The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 7, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 189 SECe T T0 MAKE ARD | LAND FERTILE Big Scheme to Reclaim 1,000,000 Acres of ! Desert. | Water of Tulare Lake to Be Utilized for Irrigation Purposes. Would Render Productlve Vast Tracts in Kings, Fresno and Merced Counties. | | FRESNO, CaL, Aug. 6--C. D. Davis, civil engineer and formerly County Sur- veyor, is the promoter of a big scheme to use the water of Tulare Lake for irrieating about 1,000,000 acres of land in Kings, Fresno and Merced counties. He pro- poses to pump the water to the top of a hill immediately at the western point of | the lake. Thence it can be run over the | vast area of land it is desired to transform | from a des into productive fields. The | power for the pumping, according to | Davis' plans, is to be supplied by an elec- | tric plant deriving water power from Kings River at a point above Centerville. | From this place the current is to be trans- | mitted to the lake by means of wires. | Davis is said to have the backing of | shrewd capitalists, who believe they see a | feasible plan to reciaim the West Side | country and render the iands which are: now worth very little very valuable. The | ngineer has been working on the scheme | years. s has filed a petition with the Sec- | ary of the Interior and at the \'isflhu;l Land Office for permission *‘to locate, use | and acquire for a reservoir site and for purposes of irrigation, Tulare Lake and | the water therein.” The petition explains that the lake is pplied with water from Kern, Kaweah and Kings rivers, the last- | named at times flowing northwesterly and discharging a consiaerable portion of its surplus waters into the San Joaquin River. Itis then stated that the object of the pe- titioner is to use the lake for a permanent reservoir for the collection, sccumulation and impounding of water for purposes of 1rrigation, domestic power or other valu- able and beneficial uses, and for the bene- fit of the petitioner and the public gener- ally, the purpose being ‘‘to irrigate large areas of dry, arid and desert lands, unirri- | gated, unirrigable and unproductive.” | The lands are situated principally north- erly and westerly from Tulare Lake, and | lie in the wastern parts of the counties of Kings, Fresno and Merced. As & considerable factor in his gigantic scheme Davis to-day filed with the County Recorder a claim on waters of the San | Joaquin to the extent of 16,000 cubic feet. The point of diversion is near” Herndon northwest of this eity. In his petition to the Federal Govern ment the engineer recites that the lnke i not a natural source of water supply, be: cause it is sitnated on lower ground than any of the lands jacent thereto; that, stated, ihe lake is unnavicable | t for any benencial use; that by rranzements and constructions here | ided for the lake will be rendered useful and capable of navicatior.; that by | the use of pumps and other lifting appli- ances it is designed and intended to with- | draw the waters from the iake, which are | tobe carried to an elevation above the lake varying from 60 to 200 feet, in order that it mizght be placed npon the lands | for irrigation. Besides thatof irrigation, it 13 an ob- ject of the project to dredge Lower Kings River and the lake and render them nav abie. While Engineer Davis' scheme is astu- | pendous one, tuose who sre acquainie with the situation say that it is notatall impracticable. It will require a big in- | vestment of money, but if water can be placed upon the West Side lands the re- | turns will be manifold. The area sought to pe irrizated isembraced in the big Sun- set District organization, which does nog at present bid fair to accomplish muck because of warrin, i HOW HE WOULD CATCH DUNHAM. Novel Proposition Made to Santa Clara Officials by an Amateur Detective. SAN JOSE, CaL., Aug. 6.—Sheriff Lyn- don to-day received a letter from G. T. James, an amateur detective at Bradley | Beach, N, J., who advances a aovel propo- sition in regard to the capture of James C. Dunbam, the muraerer of the McGlincy family. He wants the citizens of the county to employ him to search for the fugitive for a period of ten years at a sal- ary of $10 per week; or he is willing to accept a five-year contract at a weekly stipend of $1 expenses also to be paid in each case. It employea he agrees to circulate Dun- ham'’s picture in every city and_country oi the world and make a systematic| search for the man. In order toreimburse the citizens of the county he says he will writea book of his travels, which they may publish and sell acd deduet the amoun therefrom paid him in salary and | expenses. in case of Dunham’s capture he agrees to refund to the county the amount paid him out of the $11,000 re- ward offered for the murderer. James claims to be a poet, and he agrees to add some of his verses to his book of travels, and thus increase itssale. Itis needless to siate no attention will be paid to the detective's letter. B 70 Sell the McGliney Estate, SAN JOSE, Can, Aug. 6.—A petition asking for an order to sell the real and versonal property of the estate of Ada M. | McGlincy, a victim of Murderer James C. Dunham, was filed in the Superior Court to-day b; . Farr, the executor of the estate. The petitioner recites that it is | necessary to sell the property in order to | pay off the indebtedness, which amounts | 10§95,0. The estate has been appraised at | $46,000. It comsisis of an orchard home near Campbell, worth over $30,000, and toe | balance is in stock and bonds. After the | debts are-paid, the entire estate goes to | James C. Brewer, the iniant son of Mur- | | | iz derer Dunham. No FEridence Againat Stanton. SAN JOSE, CaL., Aug. 6.