The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 22 18 BOLD BANDITS AT CASTLE GATE Put Two Big Pistols Under a Paymaster’s Nose. Make Off to a Canyon With $7800 in Gold and Green- backs. They Cut the Telegraph Wires, but Armed Miners Are Now In Pursult. LT LAK Carpenter, pay ley coal Uram, A aster of the Plea: Salt Lake this morn- ver, and the other $7500 in gold and green- bac The Rio Grande Western train r 1 that rather isolated portion of ah about 12:26 o'clock this afternoon. b another employe of the company Carpenter alighted from the train and was n in presence of one hundred or more men ere loitering about the ch was but a few rods from the train pulled out and a h looking indiv who bad been loitering around town in the saloun penter and his assistant. about to ascend the o g to the company’s office | the store one of | venter’s face | gccounting Demanded by Ranchers Who e second floor of thrust a revolver and called upon him to “Drop those sacks enter did | second footpad ene with a similar re- poured lead into the fashion and consternation, the miners fleeing to the , to the north and to » made the first demand the mo nd banded it to his v started down the | ie horse belonging to the fel- le the first demand got away, e had some d:fficulty in catching it, in the meantime, the other fellow ig the excitement Carpenter suc- store with one | ceeded into the containing $1000, and anoth -t ver was either dropped or by the fleeing robber and icked up a short distance away, but satchel containing greenbacks and a getting sack of ¢ 800 was successfully | fright- 0 move was made to intereept ie robbers until both had disappeared. Then Do: armed, and a diligent search is = made. reward of §1000 has been offered for tha m d $1000 for the money. The and Tom 1 members of a gapg of equents a desolate” and San Rafuel country Robbers’ Roo: had taken the precauntion ph wires between several | \is gave them quite an ad- | 1 they ever reach the San tis not believed they cun HUNGRY MEN INVADE STOCKTON. An Army of Unemplcyed Landed by Steam- ers From T.is City—G ven Food They S.art for Sacramento. STOCKTON, ndred and AL, April 2L—Two unemployed men y in this city this morning. up from San Francisco by the Dauntless and Mary Garratt, ransportation was pald thither Franciscans to get rid of them. 10 obtain employ- n the metropol:s, are bound the country along ari and Mississippi rivers, which red great damage ell, who has been plosed in San Fran- movement was organized, e bead of the wandering idle. Baggs offered to furnish 250 , provided the army would ch for Sacrar , but that did not e satisfy the le He said that for two days would need more bread, on, coffee, sugar, etc. It was finally agreed that the provisions wou the Chief ¢ ve the industrials 100 pounds of bacon, 600 pounds of beans, 20 pounds of c 500 loaves of bread and a quan- of crackers. They promised to start e capital city at once. ie leaders intend to desert the nnem- vloyed at Lodi. They told Chief Kings- If any others are sent from San Francisco they will not fare so well, as the peols of Stockton are indiznant at San Francisco for making this city the ound for their unemployed. z care of its own poor, opose 10 feed those of de tramp the Stockton i but it doe the meirop Jlis. SACRAMENTO, April 21.—Considerable | exciiement e night a body 8an 1sts throughout the city to- blished report that nemployed men of been landed by are marching en ity. Thereport claims or and Chief of Police of upplied the men with two ! e understanding id immediatelv start for 0 ,on foot, and that this bad ed to. Hubbard and Chief of Police ) Drew of this city both say that they 10t as yet know what steps they wiil take in case thearmy reaches Sacramento, but they claim they need not expect any ass:stance this city whatever. —_——— MURDER AT FRENCH CAMP. M. Qne Tremp Kiled by Another During an Altercation—A Young Lady Witnesses :he Tragedy. STOCKTON, CAL., April Shortly be- fore 6 o’clock this evening Miss Russell, who resides with J. J. Boriand at French Camp, saw two men on tae railroad tracks iear that place in an aitercation. They were tramps who had beea seen near the French Camp Hospital for some days past, but no one who lives there seems to know 10 they are. Miss Russell saw the inger man strike the man he was with, nd the latter fell backward on the rail- d track. As hedid sothe blow must have