The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1899, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 1899. band would have furnished a motive for the murder. But the officials had finally discovered a serifs of damaging facts. Wilson had been shot with leaden pellets of a most peculiar mold, unlike any the investi- gators had ever seen or were able to find." A search was made of the house of McEwen and the mold that made the bullets was found. The gun in which these pellets were used was in the pos- sion. of McEwen, who freely ad- itted its ownership and shrugged his shoulders. That certainly was not evi- dence strong enough to hang a man for murde But the officers of the law were inspired by new hope; they be- lieved that they were on the right track and they pushed their investiga- tion: with renewed vigor. The new Sheriff of the county, George H. Savage, interested himself particu- larly in the matter. Friends and ac- quaintances of the Miiler and Wilson families were questioned and out of the inquiry has come the evidence of cir- cumstances that the authorities of So- lano believe will place Miller and per- haps three others on the gallows’ trap. The case of circumstantial evidence upon which the officers base their charge of murder against Miller is a most remarkable one. It has its-rami- fications in the towns of Suisun, Val- lejo, Cordelia, Benicia and Port Costa. The officers have gone out on the roads from ranch to ranch and here and there have gathered a fact that may mean death to the switchman who is now behind the bars. GUILTY CONFERENGES BETWEEN | MILLER AND HIS SISTER. | The story of blood and crime as the officers have supplied the chapters be- g€ins with the decision of Daniel Wilson to restore Mrs. Virgie O'Brien to her former place in his household and to deed to her his property. It will be shown that the son of Mrs. Wilson car- | ried this information to her several days before the murder and she was in consequence greatly excited. The offi- cers expect to prove that McEwen and AMrs. Dickinson left their ranch In charge of Mrs. Wilson and her daughter and went to Vallejo to consult, with J. W. Miller, the brother-in-law of Wilson, Then the officers will produce a man who will swear that on the Sunday pre- ceding the murder he saw Miller and McEwen at the Wilson ranch busily engaged in looking over the ground | and planning, it is believed, for the | dreadful act of assassination under | cover of the night. This will explain, it is contended, how it was that the | assassin knew his ground o well in the darkness and made his way without mishap to the bridge and his horse. The officers believe that they will then be able to support their theory of the crime with the proof of every fact in the murderer’s terrible preparations. At the time of the murder Miller and his wife lived in poor quarters in one | of the poorest districts of Vallejo, Houses were so close to each other that | the inmates could see and frequently hear all that was going on in the habi- tations of their neighbors. Witnesses | will ‘be presented to show that at 2| o'clock on the morning of October 9, and Mrs. Dickinson left of Miller under the shield of They had been at the Miller darkness. home for many hours and they took the greatest pains to conceal thelr com- ing and their going. It is not difficutt to draw the inference that some con- ference of moment had been in progress in the Miller household that night. The establishment of this fact will be the beginning of the story of a day that may be a fatal one in the lives of Mil- ler, McEwen, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Dickinson. What was done that night in the home of Miller no one kno The conditions of the case make it im- perative that McEwen loaned his gun to Miller for the terrible weapon of murder, but the officers must assume | and cannot yet prove this assertion. | MILLER'S NIGHT RIDE ON THE SUISUN ROAD. The first deeply significant fact in the proof of the officers against Miller has | reference to an incident that occurred about 5:30 o’clock on the afternoon of October 9, 1896. It will be shown, be- yond the suggestion of ‘a doubt, that Miller hired a horse and buggy from the Callender Stables in Vallejo on that afternoon. He said neither where he | | his confederates. the truth. The girls were asked par- ticularly to tell where Mrs. Miller was that night. They answered that she had gone to Geary's grocery in Vallejo. But Geary declares that she was not there that night and could not have been as his store was not open at the hour mentioned. The officers are more than puzzled to know why it was that Miller kept a team out all night and -then went home to watch his child. MRS, WILSON WAITED FOR THE MESSENGER OF DEATH. Miller’s ride is not the only great fact by which the authorities expect to prove the gulit of the accused man and It will be shown by the daughter of Mrs. Wilson herself that on the night of the murder Mrs. Wilson was restless, uneasy and ex- pectant. Her daughter has declared that her mother watched the coming of darkness