The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1897, Page 4

1897 &~ HD cAN VRANONOO cAuL MMIDAT MARGH 36 e e o 5 ko 4\‘“[‘1"!![!; i (TR e LI GENERAL BIRDSEYE VIEW OF THE BEAUTIFUL SEASIDE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ. BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR SANTA CRUZ Charming Summer Resort With Fine Commercial Advantages. Is the Distributing Point for a Country Famed for Its Rich Soil. Future Business Certain to Grow With the Expansion of the State’s Commerce. SANTA ORUZ, Oar, March® 2.—In spite of the fact that Santa Cruz is far- famed as a summer resort incomparable | in the surroundings and scenic grandeur, the city by the sea is also likely to become a thriving city with far more stir and evi- dence of commercial life than it now pos- sesses. Itis the pride of the residents of Santa | Cruz to-day that no summer resort in the | worid is more pleasing to the thousands who visit it each year. However, the beauties of the mountains and the glory | of the breaking surf cannot hide the com- mercial spirit, which crops out in spite of scenic grandeor. The possibilities of the town and county were carefully studied and eloquently portrayed a few years ago by Mrs. Boston, who was one of the com- missioners to the Midwipter Fair. She ably contended that the resources of tais small but fertile region were sufficient to put it in the front rank in competition with far more ambitious centers. Indeed, it seems quite natural that Santa Cruz should become quite an important city, because the peculiar conditions surround- ing it make it the participant of whatever glories come from land, sea or sky as well as the beneficiary of the advantages of | rich soil and diversified resources. In every State or kingdom there are a few cities that one can never forget. Something in their location or architec- ture causes them to stand out in memory | beyond all others with lasting elements. Itis the opinion of travelers, no matter what parts of the world they have visited, that Santa Cruz 1s beyond ail question | ona of the most picturesque and charming | spots in the world. One of the great advantages of this beau- tiful seaside resort is that it is reached by two lines of railroad and by steamer. The broad gauge runs through a rich region of fertile farms, while the narrow gauge in- tersects a country as rare for its scenic gardens as for the fertility of its resource In all that goes to make a residence city charming Santa Cruz isup to the times. | It has an electric road, bituminous pave- ments, good water works—one system owned by thecity, the other system owned by & private company—and two telephone | companies supply it with a thorough service. Though one of the very smallest coun- tles in the State Santa Cruz is fertile in those rich and diversified facilities which makeimportant commercial ceniters. The ampbhitheater, formed by mountains and bay, makes Santa Cruz the keystone county of the State, and its beautiful capi- tal is as picturesque as a painter’s dream. A study of conditions as they confront | one to-day is encouraging, the prospects of municipal growth being good. A num- ber of improvements designed to increase the city’s importance are already outlined and are likely to go forth without inter- ruption. Shipping and railway facilities are very great, and local manufactures are exported annually in large quantities. When it is considered that Santa Cruzand its suburbs contain a population of more than 10,000 it is wonderful to contemplate the output of its many manufacturing industries snd the number of families that gain sub- sistence therefrom. There are powder works, tanneries, great rock quarries, lime kilns and like enterprises in or near the beautiful city by the bay. There are large annual exports of bitumen, lumber and beet sugar, the latter from the great Watsonville factory. There is ample clay for pottery, glue for commercial export, and a large export of s0ap every year, while the paper-mills of Boquel are famous for taeir product. At the California Powder Works they can make 1000 kegs of explosives every day, while the possibilities of the wave motor at Capitola have already attracted the at- tention of the world. The viticultural and agricultural ex- ports are famous for thewr quality, and some of the wines made in the mountain vineyards bave given the county a repu- tation even beyond the United States, All of these manufactures and great crops would be next to useless were it not for the fact that Santa Cruz has unsur- passed facilities for snipping them to the Jarge markets of the worid. Being but eighty miles from San Francisco, 1t is only a few hours from the county’s rick flelds ana quarries to the ships of the Pacific, not to speak of those that come to 1he harbor of Santa Cruz. There are many industries flourishing in the country