The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 6, 1897, Page 3

oA AR g THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESbAY, APRIL 6, 1897. 3 SIKK T0 THER EARS [N SLICKENS Two Shasta County Men Escaps a Horrible Death. Become Mired in a Slimy Bogz and Are Engulfed Iuch by Inch. Pass a Night of Torture, and Are Discovered When Only Their Heads Are in Sight. REDDING, CAL., April 5.—Michael Me- Crellan and Michael Gleason of Jackass Flat, this county, have no fault to find with Providence to-day. Were they given to prayer. the two Michaels would have spent much of the time since early Sunday morning on their knees pouring out their thanks for deliverance from a horrible death. But they have not yet recovered from the awful suspense and torture expe- rienced when one sees the end of his career approaching and is powerless to escape; when he cries out in anguisii and there is none to hear his shrieks and rescwe bim. For hours these men suffered mental and physical anguish, and that they are alive is due to one of the strokes of rare good fortune which come to few creatureson earth. McCrellan and Gleason were returning home Saturday evening from their liba- tions at a neighboring winery, and, being somewhat confused as to their bearings, they wandered uncousciously into the red shickens of the Valentine & Chapman re- i ackass Guich. The red a3 mud and treach- , and they could not b The more ed the deeper they sank. 1d as though in a vise. Turoughout the night the two men, so- bered by the appreciation of their danger, T d their voices in frantic cries for as- sisiance, but none were near to hear them. Slowiy they sank into the treacherons mi) 1t reached their waists, and their lower limbs becamé benumbed by the pressure. The hours: passed until the dawn of the Saobath day began to lighten the east, and the red mass had risen nntil only t heads and shoulders remained above it. It seemed to the men as though the tentacles of a monster octopus had en- circled their chests. They breathed in gasps, snd horrible pains shot through their bodies. They had given up hope of a rescue, and their half-stified cries were less frequent. At 6 o'clock the men had sunk in the slickens until only their heads were free. It became only & question- of minutes when their torture would be at an end. The demijohn of liquor which they car- ried had longz beiore disappeared from view, and was finding i1ts way to.the ‘bot- tom of the shimy mass. Suddenly McCrellan and Gleason heard ashout. Mr.Chapman had ansen from bed earller than was his wont on Sunday mornings, and had gone for a stroll down to the dam. He saw the heads of the two unfortunates sticking up above the bed of slickens. Shouting to let them kuow that relief was at hand, he dashed back for as- sistance. Planks were laid above the red- disti bog, and ten minutes later Mc Crellan and Gleason had been dragged by willling hands from their loathsome prison. The two men ure still dazed from their heir-raising experience, and neither has s0 far recovered his equanimity as to sug- gest to the other that they resume their libations where they suddenly came to @ end. th They were CLOVERDALE CREDIIOKS MOUKN. Mo News From Restawrateur Vickerson, Who Fled From the 1own. CLOVERDALE, CaL, April 5.—George G. Vickerson, ex-proprietor of the City Restaurant and Hotel, who mysteriously disappeared last Sunday evening, leaving a host of creditors to mourn his departure bas not since been heard from. His young wife and one-year-old child who, it was first reported, had accompanied him, but who in reality he deliberately deserted, are stopving ‘with Mrs. Vickerson’s pa- rents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter McKenna, old- time ' residents and highly esteemed in Sonoma County. An invoice of the furniture and fixings in the suspended restaurant reveals the fact that tbere is only a valuation of about quarter the amount of Vickerson’s debts. Mrs. Vickerson is almost heartbroken, and it is rumored tha: she will probably apply for a divorce on the grounds of will- ful desertion and failure to provide. British Columbiac Bars Coolies. VANCOUVER, B.C., April 5.—British Columbia isnot to be suffered to become a second Hawail as regards flooding by Ja- panese coolie labor. The Provincial Leg- isiature has, to the generai satisfaction of the white workers, passed an act abso- lutely forbidding under penalty the em- ployment of either Japanese or Chinese or underteking possessing charter righte sranted by the Legislature. The Japan- ese Consul will, it is thought, protest at Ottawa, and seek toget the act disallowed by the Governor-General in Council, in which case there will be trouble in British Columbie. - Zulare Assessor’s Force Decreased. VISALIA, Car., April 5.