The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 30, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1897 KILLED O THE CRAG OF RAINIER Professor McClure of Oregon University Meets Death. FALLS INTO A CREVASSE AT NIGHT. | Sad Ending of the Mountain- Climbing Expedition of the M:zamas. FATAL ATTEMPT TO DESCEND IN THE DARKNESS. The Daring Sclentist, While Lead- Ing the Way, Walks Over the Brink of a Precipice. TACOMA, Wasm, July searching for alost trail on the side of Mount Rainier on Tuesday night Profes- sor Edgar McClure of the Oregen § Usiiversity fell is over 300 inig:a rocky gorge. led body Tecoyered yesteriay morr by his sor row-stricken anions, who had searched for it d e night in vain. Thé remains will reach this city to-mor- tow.morning, and, sfter being embaimed, if that is possible, will be shipped to his home at Eucene, Or. Professor McClure was nne of the ast of a lly party of climbers who left Camp Muir, below Gibraltar Rock, about 9 ‘oleloc Tuesday evening. Thev had made a mo«t successful ascent, and had ving another party, d the night in the crater, ed fires on the summit dur- It was the original inten- tion of Professor McClure's party to sleep bebind thero np Muir, but as a i was biowing and all felt able desc hey started for Camp which several thousand lee Muir. It was found necessary ly, as the trail was quite though started back ear Which wa after Het in He even spe sharp w ma kelow Camy oceed sic in place hat a biind he trip in safety. ly before 11 o'clock, nevertheless, the party found itself off the trail and wandering on one side of the Cowiiiz gla- Part of this glacier is full of revasses, and as Profesfor McClure was a r of many vears’ experience he eered to lead the w He sud- found himseif in a dangerous place, ¢lared mnke did not realize how great the danger He warned two others who were but a few feet away to keep back. The Words were hardly spoken, when he dis- | abpeared ew. It was found after- | ward that the ice had broken off beneath nim, The frightened party retraced its steps, but before the trail was reached two ladies | had fainted and with great difficulty were 1 conveyed to the camp below. A party of | searchers made a careful detour to reach | thé foot of the precipice over which the | had fallen. It was too dark ssor the guides de- | man could :Lmofl:| | coup | Stone was afterward transferred to Oa ;_\\ LAV gl b 2k CAMP LOUGLASS OF THE THIRD BRIGADE SIGNAL CORPS. CAMP DOUGLASS, SIG A hard trip Springs Tuesday. is the shortest way home’’ was well illustrated. NAL CORPS, THIRD BRIGADE, Suamyrr, Cal., July 29.—The corps rode over to Summit Soda experienced, especially on the way pack, and the old adage that ‘‘the longest way round The regular wagon road from camp was taken going to the springs, but com- ing back & blind trail was struck, and then the trouble commenced. First Sergeant Bailey’s horse stumbled on a rock, throw- ing his rider about forty feet down the side of the trail, and to-night the first sergeant is nursing a lame knee as the result. Deep snowdrifts were encouniered on the way home and for over two miles the horses had to be led on account of the pre- cipitous road. Peeler and Mejor Doug experi A squad was sent to Castle Peak yesterday and heliographic communication was opened with camp. s went up to Fordyce early this m rning and the boys had great visions of a trout dinner, but they nced the usual fisherman’s Juck—high hopes and bitter disappointment. Colonel OVE WRECKS THER HOMES Flight of an Oakland Man With the Wife of Another. George B. Stone Elopes With Mrs. Prince of Los Angeles. He Deserts His Family and She a Husband, Who (s Now Heart- Broken. LOS ANGELES , CAL., Juiy 29.—Eloping sin this vicinity are Lecoming as thick as the leaves in Vallambrosa. Now a searci being made for George B. Stone of Oakland and Mrs. George H. Prince of this City, who have flown to- getber from their homes, the former leav- | ing a wife and grown-up children aund the latter deserting a devoted husband. Stone is now connected with the South- ern Pacific Land Department at Oakland, but some years ago he was emplcyed by that company at the Long wharf, Santa Monica. While there he met Miss Rubi- can, the daughter of Mrs. R. D. Rubican | of Santa Monica, and betwesn the man and girl there sprang up an attachment. Rubican married a Los Angeles schoolteacher, George H. Prince, 2 highly