contiguous to the. city. The tanneries in the outlying districis produce the best leather made in the Btate, the great sawmills cut lumber for use as far away as the gold mines of Africa, the orchards ship the best apples that grow in the Golden West, while the vineyards grow wines now becoming famous wherever good wines are drunk. A fact that is to be of great importance is that the bay here abounds in many varieties of fishes useful in commerce, the salmon fisheries being famous. Thers are rockcod, green and tted trout, perch, many varieties of mackerel and sea bass, bluefish and jewfish, smelt, rainbow and spotted trout, many kinds of herring and sardines, and other fishes as numerous as any that dwell in the mighty sea. Some will supply a large part of the United States with food products from the ocea A greal deal of the prosperity of Santa Cruz is yet to come from its mineral wealth, greatlime deposits, rock quarries, | timber and other products of the soil. | The resources are as great as the county’s | variety of scenery in mountains and val- | leys. ~ Some of the mountainsides are | wondertfully fertile, producing a luxurious growth of nearly eyerything that thrives in the north temperate zone. Almost one-third of Santa Cruz County | is densely covered with timber, while the | farming "lands now occupy. about one- | fourth of the area of the county, which is | but twelve miles wide. Much of the county is tillable and particularly fertile, the Pajaro Vailey being particularly rich. Those who have studied the siiuation most_carefully, believe that when Sante Cruz becomes much _larger than 1t is now there will be unexcelied _opportunities for poultry ana dairy larming. Much of the county is admirably adapted to such uses, and when the population becomes suffi- cient to consume_ s larger product huu- dreds of persons will doubtless engage in these productive enterprises. Another | | fruitful source of commercial profit will be | the growing of fruits, nuts, cereals ana | vegetables. It is probable that many people will find remunerative employment in raising apples and table grapes, for these crops thrive here in a manner pe- culiar to the county. There 15 a delicacy of flavor in these fruits not found in those irom other locations. Editor McPherson of the Sentinel re- cently grouped the products of the county in the following succinct manner: ““The principal products include wine, brandy, lumber, cordwood, poultry, eggs, butter, cheese, wheat, fruit, wool, sheep, hay, 'sugar beets, sugar, asphaltum, powder, lime, granite, rock for building and ‘paving, leather, paper, soap, glue and other manufactured products, besides well estsplished fisheries along the bay.” Direct lines of raiiroad connect Santa ! Cruz with San Jose, Oakland, Ban Fran- cisco, Mouterey, Gulroy, Salinas and all points south. The narrow gauge trav- |erses a wonderful forest of redwood, passing tbrough the iamous Big Tree Grove, a never to be forgotten ride through | the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The broad gauge extends along the bay and around ile mountains by way of | Watsonville, Santa Cruz hasalways taken a just pride in the pablic school system. As a resuit the schools are second to those of no other city. More than 2000 pupils are registered. (Graduates from the High | School are admittel to the State Univer- sity withous furtier examination. THE CALL is enabled to reproduce a co- pious extract from one of the best short | descriptions ever written of Santa Cruz County. ltappeared in Meyrick’s Hand book a few years ago, but the volumes are now very rare. The pertinent portions of the description are as follows: “Sania Cruz County, of which the city of Santa Cruzis the county seat, has an area of a little over 300,000 nores, about | one-third being iertile vailey plateau and rolling hill Jand and at least 40,000 acres bottom land of & very rich aescription. “The county has some filty miles of coast along the ocean and the bay of Mon- terey, rinning oack to the summits of the | Sania Cruz ravge of mountains and form- | ing a view of almost perfec: aspect, facing | the sea on the southand protected from | northwest to east by high, well-wooded | hills, the highest point, Loma Priets, | rising some 4000 feet above the sea, the | | whole area being in fuil enjoyment of a | south-southeast 10 west exposure. *‘High ridges and small valleys, gorgos |and canyons run down from the moun- tains, partly ciotbed in redwood, pine, fir and_various evergreens, as well us oak, maple and many other varieties of decidu- | ous trees. | *‘Scattered through this mountain forest region are many lumber mills and small agricultural setiiements, many of the L ter more or less devoted to fruit and wine growing. Many of the orchards and vine- | yards are still in their iniancy, but every | one gives proof that'all the