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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1897. 5 FORGER SAHDERS AGAIN 1§ COURT Twice Convicted, He Still Strives for Free- dom. Third Trial’ of the Man Who Last Saw William Woot- ton Alive. Beginning of Another Chapter in the Mystery Veiling the Rancher’s Disappearance FRESNO, Caw., Jan. 18.—The third trial of Professor W. A. Sanders for forging the name of William Wootton to a $4000 draft on the Kutner-Goldstein Company of this oity was begun before Judge Webb in the Superior Court to-day, and before evening four jurors had been sworn. The case involves the mysterious disap- pesrance of Wootton from his ranch in the foothills above Reedley nearly three yoars ago. Although sufficient evidence has never been gathered to prefer the | oharge, Sanders is believed to have been | yesponsible for Wootton’s disappearance. Wootton was last seen at his ranch on Jenuary 31, 1894, according to authentic information. He was then seen driving away with S8anders by a farmhand named | Charles Rohloff. Bince then no trace of | him, either dead or alive, has ever been fouhd, although a determined search was | made. At Banders’ secona trial the de- fense had & witness who claimed that he | had met the aged rancher in San Fran- cisco after February L The jury evidently did not believe the witness, a8 it took them only forty min- utes at the conclusion of the trial to arrive at a verdiot of guilty. At Sanders’ first trial, which was beld in June and July of 1894, the jury disagreed. The sec- ond trial took place in April, 1895. Upon his conviction Judge Webb sen- tenced the professor to ten years’ im- | prisonment at Folsom. The defendant, | when refused & new trial, appealed to the | Supreme Court, which last September reversed the denial of Judge Webb and | granted a third trial. The same attorneys appear in the pres- | ent trial as in the former two. The pros- | ecution is being conducted by District | Attorney Snow and Samuel J. Hinds, who s employed by relatives of Wootton. The defendant is represented by Frank H. | hort and F. E. Cook. | had seen them devouring fruit buds, and | Mrs. Zowmivor desperate characters who waylaid and murdered him s SAN JOSE GRANGE'S PETITION. Legisiature Asked to Pass a Law Making Shooting in Orchards a Misdemeanor. SAN JOSE, Car, Jan. 18.—Horticul- tural Commissioner Enrhorn and a num- ber of prominent orchardists appeared be- fore the Board of Supervisors this morn- ing—the time set for hearing the petition of the San Jose Grange and Fruit-growers’ Convention, asking that robins be pro- tected—to discuss the merits and demerits of the robin as a destroyer of insects and pests injurious to orchards and vineyards. The board adopted & resolution asking the Legislature to passalaw makingita misdemeanor for auy person to shoot in- side of an orchard or vineyard without first obtaining permission of tne owner. No action was taken to protect the robins. Commissioner Ehrhorn presented a verbal report as 1o his investigations as to the diet of the robin. He said his exami- nations had convinced him that the bird was an all-round feeder. The crops of birds taken from the Goodrich orchard were full of olives. Also pepper berries and many bettles were found in abund- ance. He had found no ladybirds, but the fact that the bird had not hesitated at beetles, with their hard wings, led him to believe that they would readlly devour the ladybird and other pest-destroyers. He had been told the robin would not eat the ladybird because it was bitter, but he thought it did not exceed in bitterness either the olive or the pepper berry. He had as yet found no peach-vorer in a robin’s crop. He thought an investi- gation shounld be made of the food habits | of all birds found in the country. Re- ports had reached him of sparrows de- stroying the tender huds on trees. E.E. Goodrich spoke of the depreda- tions of the robins. He thought they should not be protected, as they did great damage to olives and grapes. Frank Burkholder and W. D. Lewis spoke of the experiment recently made on the Cozzens ranch with the robin asa destroyer of the peach-borer. The former bad never seen a robin eating worms, but the latter had seen robbins gather in great number and devour every worm they could find while the men were uncovering | the trunks of trees so the birds could get at the peach-borers. G. W. Wortben of the San Jose grange | s4id he had seen robins eating canker | worms and catching and eating the canker | worm moths. He thought further inves- | tigation as to the bird’s diet should be made. Colonel Hall was of the opinion that the robin was u benefit to orchards. Hunters did great damage to the trees by | shooting at the birds. Shooting injured | the limbs and destroyed the buds. J. P. C. Murphy was of the same opinion. 