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

4 H THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL SATURDAY, MAY 22 1897 BULLETS CHECK A ROBBERY Battle to the Death on an Electric Car Near Tacoma. | LONE OUTLAW GIVEN HIS QUIETUS. Slain by the Railway’s Super- intendent After Wound- ing Three Men. SHOT AT WHILE SEARCHING THE PASSENGERS. The Dead Man Believed by Some to Be Dunham, the Campbell Murderer. TACOMA, Whsm, 22,—The most desperate attempt bbery by a single | bandit ever recorded in this section was made this Nearly five miles miles southwest of this city, on the Steila- coom division of oma Railway Compan lines, an unknown man, at 4:30 o’clock, entered a car on its way to Tacoma, ordered the passengers to throw up their hands and was searching their pockets when Superintendent T. L. Dame opened fire on him. The robber returned | the fire, wounding Dame and two others. Dame kilied the robber. he car was comingz upgrade when a rough-looking man signaled it to stop and ;ped on ront platform. As he did =0 he drew down over his face a piece of blue and white gingham with eyeholes cut through, and pointing a revolver at e passengers gave the order, “‘Hands up.” Superintendent Dame was on board d running the car, Motorman Wellman being at his side. They were ordered to the farther end of the car ana passed into the rear part, used for carrying baggage. The robber stepped into the main part, | where seven passengers sat. He ordered, “Men put hands up and ladies sit still,”’ arched the pockets of Contractor George . Evans and had commenced on William E. Hacker when Superintendent Dame ca forwarda with revolver in band, threw Lis weapon over Hacker’s shoulder and pulled the trigger. The highwayman | turned quickly and fired three shots In rapid succession. Dame fired once more. The robber staggered backward to the front platiorm and fell off, dead. When picked up his head was lying in the mud and bis feet upon the track. The robber’s first bullet struck Dame in the left arm, just below the elbow, bresk- ing and shattering the bones. The second struck Jewett Smith, advertising agent of the company, in the left leg. near the hip, giving him a bad wound. The third bul- let passed through the pariition between tue passenger and baggage compartments and struck Motorman Howard Wellman in the © st, over the heart. It caused only a trifline wound, being a spent ball. Cenductor Clendennin and the passen- gers lifted the dead desperado into the baggage end and ran the train speedily to the city. Smith was taken to the anny Paddock Hospital,while Dame and Weilman went to a physician’s office to have their wounds dressed. The desperado’s body was taken to the morgue, where it has been viewed to-night by nearly 1000 men. At a late hour it re- mains unidentified. The police have been investigating numerous reports as to the robber’s iaentity. One was that he was & woodchopper named Moning, living near thescene of the hold-up. This was quickly disprovea. Others claimed he much re- semblad Dunbam, the California mur- derer. His appearance nearly tallies with the description of a member of a gang of train-robbers having headquarters at Rose- burg, Or. He was about 35 years of age, 6 feet 2 inches tall and of fine proportions, Under a biue fiannel shirt, old coat and rough trousers he wore fine tailor-made trousers and s underwear. The only mark on his body is a scar commencing at the top of the forehead in the center and extend- ing straight upward for an inch and a balf into the hair. Superintendent Dame was out on the sireets this evening, and many friends were congratulating him_on his bravery and his escape with his life. The people on the car were Motorman Wellman, Con- ductor Ciendennin, Jewett Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hacker, George Evans and Mrs. Downing. WHATCOM, Nesselroad Shot fo Jealows Husband. NEW WHATCOM, Wasn.,, May 21.— Jasper Nesselroad, and old an respected resident of this county, was shot in the abdomen and fatally wounded about 10 o’clock this forenoon at the corner of Dock and Holly streets by Harry W. Stewart, who arrived this morning from Carson , Nev., where he wasemployed by the Virginia and Truckee Railway Company. It appears toat Stewart became sus- picious of bis wife’s relations with Nessel- road and left Carson last Sunday. He met his wife and Nesselroad here unexpectedly this morning, and after an excited talk with them shot at the old man four times, one bullet tuking effect with fatal results. - San Bermardino Monopoly. SAN BERNARDINO, CaL., May 2L.