The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1897, Page 6

6 THE N FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1897. DIES OF THIRST FINIGANS MINE |GOES ARMED T0 WITH AGONHE \GENERAL CABLIN ON THE DESERT | | Garret E. Anderson of New York Perishes Near Pheenix. Starts With His Wife for His Son’s Camp and Loses the Trail. | i | Water Which Would Have Saved Him From Death Given to His Horss. PH@ENIX, Ariz., July 3L—Garret E. Anderson, a well-known Wall - street broker, who. recently came to Pnoenix in search of health, died of thirst yesterday on the Salt River desert, about twenty | miles from this citv. He and his wife werez driving in a carriage to where their son was camping at Cave Creek. When | within a quarter of a mile of their dm;} nation they feared they d lost the way, | and giving their horse the last drop of | water they had they started to retrace their way to the Arizona canal. . Late in the afternoon a freighter named | Moore had his suspicions aroused by car- | riage tracks tha: crossed and recrossed the road. He followed the aimless trail until he reached the now delirious couple rnd almost crazed horse. He gave Mrs. An- derson water, but Mr. Anderson, who was 60 years of age, was too far gone to even speak. Moore hitched the carriage behind his vehicle and hurried to the canal, but Mr. Anderson was dead before he arrived there. The wife is now in Pheenix, where three physicians are doing their utmost to | save her life. he will probubly recover. The .son, Joseph Anderson, came to Pheealx lust winter for bis health, and obtained a responsible positicn in the Valley Bank.” He coula not stand the | indoor work and went to Cave Creek to | live in the open. He says his parents | were £0 near his camp when they turned | back that if they had called out he would | have heard them. | The elderly couple had been here since | February, and resided with U. D. Dorris, a merchant of this city. They leit his house early Friday morning and drove | ten miles 1o the Arizona canal. There they had luncheon, and were then escorted by Mr. Taylor ‘half of the remaining dis- tance of fifteen miles to a point where the road ran siraight into Cave Creek. When Mr. Tayior left the couple they bad a suflicient supply of water and were | apparently in good health. The day was one of the w nest of the year, however, and the sun shone fiercely. On the desert san kirting the road | clear to Cave Creek is an old pipeline that | might bave been tapved for water at any | poiut had the couple known of its exist- | ence. The horse should have been able to have gone without water the rest of the | day, but they gave it their last drop and | then started to ride back nearly fifteen miles to the canal, evidently overestimat- | ing their own power (o withstand a burn- Is | went S0LD FIR 4235 SLAY Wealth of the Reputed Millionaire Was Mythical. Alameda Racetrack Property Disposed -Of for $80 at Auction. Hol!dings of the Man Who Would Not Pay Allmony Are Heavily Mortgaged. SAN RATFAEL, Car., July 3L—There was just a taint of the Klondyke fever in San Rafael to-day. It exhibited itself on the stone steps of the county courthouse, when M. F. Cochra the assignee of Colonel Peter A. Finigan, the reputed millionaire and owner of gold mines with- out number, the possessor of racetracks and real estate without end, offered for sale one of Colonel Finigan's mines in Calaveras. County. There was no such rush to secure possession of the gold as the dispatcnes record in regard to the finds in the northern territory; in fact, there were only eight men congregated on the court- house steps to bid for the gold mine and racetrack offered lor sale by the assignee of the colonel.who, it will be remembered, mads the acquaintance of the Marin County jail for refusing to pay alimony to his wife, who is suing him for a divorce. From the courthouse steps the gold mine in Calaveras County, said to be | wortn $100,000, was sold to the highest bidder, a man named Lang, for the in- sienificant sum of $235. There was a $4000 mortgage that went with the mine. Then the Alameda property was offered to the highest bidder. Colonel Finigan had an undivided interest in this race- course, but there was a $3000 mortgage at- tached to this also, and bidders were shy. inally it was knocked down to Lang for $80. Tuus the vast wealth of Colonel Finigan is dwindling in an ularming manner. When the gold mine was offered the first bid was $100. Then by fives the bids up. Only two young men were striving to pain possession of the yellow- metal producing concern, and the bidding dull and uninteresting. When the $235 mark was reached the cryer failed to get another raiseand the mine wentto Lang. SONOMA FRUIT PRICES. Growers . fix Upon the Minimum Figures at Which They May Sel/-Their Crops. SANTA ROSA, CaL, July 31.