The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1899, Page 2

2 ™ SCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1899. SEVEN MEN KILLED BY AN EXPLODING BOILER Heavy Mountain Locomotive on the Mexi- can Central Railway Blown to Pieces Near Cardenas. AUSTIN, Aug. boiler locomotive on the Mexican Central Railroad exploded yester: en and fatally wounding three others. The locomo- nding on the sidetrack at Cardenas when the explosion oceurred. It was of a special pattern and of great size, being used to | 2ins up the mountain. Among the killed are four American @ rs, who wer the cab and near the scene of the accident. | s Simon, Fitzgerald, Hussey and Gibson. Another ® engineer named Lockhart was standing near the locomotive o )sion occurred. He was hurled over 100 feet and fell, e other men killed were three Me firemen and @ was comple wrecked by the ex- fron were scattered over the mountain. @ ® plied ittempt 1l Re- witr to task of general olonel Pic- emarks the document ral the or ( the Ir subj Admitting,” coun . “that Dreyfus assume, 1ilt, how d General Ro- »f anything. extraordinary ked murmu hings d his shoulders and and _em- yme of the however, d point blank 3 id knowledge of moveme T of the distribution of the various ts throughout the departments. 5 us,” said Dreyfus rstand one in regard to what t I did not know in i centration. dwelt upon h t tha gument.'" vent to expres- nt. ing magistrate, s. There had been an interesting con- inquired into erhazy by nd it was expected would be confronted . who so0 tartly critl- magistrate yesterday. But the the court invited M. Bertulus i he wit- ice, which to” the cour! intellj ise his voice, 1. HBertulus des v asked his assistance in examining the secret dossier at the Cherche Midl Prison and how after he had le documents b flaw. in the .dos- asion the collapse of The witness explained nt Petit Bleu. It must be told. the major, that the Pecit forgery and the work of Col- Piequatt, and-as long -as se could not hold. Con- tinu{ng, M. Bertulus recapitulated theevi- onel not proved the c dence he had.given before the Court of Cassation, investigation into Du Pat le Clam’s connection with the “‘Speranza’® and “Blanche” telegrams and the favor- able impression he acquired of Col- onel: Piequart’s honesty during the course of the inquiry Witness repeated the story of Colonel Picquart’s dismissal from the & denunciation of F nd . dwelt exhaust sw between lonel Henry July 18, 185, shortly before ry committed suicide. “This natnrall s a painful recital for Mme. Henry widow, who was much distressed and -pt. silenily as the dr: .~ Bertulu d Henry proceeded to cal up the seized papers was depicted. wandmAe The magistrate repeated the whole story | and it had a great effect | s with empt upon the audience. After recapitulating his other evidence before the Court of Cassation M. Bertulus energetically affirmed his belief in tho innocence of Dreyfus. He declared the bordereau was in three pieces and not in little bits. He also =aid it did not reach the Department by the ordinary chan M. Bertulus said his betief in the innocence of Dreyfus was based on in the secret d But what, above all, confirmed s in his belief wa: a_ motive which could have cd Dreyfus to commit such a crime. “Without a motive.” emphatically ce- clared the experfenced magistrate, “there wag no crime. The earnestness with which M. Bertulus insisted upon the. innocence of the ac- cused created a profound impression upon his_hearers. “You have been told,” he said, *‘that Dreyfus is guilty. For myself, T believe and believe profoundly in” his mnocence. In coming here to tell you so you will understand that my conscience, tells me that in so doing I am performing a duty 17—A dispatch from Tampic by | gl as Ineffectually urged | cribed how Major Rav- | t was | himself and Lieutenant | matic scene when | er which he | the entire | Mex., states that the lereau to b Court of C: rity in all sessfon Bertulus > to add of he ar- 'g ch sked if he de to the witn tive ed the platfe rm g be e M. Bertulus ie July 18, the day my husband on M. Bertiilus, the colonel, in the course of a conversation that evening told me he had a friendly and o i1 tion. He described how the magis- advanced to meet him and held out his arms. [ said to my husband: ‘Are you sure of ? Are vou sure hé is afraid that his 3 it this statemen “I was not wre st of the ¢ Judas I im: g to the papers whic ne time as the bordere : se par nte man is indeed the Referr Mme, not_all s able often < mainta in pieces. » entire . Be 1t everything ar r rived 1 with exclan Henry and cluded have nothing more to say M. Bertul id he did not desire to re- ply to Mme enry, adding s only exclaimied Mme. ‘1 speak in the name -of ‘it caused great excitement to madame?" asked nding the nam her child.” astly at M. Bertulus, ed, Mme. Henry de ind took a M. Bertu- then called to the ssted most firmly i th Document 10t connecte scorn leavored to put piac: the real a6 b Major