The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 9, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCIS CO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1897 LOVE OF LIQUOR THEIR UNDOING Four Tramps Poisoned by Drinking Illuminating Alcohol. Two Are Dead, Another Missing and a Fourth Writhes | in Agony. Tae Survivor Claims They Bcught the Poisonous Liguid at a Saloon. TULARE, CAL, Feb. 8.—Four tramps were poisoned here last night as a yesult of drinking aleohol which they purchased In Sumner. Two are dead, the third is in A precarious condition and the other can- not be found, but is believad to have suc- | sumbed aiso. Night Watchman Georgze Newell was informed by a tramp s aiter 9| v'clock thata man way dying in a boxcar | Bear the corral. Newell went to the place and found the man suffering intense pain. He gave his name as Stewart Taylor of | Maryeville, Cal. He was brought to the | depot and medical assistance was sum- | moned, but he died in great agony soon afterward. Another tramp, giving his name as Burns, appeared this morning and told | the officers that he believed he had been poisoned. He was taken in charge and wade as comfortable as possible, and is | now at the Centra! Hotel, with some hope | of recovery. From him it was learned the oause of their distress, and he also gave information which led to the finding of a second dead man. | Burns says that the alcohol they drank was purchased at a Sumner saloon. He says they bought forty cents’ worth, and afterward returned and bought twenty- five cents’ worth more. Burns told City Marshal Carlisle that bis partner was in a boxcar and that he was suffering great pain. The officers | went at once to the old roundhouse | 1 | grounds and there found the man’s body. He had died shortly before their arrival. The fourth tramp, who is a short, heavy set fellow, about 35 years old, has not | been found. Burns says he took quite as much of the alcohol as did the others and it is supposed that his body will be found in some ont-of-the-way place. A Coroner’s jur; sed upon the cases of Taylor and the unknown dead, bringing | in a verdict of death by alcoholic poison- ing. It is well known that pure grain alcohol will not kill 1f imbibed moderately, but that wood alcohol is deadly poison and is used only for illummating purposes. | Competent autho: s state that an ounce | of wood alcohol will kill a man. The | bottle the tramps had holds twelve ounces, | enough to kill twelve men., | Burns, who now lies at the Centra | Hotel, is perbaps 37 years old. He is smooth shaven, with the exception ofa | mustache of several weeks’ growth, has a dark complexion, dark hair and is 5 feet | 7 inches 1n height. Taylor and the tramp | whose name cannot be learned will be | buried here to-morrow. | SAN JOSE DIVORCE SUITS. Action Against a Daughter of the Late W. W. Wilson—Decree for Mrs. Hambly. | SAN JOSE, CarL, 5—Frank E. | Coykendall, a prominent young business man of this city, to-day began a suit for | divorce from his wife, Alice Mae Coyken- | dail, now living Chicago, on the| grounds of infideiity and aesertion. The | plaintiff is the daughier of the late W. W. Wilson, the inventor of the Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine. The couple were married in Chicago on November 1892, and the weddinc was an important social affair. They then returned to San Jose accompanied by her father. Shortly after Mr. Wilson died suddenly, and Mrs. Coykendall inherited considerable prop. erty. On January 31, 1896, Mrs, Coykendall re- | turned to Chicago, where she has since re- mained. The divorce case is no surprise, as at the time of Mrs. Coykendall's de- parture her friends understood that she would not return. There are no children and no community property. Kitty Hambly ‘was granted a divorce from Thomas W. Hambly to-day by Judge Lorigan on the gronnd of faiiure to pro- | vide. Hambly first began suit against bis wife on the ground of desertion, but this was abandoned, and she instituted a counter suit. Hambly is a letter-carrier. Mrs. Hambly testified that her husband belonged to s0 manv lodges that the ex- pense was 20 great that Le wasgunable to support her. The plaintiff wasawarded the custody of the child and $20 a montn | alimony. Buit for divorce was commenced tp-day by Flora A. Lacey against Leroy D. facey on the ground of extreme crueity. P SAN JOSE’S INNOVATION. | Secret Socielies of the City Prepare to Open Their Co-Operative Drugstore. SAN JOSE, Car., Feb. 8.