The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 30, 1898, Page 4

FRANCISCO CALL, WED SDAY, MARCH 30, 1898 4« s oAm sAN TRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAmom o, lee. | agaftst unfair competition of the BRADY ON THE NEED OF ALASKA Governor of the Terri- tory Is a Guest of Seattle. En Route to Washington | to Urge Necessary Legislation. | Wants the General Land Laws Extended to the North- ern Country. TITLES HARD TO OBTAIN. | On> Condition Which M\Iun:esi Against the Progress of | Alaska. i SO | | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | SEATTLE, March 29. — Governor Brady of Alaska arrived in Seattle to- day en route for Washington. Just before leaving the north the Governor made a r the trails from Dyea end Skaguay. In an interview with The Call correspondent to-night the vernor said: “I ar ing to try to effect several things for Alaska while I am in Wash- ington. First, I am going to make a strong effort to get the general land laws of the United States extended to a. That will require a simple act, entalling less than a dozen words, but it would be a very important one to the f this district. I con- people o t the impossipility to secure d Alaska has done more e to hold its growth »diate help in that regard be given. All departments nd commercial develop- ivzed and the wheels of d by the want of land ought t “I shall try, too, while in ¥V e the many de Congress relating ; that proposing thr at St. Michael, on Circle Cit The fi a milit res at is almost deserted now. has too many defects to / last report I recommended the ntment of a commi: on, which t in Alaska and with the help zople who are interested > a code of laws for our g | As an example of the absence of | which we suffer from there is no of an in- | he is a had an insane man over | ched out his own eyes. tes a year to communicate with Government and g an order to > patient removed to an asylum hington, D. C. class of men is coming to I noticed what a stalwart, uld si fine ood-natured crowd it was 3 Probably not one in a >d of those men intends to make Alaska his home. If we had a good code of laws many of them would stay could soon do as California did and we for adm as State in- f a territo; t country would make a magnificent State.” Governor Brady was asked what he thought of the project of bringing rein- deer into the district. He said that he considered the introduction of them would be a boon to the people. Two other matters were to have oc- cupied the Governor's attention in Washington. These were visits to the Agricultural and Postal Departments of the Government. The Governor be- | lieves that the possibilities of Alaska in an agricultural way are almost illim- itable. The whole mater he has par- tially abandoned because of the an- nouncement just made that a special officer with full power to act is now en route to Alaska to make changes in the present v inadequate and unsatis- | factory postal arrangements. Governor Brady insisted that the saloons in Alaska will be closed if he is able to have it done. He said: Mudlarks Have an Inning. NEW ORLEANS, March 29.—The rain put the track in worse condifion than it ‘was yesterday. Seven furlongs, Halton won, Irish Lady second, Scrivener third. Time, 1:33. One mile, selling, Swordsman won, Mount Washington second, Russella third. Time, 1:47. One and a sixteenth miles, selling, Cor- elli won, Mr. Easton second, The Doctor | third. Time, 1:56%. Handicap, one mile, Albert S won, Pete Kitchen second, Judge Steadman third. Time, 1:46%. | 8ix furlongs, selling, Stanza won, Ana- | helm second, Tommy Rutter third. Time, :18%. | One mile, selling, Cavespring won, Teeta | May second, L W third. Time, 1:45, b e Water for Yolo Farms. WOODLAND, March 20.—A large force of men was put to work this morning constructing a temporary dam on the site of the old Moore dam, and it is ex- | pected that water will be turned on the | parched fields that are under the ditch | system by next Monday. Work has never before been commenced on the ditches | until the st of April, and the time for turning the water on has varied from the | st of May to the middle of June. The | demand for water is so urgent that Mr. Moore has decided to walt no longer, These ditches can supply but a limited area, but they seem to be the only sal- vation of the farmers in the vicinity of Woodland. SSeae Robber Drops His Loot. SAUSALITO, March 20.—The safe and | all the money stolen from the ticket of- fice of the North Pacific Coast Railroad at this place have been recovered. Night Watchman Johuson on the morning of the robbery chased a man up the raiiroad track and the man dropped the box which was used as a safe by the agent of the office. Johnson learned to-day that it was the property of the ralroad company. | About 150 tickets are still missing. didnait iy Went to Reno to Wed. WOODLAND, March 2.