The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 14, 1897, Page 5

- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 18971. B MYSTIC SHRINERS AT SECRAMENTD Tribes Gather From Sev- eral Cities to Greet New Members. Thirty-Six Thirsting Pilgrims Tread With Bare Feet the Blazing Sands. After the Journ:y They F.ast in the Shades of a Hospitable Temple. SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 13.—With clashing cymbals and the blare of trum- Dets, eac.s mun bearing a curved scime- tar and adorned with the gorgeous red fez, a caravan of 200 Nobles of the Mystic Sbrine, Islam e, arrived at the oasis of Sacramento this evening {rom the far- away desert of San Francisco. They were met on their entr he brethren of the local tribe, who escorted them to the cool shades of the Golden Bagle hostelry, where a bounteous feast of camel's flesh, at’s milk and dates awaited the weary over the desert sands. Nor wera these the only tribesmen who had hurried to this ousis for the so'e pur- pose of escorting the neophyteson their pilgrimage 1o Mccca. Car-on, Reno, Truckee and numerous other localities contributed their quota, until the streets :d with the wearers of the fez, and were Ii y the tribes could be heard on e evening the brethrén gath- Temple and lent a helping ix lon and thirsting seekers alter the | nd willicg to ex- g with bare feet hi—were ready r sins by tre: ads and cli made to suffer 2 1o ancient usages; Nor were the for their sins ::cco.d mised that modern electric machines, instru- 3 camels, fight- ric-a-brac were to administer to the pass-word was » which being in- Xemember the day and queeyamah tn, “Gawmoo’ terpreted, of standing 1 At theend of the journey, the weary hered at the shrine, the wine Kins were brought forth, k. honey, dates an 1 salt the got their trials and dangers in mesr I an San Francisco shriners who at- tended were: W. W. Martin, J. J. Meiegs, W. T. Hamilton, R. O. Baldwin, T. Olm- B e‘l.rhe}. 0. P. Burnham, A. V. . H. W. Furman, . M. G. Brown, H.J. Burns, H ins, 8. J. Handy, Thomas Marion, C. H C: 2, Charles Bliss, T k E.D. K. Town-end, R. P. Savers, ry cm, Thomas Kirkpatrick, J. H. Gray. S. Lent, M B J. McAlhister, R. B. Moore, Ames. B. M. N 1 Harpst, K. Node, W C.'W. Bennett, Cartan, . William . C, Welch, R. P. Hurlburi G. Edmonus W Vestph W. C. Campbell. A. R. Wells, G. 8. Bacon, Louls Glass, G. E. Dow, E. W. Crulin, . J. Voorheis, Robert Ash, L. A. Spitzer, J. Gillson, T. V. Harris. ELOPE FRGM LOS ANGELES. Hon. Thomas D. Mott's Son Weds Miss Marguerite Hupp at Santa Ana. LOS ANGELES, Cav, Feb. 13.—“Ah me! For aught that 1 coald ever read, could ever hear by tale or history. the course of true love never did run smooth.” So says the Bard of Avon, and to-day one more experience swells the ever increasing list of illustrations that prove the veracity of his claim. Stephen Mott is the son cf Hon. Thomas v City Clerk of Los Ange- D. Mott, formerly les and later 2 member of the State Lecis- lature. Mr. Mott wooed and won Miss Marguerite Hupp, a beautiful and exceed- ingly vivacious young lady, well known here and in San Francisco. The wooing failed to meet with the approval of the young man’s parents, so lo-day Mr. Mot procured a marriage license, wenz to Santa Ana and was united to the object of his choice by a Justice of the Peace. The marriage register gives the aze of the young man as 21 and that of the bride as 18, though persons who ought to know bat they are both under age. a interviewed late this afiernoon, D. Mott, the mother of the young ted she had nothing 1o say in re- gard to her son’s marriage. She had ob- tained ber first information in regard to the ceremony from the newspaper re- ports. Mr. Mott Sr., who is well known Madame Wilfred Laurier, wife of the Premier of Canada, accompunied by Dr. Ubald Laurier and M. Henri Laurier, brothers of the Premier, and the'r wives, arrived in Sacramento y ¢ in the Canadian Government’s pri berland. After visiting ail the points of interest throughout the city and watch- ing the Legislators at their labors they left this evening for Salt Lake City. e SAN JOSE’S NORMAL SCHOOL. Class of Forty Students to Be Graduated in June — Nzed of a State Appropriation. SAN JOSE, CAL., Feb. 13.