The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1899, Page 6

THE SA SHOT THE RAPIDS ON CAPSIZED BOAT Nebraskan | Believed to Have Perished in the Grand Canyon. H master T. A. e, Neb: properties. 11 of Sy ble mining A r wall the river. struggle in reaching the bank ately to the boat. mov To-day W. W Fork trail, startes of the canyon. country There is danger frut mola abundantly there. lookout for R Russell has This w a reliable guide thoroughly SLIORORT RGN ORGROROY THE BOERS NOT B FRIENOLY No ssell’s body. be ROBSIROLO R O B0 RIDTE LV BOROTEDITC % (! Wiil Make More Concessions. ORIA, July 14—The Volksraad adopted the first two sections of During the course of declared that Great the present troubl Seer ng the prime mover. he new law was lenfent 1 t be altered TOWN, July 14.—The Parliament opened to-day. A ple assembled outside lding and hailed the 1 Milner, the British d Governor of C after the franc pe Colony of D bui Alfr was v the | ple. ech of the ical s By th Redr Admira th on the flaor c g of Pa distin greeted PRESIDENT COATES ON UNIONS AND STRIKES Two Sides of the Smelter Strike Be- WILLIAMS, Ariz., July 14—A week last Thursday a party consisting of Gibson, representative of an Fastern mining syndicate; d George D. Roberts, mining experts and engineers of New leming, hig brother, George Fleming, and tarted for the Grand Canyon to look at Arriving at known as the Bright Angel trail, they launched a small canvas boat day afterncon, intending to cross the Colorado River in this cockle- Fleming and Russell got into Suddenly the boat capsized, throwing both into Fleming, who is a good swimmer, Russell, who could not swim, clung des When last seen he was still clinging to the boat, £ down through the terrible rapids in the powerful, resistiess current. an experienced Grand Canyon ¢ canyon in company canyon on both sides of the river in the hope of find- s, who knows the canyon for miles on both sides of the river, o with lost people of the canyon before and thinks Russell ded in reaching the banks. could never find his way out of those terrible walls un- of him dying of starvation, but he could subsist on prickly pear and a kind Word yas telepboned to the river north of Kingman to keep a sharp Every effort will be made to find him or his body. father, mother dnd sister in Syracuse, Nebr. arning to tourists against visiting the canyon without a familiar with the country. RO 23 0 8 ORORORIRL R DROROOH , | der of J. H. Herling and R. H | | New | Sheffler supported ‘the the canyon, at the foot of the boat, pushing along the steep, succeeded after a desperate per- now, guide on the Ash with another man to make But Russell, being unfamillar of chokeberry, which grows very 3 A TRAGEDY OF J. H. Bird Murders Two Companions. e Speclal Dispatch to The Call, ST. MICHAEL, Alaska, June 30, via | Seattle, Wash., July 14.—J. Homer Bird of New Orleans is now a prisoner in the military barracks charged with the mur- Charles Shefller and a woman Noma Strong are held under as witnesses. The entire party Orleans. The priso! named and n From Wallace H. Blaine, Herling and Patterson, after everything about the place was in shape, to Bird that a division of the suppl be made, as they wished to earn money by cutting wood for use by the trans | portation companies. Bird strongly jected and said he would “see them in hell first." | ensued, in which | other two. This | jealousy, came to a A general quarrel quarrel, aided by 27, at breakfast time. The woman prepared the meal and was serving it. | Bird was sitting on a bank a short dis- | tance above, overlooking the others, who were seated at a table. The woman asked | him if he was not coming to breakfast. | He said he would in a short time, as he fore the Industrial Commission. DENVER, July 14—David C. Coates, president of the State Federation of Labor, appeared as a witness to-day be- fore the sub-commission or mining of | strial Commission. the United Ind tates He sald he had known many instances |in his hands. in which men had been discharged from | up service because employers discovered that they had become members of unions. Moral suasion was the only force d to bring recalcitrants into unions. The im- portation of laborers to take the places of strikers had been detrimental interests of the State. C said resulted f repared to w compulsory arbitr nctions he fflmd always ut was b on. from t ive system ates declared through an attempt merican Smelting The smelter str was brought on_the part the and Refining Compan ing class the benefits of the eight- hour law. ‘he general public will not be bene y the operation of the smelter trust,” he said in answer to a question. The witness said he had ve f la little faith r unless