respected man. Mrs. Prince has said since that she married Prince only to get a home, and never really cared for him; but her husband was fond of her, land, and Miss nder the rocks to accomplish much that but at daylight the mangled body | und 2nd carried down to Camp | ma. There it was dressed as well as | and taken on a pack animal m“ nire Springs. The journey from there, which is one of over fifty miles, is | being made by wagon. The body will redch here to-morrow morning. The pleasure of the Mazamas is ended. Tue camp is broken up and as rapidly as possible they are moving toward Tacoma. Dr. Dewitt Connell of Portland rode in from Longmire 8prings on his wheel, ar- riving this’ afternoon. He notified Pro- fessor McClure’s brothers, who live at Seattle, and requested them to come to Tacoma. These are Horace McClure, tele- graplh editor of the Seattle Post-Intelli- gencer, and Attorneys Henry and Walter McClure. They made arrangements for the reception of the body on its arrival and returned home late this evening, His parents and another brother reside at Eu:ene. Prole:sor McClure was one of the most popular citizens of Eugene. He had heid the chair of chemistry there for a number of years and devoted his summers to mountain chimbing. Several years 2go he made the measurement of Mount Adams’ height, whick has been accepted by the Government as correct. He carried ba- rometers, instruments for measuring the wind’s velocity and other instruments on this trip. He and Dr. Connell were con- sidered two of the most expert climbers in the party. They had been out on several similar expeditions together. Professor McClure had become noted for his caution in cliimbing and the rapidity with which he could dodge rolling stones. Dr. Conneil says that Monday night, which was passed on Gibraltar Rock, was bitterly cold. The wind blew and rocks were heard rolling down the mountain- side below them all night. Much relief was felt when morning came. It was this experience which led them to leave Camp Muir on Tuesday evening and endeavor to reach Camp Mazema before retiring, ESCiPES INiG 5OSORA. Assailant of Rancher Wasson’s Wife and Child Not Coptured. PH(ENIX, Ariz,July 29.—The Mexi- can: who stubbed Mrs. Wasson and a son on amilk ranch near this city during the | absence of Mr. Wasson has escaped into Bonora, and the pursuing posses huve re- turned after informing the Mexican nolice. - It now appears that Mrs. Wasson was untied by her son, who hat managed to. creep to her assistance, and that the woman, though desperately wounded, succeeded in reaching 2 nei-hboring ranch, where she gave the alarm. The Mexican escaped on & stolen horse of con- siderable value, and will, it is believed, goon be apprehended by the Mexican rurales. —_— Foad to the Grizsly Mine. HEALDSBURG, CAL., July 29.—A con- tract has been let for the building of a road up Pena Canyon to the Grizzly copper mine recently located, and as soon as it is compleied the ledge will be developed. The owners of the mine, after expending A large sum of money in developing the ledge, are satistied that it can be profitably worked. and to all outward appearances the two were happy together. During this time a clandestine cor- respondence had been keptup between Mrs. Prince and Sione, and pians were laid for their elopement. By prearrange- ment Mrs. Prince left hoie about two months ago, saying she was going to visit M tone at Oakiand. Whitner she went at that time is not definitely known, but it has been Stone, and the two came back to Los An- geles, going thence to Redlands. From that place Mrs. Prince wrote a letter to ner husband, telling bim that she had deserted him for Stone. She loved Stone better, she said. She was then living with him and would continue to live with him. She ended her letter by advising him to get a divorce. Mr. Prince, being of a gentle turn, did not undertake to seek and slay the man who had wrecked his household, and would not consent to get a divorce. He has gone to his ranch in San Fernando Valley, where he communes in solitude with nature. Stone and Mrs. Prince left Redlands in the last day or two, and zre supposed to be hiding in this cily. Search i3 being made for them, but not for the purpose of serving any warrants upon them. Mrs. Prince's age is given at 29 and Stone is said 1o have turned the 50 mark. Mrs. Rubican, mother of the faithless wife, denounces her daughter's perfidy and upholds Mr. Prince asa model hus- band dee;ly wronged. Not uniil 1o-day has the story gone beyond the himits of the fa mily and a few cenfidenual friencs. e g gt i BORE A GOOD RKEPUTATION. Stone’s Odgzland Friends Loth to Belicve 111 of Him. OAKLAND, Carn., July 29.