with great anxiety. When the light: of day had faded fully' the woman left her house and walked toward the Wilson ranch, which was not far distant. Soon after the sharp report of the gun that sent death to Wilson was heard and the woman re- turned to her home. She retired to her room and threw herself, fully dressed, into her bed. A short time later she was aroused and informed that her di- vorced husband had been shot and in- stantly killed. Before the Coroner's inquest testi- mony was given that Mrs, Wilson knew for some time before the murder that her former husband intended to deed his property to Mrs. Virgie O'Brien. When she received that information Mrs. Wilson declared that she might as well have the ' property as Virgle O’Brien. - It till be shown beyond any question that McEwen, Mrs. Dickinson and Mrs. Wilson discussed in a most criminating way the features of -the murder after it had been committed. The intention of Wilson to deed his property away had angered his divorced wife and her relatives and friends to the last degree. Mrs. Wilson admitted to Stranahan that she knew before the murder that something was going to happen, but she could not restrain her mother when the old woman had set her mind upon a purpose. That this purpose was murder Mrs. Wilson most vehemently denied, although she of- fered to secure for Stranahan money enough with which to get out of the country. More than this, in a fit of rage during a quarrel and in the pres- ence of George Hughes, she deliberately accused her brother of having murdered her husband. This terrible charge will supply strong testimony at the trial. Fred Bendell will go even further than George Hughes and will declare that Miller himself confessed that he had killed his brother-in-law, but was forced to commit the murder to save the -roperty. Then the prosecution will ask that Mtller's life be taken in compensation for the murder of the old rancher and | that the story of degraded lives and & ridled passions be closed in the his- y of Solano County. MRS, CANIELL GUARDED FROM HER HUSBAND Collapses When Told He Is Here. HIS STORY IS DISCREDITED THE WIFE'S APPREHENSION IS SIGNIFICANT. Rev. Dr. Hemphill Declines to Talk of the Affair—Indications That a Legal Separation Is Contemplated. was going nor why he wanted .the team. It w s just growing dark when | -he drove away and a woman will swear | that about 6 o'clock she saw Miller | heavily clothed pass her ranch on the | Sufsun road. He was goi in the di- | rection of the Wilson ranch. | What happened from that time until | € o'clock in the morning of the next day is shrouded in darkness if not in | doubt. At that hour Miller was back | again in Vallejo and returned the horse | and buggy to the stable. The horse | looked as if it had been driven hard, but Miller said nothing of his mysteri- ous ride or his mission. He returned to his home and started to light a fire in a gasoline stove. The stove caught on fire and Miller, with his great ulster on, rushed into the yard with it. He was then seen by his neighbors, Mrs, Frank Carney and Mrs. M. Hayes. William Craig and Samuel Riley will tell what happened at the stable when " Milller returned the team. It is around this primary incident ot the hiring of the team that the officers will build their case. They claim that the footprints of the assassin, found in the soft ground of the Wilson ranch, “-were those of a number seven shoe, the size which Miller wears. The impres- &lon of hoofs beyond the bridge, which were immediately noticed as peculiar, correspond perfectly with those of the horse that Miller drove on his mysteri- ous drive, Strong as is this proof of the detect- ives the authorities must remove one great obstacle before they will be able to establish their case against the ac- cused switchman and his relatives and friends. On the night of the murder “the Millers had two young visitors at their home. Early that evening Mrs. Miller had gone to the house of a neigh- Mrs. James W. Daniell Is confined to her rooms In the Palace Hotel, suffering from nervous prostration. This is supposed to be the result of the sudden appearance in the city of her English husband, from whom she fled soon after her arrival in New York from London ten days ago, traveling across the continent under the protection of Rev. Dr. Hemphill, her step- father. That Mrs. Danfell fears her husband is evident. She has not only absolutely refused to see him since his arrival, but | has taken precautions to prevent his fore- ing an interview. In view of these facts, Daniell's. statement that there is no dis- cord in his family and that everything is serene so far as himself and wife are concerned seems rather forced. That Mrs. Danfell's illness is directly due to the advent of Daniell on the scene is appar- ent from the fact that her collapse oc- curred immediately upon learning of his arrival. On Monday afternoon, a few hours before he reached the city, she visited the law office of Wheeler & Bishop and held a long conference with Attorney Ludwig Hoefler, her legal adviser. She was then in good health