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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, ‘MARCH 18, 1898. DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN THE N@PA WILDS MURDER AND SUICIDE ON A LONELY ROAD Victorina Sasselli, the Belle of Chiles, Slain. Shot by a Rejected Suitor, Who Then Killed Himself. Terrible Crime Committed on the Roadside of a Rugged Mountain Canyon. DRAGGED WHILE DYING. The Young Victim Remained Dang- ling From a Buggy While Passing Her Home. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CHILES VALLEY, Napa County, March 17.—Because she refused an of- | fer of marriage, Victorina Sasselli, the belle of Chiles Valley, lies dead in her | plcturesque mountain home, and Jules Behn, the man who shot her, has de-| nied the county the poor privilege nf} having him hanged. He, too, is dead, | and by his own hand. { The trageds 1 just at dusk on Wednesday evening in one of the wild- | g the Napa hills. The | 1& her home, and as | the buggy climbed the grad and | wound in and out around the cliffs and | precipices he shot the girl he thought he loved, and then jumping down into est canyons am murderer was tak the road he turned the weapon upon himself. The shots aroused the horse, and he the bleeding, dying girl at and ctriving to keep s until she reached her | t bend in the | started on, clutching the her consci home, just around the la canyon. For half a mile the horse plodded up the grade, drawing the buggy and its awful burden. On one side was the al- 1 on the other, | belc Sage Creek | roared over its rocky bed, | to the side would tumble | d horse and helpless passen- far down among the trees in the| the gorge. But the horse rounded the curves in safety, and went on out of the canyon and down past the | little house hanging on the steep hill- side. The girl must have seen and recog- nized her home, for she tried to get f the buggy; but her strength m of out failed, and as she fell forward her dress | caught d n the steps, and having re- word to stop, the horse kept in the almost helpless girl . and leaving past the mother saw her as a turn | in the rc ng the wagon from | . and, running after it, the mother | stopped the horse and forced her| hter's body from between the he thought there had been ble accident, and she called sughter to tell her what had happer The girl tried to speak, but ind came from her lips, and then, | s arms, she died. hn was a farmhand, who worked for a man named Severs, near St. Hel- ena. He met his victim about seven months ago, and at o commenced to pay her marked attention. Her moth- is a Frenchwoman, and she raised daughter according to the strict has adopted in r the deportment of young As ‘a consequence the girl was allowed to go out alone with Behn, nor to see except under chaperonage, and when he became her suitor he was told by the girl herself that his suit was hopeless. She was too | young, she said, and she was only 16, but even if she were older she would never marry him. He pleaded and threatened, but to no avail, and then he said he would go away. Wednesday Sasselli started for St Helena on some surveying business, and as he cannot speak very gcod Eng- lish, his daughter, Victorina, went with him. There are two roads leading to the Sasselli home, one up through Chiles Valley and the other through Sage Canyon. The Sassellis live almost at the junction of Sage and Chiles. The girl and her father were nearly due to return, when Behn drove up the Chiles Valley road and stopping at the house asked if Victorina was there. Mrs. Sasselli told him she and her father had gone to St. Helena, but were prob- ably on their way hom: Behn said he would go to meet them, and he started on in the direction in which he had been going and which would Jead him down the Sage Canyon road. About three mi from the house Behn met father and daughter, and he immediately turned his buggy round and sald he would go home with them. He wanted Victorina to get in the buggy with him, but she would not. He pleaded and threatened, and fin- ally said it was an “old plug” they were driving anyhow, and she had bet- ter get in with him, as he had a good horse, and would get her home quick- ly. Yielding to such entreaties she left her father’s buggy, and within a few minutes Behn had driven so far ahead that the bends in the road hid the buggies from each other. It was an ‘“old plug” Sasselll was driving, and climbing the grade was slow work, but the horse was not too old to shy violently at a grewsome ob. er mothe ir e he code which France gard ject, shapele in the gathering twi- light, and lying across the wheeltracks just where the road seemed to swing in midair so high was it above the gorge. Hastily alighting Sasselli knelt by the body, and at once saw it was Behn. “It was the gorge, was his first thought, and as he stepped to the edge to peer down into the depths for the fragments of the buggy, his foot struck a