The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1897, Page 4

B — 4 REVELRY'S GATES ARE OPEN WIDE Fiesta Pageant of Sur- passing Beauty at Los Angeles. Shift and Shimmer of Golden Spears, Buglers, Dragons and Plumes. An Unrivaled Spectacle Sweeps Majestically Before the Queen and Throne. LOS ANGELES. Car, April 21.—The good and beautiful Francesca, queen of festivity snd merry-making, made good seof the golden key to the city’s gates putinto her keeping last night. She sim- ply turned it in the lock, allowed the gates 10 swing back and declared the city “-wide open. ng began the revel, and e bent and without re- The first shaft of the hot south- 1 was hailed by & thunder of can- ch as roused, not only the queen and her ministers her gay court, but ail her glad subjects, to a realization that p and about their busi- rd the streets began with the devotees of pieasure, oright costumes alloped hither The shrill cries of the faker 1 with the hesta badge for sale fiesta whistle, while the was itself fairly outdone by nd more terrible toy 1n the isture calliope. the zenith the side- ne of march begun to and patient spectators. rayed here and there ill later m of a climbad up tow ve than merely to march and :ive e 10 the festival spirit Sometimes they e followed by detachments of soldiers fragments of a division. [t was the assembling of the great day- | t parace. The rendezvous was the fore it had become travelworn aud dusty, as has been the custom heretofore. The tribunes fitled approsched, and when tae Queen ounced there wasa vast concourse ve her a royal welcome. As ready the buglers rode into the inclosure and eave their shrill warning the throng leaned forward expectant! “Queen’s Ow the lancers | golden spea d the way to the music | of the ‘“Fiesia” march. The lancers cleared the way, and the royal procession | entered and m ved, with that slow dig- ¢ that bel 10 royaity, down the streich of the arena toward the throne. Arrived there the lancers lined up on the h side of the approa Prime M place ed, Lie opened the door and let followed by the pages carry- . up the golden steps to roue. under the shelter of a ivery step ena and until and affer the zen her place on the throne, heered and ap- Queen had t 1he assembled people uded her Maj followed up the steps and took their places about her, forming a ve ive picture. The Queen was arrayed in As the sun | e streets, with no more appar- | nity of the tribunes, for the procession | to file before the Queen first, and be- | up rapidiy as the hour for | tep, and, as the Queen’s car- | of her way | se ladies of the | attract- | | tions ail the way down the arens, and | before the throne lined up and saluted in | excelfent. form, being appiauded vocifer- | ously. Almost equally impressive was the con- tingent of the National Guard following. They we: Battalion Seventn Regiment, National Guards, Major D. R. Weller com- manding; Captain N. 8. Bangham, acting | adjutant; A. M. Austin, first lieutenant | y; E. H. Hutchinson, first lieutenant and_quartermaster; Company ¥, Captain F. L. Reynoids commanding; Company A, Captain Robert Wankowsky commanding; Company C, Captain S. B. Langworthy commanding; Company I, Pasadena, First Lieutenant W. L. Lippin- cott commanding. The second division advanced to the strains of Roncovieri’s Fiesta march. The | marshal, Colonel M. M. Ogden, led the | | way, fnilowed by his spiendidly mounted | cutenant A. M. Austin (chief of staff), Frank Hannon, Fred C., Gottschalk, ! Rees Liewellyn, L. Loeb, Sherman Pease, | Louis Brown and J. Baum. The Los An: | geles military band kept these loyal sub- jects in periect step and time as they msrched past the royal pavilion. The Fremont Signal Corps camenext, their avpearance reassuring the people with regard 1o the weather during the week. The sccond division held-up the honor | of two foreign powers—France and Italy. | Che Legion Francaise was commanded by | Captain Billaude, and numbered about sixty men, the tricolor floating in me; | breezs aiong with the stars and stripes. | Tne Garibsldi uuards followed, their | | salute to the Queeu being acknowiedged | ] graceiully. The High School Cadets brought up the | rear of this division. The company, of | more than filty boys in excellent miiitary | | discipline, wore a natty uniform of pure | | white, which showed finely against the | | dark uniforms around them. | | Thethird division was composed en- | tirely of horsemen. C. A. Sumner wu‘ | marshal, and hisaids wer | & | | . K. Crawford, Otto P | Queirole, F. Grant and C. A. Sumner. 