The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1897, Page 8

of the famous Washington mino in French THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1897. KEW TO-DAY. e CHAKGE OF VENUE BILL IS PASSED Senate Reconsiders Formsr Action on Bridgford’s Measure. Heated Discussion Precipitated on the Flcor of the Upper House. Twenty-Six M mbrs Vote “Aye,” While Twe ve Are-Opposed to the Substitu'e SACRAMENTO, Cin., March 16.—An- other long and heated d:scussion was pre- cipitated in the S nate this afternoon on Bridgiord’s As-embly bill 977, the substi- | tute for the Caminetti bill 273. It had onca been refused passage by the Senate, but it was decided to give it a reconsidera- tion, and yesterday it was amended and made a special order for 2 o'clock to-day. Ths seciion of the measure which has caused more debate and more real sensa- tions than any bill before the present session of the Legislature now reads as follows: en it appears from the affidavitor affi-| dnvitson file that either party cannot have a iuir and fmpartial trial before anv Judge of a court ot rec about 10 try the case or bias of such | orthwith secure the | the same or | trial of said | hat in an ac- | urtof county, or of & & more than one depart- 1 be transferred to an- | eo’, and tried therein | ner s though originally as- | by reason t0 such department. The affi-| or affidavits alleg the disqua.i- 0 of u Judge ¢ be filed and served the attorney for | ley before the day set n or proceeding; pro- s may be filed at least ‘ rther time as the c t for filing such counter sffidavits, not exceeding five dave, 2ud for this purpose the court may continue the triai, and in no cause or proceeding can more than oue such chanee of Judges be had. i all not | dar, or of business, nor e action or pro- e other court, or the hearing avits aud counter affidavits. Senator Seawell opened the debate by 10 the regu the power ceeding to ng: “This bill has been the subject of much | feeling and contention. If T did not ve- | Jieve that this was the best bill for th purpose sought to be accompiished, would not urge it upon the Senate.” The privilege of peremptorily challeng- ing jurors was referred to, and the speaker sa:d tbata simiar right’ should exist in | reference to the Judge of the court, whose | powers were far superior to those of any one juror or an entire body of jurors. He | discussed the amended bill at length and | exhorted the Senate to pass the measure. Senator Simpson adveried to his oppo- sition to the now notorious Asembly vill No. 273, and stated that he objected to hat meusure because he thought it needed | smendment. The bill now presented, he | said, met with his approval and hein- tended 10 vote for it. | Senator Gillette opposed the bill as un- necessary, and as teing a “slap” at the | entire judiciary of the State. { Senator Bulia, who voted for No. 273, | said he believed that the evils under the | proposed new and amended bill wouid be | greater than the evils which the bul| sought to remedy, and that be would vote | against the measure. i Senator Withington spoke in fgvor of | the bill. | Senator Dickinson said be voted against | 273 because there was no limit to the | number of times a change of venue could | be taken under it. He believed the | amended bill was in favor of a just and | fatr litization, | Senator Pealar spoke strongly in favorof | the measure, declaring that he did not con- | sider it right for any one to vote for a law | simpiy because a corporation ora wealithy | individual might incidentally be bene- ! fited thereby. | ator Wolfe supported the bill, and | tration demanding the previous ques- | ion, the roil was cailed and resulted in | the passage of the measure by a voteof | 26 ayes to 12 noes, as follows: Androus, Beard, Bert, Boyce, Chapman, | Dickinson, Doty, ney, Franck, s, | all, IL nders ngiord, Linder, M. Pedlar, Prisk, Seaweil, Shine, Sb son, Smith, Toner. Wolte—to:al, 26 uyes. Aram, Braunhart, Bulla, Dwyer, Flint, Gil- lette, Hollowsy, Joues, Ls Rue, Luchsinger, | Stratton, Trout--total, 12 noes. Denison refrained from Voorhets, voting, and | Morehouse was absent in San Franeisco | to represent the Senate in the contempt matter be:ore the Supreme Court. The bill now ¢oes 1o the Assembly for | concu ence in the amendments made by | ate. It is understood that the| wents will be promptly approved n sent to the Governor, who has already signified his wiilingness to sign it. —— BUDD MAY VETO THEM. Doubt as to His Action on the Dredger and Restraining- Dam Bilis SACRAMENTO, CaL., March 16.