valuable fruiis | of temperate and semi-tropical latitudes | will grow in great perfection on these hill- | sides'and will very soon cover sufficient | area to warrant the starting of Jarge fruit canning and drying establishments.”” The people of this charming seaside re- | sort are studying the art of living for en- joyment. Less dreamy than the Hawaiian | nobility of classic Waikiki, the people do | not exhibit the spirit of hurry and worry | colnmon in otoer towns. While nov for- | getful ot the advantages of business in a commercial age the people are devoting | considerable_of their leisure to culture, |ana Santa Cruz may yet become an im- portant educational center as well the Newport of the Pacific Coast. The public horary is one of the important institu- | tions “of the city. There are more than 10,000 volumes on the shelves and tne patrons exhibit great judgment and rare good taste in the quality of literature they peruse. Climatologists who have studied the conditions of this county pronounce the climate one of the best in the world, Few diseases have any hold here, vating than ports farther south & is still a temperate climate, especially in- vigorating in the summer months. As the | population and general importance of the State grow Santa Cruz is sure to becomea fashionable watering place as well ns a commercial center by far of more impo ance than it nas yet attained. 'day there may be canneries here which | 84N DIEGO 1HEOSOPHISTS. Make Seceond Payment on Land for the Temple Site. BAN DIEGO, Carn., March 25.—Arthur Cosgrove, agent of Mrs. Katherine A, Tingley and the American Theosophical Society, to-day paid Sheriff Jennings ana others interested $3000, which arrived last night from New York headquarters, being the second payment on tne 120 acres of land recently purchased at Pomt Loma as a site for the building of a school for the revival of tho lost mysteries of antiquity, Advices received here state that a goneral meeting of the society will be held in New York irom April 10 to 15 next, when the final payment of §6000 will be made on the {;nd and work on the proposed temple ogun. Chico Sehoolhouse én Flames. CHICO, Can., March 25.—There came near being a disastrous fire .this morning at the Sal treet public-school build- ing. Just before school was called smoke was seen issuing from the roof of the frame building standing adjacent to the brick building occupied by the primary grade. The children wers quickly got out of the way of the firemen, who subdued the fire before any serions damage was done. The loss is covered by insurance. TO CUKE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take larative BromoQuinine Tablets. Alldrug: gists refund the money i1 1t fails To cure. SAN JOSE HOTEL GUESTS ROBBED Lose a Purse Containing a Valuable Diamond Ring. Mrs. Kittie Lundin Is Arrested on a Charge of Grand Larceny. Parties to the Case Are All Well Kocwn and General Surprise Is Expressed. SAN JOSE, Cav., March 25.—Mrs, Kittie Lundin, a guest at the St James Hotel, was arrested to-day on & charge of grand larceny preferred by H. W. Estes, who with his wife occupy apartments at the same hostelry. 1In the complaint sworn to before Justice Gass Mrs. Lundin is accused of stealing a pocket-book containing & diamond ring valued at $100, some papers and §210 be- longing to Mrs. Estes. The theft is alleged to bave taken place Monday even- ing, at which time Mrs. Lundin was in Mrs. Estes’ apartments. Mr. Lstes and wife had just returned from a walk, and the latter had placed the pocket-book in a bureau drawer. She left Mrs. Lundin in the room for & minute, and when she came back the pocket-bcok was gone. Tuesaay a search warrant was issued | for the rooms and person of Mrs. Lundin. Before being searched the woman excused herself and went to the lavatory. Upon her return to the room she was searched, but no trace of the missing property could be found. Yesterday the purse was found stuck in & trap of the closet, but the dia- mond was missing. Mrs. Lundin was arraigned before Jus- tice Guss to-day on a charge of grand lar- ceny. Her examination was set for April 27, " Bail was furnished in the sum of $500. All the parties to the case are weli known, and Mrs. Lundin’s arrest is a great surprise to her fiiends. Bhe has always borne an excellent reputation. Mrs. Lun- din deciares her innocence, and her friends believe that a mistake has been made. Ml ool CRUSHED 10 DEATH. Sad Fate of the Little Son of Mrs. Nellie Howe. SAN JOSE, Can, March 25.