pistol. Then he suspected the truth. Regardless of the narrow road, the frowning precipices or the hungry Foar of the river, he lashed his old 297) VICTORINA SASSELLI. forololololotolo oo CoXoR O CROROXOROROXOLOROROJOROLOKO) ® FROM THE MURDERER TO ® ® HIS VICTIWS MOTHER. ¢ S S o T N T ® Chiles Valley, March 16. ® Madame Sasselli: @ I write this to you to beg your pardon for the action I am going to © commit. I love her so much that I would rather be dead with her than © see her alive in the arms of another. Yours devotedly, S} JULIUS BEHN. ® P. S—My parents’ address is Jean Behn, Mocoville Bienne, Canton © Berne, £ ® i = ® foYoYoXaKooJoXoXoXoXSXOXOXOJOROROIOROROXOROCRCFOXOROXOXCROROXOROOROKO] horse around the sharp turns and| reached the house to find his daughter dead. She was laid tenderly upon lounge in the homely little sitting room but the body of the murderer was lowed to remain out on the hil with a fire burning near, so no tish horse might swerve aw and over the brink. It had s enough already. Late at night it taken to St. Helena. Looking back over the road, brother found the dead girl's hat another found her cloak, torn begrimed and spotted with re then some neighbor came in an he would notify the Coroner. The mother took but one look at her | daughter’s face. As she lifted the little head from the dust two cruel wounc one in the cheek and one by the ear— told her the nature of the accident, and she needed not to await the arrival of her husband, bearing news of that other body down the canyon by the roadside. Since that one sight the mother will not look upon her child, but she goes out to the fence, where hangs the tattered cloak, made more grim and suggestive because she has tried to clean it; and then she cries over it, softly and to herself. “She was a good girl,” the mother re- peats, and the people who have come all over the hills noddecidedly and flash a challenge for any one to deny it. She was a well educated girl, could speak fluently three languages, and was a pianist of considerable ability. She was bright and pretty, and she was a favorite in the hills and people sought her compan; Behn was 26, -he had told the Sassellis, and they did not suspect hts mad infatuation until he boldly demanded the girl in marriage. But he could never say his attentions were sought by his v m. All this the mother tells with clear es and a steady voice. It eases her grief to tell of the beauty and the goodness of her daughter; but when she h said it all she turns again to the cloak she is trying so hard to clean, and the tears come again as she thinks of that home coming. An inquest was held at the Sasselli home, and the verdict was that the girl had been murdered by Julius Behn, and then an inquest was held over Behn's body in St. Helena and the ve dict there was suicide. [MPORTANT OYSTER BEDS DISCOVERED Rich Finds of the Bivalves Made on North Bay, Near Tacoma. Enough to Supply the Puget Sound Country if Properly Developed and Protected. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Wash., March 17.—Two Im- portant oyster beds have been discovered on Puget Sound—one near whatcom and the other on North Bay, forty miles from oma. For many years the beds near supplied Puget but the increased lted in the raising of for other beds has , the water of the | lower sound being generally too deep for them. The beds now discovered are therefore, considered of great importance. Claims covering them have been filed. Their owners expect to soon supply the entire Northwest with oysters and to im- prove the quality by transplanting here larger oysters from San Francisco Bay. Near Whatcom beds of hardshell clams have been found for the first time on Puget Sound. William Buding, owner of fifteen acres orth Bay oyster land, would not it for a Klondike claim. He and his neighbors are diking extensively prevent the exposure of the oysters at fow tide, which would result in tnecir be- some cold night. Obser’ p y oysters have been ¢ exterminated by starfish, which and suck their life away. this a fertilizing plant is being The starfish will be gathered and converted into fertili- urrounding farms being defi- osphorus, which they contain. P —" CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, March 17.—C. H. Beat- ty, San Francisco, St. James; H. T. Johns, Los Angeles, National Hotel. zers, t cient in ph WILL FIGHT [M REA T0 THE FINISH Vigorous Action of the New Charter Club of San Jose. Decides to Uphold Jarman and Denounces Vile Acts of a Boss. Candidates Will Stand or Fall Together in the Reform Battle. BOODLERS ARE SCATHED. Men Who Have Been Looting the Garden City Are Given Timely Warning. Spectal Dispateh to The Call. SAN JOSE, March 17.