—The ten days’ limitation on the dredger bill and the bill enabling the State to use the | joint Federal and State appropriation of $500,000 for the construction of restrain- ing dams will expire to-morrow, and the Governor will send a message upon his | ‘action with reference to the bills The encmies of the drétiger bill say to-night that the Governor will velo it. Assembly- man Cutter says that he will approve i1t because, he said 1o a CALL reporter to- night, the Governor was a man of his word, and the Governor as good as told | him yesterday morning that he was going | 1o sign it. i Itis known, however, that the Gover- nor’s brother, John E. Budd, is bitterly opposed to the measure and has urged | him to place his veto upon it. John Budd’s objections are principally that there are snaxs and gravel in the rivers and that the lightning scoop-dredger will be rendered almost useless by reason of these obstructions. The dredger worked well enough in the Mississippi River, argued John Budd, but it wouldn’t work in tne Sacramento River. In the minds of the friends of the bill the issue lies between tne Governor's word and the influence of the Governor's brother. If the iatter influence shall pre- vail and the Governor shall veto the bill, jtis believed tuat the ruiaors of bribery vflost at the time of the passage of the bill will be used in justification of the veto. But friends of tue measure say that they have assurances from tue executive that he will sign t e bill Tne Governor has assured Assembly- man Seward that he will sign the biil brineing into operation the $500.000 appro- pristion for the construction of restrain- ing aams, TS WORK FOR THE IDLE. Toland’s Blll to Provide Labor for the Poor Passes In the Assembly. SACRAMENTO, CaL., March 16.—If the poor of California had been present in the Assembly this afternoon and could have | espe | petition “that, if it is possible, heard the eloquent and burning words, the expressious of sympathy in their be- half from the lips of Waymire, Dryden, Emmons, Price, Dibble, Shanahan, Cana- van and Leavitt they would have shoutea for joy. Bat though the pleasure is de- nied them of being present in the body, they may read in THE CALL the glad tid- ings that the Assembly passed Toland's bill (No. 285) allowing Supervi-ors and roadmasters to give every poor man a job at three meals and 35 cents a day. On behalf of the bill Waymire and Dry- den stood arm in arm, while facing them in opposition to the bill were Dibole and Shanahan, cheek by jowl. The lezislators who favorea the bill cried for the sorrows of the poor man even as the child cries for purgatoria. Those who opposed the bill took the razged tramp to their warm, palpltating bosoms and rained hot, briny tears down his back. Los Angeles, as generous with her gold as ber soil is with the succulent orange, demanded in nickel accents that the hon- est tramp should be given wis ooard and 35 cents per day, and the dishonest tramp in jail his board and 10 cents per day—:here evidently being a 25-cent margin between vice and virtue. The supporters oi the bill argued that dumping gravel into chuckholes on the county roads at 35cents per duy would abolish poverty and pre- vent another French revolution. Ditble denounced the biil as socialistic and revolutionary and teariully pieaded that the poor man should not be cast into slavery with all his sins on his head and all his rags on his back, unshriven and unshaved. The bill, in Lis opinion, rein- troduced the slavery of a century ago, with its taskmasters and 1ts scourges. Sanaahan also moistened the rags of | the poor with Shasta-water tears. The | bill, he said, would reduce the wages of | laborers all over the State to 35 cenis a | day and board. But the bill passed by a vote of 421024, | and Leavitt gave notice of a motion to re- consider. —_— FRENCH WAS ABSENT. No Action Taken by the Scandal Investi- gating Commiitar. SACRAMENTO, Car., March 16.—The Assembly committee to investipate the French scandal held no meeting to-day on account of the nen-arrival of Mr. French. The Sherff at San Jose, to whom the subpena for Mr. French bad been issued, teiegrapbed to Chairmon Price that Mr. Frencn was in San Francisco and a subpena was sent thitber, but no reply had been received up to a late hour to- | night. The committee will hold its final meeling to-morrow and Wwill report that no blame is attached to any of the at- taches of the Asssmbly. LATE TRAINS FOR SAN RAFAEL. Pstitions Asking ths North Pacific Coast Rairoad to Beiter Its Service. MILL VALLEY, Car., March 16.