The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 22, 1899, Page 4

4 TH FRANCISCO CALL ATURDAY, JULY 22, 1899 MR. PHELANS BANQUET TO THE CADETS His Country Home Thrown Open to Camp Fal- lon’s Denizens. SOOI OSOSOSO Q o o o Q c 2 > o : @ o' 9 ¢ ( ) & ‘ ¢ l\VlN&EN‘ ? 8 Thomas- | & MAscor op o © 1N a (3 | o | © o © Sk £ ° e ONE DAY’'S FEATURES AT CAMP FALLON. ° ®<0-0<0-0<0 ~® a leather if it diamonds the hi ke more displaying it A reposes on F \ breast, where placed by a committee of ladies in . "of the staff officers of the the medal is the following sented to in Morrise 1 Kitty La “Brindie” at ng forward Miss T overturned 1 co told how life Her hi narrati ung McGloin pper, 1 Sulliy ington and Privat - honor of rowing the boat to vic- H dreamed last g cans. In ; he le tin ‘Heineca- run in for up a Kel it his com with d nd al = his dreaming in ason to sweep rday for ar ction_of vue he swept the members of his comp ng in time to the s s of his broom. wumber of lad! m the Sea Beach visit camp at that inoppor- and saw Bobby doing menial idies turhed tk ristocr at the young man and will pi acquaintance, and Gleason streats d to Vb~ prisoners, b atch the hurled was again Father MacCorry, the eloquent <t missionary. was a visitor in camp Sergeant terday. Rev. Father McKinnon of St, and what is James also dropped in to get a glimpse of UNRAMED PEAK I THE CSTADES A Discovery Made by‘; Mountain Climbers. recog- camp life ! line was in use, but Dr. Young had left | it in an endeavor to find a good way | | upward. He started diagonally across the fleld, when he missed his footing and shot down the slope with terrific | velocity, feet foremodt. A thin fringe | of dwarf cedars and soruce lay in| Young’s path. He grabbed one of these | as he shot down the mountain and then | disappeared from view. There was one moment of silence and then his cheery | voice saying, “I'm all right,” came from the snow-lined thicket and the | Mazamas breathed again. ‘ TATT | BRUTAL ATTACKS { ON CORRESPONDENTS | County Authorities of Kentucky Not‘ Anxious to Have Feuds The Call. venteen moun- f the Ma as on, have Investigated. DON, ‘Ky., July 21.—Carl Daly, a newspaper correspondent, is back from Manchester, where Sheriff White knocked 1 him: out of town, ndent was fired on and d out of town. 1k is expected at any time in | - county officials charge that have e erated the sit- | both sides are suspiciou the correspondents are and ordered Snow a th tunate and langerous presence iwarf cedars was all t 1 barr uation, an; strangers, promptly at being dashed headlong on the Green Griffin is still unable to appear fo iow. participant in the fighting Mon- Dr. Young's te zzan slide of 'n three men were killed, " two | 500 feet i his n o} cape from i fivé serfously wounded | t and i : : gagement last Monday w ieath serious injury was the chief an exchange of over fifty s teature of the ascent. A perfect day &t a chirch last Sunday, and it is feared for mountain climbing and the fact thut | church on Sundas 17 the AERtns fornbos he leaders in the expedition pronounced | o not get together before that time. {he view from the summit the finest - | ¢ attained in the history of the SAVED BY A FLOOD. i azamas were the other features. i nging to :!w ‘]‘u“\mu and to the "." Current of Water Carries Miners Out f ‘(h‘ B rpen l‘ Bt Hl"v.»‘,’,rwipy:..-“‘:l\' of an Inundated Shaft. tween them and the abyss 2000 feet| TUCSON, Ariz., July 2L.—A cloudburst Be fasamas . condneted their | occurred in the Silver Bell district yester- A oA by |day directly over the Old Boot mine. t e of wine. “The Fifteen miners made their escape by the force of the flood entering the alrshaft, | m 'Plllx;:z: ,‘,‘l”'{‘h _'r\vrM,'{»L‘ ]:'&« 1;:'}::: flooding the mine and carrying them out | o usin, was christene: ahale | of the main working shaft w g I'hinook (meaning high). gle Injury. ST It was while. crossing a.snowfield at T an elev n of 4500 feet th came perilously near I He was searching for a way the bench of rocks ahov while the party waited below. u t Dr. Young ing his life. | to reach | ;nda, who has relatives at Fry the field. | San Lucas, was drowned to-day at How | The life i ver's bathing place, | Drowning of a Shepherd. | TULARE, July 21.