—J. F. Gibson, County Assessor, bas called in eight of his nine field deputies, although their work is only half done. Under the new county government law the salary of As- sessor, including his deputies’ compensa- tion, is greatly reduced; hence Gibson’s action. ~Most of his work will now be done in his office., b Vg . ide at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, CaL., April 5—Owing to financial reverses Benjamin Labs, a well-known sireet contracior, committed suicide in his residence in this city yester- day. He had placed a foottub on the floor beside his bed, retired and then severed tie arteries of his left wrist with a razor, which he afterward tucked beneath the mattress. He heid his band over the tub as he slowly bled to death. b Kail Accident at Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Car., April 5 — Jack O'Day, a l3-year-old tramp, who claims San Diego as his home, slipped and fell under a train this morning, and as a re- sult will probably Jose his right leg. The !ad stayed all night at a hobo camp at Casa Blanca and attempted to board this morning’s passenger train. He stumbled as heljlumpefl for the brakebeam and the car wheels passed over his right foot. Burglars J+iled at Santa Crus, SANTA CRUZ, CavL, April 5—Hess end Hammill, two ex-convicts, were this s¥ening brought from Oakland by Sher.ff Besse for examination on the charge of i'aving robbed the residence of Fred Swanton, superintendent of the Big Creek Powder Company,on New Year's eve, and the home of W. Palmtag at Watsonville recently. Mrs. Swanton saw the men to- day and believes one of them is the man she saw on the night of the burglary. —_—— SAN JOSE’S NEW CHARTER. Many Changss in he City’s Governmant 10 Be Made When It Goes Into Effect. SAN JOSE, CAL., April 5.—The opera- tion of the new charter, in so far as it relates to the generai municipal zovern- ment, will go into effect next Monday, when there will be a reorganization of several departments. The changes which must be made and those which may be made were stated by the City Attorney in an elaborate opinion read at the meeting of the Mayor #nd the Common Council this evening. Most important among these is the fact that four members of the Council retire, leaving the four others to constitute that body until their successors and one other are elected one year hence. retire are: Thomass C. Ward; A. S. Mangrum, 8 E. P. Main, Third Ward; J. P. Jarman, Fourth Ward. The holdovers are: W.T. Nolting, First Ward; J. P. Fay, Second o B. Dittas, Third Ward; Fourth Ward. The Mayor must, with the consent of the Council, appoint a city clerk and he may appont a city attorney and a city engineor also, with the consent of the Council. Four library trustees must be appointed in the same manner and one may be ap- pointed, as the charter places the number of trustees at five, but provides for the ap- pointment of but fourin the interim be- tween now and the election of an appoini- ing board. In the same way five Park Commission- ers and four member~ of the Board of Health may be appointed, and one mein- ber of the latter body must be appointed. The Council, as at present constituted, will hold one more meeting. This wiil be on Saturday evening, when an effort will be made to settle up all the business on hand and leave the desks clear ior the re- organized body. All the members were present at the meeting this evening, and all matters were disposed of promptiy. Besides the reading of the 1eport of the City Attorney. there was considerable to atiract the at- tention of the Council. An ordinance was adovted probibiting reckless driving and conduct liable to scure horses or annoy per-ons passing along the streets, The contract for the Eightl-street sewer was awarded. In the new business considered was an ordinance which will create a commotion among the Chinese laundrymen, as it pre- vents the sprinkling of clothes by means of the mouth. It was given first reading and will be adopted at the next meeting. R BICYCLE PATH TO SAN JOSE. Garden City Wheelmen Favor the Con- struction of the Proposed Course From Oakland. SAN JOSE, CAL., April 5.—The project on foot among some of the promiment wheelmen of this city, Oskland and San Francisco to construct a wooden bicycle path between San Jose and Oakland is favorably looked upon by cyclers. A San Jose contracior bas given an estimate on the work and offers to build the path for $1100 a mile. The distance to Oakland over the pro- posed route is about filty miles. This would make the cost §55,(00. The pro- jectors believe that 25,000 bicycle riders in apd about San Francisco and Oakland would subscribe $150 or $2 each; that there are 5000 wheeimen in this county who would aid the fund; that the wheei- men along the lins of the path would aiso assist, so that if the matter is properly presented the project may be carried to a successful result. Stole That He Wight Buy Morphine. SAN JOSE, Car., April 5.—Harry Ev- erett, a morphine *fiend,” was held to an- swer toa charge of burglary by Justice Dwyer this afternoon. Bail was fixed at $3000. Everett broke into a barn belong- ing to J. D. ‘Roberts in this city and stole & valuable saadle, which he sold at Gilroy for $10. This ie not the defendant’s first appearance in court. Several months ago he was arrested on a charge of dis of stolen goods, but escaped prosecution for lack of evidence. —_———— Was Determined Not to Starve. BAN JOSE, CaL., April 5.