—A deal was consummated to-day and deeds placed on record by which the Redlands Electric Ligut and Power Company suc- ceeds to the ownership of all the available water power in this valley and practically, acquires a monopoly of lighting contracts. As a result the local gas company has given notice that it will go out of the elec- tric light business and take down its poles. The new syndicate bas let a contract for tunneling and canal work on Mill Creek. The work will cost $150,000 and will be completed by ‘January 1, 1898. Three bundred men will find employment. il Drowned in Snake River. LEWISTON, Inano, May 21.—The ferry running across Snake River sank to-day. Thomas Aram, a wealthy stock-owner of Grangeville, was drowned. The ferry was owned by Griffiths & White. The disaster ‘was due to overloading with cattle. Eleven hundred head of cattle were to be ferried across the river for shipment to Dakota. Sixty weie on the boat at the time. Mr. Aram, Newton Hibbs, G. Brown, the ferryman, and a boy of the name of Pound KILLING 47 NEW Jasper Death by a were aboard. The boat sank about 200 feet from ihe shore, in deep water. Aram was carried down stream and drowned. His boay was recovered. The others swam toward the shore, and with the assistance of those on the bank were saved. v ki KOMANCE OF PORTLAND. Untimely Hunger of a Yachtsman Defeals the Pians of an Eloping Couple. PORTLAND, Or, May 2L—Horace Thrall, the owner of a smalliyacht,last night lost a §20 fee and spoiled what might have been a sensational elopement, just because he was hungry and could not wait an hour or two to gratify his “‘gnaw- ing appetite,” as he called it. At8o’clock a fine-looking young couple engaged his yacht at the foot of Taylor street to take them down the river a few miles to inter- cept an Asturia-bound steamer. The yacht-owner was to receive $.0 for his ser- Vices, but he insisted upon eating before setting sail, despite the anxiety of the young people to get away. While Thrall was gorging himself an- | other carriage drove down to the dock and in the twinkling of an eye a woman and two gentlemen alighted. The gentle- men quietly hustled the fair eloper into the carriage, which was rapidly driven uptown. By this time Thrall appeared on the whar, ready to sail, but instead of his $20 fee he got a severe tongue-lashing from the young man, and & few moments later the latter proceeded uptown afoot, in a most unamisble mind. The youug men is Thomas W. Breeden, son of a wealthy Orpple Creek (Colo.) miner, who for several months success- fully wooed the young woman, Miss Susie Galashman, In Denver. Her pareats are classed among the well-to-do. The objection to the young man on the part of Miss Galashman’s people, who are strict Catholics, is that he has a divorced wife living. To ber he was wedded eighteen months ago, and they separated eight months later. It now is but five months since young Mrs. Breeden ob- tained a divorer To wean Miss Galashman from Breeden’s society the young woman, two weeks ago, was sent here to remain all summer with a well-known family, almost life-long friends of her parents. Two daysago Miss Galashman’s friends became apprised of Breeden’s presence in town. He called on Miss Galashman once only and was permitted to see her in the pres- ence of a member of the family. The manner in which the two subsequently manaved to communicate with each other or how tbey contrived to plan the unsuc- cessful elopement is not known. Yester- day afterncon Miss Galashman indis- | creetly confided the details of the plot to ayoung nurse in the fainily, whom she implicitly trusted. That wes 8 fatal mis- take, for when the voung woman was missed in the eveming the treacherous nurse gave the secret away. el PORTLAND GHOULS CAUGHT. Ladd Found Buried on a Farm Near ihe the City. PORTLAND, Or., May 21.