The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 12, 1898, Page 3

WILL KEEP THE PACIFIC GUARDED Dewey Said to Have In- structions to Make a Clean-Up. No Vessel or Spain to Remain in the Philippines. NEW YORK, May 11.—The Herald's Washington correspondent telegraphs: There is reason to believe that further instructions sent Rear Admiral Dewey via the dispatch boat McCulloch, which | Admiral returned to Manila from Hongkong, re- quired him to immediately destroy any other vessels or fortifications which Spain has in the Philippines. “You must capture the vessels or de- stroy them,” Rear Admiral Dewey before the battle | iila Bay. The instruction was due | of M: to the desire of the authorities to re- move from the Pacific the Spanish fleet and thus prevent the enemy from ha- rassing American commerce in those waters. should be carried out to the letter, view of the fact that troops will be sent to the Benn EE gton as their only convoy. It is iated by the authorities that Admiral Dewey has destroyed h vessel of any impor- > far Fast, but it is admit- be possible that Spain still has the islands some small gun- ng one or two guns, which be wise to sink or capture. Herald has stated, there are antiquated fortifications at one or two other points, = cruiser could destroy with- jifficulty. Probably one or )f the vessels of his fleet are now g among the Philippine Islands i in reducing fortifications and stroying or capturing the enemy’s d he ders fssued to her the on will start for ie takes on board the >s of ammunition designed ps of the Asiatic squadron. arleston will steam as fast as is expected that she extra for sug t her departure By the attach- the Asiatic the admin Philirnine waters an effec- tion in t was the direction given to | It is doubly necessary that it | in | Fortification of There is some talk of having the Bennington, now in Hawailan waters, convoy troop ships from that point to a certain point several hundred miles from Manila, where the men-of-war of Dewey’s squadron will meet them and gi them safe eonduct to | their destination. By this plan the | safety of the troops will be assured and the Asiatic squadron would be rein- forced by another vessel without re- ducing the force in the Hawalian and | Pacific Coast waters. Of two-fold importance 1s the holding of the Philippines and the stationing of a sufficiently large force to defend them. The first is the wresting from in of a base which could be used Philippines, with perhaps the | Ma- | tration will sta- | | tive squadron of five protected cruisers, | boats and one dispatch-boat. is possible that this fleet may ther gunboat, the Ben- accordance with the or- telegraphed to Mare Island navy the Pensacola will immediately placed in commission and she will bably go to Honolulu in company the troop ships and remain at that with the Mohican for the pro- tection of American interests. two for operations against American com- merce and the Pacific Coast; and, sec- ond, the moral effect of retaining them at least during the pendency of the war. It is appreciated that it is out of the question to consider that Spain will send a force down the Atlantic, around the Horn and up the Pacific to strike the Pacific Slope cities. Her best move would be to retake the Philip- pines, if possible, and from this point make an offensive move against the Hawaiian Islands, which. of course, would suffer as the result of their ex- isting relations with this Government, and employ these islands as a base against the Pacific Coast. Desiring to strengthen the defense | fleet of the Pacific Coast as much as possible, the department recently or- dered Rear Admiral Miller to return from Honolulu, and the department has been informed of his safe arrival at San Francisco. His flag 1s now probably flying on the coast defense | monitor Monterey, which is stationed in San Francisco harbor as the guar- | dian of that city. There is no fiagship on the Pacific Coast for Rear Admiral Miller, nor will | any be available before July 1, when | the Philadelphia will be placed in com- "mission. Besides the Monterey, Rear | Admiral Miller has under his command | the Monadnock, protecting the cities 1y- | |ing on Puget Sound; the gunboat | Wheeling, which has been ordered | south from Alaskan waters; the Alert, | which is on her way to Mare Island | from Acapulco; five revenue cutters | and three tugs, which have been con- verted into men-of-war. The authorities do not fear that Spain will send her fleet against the Pacific Coast, but they desire to re-enforce the Asiatic squadron as much as possible, hence the orders to the Charleston to sail with the utmost dispatch, and the | consideration of the proposition to send | the Bennington to Manila. IN THE HOUSE The Foreign Affairs Com- mittee Will Report To-Day. Strong Fight to Be Made by Opponents of the Hawaiian Treaty. Administration Goilng Ahead With Its Flan to Make the Isiands a Supply Station. Special Dispatch to The CaB NEW YORK, May 11.