The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 2, 1897, Page 4

B OCTOBER 2, 1897, WAS NEARLY LYNGHED BY SANDONITES Portland Man Mistaken for an Examiner Cor- respondent. SEQUEL TO A FAKE SENSATION.. Attempt of Citizens to Take Revenge for a Libel on Their Town. FALSE TALE OF A CHOLERA VISITATION. M. J. Roche Threatened by a Mob Because Suspected of Having Written the Yarn. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 1.—Because.the San Francisco Examiner published a fake story of the imaginary ravages of chelera in Sandon, the British Columbia. mining town, M. J. Roche, an old-time newspaper man of this city, barely escaped being lynched while on a visit to the place. It became rumored that he was the: corre. spondent who sent the yarn to the yellow jouarnal, and the enraged Sandonites had determined 10 make him'pay dearly for the offense. Luckily for Roche he hid an acquaintance ‘in Sandon, wéll known to the people of the town. ‘This friend in- formed the mob which had gathered to wreak summarw vengeance upon Roche that it was after the wrong man, and the Portlander was permitted to depart ia peace. There was no mistaking the intent of the Sandonites. They ‘were in deadly earnest. Their town had been maligned; it bad been given a wide berth by travel- ers who had heard of’ the cholera story, and Sandon bad received a setback from which it woula not recover in months. Their rage was the greater because there was not the slightest foundation for the statement that cholera had ciaimed many victims from among them, and that those who could get away were flecing for their lives. As a matter of fact there has not been so much as an epidemic. of sore throat in Sandon, and the place has been given gratuitous!y a biack eye for no rea- son known 10 its inhabitants. Koclie, who is now. here, savs that he was traveling through the territory of mining-boom towns last week. :On the way he met Mr. Knapp, a well-known correspondent irom the-Sound.. They talked “shop’’ and swapped yarns and be- came well acquainted. Just about the time they arrived at Sandon the newspa- pers from outside points arrived, bringing back the reports sent out by a reckless correspondent that a cholera case -had made its appearance there. The Sandonians were highly incensed at this report and took it so much:to heart that they declared that 1f the writer ana manufacturer of the article about cholera symptoms were 1dentified they would string him up before he could think of a prayerora bymn. They meant exactly what they said. Roche went up the principal street of Bandon the following day, wordering just a little why he atiracted so much atien- tion, Roche is, withal, inclined to be modest, and this marked attention dis- concerted him when it became so meni- fest on all sides. As the day grew older the rumor flew about the town that Koche was the hews- paper correspondent who had manufac- tured the yarn about cholera in Sandon. Hédid not know this until later, and so bhe became very uneasy when he saw a balf-dozen lusty louts haltingly following after him and making audible remaks, “That’s the ———! ‘Hang him! Let's Iynch him!” were the exclamations of one excited individual who appeared to be a lezder in the nucleus of a zrim mob that was forming about the barrooms and re- sorts in the town. Toward the afternoon the demonstra- tions became visible. Everywhere Roche went he was watched. Finally he deter- mined to go where there was protection and find out the cause of the disturbance. Just as he learned the nsture of the trouble he received a direct tip that if he did not take his departure he would be hanged by midnight, and that “tae whole town would ‘get drunk to celebrate the hanging.” ““And,” added the informer, “they say they are mot going to allow. any more cholera lies to be told about Sandon, either.” When affairs reached this crisis Roche hunted up his friend Knapp. ¥ “I'm in no mood (o be the subject for this orgie to-night, Knapp,” hesaid, as ne explained the situation, “Now you square it."” Knapp and his friends went forth and assured the would-be lynchers that it was a case of mistaken identity, The Ex- aminer's cholera faker was another man altogether, Knapp said, and added tnat Roche was.a very harmless railroad man and should be permitted to go his way unscathed. This reassured the Sandonites and Roche was permitted to depart in peace. The newspaper man fis congratulating himself upon his narrow escape from being lynched for another individual’s offease. - WAS A CRUEL FAKF. The Sandon ““Paysireak’ Excoriates the Yeliow Journal. Newspaper achievements of the ochre hue are not popular in Sandon, B. C. ‘When San Francisco’s Monarch of Fakers publishad several weeks ago under *‘scare” headlines a fictitious account of cholera’s deadly sweep in the northern town, it printed that which reputable newspapers had declined to make use of until