—A. B. Stanton, an Eastern newspaper correspondent who | was arrested a couple of weeks ago on a | charge of burglary, was discharged from custody to-day. Tnere was no evidencs introduced at the examination connecting him with the robber: - Struck by a Irain. SAN JOSE, €aAn, Aug. 6.—Martin O’Brien, a section-hand, was struck by a train at the broad-gauge depot this morn- ing and tossed a dozen feet to one side.. A | severe wrenching of the back was the only | injury sustained. That O Brien escaped death ie considered miraculous. He saw the train coming but delayed getting off | the track. —— Deaihe From Heat at Guaymas. NOGALES, Awniz., Aug. 6.—An advice irom Guaymas siswes that to-day was the Lottest in the history of that city. At | recognize card { about $3000. noon the thermometor registerel 120 ia the shade. Many of the residents were prostrated by the heat. Five died, two of them Americans whose names it isim- possible to learn. — - CLYMPI1 PRINTERS STRIKE. Typographical Union Causes a Ces- sation of Work in the State Printing Office. OLYMPIA, WasH., Aug. 6.—There isa big row in the offics of State Printer Hicks in this city. Although crowded | with pressing State work all csmposition | has stopped. Yesterday the Oiympia Typogravhical Union ordered a strike, Several men remained at work, and last night these were expelled by the union, which also declared the State Printing Oflice a “‘rai” offica. The strike is the culmination of a series of abuses which the union_claims it has endured ever since State Printer Hicks took ofiice. It claims he has persistently iznored tne union from tne start, begin- ning by attempting a reduction in the cale of wages baid by the iormer State Printer, from $3 50 to $3 a day. This reduction was resisted and finally not made, The printers say he has from the start | employed a non-un'on pressman and has even gone 50 far as to make arrangements with a well-known ‘‘rat’” pressman to augment the force in his pressroom. He has brought into the office men whom the printers believ> are wholly un ed to do work of ‘the high stendard demanded by the State. This is what State Printer Hicks says: “Itis an'effort on the partof the old State printing force to compel me to em- ploy them instead of men of mv own choosing. They regard the State office as their exclusive asylum and new men from | other places in tie State as trespassers. By maintaining an exciusive union they hoped 1o accomplish this. ‘Chey refuse to men from other towns, who came here to work in the State Print- ing Oflice, and by excluding these repre- sentatives of the State offiecs from their union they have been abie to make arbi- trary rules and regulations for mv own office impossible to comply with. Failing to force me to employ them they have availed themselves of pretexts of their own construction to put into effect their little conspiracy oi ‘ratting’ my office.” The entire State is greatiygnterested in the fight. Hicks has been a union printer for twen:y vears, He avas nominated by the Silver Fusionists and elected on the strengti of his being a strong supporter of organized labor. GAMBLERS VACATE SAUSALITO. Sheriff Harrison's Descent Upon the | Faro kalls Is Made Too Late. SAUSALITO, CaL, Aug. 6.—The faro- dealers who have been operating their illegal business in a room off the saloon in Siinkey's E! Monte Hotel on Water street have ieft for more prosperous re- gions, where the vigilant officers of the law wili not molest them. Sherift Henry Harrison to-day made a raid on the qua: ters formerly occupied by the gamblers, but was not successful in securing either outfits or players. District Attorney E. B. Martinelli yes- terday received a notification from Prose- cuting Attorney Adolph Sylva of Sausa- lito to the effect that tne Board of Town Trustees of Sausalito bad ordered him to inform the District Attorney that a game | of faro was in operation in the town in violation of the law. Martinelli laid the matter before Sheriff Harrison, aud the Sheriff made arrangements to raid the place. Boarding an early train from San Rafael for tne gamblers’ resort the Sheriff de- scended upon the hotel from an upper road. No attempt was made to interfere with him. Constable John B. Mahar of Mill Valley assisted him. The officers entered the hotel and commenced to | search the building from top to bottom. Each room fas searched, but no sign of | the faro game or roulette wheet' could be found. place. The gamblers had deserted the —_— STRIKE A7 54NTA ROSA, Cappers and Solderers in @ Cannery Leave Tb-ir Posts. SANTA ROSA, CAr., Aug. 6.—Operators on the capping and soldering machines in the Cutting Packing Company’s cannery went on a strike yesterday. They were experienced hands, working every season at that employment. At noon thev called upon Manager W. Van Allen and asked for a substantial wage increase. They were being paid by piecework—49 cents per 1000 cans. They demanded 17)4 cenis an hour, the rate paid at another local cannery. The manager refused point blank, and twelve operators, the whole force em- ployed on that work with the exception of one man, walked out. The strikers in- duced a number of other hands to quit also. A few men have been engaged to | fill their vlaces, but they are green hands. Over 300 persons are employed in that cannery, and if competent solderers are not engaged a reduction will have to be mace in the working force. Professor Lowe's Dew Fenture. PHENIX, Arrz., Aug. 6.