—The trouble between the Sons of St. George and the three Ancient Order of Foresters lodges and the physicians and drnggists of this city has culminated in the organization of astock company with = capital of $12,500 jor the purpose of carrying on adrug business. Articles of incorporation bhave been drawn up and wili be filed in a few | days. The stock is divided into 5000 | shares of the vaine of $2 50 each, and will | be sold to the members of the four lodges. It is said that nearly all the stock has been subscribed. Case’s drugstore on San Fernando street, near the postoffice, will be purchased by the company. The difficulty between the societies and physicians is due to the refusal of the doctors to take lodge business at a per capita per member per month. aneidi Ukiah Suspect Bowund uver. UKIAH, CArL., Feb. 8.—The preliminary examination of Gregorio Ybarra, charged with the murder of Benjamin Henderson, near this place, on the 3d inst., was held to-day before Justice of the Peace G. W. Critchfield. The defendant was hound over to the Superior Court for trial with- out bail. ——— To Be Deported From San Diego. SAN DIEGO, Car., Feb. 8.— United States Commissioner Knoles to-day or- dered Ab Wing Wong, Jim Thing and Ah See deported to China. They were arrested by customs cfficers on Friday, on 8 charge of illegaliy entering United States territory and were found guilty to-day. - San Diego Recriver-hip SAN DIEGO, Cav, Feb. 8—Judge | two weeks ago, | noon the case ag Hughes this alternoon appointed A. D. Norman receiver of the Citizens’ Traction Company Electric Raiiroad on petition of the Union Savinge Bank Trust Company, which holds $40,0600 of the company’s bonds, on which interest was defanited. Later the company filed a petition in in- solvency, alleging liabilities of $85,000, including §60,000 in bends. The road wiil be kept in operatiot e R TACOMA’S SMALLPGX SCARE. Third Case Develops Since the Arrival of the Steamship Vi Chine. TACOMA, Wasu, Feb. 8.—The third case of smailpox since Friday has broken out here and grave fears of an epidemic are entertained. The contagious disease was brought from China by the Northern Pacific steamer Victoria, which arrived Its Chinese crew was de- tamned at Diamond Point, but for some reason the quarantine officer allowed the officers nf the ship to come to Tacoma, 1and and circulate among the people. On Satura Second Engineer John ed by smallpox and his residence on L streel was quarantined. The house is constantly watched by the police to prevent people entering or de- parting and a special physician will be chosen to-morrow to attend Cobb. An- other man, who lives at South Tacoma and has been ciosely associated with Cobb during the last few days, was yesterday removed to the iatter’s house and quaran- tined with him. With their families, eight persons are now quarantined in the one house. So far the two men have had no medical attendance, because the city and county authorities are not agreed as to whicn shall assume the responsivility and ex- pense of caring for the sick. To-morrow this will be decided by an opinion of the County Attorney. City Physician Quevli is not anxious to attend the patients, and the city officers prefer that he shall spend his time vaccinating the school children. Another complication arises from the oria From | fact that new charter amendments that have just gone into effect do not providet for a Board of Health. The county pest- house was burnea three years ago, but the Commissioners are arranging to build another at once in the belief that more cases will develop. This afternoon 2 little girl at Thirteenth and A streets, in the center of town, was found to have smalipox. She had been going to school up to yesterday. Federal quarantine officers are blamed for allowing the Victoria’s officers to come ashore and visitors to board the vessel while in port. e URGWNED NEAR SANTA ROSA. Find the Body of Edward Stump, Whose Riderless Horse Was Cop ured Recently. SANTA ROSA, Car, Feb. 8.—The rider- less horse that swam from the Laguna de Santa Rosa on Saturday proves to have been owned by Edward Stump, a son of Conrad Stump of this township. As soon as the animal was identified the parents Searchers | of the young man were notified and a large party began a systemalic search for the rider. For three days their efforts were in vain, and it was not unfil late this afternoon that the body was found in a deep pool about twenty feei beiow the bridge whica Stump had atempted to cross. At the time of the accident the water was running fully four feet above the floor of the bridge, and it is supposed that the swift current threw the horse against the frail railing, which atonce broke and both steed and rider were swept 1nto the seeth- ing flood below. The young man haa