broken his neck, as when he was picked up by those who saw the affair he was dead and hig neck was broken. The man who was killed was apout 55 years of age, but there was nothing on his Lday, were seen to ap- | | in Moody’s Guleh, near Los Gatos, by the | Volney D. Moody and Charles Mobdy to | | of the oil since June 25, 1560, up o the robbers are | | issued by the court and Smith Peck was ! sons was arrested and held for trial. by the recent | | ticulars of the trial were given. be supplied, and the Mayor and | grag 5 " | rendition was { ground of habitual intemperance. ate who he was or where he came trom. Neither is there any clew to the identity of his assailant. Sheriff Cun- ningham and Deputy Sheriff Wall want to French Camp us soon as they learned of the killing, but they could find no trace of the man_who struck the old man who was found lying dead across the railroad track. The body of the dead man was brought 10 the morgue here by Deputy Coroner Jory, but there was nothing on the body to indicate who he was. — KNOCKED OUT AT SAN JOSE. | person 1o ini ‘Kia" Evans R:xcewes a Blow That May | Result in Death—His Antago- | nist in Prison. SAN JOSE, Can, April 21L—Matt| Semichy, a local lightweight pugilist, is occupying a cell in the County Jail as the | result of a boxing contest at the opening | exhibition of the San Jose Athletic Club Eeld in this city to-ni Frank Evans, better known as “Kid”’ Evans, his an- tagonist, bas concussion of the brain and has been lying unconscious since he re- | ceived the knock-out blow. The contest was announced as a fifteen- round go. Semichy made a rushing fight from the start, and was looked on asa sure winner after the first four rounds, A squad of police was present, but as the gloves used were extra large it was thought that the figuters could not seri- ously injure esch other, and tne coutest was allowed to proceéd. Evans foughta game up-hill battle aud occasionally made surprising rallies. % The knock-out came early in the four- teenth rou i Semichy caught Evans near the point of the chin with a night-hand blow, knock- ing him off his feet. Evans’ head struck the hardwooa floor with a resounding bump. Alter Evans had been counted 1t he was carried to the dressing-room, 1d a physician summoned. It was found t the defeated pugilist was badly in- There is a severe concussion of 3, and at this time, over an hour | aLs is still unconsciou was at once 1 be kept in confinement pecding ome of Evaus’inj e | SUING FOR #00DY'S GULCH OIL. Leased Their Lands to a Syndicate. SAN JOSE, CaL., April 21.—Suit was | brought to-day by David B. Moody, Addie M. Hubbard end Martha J. Moody against Charles J. Ellis and C. C. Mclver for an accounting as to oil extracted from weils | s. defendants, and which the plaintiffs claim has not been accounted for. | It is set forth in the complaint that in October, 1878, the Santa Ciara Petroleum Company entered into an agreement with work the wells of the plaintiff.in Moody's Gulch in the Santa Cruz Mountains fora period of ten years. The plaintiffs were | to receive as compensation one-tenth of | the petrolecm or coal oil exiracted from the weils and a statement to be furnished | by the defendants to the plaintiffs on the 5th of each month for the quantity of oil extracted. The contract was subse- | quentiy renewed for auother ten years, | It is believed by the plaintiffs that the defendanis have extractea rge amounts present time. The number of barrels ex- | tracted they claim to be 160 per month, worth $2 75 each. They ciaim that no statement has been made to them show- ing the quanuty of oil extracted and ttat no part of their one-tenth share of the product has been delivered, exceps $265 | worth. The plaintiffs sue for an accounting and ask that a receiver bo put in charge of the | premises. A temporary injunciion was appointed receiver on giving a bond in the sum of $1000. Drnige s oo PAKSONS ACQUITTED, YOUNG Tried at Medford, Or., for the Murder of a Zrapper. SAN JOSE, CaL, April 2L—Jobn W. | Parsons of this city to-day received a tel- | eram from the authorities of Medford, Or., announcing that his son, Lee Parsons had been acquitied of the charge of mur- | dering Gustav A. Hall, a trapper, near that place. Young Parsous, who formerly resided in | this city with bis parents in the Kichmond building, on Second street, and who is | about 21 years of age, was arresied on