—The trial of John Rosenberg, on a charge of felony embezzlement, began in Judze Lorigan’s court to-day. The defendant was em- ployed by Gustave Reinlee, on & ranch near Gilroy. Provisions were exhausted and Rosenberg took a cow and sold it in order to feed himself and other laborers employed on the place. As soon as Reinlee, who resides in Oak!and, heard of this he had Rosenberg arcested. iz Caused a Flood in Jail. SAN JOSE, Caw., April 5.—Joe Cuneo, who was brought to the county jail from Milpitas vesierday on a charge of in- sanity, tore out the lead pipe connection with the closet in his cell early this morn- ing and deluged the jail with water before the leak conld be repaired. Jailer Black was awakened by the noise and found Cuneo standing in water a foot deep, beat ing the walls with the pipe. — - Inspret the Evergreen Hom SAN JOSE, CaL., April 5.—Theadvisory board of the Woman’s Relief Corps Home at Evergreen inspected the place yester- day, with a view of recommending a num- ber of improvements to_the buildings and grounds. The proposed wosk will be em- bodied in a rerort. the board will make to the Woman’s Relief Corps convention at Salinas on April 22. 7 Fruit Shipments From San Jose. SAN JOSE, Cav., April 5.—The Eastern overland shipments from this city last week amounted to 881,250 pounds, of which one-half was dried prunes. Cheims ALl DID NOT DIE NEAR ALTAVILLE. False Keport of the Finding of W. A. Keefer’s Body. ANGELS CAMP, Car, April 5,—Rumor was started by some teamsters last night to the effect that the body of W. A. Keefer had been found in an old mining shaft near Altaville with a bullet hole in the head. On_investigation the report was found to be groundless. Coroner Pache, who lives at Altaville, was called up by telephore and he empbhatically denied the story, saying that he would have been in- forme1 1t a body had been found. It is believed by many that Keefer is still in this county. FEsseal Fir Corralitos. SANTA CRUZ, Can. April 5.—Five horses were roasted to death in a fire at Uorralitos yesterday morning. The barn on the old Ford ranch was desiroyed, with a large quantity of feed and valuable implemen:s, be<ides the horses an:i har- ness. Peter Brown is the loser. His loss will reach over $2000. Stockton Cyclists Win a Test Case. STOCKTON, CAL, April 5.—That clause of the city penal ordinance prohibiting bicyclists, except those under the age of 14 years, from riding their wheels on side- walks, was knocked out by Judge Buda to-day in the case brought against L. W. Elliott. Elfiott commenced habeas corpus proceedings, attacking the validity of the ordinance, and won. The clause was de- clared invalid on the ground that by ex- cepting persons under 14 .years -of age it became class legislation. UNDONE BY LOVE FOR A WIDOW FAIR Rancher Orth of Petaluma Gets Into Jail at Los Angeles. Arrested on Complaint of the Woman With Whem Hs- | Had Eoped. She Takes R-venge Wh n H2 Lsaves Her to Return to His Wife and Child. LOS ANGELES, CaL, April 5 —1If Rancher Nicholas Orth of Petaluma had heeded the admonition of the senior Weller to his son Samivel to *‘bevare of the vidders,” he would doubtless be a far happier man than he is to-night. Mrs. Magdalena Pickelnoff is a grass widow and was a near neighbor of benedict Orth, who has a wife and several children on a chicken ranch near Petaluma. The aforesaid widow was fair to look upon, and in an evil hour Orth left home, wife and children and little farm to see the world with the bewitching widow. He is now in jail Lere, charged with grand larceny, and Mrs. Pickelhoff is the complaining witness. Orth attempted to “shake” the widow and she retaliated. This is the unromantic s:quel toa very gay, romantic and speedy time. Orth and Mrs. Pickelhoff leit Petaluma on January 14 and went to San Francisco. After doing San Francisco the pair, pass- ing for husband and wife, boarded a steamer and went to San Diego. They took a week’s worth of climate there and then came to Los Angeles. Their pace had | about burned up their money, and Orth says he was seized about the same time with a feeling of remorse, and began lying awake nights thinking of his family and little ones away up in Petaluma. He wanted to go home. In February Orth parted with the inter- esting widow and left Ler home, and she did not hear anything more from her mussing friend. The lady grew angry at teing trified with in this fashion and swore to a complaint charging Orth with theft. The warrant was issued from Jus- tics Young's court. Word was received some days ago that Orth was at Petaluma with his family, so Deputy Sheriff Barn- | nill was sent with the warrants. Barnhill lost no time in apprehending Orth and bringing him to this city. ‘The prisoner arrived yesterday and was | arraigned before Justice Young this morning on a grand-larceny charge, and bis examination set for to-morrow, bail | being fixed at $1000. This Orth could not | supply, and he was remandel to the | County Jail. gl i DWARFING CHILUREN'S FEET. Los Angeles Humane Officers Will En- deavor to Check the Crusl Chinese Custom, LOS ANGELES, CAL., April 5.