started to visit relatives at Cazadero, twenty-five miles distant. He wore a heavy overcoat and was otherwise dressed | tor a long journey and when thrown into the swift current was unable to make much effort to reach shore. Stump was about 20 years of age. ——— SWINDLED AN ACAMPO MERCHANT. Confidence Man in Jail at Stockton for Fassing o “Raised” Bank- note. STOCKTON, Can, Feb. 8—William Smith, aged 62 years, a member of the gentry that live by their wits while they re out of jail, droppea into Acampo yesterday morning, worked his swindle and departed. He was overtaken at Galt and was brought o the County Jail here on the noon train to-day. The old fellow was & *note-raising” sharp, and he fixed a dollar bill so as to deceive a storekeeper into imagining that its par value was $10. The sharper er- tered the general merchandise store of D. M. Denehy & Co. and bought articles of apparel to the value of $1 35, passing to the storekeeper the ‘‘raised” dollar bill and receiving the proper change in good money. When the storekeeper discovered that the piece of paper was not worth $10 be notified a constable and aiso tele- phoned to the Sherifi's office. Denehy end the minion followed in pursuit of the old man, the latter having gone toward Galt. When he was overtaken and ar- rested he had in his possession & printed treatise on “raising” money bills. = CAN “HELLO" ZLong Distance Telephone Line to Reach the Southern Seaport. SAN DIEGO, CAL., Feb. 8.—C. W. Hin- cliffe, superintendent of the Sunset Tele- graph and Telephone Company, who is in the city, to-day gave out information to the effect that San Diego would be con- T0 84N DIEGO, | nected with Los Angeles, San Francisco and the rest of the coast cities by long distance telephone within three months. The company had received positive as- surance that the 4000 red cedar poles re- quired would be on the ground within thirty days, when the work of extending the line would begin. The new extension will run from Santa Ana ana will proba- bly touch at South Riverside, Elsinore, Temecula, Falibrook and Escondido. 1t will be 140 miles in Jength and will cost $75,000. When completed San Diego can 1alk with Redding over a line whose total length is 1100 miles. e MLy VALLEY SCHOOL CJ4SE. Lffort Made to Have It Thrown Out of Court. SAUSALITO, CaAL., Feb. 8,—In Justice Bellrude's court in Sausalito this after- st N. B. Countryman, principal of the Mill Valley public school, charged by C.E. Clin® with battery on Ius nine-year-old son, was called. Adolph Sylva, an attorney employed by Cline to prosecute the case, arose and said that he had been informed that the District At torney had written a letter to Juage Bell- rude, in which he stated that he had looked into the matte d found that the prosecition had no case and asked taat it be dismissed. C. E. Cline declared that be had anthor- ized no one to dismiss the case. Judge Bellrude produced the letter, but said that be bad not dismissed the matter, and set Saturday as the time for trying the case. —_— Plensed With San Diego, SAN DIEGO, Oar, Feb. 8.—Bishop Newman preacined to 1500 people at the First Metnodist Churca yesterday, He and Mrs. Newman are greatly pleased with San Diego and have signified their inten- tion of spending much of their time here in the future. This week they are the guests of Jesse Grant and family, | WERRING CHINESE AT LOS ANGELES See Yups Order One of Their Own Stores Boycotted. Accuse the Wife of Its Owner of Giving Aid to the Police. Officers Break Up a Private Court in Which She Was Being Tried. LOS ANGELES, . Feb. 8. —Chief of Police Gluss was notified yesterday that a new source of trouble Lad arisen in China- town between the Sam Yups and the See Yups. In addition to the former poycott of the See Yups against the Sam Yupsan entirely new scheme of boycott has been promulgated. This is no less a poser than a boycott of the See Yups against one of theirown stores; and the immediate cause of this latest highbinder ukase is a Christian Chinese woman, whose smile is “‘child-like and bland.” The woman is Soo Hoop Sing, the wife of Sing Chung. She is the mother of nine chiliren and claims to be a good Christian. A short time ago two of her chiliren were presented with some caps by a prominent Sam Yup. This appeared to enrage the See Yups, and the following order, printed in Chinese characters, was posted throughout Chinatown: Be it known to all that the Soo Hoop Sing woman conspired with the American people to abuse our Chinese people wi.hout cause, That cruel woman has not only done much barm to our people, but has wlso assumed leadership for the Sam Yup men against our See