The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 28, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1897. 3 ANERLCA'S GREAT GAME UF WHEAT Bulls and Bears Battle in the Pit at Chicago. PLAYERS DO THEIR OWN ROOTING. Prices of the Cereal Driven Up and Down During the Innings. CUDAHY ANDCOUNSELMAN | FORM A UNION. They Intend to Break ths Bull Com- | bine, and Independent Bulls Are Discouraged. CHICAGO, Iir., mng w e bears at the bat, and the bulls putting | game of wheat opened this mo t p a decidedly w battery. Promptly | 9:30 o’clock the umpire climbea to his the gong sounded and the game In the first plav a bear knocked the bail to the 93 cent field, ana ! before it bbed by the bulls it had | rolled After this the bulls | t s00n h:mi ers that sent th nd and bles score upward. hers were well d all the “root- looked on and At the beginning of the made the place hideous their caterwauling, but as the game e noise suts-ded. was reached the bears stick and began sending ieid in spite of the George French and the “‘root- | the whole bull crowd. By 11:3 were still hanging to the had been knocked down field. w Eastern games during the | favorable to the bears. ruin team had downed ressed low e ball veral points, and dis- es showed that the bears were hav- i 2 better of it there. This so elated t Chicago that it was only the the Wall-street crowd that ils trom being utterly routed. cendition of the game was just as 1t had been balf an hour earlier, | while in the December game the ball had | been knocked 10 §01{ cents and in May. to | 9217 cents. Only avout half of the usual | number of players were in the field by tue noise had grown much tle bard play after the first balf and most of the players were | red at the corn pit, where the bears | ¥ the bulis backward. In game is practically im- atsiders to break into, and re afraid to go into December high fly from the September pool knock them cold, whiie the butls | fear the same batiers may snoil | ng afoul. The con- by knoc that the game of wheat seems g from too much profession- the close of the day the bail had been ced into the September 93-cent field, ) cents away from the high fly of iay morning. In December the price was driven to 90 cents at 1ay to 915 cents. | earned to- | 17 and Charles Coun- | ed a union to break the 1l comb 1e independent balls are discourazed by the prospect, as it is be- t this “clique” has more power to undo than the Allen-Grier-French alli- ance has power to do. l<o hinted that the bear combina- srked last evening through the curb knoc over e source 1t wa to break the market to-day, and that the decline was due totheir manipulation rather than to the sensationaily large break in Liverpool. DECLINE AT >T. LOU. Prices Mlump Owing to a Flood of Bearish News. ET. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. A flood of bearish news sent the local wheat market down to-day. December, theactive month, opened 25 cents oft from yesterday at 9414 cents. A further dectine of 1 cent was made, followed by a rally of 1% cents and a de- Wheat cline of 214 cents. Finaliy the market closed with buyers 5 of a centabove the bottom. Compared with yesterdav, prices were off 414 cents for August, 43 cents for September, 43¢ cents for Decem- ver and 434 cents for May. - GULD FEOW™ AUSTRALILA, It Merely Means That Fealers Are Pay- ing for Amervican Wheat. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. —The re- ported importation of $2190,000 worth of English goid at San Francisco to pay for wheat exported from that port to Aus- walia revived to-day the rumor that this country would soon be getting back from Enegland some of the American goid. J. and W. Seligman, who doan extensive business in the West, said this morning that the importation of gold from Aus- iralia to S8an Francisco did rot mean that the people of England wou!ld be shipping the metal to this country. It merely meant that wheat-dealers of Ausiralia had been buying American wheat, nd thev had to pay for it in gold, as the bal- ance of trade between Australia and the Pacitic Coast was not in favor of the Aus_ tralians. FAEMERS Ank PKOSPEROUS. Mill Receive a Much Larger Amount for Wheat This Year. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 27.