—Professor T. 8. C. Lowe of Los Angeles, famous as a balloonist,inventor and builder of the Echo Mountain and Mount Lowe Scenic Rail- way, with his sons Theddeus and L. P. Lowe, filed articles of incorporation with the Territorial Secretary to-day for the American Gas and Coke Company. The capital stock is $1,000,000. Tue company will operate chiefly in Southern California and proposes to manufacture coke, gas, etc.,, and operate an extensive pipe line system. e Holdup at santa Rosa. SANTA ROSA, CAL, Ang. 6.—J. Bon- ner, a teamster, while walking from his residence on Callege avenue to the can- nery last night at about 9 o’clock, was | halted by three men on the railroad track, near Tenth street. Bonner knocked one down and hit another with a stone. The | three then tried io ciose in on him and he ran, making his escape. A thorough search revealed no trace of his assailants. e Found in Feather River. MARYSVILLE, CaL, Aug. 6.—The un- recognizable remains of a man were found in Featber River, opposite Vernon, in Sutter County. They had been in. the water about ten days. The man appeared to be 37 years oid. He wore laborer's clothing and had asack of sand tied to his neck. Tue residents are divided in their opinion as to whether the case is one of murder or not. - Improvementy at Eldridge Home, SANTA ROSA, Car, 6. — The trustees of the California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-minded Chil- dren have let a contract foran electric lighting plant and engine. The home is lighted by gas at preseat. This is con- sidered unsafe, because of the character of the inmates. The new system will cost Transfor of Sonoma Wine. SANTA ROSA, Can, Aug. 6.—An in- strument was filed with the County Re- corder to-day which witnesses the transfer of 13,000 gallons of dry red wine of the vintage of 1896 trom G. S. Hamiiton of Healdsburg to the California Wine- makers’ Corporation. S BT Lime Po nt Boul-vard. LIME POINT STATION, CaL., Aug. 6. The boulevard constructed by the United States Government from Sausalito to Lime Point is completed and will shortly be ex- tended to Bonite. A company of sixty soldiers has done the work. TOMAN VIGTI OF WHITE CAPS Masked Men Visit the Home of a Stockion Widow. Compel Her to Come Outand Be Subjected to Abusive Epithets. Her Husband Died a Year Ago Under Circumstances Suggest- ing Murder. STOCKTON, Car, Aug. 6.—A peculiar story found its way into this city to-day. It recalis the whitecap methods, and if what is said be true the officers will put a stop to the outrageous practices. A band of masked men, numbering a dozen or fifteen, has been descending upon the home of Mrs. Sanguinetti, seven {miles from Stockion on the Cherokee Lane road, and compelling her to come | out of the house at late hours of the night | to be hootea st and subjected to abusive | talk. The mob, each man wearing a | mask, assembled in Stockton late one night last week and appeared at the San- guinetti home at abowi 10 o’clock. The men remained nearly an hour. Loud | talking could be heard, but as it was in the Ltalian language those who overbeard it could not understand what was said. ‘When the st reached the city it was at first thought likely that the men were serenaders, for it is a ¢ommon thing among Italian garden-hands to dress up in carnival costume and call around from one house to another. This fact was dis- pelled by the iact that the talk seemed evidently to be carried on angrily. At last there was & pisiol-shot and then the crowd departed. Several Italians who were questioned in Stockton to-day said they had heard there was talk of “‘white- capping” the woman, but did not know thatit had been carried out. Mrs. Sanguinetti is the widow of a man | Who died about a year ago under circum- | stances that suggested poisoning, but the | Coroner’s inguest led to a verdict of death from heart disea | iz s CY¥CLERY WAIEKMELON RUN, Wheelmen Will Make Great Inroads Into the Lodi Product. STOCKTON, CAr, Aug. 6.—The great wheelmen’s watermelon picnic on Sunday will be one of the big events of the season in Central California, and absolutely the largest wheelmen's function of the kindin | the State. All arranzements have about been completed. The Dist of invitations embraces every club in the State, but | most of the delegates will come from San | Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, Vallejo, | Benicia and other places within a radins | of 150 miles. Already there are thirty or | forty visitors here as an advance guard. | Unless the programme falls throueh, the | Capital City Cyclers will chartera boat to | come. The new lines steamer at San | Francisco will be heid over to accommo- | date the metropoutan cyclers, and will pick up contingents on the up irip. In the morning the local and visiting boys will make a circui: of the town in parade. The starc will be made from the | Plaza. which will be the scene of some | artistic maneuvering = before ‘the proces- | sion staris. | There will be a lunch for the wheelmen | immediately after the per:de. The water- | melon cutting will commence at 12:30, | and from that time on the Lodi product | wili suffer. Over 1000 meions have been engaged for the ailernoon and tie motto | of theday is *‘eat tnem till they double i you.” Sl i SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY’S GAIN. | Reimbursed by the State for the Care of | Homeless Childrven, STOCKTON, CAr., Aug. 6.