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4 THE SA FRANCIS 30 CALL, SATURDAY, 2 AUGUST 21, 139i. BEATEN BEFORE | HE WAS KILLED Schofield Autopsy De- velops a Startling Fact. Skull of the Murdered Man Crushed by a Heavy Elow. Evidence of a Desperate Struzgle Before a Bullet Ended Hls | 3 Life. i 77777 | SAN JOSE, CanL, Aug. 20.—A post- mortem examination of the body of| George W. Schofield, made this morning by Dr. John McMabon, assisted by Dr. Parkman and Dr. J. T. Higgins of Mor- gan Hill, in the presence of District At- torney Herrington, developed one sensa- tional feature. The skull of the murdered man had been fractured before death, in two places, each about two inches in length, one on the rizght and the other on | the left side of the head. And, in tbe | opinion of Dr. McMahon, these fractures were of recent origin; that is to say, they must have been made immediately prior to the firing of the fatal shot. How and | why were they made? Presumably with | some blunt instrument in an assault for | which Schofield was unprepared. | The contention is still made by some of the persons interested in the prosecution that Schofield was killed on Friday night, and now, in the light of the evidence given | at to-day’s autopsy, the events that led up 1o the killing are plausibly conjectured. Perhaps the blows uvon the heaa were given by some person within the house after Dutcher's first shot had failed to reach its mark. Perhaps Schofield, halr} stunned or wholly bewildered, rushed out | of doors with a cracked cranium and re- ceived the bullet which ended his life. It is certain that a large part of the truth respecting the quarreling at the | ranch house immediately previous to the | murder bas not been told, and there are | many persons who have given the con- flicting evidence thus far elicited the | closest scrutiny who are not siow in assert- | ing that the reason which impelled ths | complete covering of the true story on that fatal morning was the fear that the truth would send the guilty person or per- sons aither to the gallows or S8an Quentin. The autopsy was held at the request of the District Attorney mainly to deter- mire whether the bullet taken from the corp+e wae of the same caliber as the Win- | chester rifle which it was said to have | been fired from, or whether it was from a | pistol Dr. Hiegins, who extracted the | bullet, was unable to determine from the | superficial examination he then made whether the bullet had lost sufficient lead in the contact with the bones of the head to justify the difference in weight between it and an unused ball for a rifle of the cal- iber alleged to have been used by Dutcher. The bullet, according to Dr. McMahon, was discharged from a right ang!, Iten-| tered the left cheek bone, detlected down- | ward, crushed and took away the cheek | bone and lodeed n t:e right side of the neck, two inches from the lobe of the ear. The force of the bullet was so great that all the bones of the face were crushed, the | teeth injured and the whole base of the | brain fractured. Its destructive power ! was not confined to the head alone, for the two upper bones of the spinal column | were fractured. The juguiar vein and | other urteries of the neck were severed by | the shot, 2s were al<o the nerves supply- | ing the hear: and lungs. Death, then, | must have been instantaneouns. In the | opinion the doctor, “‘Schofield never | knew what hit him." The peiformance of the autopsy, which resulted in the discovery of the course of the buliet, of the destroction it caused, and of the fractures on ths head made be- | fore the shot was fired, gaverise to 2 num- ber of important deductions. In the first place the fractures establisbed that the | ball which put an end to the life of Scno- | field micht well bave been. discharged | from a Winchester rifle of 44-caliber, and | that it could not, by any probability, have | been fired from 2 pistol. Any ieaden bul- | let striking and penetrating the bones | necessarily becomes dimimshed in weight, says the doctor. This conclusion being admitted, the difference in weight be- tween the bullet taken from Schofisld’s head and an unused one of 44-caliber will | meet with a ready and satisfactory ex- | planation. | This point established, the question whettier the shot was fired at some dis {ance from the object or at close range | must be considered. Medical men who | have given the subject careful attention, | as well as exvert reference, all declare that the impact of a bullet is greater and | more destructive at a distance, say-of 150 | vards, than at close range. This beine | admitted, the story told by Dutcher that | te fired from behind the shed, a distance | from Schofield of about twenty feet, be- | comes open to question. If he were at a greater distance—ctose to the barn for in- | siance—he might not have been able to see Schofield at the moment the mur- dered man is a!leged to have thrust his head into the doorway. It the autopsy discoveries mean any- thing they mean that Schofieid was s saulted with some heavy instrument before he was shot, and that Dan Datcher, when he took deadly aim at the old man, was | not bebind the shed, but at some point to| the westward of it. The statement of!