The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1897, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1897 SHOOTS AT EVERY ONE [N MGHT Drunken Man Rampant| With a Revolver at Spokane. FIRES REPEATEDLYINTO A CROWD. One Person Fatally Wounded and Two Others Badly Injured. THE MADMAN HIMSELF IS AT DEATH'S DOOR, Finally Brought Down by a Bullet From Chief cf Police Warren’s Pistol. SPOKANE, Wasn, Thomas, prospector, aged 35, shot throngh the liver and left shoulder; will die within forty-eight hours, Ole Oisen ot Anoka, Minn., aged 18, shot above the left nipple; probably mortaily wounded. C. E. Davis, shot in the left shoulder; flesh wound; will recover. Max Jackson, aged 11, shot in the left wrist and third finger; wound slight. This is the list of casuaities resulting from a desperate battle in front of the Grand Hote! in this city at 3:30 o’clock afternoon. On a crowded street twenty-eight shots were fired. John Thomas came down from the Fort Stecle country several days azo. Nothing is known of him except that he has been crazy drunk for a day or two. This after- noon he approached George M. Watson, a prospector of Leavenworth, Wash., who was seated in front of the Grand Hotel, and asked: *“‘Have you had all the fun with me that you want?"’ Watson had never seen the man before in his lifo, He backed off. Thomas re- peated the question, drawing a 48-caliber revolver as he did so. Watson fled, run- ning arouna the hotel. Thomas fired at him, the bullet cutting the man’s coat and vest, but escaping the skin by a frac- tion of an inch. Then Thomas delibe- rately turned his weapon on a crowd of fifteen or twenty hotel guests who were seated on chairs on the pavement. He fired three shots among them. When he got through some of the guests were on the third floor of the building and still going; the rest were fighting in the door- way. No one was hit. Thomas strolled slowly northward, re- loading his revolver as he went. A woman on the other side of the street attracted his{attention. He aimed his revolver at her, when a young Norwegian, Ole Olsen, ran in front of him and struck up the weapon. Thomas leaped back and, lower- ing the gun again, turned it upon the youthful hero and dropped him in his tracks. The woman was Mrs. Charles F. Ruddy. Bhe was unhurt. She is the wife of a prominent mining man. Police Officer Sullivan, a block away, was running to the scene. He could not see who was doing the shooting and did notdraw his own revolver. He was half the distance acrossihe street from Thomas when the latter turned on him, aimed ana fired. Sullivan pansed in surprise, but re- covering his presence of mind he pulled inis weapon and replied in kind, breaking a window in the City Hall a block away. The aim of both Thomas and Bullivan was bad and neither did damage to the other. Private Detective Alexander McDonald, from another direction, opened tire. Then it was that Thomes turned his revolver loose, shooting into the crowd that eould not get away and wounding two more per- sons. At this moment Chiet of Police Joel Warren arrived on the scene. He has killed three men already in the discharge of his duty, and is known as a dead shot. Tall, impassive, dressed in & long black frock coat, with flowing mustache and long black hair showing under a broad black hat, he made a striking figure as he took the center of the street all to himself and approached the desperate man, For some unaccountable reason he shot wildly the first time. Thomas concen- trated his attention upon Warren and fired quickly twice, while Warren was slowly raising his revolver for a second shut. This bullet went through Thomas’ liver, but the crazy prospector did not drop. He only winced and, turning, ran toward an old iron safe in a vacant lot near by. Warren fired again, and at the same instant three other revolvers blazed forth. Thomas was in the act of climbing over the rail to get to the lot. He sank down in a beap. Warren held up his hand as an order to the others to cease firing, ard the officers closed in on tbe mortally wounded man. As they lifted him he murmured again: ‘‘Have you had all the fun with me you want?"” He was taken to the Bacred Heart Hos- pital with the other wounded. He will make no statement except to say that his name is John Thomas and that he comes from Fort Steele, B. C. STOCKTON'S ANNUAL FAIR. Good Racing, a Meritorious Pavilion Display, and Fine Music in Prospect. STOCKTON, CaLn, Aug. 10.