—A Washington gpecial to the Herald says: Speaker Reed is relied upon by the opponents of Hawaiian annexation to prevent the early passage of an annexation reso- lution in the House of Representatives. Members of the Foreign Affairs Com- | mittee do not believe, however, that he | will block the will of the majority of the House. It is proposed to report the resolution to the House to-morrow and endeavor to have it considered and passed with the least possible delay. ‘When the present se: began more than two-thirds of the Sen- ators s were in favor of annexation. Through the influence of a lobby, how ever, enough were won over to the op- | position to make a ratification of the treaty by a two-thirds vote impossi- | fon of Congress | jargely devoted to routine business. | tion to submit to the States a proposi- ble. It is now asserted that, while there would be a substantial majority for the annexation resolution, if it could be brought to a vote, its oppon- ents are prepared to embark on a cam- paign of unlimited talk and prolong the session of Congress indefinitely rather than allow a vote to be reached. In the meantime the administration will go ahead with the plan of having naval vessels, transports and supply | ships stop at the islands for coal and | supplies, and will make Honolulu the base of their operations against Spain in the Pacific BY POPULAR VOTE. House Adopts the Resolution Re- garding Election of Senators. WASHINGTON, May 1lL.—After re- fusing to-day, by a vote of 48 to 90, to consider the Senate bill restricting im- migration, the House took up and de- voted the session to the House resolu- tion to amend the constitution so as to provide for the election of Senators by a direct vote. The amendment, as pro- posed in the resolution reported to the House, left it to the discretion of the States to elect their Senators by direct vote or through their Legislatures, but an amendment by Underwood of Ala- | bama, making selection by popular vote mandatory, was adopted, and the reso- tion was then passed. Loud called up the postoffice appro- priation bill as passed yesterday by the Senate, and upon his motion the House refused to concur to the Senate amend- ments, and asked a conference. e Reception to Bishop Graves. SANTA ROSA, May 11.—The annual convocation of the Episcopal chruches of | | the. northern diocese of California ad- | journed this afternoon. ' Right Rev. An- | son R. Graves, bishop of the Platte, pre- sided at to-day's session, which was | ling of London, and to-night a reception | was tendered Bishop Graves at the resi- dence of M. H. Dignan. | the ~general This afternoon an address on ‘‘Mission Work'" was delivered by Right Rev. N. N. Dol- | [ convention of Episcopal churches at Washington in October, Rev. | William Ballard of Vallejo was chosen. HON® RS e PR e g IS R TP T R Y 809 Market Street, corner Fourfh SECOND FLOOR FLOOD BUILDING. Consultation---FREE. Extracted FILLED - - CROWNE® Bridgework WITHOUT PAIN. ‘Office Hour: %96 m 010 p. m; RECEPTION ROOM—NO. 7, OUR SPECIALTY-Crown and Bridge Work and PAINLESS EXTRACTION, The Clinic is always ahead in Advanced Dental Science. No Students Employed. For the Next 30 Days Our Prices Will Be ; gg‘{:g %E‘Kc; OF TF;;[‘!’H for GOLD : CLEANING TEE A Physician Always in Attendance. SKILLED OPERATORS—LADY ATTENDANT PHONE DAVIS 654. As delegate to |- WHERE IS SPAIN’S ° FLYING SQUADRON? Warning That the Enemy’s Fleet May Be Bound for the : Pacific. Affection Induces a Spanish Lieutenant to Counsel His Cousin in California to Leave the Pacific Coast Forthwith. Ever since the first definite indication of a conflict with Spain it has been the endeavor of The Call to print the news without bias or color. Tt is in this spirit a letter is presented this morning. It is from a Spanish officer to his cousin, a resident of California. The recipient is a naturalized citizen who openly proclaims his sympathy to be with the country of his adoption, and makes the letter public only because he conceives such a course to be his plain duty. It will