it had been verified. It is no smail matter to give publicity to a false report thata Sommunity is heing depopulated by some dread scourge, but jingo journalism halts not at falsehood and thrives on libel. When the Examiner had declared that cholera was claiming many victims at Bandon; that people were fleeing from the town without stopping long enough to gather up their valuuables, and that the richest minieg claims had been abandoned ‘in‘the mad rush, no one was surprised to- learn fhat cholera had never-made its ap- pearance in- that territory and :ihiat the mining tcwn had not even-had ‘cause 10| start'a .cemetery for persons.dytng from naiural eauses, issue, thus drives ifs spurs -against the calloused ribs of the Faker: JINGO JOURNALISM. HARHOWING TALE :OF CHOLERA IN :SAN: FRAN< €I5CO EXAMINER: WAS A MALICIOUS LI1BEL; | CAUSES EXFITEMENT OX THE OUTSIDE: AND THE SENDING. OF ‘MANY INQUIRING THLEGRAMS. *‘Last Saturday a-numter of telezrams. were received by different c¢itizens of San- don irom points'all over Canada and . the United Biates, asking about. .the cholers ‘| and anxiously. inguiring if friends were all right. “For thres. days it remained a mystery how the-odurside pubtic could have. got the erroneous impression -that there] was cholera in Sandon, or anytoing élse} to csuse alarm. But ‘on Tuesday, the matter was cleared -up by the arrival of the San FranciscoExaminerof September 3, with-.the following astonishing . tele- gram, dated Tacoma, and under a-double- column ‘scare’ head: Chélera makes. way to Sandon’s homes.— Piague in a town of 1he noOrtl. —Alarn among mauy peopie in Biitish -Columbia.—Resident: leavé 10_escape: the- dunger of early dea Newsof ne calamity-received from & Taco Woman's husband.—Miners desert ~ciaims Wwhich st year had. been purchased at fabu- lous prices.—Houses Over a sluggisn stream. — The place visited by the dread scourge located over 100 miles from Boss:and. TACOMA, Wasit, Sept. 2.—-Word was re- ceived hore to-day by ‘Mrs. Jon W. Brechtel from her husband at Sandon, B.:C.. (hHat the people are fleeing for their livea from that town on accountof cholera. ‘Sandon is siru- ated on & narrow guleh leading to Beat Like, about 150 miles to the east and north of Russ< land. The- houses are built upon pifes and Pposts over the smail and siuggisk siream which runs down the gulch, the stream acting as the sewer for the entire camp. With the-subsidence of the spring freshets and partial drying up ol the stream the serious conditions began 'to create alarm and. lile became mimost -unbearable. Doors were kept ciused and all mesns possibie were taken. 16 lessen the evil, bui t01i0 purpese. A short lime uga ¢nojers broke out, gathering its vies tims atan alarming rate, - Sandon is the cen: ter of a rieh silyer-bersing country; aud it is looked wpon as one of the mest promising silyer cemps in the eniire Rossiand field. Last yenr a- great rushof minersand specu: Jators made Sandon a lively mining eamp, snd claims on the narrow gulca sold for fabulous priees. Now many of the richest claims have been wbandoned on aecount of the searcity of miners. No estimate of the number of deaths Iins been received. ““When this was read in S8andon the first impression it gave was one of amusement at the glaring 1gnorance displayea as to. everything concerniug Sandon. ‘Inkabi-} tants fleeing for their lives'; ‘Sandon} situated in a narrow gulchleading to Beat | Lake’; ‘The houses bailt on pilcs over a small and siuggish stream’; ‘Life «imost unbearable’; ‘Many of therichest claims have been abandoned,’ and ail the other misstatements made it look as it the funny man had taken the telegraph editor’s place, “Indiguation, however, that such a report'about the town should-be pubiished broadcast was freely expressed in the most veliement languaage. **As a matter of fact there has been but one death in SBandon' since last April, that of .a ¢hild from nataral causesaltogether. The bealthfulness of the camp is remark- able; and especially so, ‘beinga new min« ing camp. The sanitary work 1s thor- oughly done, the water works derives its water from a system of pure mountain streams, and no piace in Bratish Columbia or-the United States is in heallnicr condi- {ion than Sandon:at.the present time. In'| {act, the doctors here bave so little busi- ness tiiat noneof ‘them can afford to ad- vert se, f Sandon people are still in the datk as to.who s the author of the libel. The John W. Brecitel mentioned in the dis- paich has been runminga barber.shop for some months down on Reco avetiue, but has <old out, ‘and leit ~last ‘Sunday tor Tacoma. - Theie is a difference of opinion as to whether -the man is ‘nutty,’ or whether he.is sore on the town. There is a possibilitv that he merely wished to di-coursge. his - wife from coming to Sandon, and wrote ner a harrowing tale of the conditions existing for-that pur pose. - If this surmise is the correct one, Brechitel. ‘has certainly a - Munchausen ability of no small caliber. ‘‘But however this may be there can b- but one: opinion of contempt for a news- paper, so.callea, that will print so impor- tant and hurtful an article-in its columns without attempling - to ascertain how much; if any, truth.there was in it Without doubt the Examiner has estab- lished its reputation in Sandon ds an ex- ponent of cheap sensational- journalism, withont" conscience or sense. - Any reph- table newspaper would have taken ihe trouble to telegraph to Sandon and have found out as to the facts before printing such a dispatch from a corr:spondent ina distant city.’ A journal that‘will pubhsh such an untruth:iul article to go before the public and frighten relatives and iriends outside is guilty of a criminal action, and should be suppressed by law.” TRACED T0 THE MOTHER LODE. 0/d Prospector Finds a Ledge of Gold Quartz Twelve Miles From Paskenta. RED BLUFF, Cst., Oct. .—W. D. Rus- sell, who lives near Paskenta, to-day. reported ‘that rich zold quartz had been found on Thomus. Creek, . about twelve miles from Paskenta. Years ago a quartz bowlider was found on Sourd Flat, and since that time many people have endeav- ored to trace the quariz to the mother lode, but without success. Now an old prospector has traced the quariz up the creek for miles, and Russell states that be- fore he left Paskenta rumor was rife there that the mother ledge had been discov- ered. Frank Oakes is sinking a shaft on Soura Flat and has found promising ore. Many others living in that section have been putting in their time lookine for gold with more or Jess success. - The residents of Paskenta have not as yet become very excited, but as soon as the extent of the gzold find becomes known the Coflee Creek fever may be repeated in ihis seciion. Ore running as high as §70 to the ton has been found. e N T0 BREAK HIS FATHER'S WILL. Stockton Heir Dissatisfied With a Zen- Year Trust Clawse, STOCKTON, CAL., Oct. L—E. M. Miller, son of William P. Miller, the deceased wagon-maker, is dissatisfied with the pro- visions of his father’s will, ' This instra- ment-provided ‘that aitar the pavment of various bequests, amounting to $4000, the residue of the estate was to be equally divided between the son and his adopted sister. A provisionary clause prevents the son from. coming into immediate posses- sion of his share by directing that his portion be beld in trust for ten years and ::any the interest paid him during that ime. To-day a contract was recorded that points to an effort being made i0 break the will. The parties to the contract are Eiaward M. Milier and L. Grothwell. It sets forth that tne latter is to assist the former to secure his rights of inheritance under the law and advance all costs and detray ull expense that may be incurred in the prosecution of an action which may be taken in the courts affecting the in- terests of young Miller in the estate, —_— Killed in the Brown Bear Mine. WEAVERVILLE, Can, Oct. 1. — Samuei Thorn, better known as Ed Thorn, was killed in the Brown Bear mine, Deadwood, yesterday afternoon while de- scending in the man-way, a passage used in_zoing 10 and from work. He lost his balarce, falling sixty feet, breaking one leg and receiving internal injuries, He was a native of Eugland, aged 36 yeats. The. Sandon . Paystreak, -in :a recent: Milton Stage - Robbers Had Laid Their Blans Carefully. -BREASTWORKS AT A ROADSIDE. Were Prepared to. Resist Shot- gun Messengers or Armed Passengers. MAN-HUNTING IN THE HILLS OF TUOLUMNE, Posses Have Falled to Track the Daring Pair to Thelr Hiding= Place. STOCKTON, CAL., Oct. 1.—Sheriff Yan- eey of Tusiumne County and his deputies were busy: 10-day on the trail of the ban- @its’ who robbea ‘the Angels and Milton stages vesterday. - Sheriff Cunninghiam of this: courity was to have leit for the scene of--action, but was 100 busy here with business pertaining to his own county 10 get away. The authorities’ in- Tuolumne County are of the opinion that the robbersare residenis of that.section, and that they are well acquainted with the country in the wicinity - of the hold-up. They were seen near Milton early yesteraay morning, making “over the hills toward the place where the robbery was subsequently com- mitted. There are many hunters on the hilis now, and Isttle was thought at the time of the sight of twoarmed m They ‘must have had some place selected where they could disguise themselvés with the sucks, which so completely covered them when they stood beiore the frightened passengers, guns in hand, for when they were traveling over the hills from Milton they did not have anything with them that could hiave contained the sacks they put to such good use afterward. That the robbery was as carefully planned asit was executed is evidenced by the preparations made by the bandits to resist in case they met with