and spirits, showing no indication of a pending col- lapse. Daniell was around the Palace contin- ually during the day, but was not per- mitted to see his wife. In fact, no one Was admitted to her presence but Dr. Hemphill and her physician. Her mald and her l5-year-old daughter were with her, and to all inquiries the former said Mrs. Daniell 'was too ill to be seen. Had Daniell ax‘lcmflled to intrude himself upon her he would have been summarily ejected by able-boaied guardians of his wife's person who were stationed within call, Dr. Hem&mll refused to discuss the charges made by Danlell to the effect that Hemphill was scheming to secure control of the children of his stepdaughter and through them the generous allowance from the estate of the late Robert Hast- ings. He also declined to talk of the ob- ect. of Mrs. Danjell's presence in San rancisco. ‘He gaid: “I have nothing to sav further than that the attacks upon my character do not cause me anr’ uneasiness. 1 am.too well 5 THE SAILOR KNOCKS OUT - KID McCOY Sharkey Puts His Man to Sleep in the Tenth Round. The Fight Fast a the Start, Bo Great Cleverness. LENOX ATHLETIC CLUB, NEW!on with your money,” “The Kid must YORK, Jan. 10.—Tom Sharkey, the American sailor, stands to-night the only heavy-weight possibility for championship honors and the title now held by Bob Fitzsimmons. He whipped Kid McCoy good and hard in the tenth round of what was to have been a twenty-round battle, and by doing so the Irish-American pugilist forged his way to the front rank. Fitzsimmons nust now consider the sailor pugliist without delay. Sharkey to-night was a revelation to those who saw him a couple of years ago. His ring work and generalship are 80 vastly superior to his exhibi- tions when he first came to the East as a fighter that the improvement is almost incredible. Great bunches of muscles, with un- Hvited confidence and a cool head are the qualifications which enabled Shar- key to fight his way to the front rank of heavy weight pugilists, and no one— not even McCoy, who suffered defeat at his hands to-night—denies the full measure of praise that is due. the Irishman. MeCoy’s marvelous foot- work and that long left jab with which he has put so many of his opponents to sleep are two factors in his make- up that must always appeal to ad- mirers of the fistic art. He used every artifice known to the advanced school of pugilists in his contest to-night, and his defeat must not be attributed to any lack of close study on his part of every trick in the boxing game. Many of his friends feel to-night that he ought to have gone up against smaller game than Sharkey. When McCoy sent Sharkey twice to the floor in the third round no one doubted the Kid's ability to hit hard, and many thought he had Sharkey at his mercy. This idea was soon dis- pelled when the Irishman began to gét to his man. When the doors of the Lenox Ath- letic Club were thrown :open thé en- trance was well guarded by nulice_msl:. From 6 o'clotk the streets in the ‘im- medjate. vicinjty <ef the. club. were patrolled by a force of bluecoats. Cor-: dons of policemen were stationed in the vicinity of the clubhouse, and Chief of Police Deverey and his subordinateés were busily engaged throughout the | evening in keeping the crowd in check. | By 7:30 there were 5000 people in the house and the turnstiles were clicking merrily, g0 that by 8 o'clock the at- tendance was nearly as many thousand as the hour indicated. The boxes and: seats in the vieinity of the ring were filled by 8 o'clock. '/ Bookmakers, headed by Joe Vendig, made the welkin ring with thei i 1 nd Furious From EIGHTH ROUND. They rushed to a clinch, with nothing doing. McCoy sent a left Swing ‘to the head, Tom uppércutting with left to ‘the heal, then sparred “without any injury to either. Tom shouted, “I'm tired.” The Kid {ed a beautiful left for the head, but Tom twisted around, bringing his left to tie ribs. In a rush Tom played for the body, landing his left, seemingly low, &md the Kid dropped to the floor of the ring, where he wriggled for eight seconcs. It lookéd as if McCoy was down about twelve seconds, but the referee’s court was only elght seconds. McCoy came up again, scemingly uninjured, and finished the round sparring. NINTH ROUND. McCoy opened with a left on the jaw and Tom replied with left nd right on the head, forcing the Kid all over the ring. Tom forced the fighting Fnio 11;53 corner, where he got McCoy with a terrible left on the stomach, sending a pail of water all over Tim Sullivan, who was sitting in a box. McCoy recu- perated quickly, but got another well in the wind, which forced him to the ropes. Then Tom forced the fighting and landed a half dozen hard lefts on the areast and stomach as McCoy was trying to get away to the left. This was Tom's zound by long odds. TENTH ROUND. The “Kid” kept skipping to the right and ran into a clinch, “where he haa Tom, without a blow being struck. Sharkey, taking the advice of his chief see ond, Tom O'Rourke, played for the body, but McCoy effectually guarded himselt ‘Then Tom turned h ntion to the body, and