be noted that the missive bears a date prior to a declaration of war, but after such a declaration had been deemed certain. Many of its state- ments, which at the time might have been considered prophecy not likely of ful- fillment, have been proved by events to have been founded on an intimate knowledge of the plans of the Spanish. In fact the scheme as outlined has been so closely followed as to make the remaining part of it have a peculiar in- terest for the people of this coast. There are rumors in plenty as to the location of the Spanish fleet. A corre- spondent who on former occasions has been thoroughly unreliable has pre- sumed to give information as to its whereabouts. Without corroborative evi- dence there is no imaginable reason for believing him. The manner in which events have shaped themselves, as foretold by the Spaniard, gives sinister weight to his predictions. The warning to his cousin has every indication of sincerity. That names are suppressed matters nothing, for the names are in possession of this paper and are kept from the public for reasons the public will appreciate. At the present writing there appears no insurmountable obstacle to the coming of a Spanish fleet. The fact that if such a fleet comes it will find the Pacific Coast practically helpless, almost deveid of ships wherewith to make defense, its one battleship on the Atlantic, is naturaily considered. The Call has made every effort to ascertain the real worth of the letter. It has established beyond reasonable doubt that it was written in good faith by a responsible man of excellent reputation. The document is given in full and to every reader there is the privilege of judging for himself. The letter follows: *SANTANDER, April 8, 1808, Sr. Don ————Dear Cousin: Without having heard anything from you since I last wrote the present has for its object greetings to yourself and your estimable family, and at the same time to say that I have just returned from Madrid, where I went to see my brother Elias, who is also an officer in the civil guard; and during my residence at the court I observed and heard a number of officers of the navy and army speak in detail regarding the His- pano-American conflict. Great preparations have been made by this nation, and it is believed that war is inevitable between the two countries. Moreover, Spain has purchased several war vessels in these past few days from France, Austria and Italy; but these purchases have been kept so secret that no one knows of them in this country up to the present time. I was present at a conversation in the Hotel Continental between General Martinez Campos, Admiral Bermejo, Minister of Marine, and a representa- tive of the Heraldo, who was called Sr. Don Jose Canalejas. Among other things arose the question of the war between Spain and the United States, and Admiral Bermejo sald to Senor Campos and other officers that the first naval campalgn, according to the plans, would be a veritable surprise. Re- ferring to the Island of Cuba, he sald that Spain was perfectly aware that the United States intended to blockade the island, but that according to the reports of General Campos and the butcher, Weyler (as they say in that country), the island is perfectly fortified. It appears that it is not the plan of Spain to send her fleet across the Atlantic while the blockade is on in Cuba, but to unite it at Cape Verde (Portugal), Cadjz, Cartggena and the Canaries; and to permit the American squadron, which they say 1s at Hong- kong, to attack the Philippine Islands, as Spain does not consider the fleet in Asia of importance, but does so consider its fortifications. According to Admiral Bermejo a division of cruisers will sail in an un- known direction, and there followed an animated discussion between the two generals named as to the destination of the division. Campos was of the opinion that it should be sent to the Pacific Coast through the Straits of Magellan, and Bermejo by the Cape of Good Hope; and I believe that the latter plan is the positive one. It is for-this that I warn you, with all my heart, because you live on that coast with your family, not to confidé much in the security that you will not be attacked when you least expect it. As you are the only one of our family that is in that country I tell you what is going to happen so that you can retire to the interfor. It is the idea in all of Spain to attack the enemy in the Pacific and not to give battle of importance in the Atlantic. Cousin, I was in Cadiz about two months ago and there was much ac- tivity in the secret department, where they have constructed the submarine vessel Peral and other similar ones, which will be carried by the Pelayo, Carlos Quinto, Numancia and Vittoria, and an armored cruiser which certain French bankers presented to Spain some time ago. They say there are seven or eight of these submarine vessels, but no civilian is permitted to enter the place. 