—By unanimous | vote and with hearty enthusiasm, the | New Charter Club to-night, by formal | resolution, denounced the action of Jim Rea in his attack on a.candidate of that organization, and pledged un- qualified support to J. P. Jarman, the man assalled. The resolution adopted | is as follows: Whereas, It I that J. P. Jarn 0 ored members, a citizen who stands high in the csteem of the people of San Jose, and a candidate for one of the highest offices in the municipality indorsed by this club and other worthy organizations, has been made the subject of a most in- famous attack by a notorious political | boss, a man who has long occupled a po- | sition inimi to the welfare of the city and county, Where: upon facts, come to our knowledge | nd Said attack was not based but rather was inspired by malice and revenge upon a man who has Steadfastly opposed every step of the bosses, and the element has prostituted this government to private gain, and to the end that a political monopoly may be fastened upon the people of this city; t therefore, be Resolved, the members of this club hereby express their most implicit Gonfidence in the integrity of J. P. Jar- man, and that we hereby pledge our un- qualified support to him in his courage- ous. fight against the corrupt political | forces that infest this city and their noto- rious leader. Several of the members made short | speeches in favor of the adoption of the resolution, and the story of San Jose's spoliation and state of political | bondage was told in unmistakable lan- guage. Many striking facts were also set forth bearing directly on the pend- ing campaign. | D. M. Burnett remarked that ever | since the movement for good govern- ment was inaugurated much abuse had been heaped upon the members of the New Charter b, their friends and the principles they advocate. “The gentlemen who are opposed to us,” he continued, “have taken it upon | themselves to attack us. They have | made statements about us that are ab- | solutely unfounded on fact. They have now capred the climax by attacking Mr. Jarman.” | After paying a high tribute to the in- tegrity of Jarman, he added: “I think it proper that the club take action— public action—in*defense of Mr. Jar- man. It is an outrage that Mr. Jar- | man should be thus attacked when no foundation for such attack exists.” C. L. Whitten declares that the at- tack against Jarman was not against that gentleman as an individual, but | against him as a representative of the | New Charter Club and as a candidate indorsed by the Charter Club for Coun- cilman at large. “Jarman was attacked,” he said, “be- cause he was a strongcandidate. While some of us have escaped these attacks it is our duty to stand by those who have not escaped the shafts of these people. It is our duty to get ‘behind every man who Is attacked, whether as an individual or as a candidat Judge J. R. Lewis’ remarks were the most pointed made during the meeting. “It is notorious,” he began, “that our political boss is a man of great avoir- dupois. I am told he is a trained ath- lete. Now, if Mr. Jarman were a man of equal avoirdupois and strengthand had knocked his traducer down there would need to be no sympathy for him. A distinguished attorney told me that Mr. Jarman has been here for thirty years, and that during all this time he has borne the reputation of being a first-class, honest man. Now, you will WHERE VIC'I:ORINA SASSELLI WAS MURDERED. one of our most hon- | | tion_that every candidate and membar | ury of the city from year to year shouid | itan M. E. (colored) Church. find that a man, no matter in what community he lives, is just about such a man as he is reputed to be. “I think this was one of the most wanton and brutal attacks ever made on any man. A man that would make such an attack is a coward, physically, morally and politicall and the man who will take the benefit of his position -physically to traduce a man who can- not compete with him physically is a brute. He is of the school of Buckley. This man does not live in our city, but | he has had his grip on the politics of the city and county until we are a dis- grace to the State of California. Now where this attack is made on one of our nominees, I think it is the duty of our club to come to his defense. “I think it is time that some of these scoundrels who dre robbing the treas- | be called to account, and I am glad that Mr. Jarman has had the courage, sand and backbone to bring this matter to the consideration of the people of Santa Clara County. We know that the editor -in-chief of the local morning paper is not in good health and not able to man- age his paper. For him I have the greatest sympathy. “In his place we have an individual who doesn’t reside in the city, manipu- lating the politics of your city, and editing the paper from his back door. That is_the class of men we have to meet. He has got his fins on many first-class men in your city. He leads them by the nose, as you lead a dog. He has got some of those men to run for office. Any man who consents to run in opposition to the Charter Club ticket—any man who is put up by this boss--occupies the same position that the boss does, He is no