in r the protection the ed up by organization, and in his opinion, desired ults can be ob- tained better when there is no law on the subject. David C. Beaman, secretary and general attorney of the Colorado }'uel and Iron Company, was before the commission this afternoon. Mr. Beaman expressed himself as opposed to an elght-hour law. He defended the scrip system of payment of employes, and In regard to the impor- tation of negro laborers to work in the | of the th nines and plan aman declared rted because lc ble and that the colored men had pro more satisfactory than whites in the of work in which they are engaged. He said he was not in favor of labor unions, but thought if they are permittad to exiét they should be regularly incor- porated, 80 25 to be prevented from shirk- ing legal responsibilities = company the men wi S to rob the labor- | to the [and s a2 ton, Her Cor | but missed. th |to ¢ Mr. | ham was not feeling extra well. Just as the meal began the woman heard a click, | and, looking up, saw Bird with a shotgun | At this time Sheflier looked | and, noticing the gun up to shoulder, exclaimed: *For God’s Al don't shoot me.’ Then a report rang i Herlinger fell dead. An instant | another repert heard, the | king Patterson about the neck | x’p: 3ird fired at him he wounded man ma to the bank and a_little me was heiped into the boat by Sheffler au the woman, who had escaped Bird's wrath. Herling was buried near by and | Patterson cared for as well as conditions | would permit until he died. | So terrificd were Sheflleg and the woman | at Bird that not a word was sald con- cerning the shooting for several months Finally the coal miners and woodcutters | began to wonder what had become of the other two men. They began an investi- ation, which resulted in the arrest of ird. Bird swears there was a conspiracy among the others to do him up, but he fooled them and dropped them first. NEBRASKA AND UTAH TROCPS FAIRLY STARTED Have Left Yokohama on the Trans- port Hancock—General Health Good. LINCOLN, July 4.—Governor Poynter to-day received a cablegram from Yoko- Japan, Nebraska and Utah attery on board. It is said the health of the troops was excellent and that the Hancock would reach San Francisco on the 2ith inst. et e New Presbyterian Home. SAN RAFAEL, July 14.—The contract for the erection of the new frame build- Given away with each cash want adver- |ing for the San Francisco Presbyterian tisement ordered - in next Sunday’s Call, a magnificent portrait of Admiral Dewsy, | for $5123. printed in ten colors, size 14x21 inches, ready for framing. fo e Afraid of Judge Treadwell. STOCKTON, July 14—A man supposed |and attic. of 118 Fourth | boys’ and girls' playrooms, tollets, baths, to be John B. Toner street, San Francisco, was found to-day by Constable Giesek2 standing on the Southern Pacific_brid between Tracy and Bethany as devol it got upon him. He was mosquito bites from must have passed some time in the tules. He told a story of a Treadwell and Jail. He was placed in t Detentlon Hospital for insane persons. - Ralph Arnold Weds. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, July 4. Ralph Arnold, Stanford 's, covered with ty, woman of 'Pasadena, were married that town on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs, Arnold is much liked In her home | Monte, town and will be welcomed into Stanford | circles. Pears’ No soap in the world is so cheap. No soap in the world is so lasting. e §°0f clothing a5 on | the day of his birth. The \1nl‘0rtunx§lf- man | ran from the officer and when captured | was with difficulty that clothing was | head to foot and | dight from Judgs | o and Miss | Winifred Stokes, a prominent young so- | Orphanage and Farm at San Anselmo has | been secured by B. F. Ellis of Berkeley This does not include painting, plumbing or furnace, nor a large quantity of lumber which now belongsto the orphan- |age. The building will be located on a twenty-acre lot. According to the plans, | the structure will be about 124x37 feet, two | storfes high, with a seven-foot basement The basement will contain storage rooms, furnace and laundry. On | the first floor will be a recéption-room, a dormitory for the smaller children, dining- room, mothers' room, office, kitchen, pri vate dining-room, nurses’ rooms, baths, etc. The second floor will be divided into two boys' dormitories, two girls' dormi- | torfes, a matron’s room, four rooms for | convalescents, linen-rooms, baths and closets. When completed the total cost | of the structure will approxirhate $15,000. The contract is signed by Mrs. P. D. Browne, the president, and Miss Maude Lane, the secretary. Fell Fifty Feet. MONTEREY, July 4.