—The semi- annual session of the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School was held bere this afternoon. The report of Principal A. H. Ranaall showed that the year opened with 716 students, of which 412 were old students, 155 were admitted on examina- tion and otberwise and 149 were in the training department. A classof t y-one was graduated on November 6, 1895, and the graduation ex- ercises of a c.ass of fifty-five were held ou January 29. The dipiomus for this class were signed by the members of the board and arrangements were made so that & class of lorty who will be graduated on June 24 next will be presented with their diplomas upon the day that the exercises ot graduation are beld. Miss Revecca F. English, one of the teachers in the training depariment, was granted a leave of absence fora year and Miss Caroline L. Fiedler was elected to the temporary vacancy-. A motion was passed directing the chairman to appoint a commitiee of three to draf. rules and regulations for the bourd, a report to be presented at the an- nual meeting of the board in June next. The necessity for the improvement and cultivation of the grounds of the school was discussed, but as there was littie or no money in the fund no action was taken, pending the fate of the $9000 ap- propriation bill that is now being consid- ered in the Legislature. Fears were ex- pressed that the §3000 desired for repiping the grounds might be stricken out. Prin- cipal Randall was advised, in case 1t was deemed necessary, to appear before the Legislature urge the necessity of the appropriation. The board then adjourned till the regular annual meeting in June. Sckarsgcl ey JOSE BU.GLAK CAUGHT. S4N Is Only 18 Years Old, but a Feteran in Crime. SAN JOSE, Can, Feb. 18.—William Downing, who was arrested early this morning by Chiet Kidwara for entering a room in the Tyhurst lodging-house at 37 East Santa Clara street, was arraigned be- fore Justice Gass this morning on a charge of burglary. When captured Downing bad a suit of clothes, arevolver, a.iamond pin and a pair of opera-glasses in his pos- session. These he uad taken from the room of L. A. Tyhurst. His examination was set for February 17. In default of $1000 bail he was committed to the custody of the Sheriff, Downing is only 18 years of age, but is thoroughly incorrigible. He was commit- ted to the Whittier Reform School about five years ago from Santa Barbara, bu es- caped after serving four years. His father 1t present is running a merry-go-round in East San Jose. —_ Ncheller for a Judgeship. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 13.—The Demo- cratic County Central Commiitee last evening adopted resolutions favoring the appointment of Victor A. Scheller as Su- erior Judre, should the bill now belore Legislature to create a tnird depart- ment of the Superior Court in this county bscome a law. Jackson Haich and Nicho!as Bowden are also mentioned as Democrats who are worthy of recognition by the Governor. The resolutions were iorwarded to Governor Budd to-day. Eleven out of the fourteen members of the commitiee were present at the meet- ing. SemE Snelling Horsethisf Arvested. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 13.—Rafael F r- ries, who is wanted in Merced County on the home of his moiber-in-law, Sanchez, at 49 Montzomery street, by I tective Anderson and Officer Haley, thi morning. Ferries stole three horses and two mules from a rancher at Snelling. He disposed of the stock along the route. The accused will be taken to Merced to- morrow by Constable Latour. —_— Sudden Death at Gilroy. GILROY, CaL., Feb. 13.— T. Archer, an old resident of Gilroy, dropped deaa yesterday morning near tbis place from ueart disease. The deceased was & native of Missoari, sged 71 years. He had been aresident of Gilroy for the past twenty years and was engaged in_the poultry business. At the time of his death he was engaged in a dispute with some gyp- sies over the latter's horses grazing on the street, and it is believed that his anger and the excitement were the primary cause of his death. PORILAND MAN'S WINDFALL. Heir to Estates tn Scotland. Falued at $100,000. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 12. —John Duthie, head contractor of Government torpedo boats at Wolf & Zwickers, has ast received the welcome news that he is he heir to estates in Scotland worth $100,000. The property descended from relatives of the famiiy of kis m ther near Dundee, whose name was Mason. A Dundee law firm has been advertising in a number of American newspapers for heirs of Iszbella Mason Duthi~, and John Duthie, the oidest surviving son, was traced from Bristol, R. I, to Portland. The fortune is entirely a surprise to to. family. Duthie is one of the first boat nstructors in the country, having built be first Cushing torpedo-boat in this country and also baving built the Vigilant and Defender. —_— AT 8 NTA CRUZ. Passing of L. B. Austin, one of Cali- fornia’s Firat Settlers. