, devoting himself to grapes in | | this county in the summer and to oranges | |in the southern part of the State in the | { winter. He confined himeelt mostly to | | the second crop of ‘grapes while here. | | During the season just closed he bought | i | | { | Declare They Have Not Recewed Pay for | I | | the crops 1n a number of vineyards in the | county, agreeing to pay the owners when he should get his returns from the | wineries. He would bring a large force of men to pick the grapes and then haul the | fruit away. After this he rareiy returned | to settle with the owners of the vinevards. | | When found and asked for an explanation | he would invariably say that he had not | yet received any returns. i Karr’s operations here on this line are | said to have been quite extensive. They | | have not been confined to the season of | 1896 alone, but it is said that he failed to | pay for the crops of several vineyards the | year before. i Karr had a large torce of pickers in his employ during fhe past season in this: county, and they bad to take extreme | measures to get their wages. They had what they considered good reasons to | believe thzt he was trying to bilk them | also; but if he had any such intention he | was not successful in carrying it out. The | settlement was effected a. few weeks ago ! at the ranch of Mrs. Captain Smith, about | five miles north of Sanger. The laborers | took forcible possession of their employer | and made him prisoner in an outbuilding. | They kept him there over night, and upon his refusal to yield in the morning they made preparations to give him a coating of tar and feathers. He then signed a | check for the men's wage: —————— 7 Altemptea Suicide at Stockton. STOCKTON, CAL., Jan. 8. —F. Benedetti, | an Italian who claims to live in San | Francisco, attempted to kill himself with ‘: a knife in the Europa Hotel this morn- | ing. He took a room in the hotel last | night. This morning he told the clerks | that some one was after him to kiil him, | and that he would end his life before they 1 caught him. The police were notified, | and found Benedetti in his room, bieeding | from two deep cuts under the heart, made with a jack-knife. ' He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, and may live. Satohigy dei LOS ANGELES Can, Jan. 8.—John| Swanson, a blacksmith, 42 years’ old, committed suicide this afternoon, shoot- | ing himeelf with a shotgun. Swanson arose early this morning and taking his | gun loaded it with two cartridges, and | while he lay upon a bed braced the gun | against_his knees, lay back on a pillow ! and pulled the trigger, the muzzle of the gun being in his mouth. ! SR g Los Angeles Editor’s Death. LOS ANGELES CaL., Jan. 8.—Chase | Codori, editor of Pheenix, a weekly paper published in the interest of liquor-dealers, died this aiternoon from peritonitis. A | few days ago, while attempting to board a Southern Pacific train, at Nauds Junc- tion, Codori fell under the wheels. . His right lez was so lacerated that it had to be amputated. [ ! Swuicide at Los Angeles. | i I | Masker’s Ticket. Inthe pockets of the man found deadyesterdsy near the Spring Valley Water Company’s lake was found a commutation ticket to Oskland beur lry‘ the name T. Masker, and punched last uly. i ; i i i i § i i § " fir i) i 3 =E=0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0E====3= . == \ i b3 il woman looks for something specified if you want any. NE=ZE==2T=000000L000000=====12 uLITTLE LUMPS OF SUGHR FOR THE BIRDS" May be attractive enough in their way, but the average TO-PAY—PEY Gnons i) his more tangible. BARGAINS like we offer to-day come pretty near filling the bill—but "y you want to get around to-day between the special hours elastic is a rich snade of navy blue, buckles are massive size, in silver, values at 75¢ apiece. S LACE-EDGED VEILS, and cream; were splendid value at brown; forwec prices were up to§ TABLE DAMASKS, 39c a Yard. The most wondertvl linen value made goods, almost 72 inches ( would be value at 75¢ a yard. ot TWO-CLASP WALKING GLOVES, 75c Pair. The popular style at presént. seam stitching and two dome w ered back; value at § ALL-SILK RIBBONS, &c a Yard. Pure Silk, Satin and Gros-Grain