—At least one Chinaman in this city has ascertained that he cannot do what he pleases even with his own offsprine. Wong Si Hong, one of the most influential merchants in Chinatown, was arrested this morning by Humane Officer Clark, charged with cru- | eity tochildren. For some time past the | officers have reporied to Clark that Wong was in the habit of binding the feet of his | children, and as the operation appeared | to bea painful one they believed some- thing should be done to puta stop to it. Tue officer visited Wong's place to-day | and there saw two little Chinese girls, one 7 and the other 9 years of age, whose feet | had been encased and bound in pieces of | stout cloth, which held them in a com- | pressed position ‘and prevented their | natural growth. Shoes and stockings in- | closed the material over the feet. Clark | took charge of the children and arresied | Wong. The police surgeon will probabiy be called on to pass judzment as to the effect of the binding procsss on the feet. If Clark succeeds in convicting Wong it will prove a sad blow to that particular Chinese custom. ——— KO WINE AT COMMUNION. Pastor Rice of the Los Angelss Universal- ist Church Announces an Innovation. { LOS ANGELES, April 5—The wine cup and the wine were forever ab lished at the Los Angeles Universalist Church yester- day, and those who participated in the communion service were served with | | prayer alone. Rev. A. A. Rice, the pas- tor, announced this innovation, and it was a surprise to his congregation. The pas- tor was emphatic in bis stand. Rev. Mr. Rice said he did not believe in passing wine around among his congrega- tion, and Christians everywhere agreed with him that such a course might be the cause of placing temptation in the way of those reformed from the drink habit, Even the sup containing water, passed from lip to lip as a symbol only, might carry on its brim the deadly microbe. ‘The spiiit, not the letter of the law, was what the teachings of Christ intended man should foilow, and, as the passing of the cup was merely acting the letter of a law, it was better to do away with it alto- gether than to sacrifice the spirit. So There will be no more wine served at Mr. Rice’s church. S O CHRISTIAN WUMEN PROIEST. 6411 Kools® Night”” of La Fissta Is Re- garded With Disfacor. LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 5.—Several women appeared before the City Council to-day from the Woman’s Christian Tem- perance Union, and on motion of Council- man Buker were given a hearing. The following communication from the union was received: The undersigned, being especially inter- ested in the welfare'of the homes ot the city of Los Angeies, and fuliy remiizing tne dan- gers o the youlh and children of the city s emonstrated last year during the hours of La Fiesta known as “All Fools' Nignt,” urgently petition your honorable body to pass an ordi- nance probibitiug any and ail persons from masking their faces during suy nightof La Fiesta of 1897 from suurise to sunset. And we iurther petition thut all laws and ordinances which at auy time govern this city may be from April 20 (0 24, 1597, thoroughly eniorced, especislly on the night of La Flests known as the night for the “Revelry of Mask- ers.” We also petition that the recently enacted ordinance known ss the curfew law may be strictly enforced during the evenings of the saia fiesta. L g § < Hamburg Exhidit Shipped. LOS ANGELES, CaL, April 5—The Hamburg exhibit supply was shipped from the Chamber of Commerce here to San Francisco this afternoon. It consists of twenty-five cases of fruit and other Cal- ifornia products. Eccretary Wiggins is very much pleased with the displays he has been able to procure, as they are very good representatives of what can be raised in tkis section of .the State. The exhibit will be shipped direct to New York, arriv- ing there on April 19. It is expected to reach Hambarg about April 25, There will then be plenty of time to put it_into place before the exposition opens in May. PORTLAND CHINESE SELL A GIRL. Pretty Ah Lum Lee Wishes to Marry a Christian, but Her Parents De- c:de 0.herwise, PORTLAND, Or., April 5.—A curious tale was uniolded in Judge Sears’ court this morning i the case of Ab Lum Lee, anineteen-year-old miss, who was habeas corpused out of a Chinatown prison by a citizen with benevolent and humane incli- nations, and then voluntarily went back again 1o the owners of her boay and soul. Ah Lum Lee is as bright, neat and pretty a Chinese girl as one wouid want tosee. She is well educated, talks Eng- lish well, and is, or was up to a few days ago, as liberty-loving in her way asan American girl. Lee Won Gow and his wife are tie girl's uncle and wife, and they were trying to force her to marry a countryman of their own selection, who offered §300 for her. Lum Lee’s heart it seems was set upon another, and she stormed and refused to consent to marrying a heathen. Gow and his wife imprisoned her in their apart- ments and subjected her to a vigorous course of treatment, calculated to restore her to reason and bring her to listening to them. Lum Lee was “‘game,” and thouzh shut up in a pen and poorly fed she defied them and said she would marry a Christian Chinaman, who isa cook in this city, or else would die. The news of Lum Lee’s imprisonment came to the ears of W. B. Millar on Bat- urday. Taking pitv on the oppressed Chinese girl he determined to invoke the law in her behalf. Lum Lee made quite an impression in the courtroom when she