—Detectives Welch and Simmons late this afternoon recovered the body of W. 8. Ladd, the late millionaire banker, which was stolen from Riverside Cemetery on Tuesday night. larly this morning they arrested Dan Magoon, one of the most prominent farm- ers in Clakamas County, on suspicion of Stolen Body of Mill.onairs { being the chief conspirator in the ghoul- ish plot, and this evening Welch and Sim- mons arrested Charles Montgomery, Ma- goon’s confederate, in Oregon City. Montgomery st first refused to talk, but when the deiectives handcuffed him pre- paratory to bringing him to Portland he became terrorized and volunteered.to es- cort the officers to the spot where the banker’s body was coucealed if the irons were removed from him. He kept his word, and the body was dug up at a depth of eighteen inches on Magoon’s farm. Montgomery is a bad cnaracter, having been tried and acquitted of the murder of a young man named Hall last winter. Magoon assauited the city jailer here to. night and would have seriously harmed him but for the timely arrival of Detective Maher, who subdued him with a clab. - DROWNED NEak ¥UMA. Traveler Lost From a Mkiff on Padrones Stough. YUMA, Ariz, May 21.—Six weeks ago Calvin De Turk and W. J. Trebarthen left Yuma in a skiif for Hardy Colorado Hot Springs, seventy miles below Yams. The former reached Hanlon’s ranch, nine miles below town Wednesday, and re- ported the death of his companion, Tre- barthen, by drowning. They attempted to return from the springs by wav of Padrones Slough, a cutoff from the Colo- rado which shortens the distance by half, but is exceedingly swift and dangerous, the channel being deep and narrow. At a place where the current is so swift and the banks so close together tnat the oars could not be used to propel the boat, Trebarthen fell overboard in an attempt to pull the boat up stream by catching hold of some willow bushes growing on the bank. The undercurrent pulled him down, and he was swept down stream and drowned. His partner could not find his body, thougn he searched for two days, . Yolo Cattle Thief Convicted. WOODLAND, Can, May 2L—Frank Prather, a resident of Sutter County, was found guilty in the Superior Court to-day on a charge of grand larceny. He was charged with having stolen about thirty- five head of cattle from the ranch of the late Senator Fair, near Knights Landing, and driven them to bis father's range in Colusa County. The jury was out eighteen hours. Judge Gaduis ordered the prisoner to appear for sentence on Monday. et Highbinders Driven From Btockton. STOCKTON, CaL, May 21 — Police Officer Walker yesterday took into custody three highbinders from San Francisco, wko arrived last Tuesday and who have been irightening a number of their coun- try people, Chinese women especially, into giving them money. They were taken to the police station, but as the evidence against thom was not sufficient to convict, they were dismissed with a warning. They left town last evening. - Oppore Canada’s New Tariff. VANCOUVER, B. C., May 21.—Book- sellers of British Columbia are passing resolutions in opposition to the new Canadian tariff. They declare that the prohibition of the importation of American reprints increases the cot of better books. As books selline for $7 50 in England can be sold for §1 50 in the States, the public and not the trade will suffer. They say that the prohibition was iramed in the sole interests of three Toronto publishers. -~ Fraser Liver .igain Rising. VANCOUVER, B. C, May 21.—The waters of Fraser River are again rising. The Matsqui dyke has burstand the water is destroying the growing crops of a large stock-raising and dairying manicipality. In the meantime the Dominion Govern- ment refuses to assist further in the works for flood prevention, and the provincial and municipal anthorities will be obliged to take up the matter of general dyke construction. T s Marin County Ex-dudge Dead, SAN RAFAEL, CaL, May 21.—News was received here that Hon. R. B. Frink, who was Superior Judge of Marin County from 1858 until 1864, died at New York City on the 13th of the present month. Ho was also Judge of the Probate Court in Marin County. —e———— There are 20,000 different kinds of but- terflies. GATHER TO PLAN CHRISTIAN DEEDS Annual Session of the Coast Students’ Conference. Pacific Grove Welcomes Rep- resentatives From Many Colleges. Leaders In Gospel Work Present to Give Counsel to the Delegates. PACIFIC GROVE, Cav., May 21.