—Word has been received that N. M. Weaver, Sherift of this county, and Mrs. Adah O'Farrell, both of this city, were mar- ried in Reno last Sunday. The marriage could not be solemnized in California, as Mr. Weaver was divorced from his for- mer wife only last December. They will take up their residence in Willlams, Co- lusa county. ——— Rates Not Yet Adjusted. SAN JOSE, March 29.—The Trans- continental Freight Bureau was in ses- slon at the Vendome to-day. Fast and west bound tariffs were considered. No information_was given out, but it is pre- sumed no definite action was taken in The bureau will meet again fixing rates. to-morrow, | go north this w | Government | north on the Lucille is still encamped | bills. BRINGS NEWS FROM COPPER RIVER REGION Return of the Valencia After a Most Trying Voyage to New Northern Gold Fields. to-day from the exci had a trying experience. she left th which ever left thi lencia brin: of an a ring nature. trip to the and th everyth The rem ble seems to b timber 1l ne. bench, The second bench is 225 feet wide, on the, first. ake thirty miles long. twelve miles. available very much longer. glacier from the steamer. ble. other end. feRaRugngeutuTatagutaugaRuPuRuRuPuuuPeyuguTaPeuFeRaReRugaTaTuPuPuFugu eyl SEATTLE, March 20.—The steamer Valencla returned to Seattle mouth of the Copper River. g one, and between rebellious passengers, who wanted to seize the ship, and a terrible storm in the North Pacific, the officers and crew The Valencia's troubles began shortly after port on March 6, with 590 passengers, the largest load or any other port for advices from Copper River up to March 24, which are The prospects of the 2000 people, who went to the Copper River country during the past two months,are much im- proved and a few have already reached the summit. Mail Carrier Jackson returned on March 20 to Copper River from a summit of the glacier. “our men who went up on the schooner Bering Sea on her first trip have reached timber on the other side of the glacier. se others have nearly reached the timber line. ng on the summit and are ready to start down the other slope. 1der of the crowd is scattered over the twenty miles of the glacier, between salt water and the summit. e in packing wood, which has to be carried from Fvery one is working hard and making good progress.\' »n makes the trip to the summit in one day. a quarter miles from the edge of the glacier to the top of the third nd seventeen and a half miles from this to the summit. first bench is but eighty feet in width, but the grade is very heavy. at about half as heavy a grade as The third and fourth benches are rolling. miles down hill from the summit to the timber line. The distance from the lake to the river “Fifty people have gone up the river over the ice from Orca, but as the ice is getting soft this route will not be 1 went up to the first bench of the Valdes The men have fastened a snatch block at the summit of the bench and got their goods up with very little trou- They load their sleds, to which is fastened a long rope. they run through the snatch block and five or six men get hold of the They run down the hill and the sled goes up like a flash.” The trip was a most Copper River. The Va- He tells the following story: John Murphy Fifty men have There most of the trou- the It is two and The It is ten Then comes a is This SOUCOUROUDTNDURTONUDTNCE0OOUN: DOUSUTOUBTET O 06 1 06 X0 00 108 100 306 00 00 00 00 10008 00 308 0000 308 108 06 08 00 108 0 308 30K 0K 300 00 00K 300 XX K RELIEF TRAINS ARE STRANDED Supplies for Dawson Yet Stored Away at Dyea. Major Rucker at a Loss as to How to Dispose of Them. Two Hundred of the Reindeer Will Be Sent Over the Dalton Trail. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, March 29.—Major L. H. Rucker, U. S. A., returned to Seattle to-day and proceeded to Fort Walla Walla. He has been in Dyea for the past month, whither he went with the Government relief expedition that was to carry food into the Klondike coun- try In an interview Major Rucker said “That abandoned relief expedition has caused me more trouble than a vear of regular army life. It'is now pretty well scattered. Five officers and twenty men of the expedition, under command of Captain Eldridge, are at Haines Mission. They arrived there on March 24. In a few days they will start on an exploring expedition-with the idea of finding a suitable all-American route to the mighty Yukon. The Sem- inole, with the Government reindeer and Laplanders, was expected to reach Haines Mission on last Monday. The party that goes over the Dalton trail will take 200 of the reindeer and a num- of the Laplanders. aptain Abercrombie, who is to head the party that will explore the Copper River country for the War De- partment, is now