was placed on the stand and told her story. She said that her uncle and aunt had” been trying 10 compel her to marry a heathen. She wanted to marry a Christian. Since the | trouble came up she had learned, she | said, that the man they wanted her to| marry wes not a heathen after all. He was a good Christian and worshiped the right and only God. This was the sole explanation offered for her change of mind. She consented, she said, to marry according to her relatives’ wishes, since e proposed husband was not an idol- worshiper. It was scarcely satisfuctory, but it had to go ail the same, and the court had nothicg left to do but dismiss the writ. S OREGON’S POLITICAL FEUD. Cause for the Delay in Seating Bankor Corbett in the United States Senate. PORTLAND, Or,, Avril 5—J. Thorburn Ross, who accompanied Senator H. W. Corbett to Washingtlon, returned to Port- land last evening. “When we first reached Washington,” remarked Mr. Ross, “we encountered a very unkindly sentiment with reference to the seating of Mr. Corbett. This we soon discovered to arise from the fact that faise reports had reached the Senators, as well as the Eastern press, with reference to the contingency thuat rendered it in- cumbent upon Governor Lord to make the uppointment. “First we learned that the Legislature of Oregon was beld up in order that Mr. Corbett might succeed Mr. Mitchell. Another report which reached us, and which we had much difficulty in running down for the purpose of changing the public sentiment, was that Mr. Mitchell, before the adjournmentof the Legisiature, | bad, with his following, submitted ten first-class names for that body to select {rom, with the notice that the ex-Senator would withdraw from the field. “This was news to us, and while we placed no credence in the report, we wired to Senators Simon, Selling and Mackay fof enlightenment upon this point. Their reply was that no such measure of com- promise had come from the Maitchell forces, but that, on the contrary, the anti- Mitchell members of the House and Senate had made advances of that nature, which were repulsed. “This teleeram 1 exhibited to Senator Hanna and several of his colleagues, and their sentiment with respect to the seat- ing of Mr. Corbett at once underwenta radical change.” Mr. Ross added that if the tariff debates prevented the seating of Corbett during the current special session, he would se cure the recognition due him in De- cember. i oNre o TACOMA'S WATER FRONT WAR. Quarreling Stevedoring Firms Delay the Departure of the City of Madras. TACOMA, Wasn., April 5.—For nine days the City of Madras, under charter to load a cargo of lumber for Callao, has been lying at the Tacoma Mill Company’s wharf ready to load and with the lumber on band Teadv to be loaded, but until this afternoon not a stick has gone into her hold, all because of war between two stevedoring firms from Port Townsend. Barneson & Chilcat, until two years ago, practically had control of the field at Port Townsend, and with agents here, captured the lum- ber-loading trade. Jones & Rothchild have been making inroads on the monopoly, and the feeling has become intensely bitter. When the Madras arrived Jones & Roth- child appeared with a stevedoring con- tract mude with the owners of the vessel. Bartlett & Steeb, local agents for Barne- son & Chilcat, ciaimed the right 1o load the vessel under contract from the Ta- coma Mull. The captain would not allow them to load and the Tacoma Mill would not let Jones & Rotnchild touch its lum- ber. The deadlock cansed high times on | tbe water front and several personal en- | counters between emvloves of the rival concerns, but no one was badly hurt. To-day " Bartlett & Steeb produced an- other and later contract with the owners of the vessel permitiing them to load. Then the captain gave in.” Jones & Roth- child now say they will libel the ship. S Receiver for Bonnie Brae Ramch. SAN DIEGO, Car, April 5—In the Superior Court to-day Judge Hughes ap- pointed Edward P. Lounsberry as receiver for the Bonnie Brae ranch at Sweetwater Valley. The Bonnie Brae is the oldest ranch in the county and was settled in 1870 by H. M. Higgins, the song writer and aut'.or of ang Up the Baby’s Stocking,” O d Musician and His Harp,” and other famous songs of twen ty years ago. The ranch is worth $50,000, but through recklessness and extraya- gance Higgins has 'lost his equity in it and mu st move away, though now past 70 years of age. e Injured in a Shasta Mine. REDDING, CAL, April 5 — At the Hume mine in Old Dipging yesterday Matc Hume, & lad about 18 years of age, suftered the fracture of his right leg above the knee. He was working in a shaft in the mine when a lot of loose dirt and rock fell on him, pinning him to the floor of the shaft. TS g Sails From San Diego. BANDIEGO, CAL., April 5,—The United Btates Fish Commission steamer Alba- tross sailed at 4 o’clock to-aay for an eight months’ cruise in the North Pacific. It will visit Cataiina, Banta Cruz and Monte- COLONEL FINGAN 5 IN CONTEMPT San Rafael Millionaire in the Custody of the Sheriff. Would Nct Pay Alimeny to His Wife, Who I5s Suing for a Divorce. Offers to Mortgaze Alameda Property to Appease Mrs. Finigan’s * Wrath. SAN