The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY,; MARCH 8, 1898 BOODLING CASES | WILL BE PROBED SACRAMENT( SUPERVISORS TAKE ACTION Accused Members of the Board Are on the Rack. Investigation of Witter’'s Charges Will Begin To-Day. Six Witnesses Summoned to Appear and Give Tes- timony. TURNING UPON McGRATH. Suspected Officials Declare That He Acted for Himself in Taking a Rake-Off. Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, March 7.—To-day's developments in the scandal over the corruption in county offic affa were of a startling nature and insur the probing of the matter to the bot- | tom at once, instead of several months | hence, when the Grand Jury meet The Board of Supervisors, or, at least, ho were meeting the members of the body w present when the monthly convened to-day, decided to take the case into their own hands and ascer- tain whether the Golden Gate Dredg- ing and Reclamation Compan wa held up by certain Supervisors, through an agent, or whether the man who claimed to be an agent of two members was doing business on his own account. Subpoenas were issued ordering P. H. McGrath, Henry Kuck, W. A. Gett, J. C. Boyd, N. G. Witter and M. C. Harris to appear and give their testimony. McGrath is the asst: of the State Board of F alleged that he was doing busin the Supervisors. Kuck is the 3 of the Sutter Island Reclamation dis- trict, where the Dredging and Recl mation Company did its work. was formerly attorney for the dis Boyd is County Surveyor, and Witter and Harris are officers of the corpora- | tion. Sacramento official circles have been stirred by the expose made in Th:f‘ Call on Sunday morning, and little else Is talked of. The “push” of the| capital is wondering where the search light will strike next, and there has| been a wild scurry to cover on all sides. Anticipating a sen board met this morn was present in the The men who are accused by —Morrison and Jenkins—were , but the other three membe: s, McLaughlin and Dreman—were in their seats. McGrath was not pres- tion when the g, a big crowd assembly-room. srath not ent. When the board was called to or- der Attorney Witter, president of the compan on to addre the body and Sur »r Dreman, who presided, alic m the privilege. M. B that as long as Su- pervisors Jenkins and Morrison were not pre not care to go on with the affair of the Dredging Com- ¥'s claim against the county, but would ask that it be laid over until to- morrow, when Jenkins at least coul a be present. He wanted the case tled once and for all, declaring that if the bill was not paid he wanted to go before the courts to have the affair adjusted. Super r Dreman id he thought the matter should be sifted and that if the money were due to the comf y it should be paid without furthe: He did not say anything about 3 charges of corruption made by Me- Grath to Attorney Witter but his man- ner implied that he wanted to know all about it. Prior to the meeting of the board, Witter and Harris called on District Attorney Ryan. They said that when the first payment of $1440 was due them from the Supervisors they had sent their claim to P. H. McGrath, with the request that he get a warrant in their name. Instead of this, they said, Mc- Grath destroyed the claim and made out a new claim in his own name, rep- resenting himself as agent of the Dredger Company, which he was not The Supervisors allowed this claim, and McGrath drew the money on it, but failed to send it to the company. When asked about it subsequently he declared that the mon had been used in bribing certain me of the Board of Supervisors er to get them to approve the r of the claim. As the com hard pressed for money at this time, it was deemed best not to make any trouble until after the remainder of the claim was pald, and thus matters were al- lowed to run along. As the remalinder of the money, however, did not seem to be forthcoming, other demands were made on McGrath, who at Jast replied that $600 more was needed to induce the Supervisors to allow the remainder of the claim. This, Witter said, was too much for the company, and it was determined to make demand on Me- Grath for the $1440 and to look to the Supervisors for the rest. McGrath, in response to this demand, which was couched in strong terms, paid over $1000, but demanded a receipt for $1440, which was given to him. Witter claimed that this receipt was given in order to get possession of the $1000, but the $440 remaining would be demanded and would have to be paid. Witter declared that the work done on Sutter Island had been done to the entire satisfaction of everybody, and that they wanted their money from the Supervisors. Ryan said he thought they were clearly entitled to it, and promised to look up the contract at once. MecGrath and Chairman Morrison of the board were out of town to-day and could not be reached, but Supervisor Jenkins came into town in the after- noon and submitted to an interview. It is evident that McGrath will be placed ‘n the position of doing a hold- up business, ostensibly for others but | boara \\ Marshall C. Harris. visor Jenkins was