—The veople of M rin County are about to peti= tion the North Pacitic Coast road toruna | night train from San'Rafsel and Mil! Val- ley to San Francisco, to leave those towns | bout 10 o’clock and to arrive in San Fran- | 1sco at about 11 o'clock. The petitions are io be circulated in every town on the line of the railroad be- tween San Rafael and Eausalito and also on the Mill Valley branch. The pe:itions are being prepared and will be put in cir- culation to-morrow. Wuile the North Pacific Coast Railroad runs a boat to Marn County, leaving San Francisco at 11:30 ». 5L, it has never at- tempted to run a boat leaving this side | late in the evening except on special oc- casions. The most prominent men in Marin County are putting this petition forward, and it was not agreed to take action untii the opinions of a larze number of citizens | in favor of it were obtained. The prution | asks that the boat be run at least once a week, on either Wednesday or Thursday mght. “T.e summer timetable of the North Pacific Coast road will be issued in a short time,” said one of the leaders in the move- ment in discussing the proposition to-day, “aud as the railroad runs a boat on Wednesday nighis from San Francisco at | a late hour it would be but a trifling ex- | psnse 1o make an extra trip, leaving the Marin side at an hour that would allow | peop:e to visit friends across the bay and | return to their homes in San Francisco the same evening. “The petition which we will circulate for signatures to-morrow has the approval of the improvement club members 1n the various towns end other citizens, among | whom are Sidney B. Cushing, Judge Thomas Foltreil and Commodore C. H. Harrison. ““We believe the railroad wili grant this request, for their summer time- table is always excellent and the ranning of this train will add greatly to the travel.” Following is the petition that will be circulated: J. B. Stetsom, President North Pacific Const Rolroad — DEAR SIR: We, the undersigned ! residents and property-owuers living in Mill Valley and vicinity, appreciating the good service you have rendered us in the past, and aliy during last summer, respectiuily ou will make en evening trip to San Francisco, ieaving Mill | Vailey somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 o'clock. If you find it is Imposstble to run more than | once a week we wou.d suggest that the trip be | mede on Wednesday or Thursday nights. We | feel that the trip would pay the raiiroad, be- sides adding to the social atiractions of this side of the bay. i g OAKDALE-SONGRA RAILROAD. Two Contractors Bid for the Work of Construction—Provision Is Made for Payment. MODESTO, CAL., March 16.—The new railroad between Oakdale and Sonora will soon be a thing of realty. 8. D. Fresh- man, representing the directors, to-day filed in the County Recorder’s office two contracts for work to be done on the road. Both are for building the road eastward from Oakdale and are with the West Coast Construction Company. Each provides for the construction of ten miles. Pro. vision for payment is made us follows: Upon the completion of each ten miles | the contractors are to receive ten bonds of the first-issue mortgage and ten bonds of the second issue, and 3000 shares of the the stock of the company. TIuirty-tive aays after the completion of the con- tract they are to receive in addition five bonds each of the first and second series and 2000 adaitional shares. The eontract provides that the constiuction shali be pursued with due diiigence aud provides the penalty of forfeiture of contract if they delay, after thirty days’ notice, to resume work. e s bl San Rafael Has 3 Carupaign On., SAN RAFAEL, Can, March 16.—Much interest Lias been awakened in San Rafael over the approaching municipal election. The point at issue is whetuer it is ad. visable at this time for the city io acquire ownership of its water supply. The Tax Reform League has nominated for trus- 1ees Kobert Scott, Elisha Dubois and J. P. Minott, who are in favor of immediaie action for municipal ownership of ‘the water works. The conservative ticket consists of W. J. Miller, Henry Eick- hoff and S. P. Moorhead. They think that some other local matters are of more importance at present than the water question. RO e Bakersfield Chila Drowned. BAKERSFIELD, CaL, March 16.—Do- rothy, ihe two-year-old daughter of H. C. Park, was drowned this afiernoon_in an irrigation ditch near the Parks residence in the Southern Addition. ————— Western Unfon Have put in special wire at GRAND HoreL CAFE. Anoperator wi'l be in attendance to report the contest by rounds. 