—A largely tattendéd and enthusiastic meeting of fruit-growers was held to-day under the auspices of the Sonoma County Horticul- tural Society to take combined action re- garding prices for which green fruit was to be soid, particularly with reference to pranes, pears and peaches. For picking prunes a minimum price of $150a ton was adopted. With reference to the prices for which gool quality green fruit is to be cold, the following resolutions were unan- ing thirst, Mr. Aaderson’s body will be embalmed and sent to New York City for burial. He was a'very wealthy stock broker and had recentiy transferred most of his business irom New York to Denver and San Fran- | cisco, SELAH VALLEY'S WILD HAN. | imously adopted: Resolved, That it is the sense of this saclety that the producers of prunes should not sell their presenticrop of green prunes for less than $25 a ton. Resolved, That we further establish a mini- mum price of $15 &.ton for canning pear 5 for freestone peaches, and $25 for cl Stone pexches. These prices for good quali of fruit. It was the sense of the society that the | producers better dry their fruit than ac- Cfficers Capture an Asylum Escape Who FKad Terrorized Women and Children. NORTH YAKIMA, Wasu., Joly 3L—| Word reached this city yesterday that a crazy individual was worrying the farmers in the upper Selah Valley. His name is Rudolph Loehe. Five yearsago he owned | a ranch in the Selab, but lost it through s | mortgage. | Shortly afterward he went to Oregon, hecame insane and was confined in an Oregon asylum. He is though: to have escaped only recently, as he still shows| insane characteristics. To-day he was captured by officers after a long chase and | struggle and brought to town. The court pronounced him insane, and he will be | taken to the Medical Lake Asylum. | Loche imagined that he was being at- iacked by a mad bull. Reports from Selah Valley siate that he procured a gun and went about shooting the farmers’ catile. | When the farmers remonstrated, he | threatened to kill them. He is a crack | shot. He tried to shoot the officers, who | finally captured him in a barn where he | had taken refuge. For a week past he had terrorized.the women and children of Selah Valley. | FIRES NEak SONOMa, Large Aumber of Men Fighting Flames | in the Brush. SONOMA, Car, July -For the third | time during the past month the mountains surrounding Sonoma Vailey have been swept by grars and wood fires. Early this afternoon a laborer emploved Gericke ranch, about three | miles northeast of t!is place, dropped a | lighted cizarette in the grass and a short | time afterward a large iire was being fanned by a heavy wind, at one time ihreatening the family residence. | A iarge number of men from this place and the surrounding country are fighting | the flames, wiiich are now burning toward | the Buena Vista ranch aid the mansion | of the late Mrs. Rovert C. Jobnson. With | the reinforcement oi a number of men it isexpected the fire will be under contiol Ly to-myrrow night. St Pacific Grove Blaze. PACIFIC GROVE, Cav, July 3L.—a | small fire which originated last night from a defecive flue in the Woman’s Ex- change building, resulted in serious loss to the owners of 1he adjoining build- ings. The exchange received no dumage from the flames, nor did Towle & Holman's dry-goods house, in the same building, but the great quantity of water wkich was thrown upon the emoking roof from both above and below | by the zealous Fire Department caused a Joss of $2200 to the latter irm. The dam- age to the building is estimated at about $300. S Sauralito Cot:ages Burned. SAUSALITO, Cav, July 3L—A cottage owned by Mrs. George Tyrell and occu- gi ed by Dr. Minzer and Dr. Griswold was urned at 6:30 o’clock this morning. The origin of the fire is unknown, Chief Creed of the local Fire Department says thatthe blaze started in the kilchen. The value of the house was$§12(0. The occupants lost many of their effects. e Marin County Appointments. SAN RAFAEL, Car, July 3L—The Board of Supsrvisors has appointed F. A. Nief Veterinary Surgeon. He will inspect