friend of San Jose and no friend of good government. Let them make a dirty fight if they want to. Let us fight them with dig- nity, and if necessary the club should put its hands into its pocket and help Mr. Jarman by employing additional counsel. Tha is the kind of support we should give him and give this man a lesson. This man will not attack a man physically his equal or who has a pis- tol in his pocket. He attacks a little man physically unable to fight him.” T. A. Carroll said it was the duty of | the club to sustain Jarman In_every way. He declared other candidates were being attacked by “vile whisper- ings and malicious inuendoes thrown out by the whip-poor-will's blue jays, and the chippies who train with the ‘gang’ and the ‘boss.”” William F. James offered a resolu- 000000000000 000C0000000000000000000000000 of the Charter Club sink his individu- ality and make the fight for thes en- tire ticket. The resolution was adopted. Preparations are being made for a grand mass-meeting next week. Some | sensatlonal exposures are promised at that time by some of the speakers who will appear. DEATH REMOVES BLANCIE K. BRUCE Was Register of the Treasury and a Noted Leader Among Colored Republicans. During His Remarkable Career He | Held Many Positions of Trust. Once in the Senate. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, March 17. Hon. Blanche K. Bruce, Register of the Treasury, died to-day at $:15 a. m. Mr. | Bruce's death had been expected for sev- | eral days. He suffered from a complica- | tion of stomach troubles, which at first | appeared not to be serious, but last week | he lost strength steadily, and it soon be- came evident that his vitality was ebbing | rapidly. Mr. Bruce’s only child. a son, Roscoe C. Bruce, 18 years old, arrived here yester- day from Exeter, N. H., where he is tak- ing a preparatory course for Harvard. The funeral will take place on Monday. The services will be held at the Metropol- | Blanche K. Bruce was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, March 1, 1841, and therefore was 57 years old. He was of | African descent, was born a slave and re- celved the rudiments of education from | the tutor of his master’s son. He taught | school for a time in Hannibal, Mo., and later became a student at Oberlin. n 1869 he became a planter in Mississip- pl, and was appointed a member of the Mississippi Levee Board. He was elected Sheriff of his county and subsequently Superintendent of Education. In 1875 he was elected United States Senator as a Republican and served until March 3, 1881 He was a member of every Republican national convention held since the year 1865, He was appointed by Presi- dent Garfield Register of the Treasury and later was appointed Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia. About six months ago he was again appointed ter of the Treasury by President McKinley. Next to Frederick Dougias, Mr. Bruce had long been regarded as the most conspicuous man of his race. DELVING FOR THE _ DEAD IN RUINS: It Is Now Xnown That Six Persons Perished at Chicago, While Four- teen Are Missing. CHICAGO, March 17.—Three burned and mangled bodies were taken to-day from the buflding, 215-221 Wabash avenue, which was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. This brings the number of known dead to six, while fourteen per- sons reported as missing had not been accounted for at a late hour to-night. Firemen to-day unearthed the bodies of | Charles A. Prince, cashier; Henry R. Nelson, chemist, and Mrs. M. E. Harris, bookkeeper, all employed by the W. A Olmstead Scientific Company. The three victims who lost their lives by leaping from the bullding to the pave- ment below were Edward Binz, cashier for Sweet, Wallach & Co.; Miles ‘A. Smith and Samiiel A. Clark, employes of Olm- stead. The missing, all of whom were connect- ed with these twofirms, are the following: . A. Olmstead, C. H. Arms, W. J. Wil cox. Willlam Bass, Miss Hattle Davidson Miss Annna Guest, Willlam Marvin, A. N. Peterson, Mrs. Watkins, George Stift, C. 5 Fred Robertson, Emma Carroll and_“Tony,” an office boy. The goarch of the ruins wil? be resumed to- MOrTOW. EATE e VERY RICH STRIKE AT FRENCH GULCH. Meager Reports of the Finding of a $20,000 Pocket in the Wash- ington Mine. REDDING, March 17.—Meager reports were received here to-night by telephone of the striking of a $20,000 pocket by Wil- liam Blagrave in the Washington mine at French_Gulch, twenty-two miles from here. The company has been handling very rich rock lately, and recent develop- ments are shgwing richer rock every day. FATAL CASE OF THE GRIP. Sudden Death of James Dollar, Su- perintendent of the Occidental Mill. EUREKA, March 17.—James Dollar, the newly appointed superintendent of the Occidental Mill Company, died this morn- ing from an attack of la grippe. Dollar caught cold while in the woods a few days ago, and his death was sudden and unexpected. Dollar’s wife and two daugh- ters arrived here yesterday from n kafael, to make this city their home. The Jury Disagreed. EUREKA, March 17.