—The County | Treasury is $203980 richer than it was | yesterday. Treasurer Kerrick to-day re- | ceived from Sacramento acheck for that | amount. There was a law some time ago, | which has been repealed since, which | provided that the State pay a pro-rata for the care of indigents and other depend- ents. In revealing it, the BState did not forego the burden of caring for orphans and hali-orphans. However, San Joaquin, | among other counties, cousidered that | State support of all dependents was cut off. Inthe discussion at the meeting of the Supervisors in Los Angeles, it was broughit out that Siate help was extended to orphans and baif-orphans. This knowledge the Supervisors brought back and the matter was investigated. Depuzg Recorder Perrott and George Brown Sr. went over the books for some years back, and looked up all bills under that head psid bv the county in fuli. The result was $2039 80 was found to be due. This claim was sent to Sacramento, audited by ihe Board of Examiners, passed upon favorably and paid this morning. | | | | KELSO SEEN IN SAN BERNARDINO. Attorney Christy Recognizes a Youth | Who Slew His Father | Pennsylvania. SAN BERNARDINO, Car, Aug. 6.— An event which may lead to the arrest of one of the most daring criminals and parricides of the age; occurred some daysago. J. C, Christy, an attorney, met and recognized on the street Archie Keiso, a youth of 22 years, who murdered his father near Pittsburg, Pa., nearly a year ago. Christy was an intimate friend of Henry Keiso, the murdered man, who vas a well-known railroad conductor liv- | ing at a small viilage near Pitisburg, and although he had not seen the murderer since he was a mere lad he remembered i him and had lately seen a portrait of him. As soon as young Kelso caught Mr. Christy’s eye he dropped his own and hurried away, and a lew minates later hailed a delivery wagon and gsked fora ride 1o the depot. The Sheriff was noti- fied, but it was too late, as there was no wace of the young man. The murder was committed in a grove near Pittsburg. whither Archie had en- ticed his faiher. Getting b-hind the un- suspecting viciim the boy struck him on | the head with a ciub, felling him to the ground. Then he to.k a pocket-knife aud | cut off the head, which he threw intoa | river, and buried the headless trank in rutbish close atvhand. This occurred on September 17.186. The head and body were both discovered and the boy fled to Oklahoma, where he remained until July 13, 1897. On the way he confessed to the crime as coolly as if it was of but little moment to him. At Bt. Louis the officers and prisoner took a compartment in' a Puliman on the ‘Wabash road for Chicago. The dcor be- ing iocked they did not handcuff the pris- oner, who pretended to be very ill. When near morning one of the officers fell asleep, telling the other tokeep close watch. Young Kelso leaned both hundas on the window sill, with his head out of the win- dow, saying he was very sick at his stom. ach. Suddenly, with a desperate spring, he shot through the window although the train was going fifty milesan nour. The train was stopped, and the officers hurried back to find the remains of ther in prisoner, supposing he could not possibly have survi such a leap. They found where he had struck and turned a somer- sault, striking on hisfeet and then bound- ing twenty feet away. He had evidently escaped without a scratch. Organizing a posse, they made search for bim and railed the youth to where he had joined a funeral procsssion, when all trace was lost. The father and boy both haa ungovern- able tempers, and ‘it is supposed they quarreled and the fon at the first oppor- tunity strack his fatver down. The offi- cers who arrested and iost the prisoner stated that when they found him he was about to start west from Oklahoma, and they would look for him out this way. Mr. Christy feels certain the young man, who weighs about 105 pounds and appears consumptive, is the person wanted. EhEr sty SUITS AGAINST ORCHARDISTS. R Los Angeles County Brings Actions on Liens for the Eradication of &cale. LOS ANGELES, Car., Aug. 6.—Some lively litigation is expected to arise from the enforcement of the law usuthorizing the County Horticultaral Commissioner to enter citrus fruit orchards found to be infested with pernicious scale, eradicate the pests and charge the cost tothe owner of the trees. Deputy District Aitorney James to-day began the work of bringing suit against about tnirty orchardists of this county for charges for disinfecting their orchards. ‘The orchardists disre- garded the ter days’ notice to clean up, and ihe Horticultural Commissioner did the work deemed necessary and put liens against the property ior the caarges? The amount of liens is fixed at $10. A majority of the tracts are situated in Ri- vera, eleyen being in that locality, with liens amounting to $1800. Los Angeles has one, and that uelongs to Henry T. Hazard. The otners, with the number of tracts in each iccaiity, are as follows: Whittier and Duarte, each two; Covina, Pomona and Pasadena, each one; Downey and Monrovia, each five. The orchardists, in their defense, are expected to allege that in many cases the disinlectant process ruined their trees, and they will claim an oif et. —_———— IRON WORKKS WILL REUPEN. English Capital to Kack a Los Angeles Enterprise. LOS ANGELES, Cin, Aug. 6—The closing of the Los Angeles Iron and Steel Works several months ago was a severe blow to this city, for the success following the mill was expecied to disprove the assertion that manutacturing could not be made successful here. There are hopes now that the works, which zave employ- ment to nearly 300 men, are soon to be re- opened, backea by English capital. Pre-i- dent A. S. Robbins said to-day on this subject: ‘““We have every hope of the reorganizs. tion of the company with capital to pros- Lecafe work and pay off all indebtedness. Insteada of buying our steel billets East we provose to erect our own furnaces and make them here. We are endeavoring to arrange with an English syndicate to sup- ply the necessary moneyv to carry out the work. Ouragent will leave New York on the steamer Musjestic for London to-day. He gives us every assurance that within a reasonable time the funds will be forth- coming to carry out our plans success- fully.” e HARNESSING 4 STREAM, Waters of Bear Crerk to Supply Eleclric Power. LOS ANGELES, Carn, Aug. 6.