—The Stockton Driving Club hasthis year taken the place of the old San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Association in the manage- ment of the coming annual fair. This will open on September 20, and continue until the 2d of October, There are to ve six days of racing and fourteen days of entertainment in the big agricultural pavilion on San Joaquin street. The entries for the first racing events closed last week and from the number of good horses that are entered it is evident | applications for floor space. The character | splendid musical programme. Ritzau will | | same night. that the race programme this year will be far better than it was last y The purses for_all events, and when the entry lists are finally closed it is expected by the management that some of the cracks of the West will be among those who will | face the starter the first week during the fair, Some of the most prominent and ener- getic young Stocktonians are at the head of the movement to revive good racing here. George Catts is chairman of the fair committee and John W. Willy secre- | tary. The pavilion display promises to | be “better than for many years past | Already nearly every bit of n.vnflabley srace in the big agricultural pavilion bas | been taken, and the San Francisco ex- hibitors who wish to make displays <hould not be tardy in putting in their of the exhibits, will be far ahead of that of last year when the pavilion display was anything but a success, This year the exhibits will be decidedly attractive and will include the outjuts of many of the principal iactories of the coast. Every arrangement has been made for a [ charge of the music. A number of San Francisco artists are taking of send- 2 100 pictures here for exhibition dur- the fair and forsale here subsequently. S MANGLED BY SLIDING LUMBER. Tramp Fatally Injured While Stealing a Ride on an Frizona Train. PHENIX, Ariz., Aug. 10. — At Ash Fork, last night when a car of lumber consigned to Phoenix, was open a pitiable sight met the gaze of the trainmen. On the floor in one corner lay a tramp ter- ribly mangled, pbut still alive. He had | entered the car when it was being loaded | at Williams and had crouched down u: one end in an open space between the ends of the planking and the wall of the | car. On the ran to Ash Forks a jar bad | suddeniy thrown the mass of planking | against the man, pinioning him to the wall. The rough ends of the boards en- tered his flesh and terribly lacerated it. Then came a jar on the reverse end of the car, which shot the planks anay from the mangled tramp, allowing bim to drop in an almost lifeless and bleeding mass to the floor. His face was baltered beyond recognition, his chest was broken, and he received a number of internal injuries, The poor fellow was {aken from the car at Ash Forks and left there under medical attendance. He was too nearly unconscious to speak and uo one knows accidentof a somewhat similar victim in this case being a dumb brute, however, occurred on the run up irom Pre:cott to Ash Forks on the Jerry Suilivan had three carloads of fat stock on the north-bound train, and in some manner a section of | one side of a stockcar was jolted loose, and a big steer dropped into the aperture tail first,. The poor animal was wedged in from above and his hind feet hung down on the ties as the train rattled along, when the train was stopped, just before Ash Forks was reached, the steer was slowly bleeding to death. The ani- mal was put out of his misery at once. — . DISGRACED BECAUSE POOR, Stck Man Commits an Offense in Order to Get Medical Add. LOS ANGELES, CaAL., Aug. 10.—A poor unfortunate, Ben Wardell, a man of edu- cation and formerly a surveyor, but re- duced to dire distress, became danger- ously ill at Lancaster and desired for his own salvation to be sent to the County Hospital. He had been serving a ten days’ sentence in the County Jail asa pre- liminary step to the desired goal. It appears from the story that came out to-day that when Wardell found it neces- sary to become a county charge at the hospital he applied to the constable at Lancaster and was informed, he states, that the only method of sending him to the hospital was via the County Jail, and that in order to be sent there he must commit some offense. “I was taken to the Justice,’ said Mr. Wardell, “and he told me to ask the con- stable for a half-dollar and then he would commit me. I did so. Then the con- stable arrested me on the charge of va- grancy and they sent me here. I was willing to do eanything to get medical care, but it is severe on a man that he has to suffer the ignominy of arrest and im- prisonment because he is poor in order to get the benefit of a hospital which is provided for just such unfortunates.’ After passing seven days in juil the un- fortunate man’s story was learned and to- day he was sent 1o the hospital. — Camp Santa Monics's Marksmen. | LOS ANGFLES, CAL, Aug. 10.—At Camp Santa Monica to-day the riflemen began farget practice at silhouette figures representing standing, kneeling and pros- trate soldiers placed at distances of 100, 200, 300 and 500 yards. The marksmen showed much sk Il in puncturing the life- size figures representing enemies. The signal corps has been trying to signal by moonlight, bat the experiments have not been successful except for short dis- tances. The daylight work between the camp and Old Baldy, 55 miles away, has been quite successful, flashes from the distant station being plainly visible. SRt e Sudden Death at Los Angeles. LOS NGELES, CaL, Aug. 10.—Cap- tain F. B. Taylor of the United States army, retired, died suddenly in a streetcar in this city thig afternoorn. He boarded a Spring-street car at Fourth street. Shortly after he had taken his seat the passengers saw him suddenly drop his head upon his breast, The movement attracted attention, ana an investigation showed that he was already dead. Captain Taylor had served in the army in Arizona and was retired about two years ago. Releasea From Fresno's Jail. FRESNO, Carn, Aug, 10.—Elbert Parte, the colored boy who, the Coroner’s Jury decided, was the slayer of Richard Griffin, also a negro, was released from the County Jail to-day upon the order of the Deputy District Attorney Williams. The authori- ties have about given up hopes of accom- plishing anything in the investigation of the peculiar case. This does not mean, however, that they have dropped the case entirely, for they will be on the lookout fordevelopments. The verdict of the Cor- oner’s jury, that the boy killed Griffin while defending his mother from theat- tack of the brute will stand. Eseong— Will Swe Shasta’s Sheriff. REDDING, Can, Aug. 10.—George Moore, who was arrested in Oakland and brought to this city for beating a hotel bill, had an examination to-day, pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial. I: is said that Moore will bring suit against Sheriff Houston of this county. The crime for which Moore was arrested is a misdemeanor, while he was arrested on a felony charge. This is the ground on which he will fight the Sheriff. g Assault to Commit Murder. REDDING, Carn, Aug. 10.—Fred 8. Stone, a miner, about 50 years of age, was brougnht from French Gulch to this city to-day anc lodged in the county jail. Swne made an assault on & French Gulch man named Garvin, and the latter narrowly escaped being killed. Stone h; had trouble before, having cut a m; near the gulch some years ago. He will now answer to a cnarge of assauit with in- tent to commit murder. Ame ool Ireasurer Madden’s bhartage. REDDING, Can, Aug. 10.—Nothing has as yet been heard of the whereabouts of John Madden, Modoc County’s de- faulting tressurer, and it now seems cer- 1ain that his bond<men will be compelled Stockton Driving Club is offering liberal | to make good about $40,000, BAPTIRTS AT TWIN LAKES Preparing for Their Convention by the Seashore. Representatives From All Parts of the State to Par- ticipate. Two Days’ Sesslon of the Young People’s Union of the State. SANTA CRUZ, Oav., Aug. 10.—Exten- | sive preparations are being made at Twin Lakes for the entertainment of the six- teenth annual Genersl Baptist Conven- tion of California, with the affiliated societies, The latter will hold a two days’ session of the Baptist Young People’s Union of Northern and Central California. Twin Lakes is the summer resort of the Baptists, and is situated on salt water, apout two miles from this city. Cottages and tents are used for living quarters, while a large auditorinm has been erected for meeting purposes. The attendance will include pastors and delegzates from all parts of the State. The officers of the convention are: Rev. C. M. Hill of Tenth-avenue Church, Oak- land, president; O. C. Pope, San Fran- cisco, secretary; C. F. Baker, treasurer, and W. H. Latourette, corresponding sec- retary. The latter has resigned owing to 10.