—The little city among the pines is full of life ana interest now, for the delegates to the second annual Pacific Coast Students’ Conference have arrived. The young men came on the evening train, full of the breezy enthusiasm and heartiness of the typical student. They were quickly busied in getting settled in the quarters which had been prepared for them by their advance agents, butas a larger num- ber arrived than was expected upon the first evening there was some delay and confusion, and several of the young men were obliged to go supperless to the pre- liminary meeting in the chapel of the M. E. Church. The first session of the convention was called to order by Chairman C. C. Mich- ener of New York City, who isalso college secretary of the international committee of the Young Men’s Christian Association. After an opening prayer and hymn Mr. Michener delivered a short opening ad- dress, in which he made a few suggestions regarding the methods of working, and playing also, during the convention.t He introduced as the speaker of the evening F. L. Willis of Omaha, Neor. Mr. Willis spoke of the murked advance of the Y. M. C. A. work among the students of the great colleges and univer- sities of America and the amount of good being accomplished by this work. He touched in a general way upon the aims of the Y. M. C, A. and the object of the convention, which was to aid in further- ing these aims. H. J. McCoy, secretary of the San Fran- cisco Y. M. O A., and Robert E. Lewis of Chicago delivered short talks. F. L. Willis was chosen presiding of- ficer of the convention ana upon taking the chair asked as a notable feature of this, the first session, that each delegate introduce himself to him personally. After the introductions Mr. Willis an- nounced that the afternoon proceedings would consist exclusively of athletic sports of various kinds, the programme to be decided upon from day to day. The work of the counvention would be carried on from 8 A. M. to 12:30 2. M. and the plat- form exercises would be held in the even- ing of each day. Among the notable persons who will ad- dress the convention at these platform meetings are: Bishop William Ford Nichols of 8an Franciseo, Rev. E. 8. Chap- man of Oskland, Kev. George C. Adams, Dr. E. R. Dille and Robert F. Lewis, of Chicago, formerly -college secretary of Massachusetts, and who will have charge of the Bible cirss. More time will be devoted this year than last to the equipping of men for the responsible work of Bible classes. Mr. Lewis has charge of the missionary insti- tute, which will be the feature of the con- ference this year, as he is the traveling secretary of the Siudents’ Volunteer movement. An exceedingly valuable series of lect- ures on the development of missionary in- terest will be presented. The courses of study to be pursued by missionary classes auring the coming year will be outlined. Mr. Lewis will foliow up the work begun by Mr. Eddy last year. The music during the conference will ba under the directior of F. L. Willis, who has had much 1o do with the Southern students’ conferences. Anotber feature of this year’s conference will be the delegation meetings. At these meetings the delegates from each college will meet at the close of the day to gather up the chief impressions and to apply them to the work of the home associations. The informal meetings which were held each evening at twilight at Cazadero, known as hillside meetings, will be repeated bere. The ultimate aim of these conventions is to demonstrate the practical side of Christian work among college men, and to train the undergraduates for the posi- tions of leaders and organizers of Young Mens Christian Association work in their respective colleges. For this reason, par- ticular attention will be paid to athietic exercises of every kind during the con- veution, and pleasure will go hand in hand with work. There are about fitty delegates here already, and more will arrive 10-morrow. Between seventy-five and 100 are ex- pected, including men from the city asso- ciations, as well as from all the colleges. To-morrow’s programme will consist of a session of the ‘Missionary institute at 8 A. 0. and association conference at 9 A. M. Dr. Gecrze C. Adams will address tue platform meeting at 10 A. M. and at 11:20 there will be a Bibie class instruction. The athletic exercises will_consist to-mor- row of walks und drives, taken ad Libitum by the delegates, and will consume ths afternoon. Eacy in the evening the life- work meeting will be held in the open air, with addresses by several of the delegates, aud at 8 o’clock the delegation meetings will be held. LOS ANGELES PRISONERS FOILED. Abortive Atiempt of N ne Inmates of the City Jail to Saw Their Way to Freedom. LOS ANGELES, CaL., May 2L.