—An- other electric power company is being or- ganized to husband the energy of one of Southern California’s streams. C. R. Lloyd of this eity is at the head of the en- terprise. Kngineers completed the work upon the preliminary surveys of Bear Creek after thirty, days of the haraest kind of work in a mountalnous region al- ways believed to be almost inaccessible for such labor. The originators of the scheme have ac- quired the water rights above the head works of the Southera California Power Company. A diverting dam will be built at Corkscrew Falls on Bear Creek, and the water of this stream will be conveyed in flumes and tunnels to Bear ureek, whence it wili be pij ed to the junction of Bear Creek and the Sants Ans. Here the powerhouse will be built. There will be a fall of over 1300 feet from Cork-crew Falls to the powerhouse. The electricity will be transmitted to Los Angeies and other towns in Southern Caliornia. San Fran- cisco capital is interested in the scheme. LomIh SANTA MOMIUA ASSEMBLY. Social Fquality Problem Proves @ Stumb- ling B ock. SANTA MONICA, CAn, Aug. 6.—rhe aniversity assembly gave its first concert last evening to a large audience. The programme was excallent. Senor Rami- rez and his solos on the novel bandurria received enthusiastic encores. Professor Syle this morning read an in- teresting paper on ‘‘Literature,” with especial attention to Swift, and Miss Annie 8. Averill was equally entertaining on “The Queens of History,” dealing es- pecially with Isabells, Catherine the Sec- ond and .Victoria. The afternoon session was devoted to a parliament on the problem of poverty. Mrs. Ella F. Weller read a philanthropic essay on the subject and then dixcussion waxed warm. . It developed that some of the earnest workers realize the painful gulf between themseives and their kitche; maids, while other noble souls ¢ uld no! be made to see tne inequality. Rev. Mr. Maynard made an earnest appeal that the teachings of Christ should be foilowed. Resolutions were passed indorsing the institutional church, and the movement looking toward organizing in behalf of ‘Christian citizenship, and condemnatory of the saloons, and encouraging the move- ment toward helping the poor to help themselves. e KUBBERIES 41 SAN RAFAEL, Horse, Carringe and Bicyele Disappear Vary Swuddenly. SAN RAFAEL, Car., Aug® 6.—Two rob- beries were committed in San Rafael last night. A horse and carriage owned by William Whittemore of Ross Valley was unhitched irom a post back of the court- bouse, on Fifth avenue. Whittemore came from Ross Valley to attend a meet- ing at Hotel Rafael and left his rig out- side. When the meeting was over he went to where the horse had been hitched, but it had disappeared. During the evenin bicycle was stolen from Oda Fellows’ Hali. It was the property of John W. Schlosser. pRTii e e Arizonn Miaing Companies Incorporate. PH@ENIX, Ariz., Aug. 6.—Articles of incorporation for two big mining oom- panies were filed with the Territorial Secretary to-day, as follows: Bay Horse Mining Company; capital stock, $125,000, of which $200,000 is paid up; incorpora- tors—Richard Garvey, J. A. Stevenson and ¥. H. Keith; principal uffices at Los Angeles. ' Laurel Mountain Muning Com- vany of Los Angeles; capital steck $1,- 000,000; already subscribed, $305.000; in- corperators—H. H. Lafin, O. J. Weber, H. M. Weaver. J. R. Manning, J, L. Stanley, D. O. Donoghue, G. S. Stewart, and P. J. Halloway. 4 At Camp Santa Monica. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Aug. 6.— The sixth division of naval reserves {from San- ta Barbara arrived at Camp Santa Monica to-day on the steamer Santa Rosa and will remain until Sunday nigh'. The bo{l in their spick and rpan white'duck suits form a picturesque feature of camp life. The battalion from Los Angeles gave a ball at Eckert's this evening. : FEUD OF SAN RAFAEL DAMES One Under Arrest for Throwing Bricks at Another. Retalialtes by Accusing Her Foe of Threats Against Her Life. Ofiicers Kept Busy by the Strife Between the Houses of Nel- son and Barker. SAN RAFAEL, CaL., Aug. 6.—There is no end of trouble in store for the Nelson and Barker families in San Rafuel. Mrs. E. Nelson, who has long lived in the town, is under $150 bonds to keep the peace. She and her daughter, Miss Carrie Nelson, have been arrested for battery. Mrs. A. H. Barker swore to a complaint against the women, whom she accuses of throwing a brick at her and cutiing her head open. Anothercomplaint wassworn to against Mrs. Nelson by Mrs. Barker, in whith she alleges that Mrs. Nelson said she would put a bullet through her. Mrs. Barker, fearful of her life, had Mrs. Nelson placed under bonds. The case came up before Justice George Rodden last night. Mrs. Nelson was sent to jail, where she stayed just one hour. In the meantime her son procured $150 cash bond and the woman was released. Upon the battery charge Mrs. Nelson said that she wisned a change of venue, as she did not believe she couid get a fair trial in San Rafael. Tuis was vranted, and Jus- tice J. 8. Bellrude of Sausalito wiil try the case, it having been transferred to his court, Mrs. Nelson went before Justice