—Sheepherder Martin body. | bers were allowed $118 travel money IVE BAD NEN LYNCIED B A O Offending Sicilians Are Put to Death in a Cattle Slaughtering Pen. TRY T0 KILL DOCTOR Shooting Affray at Tallulah, La., Followed by Prompt Action by Enraged Citizens. Special Dispatch to The Call. TALLULAH, La., July 21.—For many weeks a lot of z to Frank Defatta have leeping and run- ning on the of Dr. J. Ford The doc- ngir been rallery Hodge's office and residence. tor on numero requested the owner to k way, but he would not do it, and on the night of the 19th Dr. Hodge shot one of the goats on his gallery. arly on the morning of the 20th ank Defatta came to Hol \d protested. The doctor promptly ordered him to leave, and he left, mumbling some- thing the doctor did not About sundown on the evenir bth, as.Dr. Hodge and Mr. K were passing J tta's Charles Defatta ¢ out understand. g of the uffman store, and said, “You shot my goat,” and struck the | doctor. Hodge attempted to repel the attack by striking back with his fist, but, finding the Sicilian too much for him, attempted to get at his pistol. Joe Defatta, who was at the door, lev a double-barreled shotgun and fired two shots at the doctor, striking him in the hanc nd abdomen. Immediately at the crack of the gun "rank Defatta, Sy Deberroch and John Cerenc, who were in another store on Front reet kept by Frank Defatia, started on a run to Joe's store, with shotguns and long Knive in their hands Court was in ssion and a large crowd of country people were in town. With the Sheriff and his depu- they joined in the chase and suc- eded in arresting 1d disarming ank Defatta, Sy Deberroch and John Cere after a hard struggle. John one of the g knives and Cereno made a lunge wd with one of his 1 cro was promptly knocked down by a by- stander. Immediately the Sheriff with his posse went to the house where Charles and Joe Defatta were barricaded, sur- rounded the square, and, after batter- ing down the doors of the hous ceeded in taking Charles De finding Joe in there the vd bes a search of the premis & thence to the large dwelling immediately be- hind the shop, which was owned by t Defattas There they found Joe hid- den under the chimney. He was promptly taken ‘out and the She started to the jail with Charles and Joe. Wh Courthouse square 250 ci s nd after & overy vere strug Char fatta down in th pen and hun for slaughter and brought out fatta and John nd han il yard. a shot jwd was quiet, but very ¢ good many citizens pleaded for the of the , but without avail, b uch wrought up, gan d with a num- r of ou t have recently oc- ed in ghborhood. About three ye Frank Defatta shot and killed a negro for picking up a termelon which Frank had for sale. and about a year ago Joe Defatta shot nd killed Pat Matthews ling keeper at Milliken's Bend he s ing his store. This murder due to a trivial quarrel the two men had about some freight, and D fatta was cleared by some te nicality of the law. The Sicilians had frequent- ly boasted that they would do they pleased and their money woul - them. The people believe the five had planned to kill Dr. Hodge. After the sghooting, Joe Defatta’s gun was found on the counter, with a box of shells by Ford Hodge is a prominent csician and is parish Coroner. He moved to this place from Calhoun about two years ago. He is badly wounded, and the doctors say he can- not recover. The five Sicilians were buried to-day near Tallulah. The Grand Jury is in session and will investigate the affair. LEAVES TO CHARITY MONEY WON AT FARO Will of Benjamin D. Maxham, an Early-Day Gambler in the Golden West. NEW YORK, July 21.