indignant that he should have been charged with accept- ing mon a year ago,” said property owners on Sutter Island appeared before the and asked for assistance in building a road around the island on top of the lev They represented to us that they been paying heavy taxes for years; that they were badly in need of a road, and if the county would bear half the expense of building such a road they would pay the other half and deed the road to the county. t this time, or later—the minutes of the board will show- zreement was entered into with Reclamation District 349 whereby the Sups ors promised to bear half the expense of building a road around the island, provided the road were deeded to the county. Now, I want to say right here the board simply agreed to pay half the expense of building that road under the condi- tion that it was a county road, and it made ifference who dredged out the dirt necessary—that was a matter solely and entirely for the district to look after, “Well, it seems the Dredging Company was employ ng over Mr. Jenkins, “the Golden Gate d to do the work. After a time it was reported to us that a certain_amount—$2880, I believe—was due. We sent County Surveyor Boyd to look at the work, and he reported that enough had been done to warrant the payment asked. Upon this report we allowed the district $1440, that being the county’s share a cording to agreement. The $1440 was paid to P. H. McGrath, not as an agent for the dredging company, but as agent for the reclamation district, and I never was more surprised in my life than when I heard this morning that he had held back that money for nearly a year. “As for McGrath’s having paid me any money, he most certainly did not. When the road was sald to be finished and the distriet’s claims against the county for the remainder of the coun- ty's share were pending, the Board of Supervisors took a trip to Sutter Is- land to view the work. We found that the levee had been raised around the island, but there was no sign of any road The result was that we told Hernry Elliott, president 6f the Board of Trustees, and other membe of the bcard that we could not allow the clsims until the road was ouilt; that the county could not pay for raicing levees, and that they could not get their money until the road was built according to agreement. “I have since learned that the dis- trict has leveled off the road and com- pleted the work, but I want to say right here, that the Board of Super- visors has never been notified that this has been done, and I particularly want to say that since that §1440 was allowed no one has, to my knowledge, asked the board for a single cent on behalf of that work. “Unless there are legal reasons, which I cannot now foresee, the district can have what money is due it as soon as it shows us it has done the work, and as soon as it presents its claim after making the showing. If McGrath ap- pears before the board to-morrow I venture to assert that he will not make any such statement as he is charged with having made to the officers of the Golden Gate Dredging Company.” Notwithstanding Mr. Jenkins' claim that the charge is an absurdity, the other members of the board are unani- mous upon the proposition to make a thorough and complete investigation. At to-morrow’s meeting of the board the case will be taken up and sifted to the bottom, BOWERS NOMINATED FOR PORT COLLECTOR. Named for a Federal Office at San Diego, Despite Considerable Opposition. WASHINGTON, March 7.—The Presl- dent to-day sent to the Senate the nomin- ation of ex-Congressman William W. Bowers of San Diego to be Collector of Customs at that port. There has been a great deal of opposition to this nomina- tion, and it may be carried to the Senate. Mr. Bowers was indorsed by the entire California delegation, including the Dem- ocratic members. There were about a ty on his own account. Super-jdozen applicants for the position, A A\ WILLIS G. WITTER, Who Exposed the Sacramento Boodiers. GOLD STRIKE NEAR REDDING |Lost Ledge in the Old | Pfeiffer Property Recovered. | Claim Once Abandoned Again Yielding Ore Rich in Metal. Large Vein Inclosed by Well-De- | fined Walls of Slate and Porphyry. Special Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, March 7.—A remarkable strike has been made within four miles of this city, in what is known as the old John Pfeiffer mine. The property was sold a year ago to Brackett & Speaks, who developed it and shipped the product to the Keswick Smelter. The pay shoot was then lost, appar- ently, and Speaks sold to his partner. | The workings were cleaned up and an- other carload of good ore was shipped. From the bottom of the incline shaft | a tunnel had been driven for about six feet and then abandoned as a fruit- |less undertaking. The present owner commenced work in this abandoned tunnel and had not proceeded many | feet before the ledge was encountered. | This ledge matter was composed largely of sulphurets, with a liberal admixture of ocher, from which a splendid free gold prospect could be panned. A 200-foot tunnel had been driven in below the bottom of the