-—Ariclon Cautua, the youngest son of Manuel Cautua of | this ‘city, met with a peculiar accldent while climbing a tree back of Hotel del When over fifty feet from the ground he lost his balance and fell the | entire distance, but reached the ground | feet first. Beyond a bad shaking and | bruising the boy was uninjured and was able to rise and walk away from the scene of his accident without assistance. —_— Earthquake in Germany. BERLIN, July 14—A slight earthquake to-day caused the collapse of a gallery in | the Recklinghausen mine near Herne, Westphalia, entombing sixty miners. Se: | eral have been rescued, badly injured. The fate of the others is not yet known. The shock destroyed walls and broke windows In Herne and was felt as far as Munster. was also notice; Laibach, Austria. o Rt o A Teachers Appointed. MARYSVILLE, July 14.—The trustees of the Sutter City Union High School have re-elected Professor Wright as principal. Miss Lizzie Everett and E. 8. Norton have made application for the appointmeut of essistant principal. PO R R RO LRI 5 OROROROO MRCTI WILDS Patterson. | wit- | es will be taken to Sitka for trial. | engineer of | the government launch Nordica, who ar- rested Bird, particulars of the murder are learned. The party of five arrived in St. Michael last summer in the bark | Rufus Wood, which cleared from San | Francisco. had a full outfit, in- cluding a mch and a barge, in| which they made the trip up the river. The woman went as Bird's wife and Sheffler's sister. At a coal mine about eighty-five miles this side of Anvis it| was deeided to remain for the winter. | proposed | ob- | was a party of ten from Lowell, Ma: climax the following morning, September | had | | bedrock ye announcing the departure | ‘e im- | from there of the transport Hancock with | Jabor was unobtain- | the returning First ai NOT MUCH AT I CHPE NOME Returned Miners Doubt Its Richness. SOt EXAGGERATED TALES SENT B s e REAL SITUATION DECIDEDLY LESS FLATTERING. PN The Steamer Alliance Returns From St. Michael With Dawson Par- ties, but With Little Gold. Sl g o Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, July 14.—The steamer Al- liance arrived this morning from St Michael. She is the first vessel to ar- rive from the mouth of the Yukon this | and brings advices from the season, newly discovered gold fleld of Cape Nome. When the Alliance left St. Michael the season was not far enou~h | advanced to determine the future of the diggings. Prospectors were confident that the country would prove very rich. Colors were found almost everywhere | throughout the zone, which is tlirty-| five miles square, and nearly all the| available ground had been staked. In | some instances there are four or five | claimants to one property. As soon as warm weather sets in and material for | sluicing is at hand the true value of the ground will be known. The Alliance brings news of the death of several miners near Cape Nome. The following are the names of five: JOE FOUNTAIN. MAYNARD GROTEAU. —— CARR. DOCTOR BRIGHAM. JOHN BURKE. All of these save Burke were from | Holyoke, Mass., and were members of the party known as the Rich party. Dr. Brigham died from natural causes. arr and Burke froze to death. Out of a party of 100 miners at Cape Nome eighteen severe cases of scurvy devel- oped during the winter. The stricken | men were loaded on sledges and hauled over the ico to St. Michael for medical treatment. ob Made of Canton, O., who was a passenger on the Alliance, thinks the predictions of the richness of Cap2 Nome diggings will not be realized. | He said: “On several of the claims I saw gold taken out, but in very small quantities. In no instance that I know of had bed- rock been reached. It never will be | reached until they can get wood in| there. The only wood in the district is | the drift wood, which is almost as pre- | | clous as gold. For six days I investi- | gated the camp and then came away thoroughly convinced that the diggin, were by no means as rich as reported. Hundreds, at the time I was there, were | flocking in from Dawson. Many will| | come out this summer thoroughly dis- | gusted.” i { Among the passengers of the Alliance Which went into the Koyukuk District | last year. L. R. Farrington, a member | of the party, sald: | “My candld advice is for people to | stay away from Koyukuk. The outlook is not encouraging. We took up a par- ty of sixteen and left six of them there to see what this summer’s work would pan out. We do not come back disgust- ed and ‘sore’ with the country, but be- lieve that there is not a sufficiency of | gold to warrant a rush into the coun- David F. Lane, a former real estate | dealer of San Francisco, who was a pas- senger on the Alliance, brings the lat- est news from Ophir and Melsing