— George Stone, who was employed by the South- ern Pacifi: Company until two years ago, lived in this city until he moved with his family to Berkeley, several months ago. His mother and sister live at 169 Ninth street. When seen to-night they said they knew nothing of his movements of late, except that he had not been in Oak- land for two motbs, Stone is aboul 45 yeurs of age. He has & wile and two grown daughters. For the past two years he has not had steady em- ployment, but has been engaged in civil engineerin:, expert bookkeeping and simi- lar vocations. He has always enjoyed a good repuiation, and his iriends refuse to believe he has been y is said to be Living station. Dudley Departs From Sawn Diego. SAN DIEGO, CawL, July 28.—Irving B. Dudley, Minister to Peru, bade a last adios to his friends and neighbors at the D-street station this afternoon. Upon his arrival at San Francisco he will spend the time allotted Lim in arranging official matters connecied with his orice, ana on August 9, accompanied by Mrs. Dudley, he will sail on tne San Blas for Lima, Peru. e Sudden Death at Lemoore. HANFORD, Cavn, July 29.—J. C. Dil- lard, aged 76 vears, father-in-law oi Wil- liam Metts, » Lemoore jeweler, was found dead in his bed this morning. His de- mise was due to heart failure. He had been in Lemoore about two years, coming from Missouri, and was an old soldier. | friend decidea to ride in that. The road ascertained tbat she met | | of the Board of Education in San Fran- | regular stage, | wheeling. THROWN INTO - A DEEP RAVINE San Francisco School Principal Injured Near Ukiah. Miss Mary Castlehun Hurled From a Wagon Over an Embankment. | | The Vehicle Capsizes While Passing Another at a Narrow Point on the Road. UKIAH, Car, July 28.—A distressing accident, by which Miss Mary Castlehun | of San Francisco was painfully if not | | seriously injured, occurred on the road between this city and Orrs Hot Springs yesterday. Miss Castlehun is principal of the Hum- boldt Primary Schoo!, and was sojourning | | at the springs for the benetit of her heatth. | | She desired to be present at the mesting | cisco last night, when a large number of changes were expected to be made, and started for Ukiah to board the train, ac- companied by a lady friend. It was at first intended to go on the but as the spring-wagon from Orrs was coming in she and her from Orrs Springs to Ukiah is very nar- row in places, and one of these spots had just beeu reached when a heavy team was | seen approacuing from the opposite direc- tion. There seemed to be no room to pass except at the point where the vehicie con- | taining the ladies stopped, but the driver | of the coming wagon motioned to them to | drive on, and they did so. ‘ Just as the teams were abreast of each other the spring wagon, which was com- | pelled 10 take the outside, began to slip over the bank, and the driver yelled at the ladies to jump. Miss Castlehun’s companion did so, and managed to reach | the ronaway, but the unfortunate princi- pal was not able to jump, and the capsiz- ing vehicle threw her over the bank and into the ravine below. When picked up she was unconscious, her face being badiy bruised and a deep gash cut in her neck on the right side. One of her feet was padly cut by contact with a rock, and it was with great difficulty that she was con- veyed back to the wagon, which had been righted and placed in the roadwav again. When the wagon reached Ukiah Miss Castlehun insisted on being taken home to San Francisco, though she was so weak as to need assistance whenever she moved. Word of the accident was telegraphed to T. J. Castlehun, a brother of tho injured | lady, who is an attorney of San Francisco, and he was asked to meet her av the ferry with a back. Strange to say, Miss Castlehun was the only one of the party hurt by tue capsiz- ing of the vehicle, the driver escaping from being thrown down the bank by holding to the reins PACIFIC GROVE'S GUESTS. Methodist Pastors Greatly Enjoy Their Outing at (h» Beach. PACIFIC GROVE, CaL., July 29 —This year's summer encampment seems an especially pleasant one to those who are attending it, and many clergymen whose parishes are situated in the interior por- tion of the State find the coolness of the fresh sea air enjoyable after the intense heat they have been experiencing. The days of the encampment week are given up wholly to recreation and rest, and to all appearances the latier ‘‘rest’” feature gets very little attention. A jolly crowd, all these ministers, their families and friends, and they indulge most heartily in swimmi boating, fi.