—As- sistant Secretary Brigham of the Agri- caltural Department to-day expressed lb_e opinion that the American farmers this year would receive in the aggregate from $400,000,000 to $500,000,0000 in excess of the amount received last year for their wheat. *This,” he said, ‘‘means much to the They | mitted farmers. They have learned in the season of hard times through which they have | passed to economize where they could and to be careful in buying. They will use this money received for their croos to pay off their debts, cancel mortgages and in making improvements on the farm and tarm buildings. This seems like a vast/| sum, but statistics sustain the claim.” Mr. Brigham also predicts that the in- crease in the price of tarm products would benefit the laboring element. “The price of labor,” he said, “did not decline with the price of farm produects. and for some time the farmer was forced to pay as much for the services of those who did the work as ever, while his re- ceipts were cut in two. Inasmuch as wages did not decline I see no reason why they should be expected to correspond with the advancs of farm products, which are now only bringing fair prices. Still ail the laboring men Wwill be benefited by this advance in prices. The farmer will discharge his indebtedness and make im- provements which will require labor. He will purchase more of the products of labor, putting a vast amount of morey in | circulation, and this will create a demand for labor in all lines, and men who have been withcut employment, or only par- tially employed, will work full time at fair wages.’ 70 REFORM CHICAGO. Evils of a Great City to Be Smitten by the Woman's Civic Reform Society. CHICAGO, IrL, Aug. 27.—Chicago isat Jast to be reformed. This big, wicked, in- carnadined city is to be purgced and nsed and made a dainty, del cite blue. 1 is to be smitten, misery is to be buried and depravity is to be drummed out of camp. The Woman's Civic Reform Society was incorporated at Springfieid last Thursday, and to-day Dr. Luella Day Underhill ad- in confidence tuat nothing but unmitigated virtue could ensue. The re- form bu-iness has heretofore been very cl trying. There was invariably something wrong. Now it’s going to be very differ- ent. The end of vice in Chicago is in- | evitable and that time, according to the statements of those | interested in the Woman’s Civic Reform | Society. Dr. Luella Day Underhi!l bas | bad some previous succees here in the | reform business and is now prepared for a | vigorons campaign. A hundred prom- inent citizens are said to have furnished her with the sinews of war for the com- mencement of the movement. - [ BANKER SELIGMAN SERIQUSLY ILL. | = | | within a very short | Fhysicians Have Performed an Opera- tion for Appendicitis and His Con- dition Is Critical. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 27.—Banker David J. Seligmen of the weaithy firm of | J. & W. Seligman, 21 Broad street, is lying | seriously ill in the Hollyvwoced Hotet, | Long Branch, and his friends are much alarmed to-day over his condition. Orn Wednesday night Dr. Robert Abbe and | several a:sisting physicians performed an | operation for appendicitis on Mr. Selig- man. It wassaifat the office of his firm this morning that his condition was con- sider-d very serious. Mr.S=ligman is the eldest son of the late Joseph Seligman, | founder of the banking-house of J. & W. Seligman. Mr. Seligman has been spend- | ing the summer at Long Branch with his | family. - FIKED UPON HEGULAKS. Fool Performance of a Naval Militia- man With a Loaded Gun. TOLEDO, Onio, Aug. 27.—A member of | the Toledo company of the Naval Reserve | fired upon a snecial train carrying a bat- talion of the Seventeenth Unitea States Infantry at Mingo Junction this morning, Two musicians of the Sixteenth and McDonald—were slightly i the side of the car was filled with shot. Both the Seventeenth and the Naval serve had participated in the Steuben- ville centennial ce.ebration, and were re- turning home. The Nava! Reserve was on a Lake Erie and Western train and the Seventeenth Regiment was on a Pan- handle train. At Mingo Junction the tracks of the roads run paraliel and very close together for a short distance. The Pantandle train was just pussing the Lake Erie and Western at this point when the shooting occurrea. A. H. Gould, a member of the Toledo | Naval Reserve, was arrested here when the train arrived this aiterncon. He con- fessed that he fired his gun out of the window while in close proximity to the Pennsyivania train, but says ke thought he was using a blank cartridge. He had some blank shells and some loaded ones with him. He thinks he must have made a mistake. He is heartbroken over the affair. R STOK DE. 170 RESI%N. Board of Forveign Miions Will Lose Its Venerable Pre-ident. NEW YORK, N. Y. Aug. 27.