creeks, tributaries of the Neu-Uk-Luk River, which Is reached by going from Cape Nome to Golovin Bay and thence up Fish River. A stampede from Cape ome to these creeks took place last ovember. Lane says pay dirt was found running from twenty-five cents to $3 to the pan. Nobody has struck| He declares the country | a poor man to rush off is no place for to. The wages pald the past winter were $5 a dav d the only chance a| poor man to work for wages or take a lay. Lays were eagerly taken | on a basis of 30 per cent. Lane says a | miner cannot afford to take a lay for| less than 50 per cent. Lane secured a number of claims on Ophir and Melsing creeks. On one claim in which he is Interested fifty men had taken lays. On another claim, the- Dusty Diamond Company of C! cago has secured a lay. In two hour: working the members of this company took out $60. In a letter written to Lane by his partner from Council City on June 25 last, the latter sald: esterday four men on Snow Gulch cleaned up $4000.” Dr. Kittleson took out $42 from one pan of dirt. Many pans running from | 310 to $26 have been washed out. As good a story as any is that of the | finding of a rich claim on Dexter Creek | by Leo Lounenburg. He struck good | ground on Dutch Creek, in El Dorado | district. He then made a trip to Nome and back and with an old rickety rock- er washed out $23 in two hours on his claim on Dexter Creek. With a good rocker he can take out $150 a day, and | with sluices $1000 a day, and every- thing seems to pay from the grass roots. Very few claims up to the time Lane left for the outside had been prospect- ed. Unprospected claims, or claims showing pay dirt from the surface down, were already commanding fab- ulous sums. On Glacier Creek, a tribu- tary of either Ophir or Mesling, offers | have been made as high as $25,000 for a claim. On Ophir Creek itself good claims were reckoned as high as $150,- 000. AIl the good ground has been pretty well staked out. Some of the passengers - who came down on the Alliance do not bring en- couraging reports from the Cape Nome | country. One of these passengers was George Case of Ithaca, N. Y., who does not hesitate to brand Cape Nome as a fake pure and simple. “There is no gold at Cape Nome,” he said. “The entire Cape Nome excite- ment has been worked up by transpor- tation and trading companies for the purpose of taking people up there and getting money out of them. I have been in several parts of Alaska, inciud- ing Dawson City and Birch Creek, and there is plenty of gold there, but there is none at Cape Nome.” J. “N. Barrie, another of the Alliance passengers, claims to have come from Cape Nome and brings discouraging re- | ports of the wealth of that district. He claims to have been In that country about a yvear and says he saw no pay- ing claims. ‘ Captain Walker, in command of the troops at St. Michael, has sent a detail of ten men under Lieutenant Spaulding | to Cape Nome to preserve order. | The*Alliance had 135 passengers, most of whom were from Dawson City. Pureger Shaw says he had only about $15,000 worth of gold dust turned over to him. The Alllance brought a consignment of whalebone from Dutch Harbor which had been landed by one of the New Bedford whaling fleet. How the First Band of Mercy Was Formed, and many other features, in next Sunday’s Call. FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY ULY 15, 1899 MONTEREY COUNTY BOASTS A GIANTESS Largest Native Daughter in Cali- fornia Sees a Train for the First Time. SALINAS, July 14.—The largest natlve daughter of the State resides in Several days ago Gabriel Dani, a Pacific Valley ranch- er who has been a resident of Caiifornia since 185) and of this county for thirty vears, camre to Salinas with his wife and daughters, Lucia Dani and Mrs. Svending. All but Lucia had been to the county seat before, but this fair and heavy damsel had passed the twenty summers of her existence in isolated section of this county—in There she had been born and reared, her range of vision Monterey County. the wilds of the most School District. to the Dani home. Lucia very interestingly and saw a bicycle she nearly col windows of the various stores, p world. was not contented. quite wealthy in land and stock. 20 RUROLTORORORONORO R OR O R O R IRORORONOO Q @ o & g bed sights. is 6 feet 6 inches tall. AGRICULTURISTS AT PALO ALTO University and Stock Farm Visited. e PROFESSOR JAFFA HONORED e PRESENTED WITH A HANDSOME LOVING CUP. e Special Dispatch to The Call. DEL MONTE, July 14.