-hing, driving, —indeed .an whatever sport this locality presents for enjoyment. A big party vesterday boarded the yacht Twilight to take an all-day cruise about Monterey Bay and the adjacent ocean. The members of the party returned late in the afternoon, hungry as the proverbial wolves, for “not having felt particularly hungry at luncteon time,” they uad eaten nothing since breakfast. Each evening at 8 o’clock there is an adidress in toe main auditorium of the Methodist church by prominent Methodist ministers. The address is followed by an altar service of the young people, led by Rev. R. 8. Marshall, the evangelist. S Y Santa Barbara County Low SANTA BARBARA, CALn, July 29.— Judge Campbell of San Bernardino, pre- siding for Judge Day, this afternoon ren- dered a decision in favor of Justices Gam- mill and Crane in their suits agninst Santa Barbara County for back fees, amounting to $700. District Attorney Ogiesby had refused to allow these claims, hoiding that the Justices in accepting payment umder the act of 1895 bad torfeiied their right to make a demand for the difference between what that iaw allowed them and what thev were entitled to under the law of 1893. Similar suits bave been brought ugainst the county by the constables, the sums involved aggregating $1500. l | visiting. THE HOPPINGS WEDDED AGAIN Tacoma Society Given a Surprise by the Divorcees. Settle Their Differences and Once More March to the Altar. Revives Interest In a Sensational Sult for Separation Declded Last Year. TACOMA, Wasg., July 29.—At the resi dence of his brother, last evening, the knot was tied that reunited Samuel M. Hopping and Mrs. Kittie B. Hopping, who were divorced by Judge Parker on Janu- ary 15, 1806, Hopping 15 a tookkeeper in the London and San Francisco Bank. The divorce case, brought by his wife, was one of the most sensational in the history of Tacoma courts. The decree was granted on the insufficient provision of the necessities of life, ana abuse of their child. Charges of threatening to murder were made by the wife against the husbaud, and the com- plaint recited a tale of woe seldom heard in the courtroom. In his answer to Mrs. Hopping’s com- plaint the husband, besides denying all of the sensational allegations, alleged that his wife was needlessly extravagant and reckless in ber use of money, and in this way bad kept him in debt ever since their marriage. He charged that Mrs. Hopping neglected her child and spent a great part of her time on the streets shopping or In granting the decree the court held that the allegations in the wife's complaint had been sustained, and Mrs. Hopping was allowed $20 a month ali- mony. Last evening’s marriage has caused as great a sensation in society circles as did the divorce. It was witnessed by relatives and a few personal Iriends, who, it is un- derstood, were instrumental in bringing the Hoppinga together again. THREATENED A SAN JOSE GIRL. Youth in Court for Declaring He Would <hoot Kis Former Sweetheart. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 29.—*Bes” Stew- art, a young man just past his majority, was tried before Justice Wallace to-day on a charge of disturbing the peace of Miss Maggie Jacobs on the afternoon of July 21. The trial is the sequel of a flirta- tion which ripened into iove between Stewart and the young lady. They soon tired of each other and Stewart was ziven the “marble heart.” This enraged the love-sick youth and he threatened dire vengeance. On the afternoon of July 21 Stewart met Miss Jacobs while she was in company with Miss Jessie Cox of Los Gatos at the corner of Second and St. John streets. He approached both of tvem and said, “It’s a good thing I baven’t got my gun or I would fill you full of holes.”” Miss Cox then asked him to repeat the threat and Stewart dii so. Both of the young ladies then boarded assing electric car and escaped. ’[I)‘nay proceeded to the County Jail and there gave information ot the threat of Stewart. and his arrest followed. Stewart admitted making the remark to the young ladies, but said it vas in fun. Several letters from the girls to Stewart were placed in evidence. Justice Wallace took the case under advisement. G Truing to Free Marquissee, SAN JOSE, CaL, July 27.