1he Riverside band was followed by over eighty members of the Royal Foresters | | excellently mounted and arrayed in span- | new and bright uniforms. A mounted troop of young men from the Los Angeles Military Academy, to tne | number of twenty-five, were next in line. | The boys wore gray coats and -white pan- | and sat in the saddle like . They gave abundant evidence of having had liberal training in cavalry tactics. A battalion of boyson Shetland | ponies brought up the rear of the tnird | division, and the end was quite as inter- | esting as the head. The poniesand their | youthful riders presenied a_charming pic- | ture. The boys were in uniform ana had compiete control of their animals. They | executed a very clever salute as they passed the throne. A very pretty feature of this division was little Anna Kessler, mounted upon a | trick pony, ana her still smailer sister mounted on a still smaller Shetland pony. The horses were driven tandem, the smaller in front, with Miss Anna sianding | vprignt upon her saddle. As the pair stopped in front of the throne the smalier child saluted gracefully from her seat. | Then they moved a few steps forward and | the older girl leaped to the ground and made a_low curtsey. Turning, the horse dropped bis head, the child stepped upon it, took hoid of the mane, and the horse, | | lifting its head, dropped 'the girl into ber | | saddle, to the wild plaudits of the people. | And now the caballeros! They were in | the fourtu division, or, rather. the big| end of it. But the caballeros were not the | caballeros of the past two year humane society has interfered with the | caballero 1o au extent that renders bim comparatively tame. It appears that the prancing of bi.s stoed was the result of a | pull upon a bit that has been discovered | to be cruel and is therefore forbidden, The canalleros wera sixty strong. They | »stumes that were distincily Mex - | The roateriai wasof green corduroy, ow saun trimming, silver braid and abundantly decorated with spangles. | The sombreros, with tall crowns and, | broad rims, were in harmony as to style. | The aids wore black velvet with gold trimmings. Saddles, bridles, spurs. and other equipments were in keeping wish | the sivié affeced. They _presented a | handsome and dashing appearance, if not | quite so dashing as heretofore. wore can. with MAYOR PATTERSON OF POMONA. PASADENA, Caw, April 2L.—Charles P. Patterson has been elected Mayor of | Pomons by the largest vote ever given a member of the City Council. The issues in the recent city campaign were high license for two saloons and pronibition of the The former won after the warmest and most interesting campaign The high license party advocated that prohibition of the sale of intoxicants in Pomona had been a failure in two years of prohibition rule in It proposed to license two saloons at $1000 each a year, and to have the saloons run under the strictest police regulatious, and under bonds of $6000 each to local liquor traffic. ever known in Pomona Valley. that city. observe the laws made for their regulation. Mayor Patterson is a native of Wayne County, New York. strong Coukling Republican in the Empire State, and is to-day as sturdy a Republi- can as may be found in all California. He bids fair to be a very popular officer in Pomona. He was formerly a spears, long lances, mighty battle-axes and other curious implements. The Chi- nese display illustrated in a measure the character of a holiday parade in the rlow- ery Kingdom. As was perfecily in the character of keeping _with a fire alarm beil heralded its com- ing and kept the horses in a lively state of mind. Walter 5. Moore, chief engineer, led the division, with the Pasa dena band playing tne “Fiesta March. Then followed a color escori, made up of firemen A. Cocaran, James Simmons, William ~Shearer and Ad. sioners—Mayor M. P. Sayder, chairman; J. Kuhris, Geor:e Sinsabaugh, Frank bichi and C. M. Wells. The engines and tracks of the entire de- partment were 1n line all gayly dressed in | lowers and burnisned to the highest de- gree of brightnes: The hook and ladder company, with 1ts aerial turntadle truck, created a sensation by running the ladders into the air before the Queen, the ladder being mounted by one of the