landed on the ribs with left, foreing McCoy. Next Sharkey turned his 'attention to the upper works, with MecCoy sprinting to the right, Sharkey having a decided advantage. The sailor let fly both lert and right, landing on the body and forcing McCoy to the east end of the ring, close to the center upright. McCoy faltered and Tom caught him with a left swing on the neck. McCoy fell to the fioor of the ring, with his head hanging bver the lowest of the three ropes, looking imploringly around. The “Kid” lay there helplessly while the referee counted ten seconds, after which he struggled to his feet. Sharkey, not knowing that the limit had expired, rushed at him once more, this time swinging his right on the neck just below the jaw, l.cCoy falling again. Then McCoy seemed to be in a helpiess condition, The referee, Tim Hurst, did not troubl his right hand to Sharkey to retire to hi: “I counted McCoy out on the other fall. himself in counting seconds, but waved s corner, saying at the same time: You have won.” McCoy struggled to his feet and staggered to his corner, where his seconds were gxlread;- awaiting him, and they placed him on the stool, while Sharkey's th Displaying ['win,” “Come on with your money."” Many bets were booked at these odds and then the Sharkey men hove into sight and forced the layers of odds to! oftér nothi | Vi ng better than even money. | Coy win?” was the aueslh)ni which went the rounds of the boxes. and the answer to this question was: “Even money if the fight is on the level Sharkey can do the Kid, but let | us know how they are going to fight.” In reply to this it was generally cir- culated that there had been no meet- ing of the principals, their managers nor the referee, Tim Hurst, this after- noon, and that the latter would use his | best judgment in deciding when and | where a clinch occurred in the face of the articles of agreement, which con- tained two, the eighth and the thir- teenth, which seemed to nullify each other. In the first of the two preliminary contests, Isidore Straus of Philadelphia won from Kid Carter, an overgrown juvenile who hails from Brookiyn. In the sixth round, when Carter tried to wring his opponent’s neck, Referee ‘White stopped the bout and awarded the fight to Straus on a very palpable foul. ' Kid Brood of Cleveland and Frank Patterson of Brooklyn were the partici- pants in the scrap that was brought on as the second preliminary of the big bout. They met for a ten round go at 121 pounds and pummeled each oth- er in anything but a friendly manner. ‘When the lads came up for the tenth and ‘last - round Patterson was the fresher. . He more than held his own in the'last round and was declared the winner by Referee White. After the preliminary bouts had been decided the betting was 100 to 90 in favor of McCoy. A few minutes later the betting changed to even money. There was a meeting held in the office of the club between MecCoy, Tom O’Rourke and Referee Tim Hurst at 10:20 o’clock, ‘at which there were sev- eral prominent ‘men, among whom were Jim Kennedy, Eugene Comiskey and Ben' Benton, McCoy’s v manager. At this conference it was decided that Tim Hurst should decide as the official referee what constitutéd a clinch an thus obviate ‘any difficulty after menj entered the” ring.’ - A « Sharkey arnd McCoy entered the ting ‘simuitanecusty. &t 10:23 p. m: Both wore bath robes, Sharkey’'s wag of a dark ‘brown «color and McCoy's was almost white. McCoy's seconds were Doc._Payne, Con Reilly, Frank Erne; timekeeper, Nate Fenton of Buffalo. Sharkey's seconds were Tom O'Rourke, Torhmy Ryan of- Syracuse, George Dixon and Jack Dougherty; timekeeper., Professor Jim de- Forrest. ‘Sharkey’s weight was 172 and McCoy’s 158 pourds. McCoy wore white running .trunks and a belt bearing the stars and stripes. Tom wore green trunks with a helt of American colors. They shook hands “I'll bet $1000 to $900 on McCoy. THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS. FIRST ROUND. They fiddled. left over the k:?l’;e&*s, head, landing lightly. half circle of the ring and then caught McCoy tried a left for Both men were ca ly. McCoy sent left to stomach and Joolked o light right to the ribs. Both Coy’s round. SECOND McCoy sidestepped to ‘the left for half a circle of the ring and let his left go, lightly on the face. Tom steppe landin; McCoy's reaches for his man we Two o ropes and caught a light left on the nose. and tried left and right without effect, an face. McCoy continually kept sidestepp left hook or swing very cleverly. Mc( near the ropes on the west end of the rin ribs just as the gong sounded. THIRD FIFTH McCoy rushed-across the ring and th Sharkey };rled left and right swings, but and right again, but the Kid dodged awa caught McCoy in the neutral corner, sei the ear. McCoy countered heavily effectually and once he caught Coy o Tom uppercut with a right on the chest. FOURTH ROUND. with right on the head. at 10:40 o'clock. the wind, but mis reful. McCov trie sed, Tom scoring a a left hook for the McCoy made a Tom on the stomach, Sharkey did not brought it up to the face, Sharkey