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, Feb. 13.—L. B DEATH 83 a politician and property-owner, was very angryv when seen this evening, and declared most emphatically that the mar- riave had not and never would have the stamp of his approv i b ROb N Land-Boomers - coused of Fraud. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18.—United States Circuit Judge Wellborn this alter- noon issued an injunction restraining J. W. Wilson, editor of a monthly paper in Chicago. and his associate H. P. Sweet, directors of the Big Rock Creek Irrigation Company, from i:suing $300,000 worth of bonds fraudulently; resiraining the di- rectors of the district from wrongfully appropriating funds of the distric: any partially restraining Sweet and Wilson from sending a wrongful issue of bonds out of the State. It is claimed Wilson and others are accused of having d posed of United States land to settlers, ot Strike of Paraffine Ol LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 13.—Infor- mation received from Placerto Canon, seven miles above Newhzail, give details of a valuable strike of paraffine oil by two prospectors. The men were sinking shaft for gold, but were driven out by a supposed flow of water. They returned and found the fluid to be oil. e et Los Angeles Cuban Sympathisers. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Feb. 13 —Mayor Bnyder, in response to a request from the . president of the Cuban League of Amer- ica, was engaged this aiternoon in pre- pering a list of twenty prominent citizens who will be asked to organize in this city 8 branch of the lcague. g iy Sncramento’s Distinguished Gu SACRAMENTO, OaL., Feb. 13— Austin, who was the sergeant-at-arms of California’s first State Legislature, died at his home in this city to-day, aged 78. Mr. Austin was born in Adcison County, Vermont. He crossed the plains in 1849 and resided in Nevada County until 1868, afterward removing to Hollister and Monterey. For tte past twenty years he bad lived 1 Santa Cruz. Several years ago Mr. Austin retired from active busi- ness, because of poor health. The body will be interred at Hollister, where & brother, G. W. Austin, resides, e Priconer Escapes at Burlingame. REDWOOD CITY, Caw., Feb. 13.—Con- stabie De-irello of South San Francisco was escorting two culpriis from that place to the County Jail at Redwood City yes- terday. As the train neared Burlingame one of tle men asked permission lo go into the lavatory of the car. His request was granted, and as the car pulled out from the station the prisoner dropped out of the window and made his escape across the fields. To pursue him meant to lose the one 1n_the Constable’s possession, so he was allowed to go unmolested. has not been recaptured. ——— Beautifying Los Gatos Streets. LOS GATOS, CaL., Feb. 13—The local improvement society has be_ un the beau- tilying of the town by planting trees and shrubbery along the vrincipal streets, Paims will be set cut in ront of the schools and ail the churches. J. J. Suiii- van, a public-spirited citizen, will plant fiity paim trees on University avenue snd the society will set out twenty on Tayior street and sixty on Santa Clara street. Ten palms will also decorate the plaza on Glen Ridge. Other streets will al be imvroved. a charge of grand larceny, was arrested at| CLOTHING ARTICLES WILL BE SACRIFICED Summerfi2ld and Roman Consoli- date Their Business Interests. The Stock of Two Big Stores Crowded Under the Roof of One Estab- lishmest. One of the most important events in the clothing world that has taken place for some time past is the consolidation of the business interests of H. Bummerfield and J. H. Roman under the firm name of Summerfield & Roman at the corner of FKifth and Market streets. This move means the inauguration of a monstrous sale of the stock of two tremendous stores under the roof of one establishment, which commences to-morrow. Mr. Summerfield, who for the past de- favent) | cade has been located in the Baldwin Hotel block, has removed the stock of that establishment to the large and haadsome store of his present