Yup men by going to court to assist them and nelp the policemen 1o ill-treat our people. What have the white people to do with our private affairs? All our people snould stand togetner and boycott Sing Chung’s store. If, ou the other hand, any See Yup man should be caught buying things from sid store he shall be dealt with as though he bought goods from San Yup stores. Let all bear in mind, Posted by all people. When Chief Glass heard of this notice be ordered all copies of it to be torn down. | His orders were carried out, and soon a | delegation of Chinamen, accompanied by an attorney, waited upon him. They mis- represented the notice, but the Chief had had it translated and gave them to unaer- stand that there must be no trouble in Chintown and no more posting of similar orders. The beathens than resorted to a new dodge. They proceeded to hold a private court. Cbief Glass heard of it and sent Sergeant Smith and Detective Auble to investigate. They found the court in ses- sion and the woman and her husband present and under duress. The meeting was broken up. Soo Hoop Sing, Chief Glass says, is a good Chinese woman, but she has never assisted the police in any manner. g TROUBLES OF THE SEABORGS. Suit Brought by the Aged Capitalist to Recover Property From His Young Ex-Wife. LOS ANGELES, Car., Feb. 8.—January and May, in the persons of B. 0. Beaborg and his young 'ex-spouse, are to have an- other round in the courts. Seaborg is now asking the court to assist him in re- covering a number of valuable horses and gome money that he gave to his wife, Etta,| from whom he was divorced some time ago. He claims that she obtained some of his property through fraud; that her profession of love for him was a fraud ; that her life with bim was a fraud; that fraud permeated her whole make-up. He declares that the woman made him be- lieve she was affectionate and devoted, and while in that frame of mind he conveyed to her the property that he now wishes to recover. His attorney tried to impress upon the Judge that the defendant in the suit was a most undutiful wite and was untrue to her vows while married. Before the marriage she was aware that Beaborg was weil off and thought that by marrying him she could *pull the wool over his eyes” and gain possession of con- siderable money and land. In connection with this suit to recover prop rty from his former wife Seaborg has another pending in which Guy Barham is deferdant. Beaborg in this latter com- plaint asks for heavy damages, claiminy that Barbam is greatly to blame for the trouble that has befallen the house of Sea- borg. FLOODING YOLU BASIN, Numerous Breaks in the Leves 4long the Sacramento. ‘WOODLAND, CaL., Feb. 8.—The heavy rainfall of last week has caused the Sacra- mento River and tributary streams to risa rapidly. There are many breaks in the levee between Knights Landing and Sac- ramento on the Yolo side, and the water is pouring out into the big basin in im- mense volumes. Cache Creek has sub. sided, and there is no danger ot an over. flow from that source. Frank Grimes, a merchant of Knights Landing, was in town to-day. He has just returned from Yuba Oiiy, and said the river was higher at Tehama than it bua been for eight years. The water in the river at Knights Landinc is at the 16- feet pin mark and still rising. There were no breaks in the levee at that place, The rain has ceased falling and fair weather is predicted. D WEDDED AT SANTA CORUZ. Oest-Canfield Nuptials Celedrated at the Bride’'s Home. SANTA CRUZ, CAv., Feb. 8.—Emil W, Oest of San Francisco and Miss Anna Can- field were married here this morning at the residence of C. E. Canfield, brother of the brid, The ceremony was performed by Rev. C. O. Tillotson, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church, The marriage was attended by relatives and a few Iriends only, and was followed by a break!ast pre pared by Mrs. C. E. Canfield. Mr. Oest is in the mercantile business in San Fran- cisco, for which city he and Mrs. Oest laft by the noon train. Miss Canfield was a member of one of the early Spanish fam- ilies of Santa Cruz. She hasspent most of Ler lifs here and isa general fayorite, A {Hospital for Santa Monica. SANTA MONICA, CAr., Feb. 8.—Ata meetin: held at the residence of Mrs. L. E. H. Allen, steps were taken for the establishment of a hospital in this city. Plans were formulated for the immediate furtherance of the enterprise. e L Gl i Salt Lake Receiveyship Pstition. SALT LAKE, Uran, Feb. 8.