1% | against J. W. Power in the Examiner of March | discretion of Boards of Supervisors con- CROWDING FAKERS INTO A CORNER Power Wants a Full In- vestigation of Charges Against Him. : Committee Given Authority to Summon Persons and Papers. Hearst's Libelous Employes at Sacra. mento to B: Placed Upon the Rack Again. SACRAMENTO, Car., March 16, —Power of San Francisco rose in his seat this'after- noon and said that he desired to have the Assembly investigate certain insinuations of bribery made against him ana other Assemblymen by the Examiner. He therefore offered the following resolution: WHEREAS, A committee was appointed for the purpose of investigating the charges made 13; therefore, be it Resolved, That said committeo be given full vower to administer oaths, to subpena wit- nesses, and such other powers as may be neces- sary for a full and complete investigation. The Committee on Retrenchment (Mel- ick, chairman) was appointed as an inves- tizating committee and will inquire into the fake paper's insinuations 1n the morn- ing. Itis expected that the investigation will be short and sweet. The Examiner will be given an opportunity to transmute its innuendoes into accusations. This it will be unable to do, and the Assembly will waste no further time on the Ex- aminer. That paper has become 80 disrep- uteble that noattention will be paid here- after to anything it may say. i Bt sl IN THE UPPER HOUSE. Many Bills Cons dered by the Sen~ ate as Adjournment Approaches. SACRAMENTO, Can., March 16.— The morning session of the Senate was given up to the consideration of the general ap- propriations bill. An amendment was made striking out the appropriation for the six mew companies proposed to be added to the National Guard. The Na- tional Guard encampment fund was cut to $30,000. The Senste this afternoon on reconsid- eration passed Bridgford’s bill relating to change of venue, which was a substitute for the famous 273 and was defeated on March 11 The woman’s rights constitutional amendment was given its last chance. The roiicall gave 24 ayes and 12 noes. Twenty-seven votes being necessary, it was lost. There was no cal!oi the House. The general appropriation act was taken up. Withington's amendment striking out the appropriation of $40,000 for the re- volv ng fund for Btale textbooks and sub- stituting $5000 for the compilation of a history was adopted. Doty succeeded in raising the Btate Agricultural Society’s appropriation from $30,000 1o $35,000. An amendment by Bulla increasing the appropriation for the care of the grounds of the Los Angeles Normal School from $2000 to $3000 was carried; also Prisk’s amendment mustering in the Grass Val- ley Natonal Guard Company, which mus- tered out some tim« ago, Smith endeavored to have a provition for a pouitry department at the State University stricken out, but his amend- ment to that effect was lost. The Senate to-night passed these As- sembly bills: By Cutter, enlarging the cerning reclamation districts; by Guy, appropriating $1131 to pay the claim of Clarence 8. Merrill {or services as reporter for the court inquiry of the National Guard; by Sims, reiating to mechanic liens, requiring the owner ot real estate to give notice of the completion of improve. ments, S ASSEMBLY ROUTINE. Two Appropriation Bills Pass the Legisiature’s Lower House. SACRAMENTO, CaL., March 18.—The Assembly this morning passed two appro- priation bills, as follows: Appropriating $2500 additional for the contingent ex- penses of the Assembly, and the act set- ting aside $2000 to pay the expenses of the Examiner bribery caze. A bill was introduced by Wright mak- ing it a felony Yor any person to com- municate in any manner with any attache of either house of the Legislaturs regard- ing any bill while the same might be in any of its stages. A resolution was adopted, on motion of Power of San_ Francisco, empowering the | Committee of Investigation to send for persons and papers. The Assembly finally passed the follo ing Benate bills this afternoo: Ped] relating to corporations for o:her than protit and what may be provided for in their by-laws, constitution, etc.; Hollo- way, authorizing certain corporations to loan or invest money. Seawell's Benate bil. relating to the enforcement of judg- ments after a lapse of five years from date of entry was lost. Henderson’s Senate bill providing for a system of ventilation and temperature regulation in the Capitol bwilding passed as amended. Assembly bills to provide for a survey and the construction of wagon road i from Tallac to McKinney's, along the shore of Lake Tahve, and appropriating money to pay the expenss of sending an exhibii of California products to the Ham- burg Horticultural Exposition and provid. ing for & commission therefor, were passed. Hardly a quorum was present in the Assembly to-night. The Senate bill ap- ev riating $20,000 to_ pay attorney fees of . W. Foote and Robert Y. Hayne, addi- tional counsel in the case of the Southern Pacific against the Biate, was lost, Leavitt giving notice of reconsideration. The Assembly bill authorizing the Board of Supervisors of 8an Francisco to pay John J. Conlin for work performed and mate- rial furnisbed for public sireets, sewers, in San Francisco met th ult being due to the alim attend. ance. In view of this the second-reading file was taken up, consuming the remain- der of the evening. MENDOCING ASYLUM CASE. Dr. Martin, en Inmate, Claims That Ha Is Not Insane, but Has Been Cruelly Wronged, UKIAH, Car, March 16.