partner, H. Roman, which amounts to the crowding of the stock of two of the biggest clotbing and furnishing goods houses in the State into one. Had the emergencies which promoted the consonlidation of these two merchants been foreseen it is neealess to state that no such extensive and varied a line of clothing articles wonld have found its way into any one establishment. In order, therefore, to facilitate the dis- posal of the stock that overcrowds the store at Fifth and Market streets, com- mencing to-morrow, there will be held there a perfect revelation sale in the line of clothing and furnishing goods as re- gards prices which have been slashed, it would appear, regardless of the real value of the articles, which are high class and of the finest quality throughout. Summerfield & Roman propose to be known in future as the leading clothiers not alone of this City, but of the Pacific Coast, and in consequence will offer to the public such rare inducements in their line, both in price and quality of articles, as to warrant this belief. In consequence of the big sale that starts to-morrow, it will not be surprising w see long lines of peovle awaiting admission to the big store at the corner of Fiith and Market streets, each clamoring for admission and each more eager than the other to take advantage of an oppor- tunity that seldom presents itself for the purchase of some article in wearing apparel at less than whoiesale prices. Bullets made of precious stones are rari- ties in warfare. But during the fighting on the Kashmir frontier, when the British troops defeated the rebellions Hunzas, the natives used pullets of garnets encased in 1 The British preserved many as cu- riosities. . READY TO BUILD TOWARD HANFORD Grading on the Valley Road Extension Begins To-Morrow. Rights of Way Procured Along the Route Selected by the Surveyors. Tlree Property-Own=rs Oppose the Advance of the Line Over the Reedley Survey. FRESNO, Car., Feb. 13.—J. M. Cory, Alex Gordon and A. E. Smith, the arbi- tration board selected to settle difference between the Valley koad Com- pany and Frack H. Bali over the rightof way through the latter's vineyard south of town, met to-day, and after several hours of deliberation awarded Mr. Ball $4000 for the land to be taken by the rail- road, including damages for the passing of the road in front of his residence. Ac- cording to the articles of arbitration there is no appeal from this decision. The set- tlement of the difficulty with Mr. Ball leaves the right of way between Fresno and Hanford clear, and the company can now proceed with track-building without any outside hindrance. The grading will begin on Monday. The sum allowed Mr. Ball is a good, round one for the small plece of land he will part with, but the damages that he will sustain amount to considerable. The railroad will pass along the end of his vineyard facing the avenue and immedi- ately in front of his residence. During his residence there Mr. Ball has made some fine improvements in the way of planting trees and shrubbery, and these will be ruined. The officials of the Valley road—Robert Watt, the vice-president; Captain A. H. Payson, the director, and Chief Engireer W. B. Story Jr. — who came down trom San Francisco on Friday evening, re- mained here all day and will retarn home on the SBouthera Pacific to-morrow morn- ing. They spent the day in looking over a few important encineering difficalties south of the city and in conferring with property-owners along the Reedley route. Ou this line setilements for rights of way have practically been effected with all but three property-oWners, and these are considered so unreasonable that con- demnation suits will have o be brought ugainst them—a policy which the railroad company has now instituted asa last re- source. The papers for the suits are be- ing prepared by the attorneys and will be filed in o few days. The three persons who are Lo!ding out for prices consid- ered unreasonable by the company ar ‘W. 8. Kendell of Sacramento, I. J. Tr man of S8an Francisco and the Smilie Bros. (Robert and A, J.) of Oakland. Their iands are situated ne about eighteen miles city ar.d about four miles south of Sanger. The railway company desires a strip about a third of a mile in length through Mr. Kendell’s place, embracing about four acres. For this the owner demands $2000, or $500 an acre. It is assessed at $27 50 an acre. The company considers $250 a gno | valuation