8. 8. | Haines thought the present laws sufficient to protect the orchards, if enforced. Commissioner Ehrh Tn said shot was 8 most damaging thing to & tree. The| wound makes a running sore that will | neverheal. Hesaid hunting in an orchard | was a nuisance and that when signs for- | bidding shooting were put up hunters shot them down, i SR SUES FOE A DIVORCE. Declares That She Was Cruslly Treated. cution claims that it has some | ry important evidence to pre- | sent agairst Sanders at this trial, which prove beyond question, they assert, at heis guilty. What this new evidence not be learned, but the men back of e prosecution are not given to making | statements of this kind that cannot be 1pon. The alleged forgery for which Sanders | ial is believed to have been but a b ning of a wholesale execution of for- | geries whereby the defendant expected to | zain po: ion of Wootton’s wealth after | g got the ranch out of the way. | ner says that a man named | ] h, who, as Sanders testifies, | “had the longest beard of any man in California,” purchased the ranch from Wootton, and that he (Knausch) trans- ferred.the property to him (Sanders) ac- nz to a huge speculative scheme they formulated. he prisoner says that Knausch was | resent at the Wootton house on Jaraary 18%4, when the big deal! was consum- | But ti.e defendant has succeeded ling only two witnesses who ever or heard of ausch. When placed upon the stand elast trial these two men gave en- ce of Wootton has never been surpassed | n the Btate’s history. For miles, toward | source and outlet, Kings River has been | dragged for the aged rancher's body, it the general supposition that San- sposed of him there, but never a found. Sanders is nearly 60 yearsof age and the two years’ confinement in the.county jail here has told seriously on his health. He peared in court this morning looking 1d emaciated, and expressed the ear toa CALL correspondent that he would | to bear up under the ““torture” ree or four weeks the trial will lers d trace w of the ast. MURDER NEAR CUCAMONGA. Aged William Hespe Waylaid and Killed While Returning to His Ranch From Ontario. LOS ANGELES, CAL.. Jan. 18.—Accord- ing to the opinion of officials in the vicin- of Cucamongs and North Ontario, Villiam Hespe, an aged resident of the jrmer place, was clubbed to death yester- day on the road between Ontario and his home. The body ot Hespe was carried home in | the family carri o which was attached & gentle horse, which ket to the road as | though driven by its careful owner. The sight of her husband covered with blood | on the floor of the carriage, his temple | criished ana his face cut, came near prov- | | rs. Hespe. She is still in a ion. e Murphy and a posse went | the road that Hespe had Ontario to Cucamonga, investigated overy foot of They found Hespe’s hat lying | e, and at one spot discovered | pool of blood. Beyond these there were noindications of a struggle. | The wind was blowing heavily at the | e and this bad the effact of obliterating | e= of the crime by drifting sand over the road. | The Coroner was notified to come from | gan- Bernardino, and the Sheriff also was | acquainted with the fact that a murder | very suspicious and Ontario is eillunce, but up to this time no | one has been arrested. Robbery was unquestionably the motive for the crime. Hespe bad come to town to meet his son-. D. J. Bergstrom of | San Pedro, nd was to have received a sum of money with which to purchase needed on the Hespe ranch. girom missed the train to this city for O o and telegraphed to his father- i-law to wait until next Sunday. This elegram was not dehvered to Hespe. rgsirom believes that some one learned of his intention to give the old man money and that had he reached Ontario and ac- | companied his father-in-law to Cuca- monea, he too would Lave been mur- dered. < It is believed that Hespe confided the fact that he was to receive money to some the way. at the roads: the mythical John | different descriptions of the man. | mystery surrounding the disappear- | SAN JOSE, CaL., Jan. 18.—Articles of | | Coast Fied | cluded. | Jadge C. N. Post, William Dormer and J. SAN JOSE, CaL.,, Jan. 18.