—The attor- neys of Haroid Marquissee, alias Ken- dall, an Eastern crook who was captured at Los Gatos a week 2go, are attempting to procure the release of their client on a writ of habeas corpus. Marquissee i3 wanted at Utica, N. Y., for three bur- glaries and two larcenies. It is said a bali dozen robberies in this city of late can be tracéd to him. The defendant was a physician in Utica, and u-ed his pro- fession to cover bhis tracks. When ar- rested he was visiting his parents in Los Gatos. An officer from the East will ar- rive for him Saturday. —— Wanted in Watsonviile, SAN JOSE, CaL., July 29.—James War- ren, an advertising solicitor, who is wanted at Watsonville on a charge of petty larceny, was arrested here to-day. Warren had been arrested at Watsonville on a charge of vagrancy and was to have been tried yesterday. He ‘‘jumped his bail,” however, and in doing so purloined a small sum of money from his employer. He wiil be taken to Watsonvillé to answer to the charges to-morrow. Healdsburg Grapes Damaged. HEALDSBURG, CAn, July 29.—The recent hot spell did a great dealof dama; to the grape crop in this district, and the vineyards on the hillsides will not produce near an average crop. grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment, | nad form in Pasadena, WEALTHY MEN FORM A CLUB Each Member of the Or- ganization Ratedasa Millionaire. Magnificent Grounds to Be Laid Out in the Vicinity of Pasadena. Object of the Promotars Is to Find EnJoyment and Dominate Fashlon. LOS ANGELES, CaArL., July 29.—Some- where in the immediate vicinity of Pasa- dena, but safely outside the municipal jurisdiction, there will soon be established the demesne of a club of millionaires that is destined to attend widespread fame by reason of the agaregate wealth represented in its membership, and the ostentation that will be characteristic of an organiza- tion effected solely for pleasure, and for the great exclusiveness of its set. The Country Club is a new organization of men who love pleasure, and have the means of acquiring all the desiderata that money can buy. Its membership roll in- cludes a number of millionaires whose home for at least a portion of each year is either Pasadena or Los Angeles. Pasa- dena, though the lesser of the sister cities, | is here named first because some of the | most notable of the wealthy pleasure- | seekers have their mansions there, and maintain their luxurious living on in- comes from the effete and storm-beaten but money-yielding Bast. Among the members are: Jobhn 8. Cravens, from St. Lo J. B. Miller, from Port Huron; W. J. Lodd and Jason Kvans, from Morristown, N. J.; A. W. Armstrong, Frank W. Emory and W. C. Stuart, from New York originally, though both Messrs, Armstrong and Stuart have | become year-around residents, and pos- sess elegant mansions at Altadena and Pasadena respectively. Then there are Georpe H. Barker, the electric light mag- nate; W. R. Staats, tbe wealthy real estate man; J. 8. Torrance, Nelson W. Bell and numerous others, who are not only rich but are *'good fellows.” Suffice it to say of the personnel that it 1s suf- ficiently distinctive to be properly des nominated a millionaires’ club. As before intimated these people want pleasure, are able to pay for it and do not want to be interfered with by prohibition ordinances of the city of which they are denizens. Thatis why they want their clubhouse to be outside the city limits and yet not so far as to lose the effulgence of Pasadena’s fame. Many if not most of theze zentlemen are members of the Val- ley Hunt Ciub in Pasadena, but that club is not now as « xclusive as it was, and, be- sides, being within the municipality it is under the surveillance of the City Mar- shal and the worthy but abstemious men who constitute the city’s Board of Trus- tees. There are also other reasons why a new club was deemed desirable, but they cannot be given in detail without hnrting some one’s feelings, and thatis The Country Club is incorporated, or- ganized and 1s on a substantiai financial basis, with aiready enough money in the treasury to insure