—Claire G. Howe, the three-year-old son of Mrs. Nel- lie Howe, was accidentaily kiiled last evening at the home of bis grandfather, W. Huntington, on the corner of Stony road and Lucretia avenue. Mrs. Howe missed her little boy about 5 o’clock yes- terday afternoon ana began to search for him. The little fellow could not be found, and Mrs. Howe went to the neighbors to make inquiries. Mrs. Hunuington, mother of Mrs. Howe, happened to go into the back vard, and near the windmiil, about twenty feet from the rear door of the house, to her horror shie discoyered her grandchild under the heavy beam which was used to attach the | | Twe Young Men borsepower machinery when the wind mill was not in operation. She endeay- ored to remove the chila, but could not, and the assistance of a hired man was necessary to release him from the weight of the beam. The child was dead when found and his head was bent over and pressed against his chest. gl GILKOY OKPHANS EOME, Work to Be Commonced at Once on the New Building. SAN JOSE, CAL., March 25.—Work on the Odd Fellows’ Orphany’ Home at Gil- roy will commence at once and be rushed through. According to the contract filed by W. S. Boyle, the contractor, with the County Recorder to-day, the construction of the building must be entirely com- pleted within 140 days from March 16, the date of the making of the coniract. A penalty of $15 per day must be paid by the contracior for every day over the limit that he is not ready to turn the completed structure over to the trustees. The contract is made by Bovle with Caroline A. Hoxett, Sarah M. Wolf, Mar: E. Donoho, Ohver Aller and Mary F. Toorndike, who are the trustees of the Rebekab Assembly, Independent Order of 0dd Fellows, to which body the credit of erecting such an enterprise to charity be- longs. The contract price for the build- ing is $11,913. gl g W. C. 7. U. Delegates. SAN JOSE, Cau, March 25.—The ‘Woman’s Christian Temperadce Union of this city has elected the following dele- gates to the county W. C. T. U. conven- tion, which meets in Gilroy from April 20 1022: Mrs A. M. Gates, Mrs. C. Z. Saun- ders, Mrs. B. H. Cottle, Mrs. S 8. Sum. ner, Mrs. M. J. Craig, Mrs. l. H. Barton and Mrs. M. A. 8. Knox. The aiternates were: Mrs. J. M. Lynn, Mrs. N. T. Howe and Mrs. Etta Jones. e g Writ of Habdras Corpus Teawed, SAN JOSE, Can, March 25—Judge Kitiredge to-day issued a writ of habeas corpus directing Dr. Hatch, medical director of the Af}x;ews Insane Asylum, to roduce Stuart B. Strong in court on arch 29. ¥. F. Gallardo, attorney for Strong, majntains that his client was rail- toaded to the asylum from Los Angeles a8 the result of a conspiracy. e —————— Floods in Orvegon. SALEM, Ogr, March 25.—Rain con- tinues to fall. Much of the fall-planted grain on the lowlands iseither totally or partially killed. There are thousands of acres of land all over this valley yet to be sown to wheat, barley and fl but the farmers are unable to get on their land to work, and the outlook is very discourag- ing. The spring has wet, cold and backward, This may be a good thing ior While she was away, | fruit, but Is bad forall kinds of agriculture, The water in the Willamette is rising very rapidly, and if this rain continues much longer there wili be a flood. pit= bl PORTLAND STEAMER’S MISHAP. Strikes an Ugly Overreaching Snag on the Skamckawa Siough—Panic Among the Passengers. PORTLAND, Or., March 25.—As the re- sult of an encounter with a large snag overreacbing the bank of Skamokawa Slough during yesterday's run to Astoria, the steamer Lurline arrived back in Port- land in a sadiy damaged condition, so far as her upper works are concerned. The accident occurred while the Lurline was working slowly duwn the slough, whicif is tortuous in the extreme. The night was very dark and as the steamer rounded a head the snag caught her fair amidships and on a level with the saloon deck. The big timber pushed its way tirough the side of the cabin, tearing out four state- rooms, and then taking a slunt upward pierced the floor of the pilot-house, emerg- 1ng through the side of that struciure. Considerable time was required to clear away the wreck, it being necessary to cut the snag through in three places 10 get it overboard. When the steamer struck there arose an immediate panic among the passengers, some of them so completely losing their presence of mind as toattempt leaping into the river. Cuptain Gray soon allayed the excilement und no one was hurt, P e BUDD RETUKMS T0 BTOCKTON, Going to Washington in the Interest of the State's Kivers. STOCKTON, Caxn, March 25.—Governor Budd is in town, but justexactly where e can be found no one knows except those immediately associated with him. ‘Lhe Governar is now studying entomology as far as it applies to legislative acts, he is nunting for bugs”” 1n the biils recently passed and does not wish to be disturbed while combing them out. People seeking interviews with him are told that he wiil be buried for a week ac least. The Governor obtained ldave of absence from the State for six months by the session of the Legislature and it has been suid that he intended to take a trip to| Europe. But thisis a mistake. He in- tends to go to Washington in the interest of the rivers of this State, for the improve- ment of which he will endeavor to secure an ample appropriation. Budd’s experi- ence in Congress will -be invaltnble in working for needed appropriations for the rivers and harbors, and his iniimate knowledge of the needs of the State will siand bim in good stead —e e INSULVENT HOTEL MEN, Proprietors of the Imperial Embdarvassed by the Dutl 1ime STOCKTON, Car., March 25.