—Applica- tion was mads to the court tu-day on be- half of George 8. Griscom and M. E. Anderson for the appointment of =z re- ceiver for the Pennsylvania Smeltiag Com- pany. The applicants recently filed suit 1 AMBULANCE STATION OPENED YESTERDAY AT GOLDEN GATE PARK. The Board of Health has opened up its new ambulance station at Golden Gate Park. This fact was put upon the minute- book yesterday for the information of all visitors. The station was opened yesterday afternoon. Hereafter persons needing surgical aid in the pleasure ground or in the vicinity, 1n Richmond or the adjacent sections, wiil get prompt service, for sur- geons will be in attendance day and night. The new station is situated upon the knoll where the old Casino formerly stood, which is considered a convenient site. The surgeons who will be in attendance are Drs. John T. Stafford and W. W. Wymore. The Park Commissioners provided the building and the Health Department provided the ambulance and its equipment. The driver of the ambulance is Charles Haplan. The purpose of the station is to treat patients who need immediate help. There are beds for patients, who will be permitted to remain until they are able to be moved. The Board of Health in providing this station made a move which wili be duly appreciated by the entire section west of the cemeteries and south of the park. against the company to recover §199,872 15 and now allege that the property of the company is worth $320.000 and the in- debtedness ag:regates $370,000. Thursaay was set as the time for hearing the peti- tion. F. H. Officer, the president of the company, is mentioned as likely to be named as receiver. PLib s Fire at Spring Falley. SAN DIEGO, CAr., Feb. 8.—A gasoline stove explosion was the cause o! a fire on Saturday evening which destroyed the large ranchhouse with all the contents, velonging to Edwin Coop in Spring Valley, twelve miles east of this city Everything in tb- bouse, clothing inciuded, was burned, the family barelv escapiug with their lives. The loss is $3000 with no in- surance. Porterville Arson Suspects. PORTERVILLE, Car., Feb. 8—M. & Chiuda wes arrested here last evening by Constable Sigler upon the charge of arson. Chiuda’s store and goods were destroyed by fire early on the morning of July 5 last. Mitrovich, a partner in the business at the time, was arrested on Saturday last at San Diego. An officer left last evening to bring him back. “KID” KEEPS THE BELT. George Lavigne Gets the Decision From McPariland in the Battle for the Lightweight Championship. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 8.—George (“Kid”) Lavigne of Saginaw, Mich., on whose shoulders the mantle of light- weight champion fell recently, was called on to defend his new!y scquired title in a twenty-five round bout with “Kid” Me- Partland of this city to-night. Lavigne got the decision after the full twenty-five rounds had been fought. The champion did all the leading from start to finish and punched bis man bard, although it was a very clean fight, without a trace of blood. McPartland’s awkward style made it difficult for Lavigne to land his swing- ing blows on the jaw, but he kept the local man strictly on the defensive. McPurtland’s fast footwork and clever ducking saved bim several times. It was a very fast battie, as Lavigne cut out a terrific pace, which he maintained. to the cPartland put up a good staying ut he scarcely led, except at the openingof a few rounds before he was forced to resort to saving tactics. The bout drew a very fair crowd to the arena of the Broadway Athletic Club to-night, notwithstanding the prices of admission had been raised to half again as much as the ordinary figures. McPartland bad an advantage of nearly six inches in height, and also had a louger reach, bul the Saginaw boy’s friends were in no way doubtfal of the re- sult and very little McPartland money was put up at odds of 1 to 2. The preliminary bout brought out Jack Daly of Wilmington and Jack Burke of Brooklyn, who were scheduled to go twelve rounds at 138 pounds, and fougnt t0 a draw. The principalsof the main bout weighed in at 3 o'clock, and McPartland barely fiz inside the limit of 133 pounds, while La- vigne scaled 131} pounds. The s;;i w lad’s seconds were Sam Fitzpatrick, Paddy Purtell and Henry Pidgen. McPartland’s aiders were Jack Dougherty, Billy Hamil ton and Bob Clark. The men shook hands at 10 o’clock. La- vigne started in with his customary vim and quickly had McPartland busy avoid- ing his rushes, The local man was very awkward, but managed to duck some dangerous blows. Lavigne, however, laaded right and left on both sides of the head and also put a co:klngi right on the body, wnile McPartland’s left landed on the Kid's chest just once. Lavigne kept his man continually on tie run. Me- Partland slipped to