—Mary A. Loumibos to-day began a suit for divorce | from J. G. Loumibos on the ground of cruelty. They were married at San Lean- | dro in 1894. Plaintiff alleges that soon | afterward her husband began treating her | cruelly and she was obliged to leave him | and return to her home. Her husband | entreated her to return to him, and his | father, J. Loumibos, agreed to give hera home at El Verano, Sonoma County, val- | ued at $3000, if she would return to her | husband. She accepted her fatber-in- law’s office, but in & short time her hue- | band resumed his cruel treatment. She now wants a divorce and half of $7000 | worth of community property. There ar no children. J. Loumibos, the father-in- law, is also made a party to the suit to | compel him to convey to plaintiff the | home promised her in Sonoma County. — Fought Near San Jose. | SAN JOSE, CAL., Jan. 18.—"Kid"”’ Evans of this city and Cbarles Cox of San Fran- | cisco met on the Alameda last nightin a | finish fight, for a purse of $20. Six-ounce | gloves were used. Billy Dacey was referee | and James Wallace of San Francisco held | the watch. Evans, who weighed 123 | pounds, had no difficulty in besting his | | opponent, who weighed 145 pounds and | was several inches taller, and in the sec- | ond round knocked him out. g i Valley Lond Company Incorporated. incorporation of the Valley Land Com- pany were fiied with the County Clerk to- day. The object of the corporation is to wuy and sell 1snd and deal in agricultural, borticultural and viticultural products in Sants Clara County. The capital stock is $100,000. Thomas F. Campbell, J. M. Stowell, 8. J. Campbell, M. E. Campbell and E. F. Campuvell are named asdirectors. S Co-operation Proved a Failure. SAN JOSE, CAL., Jan. 18.—By petition of two-thirds bf the members of the Co- | operative Association of tne Santa Clara Valley, filed ‘with the County Clerk to- day, the affairs or that concern will be brought to a flose. The reacor given for thix action is that | toe business was not paying. George B, | Johnson, F. Shafter and C. H. Fuller, | members of the association, are named to act in liquidating the debts of the associa- tion within $ix months from date. St T BAKERSFIELD F1ELD TRIALS, Fourtrenth Annwal Meeting of the Pacific Coast Ciub. BAKERSFIELD, Can, Jan. 18. -The fourteenth annual meet of the Pacific als Glub opened nunder favorabie auspices at 10:3) o'clock this morning ch the Wible place, tweive miles southwestof town. The grounds were in | fine condiion, the birds somewhat scarce and the day, though somewhat foggy at | first, tursded out to be fair enouigh. W hile the attepdance was smaller than usual there wefe more entries than for several s-asons And an unnsuaily lively interest was mafifested. The crowd is expected lo increfse before the sports have con- here are eighteen entries in the Derby and eight in the ail ages. First brace—H. T. Payne’s Counf Harold, handled by Allender, and John > Wick: low, hahdied by Lucas. The former made one point :md the latter three. Their wor's was good. Second brace—Herman Oelrich’s Dock H, andjed by Allender, and Mr. Guise’s Sadio opkins, iandled by Hugh Hopkins. Dock H scored one and Sadie five. Trird brace—Glenwood birds. ‘ Fourth brace—Don Graphic and Countess K. Egch made five points Fifth brace—Fandaugo and Kern of Ken- wood. No birds. This ended the events of the day. The work done by each of the braces was favor- ably criticized by the experts present. and Speedy. No M. Kilgariff acted as judges, e Overdur at Port Townsend. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Jan. 18.— The schooner Liura Madsen is ont fifty- eight days from Salvarry, Peru, and grave apprehension is manifested in shipping circles. Itis loaded with a cargo of raw sugar for Vancouver. The vessei is owned | in San Francisco by B. H. Mad<en, and Was under charter to J. W. Gracs & Co. — e -— Trendweil Pleads Not Guilty. SAN JOSE, CAn, Jan. 18.—James G. Treadwell, through his attorney, pleaded not guilty of striking Miss Louise Buch- anan Saturday might, and the trial was one, and that this information reached set for Friday afieruoon. 1 | paper filed in Ventura to-day comes from | is about 28 years of age and quite intelli- | it to become known on account of the un- | niece is Mrs. Richard Hearne, wife of one CLAIMS HEIRSHIP T0 PIETRAS LAKD Los Angeles Prisoner Says He Was a Son of the Millionaire. Attacks the Will Which Gave the Estate to the Dead Man’s Brother. Contest for a Princely Domain B gun in the Ventura County Courts. VENTURA, Civn, Jan. 18.