| Irving Mann that Duicher stood by the'| wire fence which runs from the shed to the westerly line of Schofield’s land 1s in line with the theory. Tnis forenoon the indictments found | by the Grand Jury against Mrs. Schofield | and Darcher were presented in Depari- ment 1 by the District Attorney, Notime was set for arraienment, but it is under- | stood that th prisoners will be brought | before Judce Lorrizan on next Monaay. At that time an order will probably be made holding Irving Mann as a withess for the people under such bonds as will pre\{enl his departure fron: jail before the irial. The finding of the indictments putsa stop to the proceedings at Madrone under | the complaint drawn by the District At- torney on last Wednesday. Justice Finard will receive instructions to-morrow 1o dis- miss the complaint without prejudice. There is a desire on the part of toth the District Attorney and V. A. Schetler, at- torney for the defendants, to have the trial under the indiciment proceed at an early day. Mrs. Schofield does not liko | impriconment and her health may zive way under thestrain to which she is being subjecied unle:s the iscuesin the case are speedily joined and determined. Dan Dutcher saw ta phost last night, and to-day had recovered his normal ap- petite. | | - TEIES TO KILL HIS WIFE, Murder Prevented by the Neighbors of a San Jose Man. SAN JOSE, Can., Aug. 20.—Frank E. Skelly, who resides at the corner of Santa Clara and River streets, attacked his wife with a large knife last night, and but for the interference of neighbors murder would probably bave been committed. A few months ago a relative of Mrs. Slelly died and lert ner several thousand doilars. She agreed to give her husband $1000 of this, but when she received her mouney a | th> plaintif’s daughter by the defendant | |on the night of the Campbell horror. | on the property of Dunham, consisting of | tic | no tidings were received of their wander- few days ago she, upon the advice of her son-in-law, refused 1o hand the money over 1o Skelly. s Yesterdav he drank considerable liquor and then weut bome and demanded the money. It was not forthcoming, and he gave his wife a beating. Not satisfied with this, he seized a knife and was abcut to kill her wien neighbors interfered. Skelly was arraigned before Justice Kirkpatrick to-day upon a charge of as- sauit to murder. His examination was set for next Wednesdav. In the mean- time he will stay in jail in default of $1000 bail. = g PAPERS WERE NOT SERVED. Why a Judgment Against Murderer Dunham - Is Declared Void by Attorneys. SAN JOSE, CaL, Aug. 20.—Sheriff Lyn- don to-day made his return to the Supe- rior Court in the matter of the execution taken under the judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the suit of Jacob Shesler vs. James C. Dunham, to recover damages for vecuniary loss sustained in the murder of | | After stating that 2 levy had been made | two notes for $1250 and §$150, respectively, | and $970 1n a tin box in the Garden City | Bank and Trust Company’s vault, the Sheriff says he hss relinquished posses- sion of the property, because he bhas be- come satisfied that the judgment under which the levy was maae 1s absolutely null and void. In arriving at this conclusion the Sheriff | was assisted by his attorneys. They held | that the judgment was void for two rea- sons: Kirat, that the affidavit of service 1pon which the order of publication of summons was based was falally defective, in that it did not state the facts which constitutea or showed the diligence of the plaintiff in ascertaining the wherenbouts | of the defendunt. A search by police offi- cers for the purpose of apprehend:nz the | defendant for a crime he undoubtedly committed cannot, in their opinion, be turned into a search for the purpose of this action. The second reason is that the court in | an action not founded on a contract and where no attachment can issue can never acquire jurisdiction to render a judgment in a substituted service, as of publication, | where the default of the defendant is | entered and no appearance is made by bim, except perhaps when it is shown that the defendant is within the jurisdic- ion of the State and conceals himself to avoid the service of process. As o notice bad ever been served on Dunham, and as there is no means of knowing whether he is alive or dead, no action to recover dam- ages, according 10 these attorneys’ in- teroretation of the law, will stand. Ivis not probab’e that Shesler will ac- cept the opinion of the Sheriff's attorneys. It is intimated that be will mandamus the | Sheriif to compel him to make the levy in | accordance with the judzment. FOUAD 4MND LUST AGAIN, Runaway Girl Lscapes From a Kindly Disposed Neighbor. STOCKTON, Car, Aug. 20.