the | charge of murder on Miarch 21. At the Coroner’s inquest which was | beld upon the dead man it was claimed that Parsons bad visited him on the day he was supposed to have been shot, and that the tricks leading to the woods where the dead body had been found cor- responded to his. Robbery was aileged to have bcen the cause of the cr.me. ~ Par- | His friends in this city conid not believe that the young man, who bore an excellent repuiation, had been guilty of such a crime, and the teiegram announcing his acquittal was warmly receivad. No par- e B ey HAYDNN % CEEATION” sUNG. Splendid Rendition by the San Jose Ora- | torio Society. | SAN JOSE, CAL., April 21.—"The Crea- | tion,” Havdn's great oratorio, was pre- | sented ut 1he First Methodist Church this evening and last night by the San Jose | There was a good at- | tendance at both performances, and the | oratoriv was excelienty rendered. The | under the direction of J. | tlamilton Howe of San Francisco. There wasa chorus of 100 voices. The soloists | were Walter C. Campbeil. passo, and Frank Cothn, tenor, of San Francisco, und Miss Florence Gordon of this city, who bad to sing two parts, owinz to the iliness of Miss Mary W. Macauley. Professor F. Low King was organist and Miss Ada Churchill pianist —_—— Aew Townsite Near Orosi. VISALIA, Car, April —Only one new town will be located on the Valiey railroad between this city and Fresno. The site for that has been aetermined up- on. It will be located fifteen miles north of Visalia and a mile and a half from | Orosi, on the land of John Cutler, one ot the o!dest jioneers in the county. If Orosi is moved down to the new site the name Orosi will be retained, but 1f not, the new town will probably be called Cutler. It will be a telegraph and express station, and is in the center of a fen)lai tract. e B, Florence Needham Dirorced. BA JOSE, CaAL., April2l.—pr. Flor- | ence B. Needham was granted a divorce from Charie: T. Needbam to-day on the They were married in 1592, and shortly after- ward the defendant became dissoiute and bis wife was compelled to <upport him. — 5 Santa Cruz Gold Strike, SANTA CRUZ, Car, April 21.—Alex- ander Russeil has discovered a gold mine on the outskir.s of fanta Criz from which he has asays of $10 to $100 to the ton. There is a large ledzce tkat will average $15 a ton. - 1l Into a Falal Fit, OGDEN, Utam, April 2L—At 5 o’clock to-night, A. W. Wertz, a ticket broker in this city, fell in an epiieptic fic and ex- pired in about five minutes. He was in bis offic: alone, and as he fell he struck the w breaking his nose, and striking the floor iace downward. With his nose and mouth gagzed he had practically smothered to death. He leaves a widow and two children, | His Pullman Slips Said NEW TO-DAY CLOTHING. THAT BIG | e Putting on the Finishing Touches Soon the curtain will be rung down wpon an event which has made quite a little commotion among the real swell dr essers in San Francisco. he Last Act And the audience interested till the last and we’ll keep yow interested till the curtain rolls down. We'll keep yow interested till the very last moment. ’Tis the last days of this remarkably high-class sale of all new Spring doods, equal to other stores’ §15 Suits, equal to other stores last days of ’em and youw'll dow a ¢ i -$8 * $15 Top Overcoats. The see’em in our corner win- S0--- THE SUITS And the assortment of ’em reminds yow of attending a Floral 7 stival. Each coloring is aglow with the life of Spring, repre- senting the very richest and highest class fabrics. Everything that is fashionable ; everything that is new. The extreme fash- ionable colorinds and, the conservative patterns, and the plain dressy coloringds ; none are missi lence itself. They were to be $1 Sale at $8.50 and it has been s ng. The tailoring is par excel- We started an Introductory 0 sucecessful that we have been compeiled to continwe it beyond the time allotted for it. 1t’s now in its last days ; it's the last days of these clever Suits at E——sa. SO——= THE TOP COATS That real swell Spring Overc: oat in all itswealth of tailoring, in all its prettiness and nobbiness; with its satin slecve lining ; in its rich shades of tan. Top Coats at These =88 are the last days of these swell TETEEEEEEBBETBBOBBBTBB00Y But one look into that corn wrging or coaxing to buwy ; you ) er window and yow'll need no vl need no guide or judge to tell yow the values; the