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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1897, | him. He found hidden a: in corners | nearly all of the articles so listed, amonz | them hat, a necktie, a shirt, a pair of sleeve-buttons, and, down at the bottom of : 2 trunk, the handedffs velonging to Pyle, declared the robber had carried away on his wrists. This, to- gether with some information that seemed to offer a motive for the killing, decided the Shenff upon making the ar- | rest. He took Jobn Graham with him. 'ey expected tie man in from the hills ‘o'ciock. He usually tied his horse at i stable 1n front of an old_church on the main street at Filimore. The officers took a station just inside the doors of the | church and waited. McCamish came up | on the horse, but he did not ti> up at the church, but continued down the street. A | man stepped up to speak to him and Le | stoppe! | _“This is as good a time as any,” said | Not by Footpads Was | Charlebois, ‘and the two walked out o : H | where McCamish sat on his horse, Plac- the Castaic Officer |35 ni hand on the bridie and pulling his Murdered. which wve had | revolver the Sheriff told him to throw up | his bands. Instead of doing so McCamist | reached for his revolver. The Shenff put his weapon up for action, and called upon the fellow to put up his hands quickl He did 50 and then under orders climbe MAN HE BEFRIENDED IS | fe did soand ihen UNDER ARREST. | In an instant, aimost, the street | crowded with prople, who seemed to derstand about the circumstances. Camish, wear M i 5 | the Sheriff’s bug; officers Ed McCamish Charged With |prought him over the twenty-five miles | intervening between this city and Fill- the Death of the Brave | more in two hours and a half. IHe did Constable. | not deem it wise to leave the man in Fill- more for the three hours that he would have to weit for in, as the old ranchers, who ha bunting for the B | murderers for several days under Mc- BACK OF THE CRIME IS A TALE | Cypcn's directions, were already talking | viot UESTONE. | D mis long ride McCamish made | no remonstrance, nor did he ask any ques- use of his arrest. W hen the jail by THE CarL 10 the ¢ The Accused Prisoner Sald to Have ent be threw himself upon his Been Enamored of His blanket ove him. o thateven ; ace was hidden, and refused flatly to ErlopcsaWALe: s the subject from any standpoint, saving that he would tell his story “at the prover tin He is a strongly built e 2 - young fellow of about 24, with light hair VENTURA, CaL, April I and eyes and complexion. His dress is of Ed cCamish and the deve it put anew ai wrder of ( sat brero. Under Sheriff Snodgrass said to-day: “The evidence all indicates that McCam- ish shot Pyle while the latter was asleep. Pyle was a man who could sleep soundly under any conditions if he wanted to. He would drop off tosieepin a moment. I ced that this fellow deliberately held a revoiver 1o his face while he was nsible and pulled the t The face was marked with powder, showing the revolver was close 10 it. mish would never have doue it while Pyle was awake, for Pyle was a brave nian, quick as a flash, while McCan tie reputation of being an arrant d. Pyle, under the impression that as hunting down the men who had beaten and robbed 3 cCamish, was led by the Iatter to bis death.” ty his ma; 1t is common talk in Filimore and has to morose sullenness. Con- | been for a long time that Ed McCamish evidence that tne story | Was deep y in love with Mrs. McCoy Pyle. v mc cates that Very strong evid mish delit der of the man who est friend cold bloo icers in mish was odd feature of this st it the plan in in ot Py the best d is ot believed to bave ction, but on thoroughly in ary to have been is city. From fronted with he told of havi been sandbagged and is a !flg'—xrl-'ny mlm l‘oul:llnfl 4 i 1 She robbed was false, he declined to make | e, oy Jsali any explanation, nor does he now insist | hogy. She is equslly respected. McCam. upon the truth of his original story of the | ish, however, sougit to ingratiate himself murder of Pyle. |into her favor by every means possible. McCoy Pyle was a constable livine in | All this time Pyle reckoned him among Filimore. He was awakened early Friday | 21 friends, and