—A docu- ment was this afternvon filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Ventura County which gives promise of a series of sensational developments. It is a petition to revoke the probate of the paper claimed to be the will of the late [ Antonio Schiappia Pietra, the wealthy Italian rancher of Ventura. Schiappia Pietra died on February 1, 1895, at San Remo, Italy, whither he had gone in search of health. He was never married, and, it was generally supposed, had no kindred nearer than a brother. In January, 1896, nearly a = year after Schiappia Pietra’s death, a small piece of paper purporting to be in his handwriting turned up in Ventura in the possession of his brother, Leopoldo Schiappia Pietra. By the terms of this brief document Leopoldo was made his brother’s sole heir and the executor of the will. On the 18th day of January, 1896, this alleged will wa admitted to probate, and Leopoldo quietly stepped into an estate that is estimated to be worth anywhere from $1,500,000. to $2,000,000. Now comes the most interesting feature of the case. In the Los Argeles County Jail is now confined on a serious charge & man called John Lee, but whose baptismal name is Michael Antonio Ortega. The Ortega and is presenied by his counsel, the Hon. Frank F. Davis of Los Angeles. It sets forth among various other interest- ing matters that Ortega is the son and only child and sole heir-at-law of the de- ceased Schiappia Pietra; that the paper admitted to probate as Schiappi Pietra’s will1s a forgery, and that Ortega is the lawful inheritor of his father’s immense estate. It is currently reported that Or- tega’s parentage is within the knowledge of a dozen reputable witnesses, and that he is backed by friends sufficient to enable ‘him to conduct a most vigorous fight for his patrimony. The estate, which is one of the richest and best-paying in Southern Oalifornia, was originally a Spaunish grant, and con- sists of severel thousand acres adjoining the city of Ventura, all ot which is under, a very- high state of cultivation. Besides this there 1s choice business property in the cities of Santa Barbara and Ventura. The home of Leopoldo Schiappia Pietra, in this city, is one of the finest in the county, and is luxuriously furnished throughout. Ortega, who is now contesting for his interests, is charged with an attack upon the 13-year-old daughter of a wholesale saddler of Los Angeles, which is alleged to bave been made two montbs ago. He gent. His mother, Mrs. Carrie Bisbee, is at present a resident of Oakland. The latter admits Ortega to be her son by An- tonio Schiappia Pietra, but never allowed pleasant notoriety which she would gain by going to court. Mrs. Bisbee is very highly connected throughout: Southern California. Her brother, Joseph Brobbo, was until recently manager of the Arling- ton Hotel at Santa Barbara, while her of the leading grocers of this city. She | has other relatives who are also highly connected here. UKIAH MURDER MYSTERY. Body of a Man Who Was S/ain While He Slept Is Found on a River Bank. |8 UKIAH, CAL., Jan. 18.—While fishing | for salmon in Russian River yesterday | evening, Marion Hoss discovered the hand | af a human being protruding through | § the sand on the west bank, about 100 yards south of where the county road between this place and the Insane Asylum | crosses Clark Bridge, two miles southeast | of town. The discovery was reported to | the Coroner, J. H. Barker,!who repaired to the scene. Barker succeeded in recov- | ering the body of a man from the sand and debris by which it was covered. A jury was empaneled this morning and an inquest held. The verdict, which was approved by Coroner Barker, found that | the name of the deceased was unknown; that e was aged about 40 vears and came to his death about four months ago at the hands of parties unknown, and that tie immediate cause of his death was a blow struck on the back of the head with some blunt instrument which crushed his skull. He was described as a man of light com- plexion and light brown hair, 170 pounds in weight and 5 feet 9 inches in height. The case is now in the hands of the Sheriff. The generally accepted theory is that the murdered man was oneof the mahy hoppickers who come to this part of the country each year in September |§ and October. These men generally camp along the river bottom, and 1t is believed | that this one was murdered and robbed while asleep. His skull was broken in in a number of places. He was evidently buried to hide evidence of the crime, but the flow of the water in the river uncov- ered the body. The theory thai he was murdered while asleep is borne out by the fact that when found the body was clothed only in an undershirt and a pair of drawers. = A two-bit piece and a plug of tobacco were found in a snirt pocket.. No | papers were found which would give a clew to the identity of the body. - LIBELED BY NEIGHBOKS, Mountainesr Benson Found Inmocent of @ Murder Charge. i FRESNO, CaL., Jan, 18.