men were sparring at the gong. M- ROUN d back and McCoy ran close to him. re futile, but he caught Tom ‘on- the Tom came to the center of the ring d then the “Kid" sent left lightly to the ing and evaded Tom's attempts for a ut a light left on Tom's face when harkey sent a hard left hook to the oy, 8. ROUND. Tom tried to force matters and McCoy at close quarters sent a left to the ear and ducked away from a left swing. Each sent lefts to the head at close quarters with little effect and McCoy's foot work puzzled Tom, who could not land until McCoy slog_ped after getting a left on the breast. Tom then sent his left to the neck and the Kid jabbed a hard left on the nose. This seemed to annoy Tom, who was unused to such quick footwork, and McCoy hit his op- onent anothér Jjab on' the nose. ‘wice around the ‘ring McCoy stepped and at each stop forced his left jab, landing lightly. Suddenly the Kid 8tood rigid and sent his right to the face, repeating the blow so hard that Tom fell to the floor. He jumped up like a rubber ball rebounding and again he fell to the floor. The bell found them sparring side- McCoy's foot work was marvelous, He cut out the Eace and Sharkey could not reach him through the Kid's clever side-stepping. Once in_a while McCoy would stop and send that long left to the body or head. Tom tried all sorts of dodges to bring his man to him, but the Kid sidestepped all the time and Tom's swings found the air. Sharkey rushed and tried for the body, but the Kid sidestepped again and sent two hard lefis to the face. These blows stunned Tom, but the latter stuck his tongue out as much as to say, “Those don’t count; try heavier.” ROUND, e men clinched in Sharkey's corner. the Kid dodged cleverly. Tom tried left y from him. Tom crossed the ring and nding left to the stomach and right on Tom kept rushing in- n the ropes and tried a left hook, but -moneys to "the seconds almost smothered him with embraces and congratulations. Time of round, 1 minute 13 seconds. FITZSIMMONS READY from one to twelve rounds. The local TO FIGHT SHARKEY Willing to Re-enter the Ring at Any Time After Three Weeks From Date. CLEVELAND, Jan. 10.—Bob Fitz- simmons declares he will fight Sharkey at any time after three weeks fram to- night, providing the latter will put up a side bet of $10,000. “I have alwa; said that I never would have anything to do with him again,” declared Fitzsimmons. “I licked him fairly in San Francisco and then was robbed of my money. Just let him cover my forfeit of $2000 that is with a New York newspaper, put up a side bet of $10,000 and I will make a match with him any day. I will lick him to a finish, you can bet on that. I have him now just where I want him.” The champion admitted that Sharkey was a better man than when he fought him in San Francisco, but said he would have little trouble in putting him out. e SHARKEY FAVORITE IN SAN FRANCISCO The Sailor’s Friends Were Legion and Thousands of Dollars Changed Hands. Although the sporting men of New York pinned their faith on “Kid” Mc- Coy, the local sports played Sharkey heavily to win the big match anywhere pool sellers did a big business last even- ing. At Crowley's several thousand dollars was betted in the auction pools and quite a sum went into the parl mu- tuel box. It is said that at Corbett’s the winning tickets on Sharkey will pay $10 for §1. The general opinion as expressed by men who are supposed to be good judges-of pugilistic contests i§ that Sharkey proved to be too heavy a man for his opponent, who must have be. come disgusted when he floored the ‘Sailor” twice with punches on the point of the jaw and failed to score a Knockout. ¥ Lddie Graney thinks that “the sailor” carries some kind of an Irish charm, as it appears impossible for any man to gain a knock-out decision over him. Graney was sanguine that McCoy would whip him when the results of the second and third rounds were flashed over the wire. DeWitt Van Court, the boxing instructor of the Olympic Club, thought that Sharkey would win from the time the match was made. He said that he never yet knew a good little man who whinped a good big man, and the great trouble among the sporting fraternity was that it did not give Sharkey credit for what he was capable of accomplishing in a ring. Van Court is satisfied that the body punches that Sharkey gave Mc- Coy won the match, “I hope to see a return match be- tween Jeflries and Sharkey,” said Van Court. “I think that Jeffries would certainly knock out the sailor if they should ever meet again; but I expect | to see lucky Tom matched against Fitz- simmons.” APPORTIONMENT How the Several Coun- ties Will Fare. Special Dispateh to The Call. SACRAMENTO, ‘Jam. 1L—Thomas J. ¥, Buperifitendent of Public Instruc- mn. has apportioned the State and school séveral counties . The statement shows the total number of cen- sus 8¢hool children between § and 17 years of ageentitied to receive school money is | 347,624; amount per child, $5 8. The ap- portionment is as follow R 3 | > ggd = Ent | 5e COv('STlES. _'—'- ,": ez £2E E - fis e G tal Y 56| B173,780 28 Alameda . Aipine . | 528 32 Amador 2,048 17,334 24 Dutte .. 