when 3cCamish became : 3 : {1 | sick and there was no woman in his bach- moraing by McCamish, who, apparently | oor guarters tolook after him he had him laboring under excitement, declared he | brought to his own home. For two had been beaten into insensibility by two | months he lay there, waited upon and men who had broken into his cabin while | nursed by Mrs. Pyle. The physician who he slept; that they had robbed him of his | %as called in was unable to discover what clothes and jewelry and made their es. | &iied the man, or that anythingailed him. 8 As week atter week went by und he did cape. Hezaid the robbers had cut their [ ;5 ™St Aper Mok WP BF M o 1t way through a wire screen over his Win- | came to be whispered that he was adopt- dow; that in their assault upon him they ing this extraordinary means of working d used a sandbag, and that he bad lain | upon the sympathy of the woman he loved two hours insensible. McCamish left the Pyle household only d made somewhat of a reputa- a few weeks ago to re: to his littie a tnfel-Catcher and found much bachelor den, just across the street. He e lived in a littie room back of a cobbler’s istaction in it. Eager for an oppor- | shop, where he “batched.” The room is ty to add to it he accepted McCam- | filled witn all sorts of odds and ends, that make it look like He has ish's story without suspicion, for he make i junkshop. looked upon the man as his friend. The | lived this way for vears. oo i Well butlt, rather good-looking, Mc- grofincied \a“ onte b‘." search for the | cupicy has 'not been a favorite with robbers. At McCamish's suzgestion they | women. It is recalled that some time ago rode on atrain to Saugus, some twenty- | he was desperately in love with a young five miles south of Fillmore, with the in- | Spanish woman of Filimore, and pursued tention of walking the track back toward | ber with attentions, despite her constant that piace. That night they camped at | eHOrt to suppress him. From her he turned e hittishos it tiontblCatinia to Mrs. Pyle, and if the theory of the offi- Lol Sos R0 L cers be correct his passion there led him According to McCamish, the killing of | under the shacow of the gallow Pylecame about in this way: They had | The scene of the murder is just three d that one should stand guard | miles over the county line, and all the e the other slept. At about4 o'clock | Parties to the trageds belong here. The in the morning, while he (McCamisb) was | murderer will be , two men came down the track, ra will take him down on both carrying bundles. ———— ened Pyle, and the latter commanded the BERING SEA CONDITIONS. twoto tnrow up their hands. They did €0 a d McCam stepped forward and | e hem et e tre o | Dr. Jordan of Stantord University Believes s the other fired and Pyle fell. The | the Remnant of the Seal Herd er fired upon McCamish and then he Wil Bo Protected. iion started to run. Me ANFORD UNIVERSITY four times, and one of the | oz Dr Jordan was seen to- z robbers, when some distax vav, | ¢ i i ropbers, when some distance away, | ype proposed trip to Aiaska in connection .I.ut. he 1“.“ shot, dropped his | with (he fur seals. He expecs to leave «stopped to pick them up again, | eariy in July and return on August 25. two commissions which investigated iued running and both made thei | : R | the subject last year have not disagreed McCamish says he returned to Pyle to |49 to tne facts of the case, so far as 8T CarL., April ay regarding cried over that he Lad been sho: through | known. Great Britain asks that the ratio the eye and inst He made | of decrease should be definitely known, his way to the ranch of John Arnot, about | 88 @ factor in the ultimate settiement. a balf m ave the alarm, | It is apparent, first, that the fur seal re took | berd is aiready practically commercialiy © 100X | jestroyed both on land “and sea. This 1- | has brought with it the ruin of the seal- Twenty-five vaque: 10 tue field and began tinued until Sherif rlebois of this | skin industry. Oniy especial care of the city, upon evidence tuat he believes war- | herd and the exercise of great business ranted it, arrested McCamish h elf for | sagacity can ever restore this business. the muraer. The killing of the females is the oft | only