—Coroner Long, | Deputy District Attorney Williams and County Health Officer Adair returned fo- day from Burrough Valley in the moun- tains, whether they went to investigate | i§ the report brought down by Constables | b Denpis and Burton that Edward Benzon had strangled his three babes after the death of their Indian mother. The result ¢ inquiry was that the old and pe- culinr mountaineer was proven innocent, and the officers are somewhat wrathy over being 'ed to make the expensive and dis- agreeabie trip for nothing. Tt anpears thatthe report was started by neighbors who are at outs with Benson. It was ascertained that his wife died 1m- me\d:ntriiy after giving birch to triplets and they died shortly afterward. //57 ROSAMONDE O’CONNELL, Who Made Her Debut Last Night at" the Grand. CLEVER “TURNS" AT THE COLUMBIA “The Devil's Auction” Con- tains Many New Sp:cialties. Military Display in “A Fair Rebei” at the Alca- zar. Rosamonde O'Conrell, a Local Debut- ante, Makes Her F.rst Appzarance at the Gian . “The Devil’s Auction,” which opened at | the Columbia Theater last nignt, has come back with so many new ‘‘turns,” new songs, new costumes, scenery and peovle, that it is almost a new perform- ance. The filmy thread of action on which “The Devil’s Auction’’ hangs cannot be called a plot, it is merely an excuse for in- troducing 8 number of specialties and for displaying pretty scenery, costumes and dances. Not one of the turns last night was dull and most of them were very clever as well as being marked by a refinement which is too often lacking in acts of their kind. The ballets were especially good. San Francisco- is so used to ballets com posed of untrained young women gathered tozether and given a few weeks' hasty training that it was quite a treat to see the skill of the corps de ballet at the Columbia last night. It is a long time since two such accomplished premieres as Emeha Bartolefti and Amelia Mayer- hoffer have been seen here. Some of the prettiest of the ballets were the Feast of the Lanterns and the Sack of Roses. Among the many specialties which won the applause of a large andience were the feats of agility performed by William Ruge as Chaos, the imp of darkness, and the musical comedy acts given by Richard T. Brown. Some of the latter’s songs- are not unknown to frequenters of the Or- pheum, but most of them were new and his jokes and pantomime work were clever, the burlesque of a grand opera singer be- ing especiail - good. In the Benedictine vanlts, a new scene, Richard T. Brown and William Ruge in- troduced some funny pantomime work. Wiliiam Frabel was good as the auction- eer and as the Mandarin’s doctor, in the gardens of the Mandarins, ancther effect- ive new scene. The New York street scene with 'its “Hoboes’ Soiree” was a ‘‘turn’’ that tock well, and the fancy bicycle riding intro- duced in_this act evidently appealed to the cyclists present. To enumerate all the specialties worth seeing in “The Devil’s Auction,” however, would be to name them all, With the strong_tide of popular favor for variety acts which pre- vails at present it is safe to predict a pros- perous run for the latest edition of the “Forever Devil’s Auction.” Alcazar Theater. The Alcazar presented a martial appearance last night, when “A Fair Rebel” was per- formed, with the assistance of Company L, Fjrst Regiment of Infantry, N. G.C. The foyer of the theater was. prettily decorated with | pany of pickaninnies, and had to give an en- numerous flags, ferne, palms, etc., and & guard of honor lined the entrance from the strect to the auditorium and saluted officers from the Presidio, Alcatraz and Angel Island as they passed in to the boxes, which were all pleas- ingly ornamented with flags. Governor Budd and his staff had been invited to grace the opening night of “A Fair Rebel,” and some members of the staff were present. The 3Gov- ernorsentat telegram to say that if it nad been possibie he would huve been present. Anumber of realistic features were intro- duced into the periormance o1 “A Fair Rebel.” Real telegraph wires were set up on real tele- graph poles before the admiring eyes of the audience iu the first act aud Iater on reel dis- alches were received by Operator James F. ogan from the main office o1 the Postal Telegraph Company, the said dispatches pur- | poring tobe real war dispatches. Another feature was the large mumber of soldiers on the stage. As a rule in theatrical warfare the battles on which the fate of uations depends sre lost and won by sess than a dozen men all told, but