the cows and farms. Dr. W. F. Jones of San Rafael was appointed Health Doctor iar the county, cent prices lower than those named in the resolutions, The Sonoma County Hop-growers’ As- sociation met this afiernoon, and after much discussion fixed the price for pick- ing this year's crop at 75 cents per 100 pounds. This is an advance of 5 cents over that paid last season. There was a large attendance, nearly all the hop acre- age of the county being represented. s APPUINTMENTS, WASHINGTON Senator Wilson Doling Out Poyitions in the Northern States. TACOMA, Wask, July 3L — United States Senator John L. Wilson occupiesa unique position in- State politics. Being the only Republican member of the Wash- ington delegation in Congress, he has the nam'ng of all the Federal officers ap- pointed for the State. Colone! F. D, Huestis and Senator Ide, his two chief supporters during his Sena- torial campaizn two years ago, have been appointed Collector of Customs and Mar- shal, respectively. Senator Wilson is now here assisting these and other appointees In selecting their subordinates. Eamuel W. Perkins of this city, private secretary to Senator Hanna of Ohio, arrived to-day and will assist 1n this work. It was announced to-day that Henry Blackwood of Tacoma would be the Spe- cial Deputy Collector for the Puget Sound district. Ex-Mayor Huson is to be Dep- uty Collector at Tacoma, succeeding ex- Senator Henry Drum. Judge C. A. Murray or Colonel C. E. Claypool, both of this city, will be named Assistant District Attorney, while Attorney W. A. Gay of Seattle is yet t6 be appointed District At- torney by President McKinley. Eviry day this week Senator Wilson has couierred with from thirty to sixiy appli- cants for office. All appointments an- nounced so far give satisfaction through- out the State. They are being made with reference to Senator Wilson’s candidacy for re-election two years hence. ‘Lo-night a brilliant reception was given SHsuallm' and Mrs. Wilson at the Tacoma otel. D — Depart from Pacific Grove PACIFIC GROVE, CaL., July 3L.—The ministers and laymen, swho together with their families comprised the personnel of the summer encampment, held their clos- ing exercises last night. Rev. W. W. Case, D.D., of Sacramento lectured to a large audience upon *‘Salvation.’’ His discourse was most impressive, To- day there was a general flitiing of the delegates, for while many remained to at- tend the public exercises which will be heid during the Women’s Cnristian Tem- perance convention and to further enjoy the pleasant weather, by far the greater number return to their homas. e Santa Monica Elopement. BANTA MONICA, Car, July 81 — George Willey and Rose Ringe, the latter | aged 16, eloped from here last nightana were married on the high seas, off Re- dondo. Aninteresting coineidence is that the bride followed the example of her sis- ter, who took the high-sea route to matri- mony only a few months ago. SRR Fire Near Bakersfleld. BAKERSFIELD, Cav., July 31L.—Fire destroyed $1000 worth of property this afternoon at the country recidence of George W. Wear, proprietor of the Kein County Gezstte. It consiztad of a ba n, storeroom, hay and several toas of raisins and potatoes. The cause of the fire is un- known. ADVANCES made oD Irniiure and pianos, with or without removal. J, Noonan, 1017-1028; Misston. | SCORCHERY Tacoma Woman With a Mania for Killing Wheelmen. Always Ready With a Pistol to Shoot Them Down as They Pass. Five Bicyclists on a Night Run Nar- rowly Escape Death at Her Hands. TACOMA, Wasn, July 31.—Mrs. Jo- hanna Prussic, an old German woman who lives on a side street at South Tacoma, believes that wheelmen are rob- vers and will not allow them to pass her cottage. She is supposed to partially in- sane and next week her sanity will be in- quired into. Four wheelmen had occasion to pass her dwelling on the way in from American Lake last night. They were warned that the old lady kept a weapon with which to shoot bicyclists, but they determined to chance it rather than take the bicycle path three blocks away. They were just opposite Mrs. Prussic’s door when it opened suddenly and crack! bang! went her revolver, five time in suc- cession. Bullets whizzed over the wheel- men’s heads and two of their wheels were struck. They did nat siop to remonstrate orinvestigate, but dashed into the city at a record-breaking pace and made for po- lice headquarters. The riders fired at were W, E. Eizaer, Charles Kinzer, Frank Kinzer and A. Moyer. The police to-day sent an officer to in- vestigate, accompanied by an interpreter, as Mrs. Prussic does not speak English. She was greatly excited, and told the officer of an encounter with robbers who rode wheels, which, she said, took place last eveninz. Her statements indicated that she was somewhat unbalanced. 