his hands and knees twice in trying to get away. McPartland delighted his admirers in the third by put- ting a straight left on the mouth and right and le!t twice on both sides of the bead, while he managed to ayoid La- vigne's rushes. The Saginaw Kid forced Mac to the ropes several times in the; fourth and kept the local man busy with foot work. Lavienesent a couple of hot ones in on the body, and Mac countered with the left. There was lots of good fighting in the next three rounds, and Lavigne opened the seventh with two left swingson the jaw and followed up with a hard right on the body. Then Lavigne landed on the body, nearly doubling Mac up, and came back with an uppercut on the chin. La- vigne rushed furiously and Mac dropped on his knees. Justas the beil rang Mac landed a straight ielt on the chin that staggered Lavigne. McPart:iand shoved his left into Lavigne’s face when they came up for the ninth, but a great right cross on the head evened up matters for the Suginaw boy. After Mac put a leit on the nose in the tenth Lavigne forced him twice to the ropes and nearly finished him with a right on the jaw. McPartland lo: ked twice with the close of the eleventh, but though Lavigne was doing all the work he appeared very fresh and kept up the fusillade in the twelfth. Mac rushed in the thirteenth, but his effort only made the “Kid" smile. Lavigne kept up the fierce attack anc Mac was forced tosprin: Both put lefts on the mouth in the teenth, and Lavigne wound up with a fearful body blow and quickly had Mac on the defensive. Plenty of money exchanged hands at this point in the betting that Mac would not last the twenty-five rounds. Mac had plenty of work to save bimself in the nineteenth, but managed to land a right swing on the ear, Lavigne's tremendons e to tell a little bit on him in the twenty-first. In the twenty-second round Mac coun- tered sharply and crossed his right once, but Lavigne nearlyfloored him with a hard swing just bebind the jaw as thebell rang. Mac took a lot of body punishment in the next two rounds, but Lavigne could not reach the jaw. Lavigne rushed like a tiger in the last round, but Mac met him with a couple of st.ff lefts. Lavigne was desperauie but a bit wild, and Mac de- fended himselt well and stayed to the end, The referee gave Lavigne the decisioa. phesa o, i Twenty Rounds to a Draw. BUFFALO, N. Y., Fcb. 8 —Martin Fla- herty of Lowell, Ma's., and Joe Mullins of Bosion fought twenty rounds to a draw at the Olympic Athletic Clup to-night. KICKS AND BLOWS THIS WOMAN'S LOT Thomas Siddall’s Method of Attesting Love for His Wife. The Millbrae Man Admits in Court That He Abused Her at Times. Phbysicians Decide That His Is Not a Case of Insanity, but of “Pure Cussedness ” REDWOOD CITY, Can, Feb. 8. — Thomas A. Biddall of Millbrae, accused of being insane and attempting to poison his wife by administering morphine to ber, was this morning again brought be- fore the Superior Court on the insanity charge. It will be remembered that Siddall was arrested last Friday night on a complaint signed by Dr. Baldwin of San Mateo charging him with being dangerous to be at large. ings instituted by his attorney, it being then contended that he was illegally de- prived of his liberty for the reason that be was not legally committed, the com- plaint not having been sworn to before the committing magistrate. The Judge at that time made an order releasing Siddall on his own recognizance, provided he would again appear before the courton the following Monday. The matter com- ing up again for hearing this morning the writ of babeas corpus was granted. This, however, availed nothing, for in the interval between Saturday and to-day another complaint was properly sworn to, charging the same offense. The hearing of this took place this morning. Drs. Barret of Redwood City and Miner of San Mateo were the examining physicians. Mr. and Mrs. German, who live oppo- site the Siddall boms in Millbrae, testified to many acts of cruelty on the part of Biddall toward his wils quently been called in 1l times of the night by the cries of Mrs. gifldl". They said that at one time Sid- dall took a lighted lamp into the barn, which was fillea with bhay, and threw it on the floor, smashing it to pieces. They described certain eccentricities of Sid- dall’s, such as going to work when the moon arose and working all night, tear- ing apart and rebuilding his wagon, and blowing a cornet while riding about on horseback at different times of the day or night. Siddall denied these accounts. He swore that his wife had a most impstuans temper. He admitted that he had mal- treated her in times past, but