opposition from shoigun messengers or passengers. ‘Where ihe man with the shotgun stayed, wito kept in the background most of the time during tne hold-up, a small rock fort nhad been made. The rocks about formed a natural protection for him, but others had been placed in position 1¢ shieid him frcm a fusillade from the coaches. This spot -was. carefudy inspected to-day by Sheriff Yancey and his posse, and the trail of the men followed over the hills until it was lost. The officers believe they know, from their work and: past actions, who the men who were engaged in yesterday’s hoid-up were. They are now at work on the-clews they have, and hope to have the highway- men witliin the next forty-eight hours, From what the other passengers say the tales spun in- San Franciseo by the Arabian . peddlers who claimed to have lost so'much money appesr fishy. Stage Driver Raggio and passengers H. L. Mc- Allister, C. F. Blewett and William War- ren all say thai the robbers did not get a cent from the passengers in the big coach, to which the horses that were shot were attached, and the Arabians boasted on the drive from the scene of the nold-up to Milton that they had saved a considerable sum of moneyfrom the avaricious sack-cov- eréa gun-wielders. The express comparny still ‘clajms ‘that it lost little or nothiag from the breaking open of the strong box, and asthe men: conld not have got more than $70 altogether they cannot hold out long without attempting another robbery, either on ihe same line or on one of the other stage routesleading from the mines, In commenting -on yesterday’s’ robbery one old-fime officer said: *1 have never known of a robbery being commirted up north—that is in Mendo- cino, Hamboldt or any of those counties— but that one was shortly afterward com- mitted in one of the counties adjacent to this. The robbery yesterday reminds me of that of about twelve years aga, when a little feliow. known as the ‘Dutchman’ held . up, single. handed, a stage and tour teams. ~ {le ‘made Tourleen passengers stand in.line while he searched them. Then he tried to break open the express- box right in the presence ol thie fourteen men in line. . In doing this be hit himself a blow with his ax, inflicting a wound over the eye that subsiquently led to his cap- ture. He was arrested soon afterward in the eating siation at Lathrop by Shenif Cunninghiam-and Deputy Oscar Atwood. The work of yesterday was the ‘nerviesi’ since that hold up.” —_— TWO SUSPE£CIS ARRESTED, Reteasod by Sonoma’s Sheriff after an Investigation. SANTA ROSA, CAL., Oct. L—Two men who answered the descriptions of ths out- laws who robbed the Ukiah stage and murdered John R. Barnett gave the offi- cers of thiscounty and those of Mendo- cino considerable trouble to-day. They were twice arrested aud twice released, it having been finally established that they were the wrong men. \ They gave their names as William Burns and T. A. Noian, and said they came from San Krancisco. Both men agree ia ap- pearance. with the description in the Sheriff’s office of the two men who robbed the Booneville stage in every particular save one—they wear the same kind of clothes, shirts, neckties and shoes, but the mustactie of one of them is beavier than in tne printed deseription. The two men arrived at Sebastopol yes- terday about noon, and had dinner in one of the hotels, After dinner they went to another hotel and got a room and went to bed. They zot up for supperand then re- tirea again. leaving instructions to be called at 4:300'clock this morning. Taey gave no reason for being so wornout and so much in need of sleep. They said they came from San Francisco. The proprietor of the hotel thought the actions of the men were rather suspicious, and be notified the City Marshal. Early this morning the Marshal and Officer Yoho went out on the Sebastopol road and met the two men, who were coming to Santa Rosa. They were brought to the city and taken to the Sheriff's office. They were afterward released, but were shadowed. On !eaving Santa Rosa they ‘made their way toward Melitta, the next station on the Southern Pacific Railroad. After the men had gone the authorities i here decided to hold them, ana sent Of- - then er Yoho arrived there ju.t in time. {o'see (e twoen coming down the rail: broughit them to- this eity, w! were placed in jail pending the-arrivat-of person=irom Ukiah for identifiention. Sheriff Jolinson, Frank Berryhitl, S °A. Berrynill, Fred Donabue ‘and James Rose arrived- hére this eveniuz and :were at ere. they once.driven: to. the Couity Jail. ‘Snerift Jounson' said he ‘was - not certain of the identity:-of the:lwo. men, but their descrips tion talfied with thietof the bandits, Frank. Berrvhill, who sat in the stage mext to Barnetl wuea the laité¥ was miu dered, agd James Rose, the stage-driver, Weére-of the same opinion,: 3 A Sheriff Jobnson telegravhed to the Elko House, SBan Franeisco, and recoived a-reply that the two had been there this week, and themen were once more released. — e 2 FAIN SEARCH NEAR ANGELS, Many Fosses im the Hills and Ravines in Quest.of Outlaws, ANGELS CAMP,; Ciy.;: Oc - 1.