Du Coionel Picqu v to the variou juart, nsation.) ded 10 s attacks made upon e said evidently Of lessening the ed his connection college and War, where, e of the Dre; pre i first appointe fu & where probationers had ¢ ance of the sccret u- men > then described the consterna- tion in the War Office when the treason was discovered and the relief exper when it was thought the gullty t 1 discovered. It discovered the andwriting of bordereau w i re- who was al knowl- what he steps s earnestly s and | Figarc ally ‘affirmed that he saw no 1”:‘;‘0' bl case by publishing the erturbz n in the handwriting | 1R X i o Tms: VIS on t fon, and, more | following telegram from Ims: Du Paty de! wrhe letter of November 30, 1898, at- | Cign_admicie phad, not found | 0t %o me and reproduced in the | “Beyond the bordereau,” said the wit- | Figaro of August lfi',}*"?~““_~‘légfie’ , “there was nothing against Dreyfus | SCHNEIDER. slutely nothing.” The latter referred to was one from impression_during the inv continued Colonel P art, uittal of the accused w probable, the evidence wa cient.” Witness belleved he had even told the Minister of War that the condemnation | he accused could not be secured s the court-martial had been shown the documents which it had been d to submit to the court. The colonel declared that'in 1894 he did not know nts of the secret do: , but ha like all other offic that it frightful proofs against the When he became acquainted contents, er, he found t lier were entircly ."". (Prolonged sensation.) Colonel Plequart then recalled the vehe- ment protests of innocence which the prisoner had not ceased to make durin all _phases of the degradation. The wit- was quite ignorant of sions Dreyfus is alleged to have un- 5 S | made to Captain Lebrun-Renaud. | . Continuing, Colonel Plcquart defended | himself against the charge that he had | always directed his efforts toward the | habtlitation of Dreyfus. He sald he had | only directed the investigations made to [ that end when he became aware that the were identical, and that consequently the | charges against Dreyfus no lungexy ex- | isted. { During_the. course ‘of his “testimon { Colonel Picquart asked to be rnnfrnmm};, th Major d rmitted to es when Paty de Clam is in the wit. ness box.” Next the colonel examined the borde- Paty de Clam and to be reau, and declared Dreyfus could not | have disclosed part of it Regarding the Madagascar note, the | witness disputed” its value, and said he | 4id not believe it was a confidential note, He added that if Dreyfus, In his capacity | of probationer, had-asked the witness for the note he would have handed it to him unabie to understand the sentence {n the | bordercau reading, “This document was | very difficult to obtain.” Colonel Piequart then declared he had never seen Dreyfus copy the smallest | document in the War Department. In the opinion of the witn the department where the borderean was discovered ought to have been searched when the discovery This, he explained, was the t in which Du Paty de Clam | worked, and thay was the departmen: | which was working on the plan of concentration of the troops and the Mad- agascar expedition. He added: “It was in Major Du Paty department that the search been made, or rather in his pr: where he ‘worked quite alone. tion.) Du Paty de Clam, continued the wit- ness, had been guilty' of grave imprudence | in hs lnfi, contrary to the regulations, | had confidential documents copled by sin- | gle secretaries, non-commissioned officers and even private soldlers; whereas the custom was that such work was done solely by officers. . | Later on the witness sald he wondered if it was not to_avoid the risk of punish- ment that Du Paty de Clam advanced the date of the reception of the bordereau at the intelligence department, so as to make it prior to the date of his (Du Paty de Clam's) arrival in the department. (Sensation.) 5 At 11:45 a. m. the court adjourned for the day. | was mad | departm, de Clam's hould have te room, (Sensa- " | izzardi, respectiv re- | writings of Esterhazy and the. bordereau | deal with some of his pecu- | immediately. Therefore he (Picquart) was | the | CALIFORNIA BOYS A DAY NEARER THEIR HOME PORT { [ @ecsi0ietb o000 R - D e e O S CR SeCRE SR o NSESs NN } z NS ¢ 'S R iy & | & S e | & . L4 * £ $ 5 i (4 ¢ e D200 0000 e eedededebededtedesed B R R R O O S e s ] According to the (San ) day o time) in latitude 41 degrees north, longitude 165 degrees 40 minutes west. HE transport Sherman with the California boys aboard is rapidly approaching San Francisco, and next Monday at noon she will not be much more than three days’ steaming away from the Golden Gate. calculationsof United States Nautical Expert McMillan the Sherman was at noon yester- In that event she was a little over 2100 nautical miles from San Francisco and is averaging her twelve knots an hour or a little better. The Sherman on this trip has some of the finest steaming coal in the world in her bunkers, and this will probab: make a difference of several hours in her time. With all allowances for and against, the calculations she wiil get here on the afternoon of unt of the crowds tha almost impossible nowad rd, and the attention it attract. bringing the valiant California b b the 24th or the morning of the 25th. or pedestrians to pass by. oys nearer home day by day. still are that emble in front of the window on the Market street side of the business office of The A large facsimile of the map shown above is the draw- indicates the great interest taken by San Franciscans in the course of the good ship At night the crowds are every bit as big. EYTRA SESSION 108D 0Pl Aug. 17.