—It is | stated that tue Rev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs, | who has been president of the American Board of Foreign Missions for many years, will resign the presidency at the 1storate, whici warrant bim in re- | signing. ! There will probably be agreat discussion | ! at'the meeting over the financial condi- | tion of the board. The fiscal year will | show a fatline off of $75,000, which the | officers attribute to hard times. Anap- | | peal is now zoing ont Prarl Beds 2 LITTLE ROCK, ARk., Aux. 27. cial to the Guze Mount Adams, | Ark., sa; White River, above and below Mount A ms for several miles, is lined with pearl-hunters. The people are great- Iy excited over the discovery. Wagon- Ibads of men, women and chi.dren are ar- riving from all sections. One party of | campers found a large number of fine pearis to-dav. They were taken to the store of N. B. Price, and he valued them a1 $350. The pearis found here are as larze as bucksbot, round and brilliant in color. - - On the Trail of the Cracker Trust. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. 27. —The New York Biscuit Company, the rivai of the cracker trust, has opened a Milwau- kee branch. A obranch was recently cpened at St. Louis. Manager Huines says it is thg intention of the New York compsny to #stablish branches in all the cities in the West, in the hope to break down the trust. o Large Pric- Paid for a Hog. SPRINGFIELD, ILL, Aug. 27.—At a sale of Poland-China hogs here to-day a boar named Klevers Model sold for $5100. This is the largest price ever paid for a hog. It was purchased by a syndicate known as the Klevers Model Breeding As- sociation. e Senator Morgan En Loute to Hawaii, NASHVILLE, TeNN., Aug. 27.—Senator John T. Morgan o. Alabama is here for a few days. He declines to be interviewed, but has said that be isen route to Hawaii, and that his visit to the islands is purely for private business. - EpIToR JAMES H. BARRY speaks formed School Boerd” in to-day’s Star. of the *“Re- OGDEN GOELET DIES UPON HIS YACHT MAYFLOWER. LONDON, ExG., Aug. 27.—Ogden Goelet passed quietly away at noon to-day on board his yacht Mayflower, which is There were present at the deathbed his wife, son and daughter, the Hon. Michael Henry Herbert, brother of the Earl of Pembroke, and Mrs. H rbert, who is Mrs. Goelet's sister. anchored in Cowes Roaa, Isle of Wight. It was a tragic ending of one of the most sensational social successes ever made by an American in England. Within thirty davs the Prince of Wales had been his guest at Cowes for the third time, and his American host had already made plans for other important social entertainments. Some of Mr. Goelet's friends think his daughter’s determination to marry the younz Duke of Manchester may possibly have hastened the father's end. He felt very strongly about it, but as was cabled at the time of the suit of the young English nobleman he was supposed to be favored by Mrs. Goelet. In the daysim- mediztely preceding his demise he said nothing of the unpleasant affair. Mr. Goelet knew that death was coming. Three montbs ago ne said to his fiiena Jefferson M. Levy: ““I know I shall die before the season ends. I have no doubt I am going very fast.” Ogden Goelet was one of the several so the rich marriages they bhave made. young Duke of Manchester. avenue. n-law of Richard Wil<on, whose daughters are noted in New York society for Mrs. Goelet is the oldest daughter, she having married the banker twenty years ago. Their daughter was presented at court during the recent jubilee festivities, and rumor has persistently engaged her to the The Goelets have a magnificent homein New York in the multi-millionaire group on Fifth EVIDENGE 1N A ROSTY SHOVEL Important Part It Will Play in the Trial of Luetgert. ’Connecting Link in the Chain Being Welded by the Prosecution. The Sausage-Maker Flercely Re- sents a Newspaper Carlcature of Himself. CHICAGO, ILL., Aug. 27.