The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1897, Page 8

- ONE BLOW .8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1897. LIKE THIS ENOUGH Corbett Has a New Punch Wherewith to Hurt Fitzsimmons. DESIGNED TO LAND ON THE CHIN. H: Tests It on Woods, and the Trainer Almost Goes to Sleep. POOLROOMS TO BE OPENED AT CARSON. Will Handle Bets on San Francisco Races as Well as on the Fight. CARSON, Ngv., Feb. 26.—There were two new additions to the Corbett strong- hold to-day in the persons of William A. Brady, the big pugi partner and | backer, ana Charley White, the well- | known trainer. Brady and White had no | sooner set foot in Carson than they char- | VIEwS A BARRICADE OF &AMERA FIENDS UNSUCCESSFUL ESCAPE FROM A REAR VINDO\% HE DOES A SPRINT b Fitz Makes a Trip to the Carson Postoffice and Unsuccessfully Attempts ‘Camera Fiends. * (18] e LIKE WISE. AN ACROBATIC TURN ) RETURN OF THE HAPPY “UN-EXCLUSIVE S to Escape From the Uncopyrighted but Watchful van and Mitchell, and journeyed with him to Hot Springs when Jim went there to get ready for the battle with Fitzsimmons which ended in a fiasco. The fact that Corbett never lost a battle is attributed to Ned’s abilities as a mascos. ed has a rival at the springs in the haudsome coilie which Harry Corbett gave to his brother a fortnight ago. The two mascots mixed matters up as soon as they got sight of each other. The collie sought to chase the new-comer off the grounds, but old Ned would not haveit that way. He pitched into the youngster and soon had him hors de combatand willing to acknowledge that he had the right-of-way in the mascot line. Corbett’ put in a good day’s work and, as usual, had crowdsof visitors. His bag- punching interests the callers probably more than any other branch of his work. Jim isan adept at thumping the pneu- matic ball, having it down so fine that he tered a rig and shot out to Shaw’s Springs to have a look at Jim. Brady was par- | ticularly anxious to be with his protege | and see for himself whether or not all of the reports he had heard of the Califor- nian's superb condition were true. He arrived at the training quarters just in time to catch the big fellow at work with his trainers, and to say that he was pleased with what he saw would be to put it milder than he himself described ngs. .Iam actuall tne genial Billy in b “Ofcourse, I expected to see Jim looking well, for when I last saw him in the East be seemed to be picking up. But I did not dream that I would find him so big and fine as I did to-day. It staggered me, ’pon my honor. I have known Corbett a long time and have seen him in bis best battles, but I will say with all sincerity that ke never before lonked so well as he does now. I em satisfied, alter seeing | him wear out all of his trainers, one aiter | another, this morning that his wind is | superb. That was the only thing I was | afraid of. You know his exhibition with that sailor, Sharkey, started stories all | over the country to the effect that Corbett | had passed the top notch of his fihting | ¢ateer and was going down hill. It was no wonder, either, for from all I have heard Jim made a miserable showing with the mariner and only squeezed through with the decision by a s h. | “But after all it was the best thing that | could have happened.to him. It woke | bim up at Jast to something that his | friends neyer could beat into his head— | the fact that a man’s reputation alone | will not keep him in the championship | class, Ordinarily, In good condition, Jim would have thumped that sailor out and | asleep in a couple of round:, or anybody that looked like him, but he made a mis- take 1n thinking that he could turn the | trick ithout conditioning himself for | the mill. It was a great lesson. though, asisshown by the manner in which he got right down to the real thing of taking | care of himself after that exverience. You | remember that he went off to Bartlett | Svrings and got a good start, and when he | got.back East he was the very personifica- | tion of good behavior. He has really been | in training for this contest with F.tzsira- | inons ever since the articles were signed, | but | will say candidly that I did not ex- | pect to see him round out into such splen- | aid condition as I found bim. He is tne greatest fighter the world ever saw, in my hamble opinion. Will he win? Why, | my boy, idon’t see how he can possibly | lose, unless it is by a fluke.” Brady made a number of bets on Cor- bett while in New York recently, giving odds of 10 to8 He has brought a corpu- lent wallet to Carson with bim, and ex- vects 10 do some L=l betting between now and the day of the battle. He would pre- fer, of course, to get something like even money, but stands ready to give odds in the event that the price on Fitzsimmons does not advance. Billy brought a mascot with him