4.260| 25,101 72 Calaveras 16,805 04 Colusa . S84 Contra Coxta. 61 Del Norte. El Dorado HIS WEDDED LIFE PROVES UNHAPPY George M. Puliman’s Do- mestic Woes. Special Dispatch to The Call CHICAGO, Jan. 10.—About five months ago the social circles of Chi- cago and New York were startled’ by the announcement that George M. Pull- man Jr., the practically disinherited son of the late palace car man, had secretly married Miss Lynah Fernald of this city, who was supposed to have been the afflanced bride of his twin brother, W. Sanger Pullman. To-day the same circles were startled by the rumor that Mrs. Pullman would arrive at her father’s home, 4434 Greenwood avenue, for an indefinite stay, and a divorce from her young husband. That Mrs. Pullman is coming home is admitted by the parents of the young woman, but they steadfastly refuse to discuss the rumor that she has sep- arated from her husband. To a re- | porter it was said Mr. Pullman was | very much broken in health, and. while | he seeks to recover vigor at Southern | | resorts, his wife would spend the time in Chicago. A dispatch from Freehold, N. 7J., where the Pullmans have lived since would immediately take steps to obtain | Fresno their marriage, says Pullman has given Glenn . | his wife a 99-year lease of the cottage Humboldt ... 6,654 they have occupied, which. was the Inyo . wedding gift of the young man's Kern mother. This fact, coupled with the Kings . further fact that the young man was Lake . . in Chicago last Saturday, when he is Lawsen ... said to have visited his father-in-law | Les Angeles and besought him to intercede with Madera . 8, | Mrs. Pullman for the purpose of induc- Marin . 17,004 96 ing her to abandon the idea of a Mariposa ......| 1,134 6,667 92 | divorce, leads to the belief that the Mendocino .. 4,948 20,004 24| separation is not of his seeking. He Merced . 2,041| 12,001 08 | complained then of indigestion and in- Modoe 1,465 8,614 20 | ability to sleep, the result of overwork. Mono 362/ 2,128 56 | What reply his wife’s father made is | Monterey . 5,546 32,610 48 | not known. Mr. Fernald acknowledges Napn .. 3,549 20,868 12 | the call was made and that Mr. Pull- Nevada . 4,131 24,200 28 | man was ‘“not in robust health,” but Orange 5,429 81,922 52 | he would not say whether the question Placer . 3,422 20,121 36 | of a divorce was discussed. Plumas . 5,801 76 | Just what part Mr. Pullman’s health Riverside ... 27,694 80 [ has played in actuating Mrs. Pullman Sacramento ... 51,056 04 |in her endeavor to sunder the matri- San Benito..... 12,559 68 | monial tie is not known. Her friends San Bernardino! 38,384 64 | say the couple have been happy and are San DIego...... 50,008 52 | greatly puzzled by the flying rumors. San Francinco 448,267 68| It was said to-night Mr. Pullman is at San Joaguin. . 44,217 60 | Hot Springs, Ark., but if he is there he | San Luis Obispo! 31,663 80 | is not registered under his own name San Mateo... 18,202 68 | at any of the hotels, nor could he be Santa Barbara. 29,364 72 | located at Asheville, N. C., where an- Santa Clara 85,154 16 | other rumor located him. Fernald pere, Sania Cr 81,934 28 | though a fast friend of the elder Pull- Shasta . 24,225 60 | man, never regarded the boys favor- Sterra . 4,886 28 | ably and when a year ago the engage- Siskiyou 20,568 24 | ment of his daughter with W. Sanger Solano . 88 | Pullman was announced, he immedi- Sonoma .. 16 | ately took steps to prevent the mar- Stanislaus . 44 | riage. Suiter ..... 82 | It was supposed to be all off between Tehama 44 | the families, and when dispatches came | Trinity 48 | from New York in' August last an- Talare «oo 48 | nouncing the marriage of the girl. not Tuolumne 72 | with her old flame, but with the twin 11,912 347,624 Henry_‘sghfiu;wn's Last Race. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. cloudy; track heavy. 1:47% 182,044,029 10.—Weather First race, one mile—Sailor King ‘}'nn<| Guide Rock second, Bonadea third. Time, | ond race, six and a half furlongs— | brother, tongues of gossips were set wagging. The Fernalds denied that a wedding had taken place, and it was found the young lady had, without con- sulting her parents, gone BEast to meet and marry Pullman. A reconciliation | followed, though Mrs. Pullman has not visited her home since she voluntarily left it in defiance of the known wishes of her father. STOCK WINTERING WELL. Few Animals Lost on the Shasta &% 1 12 RAIN AND GALE ON THE COAST Deluge From the Skies Continues. HIGH WIND DOES DAMAGE SEVERAL POINTS. Throughout California the Storm If ' Pronounced One of the Heaviest Occuring in Recent Years. Spectal® Ditpatch to The Call. VACAVILLE, Jan. 10.—Rain began falling here at 2 o’clock yesterday after- noon ana continued up to 2 to-day. The | total precipitation for the twenty-four | hours was a fraction over 4 Inches. | From present indications there will be | more, as a heavy south wind is blow- ing. The rain was a blessing not only to the farmers, but to the townspeople as well. Much sickness has prevailed: | owing to the efects of the dryness and | low water in wells. La grippe has taken -a firm aold here. In many homes whole families are bedridden with the malady. One peculiar feature of the disease is that the patlent is al- ways attacked by a slight form of pneumonia. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 10.—The rain which began to fall this afternoon amounted to .20 of an inch up to 5 p. m. From that hour to 9 p. m 110 inches fell, making 1.30 for the storm to-day. Indications are that therain will keep up-all night. From various parts | of the county a heavy downpour is re~ ported. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10.—Generous rains fell throughout Southern Cali- fornia to-day and the storm continues. Rain commenced to fall at 7 o'clock this morning and at 5 o'clock to-night the Government gauge registered 1.47 | inchés, making 2.26 inches for the | season. Bountiful crops are now as- | sured to ranchers and fruit-growers. | JAMESTOWN, Jan. 10.—It has been | raining for the past twenty-four hours, ;the precipitation being 2.05 inches. The | storm continues. It has been snowing | in the mountains the greater part of { the week. In Strawberry Valley the | snow is seven feet deep. Plenty of water | for next summer is assured and the mining men are happy.. The Rawhide and App quartz mills started to-night. Two hundred stamps are now dropping in this district and by the end of the week sixty additional stamps will be pounding on ore. At nearly all the mines additional men are being put at work. & WOODLAND, Jan. 10.—This has been a stormy day and dry weather prophets are no longer in evidence. The storm began about 3 o'clock yesterday after- noon, and there was a gentle down- pour for three or four hours. Then a strong southeast gale began to blow and the intensity of thestormincreased. For three or four hours the precipita- tion was quite heavy. About midnight the velocity of the wind increased and | there was a lull in the rainfall, But this was only temporary. At 9 o’clock this morning a driving storm from the southeast beganand thé downpour has since:heen. very steady. At 8 .oolocle for the season of 6.47 inches. same time last year the rainfall only | amounted to 4.40 inches. The barome- | ter is below 29 ‘and still has a down- { ward tendency. The wind i in the southeast, although there are ‘indiea- | tions of an upper current, and it is probable that the storm originaliv started in the northwest. During the i storm Monday night the damage to trees, fences, etc., was very heavy. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Jan. 10.—The heaviest storm since 1895 began here | 1ast night, and to-day an old-fashioned | southeaster is blowing, the wind reach- | ing 33 miles an hour. The rainfall for | the storm was 2.24; for the season 6.11. | More showers are predicted for to-night | and to-morrow. | SAN MIGUEL, Jan. 10.—Rain com- | menced faling here at 7 o'clock last evening and a copious downpour was kept up during the night. With this second general storm of the season the long-continued dry spell is believed to have been completely broken, and the drought-stricken people of northern San Luis Obispo and southern Monterey counties are in consequence rejoicing greatly. With a few warm | days following the rain, the green feed will soon cover the barren hills and plains. SANTA MARIA, Jan. 10.—All appre- hensions of drought ended with the steady downpour for the last twelve hours, 3 inches of rain having fallen since New Year's. The weather still is threatening. A large grain acreage is already sown. The new -.beet-sugar factory has a large area of beets con- tracted for, which now insures their | planting and a good return. | SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 10.—The storm which raged here last night and to-day has done considerable damage through- out the county. The telegraph and tel- ephone wires In many districts are { down, and from several quarters come reports of houses and outbuildings damaged by the heavy gale of wind. A good part of the roof of the Cosmo- | politan Hotel, on the corner of B and Second streets, was blown off at an early hour this morning. In the lower part of town the streets are running rivers. | | 'MUCH DAMAGE BY THE STORM AT SAUSALITO SAUSALITO, Jan. 10.—The storm which raged last night and this morn- ing has damaged property here to the. extent of thousands of dollars. The breakwater along the fromt was. washed out 'n numerous plates, and | boulders, many of which will weigh a ton, were carried completely across Water street and deposited on the op- posite sidewalk. Several houses came near being carried away and the coun- ty road north of town was submerged |80 as to prevent traffic. The southéaster struck the town just at high tide, about 10 o’clock. The récks of the seawall were torn loose along the front and in places the roadway caved in nearly to'the center. All the | platforms_and woodwork in. front of | the San Francisco Yacht Club house At the™ MINOR LOSSES REPORTED FROM - this morning the rainfall for the storm ., amounted to 112 inches, making a total f: e and Buffalo xHote_] \\'exhe washed away bor, Mrs. Shechan, and asked her to | known in this city to fear injury to my nded from the ropes like a rubber ball and Tom sent his left to_the » | Beckan won, Cathedral second, Our Nellie | 3 | and a repetition of the storm would permit her two little girls to visit the | IEPutAtion ffom " Danlell's "accusations, O Tbe Sy Janaig & Flancing Dlow, Both men were tresh Lithe: o g * | Bockon won, Cathe | County Ranges. | endanger the buildings themselves. 