—The officers in the city jail 10-day discovered an abortive attemptof nine prisoners to escape from confinement. The nine have been condemncd to the darkness of the steel dungeon. The prisoners coacerned were all serv- ing long terms, some for passing off Con- federate money for genuine currency. They had been working for several days on their scheme, which was discovered by accident, though myste rious sounds had been heard by the jailer every day since Tuesday, when the operations were begun. Ina cell was discovered a saw and a butcher-knife. With these toois, which had been supplied by a confederate fiom without, the prisoners had succeeded in sawing through one bar and partiy through another. Had the work not been interrupted, in another day the opening in the window-grating would have per- mitted a man to go through. The scheme Was (o overpower the jailer at an opportune time, while the for! four prisoners were going to their meal kill him, if necessary, with the butcher- knife, and escape from the iail throuzh the opening prepared in window. the grated SRR LOS ANGELES WOMAN'S COUP. Prevents for a T.me the Erection of a Trolley Pole Before Her Rasidence. LOS ANGELES, Car., May 21.—Mrs. Mary Walsh of 812 Hill street objected to- day to an electric railway company plant- ing a trolley pole in front of her house. Her expostulations having no effect on the workmen Mrs. Walsh outwitted them in a way peculiar to herself. She took a chair out of her house, placed it over tie hole the men had dug to re- ceive the poie, and there she sat and de- fied the corporation’s hired men to re- move ber. The men triea every method except force to move her, but she wonld not budge. Then the officials of the railway went ont and pleaded with her to get off her chair and let the work goon. Butall had no effect. She would not have the pole in front of her house, even 1t she had to sit over that hole forever. The aid of the police was invoked, but the officers could nos see any way of rout- ing Mrs. Welsh from her position, and there she remained until the railway forces haa quit work for the day. She re. tired flushed with victory, but in the morning she will find that trolley pole standing bravely before her domicile. e et TROUBLE ON MT. HamILTON, n and His dubordinate as to Methods. SAN JOSE, Car., May 2L—Burnham, Barnard and now Hussey. Some day it will be a tradition that £d- ward 8. Holden, the terrible man on the mount, has caused nearly as many Stars to fall from tha intellectual zenith of the Lick Observatory as could be caught in their downward tlight by the great tele- scope. Barnard and Burnham, whose names were an ornament to the educational roster of California, have long since given up the fight against the methods of Pro- fessor Holden, and now it is mainly to in- vestigate the misunderstanding between Holden and Professor E. W. Hussey that the astronomical committee of the Board of Regents of the University of California is determined to visit Mount Hamilton to- morrew. Itis at least a peculiar coincidence that the complaints of all the eminent scien- tists who have been stationed upon the mountain have been alike in tenor. It was the complaint of Barnard and it was the complaint of Burnbam that in those lines of work in which they wereac- knowledged to be peculiarly efficient they were hampered and retarded. Th ose instruments with which they were famiiar were seldom or never at their disposal, while the instruments to which they were comparative strangers, according to the director, were the ones of which Professor Holden felt an impera- tive nee “The visit of the astronomical committee promises to be rather a doubtful success in point of numbers, According to Judge Charles F. Slack,who is on the scene ready to take an _ early stage for Mount Hamilton in the morn- ing, the visit is not the result of an unpieasantness among the professors, although he admits that it will receive some attention from them. He says that before this trouble had arisen the committee had decided to make an official visit to the observatory. Judge Slack has been informed that Governor Budd, on account of & pressure of business, will not arrive; Charles F. Crocker is in the East, and Timotny Guy Phelps could not be found to-night. Judge