—The members of we Agricultural Association arrived here to-night, after a day spent in inspecting the several places and the many industries of the Santa Clara Valley. A very pretty and graceful acknowledgment of the cour tesies shown them took place in the lors of the hotel shortly after their rival here, when M. E. Jaffa of the Uni- versity of California was presented with handsome loving cup by the members f the assoclation. The success of the week’s tour has been due to Professor Jaffa's very careful man- agement. Ex-President H. P. Armsby of Pennsylvania made the opening address in presenting the cup, and he was fol- lowed by H. W. Wiley of Washington, D. C., who read a poem, after which President-elect J. E. Stubbs of Nevada presented the cup, at the same time say- ing to Professor Jaffa that it was given him as a token of the gratitude and good will of the members of the assoclation, and in acknowledgment of the many things he had done for their entertain- ment and instruction. Palo Alto was reached shortly after 8 o'clock. The delegates were met by the following committee of citizens: Presi- th a o dent David Starr Jordan, Professors San- ford, Smith, Breen, Howard, Gilbert, Marx, Kellogg, Wing, Dr. Elliot, Reno. J. W. Graybill and D. C. ardner; C, K. Hodges, R. A. Thompson and H. W. m- ins. Vehicles, including the private one: of Mrs, Stanford, were provided to drive the visitors about. The Flood and Hop- kins estates were Vv and the beautiful grounds of both greatly admired, Mre. Stanford’s residence was next visited and a ort stop was made at the mu- seum, The stock farm proved to be the chief point of interest. A number of the amous sires and brood mares were shown the visitors by Superintendent F. W. Covey, who gave pedigrees records. The university buildings were inspected and light refreshments were served by the following ladies: Megdames Culver, Weisshaas, f(us!un. Malcolm, Eroderick, Gilbert and Misses Butler, Charles, Brad- ford and Mitchell. When the delegates returned to the depot theéy found that their entire train had been decorated with a profusion of Stanford colors. was reached at noon. The agricultu were met by a committee of citl headed by A. C. Darby. They were ziven a twenty-five-mile drive through the fd- mous peach, prune, olive and almond or- chards. The Quito and Saqusis farms were inspected and a sumptuous luncheon was served at the ranch. On the return their and | trip to San Jose the fruit packing estab- | lishment of the J. C. Alnsley Company was also inspected. The grape vineyards came in for their share of pralse, but the Chief objeet of admiration was the beau- titul roads of the county. Camaser's seed farm was reached in time for supper, which was tendered the delegates in a_large barn by C. C. Morse and his son, Leslfe Morse. The Chincsa laborers updn the farm set off & display of fireworks in honor of the visitors. R. H. Jesse of Missour! thanked the hosts for the courtesies extended, and Major H. S, Cheseboro of Gliroy replied. A number of citizens of Gilroy were present. —— LOST HANDS AND FEET. Prospector’s Awful Experience on the Edmonton Trail. BEATTLE, July 14—David Matherson of Tacoma, a victim of the Edmonton trall, arrived here to-day with both hands amputated and both feet useless, the ef- fects of frost. In company with thres men—Allen, _Mattsfield and Lang—he started for Dawson over the Edmonton trail with a large herd of cattle. Nearly all the cattle were drowned, but the men pushed on, and after much suffering reached Dawson. One of thelr number, Mattsfield, left the party on the trail and took the back track home. Matherson thinks it doubtful if he got through alive. In Heaoribing his experlences Matherson said: “As we advanced we passed through a veritable graveyard. On every side were strewn the decaying bodles of men who came that way. Sick and weak as we were, the sight of these bodles gave us energy to continue our efforts to reach civilization, and somehow we did it.” it et TIDAL WAVES IN CAROLINES. American Missionary Vessel Wrecked on Mortlock Island. VANCOUVER, B. C., July 4.—Advices from Australia state that tidal waves have caused great damage to crops in the Caroline Islands. The R. W. Logan, an_American mis- stonary vessel, was wrecked at Mortlock Island, one of the Caroline group. Her crew and passengers were pi¥ked up by the British schooner Queen of the Isles. The same vessel also rescued fourteen ersons on the verge of starvation at t. Augustine, an lIsland of the Ellice group. T Depositors Get an Injunction. SAN JOSE, July 14.