Ri as pink, light biues, cardinals, yellows, lilacs, greens, creams and other pobular shades among them ; value at20c and 25c & yard. yards to a purchaser. HEMMED HUCK TOWELS, 8ic Each. Tremendous value. The size is 36 Sededis THIS HORNING FROM 9 T0 12 0°CLOCK. FANCY DRESS GINGHAMS, s5c a Yard. {\bont 50 pieces of them all told, mostly all dark, rich colorings, in Scotch Clan and fancy plaids and stripes; a regular 10c grade. SILK ELASTIC BELTS, 29c Each. Oniy about 5 dozen of them, so not more than one to a purchaser. “LA CIGALE” COMPLEXION SOAP, 15¢ Box. Our famous special brand of fine Toilet Soap that always sells for 25c a box of 3 cakes, will be sold for three hours this morning at 15¢ a box. Not more than two boxes to & purchaser. THIS EVENING FROM § T0 10 0'CLOCK. Fancy Dotted and Plain Silk Veils, French Valenciennes Lace, full, liberal size, in black, navy sblue, brown FELT WALKING HATS, 33c Each. Ladies’ Stylish Felt Walking Shapes, trimmed with bana and bow of silk ribbon, some with quills; shades are black, navy blue and seal Y W t clasps; Tans and Reds in sizes 5§ to 734, White and Black in sizes 514 to 614; all have wide silk embroid- . Only one pair to a purchaser. The , 3)4 inches wide, silk tront. Tne oxidized and black finish; splenuid ==0-0-00-0-0-00000 il ) i i il i 10c Each. edged around three sides with One only to a purchaser. 1 50 each. One oniy to a purchaser. er offered. They are heavy Scotch rds) wide, and lovely large patterns; more than six yards to a purchaser. weight Kid Dress Gloves, over- bbons in Nos. 22 and 16, such shades Only five inches long by 17inches wide. Think ! of such a linen towel, with pretty colored borders and hemmed edges at 85c apicce; worth fully 15c. |il LADIES’ WRAPPERS, 69c Each. The star bargain of the evening. Only 15 dozen of them, so be on hand They’re made of a heavy twilled cotton serge cloth at 8 o'clock sharp. in lovely foulard patterns on dark grounds. teau, the front gathered and fastened with a belt; lined to the waist; all value $1 25 each. sizes from 34 to 42; i Not more than six to a purchaser. "' I The backs are full Wat- Only one to a purchaser. FPropzs & MARKET AND W AGmourger IhHe Mewxe s ) é TAYLOR STS. summmoummm ! % | ] .. MARp, F Q";fi\‘o@a""’ | GREAT & OF THE AGE LY MEDIGN Which is an external and internal remedy without an equal, HOT A NEW PREPARATION, BOT ORE THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF OVER A QUARTER OF A GENTURY. Thousands of persous all over the United States gratefully praise Dr. Mar- tin’s Pain Curer and are never without it. The Curer is free from all injurious and poisonous properties, and is en- tirely vegetable in its composition. It tones up and strengthens the system, purifies the blood, expels bad matter from the organs of the body generally, promotes digestion, regulates theappe- tite and secures a healthy state of the eystem and its various functions. Taken occasionslly as a preventive of disease, it keeps the mind cheerful and happy by promoting healthfal action of the skin, heart, lungs, stomach, pancress, bowels, liver, kidneys, bledder, spleen, spinal coMumn, and the whole nervous system. It is also especially always ‘WOMAN'S FRIEND, and is unequaled FORTHE PREVENTION AND GURE —OF— Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pains in General, Bowel Complaints, Dys- pepsia, Dysoutary, Cholera Mor- bus, Diphtheria, Sore Throat, Pneumonia, Diabetes, Nervous Complaints, Diseaso @f the Stom- ach and Bowels Generally, Liver fFomplaints, Kidney Complaints, Sciatica, Lumbago, Oolds, Coughs, Local and General Debility, Head- ache, Earache, Toothache, Sick- ness in Stomach. Backache, Burns, Swellings, Boils, Sores, Ulcer: Colic, Cramps, Sprains, Eraises, Scalds, Wounds, Costiveness, In- digestiom, Skin Diseases, Exces- sive Itchings and many other complaints too numerous to name here. In a word, the great Pain Curer of the Age is an unequaled family remedy. Price: 25¢, 50c, $1.00 per Bottfle, L._CALLISCH, Wholcsale Agent for the Pacific Coast, San Jose, Cal. For sale by all druggists. The trade lll%plled by Redington & Co., Mack & Co. and Langley & Michaeis. San Francisco. | approved on the { snoually, aiid also by