1 do not care to tell you more about this for fear that some Spanish au- thority will open my letter here, which would cost me as great a penalty as to Captain Dreyfus in France. Until soon. Referring to your family, it is about four months since I saw them. I had a letter from my father yes- terday and he says all are well. Elias is married in Madrid. For about eight months I have been, as you know, in the civil guard of Asturias. ‘Without more and with expressions of regard for your family and your- self, receive the heart of your cousin, who loves you, and who wishes to see you more than to write to you. And adlos, cousin of my heart. LIEUTENANT @@@@@@@@@@O@@@@@@'@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ SPAIN BELIEVED TO BE BLUFFING AGAIN NEW YORK, May 11.—A dispatch to the World from Cadiz says: The war and naval departments are advancing preparations for a re- lief expedition to the Philippines, which, it is sald, will be composed of 8000 regular soldiers and two battalions of marines. Instructions have been sent to General Augusti to hold out as long as possible, forty days being required for the arrival of an expedition going by way of the Suez canal and the Red-Sea. The commander of the dquadron conveying the relief will be Ad- miral Butler, if Admiral Cameéra elects to remain in charge of the re- maining vessels of the reserve' fleet. A dispatch to the World from London says: Spain’s reported project of sending a relief expedition to the Philippined is treated by military and naval experts here as a mere bluff. In the first place it is considered that the Spanish Government needs all the troops it can muster to maintain the dynasty at home. Secondly, the reserve squadron cannot possibly be ready for a month. Thirdly, there would be the insupportable coal difficulty for the ships for a voyage of 8000 miles. Some doubt is expressed whether Spain could send a relief expedi- tion through the Suez canal, but the World correspondent fnds that the convention between the great powers concluded in 1883 expressly provides that the canal shall be open to ships of all nations in time of peace or war, on condition that “no right of war, no act of hostility nor any act having for its object the preparation or operation of war shall be permitted in the canal, any of its approaches or port of ac- cess. The vessels of war of belligerents shall not revictual or take stores in the canal or its approaches or ports of access, except so far, as may be strictly necessary.” The question whether the Spanish fleet could coal at neutral ports on the way to the Philippines raises a mnovel point of international law, and if the fleet sails at all 1t is believed that it will probably have a rendezvous with colliers sent in advance at different points along the route. (O] PEPREPPICOPPPOPOPEPOIPOPOPPPPOOPOROOO® {CIOYOXOIOTOY O OOOJOXCIOIOTOYOLOOIOOXOIOIOIOXOOIOIOJOJOOIOROXOJOROXOXO} {COIoXORoRoFOROI X CECOTOXOIOTOIOIOIOIOIOTOIOIOIOIOIOTOIOJOXOXOXOROOJOOXOKOXO} WO have been covered with white tents for some time were again vacant and de- serted. Officers and men of all regi- inenu now remaining are giving their ime and attention to preparations for departure and the regular routine of camp life has been entirely suspended. ———e——————— Advances made on and planos, with Vacating Chickamauga. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 11— Camp George H. Thomas, at Chicka- mauga Park, is rapidly undergoing de- molition. At daybreak this morning the work of breaking camp was begun by a number of the regiments, and in DR. T. E. STRONG. Sundays, 9 & m. to 3 p.'m. furniture a few hours thereafter places which | or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Miasioa. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1898. (ONFERENCE OF SILVER FORCES Leaders of Three Parties Will Meet in San Francisco. Early Attempt to Be Made to Pave the Way for Fusion. Will Endeavor to Have the State Conventions Held on the Same Day. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, May 11.