1t has been known at South Tacoma for some time that 'Mrs. Prussic kept a re- volver and put in much of her time watching for an opportunity to shoot passing wheelmen, but for some reason the volice were not notified until the oc- currence of last night. SUES A BOOTBLACK FOR DANAGES. Joseph Demartini Wants Pay for the Alienation of His Wife's Affections. SAN JOSE, CaL., July 3L—The family troubles of Joseph and Louise Demartini have taken another phase, and to-day De- martini began suit against Peter Picetti for $10,000 damages for alienating his wile’s effection. - Picetti runs a bootblack stand on San Fernando street, near First, and is hardly a person against whom one would expect 10 be able to coliect a $10,- 000 judgment. In the complaint Demartini alleges that prior to May, 1897, he and his wife lived happily together in their little home on Beliz avenue, near Autumn street. About this time the boctblack moved into the neighborbood and then Demartini’s do- mestic troubles began. - Picetti often called at the house and Mrs, Demartini and he became enamored of each other. The bootblack was kicked from the house once, twice, three times, but still he re. turned and showered his affections on his friend’s wife. Finally Mrs. Demartini sued her hus- band for divorce on statutory grounds. The decree was denied for lack of proof, and then Demartini had his turn in court. A similar divorce suit was filed, in whieh it was alleged the wife was unfaithful. Picetti was mentioned as co-respondent. And now Demartini not only wants to free himself from his wife, but he wants 1o enrich himself with $10,000 of Picetti’s hard-earned money for the great distross of mind and body he suffered by the actions of the couple. —— TREIR MAKKIAGE ILLEGAL. Error of a Minister Causes a Youny Couple dAnnoyancr. SAN JOSE, Cavn., July 31.—Unless an- other marriage is performed Chris Hansen and Chbristina Hansen, who were wedded in San Francisco on July 19 last, will have no legal claim on one another as husband and wife under the laws of the State. The voung people came to this city a aay or two before and procured a marriage license from Clerk Pfister and then hurried back to San Francisco, where they were married in Our Savior’s Church, on How- ard street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. M. Steusrude, aud it was through bis ignorance of the law that tue couple are not properly bound together. A marriage license is not good except in the county where 1ssued, and it was this misunderstanding thatcaused the trouble. A few days ago County Recorder Owen received the license with the certificate of marriage to be recorded from Rev. Mr. Steusrude, but the Recorder refused to record the document. The pastor was advised of the mistake and to-day he wrote to Mr. Owen, assur- ing him that his error was only one of the mind, as it was the first marriage of the minister, wiho had just been graduated from his studies in theology and had not y{;e: acquainted himself with the law of the State. The Rev. Mr. Stensrude bas promised to hunt up the groom and his bride to in- form them of the illegality of their mar- riage and 10 assist in explaining the ne- cessity of going. through the ceremony as prescribed by lav. —_— Wanted for Forgery. " SAN JOSE, CaAL., July 3L.—The police want a Pole with the unpronounceable name of L. Rypeegyuicki on a charge of forzery. About ten days ago the man bought some furniture from Colley & Post, and tendered in payment a check for $66 25. His bill was §60, and he received $6 25 in exchange. When presented at the First National Bank the next day the check was pronounced worthless. The man is wanted for passing several worth- less checks last spring also. To facilitate matters he uses the shorter names of A. Miller and John Floyd. fd Ry Dorgan Will Probadly Die. SAN JOSE, Car, July 3L.—James Dor- gan, the saloon-keeper who shot himself yesterday, is still alive, He regained con- sciousness this morning and was able to converse with those about him. The bul- let peneirated the brain on the left side, and it is not thought he will recover. Sickness and despondency arising from a spree prompted him to attempt his life. Sawsalito Trustes With Klondicitts, BAUBALITO, Caw, July 31.