—J. W. Tiber- hein of Shady Run, Calaveras County, was until last evening about as contented and self satisfiea an individval as ever came out of a mountain town into the Gas City. Havingdisposed of the business that brought him to Stockton, he was walk- ing aimlessly along Main street when his heart was gladdened by the sight of the pretty face of Miss Ida Flumer, the daughter of a friend and neighbor at Shady Run. A few weeks ago this young lady, moved by a love of adventure and a desire to make her own way in the world, had grieved and surprised her parents by packing her trunk and going away. She leit no word that would explain the ause of Ler sudden disappearance. Her parents worried & great deal and did everything to find her and bring her back to the home fireside, but all efforts in this direction failed. Once they heard of her being in Sacramento, but further ing child. Natvrally, when Tiberhein encountered her on the streets of Stockton he was overjoyed. He p-rsuaded her to go home, took her to the hot-l, fitted ber out for the return home, gave her money and prevared to bring joy to her parents. When he went to get her she had gone, having boarded a boat for San Francisce, LIFE Viralia Guards Victorious in a Shoot- ing Match. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., Aug. 20.--Major- | General James arrived at Camp Budd at 1 o'clock and was received by Generai Muller, and the salute due his rank was fired. In the morning the cavalry, under command of Captain Lockett, went to the Cowell ranch to inspect the ground on which the battle tactics will be carried out to-morrow. The review this evening be- fore General James was the best that has been given here. The officers were pleased with the improvemen: mede by the men in the drilling and marching tactice. Tue Sixth Iniantry R-giment went to the rifle range and had a most successful shoot and returned without having made any call on the de’ail from the ifospiul Corps. Comipany E of Visalia scored the highest (143 pointsj, winning the brigade trophy. Company F of Fresno was next, with 122 points. Company A of Stockion had 116 and Company C of Fresno 97. Tne line of march wil be taken to- morrow at 7 o'clock to the Cowell ranch, and the battle drill will be on the grounds east of the reservoir. The entire day will be spent there, the men carrying rations for one meal. 3 41«1 P BUDD, St Ry Orash Ihrough a Bridg-. UKIAH, CaL, Aug. 20.—While driving to this place to-day a wugonload of hop- pickers, ali Indians, crashed through a de ective bridge on the road from Fort Bragg to Sherwood Valley. Eight per- sons were in the vehicle and all were more or less seriously injured. They fell a dis- tance of twenty five teet into Noyo Creek. The injured ones were brought to Ukiah for treatment. P e PR Guardsmen Gathering at Ukiah. UKIAH, Can, Aug. 20.—The advance guard of sixty men in command of Lieu- tenant Dohrmann of the First Regiment, National Guard of California, arrived yesterday and wikt remain probably a week. Theyv will go-to Camp Macdoneld for the encampment, Theentire regiment will reach here on Saturday next, SAMUEL HASKIN GETS THE PLAGE Elected President of the Grand Council, Y- L Santa Rosa Will Entertain the Delegates to Next Year’s Session. Great Parade of the Catholic Order to Take Place In Santa Rosa To-Day. SANTA ROSA, CarL., Aug. 20.—The an® nual eiection of the Grand Counc.l, Y. M. L, resulted in the choice of the following: Grana president—Samuel Haskins of San Francisco. Grand first vice-presiden{—George Pyne of Virginia City, Nev. Grand second vice-president — W. Lanigan of Los Angeles. Grand secretary—George A. Stanley of San Francisco. | E. £0®OCrog, 00! o o o3, & 9 ; | SAMUEL HASKINS GRAND PRESIDENT LANNIg z\fislfl’- PRES! = New Officers Chosen by the| Grand Council, Young Men'’s Institute. Grand treasurer—W. T. Aggeler of 8zn Jose. Grand chaplain—Rev. M. D. Slattery of Napa. Grand marshal—M. Livermore. Grand inside sentinel—F. A. Sullivan of San Francisco. Grand outside sentinel—Harry Burke of San Francizco. Grand directors—W. C. Noonan of Eanta Rosa, W. E. Thomas of San Franci:co; R. | H. Hammond of Oakland, J. T. McN:ff of Sacramento, D. }. Hayden of San Frun- | cisco, Henry Kugelberg of San Francisco, | Philip Princevalle ot Menlo Park and | Harry Pinkham of San Francisco. There was considerable rivairy for some of the offices, though it never escaped the bounds of friendly spirit. When nom- inations for grand president were called for Rev. Father Slattery nominated A. F. St. Sure of Alameda, Fraok Kierce named S. R. O'Keefe of S:n Francisco and James J. Hooson nominated Samuel Haskins of San Francisco. At this junc- ture J. J. Gudea, who had been men- tioned as a candidate for the office, moved that the nominations close. The motion prevailed, and balloting was began. Has- kins was elected on the first ballot—Has- kins 40, 8t. Sure 22, 0'Keefe 16, George Pyne was re-elected grand first vice-president by acclamation. For grand second vice-president there were three candidates. F. J. Kierce nominated T. H. G. Callaghan of | Morris of San Francisco No. 55, T. W. Kelley numed E. J. Coffey of San Fran- cisco No. 129, and President-elect Sam Haskins nominated W. E. Lanigan of Los Angeles No. 478. Lanigan wus elected on the first ballot, the vote<ianding: Lan- igan 46, Morris 19, Coffey 11. George A. Suan ey, San Francisco No. 55, was re-elected grand secretary by ac- ciamation. Stanley has ably filled this position for years. ¥or vrand treasurer F. J. Kierce nomi- nated E. R. Myrick of San Francisco No. 1, J. J. Sullivan nominated W. T. Ag- geler of Ban Jose No. 2 and H. Kusgelberg nominated