values stand out and speak for themselves. TORE WITH THE TINY PRICES, S, 11, 13 and 15 Kearny Street. TWO ENTIRE BUILDINGS 8 FLOORS. PLOT TO INJURE A STATE OFFICIAL | The Secretary of State Accused of Riding on a Pass. to Have Been Tampered With. Believes the Attack Upon Comes From a Personal Enemy. Him BACRAMENTO, CaL, Avpril 2L—It iy claimed that an attempt has been made to injure Secretary of State Brown by | trying to prove that during his recent trip to the East on business connected with the methods of conduciing State 1institu- tions there, he traveled on a pass, and afterward charged his expenses to the State. It is said that recently some friends of a discharged employe of the Capitol went | to Secretary Brown and told him that it | was bsing said that during his trip east- ward he had been traveling on an annual pass, and that his vouchers for Puilman | car slips would show this to be the fact, This aroused Secretary Brown's sus- picions and he immediately went to the Controllec's office and requested to see the expense account of his trip, and in ex- amining the vouchers attached it found that they had been tampered with and that all the Pullman slips had been punched in two places, once in the space showing regular fare had been psid and the other in the space headed ‘‘Annual Pass’’—the latter having been made with = different size vunch from the other holes in the slipe. Mr. Brown’s anger was aroused and he | immediately instituted a searching inves- tigation, which it is c.aimed has resulted in discovering that the suspected ex-em- ploye had been seen in the Controller's office with a punch in his possession ; that he nad been seen examining the vonch- ers attacted 1o the expense account of Secretary of State Brown; that he had calied attention to the fact of the punch hoie in the annual pass space and that he bad attempled to get photographs. taken of these slips, but that no positive in- was | | formation couid be a ‘ conclusively that he had j the bogus holes in the slips. When interviewed on the subject this | evening Secretary of State Brown said: | “That an attempt has been made 1o prove | that I, a State official, had been traveling jon a pass in the Kastern States while | making a tour of Eastern asylums and ed at proving rsonally made | prisons is tru» beyond a possible doubt, | but that there is unything in the story to | that effect 1s absurd; and furthermore, I | bad four traveling companions with me, | alt of whom can_ and will testify that i purchased my tickets the same as any one {else. 1 will acknowledge that this at- tempted dastardly atiack has provoked me greatly ana that I have been inve: gating the matter closely and am fult | satisfied in my own mind who the perpe- trator oi it 1s and what bis motive ix, but as sure as the sun shines it will react | against himself. *I have been informed that the schewme originated with a former railroad em- ploye, who resides in San Francisco, but | 1 am not prepared to mention any names | at the present time, and I can only say that there is nothing whaiever in the story except that an atiempt has been i made to prove that I was violating that section of ihe statutes which prohibits any State official from traveling on passes, excent the Railroad Commissioners. ~This attempted attack may arise from political motives, but I am more inclined to believe that it is a strictlv private move on the part of the guiity individual,” - PURE FOOL DELEGATES, | Prominent Men Appointed to Attend the Congress in This City, SACRAMENTO, Cat, April 2L—Gov- ernor Budd to-day appointed the follow- ing delegates to the Pure Food Congress, | which meets in San Francisco on Friday, | April 33: | 'Louis Gerstle, Horace G. Platt, J. W. Kerr, | Hugh Craig, John Rosenfeld, Irving M. Seott, i | Svreckel Elwood Cooper, Sauta Barbara; autville; J. H. Shine, Sono J. Pediar, Fresno; D. H. Trout, Beulder C. M. Pasadena; R. N, Bu | i F. L. Coombs, N| Keables, Bodie; L. H. Val- | ugeles; W. K. Guy, San_Dieg. i 3 Marysville; J.'N. Gillette, | E ! Seawell, Ukiab; Gillis Doty, Stratton, Oaklan 8 C D. L. Withington, San Dieg Julinn Sonntag, Sem Spiers, Frauk L. Brown, He leid Baker, J. B. Sictsol J. , Henry J. wald, San Fri Berry, Fresno Pond, tan | | Henry Foriman, Bissinger, Jnmes Crocker, Herman Shain- 1sc0; Arthur Briggs, d Thompson, E. B. i Wilham T. Jeter, kia: Ssia County’ TRkt h Neff, Place: © F. Rubeli, Bitterwarer; iey; Joel K. Snell, Orov J. L. Burke, Sants Barbai Erskine Grecr, Sicramento; James P, Cox, Folsom; H. P. Stabier, Yuba Cily; J. E. Camp, H. Dusterbuty, Centervile; D. A. Os- trom, Wheatland; ¥. M. Righter, Campbeil; B. N. n Francisco; F. T. Dubring, So- noma; M.J. Berey, Visaliny D. F. Fowler, W. W. Phillips, Fresno, Leon Sioss, Robert Watt, Isaae Upham, A. B. | A. 8 Baldwin, B. P. Oliver, fan | N. Androus, Pomona; { y T. Seoit, Wake. | i Strauss,'Robert | | MARIN OFFICER’S ADVENTURE. Rows for Life in a Leaking Boat and Wins the Race With but a Few Seconds to Spare. SAUSALITO, Car, April 21.