—Charles C. Bruce last night handed in his resigna- tion as u member of tue Board of Town of Sausalito, & position to which elected over a year ago by the largest majority given a town officer. .Erll:’ce will soon leave for the Alaska gold elds, . STOPS A BLAZE Cloudman Rancher Com- pels a Train Crew to Fight Fire. Gives Them the Alternative of Aiding Him or Being Perforated. They Prefer to Lend Assistance in Saving His Pastures From the Flames. STOCKTON, Car, July 31.—News was received here to-day from a resident of Cloudman of an interesting incident which occurred near that place several days ago. A sheep.owner whose field was being swept by fire stopped a train, and with a trusty old shotzun enforced a com- mand to the train hands to alight and fight the fire. The name of the sheep-owner is Smith. The fire was started by sparks from a locomotive of the Sierra Railroad. Smith, while the flames were sweeping over his pasture lands, placed an obstruction on the track to stop the next train. When it came along he stood guard with his shot- gun and invited the trainhands to turn out and fight the flames. They turned out. The same communication says that nearly all the country in that region has been swept by fires started from the Sierra ruad. One of the latest victims was M. Montgomery, an old pioneer of Dry Creek, who lost nearly everything. Had it not been for the timely arrival of bis son, Robert, his house and barn wouid have been destroyed. 5 Yesterday a big field fire was raging norib of Cloudman, and on that side of the Stanislans River it is now sweeping toward the McCormick Brothers’ cattle range. Cloudman” is surrcunded by smoke. The McCormick Brothers, whose head- quarters are in Stockton, when interviewed to-day said that there were few cattle on the range now, as they had been’driven up into the mountains 10 graza there. The grass on the range was being saved for winter feed. MARICOPA’S TAX REFORM. The Arizona County to Derive Its Revenue Solely From School Land Leases. PHENIX, Ariz.,, July 3L—Maricopa County is following closely after the single-tax example set by ihe city of Prescott, in Yavapai County. In Pres. cott all vacant lots are to ve taxed event- ually to their selling value, while Mari- copa County now proposes to eventually raise her entire revenue from the leasing of her public school lands. To this end the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County. is preparing to pro- ceed under 2 law of the late Legislature authorizing it to lease the school lands. The passage of this law resuited irom the Congressional enactment, passed a year ago latt soring, - providing for the leasing of Territorial = university and school lands and anthorizing the Ter- ritorial Legislature to prescribe the man- nerin which they should be leased. The Congressional act was an incident of a fevered emoch in Arizona history. Governor Hughes was the ¢hief promoter of the land-lease law and had made the subject a part of his message to the Eighteenth Territorial Legislature. He was also instrumental in procuring the in- troduction in Congress of an act modeled upon the Oklahoma law. While this was pending protests against its passage were sent in irom various parts of the Terri- tory, but chiefly from the northern coun- ties, where the large grazing and lumber areas lie. The act was nevertheless passed by both houses of Congress, only to be vetoed by President Cleveland. The House then passed the bill over the Presi- dent’s veto by an overwhelming majority. The Senate took no decided action, but the bill was withdrawn and modified so that it finally becams a law without the executive approval. It was on account of Governor Hughes’ advecacy of the bill, it is now declared, that Cieveland was in- duced to remove Hughes. The act as passea constituted the Gov- ernor of the Terrltory, the Territorial Su- perintendent of Insiruction and other of- ficials as a tempo ary commission for leasing the school lands, this commission to nhold until the Territorial Legzislature had acted under the law. This commis- sion declined to act in the matter and the school iands remained in statu quo until the present time. Now the Supervisors of thi3 county are nreparing to act under the legisiative regulation, which consti- tutes Boards of Supervisors as the Com- mission on