—Member: representing di: s County are now LOS 4 of the Li tricts in Lo convinced t the tapis, to be held before the end of | November. Assemblyman William Mead (D.), who recently visited the northern part of the State, says that while in San Francisco ~he was the guest of a Republican member of the lower House, whose family is very in- | timate with that of the member from Los Angeles. “This man, I know, t Republi s that be,” said Mr. Mead to-d informed me— | not in ar ar confidence, by the | —that 1 might just as well prepare t home to go to Sacramento some time between the middle of Octo- ber and the middie of November, fur Democratic | an extra on of the Legislature would surely be called to convene within that time. : “He informed me that sixty-one Re- d by October 1 sign an ns wo ) into caucus upon the Senatorship, which would mean that thirty-one 1 votes would ele The caucus call will not i s i Scott favor Daniel M. Burns, Irving M. § or any other particular candidate, the sig: simply agreeing to vote for a Republican.” idences that members of There are ev . the Los Angeles County delegation rtly been sounded upon the of a caucus and an extra mblyman M. P. Conrey.is among those who have been ked hn\}' they now stand on the question. Mr. Conrey told his questioners that his at- | titude would depend entirely upon l}\(-‘ circumstances existing after the Legis- | jature had convened in extra se: sion under the call of Governor Gage. kil e BT ONE FORGERY THAT WILL AID ACCUSED PARIS, Aug. 17.—A special edition of another alleged forgery | Austrian military at- in which he was alleged arzkoppen and Pan- Schneider, the tache at Paris | to have said Schw were trying ul» make it was not Dreyfus who was ;?\‘vi,::,:n;h»m information, and adding that he had no belief in these prote tations. M, Cavaignac, the former Minister of War, lnxhls testimony made a great point of this. | e inting on the forgery the Fi- garo says: “We are sending this tel egram to Colonel Jouaust, president of | the court-martial, who certainly will | not hesitate to call upon General Mer- | cier, General Roget and others to ex- plain how they came to make such a | Ereat point of this forgery in their evi- | RN, publication | by the Figaro of the Schneider tele- ls:mm, exposing an alleged forgery, caused a great sensation here, and to- | night the general impression is that Italian attaches, Aug. 17..The | Schnelder’s disavowal has dealt a se- | vere blow to the prosecution, kmlvng the only point in General Mercier's evi- dence that was dangerous to Dreyfus. 1t is expected that the matter will be brought up in court to-morrow by M. Demange, who has a splendid oppor- tunity to drive a nail into the coffin | of the prosecution. | PARIS POLICE WILL WAIT FOR GUERIN PARIS, Aug. 17.—M. Guerin still holds | the fort. Barricades were erected at | both extremities of the Rue Chabrol this | afternoon, and the police were constantly engaged in repulsing crowds. M. Guerin frequently appeared at a | window, earnestly regarding the ap- proaches, as though expecting a rescue. A band of anti-Giierin _demonstrators was followed and was roughly handled by a band of anti-Semites, whose en- thustasm for Guerin is becoming so fanatical that they are making a list of | all who dare to insult him. The latter's lives are considered to be endangered. ‘Demonstrations in the Rue Chabrol | this evening led to several conflicts, but otherwise there has been no change in the osition up to a late hour. P eording to the Figaro the Govern- ment has decided not to use force, but | to walt until M. Guerin issues forth. |MME. LABORI RECEIVES RENNES, Aug. 17.—M. Labori was able to leave his bed for three hours to-day and even to walk thrice across his room. To-night the doctors think he will be able to be present at next Monday’s session. Mme. Labori has received a number of menacing letters. One that came to-day said the writer was sorry the would-be assassin had.not killed not only Labori, but his wife and children, extra session is on" the German and | THREATENING LETTERS | BLOW DEALT 0 Single Trolley System Illegal. e Special Dispatch to The Call. SPOKANE, Aug. 17.