—An old rusty shovel will play an important part in the Luetgert trial. On this certain stains will form a subject of much attention and ex- pert testimony will be added to show that the marks of deep red rust were made by a strong caustic solution. This shovel will form an important link in the chain of circumstantial evidence that the State claims to have woven about the prisoner. It wiill be referred to by Assistant State Attorney McEwen in his opening state- ment Monday morning. With it the State will claim that the remnants of the mur- dered woman’s body were scooped up from the bottom of the vat. It is the theory of the prosecution that before placing the body in the vat Luet- geri disrobed it and placed the bundle of clothes at the east end of the vat. When tne shovel was brought into use the rem- nants of bones and mass of soapy matier resulting from the chemical action of the potash on the fatty substances of the body were scooped out and carefully depositea on the clothes, Thnese, together with the remnants of the body. were then hidden in one of the smokehouse furnaces and destroyed later in the day, on Sunaay af- ternoon, in the fires under the steam- boi.ers. The finding of the shovel was quite accidental, and is one of the cards the State has been holding np its sleeve. It will be u-ed in connection with Frank Bialk's testimony and help to fit in when the night watchman tells about Luetgert asking him anxiously 1f the police had tound anything in the smoiehouse. At the sausage-maker’s trial to-day Mr. de Lestre, one of the first four jurors sworn in, was dischar ed by apreement of couns . De Lestre’s wife is suffering from nervous prostration, induced princi- pally, it is claimed, by worry over her husband’s presence on the jury, anc. for that reason he was allowed (0 zo. Luetgertl 1s Very angry over a newspaper picture showing his forehead and eyes ! and calling attention to bis “evil eye.” Tne big sausage-maker swore eloquently as he gazed at the work of the artist. Luetgert persists in his demand to be permitted 1o address the jury during the trial. His obstinacy in this respect is troubling his counsel, who fear the pris- oner will cresie a scene which wiil be prejud.cial to his case. Luetgert says he can exp'ain matters to the jury concern- in: his sausage factory betier than his counsel or any other person. Luetgert has received a letter from D. J. von der Ahe, who is searching in Ger- many for Mrs. Luetgert. What the con- tent< of the letter are the prisoner refuses to say, bevond the statement that it con- tains good news. He says the letter will pe introduced in evidence. BANKER BUYS A G.LD BRICK. The Molson Bank of Calgary, B. C., Victimized to the Tune of $12,000 by Swindlers. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 27.—A spe- cial from Montreal says that the manager of the Calgary brancn of the Molson Bank waus taken in by a gold-br.ck swinderre- cenily. A plausible and to all appear- ances a responsible man registered at one of the hotels in Calgary and announced himself as a United States Government assayer from Montana. He made many friends and was well received by the best citizens in the place. About ten days afterward 8 miner came to town, and ap- plying at the bank asked to see Mr. Mc- Gregor, the munager, and when admitted confided to him that he had made a big strike and had found an immensely rich mine. He then unfolded an old blanket and brought out a gol! brick which he said was worth $15,000, and which he wanted to realize upon so as to obtain suf- ficient money ‘o work the mine. The manager thought he had a good chance to make some monev and sent for the ‘‘assayer” from tke United States. Some of the brick was taken ana assayed and found by the assayer to come up to expectations. McGregor then bought the brick for a good round sum, said to be $12,000, and as soon as the money was || years. paid the miner and his accomplice de- camped. when he discovered that he had been swindled. s S NOTED ABOLITIONIST DEAD. Was Once a California Pioneer and Crossed the Plains in the Lays of '49. CHICAGO, Irn., Aug. 27. — William Croity, the famous Abolitionist, died last night at Marysville, Ohio, at the age of 92 He was unquestionable the oldest and the most notabie of pioneer conduct- ors of the famous Abolition “underground railroad.” He was alsoone of the men zold exc tement in the daysof 1849 and mude the journey overiand to Calilornia. During his connection as one of the con- | duc.ors of the “underground railroad” ke made a record that probably exceeded that of any other man in the ante-bellum days. nadian soi!,and this in spite of the fact that the slave-owners and slave- hunters |of the South had marked him as an object of their special ven- | geance. His activity in the noble | work of rescue and liberation of the ne- groes was only interrupted by two years of absence when ha crossed the plains to California as a ‘‘Forty-niner”” and by the final conflict which resulted in the ulti- mate liberation of the black race. In 1849 Crotty went with a party from | Delaware, Ohio, to California in search of gold, and in the latter part of August, | 1850, they reachied their destination. He | located a claim, but sold out and returned to his home in Onio. — o REASON Ha TURNED, | Jonn D, Tallunt Has Recoverea His Mental Balance. CHICAGO, Irn, Aug. 27.