Slack is rather inclined to take a deprecating view of the d:fficulties. “The tronble seems to be,” hLe said, “‘that Professor Hussey understood that he was to take up the work carried on by Professor Barnard. “The latter left the observatory onJanu- ary 1, 1896, and Profe: sor Hussey, then of Stanford, was elected to succeed him. Professor Hussey expected to be allowed to work with the large telescope and with the 12-inch instrument along the lines Professor Barnard bad pursued. “Instead, he says,he was placed at work with a reflector, in the handling of which he lacked experience. He submitted to Professor Holden’s instructions, but he did so under protest. *Director Holden’s story,as I understand it, is that nothing had been done with the Crossey reflector in the way of photograph- ing, and he thought it Was time it was tested. He accordingly asked Hussey to take hold of it and see what he could do.” Judge Slack says, as far as he knows, there has been no social iriction upon the mountain, and there has been no formal complaint lodged with the Board of Re- gents concerning the matter. - No Town Hall ¥or Mill Falley. MILL VALLEY, Can, May 21.—The directors and stockholders of the Mill Valley Town Hall Association have re- solved to abandon the town hall project. SHEFFIELI’S KrD-LuiTER DAY. Queen Victoria’s kirst Visit to tae City During Her Jeign. LONDON, ExG., May 2L.—About every inhabitant of the big cutiery city of Shef- field is brimful of excitement over the visit to-morrow for the first time in her reign of Queen Victoria, who is to break her journey from Windsor to Balmoral lone enough to formally open the new munici- pal buildings and visit the principal local iron works. Preparations for the event have been in progresssince New Year's. Anappropria- uon of §30,000 for the decoration of the city was made by the Town Council, and citizens added ,000 additional. Trium- phal arches span nearly every street inter- section over which the royal party will pass, and there is nota public building, business house or private residence that is not elaborately decoratea with bunting or the national flag. Not an element of society, and, in fact, not an iudividual save babes 10 arms has been overlooked in the preparation. There will be banquets for the upper ten and for the middle class or business elemen:, en- tertainment for the wageworkers, bounte- ous spreads for the very poor, park pic- nics with cakes and lollipops zalore for the achoolchildren ana children not scholars and tons of tons for the babies. Business is aimost suspended to-day in the rush of tinal preperation, and to-mor- row morning every kind of industry will be at a standstill. et T VICTORIA'S PALATIAL TRAIN, Will Almost Compare With This Coun- try’s Lveryday Pullman. LONDON, Exa., May 21.—A large num- ber of officials of the leading railroads, master car-builders and others, to-day in- spected at Windsor the new royal train of 8ix carriages, which has been constructed at the shops of the Great Western Rail- way at Swindon, and which will be used for the first time to-morrow for the royal journey to Balmoral. The carriages are of the saloon order, of the finest woods, and the hand decorations and hangings are of the most magnificent character. The door of the Queen’s per- sonal carriage are so contrived as o allow of the entrance of two attendants, one on either side of ber Majesty. Theapproaches to the roval saloon are so constructed as to be exzetly on a level with a platform, thus dispensiug entirely with any neces- sity for the use of a footstool or steps. ———————— Noah’s-ark, ena kindred toys come from Saxony, and some 32,000 people in Thur- nigia get their living by making them. is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. GOLD PROSPECTORS ON MARIN'S COAST San Franciscans Seek- ing for Riches in the Sands. Party Headed by the Inventor of a Novel Amalgamat- _ ing Machine. Yellow Flakes and Traces of Quick- sllver Found on the Ocean Beach. MILL VALLEY, Can, May 2L—Far away from the prying eyes of the public, at the mouh of the great redwood can- yon, a party of three is searching for gold washed upon the rocky coast of Marin. E. J. Verrue, Mrs. Verrue and J. D. Gra- ham compose the party, and they are “roughing it” in order to put an amal- gamating machine invented by Mr. Ver- Tue into practical operation. They se- lected the isolated