there seemed to be whnole battaiions of soldiers | marching sbout the Alcezar stage—so many that the stage would not hoid them ail at once, and the head of the army had (o disappesr in the wings before there wus room for the flank to come un. This abundance of gallant guards-. men gave s very realistic appearance to “A Fair Reb:).” On the whole the play was well acted by the Alcazar company. May Buckley made quite & hit with her com- core parade. Miss Kate Belmour was clever es Mrs. Wood, the lady who_shoulders a musket and goes forth to. fight. Mrs. Butes was thor- oughly effective as Aunt Margie, & Southern spinster with designs on the heartof a North- ern officer. George Osbourne, who played the role or the victim of Ler machinations, de- served ail the applause he received. Hugo Toland, who acted the lover of the Fair Rebel, labored under difficulties last night, as he had not thoroughly recoverea his voice aud wes not very sure of his lines. Francis Powers, who reveled in his favorite role of a wicked ioreign adventurer, might also have been on betier speaking terms with | his part. Beatrice Lieb acted the heroine and showed a tendency to overact. F.S. Clavion acted well aud won immense applause for a startling fall when he climbed up to the tele- graph wire and was shot down. The wonder wab that he escaped without breaking any bones. At the Orpheum. The Orpheum’s chief new feature this week is the Franz family, a team of acrobats who do startiing feats of strength and agility. The Franz wear ordinary evening dress, and at first sight it looks startling, to say the least, to see ladies. in long black satin gowns and | gentlemen in dress suits forgetting the ruies of etiquette and buiding themselves into columns and hopping over one another like so many gresshoppers. | Binns and Binns are_doing an amusing mu- sical comedy act, and John Wilson and Bertha Waring appear ds the tramp and the dancing girl. Wilson has pieased tuis City before as a tramp, and Bertha Waring seconds him fairly well. The Hungarian orchestra vary their pro- gramme nightly and Kiralfy’s coryphees have new and gorgeous costumes. Noble and Abuchi | and Marsand remain. Grand Opera-house, «“Against the Stream’ opened at the Grand last night to & crowded house. Miss Rosa- | monde 0’Connell’s debut was, of course, the topic of conversation among the audience. JMiss O’Connell s part, Lively Mag, was but a smill one, but the little lady got all there was 10 be got out of it, and she showed hersely t0 be a capable and painstaking actress. Mortimer Snow es Dick Radiord, in various Qisguises, did his b-st witii the small material furnished bim. Eaward Heron made a gen- uine hit &s Friiz Oppenheimer, nis spectalty | with Lottie Wilitams being loudly appisuded. Fred Butler, Fran.is Hatch, Johu J. Picrson, Leslie Morosco and the rest'of the gentlemen | in the cast did well, but there was not much | for any onme. Neitie Graham, the usual | dramatic heroine, impersonated by Vietory | Bateman, was well acted. . | The firescene was very effective and received | great applause. i At the Tivoll. “Jack and the Beanstalk” was enacted at the Tivoll last night. A new style of programiie whieh is almost a pamphlet in size is adopt- | ed, the interior adorned with s picture, | a la Beardsley, representing an esthetic: | looking lady playing an antique instrument, The programme beers the lezend “1879-1897." This is probably the last week of the clever burlesque “Jack and the Beanstaik.” People’s Palace. | Mahara’s Mammoth Colored Minstrels com- | menced their second week to a fair-sized house | pieased its hearers, if applause goes for any- thing. At the Baldwin Theater, this evening; will take place the first ) operatic concert. TO SWIM AROUND SEAL ROCKS. R. B. Cornell Challenges J. Cogglin to a Match for a Gold Medal. R. B. Cornell of the Olympic Swimming €lub has challenged J. Coggiin of the Dolphin Swimming Club to swim a race around the seal rocks, off the CIiff House shore, for a gold medal of the value of The medal is to be iurnished by the Olym- pic Swimming Club. Cogglin is the man who attempted on two different occasions to swim the Golden Gate subsequent to the accomplishment of that feat by Charles Cornell, and failed, it is said, ow= ing 1o cramps. Cornell is one of the best, strongest and most ambitious of the young amphiblans in the City. He holds all the American amateur records irom a quarter to ‘five miles. He is also a memuer of the Cali- fornia Swimming Club. Cogglin’s friends say he will accept the challenge, and that the match will take place in a short time. Cornell is now in training. He takesa swim out to the seal rocks every day or two. el i Butchers Form a Union. To-morrow evening there will be a mass- meeting of the journeymen butchers of the City at the Temple, 115 Turk street, to form a ed in the butchering ~ business for mutual beuefitand improvement. The committee of organization has received promises of support to the new union from quite & number of signers to the call for Wednesduy -night's meeting. Good speakers will be on hand to expiain ths need of an organization, and all journeymen butchers are requested to be present. VALLEJD CONFLAGRATION. Fire Destroys the Schoolhouse at the Good Templars Home for Orphans. VALLEJO, CaL.,, Jan. 18.