success. the club are most ambitious. five acres of ground will be purchased at some one of three sites now under con- sideration, and thereon will be erected a clubhouse which for luxury and magnifi- cence of appointment shail excel any- thing of the kind in the far West. There will aiso be fine stables and other ad- juncts to an ideal place of the kind. It is probable that additional adjacent ground will be leased to make into a racing park, but that is not settled. One of the sites proposed 1s on the Campbell-Johnson ranch, across the ar- royo from Pasadena. Another is on the line of the new Pasadena-Los Angeles boulevard, just outside the lmits of South Pasadena, which is as strictly pro- hibitive as her neizhbor on the north. That location would be as near Los Ange- les as Pasadena and would lose some of its exclusiveness on account of being so close to the proposed artery of pleasure and commerce. The third site is the Oak Grove Tract, south of Pasadena—an ideal place for such a purpose, havinz been laid out during the bocm as a park addi- tion to tte city, and being well improved, except as to houses, of which there are none. Any one of these places would cost a neat sum of money, and the cost of the new buildings and appointments would run away up into the thousands. When the Country Club begins active existence it expects to set the pace for the Pacific Coast and will dominaie fashion in Southern California. In fact one prin- cipal ooject of the club is to make South- ern California fashionable, which it has never teen among the wealthy Eastern- ers. The men in this club not only have the money, but they have influence, and know good form. Some of them have been lions in Eastern society, and to most of them the possession of wealth lost its novelty long ago. If that organization cannot aitract hither and proverly amuse the Eastern seekers for iashionable enter- tainment then the cause is hopeless. — Fobbrd a Lodge of Foresters. LOS ANGELES, CAL., July 29.—Frank Bear was financial agent for the local lodge of Foresters. He disappeared about two weeks ago. His friends suspected he had gone away to commit snicide and search was made for him everywhere. The suicide theory was entertained quite generally until tbe last day or two, when it was discovered that his books showed a shortage of about $200 that should have been remitted to San Francisco headquar- ters some time azo. WATER REALDSBURG, City Trustees to Consider a Proposed Bona Ivsue, HEALDSBURG, CAL., July 20.—At the next meeting of the Board of City Trustees a proposition will be submitted to bond Hea!dsburg for from $60,000 to $75,000 for a water svstem. For some time past sur- veyors have been emploved making pre- liminary survey«. One plan isto take the water from Mill Creek, a distance of seven miies. The supply is adequate, and a fir<t-class svstem could be putin at a cost of $75,000, providing rights of way could b: had at a reasonable fizure. The other pian is to take the water from Russian River at a point one mile south of Healds- bureg and pump it into a reservoir to be built on a hill overlooking the city and bigh enough to afford ample fall. This system would cost $60,000. Should the intter be decided upon the old water works will be purchased. 10R Drowned in Pacheco Slough. CONCORD, Car, July 29. — Antone Baiber, a youngster not yet in his teens, who resided with his parents in Pacheco, was drowned in Pacheco Slough on Tues- day afternoon. He was an adventurous youngster and concluded that he weculd quietly make his way from home to the l siough and have a swim. As soonasne eniered the water he was taken with a The plans of | A tract of | THE EMPORIUM. THE PHE FURNIPURE on BE MOVED ou?T BY SATURDAY NIGHT. FIRST FLOOR THE EMPORIUM. The present stock of Furniture is to be moved out. The department will in future be under new management. There are still two more days to take advantage of the deeply cut prices of the Moving-out Sale—on the fine Furniture now on the first floor. Prices have been cut still Sfurther since Monday to close out balance of the Furniture on hand. Half price for the Up- holstered, Cobbler and Wooden-seated Rockers. Half price for Screens. There are many fine Bedroom Suites, Parlor Suites and odd pieces left. TFARJEON'S LIFE L1, BE SAVED The Concord “Sun” Ed- itor Fails to Kill Himself. His Attempt at Suicide Be- lieved to Have Been Due to Loneliness. Mourned Constantly for His Chil- dren, Who Had Gone From Him Into the World. CONCORD, Carn, July 29.