ladder men, the whole perform- ance being accomplished in a few minutes. As the end of the procession approached the Queen’s lancers retired, ana in a few minutes reaay to escort the Queen at her pleasure and, in the meantime, to xeep the crowd frem pressing upon the throne. The ar- P autifully with the gold crown, pink and tints of stood in groups of four. Tk riazes were completely buried in white, The open’ car- ing plumes, while the drivers were ed in gay colors corresponding with 1 s wore wide-brimmed hats, with trimmings of appropriate tints, and car- ried parasols of the same sbhades. The royal party being s:ationed, the signal was ven, the buczlers zave their eall ana Grand Marshal Madison T. Owena gave the order to march. For two hovrs thereaiter the gieat amphitheater was @ moving spectacle, comprising the dash and plunge of horses, the glint and glitter of the sun upon gold and steel and tinsel, the shift and ehim- mer, the combining and reccmbining of gorgeous colors, the clanging of the cym- bals and bea'ing of tomtoms of the Orient, the majestic swing and cadence of military bands, the rumble of fire engines and the rhythmic swing of the military to the beat of drums. It was a thoroughly inspiring two hours from the salute of the grand marshal and bis aids to the iast »wish of the Chinese dragon’s tail of the pageant. It was shortly after 2 o'clock when the | grand marshai led the long line up before | the throne, and, wheeling about with his | #ids, Lieutenant-Colonel Welch, Major | C. 8. Meredith, Major J. D. Fredericks, Lieutenant W. P. Jones, hiting up their ewords, saluted. The first division was made up of a bat- talion from the United States navy and companies T, A, C and [, Seventh Regi- N. G. C. iocated in this city and Pasadena. At the head of the division was Colonel John D. Berry, marshal, and Lieutenant-Colonel W. Schrieber, . D. Alfonso, Captain A. 8. . They were dressed in full uniform and rode spirited horses. Immediately following were the marines, in holiday uniform, their white duck suits and general equinment giving them an exceedingly bandsome appearance. The navy contingent lined up as follows, with Lieutenant A. F. Fechteler, commanding, os! R. Douglass, adjutant; pioneers; gunper, W. A. Babson; penter, G. J, Shaw; first company, men from the Monterey, Lisutenant Harry Kinmell; secona_company, seamen from the Mgnadnock, Lieutenant A. Rogers; tuird com:any, seamen from the Mon. terev, Lieutenant H. A. Fieid, Ensing F. R. Hughes; fourth company, seamen from the Monadnock, Lieutenant A. M. Beecher; ambulance corps. Tne feature of the division was of course the navy, with their perfect driil and con- fident swing. They performed evolu- car. The ladies of the | essed in white and delicata | blue and green, and | | | Characteristic Floats in the Fiesta Parade. The mission Indians, with war paint and bows and arrows, riding quite as reck- lessly as the tamed caballeros, followsd ]zh-l company and made A very proper obeisance to the Queen. T aiter in a market wagon. Randsburg was represented by a stage coach and a line of pack horses and aon- | keys. A band of country musicianson a | bay wagon brought ap the rear of the di- B4 The division was in charge of J. | Cline as marshal, with A. C. Freeman, W. L. Vail and C. W. Winston as aids. The fifth civision was made up of Ori ental color and gorgeousness. The Chi. nese outdid themselves this time. Their dragon was of magnificent proportions and terrible aspect. Itextended balf the length of the tribune«, and humped itself d swaved from side to side in a most satisfying fashion. It was followed by a smaller but much more lively and appar- ently vicious dragon, with rolling eyes and lashing tail, The dragons were baited nd tormented by a band of young heath- ens in front, which they were made to ap- Ppear as very anxious to devour, There were 250 Chinere in this division They wore costumes tha: were exceed. ingly brilliant in colors. Every garment worn by the dignitaries was a marvel of beauty. Some were elaborately embroid- ered in gold and silver. The banners snd flags were made of silk and satin and em- beilished with gold embroidery. Some of the banners were so larga as to require the rervices of a dozen men tocarry them. There were many mounted men in line, and these, like those on foot, were elabo- rately costumed. Three, occupying high places in the councils of the six