—Youne Felt, who proposes to make a trip through the air on his airship from the top of Pikes Peak to this city, is_still on top of the mountain. The Cog Rail- road Company is reaping a harvest, but | the public is getting rather tired waiting | for Felt's show-off.” Some impatient per- | sons declare the whole thing a *‘fake.” It is likely that the railroad company has persuaded Felt to postpone his perform- ance till next Sunday. iy BREADSTUFFS oON THE JUMP. Great Activity in hew York's Produce Exchange—Enormous $ hipments to Europe. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 10.—Wheat advanced 2 cents a bushel to-day 1or this cron's deliveries, with the September fu- ture, making a new high record for the yeer. The futuressold onthe Produce Exchange at 86 3-16c against 8414c the clos- ing price on Monday, and 86c the previ- ous high record, made on Weanesday of last week., The adyance was lost before the close, however, receding to 855¢. The Liverpool market wheat futures ad- vanced 2cents. In the Paris market they advanced equal to and more than that on some futures. French crop advices are even more significant than the prices, re- vorting continued deterioration, with the certainty of Krance peing compelled to go abroad for supplies. It is reported that Hungary would have no wheat for ex- port. Export clearance from our seaboard was on an enormous scale, agsregating in wheat and flour the eqnivalent of 890,000 bushels, and making a total so far for the week of 1,200,000 bushals. A feature of the news to-day was the re- markabie announcement contained ina cable dispatch from Liverpool that a cargo of English home-grown wheat had been sold to France. Statistician Brown of the Produce Ex- change has calculated the following indi- cated yields of futures in the Government crop report: Spring wheat, 180,797,000 bushels against 189,902,000 bushels indica- ted yield on the basis of last month’s re- port and 163 345,247 bushels, the amount REV. C. M. HILL, Pastor of the Tenth-Avenue Baptist Church, Oakland, and President of the General Baptist Convention. il health after 1welve years’ work., One of the business details will be the selec- tion of his successor. The sessions open on Tuesday after- noon, August 19, and continue for ten days. Delegates going on full fare will be granted a one-third rate returning on the certificate plan. H. E. Parker is superin- tendent of the resort and in charke of the grounds. The Baptist young people will be given Saturday afternoon and evening and all day Sunday for their annual convention. D. J. Davis of Sacramento is president of the union and will take an active part in the proceedings. Mountain Kesort in the sSterra. FRESNO, CAr., Aug. 10.—The Hundred Thousand Club is consiaering a project to establish a mountain resort in the Sierra and to build an electric road to the place from this city. It is estimated that 4000 people leave Fresno every summer and spend four or five months at seaside places and other points where cool weather pre- vails. The amount of money thatistaken out of the county in one year in this man- ner would go a long way toward carrying out the project, and the money would be kept at home if the people could be in- duced to stay here. ’Fhe club has ap- rulnud a committee to look into the easibility of the scheme. RN Joy at Camyp Aabe Lincoln. SBAN DIEGO, CaL, Aung. 11.—The one thousand old veterans in Camp Abe Lin- coln were the guests of the local camp Sons of Veterans to-nizht. The pro- gramme opened with an address of wel- come by M. W. McDonald. The_oration of the evening was delivered by Johnson Peterbaugh. The exercises included a flag and sash drill by forty-eight little girls in white and blue, Another iarge class of girls sang a number of patriotic songs. To-morrow is Wisconsin day, and Jesse R. Grant, son of U.S. Grant, has signified bis intention of joining Bons of Veterans Camp. Death Near Yuba City. MARYSVILLE, VAL, Aug. 10.—Joseph Peters, a prominent resident of Sutter County, died at his home at Meadow farm, four miles west of Yuba City, Sun- day night of Bright's disease. He was 60 vears of age and a member of the local G. A. R. post, Marysville Commandery, Knights Templar, and other Mascnic lodges. His funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon. S g L Drowned ai dan Pedro. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Aug. 10.