for Corbett. Itisanold and decrepit dog, a cross tetween a pointer and a bulldog, which responds to the appellation of *Nea.” Jm hailed the appearance of Ned with unfeigned delight, and nearly hugeed Brady to death for being so thoughtful. Ned is not making his debut as Corbett’s mascot by any manner of means. He was with the Caltfornian dur- paralyzed,” said characteristic way. can reproduce the sounda of a snare drum, with base sccompaniment, the galloping of a horse and the approach of a detach: ment of the Salvation Army. He takes turn at the ball twice a day and keeps up the rat-a-tat for at least twenty minutes without stopping to take a breath. Tuis, along with some exercise on the wrist machine, is the beginning of his routine. This over, the champion, enveloped in a big fur overcoat, trips over the snow to the handbali court, waere he puts in from a balf to three-quariers of an hour in earnest play with Al Hampton and Joe | Corbett. Then come the boxing bouts. He began this morning with Biliy Woods, : 2 the latter being encased in his pneumatic armor, and thumped him merrily aslong as Billy cou!d stand it. Once during this bout Corbett whipped in a peculiar left-hand blow which caught Billy on the point of the chin and despite the protection sfforded by the mask the Denver man reeled and would have fallen had not Corbett caught him in time, I have been trying to perfect that blow ever since I have been here,” said Jim, addressing me, while Woods was taking a rest. “It is something new and I fancy it very much, for I believe I can develop it into one of the most dangerous punches in my repertoire. It has to be put in like a flash, but if it lands the fellow who gets it is almost sure to go down and out.” I watched the big fellow caretully when Woods was ready to resume boxing, and | did not have to wait long to see the blow repeated. Woods was sta.gered again with it, Iu 1s difficult to describe the blow. It appears to me to be a sort of cross between ahook and en upp:rcut. Corbett holds his fist close to his hip and waits for his opponent to drop his right arm a little below its usual resting place when in po- sition for boxing. The moment the open- ing is offered his glove flies upward and across, the arm being slightly crooked, as in the case when a hook is intended. The blow is in direct line for the other man’s chin, and is essentially a knockout blow. Corbett says it does not necessarily have to be delivered with great force in order to be effective, as it is the jar or jolt that de- prives the opponent temporarily of his senses. “Any more kicks from Fitzsimmons to- day ?" asked the big leMow, as he was preparing for a bout with Jeffries. Being informed that Bob bad been thoroughly quiet, Jim laughed and said he guessed the Cornishman was thinking up some- thing new jo spring on Referes Siler. “It Jooks funny, indees,” mused the Californian. “Fitz has alwavs prided bimself on being a great infizhter, and his objections this time to the rules permit- ting us to hit in clinches and breaks strike me as being rather strange. But I am not wasting any gray matter in trying to find out what he is reaily up to. I don’t care. For my part I am ready to fight under any old rules, so long as I get a chance at that tall fellow. I intend to whip bim, but I want to do it fair and equare. “My only desire in connection with the rules is that nothing will be incorporated in them which will give Fijzsimmons an opportunity to do any tricky fouling or to lie down and claim he is fouled. I want tho glory of whipping him out and out and don’t wish any decision on a foul. I honestly Dbelieve that if Fitzsimmons ing his training for the fights with Sulli- should lie down in the ring without giving me a chance to put him to sleep I would be tempted to kick him in the face. I am affer the glory in this contest as much as the money.” It was a quiet day out at Cook’s ranch where “Lanky Bob'’ is getting ready. for the big mill; and it was rather gloomy, too. Neither Fitzsimmons nor hisbrother- in-law, Martin Julian, has recovered from the saddening effect of that unbappy telegram from New York, which yesterday told them of thedeath of Julian’s and Mrs. Fitzsimmons’ mother. Poor little Julian is about prostrated and repeatedly breaks down and sobs like a child. | Fuzsimmons continued his training, but went at his work in a listless and moody manner. He boxed three rounds each this morning with Hickey, Stelzner and Roeber without taking a rest, and then gave Roeber a tussle on the wrest- ling pad. He came into town at noon for | his mail, walking and runningboth ways, | and in the afternoon had another seance with his trainers. Bob says he is now thoroughly acclimated, and finds his wind greatly improved, daspite the altitude of Carson. He is eating ravenously now having completely recovered