at Portland, but will ek with his party. The train that went pack at Dyea. I don’t know what will be done with it. The bulk of the supplies that were to be taken to Dawson is all at Dyea. It has not yet been de- cided what disposition will be made of the supplies. The Dalton trail party took its supplies out of those on the relief expedition. “Thousands of men are working he- roicall; the White All who have et over the pass y_ to Pass t proper grit wil the time the lakes and rivers open up. Five acres at Sheep Camp are piled the by 1 up close with the outfits that have been hauled up from Dyea. “The outfits are simply piled on the | snow and left without any one to guard | them until the owner gets al his goods to Sheep Camp. Nothing is ever stolen and the packers never worry about their goods. Some of the goods taken up last winter are being dug out of the | snow. “If a man does not want to haul hls outfit there are three ways by which he can get it to the summit. There is a train run by electricity, a rope and tackle arrangement and a gasoline en- gine method. By these means seventy- five tons a day are handled. Ther2 are men, Indians and dogs on the trail in large numbers. I know vety little about the White Pass trail, but people are getting over it in good shape.” PBIVATE BILLS CONSIDERED. The House Refuses to Pay the Claim of the Heirs of General Lee’s Widow. WASHING1UN, March 29.—The House to-day quietly proceeded with the order of the day, the consideration of private No opportunity was afforded under the rules of debating the all-absorbing topie, but members stood abou. the cloak- rooms and lobbles all day long, discussing the situation. The most intense feeling was manifested. i1he House, after pass- ing a bill to pension the widow of General John L. Stevenson at the rate of $30 per month, devoted the whole day to the consideration of the bill to pay certain claims for stores and supplies furnished to the Union by loyal citizens or the South during the war. There was a bit- ter contest over a claim of $217,000 pre- ferred by the heirs of the widow of Gen- cral Robert E. Lee. She Inherited the claim from Mrs. Fitzhugh, her aunt, who, it was admitted, was loyal. The claim was finally stricken out, but the House took a recess before the bill was passed. ‘the Senate resolution to extend for six months the time fixed for opening the agricultural lands 0. the Uncompangre Indian reservation was adopted. At 5 o'clock the House took a recess un- il 8 o'clock, the evening session to be de- Lvoted to pel}glon legislation. Chilkoot and | OFFICER AND MANIAC FIGHT Thrilling Encounter the Marin County Prison. in Under Sheriff Subdues a Crazed Prisoner After a Hard Struggle. Combat in a Cell Which the Imbecile Had Flooded From the Water Pipe. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, March 29.—A thrill- ing encounter between Under Sheriff John Hannon and a madman took place in a flooded cell in the County Jail this morning. Splashing about in a foot of water the two men fought for supremacy, one almost naked and rav- ing like an enraged brute, the other cool and determined. The battle lasted fifteen minutes and the officer finally conquered. Nightwatchman Miller found Joe Pochello, formerly a blacksmith in San roaming about the streets at midnight, shouting and acting in an in- sane manner. After a brief tussle he placed the fellow in a cell in the Coun- ty Jail in the basement of the Court- house. Pochello, as the night grew apace, became more violent and threw himself against the great iron door and beat the walls with his fists. (e stripped the clothes from his back and threw them about, shouting incoherent sentences. Pulling the mattress in the cell over to the iron door, he turn=d the water on in the stationary basin in the cell and allowed it to flood the cell, the mattress keeping the water from passing through the cracks under the dcor. The madman plunged about the cell, now attempting to swim and again throwing the water over every- thing. ‘When Under Sheriff Hannon arrived at the jail this morning he heard the | racket and started to investigate. Peer- ing through iron bars, shaking the door and shouting, the madman refused to notice the officer, who called to him to turn off the water. Seeing that des- perate measures must be resorted to, Hannon unlocked the door and threw it open. A flood of water rushed out and soaked him up to the knees. Brush- Ing aside the madman Hannon at- tempted to turn off the water. Po- chello made a lunge forward and at- tempted to drag the officer away. In a moment the two came together in a fierce conflict. The insane prisoner attempted to seize the Under Sheriff by the throat and his long bare arms wound them- selves around Hannon’s neck. With a mighty effort the Under Sheriff broke away from the grasp of the maniac and threw him headlong to the floor of the cell. With this advantage the officer turned the water off, and, getting a hold on the madman, dragged him out of the soaked cell and held him down by the throat. Without releasing his hold on the prisoner Hannon dragged him over to the main entrance and led him into one of the tanks. No sooner was the prisoner released than he began to tear around in his new quarters, shouting, gesticulating and vounding the bars and doors. All day he has stood with the perspiration streaming down his body and worked away at the iron bars on the cell door. HILL FOUND GUILTY OF PARVIN'S DEATH. VENTURA, March 2%.