and is willing 10 pay this. Mr. Kendell wants $1750 more, however, and the | tertain his proposition. They have no other course to pursue but appeal to the | courts. Mr. Kendell was formerly & benker in Sacramento, and is quite wealthy. His attempt at what is considered a “*hold-un” of the railroad is not viewed favorably by the veople along the line who could not so well afford to be liberal toward the competing road. The Smilie Brothers appear still more unreasonable. They were the contractors for the additions to Fresno County’s Courthouse, and the Fresnoites feel that they couid well afford to encourage the railroad, which means so much to them and to the people of the county, from whom they secured no small amount of | money. The contracting firm owns a | large tract of land and the survey of the | Valley road ecoes throueh it for the dis- tance of about a mile, The area of land the strip embraces is in the neighborhood of thirteen acres. For this $5000 in cash, improvements along the right of way, which will cost about $7000, and a half- intersst in a townsite in the vicinity are asked. It appears that Robert Smilie has acted somewhat strangely in the matter. When the procuring of right of way between this city and Reedley was first taken up, he said that he and his brother would do- nate the strip of land to the new road. He even went so far as to urge other property-owners along the line to do the same, and took particular occasion to an- nouace his own liberality. But when the time came for making the deed, and after the companv had secured deeas for nearly all of the right of way, Mr. Smilie changed his mind and wanted excellent pay for nis land. L. J. Truman wants $500 for about four acres of land, which his tenant and agent say 1s'not worth more than $200. The land is assessed at $25 an acre. The railrosd company believes that the three acres are not worth more than a third of what is asked for them. UNDER AN IDAHO AVALANCHE. Commissioner Butlter of Elmore County Hurled to His Denth. BOISE, Ipamo, Feb. 13 —Mountain snowslides have claimed another victim | on the road between Rocky Bar and At- lanta. George E. Butler, a Commissioner of Elmore County, was on his way home from a meeting of the board. He left Rocky Bar on snowshoes and has not been seen since. His trail was followed to the edge of the great avalanche and there all trace was lost. I. is supposed he was overtaken by the slide and swept down to death. William Tate, a mail carrier, made the trip in_the opposite direction the same day. When at 8 point near where the slide occurred, he heard the thunder of the avalanche and narrowly escaped being carried away. When it was safe to move on be crossed the track of the slide and was alarmed to find a fresh snowshoe trail. He hurried on to Ro ky Barand gave the alarm, meeting some men on the road who informed him that Butler had made the trail he bad seen. At last ac- counts the body had not been recovered. ke The Comus at San Di SAN DIEGO, CAL, Keb, 13.—H. M. 8. Comus, Captain Dyke, arrived to-day ten days from Acapulco and bound for squimalr, It will probably remain un- til after the water carnival. " The United States battle-ship Oregon left Acapulco on February and is supposed to be slowly steaming up the coast. ——— Neattle Embezzlers’s Mlight. SEATTLE, Wasu, Feb, 13. Fischer, for many y Seattle Brewing and Malting Company, is missing with a shortage in his accounts. His defalcation is said to be in the neigh- borhood of $5000. He is German, about thirty-seven years of age, und has a wife and two children in this city. ———— Linda Fista Colonists. SAN DIEGO, CaL., Feb. 13.—Represen- tatives of a syndicate of Chicago and St. Louis capitalists have purchased six- teen hundred acres of land in Linda Vista, adjoining this city, for $50,000. They have subdivided the tract and will colonize it immediately. I ] the Valley road people have retused to en- | CUTTER GOLOEN GATE LAUNCHED Scattle Takes a Holiday and Hundreds Witness the Descent. Stand in the Chilling Wind for Hours Waiting for the Word to Be Given. The New V-ssel Designed for Reve- nue Du'y in San Francisco Harbor. SEATTLE, Wasg., Feb. 13.