—Under | Sheniff John Hannon, while engaged in | official business last night, had a thrilling | and perilous experience in which he al- | | most lost his life. | Hannon, who is one of the most popular | officials connected with Marin County’s | government, left Sausalito in a whitehall boat to serve a legal document on & man | living in Belvedere, just across the bay from Sausalito. He rowed across Richard- sons Bay without incident and pulled up on the Belvedere side. After dragging his boat on the beach he walked over the hill into Belvedere, where he finished his | business with all possible baste and re- | turned to the boat. During his ab-ence some person may | bave tampered with the crait, for when | the Under Sheriff was out in the middle of the bav, between Sausalito and Belve- dere, the whitehall commenced ieaking. The water graduaily poured in and Har- mon saw that it meant a race for life. His first impulse was to cry for assistance, in the hope that his cries might attract the attention of some of the men on the shipsriding at anchor in the bay. In tuis he was not successful. Thenight was dark | and a slight breeze carried the sound of his voice away from the vessel. ‘The UnderShenil then resolved to make efforts to reach Sausalito. He exerted all the strength in his muscles and the oars vent beneath the sirain. Onward the | leaking boat sped over the waters toward the glimmering electric lights on the wa- ter front of Sausalito. It was a struegie against wind, tide and water, and it med as though the officer was the loser. *When 1 finally ran the boat on the beach at Sausaiito,” said Mr. Hannon this | evening, “the water was up to the gun- wales and would have sunk the craft had I been five minutes longer in it. It was one of the worst experiences I have ever bad. The water commenced to leak in | when I was 1n the middie of Richardsons By, and I thought my day had come. I never worked so hard in my life, and when Iran the boat on the beach you can bet I breathed a sigh of relief.’”” i LUS ANGELE> SENSATION, Politician Niles Defendant in Divores Praceedings. LOS ANGELES, CaL, April 21.—The publ.cation of the serviceof divorce pa- pers upoa Edward J. Nile:, the politician, cansed much surprise here to-day. Judge “| Ling, who represants the plaintiff, filed his complaint under section 96 of the Civil Code, which specifies a certain form of negiect as deseriion. This is a special act tramed in 1893, and is the only clause whereby tuhe statutory time of one year may be wawved in filing divorce papers. Mr. Niles returned afew days ago from Sacramento, where he had been during 1he legisiative sexsion. | Ihe utiorney ior Mra, Niles states his | | disbelief in any contest on the part of the defendant. The couple have a wirl 4 years | of age, and the court will be asked to give | 1t into’the custody of its grandmother. - INQUEST AT HOLLISTER, Murderer Picinco Said to Have Died of @ Broken Heart. HOLLISTER, CaL, April 21.—*Died of a broken heart,”” such is the conclusion reached by the Coroner’s jury after the inquest over the body of Joseph Picaneo, who fell dead yesterday shortly after he had called upon God to smite him if he knew aught of the murder of Bernadino | Assureo. At the inguest it was brought out that Picaneo had killed his victim and set fire to his shanty, but reti rnine later and finding that the body was not destroyed, he dismembered it and scattered the | portions in all directions, to make it ap- st it Turner Was Cooked by Staam. OGDEN, Uraw, April 21.