—A special to the Herald from Vineland, N. J., says: The will of the late Benjamin D. Maxham, millionaire philanthropist, church worker and retired faro gambler from the West, was admitted to probate here to-day. Mr. Maxham left $100,000 to the New Jerse; aining School for Feeble-Minded Children at Vir of which he was one of the found irectors. The money is not to be paid, however, until the death of his wife, who is 86 years old. She is to have an interest in it during her life time. The residue of Mr. Maxham’s fortune, 1y all of which he frankly admitted won at_faro banking in Virginia City and San Francis of the gold fever, goes to his brother, Daniel Maxham, and to the latter's daughters. Lucy M. Atwood and Belle D. Roe of Strawberry Eni Towa. | ABSORPTION OF THE BONES. Peculiar Disease Causes the Death of a New York Woman. NEW YORK, July 21.—Miss Ma garty, 51 vears old, of 238 West street, died in Bellevue Hospi at 2 o'clock this afternon from a rare affliction called acromegaly. This was the first case of the kind ever recorded in Bellevue, The disease is an abnormal enlargement and absorption of the bones and tissues that the sufferer is barely recoznizable. Doctors will make an effort to secure her — - Woodland Soldiers Coming Home. WOODLAND, July 2l.—About a year ago Battery A, Third Artillery, was sent to St. Michael, Alaska. Several Wood- land boys were members of the battery. From a private letter written by Decl Lyford to his fathet it is learned that the battery was discharged on July 3. Mem- The immediately transportation companies ut up prices, but the boys will not re- P! ‘lurn to California until August, at which time they expect to get transportation for $30 each, which is one-half the present rate. o during the days | NO FRIENDS FOR OTIS AMONG He Is Always Too Late to Meet an Emergency, Answers “Round Robin” of Cor- - respondents and Wants to Raise a Cavalry Regiment. (4444444444444 44 4444424444234+ 4444444 Frbt bttt te bbbttt r bRttt b by b Cunningham, first lieutenant, Fourth ALL HEADQUARTERS, + 1 first n L oo | Texas; John V. Green, private, Second WELLINGTON HOTEL, +| \yisoongin; Charles J. Ceishbush, cap- 3TON, July 21— It is learned to-day that Major General Otis had abled to the War Department a recommendation that he be al- WASHIN tain, Fourth Wisconsin; George E. Gib- | son, captain, Fifteenth Minnesota; Jesse L. Hall, captain, Company M, United States Volunteer Infantr Lowe, private, First District of Colum- ; e bia; Alfred S. Morgan, captain, Thir- lowed to organize a sk"'!«wn cavs teenth Minnesota; Henry NXP\\'lnn. cap- alry regiment in the Philippines, tain, Third Wisconsin; Cushman A. to be filled by recruits from the | Rice, first lieutenant, Fifteenth Minne- United States. Upon his recom- sota; Arthur B. Schaefer, first lieuten- mendation Captain James Lock- | ant, Twenty-second Kan Dean e Fourth Cavalry will be Tompkins, first lieutenant and quarter- e master st United States Volunteer sele e i e i Infant John W. Ward, first lieuten- regiment, which will b ant, First Arkar George Will Rich, nated as the Eleventh Volunteer captain, First Texas; Thaddeus Wild, & lieutenant, First Wisconsin. To be second leutenants—Robert W. Colonel Thomas Ward, assist- To ) | Collins, first lieutenant in Colonel ant adjutant general, told me he : s e e s regiment, now private in Nine- |+ had at the Presidio of :’f'} "“r:: | teenth United States Infantry; David | co all the men requ : | McGregg Jr., private, Governor's troop, crease the enlisted strength o Pennsylvania C, George H. Ar- the eight troops of the Third mitage, sergeant, Fifth Iowa; R. E. e e Gulick, corpos ¢ Ohio; A. Ken- ippines to 120 men each. The (‘jrfl-xl';‘w's.I nited Volunteer signal troops to go are A, C, D, B, F, = K, L and M. Troops B, G, H and e I will be collected at Fort Myer, which wiil be the home station for the regiment of cavalrymen at General Otis’ dis- |HEAVY RAINS PREVENT MILITARY ADVANCES July 21.