from his ra- cent stomach trouble. Fitzsimmons declines to further discuss his recextly raised objection to the rules which are to govern the battle. He says his complaint has been wrongtully con- strued as an indication of cowardice on his pirt in some quarters, and for that reason he is going to stop talking. “They will find out on the 17th of March | whether or not Iam afraid of that dude with the pompadour,” said Bob, clench- ing his fists and shaking his head ominously. “I'll give them a little song Lo sing, mark me."” Dal Hawkins, the San Franciscan who is matcheda to fight Martin Flaherty for the championship of his class on the 16th of Merch, arrived this morning, accom- panied by “'Spider” Kelly, the recent con- queror of Lon Aguew. The Spider is zoing to act as Dal’s trainer and second. It was Hawkins’ desire to train at Shaws Springs with Corbett, but the. latter’s retinue has grown to such proportions that there is no more room there, and Hawkins had to be turned away. George Green, the clever welter-weight who is going to meet ““Mysterious” Bily Smith, has also found things too crowaed at the springs, and left there this evening. He and Hawkins have joined issues and will train at the Wigein ranch at Empire, three miles from Carson. They leave for the ranch ‘in the morning, along with their trainers. “Mysterious” Smith and Flaberty are not here yet, but are on the way. It is not known where they wiil train. Harry Corbett, the “champ’ big brother, returaed to Carson this morning and is as busy as a bird dog. He is get- ting everything into shipshape for the bringing of two special trainloads of San Franciscans to Carson to witness the great battle, and also for the opening of his noolrooms. In the latter venture he will be associated with Johnny Coleman, while in his special-train affair Colonel C, F. Burns is his partner. The poolrooms will be opened about the Gth of March, and it is the intention of the projectors to handle bets on the San Francisco and New Or- leans races as well as on the fights, Dan Stuart is not out yet, but is up and around in his room. He is directing things from this retreat, and is not letting any of the details siip through his fingers. Stuart is. greatly gratified over the way the tickets for the big mill are going, and says there is no guestion now about the great amphitbeater being packed. Work on the mammoth building is progressing rapialy. Two of the sections of the octagon are already in position ana the lumber is all on the ground for the others. J, G. MANsFIELD. —_——— CEAFIS' REFORM SCHEME, Would Prevent the Publicatinn of Prige- Fight News. retorm bureau of which the Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts of this city is superintendent is unable to prevent the forthcoming glove contest in Nevada between Corbett and Fitz immons, it will endeavor to min- imize the printed accounts of the fight. In response to the arguments made by Mr, Crafts before the House Commerce NI BTN - ST WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 26.—If the | Committee to-day Mr. Aldrich (R.) of Il- linois was directed to- report a bill to the House, the purpose of which is to prevent the publication of victures of pu- gilists and detailed descriptions of prize- fights, Newspapers are forbidden to send by mail or interstate commercé—which Iatter includes the electric telegraph— either such pictures or descriptions, the maximum penalty for which isten years in jail. R Corbett Engages Donaldson. CLEVELAND, Omio. Feb. 26. —John Donaidson to-day received a letter from Champion Corbett urging him to hasten to Shaws Springs to take charge of his preparations for the bic fizht. In response to the request Donaldson will start for Nevada Monda; e FIFTY CAES ENGAGED, Evidence That a Few San Franciscans Will See the Fight. The Southern Pacific Company bas come to the couclusion that it will be all it can do to carry the throngs of people who want to see the world's champion- ship battled for by Corbett and Fitzsim- mons. Indeed the railroad has almost despaired of its ability to take all who want to go, despite the fact that it will not enly use all of the Pullmans available, but will bring into requisition its ordinary passen- ger and poseibly its tourist cars. The officers of the road are exerting themseives o gather in all the shekels | possible, put they are not certain that they can do it. Still they will try very hard. Up to yesterday fifty cars, each holding twenty-two people, had been engaged irom San Francisco alone. Besides this Fresno is asking for five, Sacramento five, and even Woodiand wants two or three, while applications Irom other towns are coming in pretty fast. As one of the leading offi- ciais of the road says, ‘‘there isn’: sleep- ing accommodation at Carson for the peo- ple who are going.” Because of this as