—Solomon Farjeon, editor of the Concord Sun and a brother of the eminent English novelist, B. L. Farjeon, who last Saturday morn- ing sent a bullet crashing through his | bead in nopes that 1t would end his days of life, which he says are useless to him- self, to those he loves and to the world, is slowly improving. The bullet, instead of tearing through the tissues of the brain as was intended, pierced the lobe of the right ear, ranged downward and fractured the lower jaw in exit. The wounded man’s daugiter, who is a nurse, is attend- ing her father tenderly and skilltully. If her prophecy proves true her father wiil stiil live many happy years—years much happier than those which have passea ) and left behind their sting of ill fortune and sorrow. The cause of the editor’s aitempt at self- destruction is a matter which gready mystifies the residents of Concord. Al kinds of rumors are going the rounds, but those who are in a position to know the motive which prompted the act remain as silent as the stars. Some say poverty was the cause, but this theory is dissipated by the fact that the wounded man has done exceedingly well in his business dur- ing the past year, and a month ago ar- ranged for the purchase of property in or around Concord. The most generally accepnted opinion is that the old man was lonely with no one to cheer him in his declining years and decided to aie rather than exist longer in desolation. His daugbter, who is now nursing him, and his son both went out into the world some time ago to build up fortunes for themseives, and he was left alone. He worried greatly after their departure, and, it is saiq, began to act peculiarly. Itis thought that he finally became at times mentally unbalanced, and that he was in that condition of mind when he shot him- self, The shooting was, for this little city, an exciting affair and created no end of com- ment. It occurred in the dark hours of the morning. At 9 o’clock E. R. Ransom, who 1s employed as a compositor on the Bun, entered his office ana found the fol- lowing letter on his desk: Ransom: Inclosed find 3 50. Take 50 cents o! 1t, and at 8 o’clock go to Randall’s store and send the tollowing teiephone mes- sage to Miss Irene Farjeon, telephone East 498, San Francisco: “Your father aied this morning.”” Then go to Mahoney & Ivey's stables and tell Mahoney to hitch up a team and send to the ranch of Andrew Gehringer, and tell my son, who is workinz there, to come in and take charge of the house till his sister arrives, and pay Mahoney $1 for sending the team. The balance, $2, is for yourseli. Then tell Clarke Jaquith oi the blacksmith-shop near Lambert’s that I want the Foresters to bury me. I have just simply shot myself. Sleeplessness and neglect have mede me think Iem of no use to others or myself. Keep the office and house locked up till Bertie comes. Te:l him there is a letter ior him on my table in his room. -We settied up las: t1li April 9. since which time you have had £58 10 for three and one-half months. Your friend, S. FARJEON. As soon as Ransom finished reading the letter he hurried from his office in search of Constable George Weidman and Dr. Neff. He found them both and they re- turned to the house and broke in the door, which was locked and bolted. Far- jeon was found in a semi-conscious con- dition on his bed, drenched from head to foot, with his own blood. Dr. Neff made a thorough examination of the wound and found that the bullet had plowed its way out and an operation Was not neces- sary. He dressed the wound and then, according to the injured man’s instruc- tions, informed his children of their father's act. They hurried home and he is now under their care. FAIBFIELD HOTEL BURNED. Buildings Adjacent to the 0ld Hostelry Earely Saved From Sharing Its Fate. SUISUN, CAv., July 29.