—The unprecedented st week have convinced ob- e that military operations on who will be 1 when the dry r Departme MANT | rains of | servers he pos The W | ed a statement, quoting certain | a large scale or advances covering many ispatches from General Otis will be impossible for a long time. swer to the pre: spond- | M m of the count e flooded to {a depth of three or naque bridge four feet. which was c The Para- ents’ “round robin.” . nsidered im- R e R R R R R R R R R S R s B R R S R S S O e E E E R R R R o R o e S R B R S SR S SR P P G O AP Y'Y | pregnable, been swept cuttin PP EEEE L A4+ | OF Cemporanily the Eardtens ot lroa oy | Ba Yvwr‘ from com: fcation with Manila. The text of the statement Is as fol- |In the circums it would be fmpossi o General Otis, in a dispatch un- |5 /§ TS OG0B (raine 8 e tralls der date of July 20, says that the press | utilized if it should be impossible for sof z diers 1o mak RS o o el « pondents dem: permission to haie foaas marches. The officials will cable that official reports sent misrep- | naie, (H€if nands {I\'-K‘I’_lf;;r‘;(u% !:_:nlx"“i;(\‘,\ri resented conditions. This was denied. |and in seftling the regu L Yolomienrs placing them. |GENERAL ANDERSON SAYS They then demanded the privilege send, without reservation, facts ascer- tained by them and their: opinions This was granted, if the public inter-| , ests were not imperiled. This answer HE WAS MISQUOTED was not sati “tor nd the corre- $3. S5 FA spondents therefore sent by mail to| CINCINNATI, July 21.—General T. M. | Anderson, commanding the Department of the Lakes, who was quoted vesterday as sayving if he had not been he acl | he \\'nll]'f n;u.lr !!r‘x::ln:lytll‘lxt» ;-"i!i‘x:ll;}n))\(\"(xk have been to conservative. The | with his own division, stated that he had affair appeared to be a mrmL;“;]j;“rml.;‘Hi‘,'l';-d. ’ n?‘rl‘] Anderson made the correspondents were asked | “I sald that my . division state wherein General Otis’ dis- | could have defeated the or; = but 1o one s re misleadi ey ered | 2! C could tell how !pa(vhr-. we! isleading they offered | ptp Ove could tell how Hongkong. General Otis says he is not conscious of sending misrepresenta- | ut thinks that his dispatches at or Lawton’ anized forc ong predatory t. I sald that a division | nothing tangible except that his con- | commander, se business it was to | clusions were unwarranted. When [ fisht. dld not take the same view as a | [ governor general by_political | told that they were disregarding mili tary authority, it was apparent that they courted martyrdom, which it was unwise to give them.” ; In a later dispatch General Otis say {hat the charges made by the pri correspondents are untrue. He adds that the most harmonious relations ex- ilsf between the army and the navy. He gives the following extract from a | letter just received from a leading Fili- pino at Tarlac, which is the center of the main insurgent arm. “For some days I have been trying and diplomatic con politics was not u |BLAMES OFFICIALS FOR HER HUSBAND'S DEATH the Commission Lunacy. SACRAMENTO, July 21.—The widow C. L. Berrill, a San Franciscan, who :‘nn:f in A many of the people an affidavit ’ e suicide e o 8] ing pre to leave this band of thieve: Am | mitted suicide at the Stockton Insane Asy- | & phyxiat ect was ¢ to e o elonely it is fmpossible to |lum in April, to-day flled with the State | Y, 2l except the United States and Great | | Commission iIn Lunacy Britain, whose abstination nullifies the | | leave. great 8 which she charges that her h vas | here long for the American troops to| . Yy t her husband was ot Amenod e S:‘Il:.llrr':‘a;‘(}!