—After having been out four hours the jury in the Hill murder case at 8 o’clock this evening re- turned a verdict of murder in the second degree, recommending the defendant to the mercy of the court. This ends one of the most sensational trials ever held in this county, one which has daily attract- ed numbers of people from alf’pans of the co‘unty. Hill will be sentenced on Aprl & obert Lee Hill killed Theod: R. - vin on the Las Posas on February sl,"f;y striking him on the head with a piece of scantling. The men were neighbors and had quarreled over land. Hill alleged self- defense, claiming that Parvin was the at- tacking party. BT Clark in Murderers’ Row. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, March 20— George W. Clark, the murderer, arrived at t:elpenithmuary this morning, and af- ter being photographed was en of stripes and sent to join the‘t:onflelm:l“e'(: men in Murderers’ Row. The date of Clark’s execution is set for June 3. THRUSTS HIN HEAD INTO THE NOOSE Frank Belew Admits His Crime in Court. Changes His Plea From “Not Guilty” to “Guilty.” Dixon Murderer Throws Him- self Upon the Mercy of the Law. HIS ACTION VOLUNTARY. Ready to Undergo Punishment for the Killing of Brother and Sister. SUISUN, March 29.—When a rumor gained circulation a week or so ago| that Frank Belew had decided to plead | gullty to the murder charge against him, some doubt existed as to the sin- | AUSTIN NOT A SUCCESS AS MAYOR Record of One of Rea’s Candidates at San Jose. Has Already Been Tried and Found Wholly Wanting. Former Administration Noted for High Taxes and Big Deficits. WANTS THE PLACE AGAIN. Though a Commercial and Official Failure, He Is Faithful to the Boss. Spectal Dispatch to The Call SAN JOSE, March 29.—In the “gang” and out of it, Paul P. Austin is looked |lack and Deputy Sheriff Ed Stockird (ROSS CREEK BANDITS ARE SURROUNDED Cliff Regan, Leader of the Express-Train Robbers, Traced to a Rendezvous in Merced County Foothills. Information Given by a Store- keeper of Whom They Made Purchases. OFFICERS SEND FOR AID. Have the Outlaws’ Carriage end | Have Recovered Part of the Stolen Coin. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. MERCED, March 29.—Constable Tol- upon as the king-pin of the People's Municipal ticket, the ageregation of| | cerity of the accused man's intention. | A more changeable prisoner than Belew never occupied a cell and no credence whatever was placed in his statement | about withdrawing the plea of not guilty entered at the arraignment in February last. But Belew is a pccullar man and he is as wavering in his resolutions as he | is variable in te mperament. This morn- ing he infor - i the authorities that he was ready to plead guilty and that he had firmly made up his mind. Belew was brought into the Superior Court. When Belew was ordered to stand up Judge Buckles said: “Belew, you were arraigned here on February 24 upon information charging | you with the crime of murder and your plea that day was that you were not| guilty. I have now been informed that you desire to withdraw that plea and that you are here for the purpose of pleading guilty. There are some ques- | tions I want to ask of you before you | plead. |7 “The crime with which you are | charged, as I understand simply from | the confession that I have heard you | have made, is one that would merit the extreme penalty of the law—that is, hanging. If you were tried and con- victed by a jury the jury might say | that you be imprisoned in the State| EPrlsun for life, or the jury might say | that it is murder in the first degree, | which would impel this court to pass | the death penalty upon you. I wish to | ask you whether any inducement has | been held out to you to plead guilty by { any one?” ‘ Belew, without the slightest hesita- | | tion, sai: ‘ “No, sir; there has not.” | He added that he acted upon| his own suggestion. The court, ad-| | dressing Belew, said: | | | “I warn you that in plead-| ing guilty you need expect np greater | lenie: than though you were tried by |a jur or sent to prison, and the court has same duty. The crime is one of | the worst kinds of murder, if it is as rumored, and as you have confessed.