many as possible are trying to arrange for | Pullman transportation. Already about 7000 admission seats have been sold for the paviiion where the fight is to take place. Besides this four special trains of ten Pullmans and two baggage- cars each, and each drawn by two locomo- tives, have been chartered from Chieago. It is considered certain that there will be from Chicago alone at least fifty cars of people, whiio from Ban Francisco there will probably be at least eighty. New York, Cincianati, Louisville, St. Louis and other cities are also, of couise, expected to contribute a great many, as well as the Mississippi and Missouri valleys. From up and down the coastalso there will be miany. It is considered lucky that there is so large an amount of siding at Carson. Itis what is known as a “pusher” station. From Carson to Virzinia the road is very precipitous and as Carson is situated in ihe Eagle Creek Valley, a couple of milos from the Carson River, where the road is very favorable a good many switches have been constructed in times past for the ac- commodation of engines and cars. The cars coming frow Chicago will, as is now estimated, cover three-fourths of a wile of track, while those from here will require at ledst a mile. That is a mile and three-quarters to start with. When other cities and towns are accomm it1s believed the switch yard at Uarson will ook something like the business of a transcontinental railroad. A few days ago John P. Dunning, agent here of one of the press associations, went to Carson. He wanted to make arrangements for getting out a report and proposed to take four men there. = He wanted to see what board and other ex- penses would be. He was told that if he would bring his four men on then and remain till atier the tight they could have board for $23 a week each, but if he waited till near tne time of the fight it would cost him more, 1t was finally decided that A. C. Thomas of Chicago, general Western agent of the ion, First Assistant Agent Nat C. Wright and Harry L. Beach of Chicago and a force from ‘this City would go de- spite the high board prices. —_— Farmers Meet at Petaluma, PETALUMA, CaL, Feb, 26— The Farmers’ Institate opened to-day with a good attendance. Bessions were held in the morning, aiternoon and evening and the programme, interspersed wiih mustc, inclnded the following interesting papers, “The Relation of the University to the Farmer,’ by E. F. Adams; “Horticulture,” by Professor K. L. Lippitt; “Poultry,” by 8, Peck; “Ferments und Bacteria” by Professor F. S. Bioletti; ““Dairying,” ;y J. R. Denman; *Education of the armer,” by E W. Davis, anda “Farmers’ Organizations,” by E, F. Adams. LIFE N DANGER WHILE HE ROAMS Murderous Maniac Escapes From Medical Lake’s Asylum. With Giant Strength He Tears an Iron Screen From His Cell Window. Though the M:dman Is Manacled, the Residents of the Vicinity Fear His Lust for Blood. MEDICAL LAKE, Or, Feb 26— Thomas Devine, the most desparate in- sane criminal ever consigned to the State hospital here, made his escape last night and is still at large. The ‘well-known strength and murderous tendencies of Devine hsve caused him to be clossly guarded, and he was almost constantly handcuffed. Two years ago he broke out of hisroom at the hospital, procured an oaken mop stick from a ward washroon, and, lying in wait for Night Watchman ‘Wing, almost killed him and then escaped from the building. He was recaptured on the Yakima Indian reservation and has sinee worn handcuffs, when not personally attended. During the supper hour last evening, Devine succeeded in evading his keepers long enough to wrench off an iron screen and break the glass of the window of his room. The room 1s in the second story, but the desperate fellow dropped to the ground, some twenty feet, while still handcuffed, and ‘escaped in the darkness. The strength of the man was evidenced by the comparative ease with which he tore out three locks of the iron screen. His escape was soon discovered and Super- intendent Semple dispatched searching parties in all directions and notified the officiais of the surrounding towns by tele- graph to be on tle lookout. As Devine wears handcuffs and is without hat or coat it would seem that it will be easy to locate him. He is a giant in physique, weighs about 195 pounds, has black hair and eyes and is of dark complexion. His homicidal tendencies render him a very daneerous lunatic to be at large. PORTLAND PAWNSHOP ROMANCE. Sister and Brother Reunited Through the Medium of a Pledged Jewel. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 26.