—Electric street railway companies must so construct their lines that none of the electricity may stray off to eat holes in iron and steel water and gas pipes. This, in brief, was the decision handed down in the Superior Court to-d It is said to be the first judicial decision ever rendered on the question of electrolysis. The case has been under advisement over a year, and some of the most prominent electrical experts in the | country gave testimony during the hearing. The local gas company claimed its mains were being ruined by stray cur- rents from the lines of the Spokane Street Railway and produced per- forated iron pipes in proof thereof. The ilway company uses the overhead system, with a single trolley. The de- cision condemns this system. The court announced it would give the street car company a reasonable time to install a new s; ich will prevent stray electric currents, or, if that is not done, it will grant a perpetual injunction againsi the operation of the system. The « ion finds “that the only method of absolutely preventing stray currents of electricity is the double trolley stem; that the best single em is the cast-welded joint em; that the best wire bond is that the Chicago bond; that it is ticable to use cast-welded pt when the street is paved material as asphalt, brick, , wooden blocks or similar known a Supreme Cour TIDE HAS TURNED IN FAVOR OF DREYFUS LONDON, Aug. 17.—The dispatch in the | Morning Post from Rennes indicates the activity of the censorship there. General Mercier's insulting references to Emperor Willlam making certain allusions ‘to the cret dossier were shippressed, while eral Mercier's utterances were toned | down. The correspondents of the London morn- ng newspapers are, however, unanimous in the opinion that the tide has finally turned In favor of Dreyfus. The evidence sterday (Thursday) was so favorable to him that even some of the anti-Dreyfus | ites would fain admit that the sca | falling from their ey 3 3 c characterization of M. Bertulus failed of the intended effect, immediatety handed Colonel dent of the court-martial, an tter he had received proving heme prearranged, orrespondents also remarked | the grateful demeanor of Dreyfus on hearing, | « cause he Jouaust, pre: anonymous the whol All the spondent of the Daily Chroni- that Dreyfus will be recon- and that the sentence will be im- y commuted through fear of ex- citement and uprisings incidental upon | an_acquittal. He believes that the lati- tude allowed the generals in court points to subm on to what in France is a sacred image, “reasons of state.’” The correspondent of the Times com- ments upon the change which came over the aspect of affairs when Maitre De- mange began tentatively to cross-examine the witnesses, his questions leaving Gen- eral Roget utterly disconcerted. is re- marks, too, upon the fact that Colonel Jouaust failed to confront Roget with Bertulus, whose evidence therefore had its full effect. |e e SHERIFF OFFERS REWARD. Seeking to Bring Imsand’s Murderers to Justice. REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 17.—Sheriff J. H. Mansfield to-day made an offer of $250 reward to any person who shall give information that will lead to the conviction of the person.or persons who murdered Joseph J. Imsand at Colma, | on Monday. | are suspected of the crime, are in jall here, confined in separate apartments. ‘W. S. Barnes has been retained by the elder Mitchell to defend them and it is said that other counsel will figure in the case. A complaint probably will be filed against the Mitchells within a day or two. —— EXPERT DIVER DROWNED. Air Pipe Breaks When He Is Two Hundred Feet Under Water. TACOMA, Aug. 17.—Diver Willlam L. Baldwin, while working on the wrecked ship Andelana in the harbor to-day, was drowned by the air pipe breaking under the heavy pressure. He was in two hundred feet of water at the time and was working in an especially strong suit of armor. The Andelana was sunk some months ago, carrying down sixteen persons, whose bodies are still in the wreck. Baldwin’s body was recovered and taken to the Morgue. LATE SETIIPPIXG?NTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Thursday, August 17. Stmr Columbia, Green, — hours from Port- land, via Astorin. Schr Nettie Low, Low, 6 hours from FPoint Reyes. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. NEW YORK—Arrived Aug’ 17—Stmr Grat | Waldersee, from Hamburs. TEENCTOWN—Sailed Aug 17—Stmr Penn- Liverpool, for Philadelphia. 