compa. nies, were made particularly conspicuous by reason of their rich costumes. Man- darins of the second rank rode in car- riages along with the members of the Chi- nese Board af Trade and invited guests from San Francisco. In the ranks were men representing soldiers, carrying the weapons of war fare of a style used thou- sal of years ago. Thers were great squaws came AN AR\ 0 e 2 = rangement was perfect. The Queen and party were placed in their carriages with no disturbance of their dignity. The car- riages fell in line at the end of the proces- sion and wound with it through the throngea streets of the city, receiving ex- pressions of good will from the people everywhere. To-nigit the streets are illuminated with electric lights end crowded with noisy merry-makers. AL e L4 FIESTA CONCERT. Many Solos and Uperatic Selections Ren- dered Before Royalty. LOSANGELES, CaL., April 2L.—These>- ond day of La Fiesta closed with a grand concert at Hazard's Pavilion, which, from both a spectacular and musicat stand- point, proved a veritable triumph. The Pavilion itsell, still gorgeously decorated with the trappings of the masquerade bail he!d there the previous evening, was in every respect a suitable setting for such a fanction, especially when the latter was to ke graced by the presence of roysity. The hall was crowded with an expectant throngof people, one and all arrayed in | holiday dress. Shortly after 8 o'clock the heralds sounded a fanfare, her Majesty, Queen Francisca, preceded by her guard of honor, escorted by Prime Minister Thomas and accompanied by her pages and maids of honor, entered the paviion and, amid the plaudiis of her loyal sub- jects, siowly asceuded the center aisle and took her seat under a splendid red and yellow canopy which sicod on the left- hand side of the platiorm. Her entry was tle signal for_the orchestra to play the grand *‘Fiesta March,” specially com- posed for this occasion by L. F. Gotts- chalk, the musical director, and dedicated to her Majesty. The march conciuded Prime Minister Thomas advanced with dignity and an- nounced amid renewed applause that the Queen, recognizing and appreciating the motives which aictated and insvired this inspiriting work, had been eraciously pleased 1o bestow upen Mr. Gottschalk the rank of composer-and musical director to Le: al self. The fortunate recipient of this happy distinction bowed his acknowledgments and the concert pro- ceeded. An excellent and varied programme W plendidly rendered by a full'orch tra. Thers was also a large and w trained chorus under abls principsis. The soloists and vocalists were encored without exception, and received numer- ous bouguets in the course of the evening. ADVAXCES made on furniiure ana pianos, with ©F without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1028 Mission. returned rmounted and stood | | l | the sixtnh division, | Guenther: a | | parouche with the Board of Fire Commis- | | some bouquets were tossed. Formal possession of the city was taken | by the Third United States Artillery band | and clieered the uniformed veterans. | progre: | the comrades, | A. Sumner, J. C. Currier, T. VETERANS CHEER SALINAS GIRLS Men of the Grand Army Bombarded with Bouquets. The Department Commander | Criticizes Civil Service Reform. Annual Reports and Addresses and aList of the Delegates In Attendance. BALIN Carn, April 21 — Salinas capitulated to the Grand Army of the Re- public to-day without the slightest re- sistance. No shells were thrown, but when the veteran guard, headed by Captain Joseph Kuaowiton, marched from the depot to the Abbott House to music from Angel Island. Aa immense throng of spectators admired the spieadid corps The city of Salinas is beautifuily decorated in honor of the thirtieth department en- campment of the Grand Army. True patriotic style is displayed in the adornment of the buildings on Main street and other prominent buildings on every hand. The veterans are hospitably greeted by the generois people of this ive city. The capacity of the hotels is already overtaxed, and many of as well as ladies of the Women's Relief Corps, have been es- corted to private residences. The delegates to the encampment as- sembled at the opers-house at 2 o’clock. Girls from the public schools were tnere with baskets of flowers, and each vetersn was decorated as he ertered the hall. As soon as the assembly was called to order three cheers