J. E. Richards of San Francisco | No. 3. Aggeler waselected, the vote being: Aggeler,53; Richards, 12; Myrick, 12. he Rev. Fath B iattery of Napa was elected grand ¢ aplain unanimously. M. G, Callaghan of Livermore waselected grand marshal. The vote stood: Cal- laghan, 50: Green, 23 F. A. Sulilivan of San Francisco was elected grand inside sentinel, and Harry Burke of San Fran- cisco grand outs:de sentinel. W. C. Noonan of Santa Rosa Council was unani- mously elected a grand director. The naming of the other directors was devoid of much rivairy. The newly elected offi- cers will be installed on SBaturday morning. The report of the central lecture bureau, which wa: organiz'd a year ago and which Archbishop Riordan earnestly de- sires shall be continued, was heard with a great deal of interest, That the bureau will be continued is said to be assured, al- though no action has yet been taken. In September, 1896, the Archbistop began a series of lectures given under the auspices of tne bureau, and since then lectures have been delivered by Father Yorke, Rabbi Voorsanger, M. M. Estee and other prominent speakers. These lectures were given in San Francisco, Oakland, Stock- ton, San Rafael, Sacramenio, Benicia, | sincere wish for its futs Vallejo, Grass Valley, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Virginia City, Nev., and other places in California and Neyada. The foliowing resclution was unani- mously adopted : Resolved, That the thirteenth Grand Council of the Pacific jurisdiction, recognizing the able, fearless and noble work ot the San Fran- cisco Monitor, hereby convey to the Monitor | our fullest indorsement of its course in de- fense of Catholic right: d fair play, and our prosperity. A resolution was adopted thanking the press of Santa Rosa and San Francisco for valuable assistance. San Jas’ was chosen as the place of meeting for the next Grand Council. Livermore made a gallans fight against | San Jose and lost, The council adjonrned to meet to-mor- row morning at 7:30 o'clock to elect two supreme dele.ates. Dockweiler of Los Angeles is certain to be one. The great parage will take place to-mor- | row. Besides delegates from councils all over the State the cadets of the Leazue of | the Cross will be in line. There will be a bicycle meet at the Cycling Park in the afternoon for amateurs. T. H. Morris, chairman of the transportation committee, «ays there will be fully 2500 excursionists | from San Francisco. A large delegation | from Petaluma will come. It is believed | that fullv as large a number will come over the Southern Pacific, and a conserva- | tive estimate of the number of guests for the day 15 60/ 0. DAMAGE 20 Tit FRUOIT. Crops in dections of San Diego County Euined. SAN DIEGO, Car., Aug. 20.—Only par- tial returns are in from the back country as yet, but it now appears certain thatlast night’s electrical storm was the worst in years. The storm was in the nature of a Santa Ana or deser: sirocco, and struck the city at about 11 o’clock. It had been preceded forabout five hours by a brilliant electrical display in the mountains. No rain fell. but at midnight the wind blew at the rate of tweive miles an hour. The maximum mercury was 87 degrees. At noon to-day the thermometer registered 81 degrees, In the back country, especially in the deciduous fruit belt, the damage was greatest, At Julian, sixty miles east, the wind reached a velocity of sixty miles an hour and 10,000 boxes of apples were de- stroyed. At Jamul the entire peach, apple and pear crop is rnined. Hundreds of prune and peach trees were torn up by the roots and the damage is es'imated throughout the county at $:20,000. MOD3C INCI N HERO, Perishes in a Futile Attempt to Save the Life of an 0/d Man in a Burning Hut. UKIAH, CAwn., Aug. 20.—A fire occurred at the Yokayo Indian reservation last night which resulted in the death of two Indians and the practical destruction of the entire village. The rancheria is situ- ated about six miles south of this city, and at the time the conflagration started the major portion of the population was at work in the various hopfields 1n this valley. An old and infirm Indian was confined by illness in one of the straw-thatched huts, and in some manner a spark from a slumbering fire was blown to the root of the cabin. In almost an instant the flim-y structure wis in flames. It chanced at this time that a Modoc Indian named Will Ti Mo had returned to the village on an errand, and as soon as he discovered the cabin of the old Indiau on fire he rushed to the rescue. The in- tense heat drove him back at first, but be no sooner Tecovered his bieath then he rushed through the door and into the blezing cabin, He seized the vld Indian by the hair and siaried to drag him out. By the time ne reached ithe uoor bhis clothes were on fire and he fell buck into the cabin. A moment later the joof of the hut fell in and the blazing mass covered the two Indians, The flames by this time had practicaily destroyed the house and help came in time to remove the two dying men from the glowing embers. Wil Ti Mo, iha | Modoc brave, was burned aimost to a crisp, but he was still Iiving when taken from the glowing building. The other Indian was dead. All nigut - long the deathsongoithe Indians could be heard. The hopfields were deserted and Yoka- vos, Sanels and a few Klamaths gathered around the charred bodies to mourn. LSS EXPLOSION WikcKS 4 MILL. An Engineer at Simmler BadlysScalded and Bruised. SAN LUIS OBISPO, CAn, Aug: 20 — The gristmill owned by A. F. Hubbard at Simmler was wrecked to-day by the explosion of a boiler. John W. Lyle, an engineer at work in the engine-room at the time, was covered by a mass of debris. He was dug out in a semi-couscious condition and brought to the County Hospital in this city late to- night. He was terribly burmed by the boiling water, and his body was badly bruised. Three ribs were broken. His recovery is douniful. e Leaps From an Asylum Window. UKIAH, CaL, Aug. 20.