in- cline shaft, but as exceedingly hard rock was encountered the tunnel had never been driven to an intersection | with the ledge. | Work was at once resumed on this tunnel and about ten days ago the main ledge was struck. The vein at the | pointof intersection is four feet wide be- tween well-defined permanent walls of slate and porphyry. Assays received | to-day from the Ludovici Sampling | Works gave a value of $3517 in gold, |and $11 in silver. On the same min- | eral reef extending northeasterly and | southwesterly and not far distant is the | property of W. P. Miller, a well-known | mining man of San Francisco. The | Miller property has not been operated | for several years, as it has been tied | up in litigation. A number of other | properties are also located on the same reef. MUST CHANGE THE FOUNDATION General Smith’s Report as to San Francisco Post- office Plans. Alterations Which He Suggests Shall Not Cause a Very Great Delay. | Special Dispatch to The Cal Call Office, Riggs House, | Washington, March 7. General Sooy Smith of Chicago, the ex- pert engineer, who was sent by the Treasury Department to investigate and report as to the character of the founda- tion for the San Francisco Postoffice | building, spent a few hours in Washing- | ton to-day and returned to Chicago to- | night. He called at the Treasury De- ‘partment to-day, and it is understood that he amended in some particulars the report submitted by him two .weeks ago. The report will be given out for publi- cation to-morrow morning. It is said to deal merely with engineering problems, and Treasury Department officials say that the change in the foundation plans will not in any way affect the plans for the superstructure. The exterior design will not be changed in any respect except that the ornamental carving on the fa- cade will not be as elaborate as was in- tended, for, as stated in The Call some time ago, the department has finally de- cided to construct the building of granite instead of marble. “The Call correspondent . understands that General Smith's report will declare that the Seventh and Mission street site was not -a good selection, and that to make the foundation firm enough the en- tire foundation plans as drawn by the supervising _architect will have to he chianged at a cost considerably above all former calculations. Assistant Secretary Spaulding said to The Call correspondent that tlie change in the foundation plans will cause little if any delay in the work, and that he hopes soon to advertise for bids for the superstructure. o i Stricken by Paralysis. WOODLAND, March 7.—R. H. Newton, an old resident and a prominent Republi- can, was stricken by paralysis yesterday. His condition is_critical. He has held Lllaa.ny positions of public trust. | or any part of such record, SHERIFF OF - SAN MATEO UNDER FIRE Filed an Unlawful Claim for County Money. Attempt to Obtain the Reward for Winters’ Conviction. His Brother Used as a Catspaw to Rake in Golden Chestnuts. LIABLE TO PUNISHMENT. Both of the Mansfields Guilty of a the State Law. Violation of Special Dispatch to The Call REDWOOD CITY, March 7.—In his eagerness to obtain blood money Sheriff Joseph H. Mansfield of San Mateo County caused his brother to commit an act which is felonious and himself committed a crime which the Penal Code places in the same category. These startling facts were brought to light at the session of the Board of Super- visors to-day in this city. Among the claims presented for passage was one assigned to the Bank of San Mateo County. It had been originally sub- mitted in the name of C. T. Mans- field, a brother of the Sheriff. It reads as follows: February 1—One-half of the reward of- fered by the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County, December 6, 1867, for the arrest and conviction of the party and parties implicated in the murder of C. A. Andrews at Baden, San Mateo County, November 17, 1897. To arrest and conviction of Harry Win- ters, $125. The correctness and validity of the claim is attested to by Sheriff Joseph Mansfield, and it was approved by the auditing committee of the Board of Su- pervisors, comprising Supervisors W. H. Brown, Joseph Debenedetti and H. Tilton. According to Under Sheriff H. F. Butts the records show that the arrest of Harry Winters was made by Con- stable Disraelli and Sheriff Mansfield. Under the law neither of these gen- tlemen is permitted to claim any of the reward offered by the Supervisors, as the arrest of Winters was made in the regular performance of their dutles. This was evidently the motive for mak- ing C. T. Mansfield act as a dummy in the case. The law bearing on the offense com- mitted by C. T. Mansfield is found in section 72 of the Penal Code. It reads as follows: Every person who, with intent to de- fraud, presents for wance or for pay- ment 'to any State board or officer, or to any -county, town, city, ward or village board or officer Anihorizeéd to allow or pay the same if genuiné, any false or fraudulent claim, bill, account, voucher or writing, is guiity of felony. Sheriff Mansfield is