were given for the girls. The following representativa Grand Army comrades here have registered at head- quarters: San Francisco—J. H. Garratt, C. Mason Kinue, H. C. Dibble, Jobn Tuttle, Charles H. Bijnn, J. H. Gilmore, H. L. Tickper, W. K. Par- nell, Horace Nilson, George Stone. Joseph Simonson, J. G. Giesting, Hugh M. Burke, C, C.” Masteller, Eugene Wiegand, J.J. Lyun, Joseph Knowl Sheehan, H.Edel- e Sol hahn, Jerome Deasy, . W.J. Riddick, W. H. Wharff, Rev. an, J. Murray Baile: Sncrament W. Sheehan, Frank Miller, 0. P. Dod . E. Adams, W. W. Seaman, George Ficxs. San Jose—Dr. L. Finigan, A. G.Bennett, W. G. Hewley. kland—E. W. Woodward, Frank Cushing. Santa Cruz—J." ¥. Cunningham, J.T. Sulli- van. Kosa—Judge R. F. Crawford, E. D, Archer, oy. J. B. Fuller. Nevade City—Judge J. M. Walling. Suisuo—Judgl Buckles. 08 Gatos—Magnus Tait. n Diego—A. F. Dill. Veterans' Home—Charies E. Graham,¥. L. Clarkg Petaluma—. E. K. Abbott, D.J. L. Winans, David Sloper. .P. Chipman. Carson City, Nev.—C. J. Boskowitz, T. C. Masteller. The department commander made the d announcement that Lieutenant- Colonel C. N. Goulden, delegate from Unity Post, Veterans' Home, Yountville, died here this morning. He left the hos- pital at the home against the advice of kLis friends to atlend the encampment. The remains of the comrade will be es- corted to the depot to-morrow by the Veteran Guard, Commander T. C. Masteller’s ' speech calling the representatives to order was brief. It was decided, while waiting for a | report from the committes on credentials, 10 bear the annuai address of the com: mander and the reports of other depari- ment oflicers. The commander mentioned with pleasure that, acting upon the sug- tion of the California department, the st National encampment made the reaa- ing of Lincoln’s Getiysburg address a part of the exercises of Memorial day. The increased interest snown in Californiain the observarce of the day was remarked in the address. In regard to the Sons of Veterans, the address say 1 am pleased to note that there is a revival in interest and improvement in morale in this organization in this depariment, where it 0 long feebly struggled for existence. It is an order that deserves the sympathy and the encoursgement of every veteran. It is to take up the work we are so scon to lay down, and to manage the destinies of the country we have saved asjts inherizance. 1donot think its members shoula ever become members of our order, because our boud is une that can- Dot be shared with those whose ties with us were not welded in the furnace of war, but we can be of material assistance to the organiza- tion and aid in its upbuilding, and it should be the duty of each of us 1o do what we ean 107 its success. Tke management of the Veterans’ Hom at Yountville was commended, and the efficiency of the boara of directors praised. Seven hundred veterans are cared for at the home. The services of the committee appointed to secure legislation came in for recogni- i The address commends the laws passed by the last Legisiature, On_the subject of civil service the com- mander spoke as follows: No matter, unless it be the subject of pen- sion legisiation, ‘s of more vital interest to the members of the Grand Army of the Re- public—to all ex-Union soldiers, sailors and marines—ihan is the at present all absorbing ome of “civii service reform.” This encamp- ment should, in my ovinion, appeal by reso- lution 1o the Senators and Representatives in Congress from the States inciuded within our territorial limits for a_redress of the wrongs perpetrated uvon the Union veteran under the guise of reformation of the civil service, and demand of them the full measure of jus- tice, and the President should be asked to suspend or modify the rules until Congress acts, i it be within his power to do 0. Thousinds of one-armed and otherwise crippled veterans, perlectly competent to per- form the dutles of the positions they held, and equaily incompetent by resson of their infimi- ties to meet with success in competition with theyoung and physically sound who jostie sgainst them everywhere, have been irans- ferred to places where physical strength and endurance were indispensable, in order to give excuse_for demanding their resignaions, and Wwhen resignation was not forthcoming, they have been charged on the record with incom- vetency and summarily dismissed to make room for others whose