—John Lund, a sailor employed on the yacht Pa- loma, fell into the bay at San Pedro last night as he was in the actof stepping from the wharf to the boat’s rigging. He struck his chin on the rail and was knocked senseless and drowned. He was single, 45 vears of age,"and had s sister in Ban Francisco. Atill on Zop of the Mowntain. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Aug harvested last year, No report is made on the condition of winter wheat, which is assumed to have all been harvested. Taking indications by Iast month's report the total indicated wheat crop (springand winter) is now 450,322,000 bushels against 487,684 346 fast year. S8T. LOUIS, Mo, Aug. 10.—Wheat to- day advanced to the highest point it has reached this year, being quoted at 8434 atone time. The bulge of the day at the high point was 23{ cents and caused in- ten:e excitement on the Merchants’ Ex- ¢ ange, Bradstreet’s reports that the world’s visible supp!y was a clinching bull argu- ment and wasoneof theimmediate causes of the raid. It showed a decre-e of 4,298,- 000 bushels. The market closed at 83} cents—a gain of 114 cents for the day. Lt pe ANDREE UADOUBTEDLY LOST. Danish fea Captain Passes a Black Balloon Which Had Collapsed From Loss of Gas. LONDON, Exa., Aug. 10.—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Copenhagen says that Captain Mortensen, of the bark Ans- ear, which arrived at Onega, a port of Russia, sent a brief dispatch on July 18, two aays after Andree started from the Danish island in his balloon in his attempt to reach the north pole, saying that he passed at a distance of one hundred yards a black balloon which had co!!apsed from loss of pas. The plic2 where the balloon was seen was two days’ journey to the easiward of North Cape. Captain Mortensen adds that for some time before the balloon was sighted the wind had been blowing strong from the north, e e CONSTERNATION IN HAVANA, News of a Despervce Battle in Which the Spaniards dAre Kouted. N. Y., Aug. 0.—The Her- ald’s Havana special says: Official infor- mation has reached Havana of a desperate battle between loyal troops and insurgent forces in Matanzas. The Spanish were | routed after a hard struggle with heavy losses. The news caused a sensation in Havana. Weyler is in Matanzas and it is believed that it was his column that was routed. Large forces of re-enforcements and artillery were hurried to the scene last night from Havana. Details of the fight are lacking. R g To Swuppress Anarchy. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 10.—The Journal’s London special says: More aad more do the signs appear of a concerted movement by the European powers toward the suppression of ana:chy by force, The Kaiser and Czar, within tbe last foriy- eight hours, have reached an agreement upon this subject. The Italian press is demanding collective measures against anarchists. The Opinione hopes the United States will join with other nations to that end, FAIL T0 GLEAR THE MYSTERY Officials Still Seeking for the Slayer of Schofield. Widow of the Rancher Confi- dent That She Will Soon Be Released. Clark Johnson, the Dead Man’s Son-in-Law, Freed by the Fresno Authorities. SAN JOSE, Car, Aug, 10.—The mys- tery surrounding the murder of George W. Behofield is as deep and impenetrable asever. The man with a theory is very much in evidence, and the Sheriff and his deputies have theories gratuitously thiust upon them until their heaas ache. Mrs. Schofield is taking life very com- fortably in the County Jail. She believes the end of her incarceration is near and has no foreboaings respecting the future. Thus far she has adhered strictly to the story she told at the inquest. Dan Dutcher is at Morgan Hill in the custody of Constable Fay. A few lours after he was taken from the County Jail Attorney Scheller, thelegal representative of the defendants, was in hot pursuit, He arrived at Morgan Hill to learn that Dutcher had made no changes or addi- tions to his original story. All efforts to make him admit that he had been talking to “'the marines” had utterly failed. The boy is not very bright and yet he possesses a native shrewdness that under certain circumstances of grave importance to him- self might make him stick to any false story he had concocted, or which had been rehearsed to him by older and abler heads. Just when the preliminary examination will take place no one seems to know. The District Attorney is in a hurry to submit what evidence he has gathered to a legal test, and Attorney Scheller has not yet evinced a desire for a speedy