amenable to pros- ecution and punishment under section 113 of the Penal Code, which says: Every officer having the custody of any record placed in his hands for any pur- pose, wRfl is guilty of falsifying the whole or who per- mits any other person so to do, is punish- able by imprisonment in the State Prison not less than one nor more than fourteen years. Both the Mansflelds may be held to answer for their offense under section 115 of the Penal Code. This is as fol- lows: Every person who knowingly procures or offers any false or forged instrument to be filed, registered or recorded in any public office within this State, which in- strument. if geouine, might be filed or registered or recorded under any law of this State or of the United States, is guilty of felony. Another peculiar feature of this claim is that it was not under the cir- cumstances surrounding the case paya- ble to any one for the arrest of Harry ‘Winters. The murder occurred on No- vember 17, 1897, and Winters was ar- rested about a week later. The re- ward was not offered by the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County until December 6, 1897, or nearly two weeks after Winters had been arrested. ‘When the claim came up in the reg- ular course of business with others, a question was made as to its legitimacy, on the ground that the reward applied only to the arrest and conviction of James Wilett. Discussion was avoid- ed by the announcement of Chairman McEvoy of the board that the claim was laid over. It is a matter that will undoubtedly be called to the attention of the Grand Jury and the District Attorney for in- vestigation and action. MISS HARMON MUST GIVE UP THE LAND Man Who Wronged Her Gets Back Property Given in Restitution. SANTA CRUZ, March 7.—The decision in the case of Margaret Sweet and John Sweet against Mary Harmon for the set- ting aside of a deed was rendered by Judge Dooling to-day. The case is one which involved the deeding by Mrs. Mar- garet Sweet and her son of a quarter in- terest of the Sweet property to Miss Mary Harmon. It included forty acres of land valued at $100 an acre. The property ad- joins that of Miss Harmon's father. John Sweet had maintained Intimate relations with the defendant and the father threatened to have him sent to the peni- tentiary if he did not deed the property to the daughter. This was done under ld\lres!. The decision by Dooling is as fol- ows: ““Aithough I belfeve that the defendant was injured by plaintiff, John Sweet, vet I am also convinced that her friends pur- sued the wrong course to obtain redress, if redress were possible. Threats for ob- taining the aid of the criminal court can- not be substituted for a civil action. The consideration for the deed in question was in_every aspect an illegal one. Judgment will be entered in favor of plaintift. e Winners at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, March 7. —Fine weather and a fast track were the con- ditions to-day. One mile, Balance All won, Delgado sec- ond, Logistic third. Time, 1: Seven furlongs, selling, Percy -F won, Ben Frost second, Globe II third. Time, One mile, selling, What Next won, %enmtl)y‘ne second, Robert Bonner third. ime, 1:4214. Handicap, one mile and twenty yards, Octavo won, Elkin second, Albert § third. Time, One mile ‘and a sixteenth, Rockwood won, Jim Conway second, Briggs third. Time, 1:50%. Six' furlongs, selling, Tewanda won, Oninoor second, Corelll third. Time, 1:16%. LOS ANGELES COUNCILMEN ARE DUPED Month of Valuable Time Needlessly W asted. Waited Patiently for the ‘Water Company’s Inventory. Receive Instead a Letter That Gives Absolutely No In- formation. THE MONOPOLY DEFIANT. Again Shows Its Contempt for the Lawmakers of the South- ern Metropolis. Speclal Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, March 7.—The water company to-day made answer to the Council resolution requesting an inven- tory of the property it took over from the city thirty years ago, and of the improvements made since then. The answer is signed by the attorneys for the water company—White & Monroe and J. 8. Chapman—and is addressed to the City Attorney. The tenor of the letter indicates that the four weeks which have been con- sumed in obtaining it have been wasted. Another month has passed and what was sought has not been obtained, nor will it be. The water company stock- holders have united themselves and will | now proceed to fight municipal control of the plant to the bitter end. They have buried all their differences and are enlisted for a war against the peo- ple of Los Angeles, in which they will be supported by the syndicated daily press. The Times, Herald and Ex- press will do the bidding of the com- pany on all occasions. The company says that it is ready to sell at a reasonable price. That reas- onable price is $3,000,000—just $2,000,000 more than the value of the plant as es- timated by the City Engineer. The litigation over the ownership of the water of the Crystal Springs drags its weary way through the Superior Court and it will probably be hung up for years to come. As time goes by it