element that has entered into the 2 sty destruction of the herd. If the Christian S HEHIes{wenl A ONCORDELDNS people of England and America reahized murder and began a thorough 2 5 1d syste- | the full meaning of pelagic sealing, matic search for evidence. Thev found the | cruelty to noble animul life and its gross tracks of two about the Jittle station | wastefulness, not another schooner would box at Castaic. They could find be allowed to clear from any civilized port d " | for this unnatural quest. ar. Stone amous for . of four. The Stone brothers, famous fo C. S. Hamlin, late Assistant Secretary of a0 s their knowledge of wooder..tt, deciared | ¢hq Treasary ad now special commissoner their inability to find the trail of more | of the treasury, is in consultation with than two men. Under Sheriff Audrew | D-. Jordan and Professor Ciark on the Snodgrass, with Ed Miller and Joun |fubject. Both Mr. Hamlin and Dr. Graham, went to the scone from this | Jorian are confident that ample protec- place, interviewed McCamish and re. | 107 Will be eveniually accorded the seal berds. turned here to impart suspicions that had | " been created in their minds to Sheriff | BAKERSFIELD JUROR JAILED, Charlebois. They 1d find no mark | = upon McCamish of the rough usage he hed received, according to bis own story, at the ha of the burglars. They dis- covered that the wire netting over the window of his shanty had been cut from the inside. trial fined C. Wirth, a juror, $60 and sen- Then, 100, McCamish was not acting | tenced bim to spend twenty-four hours in just as Le might be expected to under the | jail for being intoxicated. In the fore- circumstances. He was accompanied by | Doon court was adjourned on account of a brotner of the dead man in his search | Wirth’s *“‘exuberance.’” He was warned for the supposed murderers, and the recks | 10 sober up by the afternoon session, but less manner in which he traveled through stead imbibed more, and in consequence the brush caused surprise. His comments | met with the aforementioned punishment. about the number of crows 1n tie sky and | Wirth is a prosperous rancher of the the height of the alfalfa through wuich | mountain district. they passed caused young Pyle to remark | S that he seemed to be giving little thought Santa Cruz Theatrieal Benefit. to the serious business in Which they were | SANTA CRUZ, Car, April 27.—Ar- encaged, rangements were made to-day by Lieuten- All"these things coming to the ears of [ 41" A Morey, F. 3 ot Al the - | : y, Fourth Gun Division, Bheriff Cliarlebois, he went to Fillmore | vo o "5 talion. N. G. C., for the prodnc. yostorday. The Coroners inquest bad|i;o %y the Moajeska Company of *As Yeen held, the murdered man's remains | 4 b 4 You Like It” in one of the beautiful parks a the day beto his v had been buried the I betoreshis widcw of this city. The company is ti e one that and three children bad gone to live with h The any the sensation arhnLe dhuur was auieting | OO A i e roosal 10 et down, - Bslen B o for the benelit of the naval reserves as ac- mation of an intention to leave the coun try. Dally Lindbarger enzeged him, by ffb‘?f[} :;;elueuwmnt Morey was a very direction of the Sheriff, to look after some stock, by way of keeping him in tne - neighborhood, allaying any suspicion he might have while engaged in the hills i E h With bis new occupation. | Monsdnock and the Monterey arrived this Sheriff effecied an entrance to Mc- | afternoon at 5 o'clock from Santa Bar- Camish’s cabin and made a thorough | bara. They putin for mail and supplies, search of the premises. He bad first pro- | and will remain until to-morrow night cured from McCamish a list of the ar-|and pernaps until Thursday. Then they ticles alleged to have been stolen from [ will go to Ban Francisco. Delays a Case by Coming Into Court Intoxicated., BAKERSFIELD. CAL., April 27.—Judge Mabon of the Superior Court this after- noon during the progress of a criminal PR RIS hips at santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, April 27.—The that of a cowboy, with top boots and som. | Me- | cen 1o Los Angeles for | FROM PRISON T0 MARRIAGE ALTAR Arizona Assassin Weds a Divorcee From San Francisco. The Woman Attracted by His Portrait in the Daily Papers. Seeks Out the Murderer and Be- comes His Wife After He Is Liberated. STOCKTON, Ca April 21.