—Jobn D. Tallant, the San Francisco banker who | became violently insane on the overlan train Tuesday and was removed to a san tarium at Lake Geneva, reccvered his rea- son Thursday. His mind is now as clear as ever, His revival was instant. Ay 2 o’clock in the afterncon he seemed to awake with a start from the mental stupor. He had no recollection of what had happened from the moment of his | collapse. It was gradually explained to him, and he +aid that ho was feeling in the best of health, but was a trifle sore from bruises. Mr. Tallant will remain at Lake Geneva for a week to rest, and will then probably continue his journey to join his family at | Dresden, Germany. His brother-in-law | will arrive at Lake Geneva from San Francisco to-morrow. As soon as the patient was out of the excitement of the city bhe became quiet and speedily im- proved. The attack is supposed to have been brought on by nervous prostration, which was the result of overwork and grief for a son who died nine months ago. S NAIL COMPANY'S ULTIMAIUM, Workingmen Mus: Accept Proposed roale or Kemove Their Toole. CINCINNATI, Onio, Aug. 27 —A Com- ,meminl—Tnbune spec al from Anderson, 1nd., says: The American Wire Nail Com- pany, baving expended $70,000 in improv- ing their plant with machinery, has an- nounced the scale for the wire department which is a slight increase above the aver- aee scale of like plants in the country, but acut on last year's scale, and is due to the introduction of the plate system. The company will treat with the men only as individGals. Last night a notice was< posted by the company notifying 300 men that they would be given unul Kriday evening to remove their tools and per- sonal effects from the factory, e ek Ny THE PAMAY A aNaL, in English Syndicate Negotiating for It Purchase Fyom France, NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 27.—Word has been received that an English syndi- | cate, possessed of uniimited capital, has | been formed, and is now negotiating with the Frenct: Government for the purchase of the Panama canal. Should satisfactory arrangements be made, it is their inten- tion to resume operations immediately and push the work torward to completion as rapidly as possitle, 50 as to have it ready for business at as early a date ay money and men can make it. No particu- lars ure given. Wilt Not Be Transferred. CRICAGO, IrL, Aug. 27.—Colonel Mer- ritt Barber, adjutant-general of the De- partment of the Missonri, has not re- ceived any notification that he is to be transferred to New York next month, ay rumored. He is preparing to leave on his annual vacation next week. While there wili be some changes in the adjutant-gen- eral’s department at Washington, the transfer of Colonel Barber is a matter of pure speculation. Next Febrnary General Ruggles will recire from the corps, and if Colonel Barber isnot citled up to a higher place at that time his transfer 10 New York will come in regular order. McGregor resigned his position | TARD TALES who left his Buckeye home during the | Crotty aided 3000 siaves to escape | trom their pursuers to a safe baven on Ca- | | ABOUT ROSS Says the Professor Was Promoted and Not Degraded. The Stanford Instructor Wrote That He Was Pleased With the Change. Ross Liked the Chalr of Secretary, | Which Insured Him a Larger Salary. CHICAGO, CaL, Aug. 27.—Prolessor Lester ¥. Ward, who is lecturing at the University of Chicago, was seen by a Carn representative this afternoon and asked if it was true he had been notified by Prcfessor Ross of Stanford University that he (Ross) had been deposea from the chair of economics to that of social sci- | ence because of his pronounced advocacy of 1he free coinage of silver. “That report seems to me to be without a bit of foundation. Professor Ross has been promoted, not degraded,” said Pro- fessor Ward. “I have not had a letter from my Cali- fornia friend for at least six months, when he wrote me in asomewhat facetious vein that on account ot his financia! views Dr. Joraan had degraded him from the chair of economics and finance to that of sociology. “He s emed rleased at the change and evidently wanted me to congratulate him, and I did so. I consider it a promotion, for the salary is