—The dis- covery of an amethyst seal ringin the show-window of a pawnshop yesterday will lead to the reunion of a brother and sister who had not seen or heard of each otherin two decades. Mrs, 8. E. Carrington of Cambridge, Mass., camo to Portland a few days ago ona visit to friends prior to her leaving for Southern California in search of health. Yesterday morning, while promenading with the woman whom she is visiting, her attention was casually drawn to 8 pawnbroker's show-window. She saw a ring which strack her as being oue she had once seen before, and Mrs, Carrington asked the broker to allow her to in-pect it. The request was readily ranted, and to ber grest amazement she ound engraved on the inside of the ring “E. W. B,, from mother.” **Why, that's my brother’s ring,” ex- claimed’ Mrs, Carrington. ‘“‘Where did you get it?” ‘The broker, referring to his books, re- plied that early this month the owner bor- rowed $3 on it to make up a sufficient sum to cairy him to Sacramento. He at that time réquested the broker not 1o dispose of the ring under any circumstances, add- ing that” it was a gift from his dead mother and that he would redeem it in thirty or forty days. He left his Sacra- mento address with the present custodian of the memento. Mrs. Carrington was prepared to re- deem it at once, but the broker declined to accommodate her without tne presa tion of the pawn-ticket. He, nowever, gave Mrs. Carringion her brotiers ad- aress and she-at once availed herself of the nse of the wires. At4 o’clock vester- day afternoon the anxious sister haa an answer from her brother and to-night leit to meet him. il g, Death at SAN RAFAEL, CAL, Feb. 26.—Mrs. M. M. Ware, relict of the late Preserved Ware, a prominent citizen of Sonoma County, died this morning at the residence of her ton-in-law Dr. W. F. Jones. Her family is influential in Sonoma and Marin counties. Four cuildren survive her, Mrs, Dr. W. F. Jones of £an Rasael. and Mrs. Sarah Gillette, living in New York, C. P. Ware, a merchant in- San Rafael, and A. B. Ware, a leading lawyer in Santa Ros The deceased was in her eighty-first year, and died of cancer, her illness being e: ceedingly painful. She will be buried in Santa Rosa on Sunda; gt Ly Ukiah Fiahermen in Troubdle. UKIAH, CaL.,, Feb. 26.—Fred Donohoe and John Crow were arrested to-day on complaint of J. A. Cooper for catching and having in their possession brook trout. The celendants both entered pleas of guilty. They will be sentenced next Monday. The Ukiah Sportsman’s Club, The fac-simile signature of of which Mr. Cooper, the tomplaining witness, is the president, is taking steps to put an end to the illegal fishing and hunt- ing in this locality. ARl SETTLERS FOR VENEZUELA. American Concessionaires to Colonize Land Leased From the Gov- ernment, ald Grant, well known in the West as a railroad contractor and builder, is now ac his winter residence in this city. Mr. Grant has just returned from Venezuela, South America, where he and his co-part- ners have succeéded in getting a con- cession of land embracing 15,000 square miles. I have succeeded in obtaining from the Government of Venezuela a fine body of land, either for agricultural, stock-raising or mining purposes,” said he to-day. ~The land lies 1n the northeastern part of the republic, and the concession was granted by the Government to promote the settlement of the country. There are but few settlers outside of the natives, and tkey might as well not be there, as far as the development of fhe country goes. Our town in the concession is Santa Cata- lina, and nowhere on the Pacific Coast can a finer pori of entry be.found.” “What are the principal and best-pay- | ing vroducts there?” *‘One cun raise anything that grows in any other country, and, what is better still, he can plant” anything he chooses and it will grow and matare every montn in the year. Coffee is the principal prod- uct. Forthe most part our land is flat, but in -ome parts there are some rather high altitudes, and in_the mountains we have as fine Bessemer iron ore as can be found anywhere in this country. Only six miles from Santa Catalinais a solid hill of un- usually pure Bessemer ore, one and a half or- two and a half miles in extent, and about 600 feet in height, and in this there are over 1,000,000,000 tons of ore in sight, and within six miies of ocean steamships. “The company has -contracted for the immediate erection of a hote ,” continued Mr. Grant, “and, in addition to this build- i there wiil be another larce structure store and offices. A picked colony of about twenty five persons_sailed from New York for that piace on February 4, and others will soon follow. 1Itis our in- tention to settle that country with people from here, aithough there are a good many English and Germansalready there, Tt is a fine country and the.climate is very similar to that inSouthern California, and I believe when this and its many other advantages become generally known the opportuaity will *he quickly grasped and there will be something like an Oklahoma rush.” Mr. Grant will remain in Santa Monica for about a montb, and_on the 1st of Avpril will return-to’ his Venezuelan pos- sessions, leaving his family here until he is prepared for their stay in their new home, L4 GRANGE MAN POISONED, Killed by Eating Toadstools, Which He Believed Were Mushrooms. MODESTO, Cav., Feb. 26.