—The jury in the case of ex-President A. W. Randall of the Randall Bank, tried for embezzle- ment disagreed and was discharged thll morning. |000000000000000000 EVADES THE CANADIAN OFFICIALS Corona Escapes From the English Wreck- ing Boat Loorne. Probably Aided in the Bold Move by the Cutter Perry. Instead of Going to Victoria the Rescued Steamer En- tered Port Tovwnsend. CLEVER RUSECARRIEDOUT But There Is a Prospect of a lLibel and Ensuing Complications Ee- tween the Governments. Special Dispatch to The Call. CORONA REACHES o PORT. SEATTLE, Wash., March 17.— The wrecked steamer Corora tied up at Union Dock, Pert Townsend, this evening. She was towed south by the tug Pi- oneer. ' The work of taking out the cargo, all of which is nearly ruined, will begin to-morrow morning. The steamer is con- sidered to be in very bad shape. It is necessary to keep herpumps working all the time to prevent her sinking, as unaided she could not steam five knots per hour. It will be necessary to take out all her machinery to make needed repairs. Just which drydock she will be sent to has not yet been decided. Captain Pearce and six members of the Corona’s crew, who have been aboard ever since the steamer was wrecked, arrived with her, as did also Captain Goodall of San Francisco, who now has the Corona in charge. It was early in January last that the Corona was wrecked on a reef off Lewis Island, near the mouth of the Skeena River. She was en route to Skaguay with 250 passengers, all of whom were u'(D0C)0Cb()0O00_(’(H:}Q(?(’C)0¢.')(’C)(’‘.')(3(}C)t:fl()l:’t’(flh:)()(3000 saved. 00000000000 00000 VICTORIA, B. C., March 17.—The steamer Corona, while being brought | to Victoria by the tug Lorne for re- pairs, ‘the customs authorities having demanded that she come here before proceeding to American ports, as she was wrecked in British waters, slipped her hawser this morning and fled to Port Townsend in tow of the tug Piv- neer, which, in accordance with a prearranged scheme, was waiting for her in American waters near Patos Is- land about forty miles from Victoria. The orders of the Canadian customs officers, it is said, were disobeyed un- der sanction of the United States Treasury Department, by whose orders the cutter Perry left Port Townsend | yesterday to meet the Corona, to .rhe her from the British tug Lorne, and ccnvey her to Port Townsend. The Lorne left Victoria to go for the Corona on Friday last, and found her lying alongside the Standard Can- nery wharf at Skeena, waiting the tug. Her boilers were damaged some- what, as when she was beachad to have her hull patched after being raised she struck heavily amidships and one of the furnaces came to grief. She was temporarily repaired and could proceed slowly under one fur- nace. The Lorne left Skeena with the Corona in tow Monday last, experi- enced good weather, and proceeded without incident until last night, when the Perry hove in sight and her ac- tions excited the curiosity of the men on the Lorne. She spoke the Corona several times, and after hovering around most of the night, put a boat's crew aboard. What those who were in the boat said to the officers of the Corona no one knows, but what fol- lowed was significant enough. After the interview the United States cutter left and returned south. About six hours afterward, when the Lorne was steaming along toward Victoria with the Corona, the hawser suddenly slackened and Captain Langley of the Lorne soon saw that he had lost his tow. She had slipped her hawser, and taking advantage of the repairs made to her boilers on the way down, she steamed away. The crew of the Lorne then saw the whole plot. A short distance away lay the Seattle tug Pioneer awaiting the Corona. The American tug quickly put a hawser on board and steamed for Port Townsend. Captain Goodall and all the members of the wrecking expedition, even the divers, were on the Corona when that vessel so unceremoniously departed for the territorial waters of Canada. Patos Island, off which the Corona left the Lorne, is American territory, and where she was picked up by an American tug is American water. The only breach of customs regula- tions for which the Corona is answer- able therefore is failure to call at.a Canadian port after having besn wrecked in northern waters. When it was first learned that the Corona had proceeded direct to Port Town- send, it was thought probable that the captain had communicated with the subcollector at Port Simpson, but the officers of the Lorne say he did npt. Of course any proceedings against th2 Corona will have to be deferred until she calls at this port, and that may never come, for it is said she will re- turn to her old run, between San Fran- cisco and Southern California ports. Collector Milne, on hearing the report of officers of the Lorne, immediately reported the facts to Ottawa, and un- til he hears from headquarters he de- clines to express an opinion. WASHINGTON, March 17.