‘;(z‘xs(!g the asvlum, and that the | advance, ¢ | with so much savagery committed by | Aguinaldo’s army.” | Captain Barker of the navy, who | succeeded Admiral Dewey in command | of the fleet, in sending the report of the | commander of the Yorktown to the | Navy Department, makes this indorse- Insanlty Commissi S were responsible for his death in that thes dld not order that proper e taken to prevent his sulclde, errill was employed in Wells, Fa Co.’s Bank In Frultvale. He becama saa denly insane on April 35, and was taken (‘«\)}h}{e :::s I;‘rantc‘lsc(;’ Re(‘}fl\lng Hospital. e sing the bay he o uhilsdoronsing sl y attempted to P! was notified of the exami to enable her to attend, And shb oy ate !hhal ‘hé(‘gusf; of the I;IH!‘(C‘ er husband no evidence rega i i sulcidal mania was brought out. RS gus Francisco officlals explain that their hacte | was due to the fact that the following day | was Sunday and the next day Dewes® de, y and that if Berrill had not been sent af nd again, umier "date of | once he would have had o remain fort “tna"army and the navy are in | SIght hours in @ place where thers w accord and ibe best of feeling | "0¢ =dsquste proteetion. VALLEY ROAD EXTENSION. First Rails Will Be Put Down Within a Week. STOCKTON, July 21.—H. E. Barber, who has the contract for the Santa be roadbed- through Antioch, r s did progress. e e statement that the rails will Soon be ga ing down on Point Richmo tensio Barber said to-day: adstension “I believe the first rafls and . be set some time next Week Ascerdiin As bearing upon the operations of the navy had been minimized, it may be stated that Gen- eral Otis has repeate.ly recognized the work of the navy, as for example In his dispatch _of June 15 last, in which he says: “The navy aided greatly on’ the shore of the bay, landing forces occa- | ment: “I am pleased to note the cor- The following day h | R o-operation of the army and |Was examined by the Insanity Commis I : sioners and ordered committed to the hos- | : the statement that | Pital at Stockton. Mrs. Berrill claims she In committing prevails The following additional appoint- ments to the volunteer army are an- | nounced: | To be captains—James M. Burroughs, formerly first lieutenant and adjutant, First Texas Cavalry; Godfrey R. Fow- er, captain, Company G, Third Texas; Frank L. French, captain, Third . Wis- consin; Charles L. Green, captain, Sec- | ond Wisconsin; John A. Hulen, lieu- tenant colonel, First Texas Cavalry; | Christopher J. Rollis, captain, Fourth Wisconsin; Frank A. Sullivan, first|to my information, the start will be made | lieutenant, First Wisconsin; Clark | at Antioch and work will progress both M. Carr, major and assistant pay- | poy *‘Ag“;j);d ""S‘h"“.\‘ and toward the | o] States Volunteers; | of" 1l -89, the Xoad s ready; one | master, = United ;| of the engines will be taken over the Castoel, colonel, West Virginia; Southern Pacific tracks to Antioc Robert Calverty, major, Second United ioch and switched onto the Valley road a: s STuction will begin In easnest. ok il States Volunteer. Cavalry; —Charles | struction will begln In carnest. G. McGhee, Captain, Third Missis- - 8 he faster, I be- A ~ 1 Jew lleve, as the railroad needs sippi; Charles P. Newberry, captain| of earth for fills and w"” :';‘rtoattodgeflll Fourth United States Volunteers; F. D. ewberry, captain, Thirty-second Michigan; G. G. Scranton, captain, Thirty-fifth Michigan; H. C. Barnes captain, First Tennessee; Harry Chad- wick, battalion sergeant major, First Ohio; Leonard Deitrick, first lleutenant, Second United States Volunteer Cav- alry; R. P. Granger, captain, Thirty- first Michigan; Bert McMillan, New York Volunteers; John H. McBride Jr., lieutenant, Thirty-second Michigan; A. E. McCabe, captain, Thirty-fifth Mich- here the advantage. i e Mrs. Lederer Recovering. WOODLAND, July 2L.