—The con- ference committees which have been named by the Democratic, Silver Re- publican and Populist State Central Committees will hold a joint meeting on Monday afternoon next at 2 o’clock at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Chairmen George W. Baker of the Sil- ver Republice—~ and E. M. Wardell of the Populists have been notified of the meeting and will give word to the members of their respective commit- tees. The object of the conference ls to pave the way to make a fusion of the silver forces in the approaching State campaign possible. This can be done only by holding the State convention of all three parties in the same city on the same day. It is to arrrange for the time and nlace of meeting of the three conventions that the committee will confer. It will have no power to arrange any of the details of fuslon, as they wiil have to be fixed by the delegates elected to the convention. The Silver Republicans will be there | in force. National Committeeman Na- than Cole Jr. of this city favors a late convention and a short campaign. He will be in San Francisco on Monday with Judge J. Noonan Phillips, Suther- land, Hutton and H. A. McCraney of Sacramento. P ‘An effort will be made to prevail upon the Populists to change the time of their State Convention from July 12 to about August 15. If the Populists re- fuse fusion will have received its first | black eye. |ESCAPED THE WRECK i TO PERISH ON SHORE. At Least One Man Survived the Clara Nevada Disaster, Only to Die of Exposure. VICTORIA, B. C:, Miy 11.—A startling discovery has just been made on the shores of Lynn Canal by the steamer J. M. Coleman, which plies between Juneau and Skagway. A row boat bearing the name of the unfortunate steamer Clara Nevada was found high and dry on the beach near Seward City, opposite where the disaster occurred. = The boat tained a couple of coats, two miners’ bags full of clothing and a few provisions, while a few feet away were the embers of a camp fire. All this tends to show that at least one man escaped the fate of the lost fifty, and should he be found alive the details of the tragedy will cease to be & mys- tery. From the fact, howeveér. that the boat con- | time. R UUIIIINGN ACCIDENT AT CHILCOOT SLIDE Three Klondikers Hurled Down the Side of the Mountain. Sled Breaks Loose and Carries Them to the Bottom of the Canyon. Unknown Traveler, Presumably a Confidence Man, Found Mur- dered on the Trail. Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, May 11.—Three Klondik- ers were badly injured on April while descending from the summit of Chilkoot Pass to Crater Lake. Two of them were not expected to live when Herman Knobel, who arrived to-day, crossed the summit on the following day. Knobel thinks all three were Eastern men, but does not know their names. They were moving their outfits down the steep side of Chilkoot Pass when a large, heavily laden sled broke away from above and came crashing into them. They lost their balance completely and went down the mountain side, the sleds passing ove them. One of the tric had both arms and one leg broken. Another was in- jured internally and* remained uncon- scious all the next day. The third man’s leg was broken. Minor accidents of a similar character have been numerous during the rush over the passes. Knobel brings news that an unknown man, believed to be a confidence man, was murdered a short distance below | | the night of April 30. His body was found next morning and taken to Can- | yon City. A bullet had entered the back of his head and come out at the | throat. There was no indication of rob- | bery. At Canyon City it was concluded | that the man had attempted to victim- | 1ze come tenderfoot, who had shot him. | Knobel left Lake Linderman on May clothes and provisions were left in the boat it seems that the survivors escaped death.In the explosion only to die from exposure in the wilderness on shore. Had they escaped they would undoubtedly have gone back to the boat for the clothes and food. Search parties have started from Juneau to scour the woods from the point where the discovery was made, in the hope of finding the survivor or survivors or securing information as to their fate or identity. As will be remembered, there were but two witnesses of the catastrophe—Mr. Beck and wife, residents of Seward City, ‘who were standing outside their cabin scanning the sea when they saw the light of a steamer beating against a heavy gale. While they watched they heard a muffled thud, a mass of flame illumined the scene and the light of the vessel disap- peared from view. They