—Iniormation was received to-day that Craig, the young man recently committed from Oskland, jumped from a s cona-story window ot the Mendocino State Asylum to the round below, sustaining serious injuries, hree of the attendants were taking the patients at noon to dinner, and while pass- ing the corridor Crarg picked up a sack of sand used for cleaning the floor and threw it aainst the door of the atzendants’ rocm with such force as to break it down, when he leaped from the window. There is no telling how baaly he isinjured, He came from Berkeley, where he was a student, and bis insanity was caused by overstudy, AN Desertea Wife and Babiss. STOCKTON, Can, Ang. 20. —Ten monihs ago H. O. Lewis «f'this city de- serted his wife and two chiidren and now, if cavtured, he must pav the penalty for an act whicn the authorities say is becom- ing altogether too common in_ this country. A warrant is out for Lewis’ arrest. Itis about ten months since he left his family. Mrs. Lewis is the daughter of D. T. Ray, a New Hope farmer. One morning Lewis left, saying he was goin to look for work. His wife was ili in bei with a babe only two weeks old. She had another child haraly more thun a year old at that time, This was the last seen of Lewis. He never returned and never wrote to his wife. -porter; DEATH HAS NO TERROR FOR HILL The Man Who Killed His Wife Is Brave Unto the Last. Budd’s Absence Complicates Matters in Regard {o a Reprieve. Harvey Allender Will Suffer Death on Septembzr 3 for a Crime at San Jose. SAN QUENTIN PRISON; Can, Aug. 20.—Two of the coolest and most uncon- cerned murderers that have ever been be- hind the walls of the big penitentiary are Bnow awaiting the death penalty, The fatal dates ave but one and two weeks dis- tant—August 27 and S-ptember 3. The men are Benjamin L. Hill and Harvey Allender. The execution of Hill is set for next Friday, but no one about the prison believes that on that day his body will dan:le from the gallows in the old furni- ture factory, where so many men have plunged into eternity to appease the wrath of the law. Bothi Hill and Allender are aware of the approach of their doom, yet neither shows the faintest signs of fear. Hill, who was convicted of wife-murder in Al meda County, is one of the most ex- traordinary criminals ever has occupied a cell in murderers’ row. There are six men there now, Theodore Darrant among them, but none has exhibitea the utter lack of concern, the indifference or the “‘nerve,” that has marked the term of Benjamin L. Hill. Within the contines of his narrow cell Hill spends his hours in rrayer. To the Almighty he lifts his voice and asks for- giveness for the deed he committed when he shot his wife, who had proven faith- less to him. He Joved her when they were married just as much as a_man could love a woman, and he looked for- ward to a lif: ot happiness which never came. She taunied him in her sinfuiness until his ardent love for her was turned | to bitterness snd hatred; then in a wild moment, smarting under the taunt, he shot her. Hill was thrown into jail and aiter a fair trial was condemnea to die upon the gallows. He was received at the penitentiary June 9, 1897, and not & word ot complaint has been made about him by the guards or those who have been compelled to attend him. Hill’s case is a peculiar one, and is rendered still mora strange by the absenc: of Governor Budd. Friends of the con- demnea man are making a fight for his life, and bave beld out hopes to him that his sentence would be commuted to life | imprisonment. The Salvation Army has evinced an interest in his case, and it is not improbable that he has embraced its faith. Elsie Leslie, well known in Salva- tion Army circles, has visited the con- demned man in the prison. A petition for the commutation of his sentence was sent to Governor Budd, but that official’s ab.ence jeaves the matterin the hands of Lieutenant-Governor Jeter, who may not be able to withstand the pleas that will be made for the life of the prisoner. The prison authorities say that if Hill must go to the gallows next Friday he will go like a brave man; that he has never exhibited a trace of fear. Haivey Allender’s execution is set for the 3d. He committed a double murder in San Jose, and was received at the prison September 29, 1896. The date for | his execution was December 11, 1896, but as his case went to the Supreme Court on appeal the date was changed to a week from Friday. WEDS A TITLED AUSTRIAN. Miss Lizzie Nickeus, a Tacoma Halle,i Secretly Married in ! Hontreal. TACOMA, WasH., Aug. 20.