only qualification was a record of faithful work along strictly party lnes. Civil service ru.es now cover the posi- tions of watchmen, messengers, sweepers and almost everything else on the list, and many armless. legless and otherwise crippied veteraus are not able to pass & civil service examination slthough _well adapted for positions of tnis nature. Under the present system of examination boys fresh from the high schools, or college graduates, ge: the plums; veterans are barred by age and by the siruggle for existence which began im- mediately upon their discharge from the ser- vice and Which prevented them from acquir- ing the technical knowledge necessary to properly answer the meny irrelevant and im- material questions submitted by the Civil Ser- vice Commission 1o bewilder them. It would, in my judgment, be the proper thing for the present Congress 10 so modify the civil service Tules as to permit the appointment of honor- sbly discharged soidiers, sailors and marines, and their widows, witdout regard to party affiiiation, to any branch of the civil service not requiring technical skill or knowledge, without a civil service examination, and 1 be- lieve proper agitation by the Grand Army will secure such result. _Commander Masteller's reference to civil service changesevoked prolonged ap- piause. The report of the adjutant-general shows the number of comrades in good standing to be 5405, a loss of 335 during the vear. The totai number of posts in good standing is 113, a loss of two during the year. An interesting report is that of J. J. Lyon, mortuary registrar. It contains this calculation : Recent official calculations have been made &t Washington, based upon there haviug been 1,154.810 surviving Union veterans in 1895, frem which an estimate is made, based upon mor:ality tables, indicating that the number of deaths will be about us noted during the perisd indicete ivin ceased in 1945. The fiul ratings can weil be questioned, us several Revolutiona: eraps lived over 100 years and a number of those engaged in the war of 1812 are still sure viving, S0 that itis quite probable that som- of the’ memberso} the Grand Army will wit- ness the advent of the last baif of the wen- deth century. - Tbe full report from A.J. Buckles, J. M. Walling and J. J. Lyon, the committee on legislation, was submitted. Tognight Main street was beautifully illuminated. Mayor Harris welcomed the Grand Army at the Opera-house. Patriotic addresses and music followed. Ex-Assemblyman Lacey, Dr. Edwards and H. Dibble addressed the audience. ‘IT'here was great enthusiasm. The parade wili take piaca to-morrow. The head of the column will move at 11 A. &. Captain M. J. Burke is to be marshal of the pro- cession sna Troop C, National Guard, will act as escort. San Diego and Nevada City are contend- ing for the encamnment of 1898 One hundred delegates to the State con- vention of the Woman's Relief Corps re- sponded to the roiueall at Odd Feliows’ Hall tuis afternoon. Laura J. Robinson, department pres.dent, reported the order to be in excelient condition. Much interest is manifested in the en- campment of the Sons of Veterans. Ac- cording to the reports read to-day the California division 1s gaining in member- ship and prestige. Mayor Harris to-night presented to the Grand Army a beautiful silken and gold fringed banner bearing the inscriptio “The Combination to Our Hearts and Homes—Cbarity, Valor, Self-sacrifice and Patriotism.” In the center is an imita- tion of a safe-combination knob. The department convention of the ladies of the Grand Army met at Pythian Hall, Mrs. Bell Herr, the department president, presiding. The attendance was good. A 'leception was given to-night. General Pratt and C. L. Wilson were among the arrivals to-night. The encampment aajourned until 10 o’clock to-morrow morning. T00K HER OWN LIFE How Mrs Georgs Devecchi Re- venged Herse!f cn Her Husband. They Came to Blows at Nooa Over a Trival Matter and Tw> Hou's Later She Was D.ad. Mrs. George Devecchi of 532 Eddy street quurreled ‘with her husband at noon yesterday, and after he had left the bouse she swallowed half of the conterts of a buttte of carbolic acid. Her condition was discovered a faw min- utes later by neighbors, and Dr. E. E. Hill of 700 Ellis street was hastily sum- moned. ie administered antidoies, but the corrosive poison had already takea effect and at 2 o’clock the woman expired. She