in- vestigation. Clark Johnson, Bchofield's son-in-law, was released from custody by the Fresno officers to-day. Sheriff Lyndon sent a telegram to that city stating that it would not be necessary to detain Johnson if the fact could be established that the man had been in Fresno on the night of the murder. An investigation was made and the re- sult communicated to the Sheriff, which was that Johnson could establish a per- fact alibi, in that he arrived in Fresno on Friday evening of last week. His release was then ordered, though instructions were sent that he be kept under surveil- lance in order that he might be found if his testimony skould be needed in the in- vestigation. It is stated that the Bchofield home- stead is in the widow’s name; that it is vaiued at $4500 and is mortzaged for $900. The testimony of intimate friends of the deceased in regard to his character is unanimous on one point. He is a man utterly devoid of fear. It is, therefore, looked upon as a singular circumstance that he should remain in the house alter the firing of the first shot had just missed his head. It was contrary to his disposi- tion and not in line with the many dan- gerous and fearless actions of his check- ered life. “Why,"” said a man who knew him well, “if George Schofield was in his sober senses when that bullet shot past him, he would have grabbed his gun and rushed out of the dining-room door. And I'll gamble that he did follow just such a course; that he pursued the assassin to the woodshed and there met his death.” FRESNO, Car, Aug. 10.—Clark John- son, who was arrested in this city yester- day for complicity in the murder of George W. Schofield near San Jose, was released from custody to-day upon a tele- graphic order from Shernff Lyndon of Santa Clara County stating that the pris- oner was not wanted. The reason of the discharge is unknown here, and Sheriff Lyndon’s action was received with sur- prise. Johnson acted in a manner that caused the officers to feel satisfied that he knew something importent in connection with the tragedy which he would not tell. e bl PEINDLE HAS DEPARTED, The Accused Fireman Deserts His Wife and Children. SAN JOSE, CawL, Aug. 10.—Frank M. Prindie, the tireman who was suspended becaus: of his ungentiemanly conduct with a number of young girls, has de- serted his wife and two small children.’ Yesterday he disposed of all his posses- sions, including » horse, drew $700 from a bank and left the City. It is eaid he talked of going to the Kionaike, His wife and children are left in destitute circumstances. The charge of misconduct against Print dle was investigated by the Council last evening and action on his suspension wenl over for a week. The evidence showed that Prindle was in the habit of taking young girls into saloons and buying them beer. e To Advertise California. SAN JOSE, CarL., Aug. 10.—A confer- ence of the Board of Trade officials and G. W. Lynch, representative of the Cali- fornia_ Hotel Association, was held at the Hotel Vendome last evening to discuss the plan of the association to open headquarters in the East and adver- iise the advantages of Central California. Those in attendance indorsed the associa- tion’s plaus. Colone! T. R. Weaver was selectea to represent the Board of at the meeting to be held at the Pala Hotel in San Francisco next Monday afternoon. <] PR S Funeral of (olonel Bennett, SAN JOSE, CarL, Aug. 10.—The funeral services over the late Colonel A. G. Ben- nett were heid at the First Methodist Church thisafternoon. The building was crowded with people and a long line of carriages followed the remains to the grave. The Grand Army posts and Masons headed the funeral procession. Colonel Bennett was Street Commissioner and one of the most prominent Republicans in Santa Clara County. Musie Dealer Insolvent. SAN JOSE, CAL., Aug. 10.—A. A. Brown, the music dealer on East Santa Clara strest, filed a petition in insolvency to-day. The liabilities are placed at , with assets not in excess of $100. The chief creditor is B. Curtaz & Son of San ¥ran- cisco, to whom $4500 is aue. Pt Death of Mrs. Draghicevich. BAN JOSE, CAL., Aug. 10.