| ‘What is your plea?” | Belew answered without the slight- est tremor in his voice or any visible sij of nervousness: | | “Guilty, and I ask the mercy of the | court.” | The case was then continued to Tues- Dev- day, April 5. District Attorney Jin will adduce testimony necessary to | | establish the degree of the crime, and s attorney will probably call in support of mitigating cir- | | Belev witne cumstances. The murder to which Belew pleaded | guilty was one of the most revolting in | the history of crimes in the TUnited States. Susie and Lewis Belew, the vic- | tims, were two of the most popular | | young people in Dixon. On November 8 they died, after an f{llness of |less than twenty-four hours. There | were suspicions of foul play from the first, and suspicion pointed to Frank Belew, as was indicated by The Call exclusively the day after the death of the victims. At the funeral Frank Belew was ap- parently one of the saddest of the| mourners. He was dressed in a suit of | solemn black, and he moved softly | among the mourners, as if he suffered ;deepiy. In spite of this fact there was {an_almost unanimous feeling that he had committed the deed. On the night of November 7, while professing friendship for those he mur- dered, Frank partook of supper with | them at their humble little cottage in town. It was then that he poisoned | the teakettle, the waters of which were | | used for making a stew and coffee the | | next morning. | ‘Within a_few hours | after breakfast Susie and Lewls were | taken deathly ill, as was Bruno Klein, the livery hand, who bdarded with |them. He was sole survivor of the fiendish act. The Call, convinced that Frank Be- lew was the guilty man, kept reporters on the case from the outset, covering | the fleld for weeks after all others had | abandoned the case. The result of this vigilance was the arrest of Belew on the night of February 3, and his subsequent confession. Full detalls of the confession that led to the arrest and of the arrest were printed in The Call exclusively, making the greatest newspaper beat of the character in the history of San Francisco. By working up the case and alding in the preliminary part of the work The Call has thus saved the taxpayers of Solano County many thousands of dol- lars, as the case was so complete as to render useless the delay and cost of a long trial HIS HEAD CRUSHED BY THE MACHINERY. Foreman Johnson of the San Jose Woolen-Mills Meets a Hor- rible Death. SAN JOSE, March 2.—John G, John- son, foreman of the SBan Jose Woolen Mills, met death in a shocking manner !o—d;{. A piece of machinery in the spinning-room got out of order and while en7 ed in repairing this he slipped and fell. His head was caught between a rod and a bolt and crushed. ood rushed from his ears and nostrils, Empioyes im- mediately dragged the body out of the machinery, and physiclans were sum- moned, but they were unable to do any- thing. He never regained consclousness and expired a few hours later, Johnson was about 80 years of age and a native of Maine. He been a resi~ dent of this city for many years. HAIGHT-In Oakland, M: 2808, An B, om0t th ate BT Helght, agea & years. 07 Friends are respectfully invited - x‘fnd-?;}og:f'm g o {den Saigh 3 er late residence, 1201 Alce street Inf t private. et, Oukland. | Jury. The jury’s duty is to deter- | systin and his commercial | mine your guilt, whether you be hanged | this city prove just the contrary. candidates backed by Boss Rea and | his adherents. If any one has any doubt of the feaity of Austin to Rea let him but utter a word of dispraise of Rea in the presence of Austin, or let | him be present when the boss is issuing | orders to Austin for execution in the | Board of Supervisors, of which Austin is a member, or anywhere e There | is no question in the mind of any one | familiar with the local political situa- | tion for the last decade or more that a | vote for Austin is certainly a vote for the “gang” of which Rea is the boss | as if that vote were cast direct for the | boss himself, or for Johnnie Mackenzie. If anything were needed to confirm this idea it is furnished in the columns of the “‘gang” organ this morning. The Mercury, with a pride all its own, sets | Austin on a high pedestal for the ad- miring inspection of the people whom it is seeking to delude in this campaign. | Its laudation finds vent in the follow ing, which is a portion of an editorial Mr. Austin is one of the people’s candi- cates for election to the Appointing Board, a position o paramount import- ance and responsibility under the new charter. It will be the duty of the Ap- pointing Board to appoint the members of the several city departments. During its brief period of existence it will have not only the present but largely the future destinies of San Jose in its