was a native of Massachusetts, years old and left two youns children. Her husband drives a team for Patrick Lynch's coalyard on Larkin street. He told Deputy Coroner Tyrreil that when he came home at noon he and his wife had words about a trivial matter. Mr. Tyrrell asked Devecchi whether he had struck the woman, and he replied: es; we came to blows.”” When the body was examined at the Morgue a bruise was found on the top of the forenead of the deceased on the right-hand side. Itis difficult to sav whether it was caused by a biow from her husbaut or from (N Dr. Galiagher made an autopsy in the afternoon, and fcund that death had been caused by carbolic acid. The empty botile was found in the asu barrel of the De- vecchi residence. ——.———— Three Montire for Murder, WILLIAMSON, W. Va., April 21— Captain Hatfield, the notorious desperado, ‘was sentenced to three months’ imprison- ment and fined $300 to-day for killin, John Rutherford last November. . CONVICTS FIGHT T0 THE DEATH Duel Between Prisoners in the San Quentin Penitentiary. “The Rat” Kelly Attacks and Fatally Stabs Frank Wheeler. Recelves in Return a Gash on the Throat Which Resuits In SBAN QUENTIN, Car, April 2L.—An awful tragedy was enacted within the pre- cincts of the State’s prison at an early hour this morning. W, R. Kelly, a con- vict serving a fourteen years’ sentence for a burglary committed in Sacramento County, stabbed a fellow-prisoner in the abdomen with a dirk. The attacked con- viet, Frank Wheeler, a notorious charac- ter known as “'Ohio Fatty,” drew a razor, and with one stroke siashed Kelly's neck from ear to ear, severing the artery. Kelly died to-night, and Wheeler cannot recover. The affray occurred at 6:30 o’clock. The 1355 prisoners confined at San Qaen- tin are released from their cells at 6 o’clock, and accerding to the rules of the prison each man must empty his bucket and clean his cell. The convicts marched out as usuel, and when they were in the yard Kelly made the assault upon Wheeler. He stabbed him with a weapon wkich he had concealed about his person, and Wheeler protected himself with a razor which he bad. How the men came into possession of these weapons the prison_suthorities do not know. Both worked in the jutemill, where they handle knives, but neither weapon was obtained there. Dr. Lawlor, theresident physician, when seen this afiernoon said that the row oc- curred just outside the hospital and with- out loss of time the men were carried in. Tnen it was found that Kelly’s injuries would prove fatal, while thers was hope for Wheeler's recovery. When stretched out on tables in the hospital Kelly said to ‘Wheeler: Say, didn’t I come up to yoa like a man? I didn’t strike you in the back. Wasn’t it square? Say, to show that there’s no bad feeling between us, give me a ‘ball’ and let me die like a man.’ Kelly was an opium fiend and referred to opium when he said he wanted a “ball.” Frank Wheeler is one of the most des- verate criminals in the country. He gained considerable notoriety some years ago by escaping from San Quentin. That was in 1888, He was located in Iowa in 1892 and was confined in the Joliet and Sing Sing prisons, but escaped from both. He ~as captured fn Los Angeles and is serving time for burglary. 1. was Wheeler who last year siayed hidden in the jutemill for sixty hours in an effort to escape from the pri on. W. R. Kelly was known as ““The Rat” and ‘-Little Shanaban.”” He was con- victed of burglary in ths first degree. For some time past he and Wheeler had been foes. Last Sunday they ecommenced to fight, but were separated by guards. The dirk with which Keily stabbed Wheeler was of rude construction, with a blade aboat tive inches in length. The razor which Wheeler wielded was without a dle. Waraen Hall said to-day that the men had quarreied about opium and it was prob- ly & dispute over the drug which led to | toe assault. However, it is xnown that Kelly saia the night pefore that he would “do up” Wheeler in the morning, and he took the first opportunity, for the prison- ers had not been out of their cells ten minutes when the stabbing took place. The prisoners in the vara did not create any disiurbance and the men were taken to the hospital without excitement or commotion. Kelly admitted that he was the assault- ing party and that Wheeler only protected himself. He died this morning at 7:30, thirteen hours after his jugular was severed. Dr. Lawlor made every effort to save the prisoner’s life and the artery was tied above and below the cut. It is not expected that Wheeler will survive the terrible wound thst be received at the bands of Kellv. TAKEN AT SACRAMENTO. While Warning a Place of Robbery, Detec- tive Talb:t Meets and Neatly Captures the Suspected Robber. SACRAMENTO, CAr, April 2L.