Elwin Gardiner to-day and swore to a warrant against her neighbor and enemy, Mrs. A. H. Barker, charging her with threats against her lite. The women live on D street, between First and Taylor, and recentiy have had a quarrel. Now both :iles have appealed to the authorities to have them settle the matrer. Mr: Nelson it was who about a year ago proved berself a fighter when she haa a set-to with Under Sueriff Jofin Flannon, who went 10 arrest her daughter. While Mrs. Nelson stood off the Under Sheriff her daught-r climbed out of a second-story wincaw, slid down one of the supparts of the roof over the veranda and muae away with a couple of deputies at her heels. After an exciting chase through the sireets of San Rafael the girl was captured and todged in juil. ‘\?hen thie deputy went to take Mrs. Nel- son to jail last night sbe fought viciousl; and it was only aiter a struggle that Co stable William Trainer got her to the jail. To retaiiate Mrs. Nelson swore to the com- plaint against Mr-. Barker, and now all the parties are detendant; LUES 4 PHENIX BONIFACE. Mrs. Haff Brings Action to Recover the Full Value of Ker Stolen Diamonds. PH(ENIX, Ariz, Aug. 6.—Last Febru- ary there was a sensatiou in Pheenix over the loss oi Mrs. M. R. Haff’s diamonds at tbe Adams Hotel. To-day another, though somewhat milder, sensation was produced when Mrs. Haff filed a suit in the Disirict Court against J. C. Adams, demanding $6542 from him to oifset the value of her stolen diamonds. Mrs, Haff came last December from Frankfort, Ky., and brought with her “‘one pendant, set in diamonds; one neck- lace, set 1n diamonds; one pin with large emerald, set in diamonds; one cameo pin, set in diamonds: one sunburst diamond pin, set in pearls; one circle pin, set in pearls and oliveens; one white enamel pin, with diamond center; one three-stone ring, set in white, canary and brown dia- monds; one three-stone ring, set in dia- monds and emeralds; one ring, set in pearls and diamonds; one ring, set in pearls and diamonds, with large pearl in center; one marquise ring in white, brown and canary diamonds; one opal ring, set in diamonds; one cluster ring, set in diamonds, and one ruby pin, chased gold—valus $6542." With these jewels Mrs. Haff astonished the plain folks of Pi cenix and attracted a great deal of attention at the hotel. She did not wear them all at one time, but her possession of them was by no means a secret. On the morning of the 1st of Febrnary the city suffered a severe thock, for the news that Mrs, Haff’s wonderful jewelry had been stolen from her suite at the Adams Hotel was let out upon the unsus- pecting people at one fell swoop. On sus- picion one of the hallboys was arrested and his living-auarters searched, but nothing was found. He was held upon another more trivial charge, convicted of it finally and served his term in the jail. Recently he was set at liberty, the jswels still missing. Rewards were offered and telegrams describing the jewels were sent all over the country, hut not a dollar’s worth ot the $6542 valuation was ever recovered. Mrs. Haff bought new j weiry. but she valued much of the olu siock from its associations. She has remained in Ari- zona as a guest of the Adams Hotel until a few days ago, when she made a formal demand upon its f‘ropriflor for the value of herstolen jewels Mr. Adams denied his responsibility because the property was not leit in his personal keeping. Then Mrs. Haff meved to other lodgings and entered suit against Mr. Adams. —_— - \ FINISH AT PACIFIC GROVE. Christian Temperance Women Con- clude Their Annual Lelibera- tions and Adjourn. PACIFIC GROVE, CAL., Aug. 6.—The School of Methods of the Women’s'Chris- tian Temperance Union ended its work to-day. An evangelistic exercise was con- ducted by Mrs. E. G. Green, the Women's Christian Temperance Union State evan- gelist. Rev. Eugenia 8t. Jobn of Kansas, Mrs. Louise Thomson of Indians and Miss Barbour adso took part. The last public session of the School of Methods was called to order at 1:30 o’clock by the president and the opening praise service was conducted by rs. C. J. Ward. Mesdames Bailey, Willey and Hall ren- dered pleasing songs, and were followed by the first of the afiernoon lecturers, Mrs. R. A. Emmons of Chicago, who spoke on *‘Dress Reform.” Mrs. Nellie Blessing Eyster, editor of the Pacific Ensign and superintendent of the Juvenile Department of the Women’s Christian Union, gave the secord iecture of the afternoon—a talk to children upon the njurious effects of alcohol and nar- cotics upon the human system. The lec- ture was illustrated with physiological charts and was interesting to adults and children alike. The convention officers this afternoon H tendered a reception in El ‘melo Hote to the dolegntegnnd visitors from distant States, and this evening the closing exer- cise of the convantion took place in the assembly hall. Professor H. Eca da Silva entertained a large audience with a de- scription of Oriental music, which heillus- trated with Oriental insiruments. His wife, a Chinese woman with a Eu‘l;opmn education, lectured upon “'Opium, from its introdnetion into China by the English until 1ts present condition of terrible su- premacy in the Celestial empire. ,Sne described Chinese domestic customs. The practice of selling women into slavery was touched upon and laid, by Dr. da Silva, to the influence of the baneful drug. e o TRAGEDY AT GRASS VALLEY. Mrs. Thomas 4nderson, Weary of Being Beaten by Her Husband, S hoots kim. GRASS VALLEY, CaL, Aug. 6.