—On De- cember 1 last Nashville Franklyn Leslie, giving his residence as San Carlos, Ariz., took out a license in this city to marry Mrs. Belle Stowell, whose residence was put down upon the license as Warren County, I'l. He and the woman there- upon sought out Justice Parker and were wedded. Loslie told the Justice a roman- tic story, but it was not haif as romantic as the truth would have been. He said that he was an Indian scout,and stated further that he and his bride were going to China for a honeymoon Lrip. He promised to send the Justice a curiously wrought cane from the Orient as a me- mento. Nothing more was heard of the couple until this forenoon, when a San Francisco detective walked into the County Cler! office and asked to see the stub of the li- cense-book. He then called upon Justice Parker and the true romance became known. Leslie was an Indian scout, as he repre- sented himself to be, but he came to Stock- | ton direci from tne Territorial prison i Yuma County, Arizona. He exchanged the stripes for a wedding dress. He had just served eight years for murder. The detective who was looking up Mr. Leslie’s record did not remember whether he mur- dered his wife or a man whom he found with her, but he was under the impression that it was his wife whom he killed. At that time the San Francisco papers published accounts of Lesiie’s exploits, | and in the biography of the murderer re- produced pictures of him. Mrs. Belle Stowell, who then lived in San Francisco, {and who was the ex-wife of a prominent man in the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, read the narrative of the scout’s adventures, and though she had never seen him she became infatu- ated. She had just been divorced from her husband, atd she began to correspond with the murderer. Flowers followed the letters, ana then fruit was sent. The murderer reciprocated, or yretended to, and :be only hindrance to the marriage waus his incarceration. Mrs. Stowell obtained a railroad pass [to Yuma, Ariz., from ber ex-husband. He | little thought that she was going to join | a murderer upon the latter's release from prison, but such was her mission. When | Leslie had served out Lis time he and his bride-to-be came direct to this city, where the license was obtained and the marriage took place. Mrs. Stowell has been and is still draw- ing $40 monthly alimony from her former husband. The latter tired of paying her this sum, and the detective’s mission here | was to obtain evidence whereby the order of alimony might be revoked. Mrs. Leslie is at present in this Stale, but it is said that her husband cannot be located, aithough it is believed that he might be i Randsburg. Itis not known | whether they have separated or not, but itis believed that they have. MARIN ADBINISTRATOR ACCUSED. Heirs of Anne Magoir.ck File Charges of Fraud Agaist Dennis Donohue. BAN RAFAEL, CAn, April 27.—Mary Dacy snd Lizzie Thomas have brought suit in the Superior Court of Marin County against Dennis Donohue, as administrator of the estate of Anne Magolrick, deceased. In the complaint filed with County Clerk Thomas Bonneau Monday afternoon, the plaintiffs make serious charges against the administrator, alleging that he well knew that Anne Magoirick left an estate in California other than a lot with im- | provements thereon in Healdsburg, and that Donohue, for the sole purpose of fraud- ulently and unlawfully imposing upon the court, falsely alleges and sets forth in his petition that personal property consist- ing of 100 shares of the capital stock of the Queen Bee Mining Company, 100 shares in the Ameer Mining Company, and ten shares in the Chieftain Gold and Silver Mining Company were left by the deceased in the State of California. The plainffs deciare that Anue Magol- rick never at any time owned or possessed any of the shares of stock; that she leit no shares of stock in this State, and that the sole purpose of Donotiue in represent- ing to Judge Angellotti that Anne Magol- rick left the shares of mining siock in the county of Marin was to impose upon the good faith of the court, and by artifice and fraud to prevail upon the court to assume