RAFAEL, Cavn, April 5—Colonel Peter A. Finigan was adjudged guilty of contempt of court by Superior Judge F. M. Angelottl this morning and ordered confined in the County Jail until he obeys the order of court and pays the sum of $750 to bis wife, Emily B. Finigan, as ali- mony and fees which Judge Angelotti lowed her, pending her proceediugs for di- vorce. When the case was called this morning J. P. Sweeney, the attorney for the mil- lionaire defendant, stated to the court that Colonel Finigan had been unable to procure the necessary money, but that he had property in Alameda of the value of $30,000 which he was willing to mortgage and pay his wife a sum which would more than cover the costs in this case. Attor- ney Sweeney further said that he was aware that this was not a strict compli- ance with the court’s order, but Mr. Fini- gan was willing to make this sacritice. ‘T. J. Crowley, acting as attorney for Mrs. Finigan, said he would not consent to this proposition. To his mind Colonel Finigan had been trifling with the court; he was well able to pay the sum of $750, but resorted to these tactics to annoy and retard the court. He said that it seemed strange that up to the time when Mrs. Finigan had brought the action for divorce the defendant was “rolling in money,” but as soon as the case was commenced he Dbad suddenly become a pauper. “Mr. Finigan’s conduct in the entire proceedings,” said the plaintiff’s attor- ney, “clearly showed that he was conceal- ing facts from the court. While he lived in the finest hotel in the land, his wife could starve to death. Up to the time of the commencement of this action he could g0 to the bank and draw his check for any amount. Mr. Finigan thinks the county jail is not big enough for him. He is Ppracticaliy putting his inger to his nose to his wife while he lives au the finest hotel.” Colonel Finigan’ s attorney said that the defendant was living at the Hotel Rafael on his credit. He was not a pauper, but his business was speculation, and while one day he might have a large amount ot money, at another time he would be without it, as was the case now. Judgs Angelotti remarked that he be- lieved that if Mr, Finigan wanted to he could have procured the sum crdered’ by the court. Under the circumstances he could only commit him to the custody of the Sheriff until such time as money would be forthcoming. Under Sheriff Jobn Hannon took the millionaire to dinner at noon. CAPITAL CITY LABOR PKOTEST. Governor Budd's Attitude Toward State Printing Gffice Scored by the the Federaied Trades. SACRAMENTO, CAr, April 5—At a regular meeting of the Federaled Trades Council of Sacramento this evening the following resolutions were adopted : WHEREAS, Strenuous efforts were made dur- ing the last session of the Legisiature by in- terested and unprincipled parties—the ene- mies of labor—to disable and the State Printing Office, an tion which employs a large number of union inen; and = whereas, in pursuance of sucn efforts grave cnarges were made against Sate Printer A. J. Johnston, who has always been the unswerving iriend of organ- ed inbor; aud whereas, the Legislature i its wisdom appointed a joint speeial committee, composed of Republicans aud Democrats, t0 investigato said charges, and efter & the thorough and _ exhaustive investiza- tion brought in & report complete- ly vindicating and _ exouerating Mr. Johnston irom all the charges, aud which is ‘appended hereto and made s part of these reso- lutions: *‘The testimony has been very full, and much time bhas been devoted to this hear: ing. And, having given the whole subject careful consideratiou, we are of the opinion that the office of Superiniendent of State Printing_has been conducted on ic ness principles and with economy and due regard for the public nterests’; and whereas, Governor James H. Budd, having arrayed himseif against organized labor, has shown it by his high-handed action in ticelly closing the State Printing Office by veiolng the appropriation for its maiutenance and throwing out of employment more than two hundred union men; therefore be 1t Resoived, ThatSacramento Federated Trades Council, representing ihe trades and labor organizatious of this locality, views with siarm tbis uncalled-for and unjust attack upon organized labor by the chiel executive of this great State; be it further Resolved, That this council condemns in un measured terms the cowardly blow struck our feliow co-workers in _the only public in- stitution in the State which employs union labor and pays union wages, and tnis council herewith appeals (0 every wage-earner in this commonwealth to espouse tha cause of our co- workers 1n_the State Printing Office, in oraer thet this issue will forever assert the dignity oi labor and teach a wholesome lesson to our | calumnistors and deiractors, Resolved, That this council urges upon all sister organizaifous througnout the State the necessity of Lrompl, vigorous and aggressive tion, as the ““injury oi one is the coucern of all” and the aulonomy of our organization must be maintained from all attacks. Aot geercd IN JAIL AT SACRAMENTO, True, the Utah Train-Kobber Suspeot, Arraigned in Court. SBACRAMENTO, CAL., April 5. —James True, a Feaeral