—Four thou- sand people wiinessed the launching of the steel Government boarding-boat Golden Gate at the Moran Ship-building Yards to-day. The people made it a holi- day and turned out in great force, every pointof vantage and some that were not pointe of vantage being occupied. When the appointed hour drew near, standing- T00m Was not to be had within the yards nor along the siip leading to the deep water. The morning was cold and raw, and the crowd shivered and stood with chattering teeth, but few were willing to forego the pleasure of seeing the launch to seek relief by some glowing radiator. The minute for the launching had been announced as 8:15 o'clock. Neither the Morans nor any one else on earth coald control the tides. They took the tide books as a guide, but alas! the books were wrong and the crowd was kept waiting until noon. Atone minute past 12 o’clock the Golden Gate, like a duck on the wing, took her course down toward her native element. Two minutes later the great crowd was in motion toward the exit, and immediately thereaiter the yards wore their accustomed appearance, as if noth- ing unususl had happened. Judging from the vast coricourse of peo- ple, the launching of the Golden Gate was one of the most important events of lat- ter-day history of Seattle. Long before the time set people were wending their way out to the tide flats, where the ship- building yards are located, and were pre- senting their invitation cards at the office of the Morans and being passed through the doors. A crush was expecied, butnot 50 great a one as the reality proved to be. It was not long before the improvised seatsani grand stand were overflowing. A reception committee had been selected to receive the more distinguished ones, but two or three such committees would have utterly failed in an attempt to prop- erly act out their parts. KEvery preparation had been made to have the Golden Gate 1ake the water on time to the minute. The ways, whick were substantially laid, had been copi- ously smeared with gre: and beaswax; an immense hawser had been made fast about the steamer from stem to with one end coiled at the water’s ed g tha: it would piay out gradually as the vessel moved out into deep water. A few props were left, as if holding the craft upon a lever, while the small rope holding up the two heavy weights like pendulums was in its place, and the never-to-be omit- ted bottie of wine, bedecked in the colors of the American flag, hung over tue bows. The minute arrived, but the Golden Gate did not move out. The tide was not right. The great crowd, augmenting very fast at this time, soon became aware of the cause of the detention, and it was soon noised about that 11:40 o’clock had been announced as the probable moment .or cutting the small rope. In the mean- time the First Regiment band had been discoursing some of its choicest numbers irom a speciaily arranged platform near oy. The band occupied the attention of the crowd for more than three full hours, and played a score of pieces during the interim. It was decidedly chilly, and che musicians, wuen not playing, had enough 10 do to keep the blood circulating prop- erly through their veins. When 11:40 o'clock arrived Robert Moran and Manager McMurtrie de- scended the ways to the water and made a careful inspection. The tide a short time previous!y lacked about three feet of being as high as they expected it would be, but the decision of the examination of the gauge was that the attempt at least be made. A dozen machinists and shipwrights took stations aboard the Golden Gate to be in readiness for any emergency. The ship-carpenters, when the order was given, jumped below with mallets and the merry sound of knocking on the blocks and wedges announced to tne crowd that the time for the attempt had come. Twelve o'clock came and several big whistles announced the hour. The crowd set up & yell. One minute past 12 o’clock and *‘There she goes!"” came from hundreds of throats. Miss Henrica Augusta Munger, daughter of Captain F. M. Munger, United States revenue service and Government in- spector on detail of the Golden Gate, had cut the small cord, the weights had fallen into their resting-place, the champ:gne bottle crashed and the Golden Gate moved toward the water. At first with a motion scarcely perceptible, then faster and with a grand rush, fanning the wind and next the water, the vessel took her plunge and came up bounding like a rub- ber ball. ARRAIGNED AT BAKERSFIELD. Prelimary Examination of Ed Willow, the Slayer of the Notorious Percy Douglas. BAKERSFIELD, Car., Feb. 13.