—Greal excitenrent ‘prevails in chis focalify-gver the stiave robberies: yesterday. = Sherilt Thorn and & number of hisdeputies, as well -as-numerous constables.and organ- ized: ‘posses of men are segrching the iilly and - ravines for the highwaymen. Thus far n6 clew has been found. : The robbers haa their feet wrapped in gunmy sacks, and: there-is no telling - how far: they traveleii through the woads before remov- ing them; hence 10 ‘track them isanim- possibility: The amountof money obtained from ibe passenzers will not exceed $75.inall. “A woman on one of the siages nud $165.0n her pérson, but the robbers in their hasty efforts to search the passengers failed to find her watlet. . Wells; Fargo:& Co.’s box did not contain any money and the United States mail bags were not molested. . - The Turk who was shor ia ‘the’ wrist had his wound dréssed ia-Siockton, and C. M. Ackerman, ‘who ~was. shot in “the back, was also taken to Stgckton for medi- cal treatment. At last acconnis hewss lying in a critical” condition, with littie hope for his recavery. As there are so many suspected char- acters:in this-localiiy “at present. it is doukitfal it the highwaymen who eniaged in.the triple’ holdup o yesterday will ever be apprehended. ————— Caplured the Wrong Men. SANTA ROSA, Cawn, Oc:. J.—William Burpsand Tom Nolan of San -Francisco werearrested liere to-day on suspicion of being the men who heid up the Ukiah stage. - They answered the description very closely, but when thev proved by a telepbone message ihut they bud been in San Franciseo on the night ufter the rob« bery they were reléased. S .eriff Johnson and otbers fram Ukiah, who cime down to see them, are satisfied they ace notthe men. HRS. JENKINS GUES FREE. Dr. #H. Bert Ellis of Los Angeles Fails to Prove His Charge Against the - Woman. LOS ANGELES, Car., , Oct. 1,—Mrs, Matiie: Jenkin+, who was arrested at'the 8t. Nicholas Hotel, 1n San Franeisco, on Sunday: by a Deputy Sheriff from ‘this city anid'a deteciive of that city, on _the charge of having obtainéd: $1000 of Dr. H, Bert Ellis of this city upoa: false pre- tenses, was to-day liberated from ¢astody after a preliminury examination consum: itig _peariy two. days. Throughout the examination Mrs. Jenkins mainiained & stoical demeanor,and her wan and weary facs: gained for hér so much sympaiby from ‘the speciators in Justice Young's courtrgom- that ‘when ‘the decision ‘was given, granting the defendant’s attorney’s motion to discuarge the defendant, there was a ripple of applause. The: justive discharged the defendsut on ‘he ground that the prosecation had failed’ 10" show that fraud was intended, and that Dr. Eilis, who had indorsed Mrs. Jenkins’ motes, pafd them not-only on time, but -a day before they were due, which fact left 1t conjectural whether the defendant wou'd have paid it given.an opuvertunity. There had. been previous financial transactions between the prose- cuting- witness ‘and i{he defendant, ‘and there was no way, in the opinion of the Justice, to show that the notes stili in the bank were the onhes obtained on the-al- legea misrepresentation that Mrs. Jenkins needed the money to pay on the purchase of a share in a Spring street-millinery store. Tha Justice said that while the State bad in mind the proper protection of all citizens, itdid not contemplate acting as their guardian. b el S Work of the Methodists. LOS .ANGELES, CaL; Oct. 1. —'The third days’ session of the Methodist con- ference opened this morning with - Bishop Newman vpresiding. Devotional. services were in charge of Rev. W. A. Wright. The bishop addressed the conference on “Methods of Study.” A delegation from the - Los Angeles Presbytery was intro- ducea to the conference, and after some routine business had been disposed of the conference went inio execuuve session and lateradjourned. e Forger Bird Held for Trial, LOS: ANGELES, Cazn., Oct. 1.—R. A. Bird, ‘the coufidential elerk of G. J. Grif- fith, was te-day held by Justice Young to answer before the Superior Court on the charze of forgery, with bonds fixed at §2000. Bird is charged with forging the name of Griffith 10 numerous checks and embezzling amounts aggregating $3000. e et SETTLED AN OLD GRUDGE. Gambler Eimer Hayberry Stabbed Almost to Death by Two Foes at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wasi, Oct. L—Elmer May- berzy, a gambler and bartender who came ~down from St. Michael on the schiooner = North . Fork, reached this city this evening on a tug, and an hour after -his arrival 'his lile was almost slashed out by *Jack’ Dugan and the notorious - confidence man, *‘Soapy’ Smith of St. Louis, The men foughtinga local saloon. Xo one knows the details