larger, and in that posi- tion he can be more useful at the univer- sity than in the one formerly occupied. There is not a broader institution in the land thun Leland Stanford University, and there is no interference with the per- sonal views of its faculty. Professor Ross is an ardent advocate of free silver and took an active part in therecent cam- paign, but that was as far as he went. From the manner in which the professor wrote I feel sure he looks upon the change as I do—as an advancement. He was un- doubtedly the ouly one at the university capable of taking such a chair.” KANSAS SHIPPEKS WIN. State Eaflway Commissioners Upheld by Judae Randolph. EMPORIA, Xaxs, Aug. 27.—Judge William Randolph of the Lyor County District Court to-day issued aninjunction, eifective August 29, to restrain the Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific and the Missouri, Kansas and Texes railroads from violat- ing the recently promulgated order of the Kansas State Board of Railroad Commis- sioners relative to rates on livestock. The roada named recently resumed the hun- dred-weight basis of charges in cattle shipments, contrary to the board’s order, which demanded that carload charges be made. Aitorney-General L. C. Boyle brought action to enjoin tbe roads from violating the order, and elaborate argu- ments were had, Atiorney Boyle speaking for the State and A. A. Hurd for the Santa Fe, T. N. Sedwick for the Missouri, Kan- sas and Texas, and Bailey W. Wagener for the Missouri Pacific. Judge Randoiph temporarily enjoins the railroads *from further continuing or further making operative and effective within the Staie of Kansas the tariff or rutes for the carriage of livestock by the uundred pound weight, with a fixed min mum of weight per car on business origi- nating or tefminating within the State of Kansas ”’ The decision is a valuable vic- tory to Kansas shippe: et HIS ILLMESS A BLESSING. Manager stone raves Three o) His Dawghters ¥rom Drowning. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 27.—Harry C. Stone, the veteran manager of the Pat- erson Opera-house, became ill this'morn- ing and was forced to go to his home, which is called Ryle Park, on the banks of the Passaic River. a short distance be- low the village of Litile Falls, His indisposition proved the salvation of his three daughters—Minnie, Bella and Maud—ior he rescued them from drown- ing by his opportune advent from town. The girls had gone out for arow on the river, and they upset in twelve feet of water just after his arrival. Although Mr. Stone is 6) vears old, he managed to reach them bejore they sank by almost superhuman efforts, Two were uncon- scious when brought ashore. The fac-simile signature of is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. DESERTED HLY WIEE AT JUNEAU Gambler Ash of Dawson Defendant in a Di- vorce Suit. WON RICHES ON THE KLONDIKE. When He Returned to Seattle It Was With Another Woman. LOST HIS HEART IN THE LAND OF GOLD. Assured of His Perfidy, Mrs. Ash Resorts to the Courts for Reparation. SEATTLE, Wasn.,, Aug. 27.—[t was stated in th.s city to-day that Harry Ash, king of Dawson City gamblers, who re- turned yesterday with a fortune of $10,000 and papers in his pocket to show that he is worth ten times that amount, is to be made the defendant in a sensational di- vorce suit which his wife will soon com- mence against him. She was in consulta- tion to-day with a local law firm and as a result legal proceedings will be com- menced, in which Ash will not appear as plaintiff. * It is said that Ash is responsible for the trouble and that there is a woman in the case. Her name no one knows, but it is said that she comes from the Yukon, where she made her home for a number of yeirs and where she met Gambler Ash. Ash went north three years ago. His wife accompanied him. They had been married a long time, thougut much of each other and Ash’s friends always said that Ash was a straight gambler and true to his wife. They have been compelled to change their minds. When Ash and his wife reached Junean they feund that city not very lively, and Ash zaid he would push on to Cirele City andsee if he could not find something to do in hisline. It was agreed that Mrs. Ash should remain at Juneau until her | husband found himself in a position finan- cially to send for her. They parted with kisses and Ash went to Circle City. There he joined Curley Monroe, opened a gam- bling game, Gance-hall and beer-garden and made a little money. Later they heard about the excitement at Dawson i City and joined the crowd thatrushed there. 