denied that he nad done so lately. After hearing the evidence on both sides, the physicians suggested that there were no symptoms of insanity, but that the acts complained of showed rather a spirit of mere ‘‘cussedness,” and they could not commit him on the evidence. ‘Tue court ordered him to be discharged and iniimated that the only way to reach him would be by a criminal proceeding, remarking that there was no jury in the county but would convict him on the evi- dence produced before the phbysicians to- v. But Siddall’s troubles were not to end witu his discharge. Late this afternoon his wife caused a complaint in divorce to be served upon him. In the complaint e charges him with extreme cruelty, alleging several instances when he mal treated her, beating Ler with his fists and knocking her down and fracturing her arm. In the complaint she also ac- cuses him of having in the last week at- tempted to take her life by administering poison to her. She prays for a divorce and asks the custody of their fiv -month- old boy; that Siddall be compelled to pro- vide for herself and boy and pay her coun- sel fees, and that she be awarded the whole of the community property. Even this was not _ibe end, for at the time of the service of the divorce papers a restraining order was served upon Siddali, commanding him to refrain from incum- bering, transferring, disposing of or in any way interfering with the personal property. It furiher commanded him to On Baturday he was brougit | before the court on habeas corpus proceed- | | desist from visiting the home of the par- | ties to the suit. Siadall will oppose the divorce, though there secms to be no question but that it | will be granted. He will commence suit to set aside a certain deed of property now standing in t e name of his wife, on the ground that it was purchased with his | own separate estate, and although it ap- pears on the records in her name it really | belongs to him personally. The outcome is awaited with interest. SUICIDE NEAR STOCKTON. Rancher W. W. Hopkins' Body Found Hanging From a Rafter in His Woodshed. STOCKTON, Car., Feb. W. R. Hop- kins, a prominent rancher living about eight miles east of here, hanged himself last night. The deed was discovered at sunrise, when a boy employed on the farm went after fuel to start the kitchen fire. As he approached the woodshed, near the side of the house, he saw some object hanging from a rafter, and upon closer in- spection discovered that it was the body of the farmer. A sawbuck near the body evidenced the method employed by the suicide to end his existence. He had taken a piece of rove and tied one end to a raiter in the shed. Mounting the sawbuck he tied theother end around his neck, and :hen stepped off. His feet were within six or eight inches of thesawbuck, Hecould not have struggled much, for he had not kicked it over. +Dick” Hopkins, as be was called by everybody, had trouble with his wife some | time ago snd they were divorced. He | bad been living at the farm with two of | bis daughters and one of his sons since then, and they were at home when he took his life. The farm did not belong to him, but to the cbildren, having been left to them by a relative at the death of the latter. He managed it as the guardian of the chil- dren. Hopkins was a Grand Army man, and was formerly a member of Rawlins Post of this city. He was a New Yorker and 47 yearsof age. He had been farming in this county for many years, and during the last fow seasons had been hard pressed for money. It is supposed that hissuicide was due to financial discouragement in connection with his domestic troubles, LR STEAMEES TO SIBERIA. Vessels May Ply Between Fancowver and Vladivostock. VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 8,—Dr. de Kannet, the eminent Russian lecturer, who isnow here to give addresses on Si- beria and its prospects, declares that with the opening of the trans-Siberian railroad there will speedily follow direct and rapid steam communication between Vladivo- stock and Vancouver. This would place British Columbia in an all-around-the- world route that could be traversed in forty days. Dr. de Kannet expects the Canadian Pacific Railroad to join in the work of de- veloping this great route by land and by sea. He predicts that, with the opening of the railway, there would come such vast gold development in Siberia as would make that country one of the greatest gold producers in the world. Even now, with but primitive appliances and meth- ods, it produces in the neighborhood of $29,000,000 in gold yearly. e . Watsonville's Mystery. 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