—The Fairfield Hotel, an old landmark of Fairfield, and owned by Mrs. A. Hooper, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The fire originated in the kitchen. Mr:. Hooper had just chill and sank. His body was recovered. lluppvd from the afternoon train from i Willows when the sheet of flames from her property greeted her eyes. Had it not been for the Suisun Hose Company many adjacent buildings would bave been destroyed. Warren Woods’ livery stable was already on fire, when a stream of water from the Suisun water. system, which passes through that town,, stoppeu its progress. A fire hydrant is located in front of the Courthouse and the supply of water was received there. The water works were turned over to the town only a week ago. . Mrs. Hooper's loss is about $3000; fully insured. This was the second fire in this vicinity within two days. On the ranch of H. C. Bronson, in un Valley, yesterday 300 sacks of wheat and part of .A. A. Dickie’s thrashing outfit -were destroyed. A spark from the engine was the cause of the fire. Bronson was fully insured. - e Ked Men Grand Lodas Commiftess, SANTA CRUZ, CaL., July 29.—The fols lowing standing committees have been ape pvointed by the Grand Lodge of German Red Men now in session here: Trial—J. Rumetsch, L. Langer. : Redress—B. Moser, N. Scoultz, V. Kreutz kom. Grievances—R. Biedenbach, C. Muender, W, Geistlich. Finance—W. Dannhelm, F. Bremer, W. Hill. Laws—P. Warkenstein, K. K ein, F. Young. Good and welfare—A. Zeitiuchs, M. Fuetse cher, T. Koch. The wealthiest tribes are San Josa Stamm, with 51 members ana $9779 in the treasury, or $191 per cavita, and California Stamm of San Francisco with 83 memberg and $7945 in the treasury, or $9575 per capita. AGAINST BACH OTHER The Handwriting Experts Dis~ agree in the Figel Case. Isaac Hoffman's Signature Assumes Many Strange Characteristios Under the Microscope. The prosecution in the case of Theodore A. Figel, charged with embezzlement, hag already introduced five handwriting ex- perts to prove that the signature of Isaac Hoffman to the $9500 receipt is a forgery, and a couple more are expected to be heard from at to-day’s sessiom. On the main point, that the signature is a torgery, they have but one opinion, but there is a deplorable lack of unanimity as to the manner in which the forgery was committed. All the experts testified ay to having made their examinations with the microscope, by means of which each claimed he could tell exactly how ine letters were formed, either with asingle or continuous stroke or with repeated strokes and in fillings, Stll, three have testified that the first letter f in the word Hoffman was made with broken strokes, the two ends at the top of the loop being connected by filling in. Yesterday Karl Eisenschamel declared positively that neither in the letter *'{” nor the letter “H” was there any filling, that the pen was given but one continuous motion. George Otis Mitchell, another expert, only agreed partiaily yesterday with his confreres when saying that the down stroke in the last shaft of the letter “H” was filled by repea:ed strokes. And so thestaking of testimony goes -on in a tedious and bewildering manner, suggestive of the oid aaage that too many cooks spoil the broth. It is not likely that the defense will be able to introduce their axperts until Mon- day, when it is expected that they will de« clare the signature genuine with as much vigor as the others declared it a forgery, and probably they will then disugree as to minor details. “I'll go crazy if they keep this up much longer,” said Judge Campbell yesterday. “The first thing they know I'll get in and be an expert my=elf if I can get the Supera visors to give me & microscope.” The testimony yesterday was purely of a technical nature, the only break in the hearing being when General Barnes com- plimented Expert Mitcuell upon his cane dor in admitting scme minor points in favor of the defense. He subsequently engaged the expert in behalf of Kigel to* make some phote-microscopic reproduce - tions of the letter wherever they occur id the disputed receipt. —_—————— The Fire Departmont. < The Fire Commissioners met yesterday afternoon and dismissed Owen McNuliy, hosé- man of engine 11, from the department for~. being drunk while’ on duty. Morris Higgina was promoted from hoseman of enginé 31 to driver of truck 3, and John Conroy from hose. .- man of engine 17 to foreman of engine 9, - Arcnie Jensen was appointed hoseman of en- gine 31, Henry Behrmann es hoseman of engine 12 and Jere Sullivan as hoseman.of. engine 8. —————————— L. G. Nesmith’s Iliness. L. G. Nesmith, cashier of the First National Bank of San Jose, was taken to the Waldeck Sanitarium a day or two ago suffering from appendicitis. An operation was successfully performed last night by Drs. Thorn and Rob- inson. 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