— Thomas Anderson, alias McCormick, was shot and dangerouslty wounded by his wife last night. It is asserted that AAnder- son frequently indulged in the pastime of cruelly besating his wife, who is a8 sn?nll, frail woman, while Anderson is a giant and has fizured somewhat as a prize- fighter. It is said that he almost starved nis little wife, while he lived at the res- taurants. She bore it all patiently, and would not leave him, because she loved him; and after receiviug some cruel beat- ings the poor woman would caress her busband the next day and ask him *why be could treat her -0.” % : Anderson came home Iast night in an ugly mood and demanded something to eat. As he did not bring anything with bim, uis wife informed him that she had nothing to cook. He beat her unmerci- fully, torturing beyond enduraance the pa- tient woman. She procured a 22-caliber pistol and shot him twice, one bullet pass- ing through the left eye and the other en- tering at the back of the head. Officers arrested the couple. Bonds were promptly supplied for the wife, but none were forthcoming for the husband, who was taken to jail and attended by doc- tors. To-day he was handed over to the Sheriff at Nevada City and had his left eye removed. It is thought that he will re- cover. Public sympathy 1s altogether with Mrs. Anderson. 2ol VISALIA’S COMING BARBECUE. Falley Koad Celebraiion om a Grand Scale Prej-cled. VISALIA, CaL., Aug. 6 —Last night the committee in charge of the Valley Rail- road ce!ebration here on September 9 held a business meeting and madegadditional a-rangements for the coming preat day. ‘fhe barbecue committee estimaied that twenty beeves, twenty hogs and forty sheep will be required to feed the muiti- tude, and these animals will be doia ed by the iarmers and stock-raisers in inis vicinity. Four companies of militia, be- sides the local comjay, have accepted the inwet tion to be here and assist in the proper celebration of an ezent that Visalia feels is the greatest in i's history. Ben M. Maddox of the Times, Mayor Hammond and S. Mitchell have been appointed to receivs the Valley rcad officiais. These three zentlemen have done more to get the road here than any other three men in town. William H. Alford, chairman of the State Democratic Central Com- mittee, has been selected to deliver the oration of thed CaMP ABE LINCUOLNMS HREROES. Mayor Reed Extends a Welcome to San Disgo’s Warrior Guests. SAN DIEGO, CAL., Aug. 6.—The fifth annuoal encampment of the Southern Cahi- fornia Veteran Association was auspi- ciously inaugurated in the big Assembly Pavilion to-night in the presence of 2500 people. The prograromé opened with an eloquent address ot weicome by Mayor D. C. Reed. This was responded 1o Com- mander A. J. Bell of the association. Ad- dresses wers delivered by D. L. Murdock and Hon. W. W. Bowers. Two thousand strangers are already here, and over one-half of these are old soldiers now occupying Camp @be Lin- coln. The streetsure gayly decorated in honor of the city’s guests, and from the leading business blocks and public puild- ings flags have been hoisted. Some 1500 to 2000 visitors are expected to arrive to- morrow. The encampment will last ten days, closing on the 16:h. e S FIRES AT GiASS FALLEY. Inree Conflagrations Occur at Night Within a Few Hours. GRASS VALLEY, CaL., Aug. 6.—Three fires occurred in Grass Valley within s few hours of each other last night. The dwelling-house of Patrick Kenny, fore. man of the Gold Hill mine, was destroyed by a conflagration caused by a jamp ex- plosion. Ths Jloss was $1500 and the in- surance §1150. At 1 o’clock this morning the building of Anthony Carroll was con- sumed. There was no one living in the house at .the time. The loss was $Sw and insurance $400. At 3:30 the third fire took place, at the residence of Charles Jones, on Massachusetts hill. This fire gained such neadway that Mrs. Jones had barely time to escape with her children. The loss was $800 and insurance $400. A - UTAH MINES CLOSED. Twelve Hundred Workwmen Thrown Cui of Employment. SALT LAKE, Urag, Aue. 6.—The On- tario and Daly mines at Park City, Utah, closed down this eveninge. A cut in wages was made several days ago and the men cheerfuily submitted, but owing to the drop in silver during the past few days it was deemed best to close them aito- gether. This action means the throwing o1t of employment of at least 1200 miners, or the depriving of 4000 persons of the necessaries of lice, as most of the miners are married. There is intense excitement in this city and Park City to-night over the action of the companies. Lot Two Keno Games in Fresno. FRESNO, CaL, Aug.6.—Fresno has two keno games running every night, and they are well patronized. the good morals of the town and the wel- fare of its youths the City Trustees are | trying to devise means to stop the games, The promoters do not take out any per- centage, although there is an understand- ius that the winner must pay for a drink whenever Keno is called. It isa question whether the game 13 illegal when con- ducted in this manner. The Trustees are considering the advisabili'y of revoking tne licenses of the saloons in which the games are run. S gl For a Fresno County Fair. FRESNO, CAn, Aug. 6.—A movement to hold a Fresno County fair at the racetrack 1n October next, beginning on the 12t and continuing for eight days, has been started. The chief promoter is L. Rockman, and he is meeting with en- couragement from the local business men. A list of premiums has already been formulated, and it is such that hvely competition will undoubtedly b= induced. There will be a race i with the faie meet in conjunction —_— Warrant for @ Rand Miney. RANDSBURG, CAL, Aug. 6.