—J. W. Watts, a well-known resident of La Grange, died last night from the effects of eating tcad- stools, believing them to be mushrooms. On Tuesday afternoon Watts and P.J. Roquet gathered the supposed mush- rooms and cooked and ate them at Watts’ saloon, Both became sick. Watts refused the services of a_doctor, sayingz he would be all right. When the physician was summoned his life could not be saved and he died in great agouy at 7 o’clock last night. Roquet was given antidotes and is stiil alive, but it is not known wheiher he will live. Watts was &-married man, leay- ing a widow and a cnild. e Death of @ Tustin Banker, SANTA ANA, CaL, Feb. 26.—5. W. Preble of Tustin died early this morning from pneumonia. He was a California pioneer, having arrived in San Francisco inJuly, 1849. He was a successful miner for a number of years. Preble removed to ‘Tustin in 1876. He was an extensive fruit- grower and a capitalist of considerable prominence, being one of the leading stockholders of the Bank of Tustin and vice-president of the First National Bank of Santa Ana. He was also connected with the Grangers’ Bank of San Francisco, Mr. Preble was a native ot York, Me., and was 71 vears of age. —_—— Santa Cruz Has o Portia. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., Feb. 26 —Mrs. L, U. McCann, tae first woman lawyer of Santa Cruz to try a suit in the courts of this county, appeared in her initial effort before JuigeDoolan of San Benito County, sitting in the stead of Judge Smith, in the Superir Court to-day. The case in which Mrs. McCann is engaed is a divorce suit, brought by Zacharia Xevers against Eu- phonia Xevers, Mrs. Mctann 13 the widow of t e late Juage F. J. McCann, who occupied the Buperior bench in this county for a number of years, —_— Discharged in Disgrace. SAN DIEGO, Can, Feb. 26.—Edwin Young, a sailor of the United States gun- boat Marion, who was recently found guilty of gross insubordination and assault on an officer at Iquique last October and sentenced by court-martial to one year in the penitentiary, to-day had his sentence commuted to dishonorable discharge by Admiral Beardsiee. el No Cigarettas for Nevada Minors. CARSON, NEv., Feb. 26.—The bill which recently passed the Assembly of the Ne- vada Logislature, licensing the sale of cigareites and cigarette paper in this Stat-, to-day passed the Senate. It reduces the present license of $150 a quarter to $15 a quarter, and makes it a misdemeanor, Wwith severe punishment, to sell cigateties to persons under 21 years of age. Without | doubt the Governor will sign the bill. gy San Diego Water Bates. BAN DIEGO, CaL., Feb. 26.—The Oity Council has agreed upon a water ordi- nance for the coming year. The rates will be substantially the s:me a« at present, except those for irrigation- tracts of one _of CASTORIA, SANTA MONICA, CarL., Feb. 26.—Don- Poh o more, which wii! be raised from ! to 10 cents per 1000 callons for the first 500 gallons. After that the rate will he h- same as before, The orlinarca wiil ield the San D o Water Company an | annual income of $100,060. o ARRAIGNED AT SACRAMENTO. | Fred 8. Prector, t.c Futative Scion of English Nobilsty, in Court for Theft, SACRAMENTO, Cir., Feb. 26.—Fred 8. Proctor, who was arrested on a charge of petty larceny.yesterday at the instiza- tion of the manager for the Baker-Hamile ton Company, whot e hardware mer- chants, was arraigned in the Pulice Court Lis murning. He entered a plea of not <uilty, and was granted a continuance until March 2 to procure the services of | counsel. Shortly after court adj urned three more compiaints against him on similar charges were sworn 1o by u rep- resentative of the firm, T. de Wolfe Hannah, the unfortunate young man’s associate, in whose offios s found a qaantity of the procesds of Pree: tor's pilferings, said to-day: T am simply overwheimed wi 3 aston- ishment to hear that any such charges should be brought against my frigag Proctor, who I believe is a Eeraonsor Lord Proctor of Englana all events the matter is trivial and should be gyes looked, youknow. As far as I am eqne cerned in the affair, you know,” he adgeq with an_aristocratic English draw], .| know nothing exc-pt that Proctor claimed to have known me in old England, ang office, when he brought the things to m; he cisimed they were portions of a outfit, you know, which he was prep: for an outing in the Sierras this comin season.”’ —_—— Xorth San Juan Casualty. MARYSVILLE, Car., Feb. —John Crane, formerly employed at North San Jusn as hostler in M. C. 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