of the trouble which led to the encounter. It is stated that Mayberry and Smith had trouble OVer a woman a yVear or more ago. They fought then and Mayberry got the better of it. Smith swore that he would zet even, and to-night when May- berry arrived Smith and Dugan followed him into the saloon and commenced. the attack. Dugan had -a large knife and immedi- ately: began: to slash Mayberry. May- berry received a "“{Z wound on_the neck and several on the breast, and but for a number of $20 gold pieces in one-of his trousers pockets he woul have had a deep cut in bis lez. Edward Gaff- ney, a lccal athlete, interfered, and while he saved Mayberry from being stabbed to death re ed several wounds on the neck and breast himself. —— i Brings a Kemark, Buit, SAN DIEGO, Cir., Oct. 1L.—Suit was commenced fn the Superior Court to-day by Clara L. Ingle, private secretary ol E. 8. Babcock of this city, against the San Diezo Flume Company and its'directors, 2nd asking for a receiver.for the company. The complainant has only seven shares of stock in her name out of 10,000. The charge under which ihe receiver is asked for is exiravagance of management. Ten thousand dollars damages arq asked on stock of the par value of $700. jpons he * OF A SCOLDING Fifteen-Year-Old Kittie "‘Nugent Ends Her Life at:-Pomona. Grieved Over a Parental Re- buke for Going to a Circus. Takes a Large Dose .of Gopher Poison: and Expires in qrem Agony. POMONA, €Av, Oct. ‘1.—Pretty, blues eyed, rosy-cheeked Kittie Nugent lies cold and. dead -ay. her father’s: home in the southern. part of Pomona City to-night from poison ‘administered by herself this aftertoon. Her taking off was the saddest tragedy recorded in the Pomona Valley in many years, She was the elder of two daugh- térs of Frank Nugent, a ‘prosperous brick manufacturer. ~ Her age was fifteen years and slie was & schoolgirl. A circus had come to town to-day and this: morning Kittle and “a six-year-old sister went up town to se¢e the parade. Kiitie met a girl friend and went to see the ciicus-tents, ieaving the little sisterto warider home alone. - When the noon meal cime and Kiitte was still absent Mr. Nugent hitched up his horse and started to town to-find her. He saw._ber going home with her girl friend. ‘He stolded her for her conduct, and thinking no more about it went to hiy brickyard. Kittie went bome, and knowing whare herfather had hid sirychnine poison that e used for exierminating gophers, she weént to the shed and took-s dose. I'ie first #ny one knew of the act was when Kittie ran into the kitehen of the liouse und in agony said she wanted water and mustard, for she nad taken poison and wasin awfal pain, Bafore an’ =niidote could be. adminis- tered sne was in convulsions. -She writhed on the floof, gasped for breath and nearly bent herself double backwards in her mor- rible agony. Mr. Nugent was called by screams. ‘of his wite und went post haste for doctors, but was delayed because the ones he calied for wereat the ciicus. ‘When the Goclors eame Kittie was unconscious and having rapid convulsions. Sne died- at sundown. The father is cast down with sozrow this evening aud feels that but for the chiding o his caughier the suicide might have have been avoided. He walks about his home place as one in deiirum and refused to listen to con- dolence. Eviry one here has sympatny for &ll the family. POISON N THEIR - BISCUITS. Two Camp Badger Mountaineers Ac- cuse a Third of Attempted Murder. VISALIA, CaL, Oct. 1.—A sensational poisoning case is j.ust being unraveled by the officers of this vicinity. Charles Wiiliamson, a man well along in years, is charged with the crime and his intended viclims are E- M. Edgers and Walter Brown, twe of his neighbors. The men live up in' the mountains near Camp Badger. Eligers and Brown are engaged in get- ting out red wood posts and shakes. Their camp is in Fresno County, but their homes are in Tualare County. A few days ago Williamson left his home near Camp Badger very suddenly and came down on the plein close to Visalia to gather prunes. The next morn- ing-after be left, Edgers and Brown found on making up some biscuiis for breakfast that the bread tasted bitter. This aroused their suspicion, for their cabin bad been broken -into the evening vefore, They gave one biscuit to a dog and in a few moments the animal rolied over and died. Another dog that had been give some of the bread also showed signs of poisoning. and only prompt attention saved the life of the poor animal. This satistied the men that some:hing was wrong, and on examination strych- nine was found mixed with the baking wder. Suspicion at once pointed to Willlamson and he was tracked from his own home down the mountains to the eabin of the men. ' The neignbors are most indignant over the outrage and threats of lynching Wil- liamson if he returns home have been made. The cause of his malice against the men