—J. Charles Sloan, barkeeper at the Johannesburg Hotel, this evening caused a warraat 10 be issued for the arrest of George F. Fugard. Hecharges Fugard with obtain- ing goods under fa'se pretenses. 0 left this evening for Los Angelex. Fugar: departed or Wednesday night with Sloan’s team for the same city. George Fugard is the best known in Southern California, st e The fac-simile signature of 7 is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. In behalf of | IMedlul Institute, and usei | RANGHERS FIGHT T0 THE DEATH Lewis A. Wofford Shot and Killed in Crane Valley. Attempts to Recover Cattle Impounded by One of His Neighbors. Fires When His Demand Is Refused and Is H m elf Made a Tar- § e for Bullets. MADERA, Can, Aug. 6.—Eugene Tully, a young man from O'Neals, arrived in Madera this morningz witn the news of a shooting affray yesterday evening on the McSwain ranch, situated on the road from Fine Gold to Crane Valley. Lewis A.Wofford, a rancher of Crane Valley. was shot and instantly kilied by Patsy Rear- don, a young man 20 years of age. According to Reardon’s statement to the officers, Woffurd permitted his cattle to run at larze a gocd deal of the time, and they had been doing serionsgdamage upon the McSwain ranch, which Reardon was in charge of. On Wednesday they had committed more depredations, and Reardon rounded them up, drove them into the corral and placea ibem under lock and key. Wofford went to the Me- Swain ranch yesterday in search of his cattle, and finding them in the corral, or- dered Reardon to turn them loose. Rea don refused to do this until Wofford made cash restitution for the damage. Wofford refused to pay ana atempted to unlock the corral gate, when he was ordered by Reardon with some show of force to desist. Wofford drew a pistel and fired at Reardon, who ran to the house, procured a Winchester riffe and returned the fire, the bullet striking Wofford in the neck, killing him instanily, Reardon then went to O’Neals and surrendered himself into the custody of Deputy Sher. ff Strivens, who 1s bring him 10 Madera to place him in jail to await bis preliminary exam:nation. “The Corouner and Disirict Attorney left this morning for tire scene of the shooting to hold an inquest. They wfil not return until to-morrow night. Wofford was 36 years of age, a native of Texas ‘and leaves a widow and a large family of children. Tully staies that a oimot was found underneath the body of W-2i0Td, but whether it hed been recently dtscharged or not could not be ascertained. 4 Demented Colored Salvationist Hangs Himself to u Iree. SANTA ROSA, CaL, Aug. Henry Jobnson, a colored laa, committed sui- cide by hanging himself. Johnson wasa cook, and had been in town about six months working at odd jobs. Forabout two months past he had been employed asa hostler by H. L. Tripp. He wasa zealous member of the Salvation Armv and it is supposed religions mania had turned his head. He arose aboui 6 o’clock, leit a note to his employar stating his intention of suicide, took a braided bals rope and walked a mile out near therace- treck, climbed a tree, made his rope fast to a stout limb and jumped off about twelve feet. He was seen by a butcher on bhis way and was then singing “Glory, glory, 1 am on my road to heaven.” Deceased was 19 years of age and a native of Tenuessee. S Indians Fight at Maricopa MARICOPA, ARz, Aug. 6.—Lopez, a Yuma Indian, was killed last night in a drunken row near this vlace, Louis, a well-known Pima, firing the fatal shot. Lopez nearly killed several indians in a fit of drunken rage until stopped by a pistol bullet. —_— Hinsh School for st. Helena. ST. HELENA, CAL., Aug. 6.—St. Helena will have a high school. The proposition was carried by six votes to-aay. St. Helena gave a majority of 11 in favor, Lodi 9 in favor, and” Vineland 14 againsc it. A large vote was poiled. THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE IN THE world who do not need help of .some sort. Somstimesitis of one sort, some- times of another. But the man who needs belp most is the man who is only half a man—the poor mortal who exists almost against his ewn desire. He must have it, or there will be another story to tell. You. have seen men of thissort. Their frame is exhausted; they have a down-trodden look; ttey ssem to feareveryhody who comes along; they are undecided about everything—and in fact they have lost alf’ - the will power they ever had. Indeed a: most pitiable sight! But they are not lost. There is still E For even them. “‘Depraved’ is what they ~ are said to b> by people who are. possibly as sinlu! as these poor creatures have ever been, but quite often they feel too “Blue” tocare whatissaid of them. Hundreds of them can be sseri any day in this city, but it is marvelous that they continue in this way. “Hudyan,” which istue specific aiscovered by the doctors of the Hudson by them:. always in cases of this sort, cires eyen in . the most terrible ingtances. Lossis are absolutely stopped in a week, and toings - begin to look very, very differently to the sufferer at once. In fact he finds that he" : has been given a new lease of LIFE There may happen to be @ reader of this paper who, though strons as a lion, hus lumps in the throat, copper- colored spots on the limbs, whoge hair falling out, or who has one of the sure sig of a blo>d taint. It may be’ the primary, the secondsty or th: ter- tiary form. Whichever it is, the 30~ day blood cure’’ will erailcate it at once. Circulars as free as witer about “Hudyan’ and the blood ecure, too. Want some good medical advice? It’s yours for the were asking. But you have got to ask. Hudson Medical Institute. Stockion, Market and Ellis Sts,, SAN FRANCISCO, CAle