jurisdiction over the settiement of the estate. The complaint, after making these charges against the administrator, sets forth that the plaintiffs are daughters and lawful heirs and next of kin of Anne Ma- golrick, otherwise known us Anne Golden, and are entitled 1o sharein the disiribu: tion ot the esiate. It is claimed that Anne Magolrick died at County Cavan, Ireland, and left no es- tate in California except a lot in Healds- burg. On April 9, 1896, the administrator filed a paper purporting to be the last will | of the aeceased, With & petition praying that the copy of the will be aamitted to probate. On April 27 the will was ad- mitied to probate, and letters of adminis- wration were issued io defendant on April 30. The complaint alieges that no testi- mony was offered in bebalf of the petition other than the testimony of defendant, wuich was reduced to writing and filed, but defendant has not signed the same, although requesied 10 do 8o by the clerk of the court, and he still refuses to do so. When the estate proceedings were before Jvdge Angellotti some time ago Lewis F. Byington and Dennis Donchue almos<t came to blows in tbe courtroom and were separated by Donohue’s attorney, Judge E. H. Mahon, after they had laid down their coats and prepared for hostilities. There has been considerable fee'ing shown during the estate proceedings. —_———— VINIT SEATTLE. WILL Marquis of Breadalbane Is Crossing the Pacific SEATTLE, Wasm., April 27.—Canadian Pacific Railway officials received inform: tion to-day to the effect that the Marquis of Breadalbane, Knight of the Garter and Privy Councilor, will arrive in Seattle about May 1. He is now crossing the Pa- cificon H. M. S. Empress of Javan, due at Vancouver on Wednesday. The Marquis is reported 1o be on a tour of the world. Beyond this no further in- formation as to the distinguished Briton’s itinerary was given, tkough local Canadian Pacific officials are of the opinion that he will journey from Seattle on to San Fran- cisco and theace to New York via Chi- cago. LOVED THE SiM: Two Stockton Youths Journey to a Raman- tic Spot and Lambaste Each 0 her. STOCKTON, CAL., April 27.—Down to a romantic spot on the bank of Stockton channel below the Crown mill, where Diablo looms in the distance and the sky to the west is enough to make a poet versify, and where, by the way, policemen do not patrol—down there went two romantic young men last Friday night. They were Joseph Moore, a tailor em- ployed at the woolen-mills, and Richard Tumelty, a bridge-builder. They walked thither 1n sullen silence not because they were en rapport With the beauty of the natural scenery but because they were bent on shedding bicod. The 1t young men bore the very inimical relation of rivals, and each had a score or more of grievances that he was det-rmined to settie with the other in that picturesque £pot, where the blinking old moon would be the only referee and the little catfish the only spectaiors. Each was resolved to lambaste the other until he madly loved some other girl or hated the sex so bard that he would die a bachelor. A pretty little typewriter who cannot help being charming ana who is equally unable to help captivating Joseph Moore and Richard Tumeity was the fair prize for wnich tbe gallaut lovers stood up against each other to be punched. After the fizht both were so beautifully ceco- ratea that they looked like circus posters in three colors, and the girl couid not be blamed now if she would lavish her affec- tions upon a third young man whose eyes nave not been ariificially beautified and who carries all his facial cuticte around with him. : No spectators witnessed the battle, and the declaration of each man that he was not the loser must be taken for what it is worch. TYPEWRITER. —— PUYALLUP RESERVATION POLITICS Interesting Story of Intrigue Back of the Resignation of Agent Now- berne. TACOMA, Wash., April 27.