—Mrs. Cath- erine Draghicevich, gn old and well- known resident of Santa Clara, died at her home there this morning. She was a na- tive of Dalmatis, Austria, and 53 years of age. She came to California with her hus- band, the late John Draghicevich, in the early days. A number of grown-upch dren survive her. ASSASSINATION OF A BAD MAN. | J. M. Trant, the Murderer of James Fleetwood, Slain by an Un- known Hand. WICHITA, Kans, Aug. 10-—J. M Trant, the murderer of James Flealwoqd about ten years ago, was assassinated in bis home at Ryan, Ind. T., by unknown parties last night. Tne weather was ex- tremely sultry and Trant was sieeping on the floor, with his head in the doorway. Stortly after midnight his assassin crept up to the open door, and placing a large caliber revolver at Trant’s head fired two shots. Une ball entered the lelt tempie and came out at the top of his head, the other entered thecheck and ranged down- ward, lodging somewhere in the body. Trant was an Inaian citizen by marriage, but some time ago he separated from his first wife and married a young girl named Minnie Stiliwell. His desertion of his first wife stirred up a stiong feeling of resent- ment toward him, as it was her faithful- ness ana untiring efforts in his behal! that enabled him to get out of tho penitentiary a year sooner than bis allotted term f_or the Fleetwood murder. He wes only in prison four years. No sooner did he re- gain his liberty than he drove his wife away and married the Stillwell woman. Trant and his present wife had trouble about two weeks ago over another man. Trant declared that hLe shotat bis wife's paramour tice on the night of August 4, | but missed him. Trant was the terror ol his neighborhood and had many deadly enemies. When the shooting oceurred, his | young wife was sleeping within four feet of him, yet she says she did not hear the shots and did not wake up until quite a while after he was killed. The officers are making every effort to clear up the mys- tery, but no arrests have been yet made. Mrs. Trant refuses to divulge the name of the man whom her husband shot in a fit of jealous rage. e Germany Wants Samoans Disarmed. LONDON, Ere., Aug. 10.—A dispatch to the Chronicle from Berlin says: The German Government is likely to again pro- pose to Great Britain and the United States that they completely disarm the Samoans. POWERS' NEW DRAMA. “Turk Meets Greek” Meets With but Indifferent Success, A New (California Prima Donna, Alexia Bassian, Appears in Grand Opera. Encouraged by the remarkable success of his Chinese drams, “The First Born,” Francis Powers produced a four-actdr: ma, “Turk Meets Greek,' at the Alcazar Tue- ater last night. A large and friendly audience was present. - It soon became evident that the new play was marked by the strong sense of the picturesque that made the fortune of Powers' Chinese play, but it also became evident that picturesqueness alone cannot hold the attention of an audience fot an entire evening and, truth to tell, very lit- tle of value was apparent last night in “Turk Meets Greek'’ beyond its piotur- esqueness. The story of the play was the merest thread on which to hang the scenes that appealed to the eye. This is all very well in an avowedly spectacular performance of the “Hendrik Hudson” order, but a serious drama calls for more, and “Turk Meets Greek” was scarcely found to snp- ply the ‘‘more’” last night. The first act, showinz the warlike en- thusiasm of the Turks in Constantinople, was the best. 1t had been lavishly staged, and the duel between Professor Trouchet and Frank Cooley, disguised as Kurds, was a telling piece of stage work. The other scenes were laid among the Greeks, a great deal of the dialogue béing aevoted to the discussion of the political and strategic situation during the late war. Prince Constantine, a part played by the author, proved in the long run something of a bore, and the severe -trict- ures passed on his conduct by the Greek mob almost elicited at some moments an “amen’ from the audience, for Constan tine, although married, flaunted his devo- tion toa Turkich lady in the faces of his compatriots. The somewhat unexpected and unsatisfactory ending of the play was the abdication of the Prince. Selene Johnson played the Turkish lady and looked very pretty, which was about all she had to do. L M. Colville made what he could of the Greek General Smo- lenski, and the other roles were carefuliy sustained. All the staging was excellent and early in the performance a great deal of enthusiasm was shown by the audience. Another packed house greeted the sec- ond night of the Tivoli grand opera sea- son. “Romeo and Juliet” was the bili, and Gounod’s beautiful work gave Michel- ena an opportunity of reviving all his brilliant success of last year as Romeo. Both