—Dr. Arthur Martin, who has acquired more or less notoriety in San Francisco during the past three years owing to his matri- monial experiences with one Alma Jos- selyn, was to-day brou ht before Juage Mannor of the Superior Court of this county by Dr. E. W. Kinz, medical super- intendent of the Mendocino asylum. Martin bad prayed for the issuance of to-day. In his own|behalf Dr. Martin re- lated his troubles of the past three years, arguing that an attempt had been made to separate himself and his wife by vari- ous schemes, which he allezed were per- goumed by Secretarv Holbrook of the oys’ and Girls’ Aid Society of San Fran- cisco and General W. H. L. Barnes. whom be, retained as counsel in the litiza- tion between his wife and her grand- father, George Staacke. is statement was made in the presence of the court and officers thereof, and sev- eral reporters, anu showed s thorough knowled e on the part of the man of both legal and medical experience. He stated that he was a graduate of the Homeo- pathic College of Medicine at Baltimore, and of the Homeopathic College. at Vien- na, Austriv. His story of his alle-ed wrongs was exceeding interesting, and, if true, would show that the man was greatly wronged; but these were declared by Dr. E. W. King to be tue delusions of a diseased mind. . Martin says that he does not know the present whereabouts of his wife, nor of his two children, and makes all manner of arave charges against General Barnes, and Rlleges that will bring disbarment proceedings agninst that gentieman. Mar- tin was committed to this asylum on the 4th inst. by Judge Belcher, but stated that he bad no hearing in court and his com- mitment was brought about by fraud. Drs J. C. Maddux, W. N. Moore and J. L. Bond were present as experts, and after hearing the matter Judge Mannon Zlmnnded l?nnnin: to the custody of Dr. ng. FRESNO LABORER'S AWFUL DEATH Becomes Entangled in a Lasso Thrown Over a Mule and Is Dragged for Hours. FRESNO, CaL, March 16.—William R. Miller, a farmhand, met with an awful death yesterday afternoon at the Bonni- field ranch, sixteen miles t of this city. While lassoing mules he became en- tangled in a rope attached to a wild animal. The mule ran and dragged bim for several hours, until it completely ex- hausted itself. The unfortinate man’s body was horribly mangled. Miller went out with his brother-in-law, Nathan Higgins, to catch a number of mules which were grazing in a pasture. The animals were all very wild, and con- siderable difficulty was experienced in rounding them up. Miller succeeded in throwing his lasso over the head of one of the mules, but it made a lunge and jerked the rope from his grasp. Then the two men set about to get bold of the trailing rope again. The mule ran around in mad career, and finally Higgins gained a posi- tion immadiately in front of the animal. The n.ule was running with such speed that, when the man appeared in front of it and suddenly checked its course, it reared on 1ts hind le;s and made a vio- lent turn to one side. In doing so it sent the rope, which was trailing behind it, twirling in the air. As the end of the issso descended Miller, who was directly under it, reached up to catch it, Hishanua missed it and the rope twirled around his arm. It tied itself in a very peculiar manner into a hitch, se- curely fastening the unfortunate iaborer’s arm. Inan instantthe mule had resumed its wild race around the pasture, dragging Mill-r at the end of therope. The animal then jumped the fence, and the man’s bodty struck this with terrible force. Higgins mounted a horse and gave pur- suit, in the hope of siopping the runaway. For several hours he followed and tried to heaa off the wild animal, but could do no more than change its course. Higgins' horse gave out and be had to give up tbe chase. The mule did not stop until it w gering, and then Miller's body d. Miller was 24 vears of age. His mother lives at his brotherin-law’s, where he nad been working. —_— JURDAN K)OCKED OUT..T Mill at Cargoh’ Lead. to @ Hot Fight at Vanoourer VANCOUVER, B. C., March 16.