—Miss Lizzie Nickeus, a beautiful Tacoma girl, has married an Austrian gentleman who is said to possess a title. The marriage took place at Montreal between two and three weeks sgo. Her parents were astounded when they received a letter notifying them of the event and asking for forgiveness. Judge Johnson Nickeus, the bride’s father, wired to his dauehter to return home at once. This she did, arriving to- night, and her tather met her in Seattle. Her husband remains in Montreal. Why he did not accompany her is not Known, though a close friend of the family says that he is organizing an expedition of twenty Canadians whom he will send to the Klondike, and that possibly he will accompany the expedition to Dawson City. Since her youth Miss Nickeus has been surrounded ty luxury. Wher she was 16 years ol ! she was sent to France, Eng- land and Germany to school. In Berlin she first met Mr. Hart, whoze admiration has never waned from tuat time. He fol- lowed her across the ocean and has since spent much time in London and New crk. For several vears past the couple hav: corresponded. Neither ber parents nor her friends had the least idea that she contemplatea mar- riage when she loft for Montreal six wecks ago 10 study French with an old teacuer. Her French had become some- what rusty, and she des rd to imyrove it in order that she might teach French in the Tacoma High School next year. She has becn instructor ii Germuan thers for 1wo years past. Miss Nickeus has always been a great favorite 1n Tacoma society. She came near being chcsen Rose Queen iast July, and was one of the maius of honor during the rose carnival. She is highly accom- | p 1shed and ba« traveled in South Amer- 1ca as we'l #s in Burope. During Har- rison’s adminisiration her father was Con- sul General at Burranquillo, United States of Colombia. —_— - Monterey Knights of Honor. MONTEREY, Car, Aug. 20.—A lodge of Knights of Honor, to be known as the C. H. M. Curry Lodge, has been organized | ine preparing 10 drive 10 town. here, Grand Dictator Prescott L. Archi- bald of San Francisco performing tne cere- mony of formai organizition, assisted by Grand Vige-dictator W. J. Thompson, Grand Assistant Dictator Thomas Learned, Grand Reporter ThomasJohnstone, Grand ‘Treasurer F. W. Zohfu:s and Grand Pre- late and Supreme Repres:ntative Charles ¥. Curry, officers of the 8Ban Francisco Lodge. The tollowing officers were electad and installed by Grand D:ctator Archi- buld: D. W. Beverton, past dictator; Joseph Shuite Jr., dictator; C. H. Price, first assistant dictator; A. Vidal, assist- ant dictator; F. L. Voshell, financial re- E. W. Michaelis, reporter; J. B. Hickman, treasurer; F. W. Galiauer, 6uaplain; C. Heiser, guard; F. C. Mi- chaelis, sentinel; W. U. Cochran, George L. Rubhl and E. B. Lewis, trustees. The lodge has thirty charter members, L o Waging War on *quirrels. MONTEREY, CaL., Aug. 20.—The farm- ers of this iocality have been subject to so much annoyance from. the little ground squirrel in damage to crops and injury to borses and cattle that step into squirrel holes that a protest has been made, and the Board ot Supervisors has passed an ordinance offering a bounty of 2 cents on each squirrel killed in the county. The ordinance provides that the claimants of the bounty shall have their b lls attested by a notary public and afterward forward them, together with the squirrel tails, to the Supervisors. The oidinance goes into effect at once. ———— FLOOD.NG MAY BE NECESSRY. Gravity of the Situation in the Utica Mine Underrated From the Beginning. ANGELS CAMP, Car, Aug. 20.—The situation in the Utica mine became more serious to-day, and it 1s now believed that the conflagration has been underrated from the beginning. Yesterday a success- ful descent was made to the 700 level of the Stickle shaft, and it was thou_ght that the flames could be extinguisbed in a few hours. A crowd of twenty meu was kept busy last night directing a stream of water from a long hose upon the blazing timbers. The men were obliged to work short shifts of from ten to twenty minutes on acconunt of the intense heat and smoke, and at last were forced to retire because of firedamp, The cage, containing several men, was lowered tnis morning into the Stickle sbaft, but so great was the heatand so nauseating the gas that the signal was given to be hoisted long before the level of the fire was reached, The casing of the shaft was so hot that one could not lay his hand upon it. All day gas and smoke have been escaping from the shafis and apertuces, and several streamsof water from the nczzies of hydraulic giants have been constantly playing upon it in the hope of driving it back, but apparently without avail, and to-night the odor of firedamp can be plainly detected in the strests of Angels. While bulkheading the old south shaft this afternoon a Frenchman named Bu- chard was overcome by gasand il required the combined efforts of seyeral men to hold him in his paroxsyms. Later Frank Gurney, who had charge of the eiectrical department, was almost asphyxiated. Both will recover. At 7 o’clock this evening an experiment was made to test the