—Judge Kittredge to-day granted a temporary Injunction In the sult brought by C. W. Childs and other depositors to prevent the sale of ths stock of the Union Savings Bank, which is delinquent on the $10 per share assess- ment recently levied by the board of di- rectors. The sale was to have taken place to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock, bounded by the ocean on the west and the hills on the east. in a shut-in hut, she was ignorant of all the outside world, save what she had learned from books and an occasional paper which found its way Lucla Danl is just 20 years old and inches tall and tipped the scales at 205 poumnds while here. proudly asserted that she would weigh more when at home, the severe trip and excitement incident to a sojourn in a town the size of Salinas no doubt having caused her to lose a few pounds. describes her utter amazement W riving at King C.ty, the railroad station nearest nearly 100 miles from Rédmond, she for the first time saw a top buggy. This, however, was not so amazing to her as a train of cars. says, new and strange things met her gaze. lgansed. and culiar vehicles, large buildines and a thou- sand and one things caused the girl to come to. the belief she was in a new Strange to say, during her entire stay in this city of three days Lucia After she saw all there was to see, she caimly remarked that she enjoyed the old ranch and rural life better than metropolitan life. Gabriel Dani, the father of the girl, is about 70 years old, a native of Vermont and by religion a.Latter Day Saint or reformea Mormon. He is very proud of his largest and, like the mother, was much Interested when Lucia was shown the new He asserted that when 16 years old Lucia tipped the pounds, and he believes sae will grow much larger years old who weighs over 170 pounds and a son who welghs 19 pounds and Gabriel Dani and his family have departed for their little seac probably never to return to clvilization during the father's life. @ TGO 83 O %50 25 83 RN WOOWON0 R0 23 O OO0 the Redmond Like a hermit She is 6 feet Her father is still growing. hen, upon ar- home, but which is her Every minute, she When she arrived in this city wanted one immediately. Show He s chiid, RONOROROR VRORNORCRN ORON TR ORNIROROROY ales at 239 girl now 17 He has s ast home, | | o ; @ KELLOGG TALKS ON KISSING BUGS: e Their Pedigree Given by the Professor. e ONE APPEARS AT PALO ALTO| CHILD BITTEN ON THE LIP| WHILE ASLEEP. — . Speclal Dispatch to The Call. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, July 14. —The advent of the “kissing bug" aroused considerable interest among the scientifically inclined at the univer- | sity, and now that a well-authenti- | cated case has been discovered in Palo Alto the bugologists will keep a sharp lookout for some specimens. A few days ago the little daughter of E. J. Couch, the proprietor of the Uni- | versity Laundry in Palo Alto, was stung while asleep by some insect. | When her parents returned it was found that her upper lip was consider ably swollen, with a slight cleft where the sting had entered. The doctor who attendsd to the case pronounced it as undoubtedly the work of the “kissing bug,” with which he was familiar. The | { swe.llng was reduced, and now the child is well. No other cases have been reported, so it is belleved that Palo | Alto will not prove a profitable sum- mer resort for the insect. Professor Vernon L. Kellogg, head | of the department of entomology at Stanford, who stands high in the coun- sels of the bugologists, has the follow- ing to say in regard to the insect: The particular species which has been christened by the newspapers the ‘‘kiss-| ing bug’ is the Melanolestes picipes, a member of the family of Reduviidae, or | assassin bug family as it is known to | entomologists. This® name seems now quite as appropriate ssassin bug as_the other, if we are to believe all the dark deeds’ ascribed to the animal. All the members of this family have strong, | plercing beaks. It does not have a sting like a bee, but Instead &his beak, which it thrusts into persons or other insec and sucks their blood. Most of them 1l on other insects, but there are some par- ticularly malevoient ones that attack peo- ple. One especially interesting member of the family i known as the “glant bed- bug killer,” because it makes a speclaity | of those pests, i All these insects belong to the larger | order of Hemiptera, or sucking bugs, some of which suck plants, others animai blood. The chinch bug, which does im- mense damage to the grain crops in the Misaiasippl Valley, belongs to this order. Tt sticks its beak into the tender portions of the plant, sucking its sap and appar- ently poisoning it. The Reduviidae are simply one family of this order. 