becomes more clearly evident that the water company does not intend to give up the city’s plant at the expira- tion of the lease. The following is the letter the water company has sent to the City Attorney in answer to the call for information: Yours of the 14th ult. has been sub- mitted to us, together with the resolution of the Council to which it refers. We are not sure that we exactly understand what is intended by this resolution. If refer- ence is made to the property received by the Los Angeles City Water Company we would remind you that the contract itself required the replacing of the wooden pipes with iron pipes, which was done nearly thirty vears ago, and that the re- mainder of the old city water works has long since gone to decay and has been replaced, improved and extended by the Los Angeles City Water Company, and 5 % e | started for the new diggings. The creek the work so done constitutes improve- ments under the contract and there is nothing in the hands of the Los Angeles City Water Company in the shape of water works received from the city. If the reference is to the works con- structed by the Los Angeles Clty Water Company we would remind you that both the Crystal Springs Land and Water Company and the Los Angeles City Water Company furnished a schedule to the water su{m!y committee of the City Coun- cil of all their properties nearly a year ago and which sald properties were ex- amined by the City Engineer and all the information that we possessed was given to the engineer and water supply com- mittee at that time. Since that time some additional improvements have been made. We have also, or could quickly compile, in general terms a complete list or in- ventory of all the property of both com- panfes, but have supposed that the city was In full possession of all those things. It is but recently that we haye entered into a stipulation with you in the United States Court concerning the pipes, fire hydrants and reservoirs of the Los Ange- les City Water Company. If, however, the meaning of the resolu- tion is that the Council desires a specific statement from us of our claims under the terms of the contract, or rather of what we claim is not under the terms of the contract, we would answer that the Crystal Springs Land and Water Company is the owner of certain lands, rights of way, waters and water rights and conduits which we claim are not im- provements under the terms of the con- tracts, but constitute the property of the Crystal Springs Land and Water Com- pany. However, it has never been our inten- tion to ralse any hair-splitting distinc- tions on the meaning of the term *“im- provements,” as used in the contract. It would doubtless be a matter of Interpre- tation were we disposed to make any con- troversy abcut it, and that Interpreta- tion could be mgde as well by you as by us, and we suppose that the inter- pretation of neither party to the con- tract would be conclusive upon the other; but it has always been our desire to avoid any question of that kind, and to say to the Council again, as we have said before, that we are ready to sell all of the roperty of the Crystal Springs Land and Vater Company and of the Los Angeles City Water Company upon receiving ade- quate compensation. Finally, if any further or more specific information is desired we will supply the same to the best of our ability; but re- quest that inquiries regarding the same be definite as practicable, as with the ex- ception of improvements made since the schedule was furnished you, we are not aware of any propertv belonging to either company of which you have not already a detafled statement LONE HIGHWAYMAN ELUDES HIS PURSUERS. SANTA BARBARA, March 7.—Deputy Sheriffs Storni and De la Cuesta, who are searching for the outlaw who robbed the stage near here yesterday, have reported to Sheriff Hicks that they tracked the road agent to the summit of the moun- tains adjacent to Santa Ynez, where they lost the trail. Deputy Sheriff Storpi sent word to the Sheriff to-day that he had good reason to believe that the highway- man slept last night at Goleta, as a man answering the description of the robber as given f the driver of the stage was seen at Goleta. Sheriff Hicks, on the re- ceipt of this information, sent two men to Goleta, but up to a late hour to-night they had been unsuccessful in their search. Some of the Sheriff’s officers are of the opinifon that the robber left here by train this morning and is fast making his way to Mexico. Deputy Sheriff Storni, in his message, says that he found the express box back some distance from the road. It was broken into piece S anio o San Rafael Flower Festival. SAN RAFAEL, March 7.—Leading eiti- zens are arranging to hold a flower festi- val toward the latter part of April. Among those Interested are A. W, Foster, Henry Eikhoff, Jerry Burke and Henry C. Sonntag. BORDER LAW (N COPPER RIVER Miners’ Court Organized to Punish All Of- fenders. Death the Penalty for Larceny as Well as for the Crime of Murder. Trainload of Reindeer Arrives at Se- attle En Route to the Frozen North. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, March 7.—The steamer Alliance arrived to-day from Copper River, Alaska. Captain Hardwick re- ports everything quiet when he left. | Prospectors are now going over the | Valdes pass into the interior without any trouble. The trail is reported to be in good condition. | The citizens of Copper River, on Val- des Bay, have organized a court for the purpose of dealing with law breakers. | A set of laws has been drawn up which provide that all offenses are to be tried by a jury of twelve. The accused per- LOWER TAXES FOR FARMERS San Joaquin’s Assessor Will Consider Lack of Rain. Valuations of the Property Most Affected to Be De- creased. Not Intend That the Pro- ducers Shall Be Unjustly Burdened. Does Special Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, March 7.—County As- sessor Ortman, the officlal who last year led the fight of the State of- ficials on assessments of solvent cred- its and national bank stocks, said to- day that the lack of rain and the poor outlook for crops would be duly cons sidered by him in making up his valus ations. “Will the absence of rainfall and the prospects of a dry season have any effect on the property valuations?" was asked. “Yes; we cannot ignore these condle son is to have the right of three per- emtpory challenges, in the impaneling | of the jury. In case of murder the| penalty is to be death. In all cases of larceny of over $100 the penalty is | to be the same as that for murder. | ‘When under $100 complete restitution is | to be made and the offender given ten days in which to get out of the coun- | try. { To-night a trainload of reindeer for | the Government relief expedition ar- rived in Seattle. Captain Robinson had orders to unload the animals immedi- | ately upon their arrival here. The deer | are now in a paddock at Woodland | Park. They will rest here a few days | before being shipped north. Although it has been announced from Washington | that the Government relief expedition | into Dawson has been abandoned, the officials here have no officlal notice to | that effect. i These Lapland reindeer, which ar- rived in New York on the steamer Man- | itoban, twenty-four days from Bosekap, | left St. Paul on the Great Northern Fri- day morning for Seattle on a special | train of thirty-four cars. There are | 537 reindeer and they occupied twenty cars. Tourist cars were needed for the | 113 Laplanders who accompany the reindeer. Eleven carloads of moss for | the animals’ fodder helped to make up the train. Besides the animals and | their accompaniment of keepers there | are 418 reindeer sleds, 511 sets of rein- deer harness and between 3000 and 4000 sacks of moss. But one deer was lost | on the journey of 4000 miles from Lap- | land. The contract called for their | | delivery in Seattle from New York in | | 150 hours. The herd is.said to have | cost $50,000, and was purchased by Rev. | Sheldon Jackson. | The personnel of the immigrants is divided as follows: Forty-three Lapp, | ten Finn and fifteen Norwegian rein- | deer herders and drivers, nineteen wos | men and twenty-six children. In the party are six bridal couples who were | married a few days before sailing for | New York. | VICTORIA, March 7.—F. Nicholas, who arrived from Dawson City to-day, | confirms reports of big strikes on Amer- | ican Creek and a stampede to that place | from Dawson. He also reports rich | strikes on Rosebud Creek, fifty miYes | this side of Dawson. Prospectors took out from $4 to $6 to the pan, and when the news reached Dawson a big crowd | is said to be very rich. Major Walsh | is coming back to Skaguay for some[ reason, but the rest of his party are continuing on to Dawson. INVADES A YOUNG Joseph Santos Roughly Han dled by a Citizen of Bolinas. Screams of Bring Assistance and He Is Soundly Thrashed. Special Dispatch to The Calt. SAN RAFAEL, March 7.—Joseph San- | tos, a Portuguese, is in the County Jail | I of Bolinas is in a turmoil over an inci- dent which occurred on Saturday night at the residence of Charles Lauff. Santos, who owns a number of chickens, making a meager living by selling eggs and doing odd jobs, entered the Lauff residence and, | creeping up the stairs, entered the room | occupied by one of the daughters of | Lauff. A slight noise made by the Por-| tuguese awakened Miss Lauff, who asked | who was there. Getting no answer, she | asked: i “Is that you, Marcus?” meaning her brother. “No, this s Santos,” replied the Portu- | guese, who was by this time at the side | of the bed. The affrighted girl jumped from the op- | osite side of her couch and shouted loud- | v for assistance. Hiram Nolt, her uncle, who was sleeping in the next room, heard the girl's cries, and rushed into her apart- ment. He seized Santos by the throat | and threw him to the floor. Then, drag- ging him out of the room, he almost strangled him, and was about to pick | the Portuguese up and throw him down : the stairs when the members of the fam: | ily interfered and begged that the fellow | be turned over to the authorities and the law allowed to deal with him. Constable McCoy of Bolinas was sent | for, and, taking charge of the prisoner, lodged him in jail for the night. Santos was brought to San Rafael yesterday and quietly placed in a cell in the County Jail. Some time ago Santos was warned not to gc near the Lauff residence, as it was feared that he was hanging around for no good purpose. The Lauffs are among the wealthiest people at Bolinas. There are two daughters, both of them beautiful and estimable ladies. -— CORPSE IN THE RUINS OF A BURNED CABIN.