quality of tue air in the Stickleshaft by sending down lighted lamps, all of which came back extin- guished, showing that a man could not live below the surface. Should the condition of affairs remain the same to-morrow, it is probable that the last dreaded alternative will be re- sorted to—the flooding of the mines, Should this become necessary it will not only mean a loss of thousands upon thou- sands of doilars to the Utica company, but the property of Angels is at stake and many of the stores would undoubtedly be obliged to suspend business, while hun- dreds of miners would find themselves out of employment asa leave thecountry. B s TO ACVERIISE IN THE EAST. Scheme in Which Fresnoites Interesting San Joaquin Valley Residents. FRESNO, CaL., Aug. 20—A movement is on foot to unite the counties of the San Joaquin Valley for the purpose oi adver- tising fruit products in the East. The idea is very well received among the growers, and the Hundred Thousana Ciub of this city has taken up the propesition. The originator of the movement is Phil M. Baier of Porterville. The plan cf aetion now is to have the Board ol Super- visors appoint five suitable persons to represent Fresno County in a convention of like re rresentatives from other counties in Central California, 10 be hereafter called for the purpose of arranging the details for a joint citrus and dried iruit exhibit, to be held next December in Bos- ton, New York, or some other important Eastern center, by the several counties of Central California. This exhibit is to be made to create an incraased demand for the valley’s products and to indnce im- migration and the investment of Eusiern capital. Are s Cannon fur Mouterey Velerans. MONTEREY, Car., Aug. 20 —Lucius Fairchild Post No. 179 G. A. R., received vesterday a part of the ordnance grantec it by the War D:partment. Two cannons and two stacks of cannon-balls arrived from Benicia and wiil be place | above the ruined ramparts of old Fort Halleck, on the United States military reservation, where tbey w:ll keep the ione Mexican cannon company. The comrades of the local post conteruplate a restoration of tne old fort, and if this lan is carried our the spot will become one of the most interesi- ing of Monterey’s historic show places. —- Drinks Cholorojorm by Nictake, LOS ANGELES, Car., Aug. 20.—At her home in Colegrove, a suburb of this city, Mrs. Bridges, 55 years old, was this morn- Just be- fore she wasabout to start she went to a shelf to take a tonic, and by mistake took up a bottle of chioroform. She drank a quantity of the poison, and when her hus- band sougnt for her a few minutes later he found her dead on the floor. - Wil Build a iofinery. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Car, Aug. 20.—J, T. Richardsand Edward C. Tallant bave sold, as trustees of the Hollister estate, to the Alcatraz Mining Company 128 acres, water right and ric bt of way, situated near Gaviota Landing, Santa Barbara County. The Alcatraz Company has already com- menced laying pipes from the Sisquoe, whenco it will take the crude asphaltum. On its new purckase it will immediately commence the erection of a refinery. SR Stabbed by His Creditor. LOS ANGELES, CaAn, Aug. 20, — Manuel Fi-rro owed Manuel Martinez $450. To-day Martinez asked Fierro for the money while both weére in a drinking place 1n this city, and Fierro replied by plunging a knife into Martinez twice, the second time leaving the weapon in the wound. Martinez is in the care of the police surgeon, with the chances acainst his living, and Fierro is in jail. iy Dies After a Brief Illness. REDDING, CAL, Aug. 20.—-Miss Ada Camden, daughter of Charles Camden, proprietor of the Camden Toll road, be- tween this city and the Tower House, died at her home at the Tower House this morning at 2:30 o’clock. Miss Camden had been ill only a few days. SEen e Killed by His Brother While Huntinr, TACOMA, WasH, Auz. 20 —Frank Holly of Buckley was accidentaily shot and killed yesterday by his brother while huonting in the Cascade Mountains. Cor- oner Hoska was notified and h: Buckley to investigat e R e Drowned in a Burrel of Water, UKIAH, CAL, Aug. 20.—A little child of John Standberg of Fort Brage while aiL play yesterday fell into water and wudmywnsd. A% e o An Abominable Legacy. A tendency to rheumatism is undoubtedi; 1 her.ied. Uniike many other legacies, 1t hm’llt‘l: in the family. ‘The most effectual means of checking this tendency, or of removing inciplent rheumatism, whether pre-existent 11 the blcod or not, 18 10 resort 1o Hosiet-er's Stomach Bitters as 500D &3 Lhe PremONIIOr * Lwingps are felt. ully fying the fuflues.ces of cold, exp sure and faiigue. the Bl.iers no. only for.itiés the system agaia their huriiol consequences, but subjaga:es ma - ria, liver a1d kidney (o Terve disquietude Y <O uPialat, ayspepsia and BRUSH ABLAZE [N MILL VALLEY Flames Denude Large Tracts of Timber and Pasturage. Finally Got Under Control After Hours of Hard Fighting. Thickly Populated District Threat= ened for a Tims by the Con= flagration. MILL VALLEY, Can, Aug. 20.