—Notwithstand- ing Mrs. Lederer's age and the number | and horrible character of her wounds the indications of improvement are both sur- prising and_gratifying .to the attending physician. She rested well last nght, her {)ulse and appetite are good to-day; she has no fever and there has been no sup- puration or inflammation of the wounds. Her recovery now seems almost certain. out on the plain may be used to steam shovel 1553(: Daniel Wells, private, First New | Lederer knows this, but continues to b maintain a stoical Indiff To be first lieutenants—Willfam 8. | silence. e ang THE VOLUNTEERS OT a soldier who came back on the transport Indfana, which I reached this port to-day, has a good word to say for General Otis. The consensus of opinion is that the man is not fitted for ¥ the place and that kad General Miles or any other able general ¥ been in the Philippines the war would have been over long ago. + “General Otis thinks he can do everything better than anybody + else, and in consequence he makes a mess of everything,” said one of the + men vesterday. ‘He will not allow a subordinate to do anything, not + even make a copy of his dispatch The result is that he is doing + gome little clerical work when he ought to be engaged in urgent busi- + | ness. Then when he gets around to the urgent work it is too late. It 4 is alwa too late with Otis, and in consequence money and men are being wasted through his bungling.” B¢ William | Mrs. Berrill Files an Afidavit With | precautions be | she charges | He is authority for the | M. L | ' Box Sent FREE d ADVERTISEMENTS. to All Sufferers. A GREATEST NERVE AND BLOCD TONIC, | THE ONLY CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. The most powerful INVIGORANT ever produced. 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The first point of M. Karnebeck's report, dealing with prohi- bition of dropping explosives from bal- | loons, was unanimously agreed to. [ The second point, prohibiting the use of | jectiles, was agreed to agreement of the others. The third point, which relates to ex- panding bullets, occupied the major part | of the sitting, owing to the question of dumdum bullets used by the British | army. Sir Julian Pauncefote expressed | regret that the plenary session had been so suddenly summoned, as the British | Government had intended to make a | statement regarding the dumdum bullet. | The conference agreed to leave the min- | utes of the session open for the insertion of the British statement. ‘Andrew D. White, the head of the United States delegation, then made 1|n} important speech in opposition to the pro- hibition of such bullets as the dumdum. Mr. White's argument made a great im. pression upon the delegates, and especia ly when he explained that the adoption of the proposal as submitted would not | | prevent the use of another bullet which ad already been invented and which| Rould attain the same end as the dum- | dum, b in a mgre cruel manner. he | new missile, Mr. White sald, was outside the specific definitions of the present pr | posal. | P aptain Crozier, the military member of the United Stales delegation, proposed as a substitute the follow The u of | bullets yuld be prohibited which inflict unnecessarily cruel wounds, such as ex- | | plosive bulléts and in general every kind b bullet exceeding the limits necessary o put a man immediately hors de com- | bal- ong discussion ensued as to whether | a ‘vote should be taken upon_the original | proposal or that of Captain Crozier. The Patter was finally chosen to be voted on. Sir Julian Pauncefote announced that he would accept Captain Crozier's proposal, Dbut it was rejected by a vote of 17 to S. | M. Van Karnebeck's version was then | adopted, Great Britain and the United | States alone voting against it, and the | Portuguese delegates abstaining from voting. The eight countries voting for Captain _ Crozier's proposal were the | United States, Great Britain, Denmark, | Greece, Portugal, Persia, China and an- other. ' All except the first two named | supported the Crozier proposal only in the | hope of securing unanimity in the con- ference, Captain Crozier’s proposal being more general in its terms, while it was | known that the impossibility of obtaining the adhesion of the United States and | Great Britain for M. Van Karnebeck's | | version would render