watched for nearly an hour, but never saw the steam- er again. Charred wreckage floated ashore on the following day, and after a short search the hull, bearing every indi- cation of an explosion having occurred, was found by the steamer Rustler. But one body was recovered, that of the purser, notwithstanding that a thorough search was made. The disaster was never explained, and another vessel was record- ed as gone to the port of missing ships with all on board, but in the light of re- cent discoveries, that may be learned of the cause of the catastrophe and of the lost passengers hitherto unknown. - . FLAGRANT VIOLATIONS OF THE LIQUOR LAW. Marin County Community in Which Strong Drink Is Sold Without a License. MILL VALLEY, May 11.—The citizens of Eastland and vicinity are considerably exercised over the flagrant manner in which the law prohibiting the selling of liquor ‘without a license has been vio- Jated, and some unscrupulous persons are likely to find themselves the center of at- traction soon in a way not at all to their liking. An anti-liquor ordinance has never been thought necessary on account of the fact that when the Tamalpais Land and Ferry Company has sold an: land to incomers the purchaser has ai- ways had to make a strict agreement in writing that no intoxicating beverages were _to be sold on the premises. It is a well-known fact, however, that these agreements have in many cases been vio- lated, even where no license for the sale of intoxicants has been Erucured. One of the results of the sale of liquor was seen here several evenings ago, when a number of citizens witnessed a furious encounter near the Mill Valley depot between four or five men. Clubs were freely used and scalp wounds and eyes in mourning served as evidence of the worship paid King Alcohol. The mat- ter was brought to the attention of the last Grand Jury, but no attention was gajd to it. Certaln public spirited citizens ave been at work lately quietly gather- ing evidence regarding a few dealers. The County Board of Supervisors meets to- morrow at San Rafael,and to it an appeal will doubtless be made for some method of stopping the practice. AT LEAST THREE LIVES LOST IN A CONFLAGRATION. ‘Wholesale Toy and Fireworks Fac- tory Destroyed at Phila- delphia. PHILADELPHIA, May 11.—Three per- sons are known to have lost their lives, and it Is feared others may have perished in a fire which originated in the wholesale toy and_fireworks establishment of Mc- Cadden Bros., 619 Market street, about 11 o'%l)':ck to-day. O N e ere_were abou persons employed in the McCadden store, and nenx?lyy&ll managed to make their escape before the flames reached the upper stories. The three bodies were found on the second story of the burned structure. On ac- count of the inflammable nature of the contents the big six-story structure was a mass of flames in less than half an hour. The fire spread quickly to the building on the east, occupied by the Reading Hardware Company, and the big building on the west, occupied jointly by the Na- tional Wall Paper Company and the Brainerd & Armstro: Spool Silk Com- pany. The Fire Department sent in four alarms, and in about an hour the fire was under control. The loss will reach about $500,000, well covered by insurance. ‘made on furniture - ~d mm removal. J. Noonan. 1017-1023 Mission. Advances or without 1, and spent the next three days on the trail and at Dyea. He reports that | nothing was known on the trail of the reported drowning of twenty men by | falling through the ice near Lake Lin- | derman on May 2. He does not believe | the story and says it undoubtedly orig- | inated from the fact that on the day | named two men and some horses broke | | through the ice in the canyon at the | | south end of Lake Linderman. The | water there was shallow, so the horses’ | feet quickly touched bottom. Men and | animals got out. Knobel heard of this occurrence in | detail at Dyea and feels certain that { no catastrophe occurred that day in that locality. ‘Warm weather has made the ice and snow very mushy between lakes Crater |and Linderman. During the spring break-up it is proposed to use a new trail on the side of the mountains, com- | man, near its head. A bridge will be | built across the lake's headwaters to | the opposite side, whence the trail will | continue to Lake Bennett. , Knobel, Banker Behrens and two other Juneau men have landed fifty tons of supplies at Lake Bennett, where they are having four scows built. They will start for Dawson B NN NN NNRERNRRRRRRRRRIRRE SPAIN MAY SEND ONE GREAT ARMADA WEST Copyrighted, 1898. by James Gordon Benneil. GIBRALTAR, May 11.