| Evidence of Probable Murder and Robbery in the Big Panoche Country. FRESNO, March 7.—A miner recently came across the ruins of a burned cabin in the Big Panoche country, in the Coast | Range, about a hundred miles from this | city, and in the ashes he discovered the charred remains of the occupant of the | lace. The find was re)fiorued to_Coroner | ng this evening, and he started for the | place to hold an inquest. | 1t was learned that the occupant of the | cabin was a Mexican named M. Molino, | who lived all alone in that desolate part of the country. There is a strong sus-| icion among the miners that he was | zllled for his money and that his cabin | was then fired to hide the evidences of | guilt. It Is said that Molino had consid-| erable money in his cabin. Molino is said to have had trouble over mining claims. electrical treatment, as administered b skilled physicians of the Electro-Medical {n tute, cor. Market, “smven a wonderful success, exercisin, LADY'S BOUDOIR | to the Medioal i lnu.zukt;xu are curing all manner of Diseases so gquickly health are amazed at the wonderful results | obtained through this new system of Electricy | ity and Medicine combined.” Immediate reliof | is” given ana His Intended Victim | many of whic through alectrical treatment alone or medical | treatment alone. A a3 on | of under serious charges, and the little town Tnak olionet tons. The farms and homes, under the present outlook, ould not ba made to bear an unjust proportion of the tax. The reductions to be made will be chietfly on the farms and the homes. It will not do to confiscate them when they bear no revenue. It will also affect the personal property of the farmers, particularly the stock ‘With parched pastures the farmers will be forced to sell their cattle and sheep, and without harvests the draft animals will be idle. This will depress values naturally and we will have to take notice of it in fixing values. T expect to reduce quite materially the assessments of farms, homes and stock “We will increase the assessment of all business property and realty avail- able for business purposes. Rents are constant in most instances and the property is increasing in value. Cer- tainty of revenue and increasing value are the conditions that warrant a higher valuation. I can’t tell you even approximately how the assess- ment will compare with that of last vear, because I don’t know, and it is not made yet. But the intention is to reduce the farms and homes and make part of it up in business property.” It is understood that several other County Assessors in the valley will follow Mr. Ortman's ideas. MR. NELSON PREFERS GOTHBURG TO BERGEN. May Not Accept the Position of American Consul at the Former Place. WASHINGTON, March 7.—Victor E. Nelson of San Francisco will not take | charge of his new post as Consul to Ber- gen, Nor for some time to come, if at all. He was anxious to make a trans- fer and go to Gothburg instead of Ber- en. The negotiations for such a trans- er have not been concluded, and Mr. Nelson is in doubt whether he will accept the Consulship to Bergen. He will re- main in Washington pending a settlement of the affair. ADVERTISEMENTS. ELECTRO- - MEDICAL TREATMENT 'HIS NEW APPLICATION OF THE COM. bined curative powers of both medical and the Stie Powell and Eddy streets, has over wer never before known orld. The Doctors of this -~ isease a curative that those who bad lost all hope of geflafl cures speedily follow, ‘would have been impossible ERVES: Lsomnte, Hysterta, Chronto s Headaches. Nervous Twich- ngs. Palpitation of the Heart, Dizziness, Evil | | Forebodings, Melancholi | a, Weak and Sinkin | Spetis, Nervous Debility 4nd all its attendany Iments. The awful effects of neglected or mmerly treated cases, producing weakness y and brain, dizziness, failing memory, and confidence, pains in bl(vi. loins and kidneys, and other distressing symp- toms. Our Electro-Medical Treatment is the only successful cure for nervous ailments. E“IlTls" and all kindred diseases of the joints and muscles once to its influences. T of the Nose, Throat, Lungs and Stomach. Our special com- bined catarrh treatment never fails. Blooo J"n SKIII diseases of all olasses thorough- 1y eradicated from the system. of the Heart, Stomach, Liver, ElsEs Kidneys, Bladder and kindred organs treated by the Electro-Medical System wrfm unfailing success. llDI is Eleotro-Medical Combined 3 treatment {s a boon to sufferers from all diseases peculiar to women. wnln if you cannot call, and get the Doctors’ opinion of your case. 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