—A Japanese boy burning brush on Benjamin Kellogg's grounds on Throckmorton ave- nue caused one of the most disastrous coaflagrations that ever swept over this section since the creat forest fire of 1890, when all Mount Tamalpais was in flames, The fire to-day burned over hundreds of acres of pasturage, timber and brush, and at numerous points threatened to sweep down into the thickly populated districts in the valley. Hundreds of men with shovels, branches of trees, wet sacks and other mmplements fought the blaze, ana finally succeeded in getting it under con- trol after three hours of continual work. It is not possible at this time to estimats the damage. The outhouses surrounding the residence of Mrs. Elien Kelly were de- stroyed, but a gang ot men succeeded in saving the dwelling. A. Lauzendorffer's house was in the midst of the fire, but by the liberal nse of water and axes a large number of men saved the builling, al though the fire burned all aroand it. It was about 2 o'clock when Mrs. Merz- bach, coming out of her house, saw the grassin the rear of the K:llogg residence on fire. She screamed for assistance and the alarm_was viven. The Tamalpais Land and Water Company put all its men ut work fizchtingz the blaze, which had then got into the brush and threatened the entire valley. Superintendent E. H. Bhoemaker of the North Pacific coast Railread was on the train coming from San Rafael when he saw t*egreat cloud of snioke hanging over Mill Valley. He im- mediarely picked up the men at work on ti‘e irieks and sent an engine after others and brought them all to the valley. The men were rusned to the scene in various conveyances and a battle royal was waged until the biaze was unaer control. The fire swept up the hills toward Mount Tamalpais. Over 300 men were fighting on all sides. When the flames caught a fre<h lot of shrubbery or trees they would mount high in the air, send- ing up clouds of ashes. Dczans of women stood on the road waiching the work of destruction. The fences in the rear of the Merzbach residence were destroyed, and the Kel- loggs’ costly Lome barely escaped the fury of the conflagration. Every effort was made to keep the fire from spreading into Mitl Valley's residence portion, ang in this the figliters were successful. The breeze that was blowing suddenlv changed for ihe better, and in a thort time it was seen that the fire was tnder control, ATE PUISO ED SALAD. Stoekton Colored Young Man Dies Under P.cuiar Circumstanoc STOCKTON, Cav, Aug. 20. —Melvin Robinson, a colored young man of 20 vears, diel mysteriously this morning. The circumstances were so peculiar that Dr. Lanthurn, who had been called to at- tend bim at tiue eleventh hour, refused to sign the desth certificate, deeming the case one for investigation by a Coroner’s jury. An autopsy will be held to-morrow. obinson came to this city in search of work and made the acquaintance of two or three culored young men. A week ago they paid a visitto a lodging- house kept by a notorious negress. 1n a room there they found a luncheon spread, and they thought it would be a capital l:;ka to sit down to the feast themseives. No one wus around, and they ate their fill, Robinson partook of a saiad, but tue others did not. Later he was taken ill and to-day he died. It is believed that poison was in the inod. XYOu — HIS1S ADDRESSEDTO YOU ! Have you ever heard of the sialemeni made by oneof the most famous men thit ever iived waich 1ells of manhood? Itis this: “'A perfect man is e noblest work of tcd’ That is | = true that no matter whom | YOU may happen to be, it is worth remembering for ail_ths years that you have to live. Think it over jor awhile} Can you pick up gold anywhere? Does it grow on buirushes ? Your own sense tells vou Nol The Klondike may have ail the riches that are told of, but it takes poins to get them. It trkessevere toil. Is your healin of mere value to you than all wne riches of Klondike? If you think not, you will alter your opinion when you have lost 1t ail. Reason to-day! FOM s Be fa'r with yourself. All the | money on earth wonld do you no goo1 i you couid not use it to sausfy your various ambi- tions. And what is the hignest ambiijon thac yon have? If it is not 10 be s perfect man, you are weak somewhere. Let us suppose that it is. Will you take the trouble to send to tha Hudson Medical Institute and ask about it? A A half score thousand people have testified to tne &mc:cypoi the treaiment that js to Le had tiere for YOUR style o1 case. You1 can nave a lot of th:s t:stimouy —much more than enough to satisfy auy fair- minded man, if you will but ask for it. Is that uot worth the troubie that 1t will take? A cail, or for that matter, a postal card wiit do. . MAN Manhood is 'ike all other gifis. Itcan be di<sipated. When it is you can 10 longer claim that you are ‘‘One oi the nobiest works of God.” 1Is it not beiter i 10 have ail people respeet you ? Isfitnog betier to be sound in wind and 1imb? Isitnot better MAN? Ask yourself nd let your own ell you ths truth. consciene: Try this day. U you h ppen to have catarrh; if you suffer from indigestion; if you fes! a weak bacs, or huve any form of blood talnt, sou can app.y to the doctors with the feeiing thn' they wiil help you SWII TLY, FTERMANENTLY AND SURELY. 3 Hudson Medical Institute Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts,, SAN FRANCIZCO, CAL.