—Messrs. Maguire & Knights, proprietors: of the Imperial Hotel, this afternoon filed a pe- titiou in insolvency, being unable to ran the Imperial on 'a paying basis. The pe- tition was filed late this afternoon by Attorneys Gibson and Ramage for the hotel men. The amount of their liabili- ties is $9044 50. Tue assets consist of the hotel furnishings and fixiures, which are valued at $5650, but which are mortgaged to D. Rothenbush to tecure the payment of $5580, borrowed on a note, There iv a long list of San Francisco creditors, but noneof the accounts owing there exceed $126. In Fresno and San Mateo smail amounts were owing. The proprietors of the Imperial have been doing a good business, and will probably pull through their difficulties and keep the new hotel open. It has not yet been closed. —_———— CAPTURED AT ASHLAND. Wantcd at Colusa for Highway obbery. ASHLAND, Or.,, March 25.—Local offi- cers lasi evening took into custody Bert Anson and another young man named Buchanan under instructions from Sheriff Jones of Colusa County, California, where they ate wanted for highway robvery. As near as can be learned, they came over the State lina Saturday, traveling on horseback, and went on to Taleat, where they took a contract to do some grubbing, on which they were engaged when ar- rested. They were well armed, but were in custody before they had any opportu- nity to resist. Buchanan is said to be an ex-convict, having served & term in the California penitentiary. Officers are ex- pected to-morrow to take them to Colusa. mai o ey FIERCE OREGON WINDSTORM. Plays Baroc at Portland and Outlying Distriots. PORTLAND, Oz., March 25.—One of the worst windstorms which have prevailed here in years occurred last night. In this city it was particularly strong, but no damage of importance occurred. At Oregon City, the source of supplies for the electrical current that lights Portland, the wires were damaged so that it was late this evening before the lights were turned on. At asuburb a small cyclone siruck a house and literally lifted the roof off, leaving the occupants unhurt inside. Re- poris indicate that the damage in outly- ing districts is much greater than here. It is impossible 1o estimate the damage act- ually sustained, i gateiis Sacramente Pioneer Injured. SACRAMENTO,Cax., March 25.—James Pheney, one of the oldest residents of Sac- ramento, was knocked down by a rana- way team last evening and sustained in- juries which may prove fatal. ‘Pheney, who is 76 years of age, wus crossing s street when the runaway team came tear- ing along and ran inio him. et e Sausalito Ferry Change: SAUBALITO, Can, March 25 — The North Pacific Coast Railroad basissued a notice to the effect that the vessel i ing in San Francisco at 7:40 A, M, w! run on Baturday and Monday, and 29. Those leaving San Francisco at 5:45 P. M. will not! run on Baturday, March 27. ——— Cnly o Seattle Joke, SEATTLE, Wpsn., March 25 — The story telegraph from Beattle 1o the effect that Merchant Harry Shaubut of this city and Kate Michelena of the Fanny Rice Company were married yesterday 1s untrue. It originated in a joke circulated by Bhaubut's friends. CHEAPER TRAVEL 0 SAN RAFAEL Arguments - Presented to the Railroads for a Reduction. . The Mammoth Petition in the Hands of the O.ficials for Consideration. Marin County’s Plea for the Purpose of Increasing I's Population and Wealth. SAN RAFAEL, Car, March® 25.—The mammoth petition of the people of San Rafael has been duly presented to the railroad companies running between t_he Metropolis and the county seat of Marin, and with the petition a written arcu- ment was presented to the directors, and the decision of the companies is eagerly awaited. 5 The San Rafael people are striving to secure a rednction of the fare between their city and San Francisco with the hopes that a lower rate will attract the at- tention of outsiders to the desirability of Marin County as a place of residence. Inthe argument presented to railroad directors the committee in charge of the people’s petition says in part: The- generai_proposition tnat lower fares would tend to increase the population of the tetritory tributary 10 your roads cannot be con- troverted. No one familiar with tke history of our own and neighboring towns can doubt that our superior natural advantages have been neutralized by the poliey of the Southern Pacific Company in reducing fares and thereby making points on their roads more accessible than San Rafael. The people of Onkland and Berkeley visit San Francisco three times as often as the resi- dents of San Rafael because heir round-irip tickets cost them but 20 cents as against 50 cents for ours. ‘The best way to impress upon strangers tho many advantsges of our beautifu! city is to afford them inexpensive facilities for personal observation. We depend on your business sense to realize that s large number of plain people at §3 per month must give your road a larger revenue than a few exclusives at $5 per month. 