— Walter Jordan, an all-round athlete, who at one time wanted to row any man in S8an Fran- cisco for single scull honors, was knocked out in a prize-fight by a very small Eng- lishman named Brice last night at North Vancouver. The fizht was the upshot of the inten: excitement felt here over tife coming Car- son mill. At the end of one round those present, not being satisfied with the lenzth of the fight, nursed Jordan to consciousness and made tie men fight four more rounds, when both were so battered and bruised and bleeding that their best friends could not have identified them. Besides gaining lots of local notoriety, the little Englishmean was the winner of $100 and a suit of clothes. The local press stood in; detectives did not want to interfere, while the police knew nothing about the affair. ot et New Chamber of Commerce Sccretary. LOS ANGELES, CaL., March 16,—Frank Wiggins was to-day elected secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, vice C. W. Willard, re<igned to become editor of the Ev ning Express. TWO MURDERERS CONFESS GULT Story of the Killing of Serafino Genignani Is Told. An Indian and a Hall-Breed Committed the Horrible Crime. Dragged Their Helpless Victim From His Bel by His Whiskrs and Butchered Him. REDDING, Car., March 16.—The pre- liminary examination of William Miller and Louis Richards, charged with tho murder of Serafino Genignan: at New- town last week, was beld in Juage Gar- den’s court here to-day. The defendants, one ofswhom is a full- blooded Indian and the other a half-breed Indian, appeared withoui counsel and conducted their own defense. The witnesses examined were chiefly Indians, but all the testimony was decid- edly against the defendants and pointed directly to their guilt. Clothing which they wore on the day of the murder, found in their cabin and in different por- tinns of their dooryard, covered with blood, was identified by several of the witnesses. The knife found at the scene of the cutting was identified as belonging to Miller; the shoes worn by them pre- vious to the murder were found to fit ex- actly the tracks found around the body and leading to the house of Genignani. At the ciose ot the examination Judge Garden held the defendants to appear before the Superior Court on a charge of murder. After the examination was over and the prisoners locked in their cells Richards, the Indian, called for the District Attorney and to bim made a clean confession of the entire affair. The facts as stated by Richards are as follows: On the day of the murder Richards and Miller hsd been drinking and about 6 o'clock applied at Genignani’s cabin for some wine, which he refused them. They left the place and went to Newtown, where they took several more drinks. They returned to Genignani’s cabin at about 8 o’clock. Genignani was lying on bis bed "'"E The men broke into his cabin, caught Genignani by the beard and pulled him from the bed. In doing this they pulled agreater portion of his beard out by the roots. Genignani attempted to d - fend himself, but had no weapon. He fought tuem as best he could and en- deavored to get away. They felled him to the floor with » blow on the head and robbed him of $33. They then grabbed him by the hair and whisZers and pulled him from the house about twenty steps. He again struggled to escape, when Milier pulled out a large pocket-knife and stabbed the poor victim in the throat jast above the breastbone. : They dragged him a few steps fart her, where they cut his throat and cut a large gash in the back of his he: They then dragged him farther with the intention of hiding the body in a reservoir. A picket fence was in their way and they there left the body. The murderers then took from Genig- nani’s pockets what trinkets and valuables that were in them and went back to his house, ransacked it, and then br ke into the winenouse and siole a large quantity of wine and left_ten casks of wine flowing to the floor. They then changed their clothes, hid a part of the bloody clothing and buried the remainder, and hid the monsy and trinkets stolen from their v ctim. The fiends then went to Miller’s cabin, where they were arrested. . Richards states that Miller uid the kill- ing, while he helped drag the body to where it was found. He rold the District Attorney where the hidden money and trinkets cou'd be found, and made a clean breast of the whole affair. A good deal of indignation is felt here to-night over the affairand there is strong talk of lynching. Miller is an intelligent half-breed and reads and_writes the English language fluently. He is a mean-looking fellow and bears ail the marks of a bad man. 5 —_— Fich Wa<hington Mine Sold. REDDING, CaL.,-March 16.