School Lands. This will be the: first movement under either iaw, and in consequence a great deal of interest is felt in the proceedings, whicl will be watched carefully on all sides and several big lawsuiis are expected to result. According to the definition of the law upon which tte Supervizors of Maricopa are proceeding all school and university lands are brought under their jurisdiction, excep: those lands upon which seitlement and improvements were made prior to a Government survey. It is not certain that even such lands are not subject to lease. Leases will be executed for from one to five years to the highest bidders. In cases of improved lands, the present occupants will be given preference. If they decline to lease, a committee of appraisers will be created to estimate the value of improve- ments, and a lease will be given to the highest bidder who will pay for the im- provements. Printed forms of applica- t'ons have been prepared for bidders, and such questions as these must be answered: “Wnat do you want with theland ?” “W ho, if any one, is living upon it?” ““Whatis the character of the improve- ments, if any ?"’ The County Assessor is preparing a list of school lands subject to lease, and as soon as this is completed, whicn will be within a week or two, the Bupervisors will give notice of the time wnen bids will be received. It 1s roughly calculated that one-third of the entire revenues ot Mani- copa County will be raised from the leas- ing of her school lands during the first year. B e Gold Near st. Helena. ST. HELENA, Car., July 31.—A small nugget of gold was found a few days ago by boys while fishing in Sulphur Spring Canyon, where the mountain ‘stream di- vides into two forks. They seid little about it, but aiter several days’ search they finally told others of it. This is not the first time gold has been found in the creek. g ————— A San Rafael Suit Decided. SAN RAFAEL, Caw, July 31.—A jury in the Superior Court to-day rendered a verdict in favor of the North Pacitic Coast Railroad and against F. W. Holland and J. B. Cauzza, who brought suit to recover $3445, alleged to be due for lumber sup- plied the railroad, The. ease occupied. five days, - . p GETS A DIVORCE Startling Charges Made Against the Wife of the Veteran. Accused in His Complaint of Habitual Intemperance and Cruelty. | She Is Alleged to Have Frequently Threatened to Put an End to His Life. SPOKANE. Wasg., July 31.—Brigadier- General William P. Carlin, U. 8. A,, re- tired, obtained a decree of divorce in the Superior Court yesterday. The defend- ant, Matilda J. Carlin, 18 in Europe, and was not represented at the trial. General Carlin testified that he and his wife wers married in 1864 at Buffalo, N. Y., and lived together until July 18, 1887. In her treatment of him, he said, she had always been variable, occasionally violent and dangerous to their time of their sepa- ration. She frequently threatened to ki!l him and made dangerous demonstrations, once with a pistol and once with a large puir of scissors. She threatened to shoot him and to prefer char.es against him and bave him removed from the army. She was under the influenca of liquor or nar- cotics, he said. This continued, he stated, for fifteen years, she continually growing worse. He tried to induce her family to in- fluence her to go to an asylum for tre ment for her habits. She went to an in- titution at Flushing, Long Is'and. He tried to prevail upon her to remain until she was cured, but she signed a con- tract to remain only ninety days. Then she went to a hotel in New York and he told her that he would aban fon her. During all the time of their married 1ife, the general said, she remained away from him from six to nine monthsin the year living with her own family. General Carlin was a brigadler-general in the volunteer army, and held the rank of major in the regular army during the war. He retired from the regular army in 1803 by law as a brigadier-general. The general has property in different parts of the United States. By the divorce decree, he is allowed to make division of his property in Washineton SAN PEDRO'S UPHILL FIGHT. Senator White Tells of the Futile Ef- forts to Speed the Work on the Harbor. LOS ANGELES, Car., July 31.