is said to be jealousy, but all the neighbors say it i= wholiy unfounded. Edgers has oefriended Mrs. Williamson and her three children & namber of times when they needed help because of the shiftlessness of Williamson. The Sheriff has been notified and the arrest of Willlamsoa will follow im- meditely. e e DRIVEN OFF BY A WATCHMAN. Failure of a Probable Attempt to Rob the Champion Mine at Nevada City. NEVADA CITY, CiL, Oct. L—The regular monthly clean-up is being made at the Champion mine this week, and for 1wo or three nights a suspicious stranger has been seen lurking around in the shadows of the works. Last night at about 8 o'clock the electric lights in the mill went out suddenly ard an investiga- tion disclosed that the dynamo had been tampered with. While it was being re- pairea the mysterious stranger appeared at one of the outer door-, and gave a low whistle, as if to notify confederates that the time was ripe for a raid. Ni:ht watchman Samuel Downey, whose suspicions had been aroused, stood twenty feet away. He raised his sawed- off gun and fired both barrels point blank at the suspect. The laiter staggered as though hit, and Downey, drawing a re- volver, sprang forward to finish him. The fellow dodged behind a pile of ore sacks and was seen no more. Tt 13 believed he was the leaderof a zang that had planned a descent on the mine last night to capture the clean-up. — Grant Feted at Nevada City. NEVADA CITY, Car, Oct. L—The Kuights of Pythias of Milo Lodge to- night tendered an elaborate reception to Hon. W. H. Grant of Woodland, grand chancellor of the domain of California. To-dey the distinguished visitor was shown the wonders of gold mining, a ride down the 1800-foot shaft of the Providence mine being one of the experiences he enjoyed, s PR / Boy Horscthief in Prison. SAN JOSE, Cav, Oct. 1.—An informa- tion charging Frank Hazzard, a 12-year- old boy, with grand larceny was filed in Judge Lorigan’s court to-day by D strict Attorney Herrington. A few davs ago e ———————————————eeers hin O S L e s e A the boy, who lives at Los Gatos, stole & horse and bug=y belonging. o J. A:-Moon of 1 -place. He was -captured near San‘a Cruz; Young Hazzard was charged with grand. Jarceny and held to answer by Justice Besgs of Los ‘Gato-. Thelad will probably be sent to ‘the Wihittier Reform Schaol. Bl THREE - CITY. CONZENTIONS. Sacramento Democrats, Populists and Citizens" Association Place Tickets in_the Feld. SACRAMENTO, ~CAL, Oct. 1.—The Democrats of this city to-night made the following - nominations: “Mayor, C.:E. Leonard; ~Auaifor; Robert Martyr; Treasurer, D. E. Carmichaek Trustees — Third . Ward, J.- 8, Carrell; Fifth Ward, J. E, Mayo; ‘Beventh Ward, Henry 'F."-Brown;' Ninth Ward, E. L Woodman. No nominations were made for . Collector, City At'orney nor School Director: The Citigens” Association made these nominations: ~ Mayer, € H, Hubbard; Au;*imr, J.- ‘D, = Young; ~Collector; C. ! C.° Rovertson; - City . Attorney, W.F. Renfro.. Trustees—¥irst Ward, H. B. Neilvon; Thrd Ward, Daniel Fiint; Fifin Ward, L. Tozer; Seventh Ward, Henry . Brown; . Ninth - Ward, J- H. Dolan. - School Direpfors — Second Ward, F. W. Biewener; Fourth Ward, Dr.Atkinson: Sixth Ward, Howerd Johti- son; Eighth Ward, Win J, Davis, The People’s party to-night nominated the foliowing ticket: Mayor. C. H. Hubd- bard; . Auditor and Assessor, - Rob- ert- Martyr; ‘Lreasurer, W. D. Carmichael; City - Attornéy, J. D. Moynikian. Trustees: . :First = Wara, H. B. Neifson; - Third Ward, M. -J: Ban= non; Fifth Ward, J. 'E. Mayo; Seventh: Ward, Henry Rrown; Ninth. Ward, W, F. ULL ' Schooi Directors=Second Ward, F. W. Biewener; Sixth Ward, Howard Johnson; Etghth Wurd, Win J. Davis. S gt SAYS HE IS PERSECUTED. Aged Negro lrr;d for an Attack Upon a Young Natividad Girl, SANTA CGRUZ, Can, Oct 1.— Jere- miah Knight, an aged. negro, - who was arrested here to-day for a crimi- nal: attack -upon a girl at Natividad, Monterey County, declares he is innocent. of the crime. For years an “effort .was made to have him. leave Natividad, he says; because peopte were envious.of him, | as he couid live without work. Here- | ceived ‘& pension, having served during| the war.. Recently the. windows of his house were ‘broken by those who wanted him to leave. - He heard that the father of the girl threatened to shoot him on sight, and was prepared to defend himself until be ascertained that mo threats had peen made. Knight claims: that on the day the crime is alleged tohave been committed be was in sight of twenty men working in a field when the girl rode up after a gun | he had promised to get for her. When he | gave the gun to her she threw her arms around his: neck and thanked him. “He says that the story of crinie was hatched up to frighten him away, Peorle at Natividad are excited over the affair. Sheriff Matthews will take the prisoner to Salinas to-morrow. When he was arrested to-day he said his name was Brown and that he had lived in Ban Diego. g Death of Joseph Froctor. BOSTON, Muass..Oct. 2.