vocally and histrionically he de- lightea his hearers, Miss Alenia Bassien, the Juliet, is a California girl wno has won success in Austria. Last night she was too nervous to do herself justice, particularly in the ncting of ber roles. She possesses a sweet, flexible voice, evidentiy well trained, but not very strong. Her waltz song was es- pecially well received. Raffael repeated his last year’s success as Mercutio, and Darcy was quite an im- passioned Tvbalt. The end of the cast was good and the orchestra did brillfant work. RIVAL T KLONDIKE OLDBEDS Remarkable Strikes Shasta and Trinity Counties. in SINGLE POCEKET YIELDS $82,000. | | Lucky Discoverers Made Inde- pendently Rich by One | | Day’s Work. MEN LEAVE REDDING WITH i SACKS OF NUGGETS, | ‘rhe Graves Brothers, Who Found Wealth on Coffee eek, S.art for San Franclsco. REDDING, Carn., Aug. 10.—Right on the heels of the $42,000 strike on Morrison Gulch, Trinity County, comes the report of another and even greater gold dis- covery at the head of Uoffee Creek, of which stream Morrison Gulch is a branch. Two miners named Murphy and Burgess have for six months past been prospecting along Coffee Creek with more or less suc- cess. Yesterday their efforts were re- warded with a veritable bonanza, and to- | day they can class themselves with the most wealthy of the Klondike kings. They discovered in one pocket $82,000 in pure gold, and there is sn unlimited | quantity of the same yellow metal in | sight, They are at present ‘‘panning | out’” the dirt, and outside of the pocket it | pays all the way from $50 to $300 to a | pan. | These prospectors are expected in Red- idhxz to-morrow with their find. From | here they will go to San Francisco to take | their gold to the Mint. Their claim is no i doubt one of the richest in the State. | R. B. Graves and J. B. Graves came into Redding this afternocon with $21.000 }in nuggets and amalgam in two canvas bags. They shipped $23000 yesterday from Callahans, and they boarded to- night's overland train for San Franeisco. TrE CAnL correspondent interviewed the Graves brothers to-day. Their story read like a romance. In 1890 they went to Trinity County with forty head of cattle. Thirty-nine were lost ana with one cow as their total stock possession they took up adjoining farms on Government land. In 1895 they located a gold ciaim on Coffee Creek, and after taking out a pocket of $600 and findihg nothing more they went down the creek a short distance and took up a placer claim. This they were offered $250 for within a few months, They accepted the offer and went back to the farm. On August 2 they returned to the Blue Jay, their first claim, and on BSaturday, August 7, while jabbing the face of their | abandoned tunnel, and within two inches | of the place where they had left off work in 1895, they opened a pocket out of which they extiracted over 200 pounds (iroy weight) of gold. The younger brother had taken a pan of dirt to the creck when the other came running to him with a goldpan 1n which was about $8000 of yellow metal. “We've got enough for all of us,” he elled at the top of his voice. “I've a $400 pan here mysell,” replied the younger man. Within twenty-four hours they took out about $43,000. Old miners say the pocket is aledge. The rock adjoining the pocket runs from $150 to $500 u ton. The vein can be traced for thousands of feet on the surface. Crowds are flocking to Shasta and Trinity counties. The lucky brot'eis will go back and work their claim next week. Liverymen, stace lines, freight teams and hotel men of Shasta and Trinity ars doing a booning business. The Graves strike was made eight miles | northwest of Trinity Center, Redding be- | ing the nearest railroad station, Firginia Democratic State Convention, ROANOKE, Va., Aug. 10.—The Demeo- cratic Staie Convention meets to-morrow. It is conceded to-night that J. Hoge Tyler of Pulaski will be nominated by acclama« tion for Governor. The convention will indorse free silver, but it is believed that | the Chicago riot plank of the National platform will be dodged. Late to-night the following slate was made u Gov- ernor, J. Hoge Tyler of Palaski; Lieu. tenani-Governor, Fdward Echals of Siaunton; Attorney-General, W. H. Mann of Nottaway. | NEW TO-DAY. (7 _ The man who gets the most pleasure whose nerves are strong and free from th A Pracefnl Mind! A Healthy Body! Good Digestion ! Refreshing Sleep ! 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