—The sale Guten district, this county, to a syndicate from Nevada is reported. Extensive de- veiopments will bs begun and a larze miiling plant erected. This is one of the rich mines of Shasta County. R FEAR HE FELL FEOM A CLIFF. Friends of B. F. Koberts of Rella Vista Searching for His Body. REDDING, Car, March 16.—Over 100 men are diligently scouring the country in the vicinity of Cow Creek, near Bella Vista, for B. F. Roberts, who disappeared from his home a week ago Friday. No trace of the missing man bas been found. ‘The road he took from his home for Montgomery Creek would take him over some tableland, the ending of which are steep cliffs and banks of unknown de_Dths. It is thought he became froz n and bliaded with snow and stumled over into one of these fathomiess depths. Mr. Roberts was recognized as one of the ablest political writers in Northern California and the last ariicle from his pen appeared in the Democrat of this city last Thursday. A strange coincidence, taken with the supposition that he fell over one of these cliffx, is that his last article was headed *The Deepest Depths.” Search will be continued until his body is found or his wheresbouts become known. —_——— BONDSMEN MAK £ GOUOD THE LOSS. Friends of Shasta’s Embezsling Treas- wrer Effect a Compromi REDDING, CAL., March 16.—The com- promise effected between the bondsmen of William J ckson, Shasta County’s em- bezz.ing Treasurer, and tbe Board of Supervisors, has met with the general ap- proval of nearly every taxpayer in this county. By it the bondsmen will pay into the county treasury $10,000 and will then be given a receipt in full for all claims against them. Jack-on's defalcations amounted in all to-$40,000. This will stand for a total loss of BECAME VIOLENTLY MAD. Joseph Kerr, a Respected Rancher Living Near Paso Robles, Suddenly Goes Widly Insane. PASO ROBLES, Can, March 3.—Jo- seph Kerr, a highly respected rancher, who lives a mile and a half nortuwest of here, went violently insane to-day. It took the united efforts of five men to sub- due and bind him. Kerr was found in the hills back of his home by Uonstable Y. B. Saunders. He madea desperate attack on the constable with a large knife, and Saonders, who is a large and powerful man, was like a mere child in the bands of the madman. If assistance had not been at hand it would have fared badly with the officer. Sauuders beat his handcuffs hard enough 10 break tiem over the head of Kerr ve- fore the maniac could be subdued. Finally he was bound and brought 1nto towu. Kerr hus always been a hard-working and industrious man, and no reason can be assigned for his sudden madness. He has a wile and two small children. They bhave the smpathy of the whole commu- nity. RAILKOAD ME>N AT SAN DI:GOU. Conference to Bs Held With a Fiew to Consolidation. SAN DIEGO, Car., March 16.—President Ripley of the Santa Fe system and W. G. Nevin, the new general manager of the Southern California road, with a party of Chicago railroaa officials, took a trip around the bay this mornine. Tne offi- cials are now at the Hotel Coronado,where they expect to remain until Thursday morning, when they will leave forthe East dir ct. To-morrow, 1t is understood, Au- gu t Belmont and party, now at Los An- %elu, will come for a_conference with resident Ripley. W. E. Scarrett of the banking-house of J. Selizmann & Co. of New York, who is now at the h tel, will also tuke partin the counference, which is 10 be concerning the consnlidution of the Atlantic and Pacific and Southern Cali- fornia roads. Both men are heavy hold- ers of Atlantic and Pac.fic bonds. Sl NEITHER DEAD NOR SLEEPING, Ex- Governor Matthews of Indiana Talks of the Silver Cawve. SAN DIEGO, CarL., March 16.—Ex-Gov- ernor Claude Matthews of Indiana, who was a prominent candidate for President before the Cnicago convention, is in this city with his daughter for a few days. To a United Press reporter Governor Mat- thews said: “The canse of free silver and independ- ent bimetallism has more friends in In- aiana to-day than ever before. If tbe ques ion was submitted to the people of the State to-day Indiana would go Demo- cratic by an overwheiming majority. We are working now on the Congressional n of '98, and have every hope of Governor Matthews and party will be in San Francisco about the 231 inst. for a week’s stay. ———————ee e - ORUBAITER-PASSE TT MOTHER'S JOY. The little Sarsaparilla birds bring joy to mother’s boys. Gentle reader, this is the time of the year when every one needs a good blood medicine. too. 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