1t will be impossidle to get any considerable increase in population without the reduction asked for, because incomes and prices have been materially reduced and very few can afford 1o ienore the difference in rates, which can be annunily saved by locating somewhere on the ifne of the Southern Pacifie. We have many atiractions to urge upon people recking homes, but none will prove effective so long as the initial obstacle of a high fare prevents people from becoming familiar with them. The present rate of fare between San Rafael and San Franciseco over both the San Frencisco and North Pacific Railway and the North Pacific Coass road is 50 cents for the round trip. Commutation tickets are $5 for men and $3 for ladies. It is sought to have the companies re- duce the round-trip tickets to 25 cents and the commutation rates to $3. e BAUSALITWD'S NEW BUILDING, Arrangements Made by the Young Ladies for Laying the Corneratome. SBAUBALITO, Can, March 25.—The young ladies living on the *hill” in Sausa- lito intend to make Monday a gala day. They will on that occasion lay the corner- stone of the new building on Water street to be occupied by the postoffice and the Sausalito News. Appropriate ceremonies will mark the occasion, and the Sausalito brass band will be in attendance. The choir from one of ithe churches on the hill will take part and an interesting programme is romised. Remarks will be made by pub- ic citizens, and arrangements are being made to _have the Rev. Mr. Hamilton of Christ Church, Sansalito, officiate. The ceremony will take place about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and in the sirong box which dainty fingers will securely fasten in its resting-place among the bricks will be placed copies of the San Francisco papers of even date, and also conies of the county papers, besides some information in regard to the building. It was not until to-day that the plan was conceived. Mrs. W. J. Thomas has intereated the young ladies in the scheme, and they bave tuken hold of the project, and intend to show that they, as well as the men, are interested in the develo ment of the town. - Tl 54N RAFAFELS ELECTION, NMunicipal Candidates Have Filed Their Nomination Notie SAN RAFAEL, Can, March 25.—The candidates for the city offices, t0 be voted for at the municipal election to be held April 12, have filed their nominations, and the time for filing same is now past. Onc ballot is to be used, and it will contain the following namex: For Trustees—W. J. Miller, Henry Eick- hoff, Elisha Dubois, J. P. Minott, Robert Scott, S. P. Moornead, H. C. Gieske, Wil- liam H. Jewell; for School Dir~ctors— P. T. Burichaell, Dr. Wickman, Wiltiam F. Magee, F. J.Jacobs; for Clerk—J. T. Bustin, P, Henry Petersen, Thomas O’Con- nor; for Library Trustees—Vincent Neale, c. H. Pomeroy. J. W. Cochrane, A. N. Boyen, U. H. Fish; for Marshal—John K. Healy, J. J. Lakin, Tira Deasey; for trea urer—R. W. Johnson, Peter Williams; for Assessor—W. F. Dougherty, Tobias Hock; for Attorne; homas P. Boyd, H.J.de a Montanya; for Recorder—E. Garaner, . F. Schott —— FRESNO FEARS 1 FIRE FIEND. Mystertous Charred Spot im the New Bigh School Building.’ FRESNO, Cir, March 25.—For the past week the members of the Oity Board of Education have been in a state of great alarm because of the discovery of a charred spot under a stairway in the new High School building. The trustees have been fearful that the handsome edifice, the construction of which was completed about a at a cost of about was the :hlee:‘:l a fire-fiend's nlel:lmmk detective has been employed to work on the case, and he has been keepin, nightly watch about the building., How that charred spot came there is indeed mysterious. Members of the board differ as to theories. The most plausible, that of Trustee Cummings, is that some lan- fern on a bicycle leaned against the stairway and burned the spot. —— HELD FOE DEPORTATION. Case of @ Chinawsman Who Came to the Worid’s Fair. FRESNO, CAL, March 25.—Ah Gow, 8 Chinese woman, is being held in the county jail here as a subject for deporta- tion back to China. young Iady came to this country to attend the exhibit of her country at the World’s Fair at Chicago. Special provision was made for her to land, she ‘giving a bond that she would return within a specified time. this she tailed to do, and upon in- structions of United States District Attor- ney Denis, Deputy Marshal Bart Alford bas arrested her. Her Mongolian friends are making a determined fight for her re- lease. S algat FROM FRESNO TO FOLSOM. Wife-Murderer Rockwsll Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced to Imprison- ment for Life. FRESNO, Can, March 25.