—Senator Stephen M. White is disgusted. He cays it 1n a way that leaves no doubt of his earnestness. He was talking on the San Pearo harbor qnestion at his home in this city to-day, a few hours alter he had ar- rived from Washington. He is disgusted with the way the vital matter has been treated. He said: I have avoided making any attack upon the administra tion, but I em forced in candor to say to my constituents, who have a right to be advised that the root of the whole difficulty is the influence of the Southern Pacific Rail- way Company. The remarkable solicitude which has been dispiayed in various remote quarters regard- ing this work, and the drastic tests to wnich everything regarding Sun Pedro has been sub- mitted, are caiculated to astonish the impar- tial observer, who has no:learned that the op- position is inspired from private sources and does not restat all upon a wish to serve the public intérest. I wasand am as anxious &s any one can be to see the work proceed, and I have done everything that it was possible to sccomplish under the circumstances, Secretary Alger has entirely misstated and obscured the situa- tfon. He esserts, wholly without reason, that the board of which Admiral Walker was chair- mun made a report which provided for the expenditure of the total appropriation for a harbor wall, when the bill demauded a harbor of refuge and commierce. The Walker repori, as I showed in a brief stalemeat which I made In the Eenate, spe- cifically states that the seawali alone will, when constructed, form a harbor of refuge and of commerce, but the board pointed out the fact that the proximity of tbe inner har- bor, which has already been greaily im- proved, was most important, and that by an additional expenditure a perfect commercial feature could be added to the main harbor and that in this way all of the expensive piers would be obyiated. Had the board decided in fsvor of Santa Monica 1t was the inteantion to go on in any event with the work on the inner harbor. When the Walker board located the harbor at San Pedro and determined upon the character and size of the seawal], and siated that such a construction would make a harbor of com- merce and refuge, the matter was ended as far_as discretion was concerned, and Alger had nothing to do, if he chose {o act within the law, but to advertise for bids. The resolution which I introduced and which was passed in the Senate was designed to meet General Alger's peculiar require- ments. When it reached the House it shared the fate of all legislation outside of the tariff ana_eppropriation bills, viz.: it was sat upon by the Speaker. It was intimated that Genersl Alger desired or at least was wiiling that af- firmative action should be taken. Idoubted this at the time and am convinced thata word from the Secretary spoken in good faith would have removed Mr. Reed’s opposition. The Senator said he had little hope that anything wouid be done in the matter un- tila provision was introduged in the river and harbor bi!l which must be passed at the next session, imperatively providing for the commencement of work. -*We will have our harbor yet.” said he, “but there must be more fighting forit.” R I i Dyied Penches From. Visalia. VISALIA, Car., July 3L—To-day the first carload of dried peacnes of this sea- son’s crop was shipped irom here to Phitadeiphia by the Visalia Fruit Ex- change. The peaches were grown in the Fleming orchard, near town. —— Dealh at :t. Helena. ST. HELENA, CaL, July 31.—Abraham Potterton, the orchardist, died at his home near St. Helena to-day. He was about 80 years of —iieiian The Maw Who Ruined Max Lebaudy. NEW YORK, N. Y, July 3L.—The Herald says: The mun recently arrested here on a charge of swindling jewelers, who gave his name at the time as William Bellwood of Philadelphia, has turned out to be Guillaume Baleusi, leader of the caterie who ruined Max Lebaudy (the “Sugar Bowl” of Paris). He fled from France whils the scandal of Lebaudy’s ruin and subsequent death was still ex- citing the world. Baleusi is now being hrluxin $10,000 bail for a bearing next week. L —————— Hanna to Mine in #oo Chow, China. SPRINGFIELD, Oxio, July 3L.