—Dr. R. E. L. Newberne, who has been in charge of | the Pavallup Indian Reservation near bere for a number of vears, has made public his resignation. Frank Terry of Montana, at present in charge of the Crow Indian Agency, will succeed him. Back of Dr. Newberne's resignation is an inieresting story. On January 11 of this year he was promoted to the position of Superintendent jof Indian Schools in the Northwest. This left the charge of the Puyallup Reservation vacant, and Colonei J. J. Andersoz, who had sbortly before lost a job #s Commissioner of In dian Lands, applied for the place. Hugh Wallace opposed him, and he did not zetir. Nothing daunted, he applied for Dr. Nevberne’s new position, and two days belore Cleveland went out of office was given the place, and Dr, Newberne was relegated back to his old position on the reservation. Dr. Newberne would not stand this, and on Marcn 6 tendered his resignation, which bas now been accepted. The pecul- iarity of the transaction is that Llinois Deniocrats who supported the gold stand- ard snd General Palmer espoused Ander- son’s cause, while Anderson was one of the hardest workers in this city in sup- port of Bryan and the iree-silver move- ment, speaking against the Cleveland ad- ministration and acting as one of the Central Committes of the People's party forces. Dr. Newberne will go East and enter the medical service of the Government. prais e DIES PENNILESS AT PORTLAND. Fate of a Young Englishman Who Was a Frotege of the Prince of Wales. PORTLAND, Or,, April —>didney Old- field, a young Englishman wio has pa- pers in his possession showing that the Prince of Wales had defrayea the cost of his education, died almost penniless at a hospital here last Sunday. Oldfield was of u quiet, retired disposi- tion, and, while he was an agreeable voung man, he took no one into his confidence, except Charles P. McManus, a man past 50. McManus was one of the young man’s clief mourners yesterday. McManus stated that Oldfield told him of his young life’s history. This lea him to wonder what possibly could have brought Lim to so low an estate as to linger about the North Enda. To him the voung man one evening said that he was the son of a younger son of an Euglish Earl, but he refrained from mentioning the name. There were five brothers in his family, all of whom were compelied to learn a trade, for which in later years he was quite grateful. His fatber and the Prince of Wales were warm personal friends, al- though the young man’s father was a poor man, so to speak. In view of this fact, and also in consequence of some great personal service Oldfield’s father had renderea the Prince, his Royal High- ness defrayed the costof educating the five boys. McManus added that this was as far as his young friend would take him into tas confidence, beyond the statement that an affair of the heart induced him to leave England for this countr: There had been a mutual love between him-elf and rl of noble birth, but as he was poor, with no prospects, the ides of entertaining a proposal from him was ridiculed by her parents. — ATTACKED NEAR REDLANDS. Smith Shot and Stabbed by Two Highwaymen. SAN BERNARDINO, CaL, April 27.— While proceedinz through the Santa Ana Wash last night toward his home in Red- lands Frank M. Smith was shot and stabbed by two unknown Mexicans. He was ordered to throw up his hands and was slow in doing so. Believing him dead his assailants, after rifling his pockets, threw him into the brusn. He regained consciousness and crawled on his bands and knees a distance of halfa mile to a residence and a physician was som- moned. Besides being shot through the eye he has numerous knife-stabs, and the physicians say his recovery is doubtful. —— Protecting Washington Forents. SEATTLE, Wasm, April In the State of Washington Ex-President Cleve- land’'s famous forest-reserve order is operative from this date. This morning it became vart of the records of the vari- ous land offices throughout the State, hav- ing been filed in the usual mauner. Dire vengeance is implied in a warning that accompanies the proclamations for any one who sball attempt to violate their provisions. No one is allowed to acquire property within the limits reserved save those settlers who have already procured full or partial rights and mineral rights fully obtained by patent or at least par- tially secured. S Santa Rosa Women Injured. SANTA ROSA, CAv., April 27.