—The examination of Ed Willow on the charge of murdering Percy Douglas here on the evening of January 29 took place to-day before Justice Fox. About a dogen wit- nesses were examined. Several testified that they bad heard Douglas threaten dire injury to Willow, and that he “would fix bim” when the occasion arrived. Some of these thr were heard a fow hours before the killing. The case closed with Willow’s statement, and the court postponed its decision until next Wednes- day afternoon. 1 had not been in Annie Hicks’ room, in the Athletic building, long,” said Wil- low, ‘‘until Annie screamed and said, *There comes Percy.’ I went to the door and said, ‘Don’t come in here.’ Percy jumped back and started to draw his re- volver. He got it about half out, I think, and then I fired. I then went to the kitchen and told Annie to light the lamp. At this time my dog_came up with Doug- las’ hat. 1 looked into the hall and saw Dougias lying there. I halloed out for some one to vo for a doctor. After this I took Miss Hicks down to the Palm Gar- d 1 bad been told by several that Douglas was ufier me, I bought the shotgun a few days before the killing—about the time Douclas drew & pistol on Officer Oswald. I bought it to protect myself. Last April Jake F. Laitz told me Percy had threaten- ed me, and that created much uneasiness in my mind.” “You don’t suppose that Percy Douglas wanted to shoot you?” asked the prose- cution. . [ certainly did.” “If you were innocent why did you refuse to make a statement to the report- ers immediately after the shooting when asked?”’ g ioned John Dougias, brother d not to by my attorney.” —_— San Diege Populist Nominaes. SAN DIEGO, CaL., Feb. 13.—The Mid- dle-of-the-Road Populist convention to- day nominated Judge A. C. Mouser for lly:;..' A straight municipal ticket was nam WOOED A Winow FOR HER WEALTH One of the Smith Family Practices Fraud in Los Angeles. Swindles a Gray-Haired Woman ‘Who Accepted His Proposal of Marriage. Her Home Mortgaged to Meet the Young Man’s R quest for a Small Loan. LOS ANGELES, Can, Feb. 13.—The susceptibility of the occasional widow, especially it she be advanced in years, to the wiles of the male adventurer has been strikingly exemplified here in the case of Mrs. Harriet B. Stanley and a scapegoat by the wild, weird name of Smith. If the story related by this white-haired dame of 60 can be legaliy substantiated she has been the victim of one of the “‘smoothest’ swinales that has yet been investigated by the authorities. Mrs, Stanley lives on Pearl street, own- ing the property whereon she resides. A few monthe ago Smith called at her house. He stated that he was a neighbor of Mrs. Stanley’s and made quite a pleasant im- pression upon the old lady. The ac- quaintanceship thus begun was assidu- ously cultivated by Smith, and every time he called Mrs, Stanley liked him better. He told her of his wealthy father and ot his various business ventures, incidentally referring to the lumber business. One day he seemed quite sad, and it developed that slipping through his fingers was a chance to go into the lumbe: busines:, He was shert a paltry $300. He proposed that Mrs. Stanley loan him that amount, and she readily agreed to do so, taking his note for the sum. Soon after this transaction Smith pro- fessed the most ardent affection for tie wealthy widow, conciuding with a propo- sal of marriage. Mrvs. Stanley told him that she was old enough to be his mother, but he soothingly told her that that “cut no ice,” and that if she would be his bride age wasnot a factor in the arrangement. Smith disciosed to Mrs. Stanley that he had paid fora cottage all but $700. As they were 50 s00n ‘o be married, and as everything he bad was hers, it would ce- ment the union to have the place clear of incumbrance. Mrs. Stanley mortgaged her Pearl- street residence to give him the $700. After this Smith deserted his victim and auit the city. The blow aimost killed the unsuspecting old lady. She consulted friends, and tne attention of the authori- ties was cailed to the case. Asaresulta warrant h: been issued for Smith's arrest. . Will Be Planted to Canaigre. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Feb. 13.— Twenty-two thousand acres of land, for- merly belonging to the Semi-Tropic Land and Water Company, were to-duy transe ferred by the San Francisco Savings Union to a company of English capitalisis. The price was over $50G,000. Two thousand acres lie in the Rialto irrigation district. One tract of 2000 acres will be cleared at once lor planting canaigre.