—Joseph Proctor, the veteran actor, died at 12:45 this morn- | ing at his-home on Columbus avenue after | along illness. Mr. Proctor was bornin | Mariboro, Mass. in 1818 and made his de- butupon the stace in 1833 in “‘Damon and Pythias.”” He had in his time played with all the stetlar —attractions of his early days. Edwin Forrest and the elder Booth gave him aid and encouragement. — Makes @ New Record. LAFAYETIE, Isp, Oct. 1.—At the bicycle meet at the fair grounds this after- noon W. W. Hamilton of Deuver rode & mile unpaced on a haif-mile track in 2:08 1-5, breaking the Btate record and making a new world’s record for a dirt road. Rl Lo Henry Georgr Nominated. NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. 1.—At the city nominating convention of the Demo- cratic Alliance of Greater New York, heid to-night, Henry George was unanimously nominated for Mayor. The nominating speech was made by Charles Francis Adams, The harbor of Rio Janeiro has fifty miles of anchorage anc is the finest in the world. — e DIED. DOLAN—Malachi J., beloved son of Lawrence and Della Dolan, sud brother of Mary, John M., William L. lie and Annie Dolan and Mrs G E. lewis. tive of Black Diamond, Contra Costa @ged X2 years 2 months and 8 days. BT N0tics of fanerat haranae unty, LATESL SHIFPING INTELLIwENCE, Arrived. FRIDAY. October 1. Stmr State of California. Green. 4115 hours fm FPortland. via Astoria 3914 hours; pass una mdse 10 Goodall, Perkins & Co. Domestic Ports, GRAYSHARBOR—Arrived Oct 1—Schrs Maria E Smith and Annie hence~ept 16: schr John F Miler, bence Sept chr Emma_Utter, neace Sept 15 schr I'wilight, hence Sept 20; schr Chas rom Sania Barbara;: schr San Bueuaven- m Redondo. Salled Oct 1—Scnrs Halcyon and Vega, for San Fraucisco. Importation: PORTLAND— Per State of California—2184 h. sks 4868 qr-sks 2800 gunnies fiow:, 1332 skg shorts, 893 sks oats, 138 sks potatoes 1675 sacks bran, 3584 sks wheat. 83 sks Wwool, 873 hides and peits, 1143 cs salmon, 668 Dkis crackers, 1718 pkas paper, 50 cs eggs ‘Astoria—349 sks oysters, 1109 cs mou, 78 bbix cranberries, 5 cs cheese, 3D0OKS, 2 PKES express. Consignee Per State of Califor: Moraghan: C Carisos Co: Fogeriy & bbls sal- 1309 bals bee & muell: M B Morzan Ovster Oheh & Co: Cu.ting £ ¥ & Coi Campo- Qnica & Malcolm; Dudge Sweeney & Co; Hills | Eros: Norton, Teller & Co: Clatsop Mill Co; We.ls, | Yargo & Co; Allen & Lewis; Clement, Pringla & Co; Bishop Co: Chas J Leist Stiefvater & C sn: B & Co: rd; L Scatena & C Moore. Fergwson & (ot Heistand, Warner & Co: ~ Koshlund: Biasinger & Co: Herman, Waldeck & Co; Bates & Suvdam: Belfour, Guthrie & W A Gordon: Portland Gracker Co_Crown Paper Co; Wlilameite I P Co; | ‘Wheaton, Breen & Ci. Geo Morrow NEW TO-DAY. 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The members. réport having had a very suc- ce<sfnl and enjoyabie trip, but are not in- clined to say mucih avout the more deli- cate part of their mission—namely, the branding. The branding was still going on under the direcition of Mr. Murray when they left, “At that time, it is estimated, from 6000 to 7000 femalepups had been branded. The operation seems to have been a very simple one,. The pups, which were ghou: two and a half feet long and weighea about twenty pounds each, were assorted Ly the native assistants: and the females separated for the branding. The branders were arranged in tquads of two each. One of the men seized the young seal by the back flippers ‘and, raising it in the air, with the other hand grasped the back of its meck and held it while the iron was apvlied. The brand wasa transverse bar across. the: back. - In this way a great many seals could be branded in an hour. The men deciare that it'would be perfectly feasible to brand every seal on the island. One of the best and most successful things accomplished was the building. of an immense wirecorral, two and a quarter miles around. It wasconstructed of wire netting, from forty:two to fifty-eight inches in height. The place fenced in was a salt lagoon, running in about a mile from the ocean, and the object in Iencing it was to prevent the ‘‘bachelor’’ seals from swimming away and becomingan easy prey for the pelagic sealer. = 1t seems that after “‘the drive’’ the three-year-old seals are killed and 'the bachelors—males under 7 years of age—are left free to roam about. They cause great injury and con= fusion among the herds, and so the suc- cessiul plan of fencing them in was evolved. The party brought back many valuable and interesting zoological and geological sp:cimens. In an unexplored cuve they found a number of mastodon teeth, proving that the island had once been connected witn the msainland at Point Barrow, or else the mastodon had floated down on the ice. 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