4 3 rs. Danlell’s affairs are her own con-| the round. Third race, handicap, one mile and a| REDDING, Jan. 10.—Reports from | portion of the rock breakwater of th Miller house for a few hours. Mrs. |cern, and she does not desire to precipi- 1 quarter—Jim Hogg won, Laura May sec-| the stock runs indicate that cattle, | Narrow Gauge -Company. has. dlsas _Sheehan agreed and at 9:30 o'clock | tate a newspaper-controversy.” SIXTH ROUND, ond; Paitues third el T B Ly onPana HoresaiRre Wedtheritie e | Doaren) Bbion s cione has naps went, she says, to bring her children || Mr%. Hemphill also refused to discuss Sharkey on the aggressive. McCoy vory wary ard using his fest to advan- |, Fourth sece; bandioap, 2ot 58 8 B0l | big storm with few fatalitles. The pre. | loose 8ud carried away: . The county home. She remained at the Miller house | anything said by Daniell concerning her- e O e o the. heart. The Kid japook 1o on the body and an- | jnd, Great Bend third. Time, 1:39%. { nomenal sales of last summer and fall | road near Mason’s distillery is com- self or her husbana. : . el . : ; for perhaps thirty minutes and then | left with her girls. Mrs. Sheehan swears that at that ““hour Miller was at his home watching his child during his wife's absence. Mrs, Sheehan’s daughters support her in this assertion. Yet there are other witnesses who insist that Miller had hired a team and did not return to Valiejo all nigh*. More than that he was seen on the road that led to the Wilson ranch. The officers do not believe that Mrs. Bheehan or her daughters are telling Attorney Hoefler had no statement to make concerning the affairs of his client at this time; His manner if not his words indicated, however, that Mrs. Daniell would Froblhly attempt to secure a legal geparation from her husband, although it may be some time before active steps in this direction can be taken. Reception Invitations. For the engraving of invitations for weddings and receptions Messrs. Cooper & Co. have unexcelled facllities. The best engravers are employed and styles which are thoroughly up to date. . 4 left under the ear. the Kid on the rope: ner and gave him two lefts in the face. and sidestepped, but Tom hooked his. lefi but they were lancing blows. At this $500 even that harkey would knock Mc SEVENTH ROUND. Both blocked cleverly for half a minute, Tom swingin, blocked the blows with his elbow and sidestepped out clinches_followed, fn which the referee had to them. Coming together at close quarte: and McCoy lanaed his right on the head sides was the order and the Kid succeed eye, ni:’sln‘ a mouse over the cheek-bone. Both men were fresh when the gong sounde without gaining anything. Tom caught McCoy in the cor- Tom képt on the aggressive and caught McCoy jumped to the middie of the rin and sent his right across to_the head stage of the game there was betting o Coy out. ¢ g left for head. McCoy of harm's way. Two pio between the men.to Separate Kid got in his left on the wind ng and blocking cleverly on both nding a left hook on Tom's right T8, the Leagd! ed in la Fifth race, one mile and seventy yards, Blue Dan won, Traveler second, Mitt Bo: kin third. Time, 1:52%. Harry Shannon was cut down in the last race and so badly injured that he was destroyed. B L Kept From an Asylum. WOODLAND, Jan. 10.—The relatives of the old veteran, L. G. Stone, have decided not to have him committed to an asylum. He is regarded as harm- less, and a son-in-law will take him to his home and keep him under sur veillance for the present. hinned out the herds to such an ex- tent that there is an abundance of feed and shelter for the stock held over. | This applies more particularlv to the | sections where stock-raising is the | principal industry and .where heavy | winters are anticipated and prepared | against.. In osher sections where stock- | raising is inlidental to farming and | dairying, cattle and ~ horses have not | been safeguarded to the same extent. Occasional bunches of stock have been | caught out on the ranges and snowed in, but have been rescued with smal losses, pletely submerged and at points tha roadbed is crossed by roaring torrents. For a while it was feared-that John Perry’s house on the low ground near the railroad bridge would be carried | into the bay. and a number of smaller boats battered almost to pleces. Even ‘the - United | States Fish Commissioners’ steamer, the Albatross, required two anchors to hold her in place. A good deal of fenc- ing and four small buildings were de- molished, as were the roofs of several Ldwellings. | Westerson's sloop, the Amy, was sunk"