said ordinance authori | any part of said high school building | thereateer, | ulnety days after notice of acceptance. NOTICE INVITING SEALED PROPOSILS For the Purpose of Sale of Bonds of the City of San Jose. HE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL O! the Cliy of Sau Jose, having by ordinance titied ~An ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of bonds of the passed on tue 21st day ¢ dday of December, 189 ordained that thers should be issued by said of San Jose six hundred high school building bonds, of the denomination of 8125 each. and four hundred sewer bonds of the denomination of $100 each, both classes of bonds to bear interest at the rate Of a4 Ler cent per annum. payable sem: ud' directed the City Clerk of suld city togive otice {aviting proposals for the sale of said bonds, now therefore Public notice Is hereby given that the City of San Jose intends to issue one thousand bonds aforesaid, ang that sealed proposals wiil be received at the office of said City Clerk. at the City Hall in San Jose, California. ustil the hour of eight o'clocs .M., on the eighth day ot February, 1897 (at | which time, or as soon thereafter as said Mayor and Common Council shall duly convene, said bids ill be opened), for the purchase of the whole or nd sewer bonds, or either tnereof. Said bonds are to bear Gate June 1, 1897, and the interest thereon to bo day <f December h year thereaiter, able in goid coin of ates both principal and interest p Iawful nfoney of the United » Said high school building bonds shall be num- bered consecutively from one to six hundred, both izclusive, and ba divided into forty series, num- bered consecutively irom one o iorty, both in- clusive, each series comsisting of fifteen bond«; the first s is 10 Include tiose bonds which are numbered from one to fifu th inclusive, and each succeeding series is to lnciude the fifteen bonds numbered consecatively after those la- cluded in the next preceding series. id sewer bonds shail be numbered consecu- tively from one to four hundred, boih inclusive, &nd b divided into forty series numbered fon secutively from one to foriy, both Inclusive. each series consisting of ten bonds; the first series is to inciude those bonds which are numbered from one to ten, both inclusive, and each succeeding | serfes is to incinde the ten bonds numbered co:- secutively atter those included in the next pre- ceding series. The first serics of sald high school building bonds and said sewer bonds sh.ll be made payabio ou the first day of June, 1598, and_one of the re- maining series s to be made payable oa the first day ot June in each succeeding ca endar vear until and including the ye.r 19: Seid bonds are to be made payadle to ih- order ¢ | the purchaser or payee by name, and to each of said bonds there i3 to be attached interest-bea: coupons, double in number to the number of ais | whicn such bond bas to run before its maturity. Proposals must staté the price offeied, the descrip- | tion of the bonds desired, and be accompan.ed by | & certified check on some respousivle bank, pay- able to the order of the Mayor of said Cits, for at | least ten per cent of the amount. bid, sald check 1o ,. be returned to bidder in casethe’ bid is not ac- | cepted. The purchase money for said bonas shall be paid In gold coinof the Uniied = tates wit toaccept any or all bids and to reject sny bids, or porilons of bids, ix_hereby expre served. J. W. COOK, City Dated January 2d, 1897. | THE SUCCESS of THE SEASON The GRILL L or . ROOM PALACE HOTEL. Direct Entrance from Market St. OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGIE. ELECTRIC BELTS Are good things if prop. erly made: but there 18 no & sense in payinz a high price for a poor stiicle simply because some ad- verlising - -‘quack’ ~ de- mands it_Buy no Belt il yon see Dr. Plerce's. Pouk Free. Callor DE. PIERCE « st Branch Ofiice 640 Market st césmo:?oz.z-r AN, Opposite U. S Mint, 100 and 102 Fifth at., ¥a1 Francisco, Cal.—The mos:. select. famlly hotel 11 ihe "Board and room 81, $1 26 und $1 50 pee Meals 25c. Kooms RO 56 & day. coachi 10 aod from the hoieL Zoak for tag Coach bearlus tho asma of the Uox mopolitan Hatel Wik FALKY, Propriews