1 would say particularly fn this connec. tion that a lot of the injury, damage and danger from these insects come from the fear of the person bitten. Some persons are, of course, more susceptible than oth- ers, but fear plays a large part. Col- lectors are frequently stung, for if the insects get a chance they stick their beak into the hand, but being without particu- lar fear of them, these stings are gen- crally no more severe than thoss of a ee. One specimen of the kissing bug has been sent to the department of ento- mology by a southern physician. The letter accompanying it explained that the insect had attacked a bald-headed man on the top of the cranium, and the case at the time of writing was very serious. The mention of chinch bugs in the interview suggested another item of in- terest and Professor Kellpgg sald further: Bome specimens of insects were sent me from near the 8an Joaquin Valley, under the supposition that they were the dread- | ed pest of the M’H!'IS]D{)‘, the chinch bug. The chinch bug Is rarely found here, and 1g not as destructive as further east. The | bugs recelved, however, look much llke | the chinch bug and have much the same habits, but are not nearly so destructive, | nor are they found in such large num- | bers. They are known as the “false | chinch bug” to the entomologists. They | had appeared in such numbers that the farmers had become frightened and had | sent some specimens to me for informa- tion. 1 was glad to tell them that the bugs were not the genuine article, and | that they had but little to fear. - KISSING BUG ALMOST 1 CAUSES A DEATH Man Falls Off a fii;h Veranda While Dodging One of the Pests. i GRASS VALLEY, July 14.—The strange | insect known as the “kissing bug” made its appearance In this city last evening, | when Arthur L. Fisher, a plumber and ' contractor, had a narrow escape from losing his life. Mr, Fisher was seated on the rear veranda of his place of business, enf‘nged in conversation with G. E. Ma- riehart, when he was startled by the in- sect's buzzing uncomfortably close to his face. He attempted to beat the bug off with his hands. It made straight for the voung man's lips, and he, ip making a desperate effort to get ouf of the way, lost his balance and fell to the pavement, several feet below. He was rendered un- conscious by the fall. A physiclan was summoned and he was taken to his home, where it was found that no bones were broken, and that unless {njured in ternally he will be about In a short time. v KTTEMPTED TO OB THE BN, Riot Narrowly Averted in Perth Amboy. e CASHIER VALENTINE IN JAIL| il Lol RELATIVES MAY MAKE GOOD THE MONEY STOLEN BY HIM. fr S Refuses to Tell What He Did With the Coin—The Savings Institution Is Safe. g Spectal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, July. l4.—George M. <Valentine, cashier of the Middlesex County Bank of Perth Amboy, N. J, which was closed to-day, has surren- dered himself and now Is in Jail on ac- count of a shortage in the bank's funds, which has been variously estimated all the way up to $165,000. The affair caused consternation and dismay among the business men of Perth Am- boy, where the Middlesex County Bank was considered as strong as the eternal hills. So panic-stricken did the resi- dents of Perth Amboy become when it was learned that the Middlesex Bank had failed to open for business as usual this morning that crowds surrounded the Perth Amboy Savings Institution. What made the run on the savings bank appear all the more serious was the fact that the officers of the Middle- sex County Bank and the officers of the Perth Amboy Institution were identi- cal, the business of both banks being transacted over the same counter. Though it became necessary to call for the aid of the police for the purpose | ! of maintaining order, U. B. Watson, the president of both banks, says the funds of the Perth Amboy Savings In- stitution were not touched; that $500,- 000 deposited to the account of the savings institution is absolutely safe, and that no matter how badly the Mid- dlesex County Bank has been wrecked the savings bank will be able to meet all demands made upon it by the de-| positors. On Monday last Cashier George idently concluded that he M. Valentine e could no longer conceal the shortage of the Middlesex County Bank. On .hat morning he telephoned President Wat- gon that he was detained, but said that he would appear at noon. The bank had then opened for business and Mr. Watson, who wa taking the absent fonship _tennis to-day and M. Canadian (‘lhn ment were playes i . man will chailenge L. Ware for the championship to-morrow. Whitman won from J. baret in stralght sets in the finals—9—-7, 61, tourn: D. [ ——— TENNIS AT KENWOOD. Defeat of Bond by Neel the Surprise of the Day. CHICAGO, July 14.