—Senator Hanna is reported 10 be preparing to re- ceive concessions permitting his develop- ment of coal and iron fields near Foo Chow, China. - Hanna's representative was to have been hers on Thursday to confer with W. N. Brewster, a missionary of Hinghua, but pressing business forced a postponement. He will be here next ‘week, 5 i NEW 7TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. A MOONOSOOKE BB T3 % SEOEOED BEE SELLING OUT: 6100000000 COC00CCIOCOC000CN 0000 000000ICIOCO0000C0K 0000000 OFE THE MAZE We owe the public an explanation for stating we would close July 31. It was so de- creed by the Board of Directors, but it has since been ascertained to be impracticable and impossible to do so, and in consequence we will continue for a short while longer. We regret the impossibility of living strict= Iy up to the letter of our word, but we assure you upon honor as men and merchants that we are selling out and retiring from busi- ness; that the doors of ‘‘The Maze’’ will close forever in a very short time. The statement we made was honestly con= ceived ; no unfair motive entered into it. It was the legal deduction from certain facts, which did not materialize and left us power= less to fulfill the same. We have aimed to conduct this ¢ Closing= Out Sale” in an honorable and straightforward manner and in a way to gain your confidence. This statement is true in every detail. We hope ere long to verify our word and prove to all that those composing the management and directory of The Hamburger Company are above small and petty tricks and devices. We shall make up in price while we are still here what we overstay in time, and trust you will continue to assist us with your patronage to the end we are seeking. MARKET ST., COR, TAYLOR AND GOLDEN GATE AVE. OUTRAGES UPON NAVAJOS. Arizona Sheriff Accused of Wantonly Killing $heep and Burning Houses and Corrals. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz, July 3L—Joe C. Tipton, the United States Government farmer at Tuba, bas written a long letter of complaint to Major Constant Williams, the Indian Agent at Fort Defiance, in re- lation to the expulsion of the Navajos from the public lands lying south of the Little Colorado River and east of the Grand Canyon. Tipton charges that in this matter the Indians suffered gross outrages at the hands of the white invaders. He rays tne posse whicl left Flagstaff to assess the In- dians who were ranginz their flocks off the reservation on this side of the Little Colorado, after demanding §5 taxes for every 100 nead of sheep owned by the Navajos, forced them to drive their herds across the river. Many grown sheep were drowned and many that came safely out of the icy rapids aiterward died from ex- posure, thus impoverishing the Indians by robbing them of their-only means of support. “‘Not content with this,”” writes Mr. Tipton, “the outrage was agzravated by firing many of their houses and corrals and burning them to the ground.”” The losses sustained by the Navajos ag- gregate several thousand doilars, and Mr. Tipton recommends that they ke iuily reimbursed by the Government. If Mr. Tipton’s recommendations are carried out Coconino County will have to stand a suit for damagee. *It is difficult to see on what grounas the Sheriff can justify his acts or defeat a claim for damages,” :ays Mr. Tipton, “and I trust the department will see fit to institute such a suit against the Sheriff, and to also give the Navajos permission to repasture their flocks where they have been accustomed to for so many years."” Major Williams forwarded Mr. Tipton's letier to Secretary Bliss of the Interior Department, and the matter was brought to the attention of Attorney-General M- Kenna. Tne latter forwarded all the cor- respondence to United Siates Attorney Ellinwood, with instructions to make a thorough investigation and forward all possible information to Washington as speedily as possible. Mr. Eilinwooa is now at Flagstaff collectin< the data. Bheriff Cameron and his men deny all thé main statements of Mr. Tipton ana declare that they acted only within the law in assessing the Indian herds. 5 —- OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Senator Morgan to Fay a Visit to San Francisco---New California Post- masters---Pensions. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 3L—The news that Senator Morgan of Alabama will yisit S8an Francisco on his way to Hawaii will doubtless be read with pleas- ure by California people. His opposition to the Pacific Railroad schemes and his persistent advocacy of the Nicaraguan Canal construction have made his name well known on the Pacific Coast. The following California Postma: Y o th s b L o o o ol L. inal widow, eic.—Anna G. Blaisdall, Mokel. umne Hill, Oregon: Original —Samuel Downs, Tilla« mook. Renewal—John Sing, Condon. —————— Only 9 per cent of cases of amputation | are fatal. ———————————————————————————— NEW TO-DAY. 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