—To-day the | actual condition of Wilt Turner, who nar- | rowly escaped death in the recent mine disaster at Brigham Citv, became public. | where Turner had taken refuge, it broke | i the roof and overturned the upright boiler. Turner lay alongside and was un- conscious from the time the slide struck ! him. For nine hours he was confined, be- | ing literally cooked by the escaping steam. | During this time he ket up a continual tapping against the boiler with a tin can which he had grasped as he fell. He is still in a critical condition, his face and eyes, hands, arms, neck and' chest being terribly burned. e Portland Man’s Body Turns to Stome. PORTLAND, Or., April 2.—On Feb- ruary last Thomas Smith, a miner, was accidentally killed here and the body has been lying in the morgue awaiting ad- vices from Eastern friends. { body was examined to-day it was found in a remarkable state of preservation | though no particulareffort had been mad to embalm 1t. During the weeks that elapsed the remains have assumed the ap- | pearance and the hardness of marble. | Beneath the whiteness of the skin the tveinl and arteries show in a coppery- brown tracery, the most minute of the blf_o\; conduits being brought out in plain relief. T Passengers for the ¥Yulon. SEATTLE, WasH.,, April 2L—The | steamship AIL-Ki, the last vessel to make | Dyea before the return of the Yukoners | in the fall, sailed from Seattle jor Alaska to-day with about 200 passengers, which number will probably have been doublea by the time she leaves the sound. e Balm for a Lacerated Heart. SANTA CRUZ, Cav., April 2L.—Austin Pratt to-day filed a suit in the Superior Court against Josephine Mitchell for $10,- 000 damages for alienating the affections of his wife. Mrs. Mitcheli is charged with having influenced Mrs. Pratt to leave her husband and children. pear that wild beasts had torn the corpse. | | Wben the slide struck the engine-room | When the | TEE BTG ISTTY OPEN EVENINGS. DIVORCED AT TACOMA. | Decree of Separation Granted to Dr. Harrison, a Cousin of the Duke of Fife. TACOMA, Wasm., Avoril 21.—Dr. Robert | Harold Harrison, cousin of the Duke of | Fife, was to-day granted a divorce from | Bianche Harrison on statutory grounds, | Ralph Moore of Charleville, County Cork, Ireland, being named as co-respondent. The case has been of special interest from the fact that the plaintiff is the well- own chief surgeon of the Asiatic liner Victoria, now in port. The defendant is prominently connected with London (England) social circles, while it is reported that the co-respondent ' is a captain in the rovel navy. The Harrisons were married in Dublin, Ireland, in July, 1834, and have one child, who was born in April, 1885. Mr. Har- | rison_sued for possession of this child, alleging that nis wife was not a fit person to have charge of her. Evidence was introduced here to show that in 1800 uivorce proceedings wers brought by Dr. Harrison in the Court of Chancery in Dublin on statutory grounds, and although the allegations of the bill were proved, the court granted a legal separation only, which does not authorize either of the parties an absolute divorce, an act of Parliament being necessary to effect absolute divorce under the laws of Ireland. Dr. Harrison has made his home at Tacoma for the past six years. Aoy Heliographic Siznaling at San Diego. SAN DIEGO, CAL., April 21.—Lieaten- ant Connoliy snd Sergeant Grigsley of Company H, First United States Infantry, stationed there successfuily transmitted heliographic signals by means of colored torch lights a distance of four miles trom the barracks here to the heignts above Old Town. For thiree months officers and men have been working on the scheme, but it was not until last night that the conditions were considered [avorabie | enough for a trial. For two honrs the squades of men talked and transmitted | long messages to each other without re- pealing a word. et SRS R, Rail Disaster at Poriland. PORTLAND, Om, April engine which was shunting ca to the switch on the north end of the Soutnern Pacific east side freizhthouse left the track at the wharves and plunged down into the river. Engineer Paulson and Fireman Williams were car- ried down with the engine. Paul<on jumped into the river and Willizms landed safs and dry on the aock. The en- gineer swam ashore. Neitber were burt. e G | Peculiar Death of Dr. Janven. OGDEN, Utan , April 21.—Dr. Jensen. a prominent physician at Huntsville, east of Ogden, was instantly killed this morn- ing by faliing during an attack of dizzi- ness. He strack his head upon a nail, which entered his left temple. Dr. Jensen has practiced in this county for twenty years,