—A high- spirited Lorse driven by Mrs. A. B. Swain became frightened at a passing bicycle this evening and after a brief but exciting runaway collided with a telegraph pole. Mrs. Swain and her companion, Mrs, E. H. Smythe, were dashed violenily 1o the ground and were badly bruised, Mrs. Smythe’s right arm being broken. Itis not believed that the accident will result fatally in either case. Frank M. STRANGE CASEOF A UKIAH CRIPPLE Ferdinand W. Browback | Refuses Surgical Assistance. ' Writhing Under the Pain of Fractured Limbs, He |s ‘i Awaiting Death. Convicted in San Francisco of Send- Ing Obscene Matter Through the Malis. UKIAH, Cav, April 27.—Ferdinand W. Browback, the crippled son of & wealthy resident of this city, whose case when he | was convicted several months ago of send- | ing obscene matter through the mails at- tracted much attention, is dying of his obstinacy. Browback and a companion started to drive to Hopland on Saturday last and when near Largo Station a passing freight train frightened the team and it started to run. The road is very narrow at this | point, winding around a hillside, and after | running a few yards the maddened horses | dashed over the bank, carrying the vehi- cle with them. Browback's companion jumped as the wagon went over and saved himself, but the unfortunate cripple coun'd not aid himselt and was thrown violently | to the bottom of a small guleh, both of his legs being broken and a deep gash cut in his head. Browback was conveyed to his father’s bandsome home in this place and a phy- sician sent for, but he refused to bave the | limbs attended to, saying that he was | useless to himself and _every one else and | that he might as well die as not. The in- jured man paid no attention to the plead- ings of his relatives that he allow the sur- geon to operate upon him. Unless he changes his mind soon his days are num- bered, for the iractures are bad ones and gangrene will set in befcre long. | Browback Las had a strange career. His family is well supplied with this world’s goods and gave him every opportunity for | advancement. Notwitnstanding this he | left home several years ago and became a | cowboy, a vocation that he followed for | some time. Finally an accident that crip- | pled both legs compeiled him to return | home, and he was a familiar sight about Ukiah, driving a little go-cart, into which he could climb without assistance. | About & year agzo a number of com- | plaints were received by the United States postal inspectors of San Francisco | tbat obscene printed matter was being | sent through the mails and the manufac- | turer was finally located in Ukiah. He | proved to be young Browback, who, un- known to his father, was printing thou- sands of vile books in a little printing of- fice that he operated at the home placa. Browback senior supposed that he was | merely printing a few billheads and cards | for friends, for amusement more than any- | thing else. | He was arrested by Postal Inspector Er- win while in the act of packing up for shipment a large quantity of ob-cene books. His father would not at first be- | lieve in his guilt, and prepared for a stut- born defense, but the evidence against bim, showing that he was the most ex- tensive manufacturer of obscene literature | in this State, was complete, and when he | came up before the United States District | Court in San Francisco he pleaded guilty | to the charge. The United States Judge, in considera- | tion of his infirmities, let him off with six months in the Mendocino County Jail | and a fine of $500. His father paid the | tine and he was recently released after serving the sentence of imprisonment. MILL VALLEY'S MAD-DOG SCARE.| Vicious Canine Lies in Wait for School Chuldren and Springs Upon Them. MILL VALLEY, CaL., April 27.