prisoner, who was ar- resied at Nevada City ona warrant issued by E. H. Heacock, Commissioner of the United States Circuit Court, on a charge of robbing the m: in Utab, was ar- raigned to-day before Judge Davis, the city justice, who, under a recent de- cision, may sit as a United States Com- missioner. Judge Davis informed True of his rights regarding the matter of making statements, and then continued his ex- amination until next Monday. Bail was tixed at $5000. “He is in charge of H. M. Mofiit, Deputy United States Marshal, SoTth e Killed Near San Diego. SAN DIEGO, CArn, April 5 — Frank Johnson, a teamster, was found by a party of school children on Friday after- noon lying on the Foster grade, forty miles east of here, h nis shull crushed. He was taken to a neighbor’s house,where he died the same evening without regain- ing consciousness. Johnson had been puiled from his seat by the reins getting entangied about his legs. The wagon wheels passed over his head, crushing the skull, —_—— Mill Valley’s New Sanitarium, rey, and go upon the drydock at Mare Isiand about the 20th of this month. MILL VALLEY, CaL, April 5—The work of converting the Monte Vista Hotel the | rac- | into a_ sanitarium will shortly be com- menced. A company has been organized and arrangements will be completed so that the zanitarium will bo opened by May 1. The sulphur mud discovered in Mill Valley will be utilized for bathing purposes. The hotel is owned by E. L. Hueter and is leased by the sanitarinm company. ——— PERRIS DISTRICT CASE DECIDED. Judge Noyes Ruies That the Issus and Delivery of Irrigation Bonds Was Llegal. RIVERSIDE, CaL, April 5—Judge Noyes of the Supreme Courtof this county handed down a decision to-day that is of the utmost importance to many irrigation districts in this State which have been organized under the Wright law. The decision concerned the bonds of the Per- ris Irrigation District. Land-owners re- fused to pay the tax levied to pay the in- terest on the $750,000 worth of bonds of the district. The action was brought to enjoin the collector of the district from enforcing the collection of the tax. The court rules that the entire issue and delivery of the bonds was illegal and that the tax as assessed by the district officers to pay the interest on these bonds is also illegal. The injunction was sustamned. The case will be appealed. g oo i RAILWAY TO SEVEN DEVILS. Novel Scheme of the Qregon Short Line for Reaching the Mining District. LEWISTON, Ipano, Aprit 5.—The de- velopment of the Seven Deviis mining district has cr:ated a demand for a new traffic route for the transportation of coa- centrates and smelting ores. The Oregon Short Line is approaching this mining belt from the soutu and will pass east of the range of rugged moun- tains. The plan of improvement now un- der consideration is unique. Captain Eph Broughman has been sent to the scene of proposed operations to pass upon the feasibility of the system. The river, after an even course of 100 miles, enters Big Canyon which is a ver- itable chute of ten miles with per- pendicular walis hundreds of feet high on each side. At the head of this chute the riveris very narrow and the walls are very high. The plan of improvement is to blast down the bluff walls and dam the | river, creating a smooth channel past and above the present obstructions i0 naviga- tion. LS A Tacoma Assessments Iilegal. TACOMA, Wash., April 5.—Judge Car- roll, in the case of the National Bank of Commerce vs. the City of Tacoma, decided to-day that reassessments made two years after the old assessment were iliegal. Over $300,000 of ‘street reassessment are by this decisron rendered worthless. When the streets were graded the city controller wrongfully drew warrants on the general fund in payment, instead of on a special | fund chargeable 'against adjoining prop- erty; so the loss falls on the city, unless the decision is reversed in the Supreme Court. i g San Rafael Litigation Ended. SAN RAFAEL, Car, April 5.—In the Superior Court to-day Judge Angelotti de- nied the motion fora new trial in the case of John E. Jewell vs. Mary Jane Pierce. Twelve thousand acres of land in Marin County were involved in the litigation, TRAINING AT STANFORD. Men Wiho Will Compete With Berkeley's Athletss Are Rounding Into Form. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Car., April 5.—This week promises to be a favorable one for rounding out the track athletes for the eventtul intercollegiate fisld day of April 24, But little work will bs given the men the week preceding the match, s the management does not care to take chances of having any of the best men meet with accidents or overtrain at the last moment. Coach King will give the track candidates an abundance of exercise this week, but none of them will be al- lowed to do their best in the evenings practice. Track Manager Brown has arranged to have a training table set in Encina Hall, It will commence next Monday with about eighteen men. Training diet is ex- pected to improve the team all aronnd. Birtch '00, who bas been training in the morning, will reside on the campus after Monday in order to train with the rest of the men. Morgan '00 begins training to- night for the bicycle event. He will take the placs of Sayer '98, who while practic- ing about a month ago met with an acci- dent and suffered a broken collar-bone. Karsted '98, who showed up well in the last field day, will be given an oppor- tunity to display his ability in the 220- yard dash and the quarter mile this week. O R FITZ MAY RE-ENTER THE RING. But Before Pompadour Jim Can Meet Him He Must Be Ghased Many Years. BOSTON, Mass,, April 5.