—W. W. Rockwell will spend the remainder of his life in the State prison at Folsom asa punishment for the murder of his wife in this city on the night of August 1 last. The prisoner withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered one of guilty of mur- der in the first degree. He waived time for the passing of sentence and Judge Risley fixed the penalty at lifs imprison- ment. Rockwell had one trial, in which the jury disagreed, standing ten for convic- tion and two for acquittal. The prisoner was afraid that a second jury might in- flict the capital punishment, and he therefore offered to plead ruilty if as- sured that the penalty would be Iife im- prisonment. In his statement to the court the prisoner said ihat one of his main reasons ior pleading guilty was to avoid the notoriety of a second trial.” He bas a three-year-old son, whom he wants to protect from disgrace, as far as possi- ble, he says. The little one is at present in Missouri, having been taken in charge by relatives of Mrs. Rockwell, the mur- dered wife. The crime for which Rockwell must suf- fer was an atrocious one. Heand his wife bad been quarrelingali the evening and he finaily pulled out his pistol for the pur- pose of killing her. She turned and ran It hppears that the | a1 out of the house into the street, pursued | by her husband, who emptied his pistol at ber. One bullet took effect in her Shonlder and she fell face downward in the street. The murderer then walked up to her and taking deliberate aim at the back of her head, as she lay prone upon the ground, sent a bullet through her brain. After the shooting Rockwell went to the jail and gave himself up. While waiting to be locked up in a cell he coolly = gested to the jarler that they play a game of cards. Noiwithstanding that a buile: had crashed through her brain, Mrs. Rock. welk lived for two or three months aiter the shooting. Her vitality was remarka. ble and the e aroused considerable in terest among the local surgeons. — o HELD FOR FREIGHT CHARGES, The Southern Fac:{:_lhlara Shipment, Grain for the Famine-Stricken People of India. ‘ SACRAMENTO, Carn., March 25 — A message being received at the Governor's office from the chief executive of Iowa, inquiring into the reason of the stoppags on the part of the Southern Pacitic Rail. road Company in the transportation of the grain donated by the different West. ern Stafes for the relief of the starving millions of India, has seemingly brought o light the fact that the railroad com- pany has refused to transport the grain uatil they receive full freight rates in ad. vance. The company has donated the freight charges on 1000 tons. Governor Budd wired to San Francisco regarding the matter and has received the following dispatches irom Hugh Craig and from R, D. Perry, secretary of the famine com. mittee of the Chamber of Commerce: Filoher asks me to inform you that the pres. ent status is that 3600 tons of corn have becn donated by Nebraska, Kansas and ot Western States. The United States Gover: ment furnishes free transoortation from Sen Francisco_to Calcutta for 4000 tons. The Southere Pacific gives free_transportation for 1000 tons from Omaha to San Francisco. All in excess of these donations must be paid for at regular railroad rates, which means $8000 in gold. This amount, I understand, has been guaranteed by New York people. Perry’s dispatch is as follows: I snall receive $8000 from New York at 5 o’clock to-morrow morning to remove the stoppage by the Central Pacific of our grain a: Ogden. Tell the Governor of Iowa to maks this very public. The substance of these telegrams has been sent to the Governor of Iowa by Governor Budd, so that the people may know that their generous donations to India’s poor are in a fair way to reach their destination. NEW TO-DAY. VICTORY IS WON! P2 Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt Has Won the Favor of People Who Are Tired of Drugging. It Is Used in Every Town and Hamlet in the Country, and Its Cures Number Over 30,000. Don’t make an apothe: cary- shop of your poor stomach, especially if you want to live long. Drugs give no permanent relief,\':‘ and their presence in your =% system is inju ious. /)}‘,’{)7?& Nature is true to herself and supplies us with the means. of regaining health that has been wasted. Electricity comes from na- ture, and its cure is natural and permanent. DB. SANDEN’S ELECTRIC. BELT I8 AN APPLIANCE THAT GIVES SPARKS of hife into your nerves. of the body in one moment. 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