futlle any conven- | tion on the subject | The remainder of the report was then | adopted. Before the close of the sitting the American _ delegates announced that they withdrew the articles which they | the Assessor has | siclan that proposed should be added to the ¢ a Convention, Captain Mahan ex- ing the reason for tr ional cles and why they w awn. The labors of the c are now concluded, with the excepti the work before the sitration commit ASSESSMENTS ON YOLO REAL ESTATE RAISED Banks of the Count» Will Fight ¢ Attempt to Tax First Mor:- gage Bonds. WOODLAND, July —At the first meeting of the County Board of Equs zation it was intimated that there wou be reductions in the a d" valuation of the farming lands of the county gregating more than a million of dollars. The board adjourned sine die on Thurs- day night. The resuit of its labors fur- nished a genuine surprise. Instead of being a material reduction, the roll been largely increased and the bulk f the ir se has been made on the lowlands along the Sacramento River, T ion districts and swamp land sur- The increased assessment on real y _and ]imp(u\(m‘ nts aggregates net inc f real e ire to the e 0,000 in river i er at Elkh tem at Newtown tate penditure of less than $o due provement ranch to shoals. The assessment on telephone line, boxe: gte., was Increased from $15,000 to $6 653. Another big increase was made which raises a point that is new in this State and the legality of the assessment will be judicially determined. The Bank of Woodland is the owner of first mortgage bonds of California corporations valued at $30,000; bonds of municipal corporations of the State valued at $33,000; bonds Is- sued by railroads and otner corporations in other States valued at $121,000. Under protest, the cashier testified that the cor- poration owned these bonds, bul declared they were not subject to taxation in Cali- fornia because they were not now and had not been in this State. The District Attorney advised the board that the bonds were liable for assessment, and the or was ordered to list them to the An effort was made to levy an assessment on the bonds for 1888, but as already turned the roil from the the jetty s over to the Auditor he has lost his right to make the double assessment. The bank will pay the tax under protest and sue to recover. - DETERMINED TO DIE. WOODLAND, July 2L.—A Davisville special to the Democrat says: Simon Wermmer, a German cook employed on the farm ‘red Wilger, east of this place, made an Ineffectual effort this morning to commit suicide. He took a big draught of carbolic nd was di : but before the 1, did fts work efrectua He ville, where )¢ wved his life. R had recovered from on he told the phy- this was his fourth attempt to commit suicide. He is about 3 years of age, and has been in the employ of Wilger two months. Prior to that time he was in the employ of John Henla for a year. He was inclined to be reticent about his troubles, but it is known that domestic infelicities are responsible for m!s f;xl—;quenl and persistent efforts to end his life. aid Wermmer the effects of the poi: X g Colored Desperxdo Eanged. MUSKOGEE, L T., July 2L—George Curley (colored) was hanged here to-day for_the killing of Dick Carr, a white man, in September, 1897. He confessed the crime. and died “game.” The evidence of h guilt was of a cireumstantial nature Gverwheiming and convincing. He mu: dered his victim in cold blood for a few paltry dollars which Carr had derived from the sale of a load of cotton in Mus- kogee a few hours previous. To his death watéh Curley confessed the murder of several other persons, and he was = ered a desperate criminal, o onda Tl Discharged and Rearrested. GILROY, July 2L.—Charles A. B San Francisco, charged with h;;‘r::,‘;“ogf tained cheese from' A. Braeme by false representations, was examined in Judge Willey’s court to-day. The case was dis- missed. He was rearr Charge from Oaklard, o o & similar