—The school building at the Good Templars’ Home for Orphans was destroyed by fire on Sature day night. The blaze was discovered at 11 o'clock and wora was telepboned to town. Soon balf the male population was on its way to the home. It was at first supposed that the home itself, containing upward of 200 children, was on fire. When the townspeople arrived at the scene the children were found up and dressed, and the larger.boys engaged in removing furn- iture - from the burning schoolhouse, Nothing cculd be done toward saving the structure, and it was soon a mass of eme bers. The Vallejo Board of Education has been renting the building for some years past, and, for the preseat, schoo: will be carried on in a temporary structure or in rooms in the home. Jhe buiiding was erected several years ago and was insured for $4000. Two plasterers bad been enzazed in the building during the day repairing some broken spots on_the walls, but they claim to have ieft no fire behind. At 5 o’clock in the afterncon the janiior went through the rooms and closed the ouier doors and locked them for the night. He reporis that there were no signs cf fire. S eidas Gives Escondido a College. SAN DIEGO, Car., Jan., 18.—Henry W, Putnam, a capitalist of this city, has pre- sented to the Escondido school district the property known as Escondido Coliege, including the building and five acres of ground fora campus, vaiued at $25.000. It is understood Escondido will offer the property to the State for a branch naval school to be established within the limits of San Diego County if the appropriation bill before the Legislature passes, Escon- dido is thirty miles northeast of this city and an ideal place for the school. Jast evening. The company is & large one, and NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION FOR MEN’S AND BOYS’ FINE CLOTHING! O WE MUST CLOSE THE DOORS ON AN EMPTY STORE BY FEBRUARY A5th. THE PEOPLE MUST MOVE US! They Wilil be Brought to Our Store by Truly Meritorious Bargains and Not by Bands of Music, That Make a Lot of Noise to Mislead the People. Superior I OVERCOATS. | To describe them, they’re of Kersey, Melton and Chin- chilla, in blue and black. They have a smart tailor tone to them—refined and correct in detail and finish. You might duplicate them elsewhere at $10 or $12. TO MOVE ’EM 1 $6.55. FINE OVERCOATS. We mean it! They're Fine! Inimported and do- mestic fabries, silk and satin lined throughout. Intended cheap at from $20 to $30. $10.00. Attractive Boys’ Suits. One cannot be so poor a . judge of values as not to ap- preciate the losses we’ll sus- tain in this department. Attractive Designs. Attractive Styles. Attractive Makes. Prices to Attract Crowds. You’ye known them al- ways as the $3 and $350] Boys’ Short Pants Suits. TO MOVE 'EM $1.50. the MEN’S BUSINESS SUITS, STYLE, FIT, MAKE, and THOROUGHLY PROPER. You'd blush to wear an old suit if you knew the value that’s in these that we must move at - MEN’S FINE DRESS SUITS. We've done a heap toward paralyzing the tailor business with our values and ability to fit perfectly. Among the extensive lines which must the choicest designs of the weavers’ art| and never sold for less than $15 to $25. ALL | MUST MOVE AT Soaker e $8.851 quickly is a big lot of $6.45 be made to move out Peerless OVERCOATS. They’re of a make and finish that only skilled tai- lors caa produce. 2 In imported Meltons, Fu Beavers and Shetlands. Duplicate ’em at the . tai- lors’ for $25. They’re in the Rush, $8.00. Men’s Pants. They’ll be hurried out at a hurry-out price. They’re all right, though the price sounds ridiculous. 98c. Furnishing" Goods. Asin every department of our store we calculate sav- ing the people at least one- half on every article se- lected. Hats and Caps. Men’s Fedoras, what were called cheap at $2 650 and $2.50 - - - - Caps, all sizes, never offered for ' less than 50c, 190 at - - - - - ‘H. SUMMERFIELD & CO, 024-930 Market Street.