—W. S. Bond went down before Sam Neel in the Western championship tournament in Kenwood to-day. The defeat of the big Kenwood player, whom many picked to win win first prize in the singles, was the sur- prise of the day Bond and Collins lost the final set in their match of doubles to the stern pair, Hackett and Allen. This leaves Myers and Wardner to contest gainst the Western title going East again. Both the Bastern players won thelr matches in singles. Summaries: Championship singles, defeated Norris, 60, & C. B. Neel defeated W. fourth round—Hackett 8, L. Myers, 6—4, & 6- 3. S, R. Neel defeated W. §. Bond, 6-3, 7 J. A, Allen defeated L. H. Wardner, 7 Doubles, semi-final round—Hackett and A defeated Bond and Collins, 4—6. & 3, 6 L3 Myers and Wardner defeated brothers, 61, 9T, Doubles, first round—Fox and Judd defeated Burkett and Moulding by default iciin 25 s WHIRLWIND AT SEA. | 3 ey | American Ship Hiram Er-ery Encoun« ters Rough Weather. | VANCOUVER, B. C., July W4.—Advices | by the stenmer Aorangi to-day from Aus- tralia say that the American ship Hiram Emery arrived at Auckland, New Zea- land, recently in a badly damaged | condition. She was struck by a whirlwind | in midocean, being then on a trip from | New York to Wellington. There was not | @ member of the crew but gave himselt | Up for lost, as the boat was nearly over- turned by the first force of the gale, The | wing blew all through one night and when morning came the ship was literally stripped to the hull. Her masts and rig- &ing were torn away and three members f the re disabled. Temporary Galls were rigged up on the stumps of tha masts and progress was made to her des- tination. € llen acquiston | | | S Drowned in a Pond. | FOLSOM, July 14.—Charles Baltic, & voung man in the employ of Bonbright & Co., who operate the mining dredge at Mississippl Bar, was drowned while at | work last night. About 11 o'clock Baltic started to get a | plece of scap, and he did not returnm | @ search was made of his cabin and the | surrounding countr which resuited in the finding of his body in the dredge pond. The young man must have struck his A ‘when he fell in, as the pond is not ‘ very deep. Deceased has a brother in Folsom, a& sister, Mrs. J. White, in San Quentin, and a sister in San Francisco. \ An Inquest will be held to-day. — e Back From Quensland. | VANCOUVER, July 14.—Professor Shel- ton, who nine years ago left the United States to become Instructor in agriculture the Queensland Government, re- | under cashier's place, discovered that there z e should 'nave ' been = some $7900 - in | turned to-dsy on the Aorangl. bills on hand with which to com-| B T mence operations that morning. These | Dixon Defeats Santry. he could not find in the vault. Mr.| CHICAGO, July M.—George Dixon, the Watson was searching for them when Valentine called him up. He asked Valentine where this money was and was told it had been placed in the cash- fe: the drawer indicated was obtain 1 and the drawer opened, but no money could be found. Robert N. Valentine, the brother, was summoned and he aided in the search for the missing money. could not be found and finally the work of checking was begun. the accounts of the bank had been jug- gled. The other trustees were summon- ed and the banking department was notified to send an examiner. Deputy Commissioner of Banking Johnson ap- peared In response, A detalled investigation of matters by President Watson and Robert N. Val- entine showed that the cashier’'s checks and stubs did not correspond; that the checks called for more money than the stubs recorded, and that while taking | the stubs as the basis of accounting, the bank’s finances would figure out all right. Those checks would show that the bank had been drawing heavily on its New York correspondent, the Park National. Thursday night the determination to | close the bank was reached and Mr. ‘Watson notified Chief of Police Burton and asked him to locate the missing cashier. Valentine, who had been in New York City, returried to Perth Am- boy from Woodbridge, accompanied by his counsel, Edward Savage of Rah- way. He declined to gp into the detalls of the shortage of the bank, except that he was very sorry that he got his friends into trouble and that he felt verv badly about his wife and children. President Watson is of the opinfon that the cashier's defalcation will amount 000, Where money went to Is not known, as th: cashisr is said to have been moderate in his tastes and habits of life. He was for years a clerk In the Park National Bank of New York. Tn 1893 he was made cashier of the Mid- dlesex County Bank. His bond was fixed for $50,000. His relatives are wealthy and it 1s sald they will en- deavor to make good the shortage. ‘Whitman Defeats Paret. QUEEN'S ROYAL, NTAGARA, Ont., July 14.—The finals In the singles in the ADVERTISEMENTS. ‘Two hearts can make a love affair, but it takes three, at least, to make a home, and one of them must be that of a baby. 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