spot where their camp has been pitched so as to be away from the world at large while they watched the workings of the mechanism set up by Verrue. The route to the prospectors’ abode leads one over a wild section of country, where the great fogs from the ocean sweep in and envelop the hills in a cold embrace and the winds howl continually. Bend- ing over a couple of pans when THE CALL representative arrived to-day were the two men, while the woman was preparing din- ner on a stove erected on the sands. E. J. Verrue is by no means unknown to the world of science, and has already placed a number of inventions on the market, one of them being an instanta- neous water-heater, and another beinga rotary force pump used for mining pur- poses. Verrue said to-day that he had come away from the city so as to be free i0 experiment and prospect without an- noyance. He was just washing out a pan of sand, and after a moment’s examina- tion said that it contained a guantity of quicksilver. Since the party has been at the Laguna, as the spot where they are camped is known, the washings have re- vealed traces of gold and much more quicksilver. “My machine,” said Verrue, ‘is differ- ent in_some respects from those now in use. I have never exhibited it in public, and the only tests T have made with it in San Francisco have been in my back yard, where no one nas seen it. Iam not prepared to explain the principle beyond that 1do not use the gravity system used in other amalgamating machines. I have had it 1n success:ul_opsration for about a mouth, and before I put it before the pub- lic I wish to test it practically. Iintend to visit other beaches on tke Marin coast and will also go to Bolinas Bay. “The gold here is in fine particles and is being constantly washed up by the ocean. Itis found in the dark sand. I have discovered since 1 have baen here that this country is rich in quicksilver ana I find quantities in every pan I prospect.” Tue outdoor life of the party is such as the early settlers led in the good old davs of gold. It took them two days to make the journey from Szusalito over the hills and through the wooded canyons leading to the ocean. Their tent has been erected by the side.of. arunning stream of -moun- tain water, and. the incessant roar of the ocean as the huge breakers roll on the white sands or crash against the great cliffs to the north and south is a strange music. The party intends to remain about two weeks, but the report that it is searching for gold on the shores of the Marin coast has gone forth, and it is not likely that the prospectors will be aliowed to con- tinue their search alone. Verrue hopes to find a spot where the tiry particies of gold will be found in sufficient quantities to justify bim in working his new machine on a large scale, scooping up the airt by the use of horses, and running it into the machine 1n large quantities. DECISION FOR THE WIDOW. A Mosquito Bits Costs an Accident In- aurance Company $50,000. LOUISVILLE. Ky., May 21.—The Court of Appeals to-day decided the case against the United States Mutual Accident In- surance Company brought by Mrs. Sallio Amberg for $50,000 for the death of her nusband, which was caused by a mosquito bite. 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Primarily the nerves, and then every organ governed by them is in- duced to work in a normal and orderly manger. Motners should give their children Paine’s celery compound now it is spring, instead of some hearsay blood purifier that can have no power of correcting an impure state of the blood or regulating so complicated parts of the body as the brain and nerves. Debility and disease are cured by Paine’s celery compound. Itis not in the power of any other remedy to make people so permanently and so com pletely well as this astonishing nerve and brain strengthener and restorer and blood purifier, Paine’s celery compound. One needs simply to give ita trial to be satisfied. MISCELLANEOUS. For ‘""s A fewitems picked at random from we3k our immense stock Only. - Money-Savers: Ladies’ Silk Band Bows. Men’s Silk Band Bows Shelf Oilcloth, per rok 400 Italian Shell Fancy Hairpins, no two alik ST (Former price 25¢c and 35¢). 200 Italian Shell Fancy Hairpins.21c (Former price soc and 65c¢). 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WEEK DAYS—6:15, 7:30, 9:20, 11:10 A, x. :45, 8:40, 5:10 . 