—It is believed that the Span- ish squadron from Cape Verde Islands will join the one at Cadiz and all move together about the beginning of June unless the Americans come to Cadiz in the mean- Spain wants to gain time and have the American troops reach Cuba as far into the summer as possible. FEEET TR R R R R R LA L L LT LR 1 E 4 1 30, | Canyon City, on the Chilcoot trall, on | | ing out on the left side of Lake Linder- | ’ RUHRRIUUUIUIVU828 8 s s about June 1. Knobel went to Lake Lebarge on an observation trip, start- ing back on April 27. The snow and the upper coating of ice had then melt- ed, leaving two feet of water on tha | lake’s surface. There was ice beneath. | By this time ice in the lower rivers has | gone out and men who reached the foot of Lebarge are starting for Dawson. The successful operation of tram=- | ways over Chilcoot Pass has thrown | scores of packers out of work, though | packing remains brisk between Crater Lake and Bennett. It is estimated there are 3000 men | seeking work at Dyea, Skaguay, Ju- neau and Wrangel. The steamer Na- varro, arriving to-day, brought 277 pas- sengers, including many of these idle | men. The Navarro cut rates to $10 and $15 for passage down. |YOUTHFUL INCENDIARY CONFESSES HIS CRIME Attempt to Burn the Mount Tamal- pais Military School Near San Rafael. SAN RAFAEL, May 1L week four fires have originated In_the Tamalpais Military Academy on Fifth avenue and E street. The fact that they | were believed to be of incendiary origin | was kept quiet unul yesterday, when | a 19-year-old youth named Louis Turpin was expelled from the school. ung Turpin, who is a ward of Attor- ney J. Ward of Modesto, has confessed | to having tried to burn the sckool to the: | ground. This fact will cause a_ decided | sensation, as Turpin by the death of his | parents recently left a fortune of | about $150000. A few days ago the boy | In the las§ was disciplined by being kept in after school hours for an infraction .of the rules. L Saturday evening he was | seen loitering in the corridor by another | student, who shortly afterwarddiscovered a biaze in one of the rooms. This was promptly extinguished. Turpin said he had Thrown a cigarette into the room. Between Saturday and Monday he 18 said to have threatened to burn the | building to the ground. On Monday night a fire was discovered in the flueroom, | where a large quantity of combustible material had been stored. Principal Cros- by instituted a court of inquiry and Tur- pin_was_closely questioned. He finally confessed the crime and was expelled yes= st was investigating the matter to-day. is probable that the youthful incendiary, | will be prosecuted for arson. SKELETON FOUND IN A CLUMP OF TULE. Resident of Capay Valley Makes & Gruesome Discovery Near the Elkhorn Road. WOODLAND, May 11.—Wililam Par« ker of Capay lley made a grewsome find on the west side of the canal, a short distance north of the Elkhorn | road, last Saturday. As he was driv- ing along he discov~ a pile of bones in_a clump of tule. The bones were those of a man. They were all there | except the lower jaw and the bones of | the feet. Mr. Parker also discovered some clothing, including two h: ‘s, two coats and two pairs of trousers. There was | no paper or other articles about the clothing or on the ground which would furnish any clew to the identity of the dead man. When Mr. Parker arrived in Wood- land he notified Coroner Bean, who went out, collected the bones and the old clothing and brought them to this city. The bones were buried in the potter’s field this afternoon. Nhbody in Woodland remembers that any Yolo County man has been missing for two years, the time that the bones evid~ntly laid in the tules, and the mystery will probably never | be cleared up. ! Jesse Carr’s Second Trial. WOODLAND, May 11.—The second trial of Jesse Carr Jr., charged with the mur- der of his brother-in-law, Lewis Isham, at Clarksburg in February, began vestergay. At the first trial the jury failed to agree. | | | | | | ury A. T. SANDEN—Dear Sir: pains in my and transforming into a different man. are all gone; m: feel very good. Yours truly, famous Belt if possible. KWK XERRERRRRERELERERRR N RXXTRERRR TR TR KRR R E R T X R R R E XXX *R He Is a Transformed Man. You ask me to make my final repoi two months ago, telling you about When I first used you other complaints. ‘back verybad. 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