—Ever i g the exclusive article in THE Cary of the 20th inst, deseribing the rob- bery of the hardware-store of L. A. John- son at Arbuckle, Colusa County, the arill- ing of the safe and the attempted killing of Constable J. O. Brown of that town when atiempting to arrest the despera- | does, Police Detective William Talbot of | this city has been on the lookout for the | two men whose method of working he had recognized as being that of two no- torious crooks who, but a short time be- fore, he had run across in this city and had shadowed for a time. ‘When the men found that they were known and had no chance to ‘“‘turn a trick,”’ as they term it, they dizappeared and presumably went to Arbuckle and committed the robbery thers. The next niglhv. they committed a robbery in Max- well. This evening Talbot learned that they had returned and were laying plans to rob rome uptown saloon, infending to pre. sent a pisiol at the barkeeper snd demand | do, consult the Hudson doctors. guard, and while in an uptown saloon giv- ing the barkeeper a description of the man who would probably do the work the door opened and be ‘walked in, Talbot rew his pistol like a flasn, and, getting the drop on the desperado, told him to throw up his haunds. He handcuffed him and took him to the City Prison. The prisoner gave tue name of Tom Willis. It is claimed he has seen the inside of nearly every prison in the United States and British Columbia, At all events he is badly wantad by the Sherif of Colusa County, and Wwill probably be sent up there to-morrow. ~His pal, who was presumably on the outlook when Wil- lis entered the saloon, escaped, but the police are searching for bim ‘and it is {bought that hs will be picked up before morning. This makes several imporiant captures which have been made by the police force cf thix city within the present month of noted crooks wanted in other cities for important robberi EX-AUDITOR SMILEY. Lying at the Point of Death in the French Hosplital. Ex-Auditor Thomas J. L. Smiiey is nw.t expected to live many hours. In fact, it was the opinion of the resident physician at the French Hospital that be would not survive over last night. He entered the hospital three weeks ago for treatment of the heart. The treatment he received was beneficial and _hopes had been entertained for his speedy recovery until last Saturday night, when, at 1l o'clock, he received a paralytic stroke which affected his left side. ¥rom this he tailed to revive and gradually grew worse until he eventoally became unconscious, in which condition he was at 10 o’clock last night. Mr. Smiley is in hisseventy-sixth year. He was born in the city of Philadelphia in 1821, and after taking his graduating cer- tificate became a schoolteacher at 1he age of 21, bat a year later engaged in mercaatile pursuits 1n Phiiadeiphia. He arrived in California in 1849 and went into the auc- tion business. ln 1851 and 1856 he took a prominent part in the Vizilance Comm tee and was vice-president in both organi- zations. He was identified with the Vol- unteer Fire Department, represented How- ard No. 3_in the board of delegates and was president of Brannan Engine Com- pany. svernor Waterman appointed Mr.” Smiley Registrar of Voters in 1890, but Governor Markham removed him in January, 1891. On the deatn of Auditor David Stern he was appointed by the Board of Supervisors to succeed him. After his retirement from this oftice envaged in the siock brokerage business, in which he remained until sickness com- pelled him to retire from busine: Your back is mot strong, it pains you, so does your shoulder blades. Now and then you fesl as if hot waves of steam were pouring over and through you; then you will be cold again, chilly; a crawling chilly cold kind o’ settles all over you. Sometimes premature weakness is also felt; your legs will wobble and seem to kick out; you will be seasick in a second and then it is over. / Yes, it is aebility, and you should con- sult the best doctors on the coast. 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