—There was considerable excitement at the Mill Valley Public School to-day when a dog | made an assault upon several children. | Walter Bowering, the young son of F. Boweripg, who does business in San Fran- cisco and resides in Mill Valley, was bit- ten in the thign ana the lad was sent | home, where it was found that the teeth | of the dog had left their impression and drawn blood. Young Bowering left the schoolroom at 11:30 o'clock, according to the stories told | by the scholars, and was in the hallway of the building when the dog flew at him | and bit him. The animal next attempted | to bite a pupil named George Aukers. The | Iad picked up a large rock, and just us the dog jumped towaid him threw it with considerable force, strikink the brute be- | tween the eves and stunning him. One of the young sons of ex-Supervisor Vincent Kingwell, who attended school | in Mill Valley, also narrowly escaped being | bitten by the dog. | For a short time there was plenty of ex- | citement, but tbe boys finally chased the animal away from the school grounds. | The matter was bronght to the attention of Justice Fottrell this evening, and the dog will be located and shot. Itis owned by one of theresidents of the mill above | the schoolhouse. The injury received by | the Bowering lad is not serious. S S LEAGUERS AT SAN JOSE. Epworth Bodies of San Francisco Dis- trict in Seventh Annual Session. SAN JOSE, CAL., April 27.—The seventh annual convention of the San Francisco district Epworth League opened in this city this evening. About 275 delegates are present. The visitors were tendered a banquet in the parlors of the First Methodist Church to-ight. Toasts were responded to as | follows: ‘*Our Guests,” Dr. Cantine; | “District Convention, F. H. Briggs; “The | Secretary,” Miss Osgood; “Convention | Reminiscences,” E. S. Jobnson; “San Francisco City Alliance,” M. V. Donald- | son; “Gospel Wagon,” Dr. Case; “Chris- tian Endeavor,” Guy Campbeil; **'99 Con- vention,” Dr. Kelly ; “Intermediate,” Mr. Jnniors,” Mrs. Marion Osgooc > Professor Hunt; “The Gentle: | Miss Mayne; “The Ladies,” Charles | “The Central Commitiee,” J. J. | Bennett. A reception followed in Hale's Hall Addresses of welcome were delivercd in bebalf of thecity of San Jose and churches by Rev. V. G. Trassler, in benalf of the societies of Christian Endeavor by Guy Campbell, State president of the Y. P. 8. C. E, ond in behalf of the Epworih Leagues by Rev. F. V. Fisher, chairman of the ceniral committee. Responses were made by Cha:les Coyne of San | president District Lesgue of Santa Cruz. Francisco, and Rev. Herbert F. Briggs, GREATTARIF SIIE OF CLOTHING- Enthusiasm. Although this is the third and perhaps the last week of this surprising sale the enthusiasm is still unprecedented. Our in- creased staff of clerks are still taxed to their utmost to attend to the crowds. Remember, the Govern- ment estimates an increase on wool alone of $25,000,- 000, and we could not run any chances, so over- stocked our warehouses in New York, and now we must have money to meet the obligations extended us by the banks. C\ EN } Single and Double | Sack Suits, single 4 85 Breasted Sack| 5 e 65 and double breasted e Suits, latest shades | —in shades of new fabrics ; guaranteed pure wool. | brown, Havana, slate and over- Regular price $9. i plaids. Regular price $10. Guaran- Only a few of these left—odd sizes. | teed pure wool. Single and_Double | in Single and Dou- 6 Breasted Suits, in| $7 5 $ -00 cassimeres, chev-| .50 ble Breasted Sacks, iots, tweeds and worsteds. $12 is | comprising ali the latest colorings in the regular price. Guaranteed pure | exclusive designs. Regular price $15. wool. | Guaranteed pure wool. Exceptional values 3 % Cutaway and Sack | P i Cutaway anci $8.50 S $10.00 S Sit, 0 tweeds, cassimeres fancy Scotch che- and worsteds. Guaranteed pure wool. Former price $17 oo. | viots, in the new brown, gray and olive shadss. Very dressy. Regular —————————————————— §2o value. Guaranteed pure wool. Spring Overcoats, — —_ $ 3 75 in very desirable All-wool Trousers. s shades and fabri ].75 Will cost doudle the Worth every cent of $10. Guaran- money any other teed pure wool. place in town. Notwithstanding the enormous crowds attending this sale perfect politeness will be accorded you by our salesmen and plenty of time given you to make selections. The money we need is rapidly coming in. When we get enough the slaughter stops immediately—remem- ber that. We ‘can’t go on throwing away profits much longer. All garments guaranteed pure wool and Kkept in repair one year free of charge. SN.W00D:sCo (COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS), 541 MARKET STREET Directly Opposite Sansome. MAIL ORDERS FILLED DURING THIS SALE. By special request we will keep open every evening until 8 o’clock during this sale ; Saturdays until 10 P. M. = R e Qe T Rz 0 Qe Qe Qe e Qe %fi