1 woman who caused him to forget that he had a wife. He did not write to his wife as often as before, and finally gave her up. . He told the miners that the woman with him was his wife; that they were married by some sort of a ceremony down at Circle City, Anyhow she was known as Mrs, Harry Ash. She is not a pretty woman. Mrs.» Ash heard of her husband’s escapade. She did not at first believe it, but letters from kind friends told her it was so. They said, bowever, that the other woman was not good looking, and that they thought Ash would soon discard her. But Ash did not discard her. Some months ago Mrs. Ash came to this city, having heard that her husband would soon be here, and Ash came on the schooner Fred E. Sander. The woman accompanied him. They registerec at a prominent hotel as Harry Ash and wife. Mrs. Ash did not do any shooting. She waited until she had proof of his perfidy and made no effort to see her husband. To-day she 100k steps toward getting a divorce. Ash, it is said, is very much in love with the woman he calls Mrs. Ash and spends rooney on her as though he had seversl barrels of gold. ACCUSES A DEAD MAN. Alleged flefaultar-a—;Wood/and Should- ers His Crime Upon One in the Grave. WOODLAND, CAL., Aug. 27.—A sensa- tion was created in this city to-day by the filing in the Superior Court of the cross- complaint in the case of the West Valley Lumber Company vs. William Wallace, a defaulting employe. Several months ago Wallace was arrested in this city on a charge of embezzling $2037 17 of the com- pany’s money. He was taken to Arbuckle and neld to answer to the Superior Court. It had been rumored for some time that the defense would be of a sensational character. Wallace's attorneys assert that all the funds he is alleged to have embezzled were turned over to thelate 8. T. Mowder, who was manager of the company’s busi- ness, and who personally used the money in gambling. his accusation has never been given a serious thought by those who are acquainted with the upright character | ot Mowder, and the charges simply served to excite indignation at such an attack on the defenseless dead. In the cross-complaint the defendant demands judgment for $1500 for services rendercd. The attorneys for the company sayv that the books kept by Mowder and Wallace refute every statement made 1n the answer and cross-complaint—in fact some of the monev sued for was collec:ed by Wallace after Mowder’s death. - Fast Tract Burnad Over. MILTON, CAL., Aug. The forest fire in the vicinity of Sait Spring Valley has been got under control after a hard fight. The fire started near the Calaveras River, at a point known as “Greaser Town,” which is a small settlement, and from there the flames spread toward Salt Spring Valley. A great deal of feed, fencing and wood was destroyed. By back- firing all the housesand barns in the path of the flames were saved. The area burned over is very large, but the ranchers are congratulating themseives on the preservation of tueir homes and outl- buildings. RS A Bicycles for Stockton Policemen. STOCKTON, CaAr., Aug. 27.—The Board of Police and Fire Commissioners has been asked to purchase bicycles for tbe police force. Tnere is but fourteen officers in Stockton on the regular force ana it is { thought that patrolmen on bikes in the residence districts will afford the house- holders greater protection than can be given at present. Chief of Police Gallis much in favor of the proposed innovation ana it is understood that the police com- At Dawson City, it is said, Ash met the | mission will outfit the force with wheels. ) g ;W} B DR. A. T. SANDEN—Dear Sir: I had a severe pain in mv back over my kid- Electric Belt cured me in three weeks. said I was a new man. Yours traly, If so get it cured. work of such troubles. San Jose, Cal. back. Book free with prices. Office Hours—8 A. M. to 8:30 P. M. NOTE.—Make no mi: neys, so bad that I could not stoop, and was not able to do any work at all. It fixed me up so soon that all the neighbors DR. A. T. SANDEN, Sundays, 10 to 1. 204 South Broadway, Los Angeles; 253 Washington street, Portland, Or.; 935 Sixteenth street, Denver, Colo. istake in the number—€& 832 MARKET STRE NEW Yy0-DAY GOULD NOT WORK. Mr. John Craigwick of Winters, Cal., Was Laid Up With a Pain in His Back. DR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT CURED HIM WINTERS, CaAL., August 27, 1897. Your JOHN CRAIGWICK. 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