—Assist- ant_Secretary of the Treasury Howell said to The Call correspondent to-night that upon the request of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company he had au- thorized the revenue cutter Perry to proceed from Port Townsend to the scene of the Corona wreck and render such assistance as was deemed neces- sary. “It is not unusual for our revenue b cutters to be detailed for such a pur- pose,” said Chief Shoemaker. “We re- ceived a_dispatch this morning from Captain Phillips of the Perry, saying that he would proceed north immedi- ately. We presume that the Perry left early .this mornine. although we have received no definite information as to her departure.” Senator Perkins was seen to-night and said that as the British regulations prohibited the employment of an American wrecking vessel in British waters the Pacific Coast Steamship Company was compelled to employ a British vessel to wreck the Corona and tow her to Port Townsend, although the cost of such service amounted to about $1000 a day. But at the same time an American tug was sent to meet the wrecking vessel having the Co- rona in tow with the expectation that the American tug would then take charge of the wrecked Corona and tow her into Port Townsend. “I did not request the Treasury De- partment to detail a revenue cutter to escort or convoy the Corona to Port Townsend, but merely requested that the cutter Perry, which was already ordered to leave for the north, w0 take a message from Port Townsend to the scene of the wreck or else meet the Engiish wrecking vessel and the Co- rona and notify them that an Ameri- can tug was on her way to tow the Co- rona into Port Townsend. If there is any ‘libel’ to be intsituted against the Corona I know nothing of it and cannot conceive who should want to libel the vessel or for what reason. I do not be- lieve any such action is contemplated by any one. Our company is a respon=- sible ope, however,” added the Senator. Perkins says the Corona will be patched up at some dock and sent back to San Francisco. The Revenue Cutter Bureau relies in a great extent upon Perkins to provide another revenue cutter for the Pacific Coast for service at Astoria or Portland to cost $250,000. The bill has been introguced by Mo- Bride of Oregon,and Perkinshas prom- ised the Treasury Department officials that as a member of the Appropria- tions Committee he will see that it is reported favorably and passed by the Senate Perkins was evidently sincere in his declaration that mo “irbel” would be instituted against the vessel, and that he merely requested the Perry to carry a message, but it may be that he want- ed the Government vessel to protect the Corona’s voyage to Port Towns< end. FINED FOR TRYING TO SHOOT A’ POLICEMAN. Son of a Wealthy Aptos Resident Refuses to Be Arrested on Sus- picion of Burglary. SAN JOSE, March 17.—Adolphus Van Tienen Janssen, a_prominent resident of Aptos, was fined $0 by Justice Gass to- day for attempting to shoot Officer Prin- diville. Janssen came to this city yester- day afternoon. He was loitering about the streets when Prindiville accosted him and told him to accompany him to the police station, as he was wanted at Wat- sonville for burglary. Janssen denled the crime and refused to accompany the offi- cer, evidently fearing the same treatment that was recently accorded Farmer Brown of Hollister. When the officer attempted to take him Janssen drew a revolver and attempted to shoot him. Deputy Con- stable Castro, who was present, knocked Janssen down with his club and disarmed him. Janssen is the son of wealthy par- ents at Aptos. A NEW CURE FOR YELLOW FEVER. One More Brazilian Physician Who Claims He Has Conquered the Dread Scourge of Death. Copyrighted, 188, by James Gordon Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, March 17.—I am in- formed by the Herald's correspondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, that Dr. Caldas, a physician of Rio Grande state, has dis- covered a_new yellow fever cure which is more efficacious than the cure discov- ered by Dr. Sanarelli, with which the latter physician has been so successful in his experiments in San Paulo. TAILOR BADLY BURNED. Enveloped in a Sheet of Flame From Ignited Gasoline. SAN JOSE, March 17.—S. B. Schwartz, a tailor who has a shop in the building at First and El Dorado streets, was severely burned this morning by a saucerful of gasoline becoming ignited. Schwartz was cleaning some clothes and smoking a cig- arette at the same time. He accidentally dropped his cigarette in the saucer of gas- oline and was instantly enveloped with a sheet of flame. His hands and face were badly burned, and the curtains and fixt- ures in the room caught fire. His eries at- tracted the landlady, who extinguished the flames with a hand grenade. 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