—George V. Tuohey received a letter from Bob Fitz- simmons to-day, in which the champion said: “‘As you know, I chased him (Corbett) for five long years; finally he was per- suaded to go into the ring with me. He is anxious to have another try at me, but Iintend to give him an exira dose of his own medicine, and force him to do as he obliged me to do before he would recog- NEW TO-DAY. New Way To Save Money BU Crockery and Chinawafe Great Anerisafi;pumu Tea Ga MONEY SAVING STORES: 140 Sixth st. 325 Hayes st. 965 Market st. 218 Third st. 146 Ninth st. 2008 Fillmore st. 617 Kearny st. 1419 Polk st. 1344 Market st. 3285 Mission st. OAKLAND. 1053 Washington st. 1510 Seventh st. 917 Broadwa; E. OAKLAND. 131 San Pabloave, 616 E, Twelfth st. ALAMEDA—1355 Park st. Headquarters, 52 Market St., S. F. QPERATING 100 STORES— That’s why we sell so cheap. 3005 Sixteenth st. 2510 Mission st. 521 Montgomery ave. nize my challenges. Let him startin and fight his way up the ladder as I did, and possibly after he has defeated such men as Choynski, Creedon, Maher and Sharkey, I may consider a proposition from him."” This is taken as an indication that Fitz will again go him g o SHARKEY FIGHTS AT SALT LAKE. Eight Fast Rounos With Jim W:llicms Before the Local Athletic Club. SALT LAKE CITY, Uran, April 5.— Tom Sharkey and Jim Wiihams, the iat- ter champion of Utah, fought eight rounds before an audience of 1500 at the Salt Lake Athletic Club this evening. The men hud met before and Sharkey was the win- ner. This evening no decision was ren- dered, aithough the sailor had all the best of it. There were times, however, when Jim made matters extremely lively. Neither man was in the b-st of condition, and when the bout ended they were well worn out. Lynch, Sharkey’s manager, announced that he would back Williams for $5000 against any 154-pound man in the world, Creedon preferred. . Sharkey goes on East and will meet Peter Maher in New York in May for a purse of $10,000. st i TO FIGHT 1WEN1X ROUMDS. Dan Creedon and Jos Choynské Have Signed. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 5,—A match between heavy-weight pugilists was made yesterday which will prove a noteworthy ring event. Dan Creedon and Joe Choynski bave signed to fight twenty rounds at 162 pounds before the local ciub which offers the largest purse. Efforts to bring the men together hava been made for the last'three years, but Creedon did not care to go out of his class. Choynski is rapidly recovering from a wrenched _shoulder, and said yesterdwy that he woula begin training for the miil in a short time. Creedon bad a rather hard time to get down to 165 in his recent fight with Charley Strong, so he will have todo an unusual amount of work to get down to the required weight. It is understood that the Broad way Ath- Lelicl Club will makea big offer for the attle. e Haoing on Two Tracks. NEWPORT, K., April 5—Five and & half furlongs, Vengeance won, Flotow second, As- truda third. Time, 1:11. Four and a half furlongs, Troca won, Tole Simmons second, Nekarines third. Time, 5034, One mile, Winthrop won, Calculator second, Kamvart third. Time, 1:4615. Four furlongs, Flora Louise won, Mary Cav- elier second, Lady of the West tilzd. “Time, 15524 51X furlongs, Violet Parsons won, Carlotta C second, Adelaide third. Time, 1 14 LITTLE ROCK, AEK. April 5.—The races here closed to-day.” Four furlougs, Miss Hoy won, Lady Dérothy second, Bimetallist third, Time, :5014. Six furiongs, Whirlaway won, Selden second, Play Boy third. Time, 1:17}4. Seven furlongs, Time Maker wo: Pirate second, Sligo third. Timi Six furlongs, Dan Hugar w ond, Tincup third. Time, 1:173; Four jurlongs, Eva Rice won, Hlerman Kahu second, Mordecai third. Time, :4815. xington Foncliff sec- e R Ty Chicago’s Billiard Tournament. CHICAGO, Iry., April 5.—Sutton could easily have made an average of forty in his billiard tournament game this after- noon with McLaughlin, having only eight points to go out, but he missed a single- cushion shot for position with the ba'ls almost in Jine up. Then by more careless playing he let McLaughiin score 132 four innings while he was getting his needful eight. The game should have been out in the tenth inning, but i1t took fourteen, reducing Sutton’s average to 28 8-14. The score was: Sutton, 400; McLaughlin, 220. The Philadelphian had no chance in the early part of the eame NEW TO-DAY. Pastry Cook! Listen! Look! Do not this sugges< tion spurn— None there are too wise to learn— “Trophy” Baking Powder try Better NOW than by and by. . (Tillmann’s Spices and and Flavoring Extracts go with it.) us Tillmann & Bendel, Mfrs. THE WEEKLY CALL It Publishies the Cream of the News of the Week and MANY ATTRACTIVE AND ORIGINAL FEATURES. 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