3. _ Saturdays—Extra trl 3. and 6:35 ». i 9:40, 11:10 A a.; 1:40, 3:40 5:00, 6:35 . x Between San Franclsco and Schuetzen Py Schedule us above. E " Leave ¥ P. . Arrive Sen Francisco. | JRETSE | San Francisco. WEEK | SuN- |4, J50T, P | Sux. | vestination. i ovato, Petaluma, Santa Roaa. f I3 5o "i uiton, iytion, Geyserville, Cloverdale. Sovetals | . Guerneville, | 6:22 pu Sonoma |10:40 x| 8:40 Ax and Glen Eilen, 7 0 Ax| 8:30 »x|500 pxc Stages connect at Santa Rosa for Mark Bprings: ac Geyserville for Skagzs Springs: ai ‘tov forthe Geysers; at 1o land for Hign- and Springs, Keiseyville. Soda Bny. vakepor: &nd Bart.ei Springs; a: Ukiah for Vichy Sorings, {aratoga Sprinzs, Blu> Laies, Luorel Dell Luke, Rpper Lake, Pomo, Poster Valley. Jonn Day's, iverside, 'Lierley's, Buckneils, Sanhedrin _{s;‘:vm& Orr's Hot Springs, z g, Wesiport, Usal. rateynrd4Y to Monday round-trip tickets atreducel On Sundays round-tei yond San Rafael at hall tickets to all polnts o pointa be- Ticket Offices, 650 Marketst., () A. W, FOSTER, ”l‘z.m{c;;mlw“ Pres and Gen.'Manager. Gen. Pass. Agont MOUNT TAMALPALS SCENIC RAILWAY l (Via Sausali:o Ferry). Leave San Francisco Commencing May b 1897: VEEK DAYS—t BUNDAYA_ 8100, 8200, 14 2:80 P 3. JJickels for sale at MILL VALLEY COOK & SON, 621 Market st Sun Fraveis (under Palace Hotel) Telephone Main 5u. | Montreal and ihe White M RAILROAD TRAVEL: N PACIFIC COMPANY. M) SOUTH (PACIFIC 5¥N: Tralne lenye and NAN FRAN (Main Live, Foot of M; ¥ to arrive nt ARRIVE 8idsp Sacrau Redding via Davis 0.4 Vacaville and B 2004 Martinez aud 00 Vallejo Niles, & , Ka; N 500, going via Niles, returni via M : ve (for Rand Moju Lara and ) 18:000 Valle) 8:00¢ Ot sias 454 S LOCAL. Fitchburg, Elmburst, Leandro, South § Leandro, Estudillo, Lorenzo, Cherry, Melrose, Seminary Park, ‘ an and Haywards. ~ = i Runs through to Niles = t From Niles. o SANTA CRUZ DIVISION ( TOW Gauge). (Foot of Market tations Jo 55 Felton and Santa Oru CREEK ROUTE FERRY. From SAX PRANGISUO—Foot of Market Street (Slin 8)— *7:15 9:00 11:00a.0. $1:00 *2:00 *4:00 15:00° 4G:00e.. #rom OAKLAND—Foot of Broadway.— 13:00 00 8:00 10:004.. $1300 100 $2:00 *3:00 COAST DIVISION (Third & FTI00A San Jo Trincipal Way Statious .. 04 San Jose wil Wiy Stations. Stations. % P for A * Sundavs excepted. § Sundays only. 1+ Monday, Thursday and & 9 Saturdays and Sundays. Santa Fe Limited. On MONDAYS and THURSDAYS the first- class Pullman sleeping-car leaving at § P. M. connects &L Barstow with the Santa Fe limited train carrying dintng-car, bufiet smoking- car and Pullman palace s for both Chicago und Loals via Kaasas Clty. 3l¢ Days to_Chicago or St. 4)¢ Days to New York. SANTA FE EXPRESS Leaves dally at 6r. M. Pullman paace drawings room, nlso modern nphoistercd tourist sleepin® cars, through (0 CRicago via Kaussa Clty. Anuex cars for Denver and St. Loufs. Boston excursions via Kansas City, Chicago, niains leave every Tuesday: St Paul excursions every Sunda; Ticket Office, 644 Marketa rect, ¢ hrone bull ‘Telephon. Louls. NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD (Via Sausalito Ferry). From San Francisco, Com: mencing May 2 1897. WEEKDAYS. For Mill Valley and san Ralael 0, *8:15, 9:45; 0" A M.: 1 3: 0, 4:00, 5:15, *6:00, 6:30 P. ar “ 2 Extra trips for Sun Ratael Wednes- days and Saturdays a: 11 SUNDAY For Mill Valley and San Kafuel—*8 10:00. 11:00° 11:30 a. M. 1:00, #1143, *2 0, 5:20, 6:48.11:00 ». 3. 11:00 A M. Coes no: run to San Hatael; 5:80 and T1:00 . 5 do ot run o Mil Va 1y Trains marked * run to San Quentis THROUGH AINS, TI00 A . weekaays for Cazadrs and wo tions; 1:45 P. M. Saturdavs for Caza d way stations: 8:00 A. M. ~undays for ( und nay stations; 9:00 A. M. Sundays Keres sud way stet ons THE SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN JOAQUIY VALLEY EAILWAY COMPANY. FROM aPais 15, 1897, run daily: Bouthbound. passenger tralas wiil stations. T ¥or iniermediate siations 806 tim LONNECLIONS—AL SLoC4(On With steam boais of C.N. & 1. Co, Ing Sun Francisco and S ock! a: Merced with stages fr.m S IDgs, (ou ieryilie, Yosemite, Maripasa, etc.; ms Lankershim wi b iTom Mudera (4@ BROU'S} INJECTION. PERMANENT CURE of thamost obstinate cases of Gonorrhea and Gleet, guaranteed in from 3 to 6 days; no other'treatment required, and without the Dau-, Teauits of dosing with Cubebs, Copaiba or8andal-Wood. J.Ferr8 & Co., (successors 1o Bro rmacien. Paris. At a1l druggists. s 4