bands. The ity, therefore, of electing to that voard only men of the highest ability and Integrity, who can .e apsolutely depend- ed upon’'to be governed in their official actions by the most carnest regard for the city’s welfare, must be apparent to every voter. Such a man is Mr. Austin, who as Mayor looked after the interests of the city with sagacity and fidelity. All of this is only too true, with the exception of the last sentence, which reads: “Such a man is Mr. Austin, who, as | Mayor, looked after the interests of the eity with sagacity and fidelity.” The official records and acts of Mr. career in If *only men of the highest business abil- ity” should be selected as members of the Appointing Boar and of this there can be no doubt—then Mr. Austin is ab- solutely disqualified. Not only has his commercial career here been a flagrant failure, but in the last three years he has succeeded in accumulating a judg- | ment indebtedness of more than $27,000, not a dollar of which has been satisfied, as shown by the records of the Superior | Court. It is not likely that a man inca- | pable of taking care of his own prope: ty will prove more capable of taking are of what belongs to others or to the city. | But Mr. Austin demonstrated his ut- ter unfitness for public affairs when he sat in the Mayor's chair of this city | from 1894 to 1896, and was evidently dis- posed to do anything rather than be “governed in his official actions by the most earnest regard for the city's wel- fare.” The records show that for the first year of Mr. Austin’s term as Mayor of | Ban Jose—that is, on January 1, 18%— | there was a deficit in the city treasury, | exclusive of new taxes collected, of | $32,619 93, and that a year later this| deficit had gro—— to $58,185 21. But this was not the worst feature | of his administration. Ex-Mayor Aus-| tin has the unenviable distinction of | having caused, by his administration of | the city's affairs, the highest two tax levies ever imposed on the people of | San Jose. Previous to his advent as | executive of this city the tax rate had | never exceeded $1 25 on the §100, though | before the “gang” got its fatal grasp | on the municipality the rate had besu | as low as 85 cents on the $100. Dur- ing the first year of Austin’s adminis- tration the rate had to be increased to| $1 40, and during the second year it was $135 on the $100, yet when Ausiin went | out of office the annual deficit in the | city treasury had increased to the enormous amount of $58,18521. ~That was a period of clover for the “gang’ and its numerous parasites, while the taxpayers had to labor harder than ever to keep the public crib full for the tax- eaters. It would be an insult to the intelli- gence of the voters of San Jose to ask them if they thought a man with the record that Austin has made for him- self “looked after the interests of the city with sagacity and fidelity.” And it is of this kind of material that the favorite and presumably the strongest candidate of the People's Municipal ticket is constructed. The peeple of San Jose can best answer if they can afford to elect him and his colleagues on the boss’ ticket. As a commercial factor Mr. Austin proved himself to be void of business talent; as a Mayor of the city of San Jose his adminis- tration was the most extravagant in the city’s history, as the result of either gross incompetency or infidelity. Escape from the rule of such men as Austin, and others subservient to boss and “gang” nomination, lies in voting the New Charter Club ticket straight from top to bottom. Another large and enthusiastic meet- ing under the auspices of the New Charter Club was held in the Fourth ‘Ward to-night at the corner of Pond and Orchard streets. The speakers were S. E. Crosman, D. M. Burnett, J. M. Burnett, J. M. Allen, J. P. Jarman, C. L. Witten, Dr. McDougal and J. J. Southeimer. Boss rule and its evil ef- fects on the people and property of a city were the subjects under discussion. The audience was made to understand how it alone could apply the remedy for the extermination of the boss and boodle pest. This remedy, it was ex- gluned, lay in the election of the New ‘harter Club ticket from Mayor to the last member of the Appointing Board. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al ists refund the money if it fails to cflrladr;t fhe"genaine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. are on the track of two men in the foothills in the vicinity of Indian Gulch who are supposed to be members of the gang that held up the Southern Pa- cific train at Cross Creek a few days in Ciipadian Pacific Ratlroad. The mehbers of the California delega- tion have all received telegrams from Governor Budd and the State Board of i Health, askng the support of the Spooner bill, providhg for a national quarantine Representative Barlow to-day introduced a bill granthsg cerléll{x funds to the city anta Batara, Cal. OfTEu Pensior. Office has notified Repre- sentative Barlw that a pension has been | granted to Mrs. Potts of Los Angeles, With back pay amounting to several hun- dred dollars. Pacific Coast patents were granted to- day as follows: California: Josn Bresman, San Fran- cisco, spring hed@ for boots or shoes: James J. Cousins, San Francisco, floating dock: George W. Douglass, assignor to the Market-street Pailway Company. San Francisco, car fender; George R. Evans, San Francisco, metellic alloy: Vesper A Gleason, South Riverside, device for hold- ing shovels to cultivator shanks; Phillip 1. Jacoby, San_ Francisco. packing box; Axel Johnson, San Frencisco, can so ing machine; John R. Parker, Oa assignor to the Pacific Coast Dre Company, dredging apparatus; Charl . P.illips, Los Angeles, cork extractor; Arthur Rochat, Golden Gate, saucepan; . Simmons, San Francisco, rock Henry J. Weeks, Santa Barbara, index portfolio. Washingto John C. Corwin, Tacoma, cargo trimmer; A. E. Lostrom, Spokane, stove-pipe coupling; John C. Orchard. Te~ coma, embrofdery holder; John O. Sharp- Jess, Fairhaven, shoe protector. picitonis e READY FOR THE DOG SHOW. SAN JOSE, March 25.—All is in readi- ness for the dog show which opens at Turn Verein Hall to-morrow. Hundreds of thoroughbred dogs arrived to-day and were placed in position, and .when the ex- hibit opens the best aggregation of prize canines ever exhibited on this coast Wiu be seen. The entries have been unusually Jarge in all the classes, and competition for honors will be keen. The show will far exceed last year's event, which proved such a success. SRS ago. | About 1 o'clock yesterday morning | two men drove into Indian Gulch in a| carriage, with a single horse. One of | them alighted and aroused the store \ keeper of that place, saying he wished | to make some purchases. The man who | remained in the carriage was bare-| headed. The one who went into the store was tall and slim and wore a | long overcoat. It was observed by the proprietor of the store that he kept his right hand in his overcoat pocket all the time, using the left hand to ex- amine the goods and pay for them. His purchases consisted mostly of canned goods and a hat, the latter article evi- dently being for the man in the car- riage. The purchases amounted to| about $18 and were paid for in silver | dollars, several of the coins being con- | siderably disfigured, as though having| been struck with a hammer or dam- | aged by an explosion. The man then got into the carriage | and the pair drove away. The actions | of the two aroused suspicions of | the storekeeper and he notified the au- | thorities as soon as he could get word | to them. The Sheriff’s office of Mer- ced County was notified at about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon and M s. Stockird and Mack left imme- diately for Indian Gulch. To-day the Sheriff’s office received a message from Stockird, asking for help, and Sheriff Warfield, Ed Hussey and Elmer Pedlar, heavily armed, left for| the gulch. Stockird said they had the | horse and carriage belonging to the two men, had the men located and sur- rounded and had secured some of the stolen coin. i Semorile, the storekeeper, was shown a photograph of Cliff Regan, and iden- tified it as that of one of the men Whol was at his store.® It is almost a cer- tainty that Regan led the train rob- bers, and if so the officers have a crafty | and dangerous man to deal with. This evening a special train arrived | over the Southern Pacific from Fresno with a posse headed by ex-Sheriff Meade, who at once left for the moun- tains. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST. Changes Among Artillery Officers and Privates Owing to the Two New Regiments. WASHINGTON, March 29.—By directfon of the Secretary of War, First Lieu- tenant Charles D. Palmer, Third Artil- lery, is transferred to the Sixth - rtillery, and will report in person to the command- ing officer of that regiment at Fort Mc- Henry, Md., for duty and for appoint- ment of quartermaster thereof. Private David S. Mack, Company F, Fifteenth Infantry, now on furlough at Vancouver Barracks, Wash., is trans- ferred to Battery M, Third Artillery, and will be sent to the station of that battery, Fort Canby, Wash. Pensions have heen granted as follows: California: Original—Julius §. Bradshaw, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $6; Wood- ford Miles, Acton, $6. Increase—Fred M. Smith, Kern, $ to $10. Original widows, ete.—Susan Campbéll, San Francisco, $5. Oregon: Mexican War widows—Johanna Houck, Ashland, 5. Washington: Original—Alanson T. Ma- son, Ellensburg, 3. Additional—David Gifford, Green Lake, $8 to $12. 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