1and, from ELECTRIC ROADS An appeal will be taken to the State | The three Mitchells, who | HOWARD MAY Ko SHIRK HS DEBT Bankruptey Coulter to-day rendered an important decision in the insolvency case of E. B. Howard, the fruit shipper who is accused of having wrecked the Union Savings Bank. By it the bank gets the $237,000 indebtedness of How- ard that was disputed and the depos tors of the bank will receive a few thousand dollars more on their ac- counts. At the time of the failure of the bank | Howard owed it $312,675. When he | filed a petition in bankruptcy he | claimed that H. Ward Wright, presi- dent of the bank, had $237,479 of the Indebtedness. In proof | of this he presented an agreemen! | signed by himself and by Wright, president of the bank, on June 28, 1895, whereby it was agreed “that all money coming in to the credit of Howard & Co. in payment for the season's fruit 5 season of 1897 and all money coming in to the credit of Howard & Co. for the present season’s business shall be held | for his credit for business of 1898.” It was claimed this agreement estop- ped the bank from setting up any claim for the sum. When the bank presented its claim of $312,000, J. M. Cox, a creditor of Howard, protested and petitioned the referee to exclude from the liabilities the $237,000 it was alleged to have relinquished. It was upon this that the decision was render- | ed to-day. The referee held the agreement was | tors. He said: In tkis transaction Howard | { | made with the sanction of the direc- | was The bank received nothing, nothing, enjoyed nothing. states he was bankrupt at the time and he I8 bankrupt now. Besides, there is no evidence that it was the ugual course of business of the bank for its president to give a release | and acquittance without the sanction and outhority of its directors. It is held by the Supreme Court that neither a presi- dent nor a cashler is empowered without express authority from the board of di- rectors, to release the, maker of a note, payable to and held by the bank, from his legal liability on such note. From the facts and the law recited, I am forced to the conclusion that the petitioner has failed to establish the material tions of his petition, and his prayer there |in for a reduction of the claim of the Union Savings Bank {8 therefore denied. \DEWEY WILL ARRIVE | IN NEW YORK ON TIME | Cables to the Reception Committee and Sets Their Minds at Rest. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—In a letter benefic retained Howard | }01’ the Navy, dated at Naples, August |5, the admiral gives his plans as fol- | lows: “I propose to remain at this port about one week, then proceed to Leg- horn for one week and thence either to Genoa or Villafranca for about the same period. From there I will go to Gibraltar for coal, and will leave that port about the middle of September.” This contradicts the report that Ad- miral Dewey intended.to go to London before returning to the United States. NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—At to-day's meeting of the committee of plan and scope of the Dewey celebration, Gen- | eral Butterfleld read a cablegram from Admiral Dewey, which effectually sets at rest all the reports that the admiral would go to Washington before the celebration in his honor in New York. The message was as follows: “LEGHORN, Aug. 14.—General But- terfleld, New York: Yours of August 1 | received. WIll reach the lower buoy | without fail Friday, September 29. Will | be ready for the parade on Saturday | morning. DEWEY.” - STORM STRIKES THE COAST OF SCOTLAND ABERDEEN, Scotland, Aug. 17.—A terrific storm swept over the Scotch coast last night. At Fraserburgh, a town thirty-seven miles north of this place on the northeast coast, three hun- dred fishing craft were caught in the | gale. O lifeboat was sent to their assistance. The crew of the Diadem of Culten. a town on Culten Bay, were saved by the gallantry of James Brown, a dis- charged Dargi hero, who swam to the beat with a line. When this line had been fastened to the endangered craft the speetators who gathered on the shore dragged the Diadem through the surf and landed her safely. The schooner Pioneer, from Sunder- land to Banff, thirty-eight miles north of Aberdeen, with a cargo of coal, is ashore, and it is feared that she will become a total wreck. Her crew has been safely landed by life savers. The railroad passenger steamer Gauntlet has been wrecked off Pladda Light, south of the island of Arran. The passengers and crew of the vessel were landed in safety at Whiting Bay. R IR R O o o Union Bank’s Claim Is Valid. SEagih Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Aru?f.‘:. ; 17.—Referee in | relinquished | | business of 1847 shall be applied on the | | indebtedness of Howard & Co. for said | not binding on the bank, as it was not | the | allega- | from Admiral Dewey to the Secretary | LEOPOLD KUTHER DES SUCID Ends His Life at Santa Barbara. —,— |FAILING HEALTH THE CAUSE e |SUFFERED FROM A CHRONIC COMPLAINT. SIS | Amassed a Fortune in the Merchan- dise Business, but Retired | From Active Work Some | J Years Ago. 1 Aol D Epecial Dispatch to The Call. | SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 17.—Leo- | pold Kutner, a retired merchant, placed Ka revolver to his temple early this Imnrnlng and blew out his brains. The act was done in a fit of desponder at his temporary home in this city. His wife heard the shot froneanother room and rushed in to find him lying on a lounge with the ghastly wound in his forehead and a pistol near at hand. The Coroner was notified and an in- quest held at once. It was brought out at the inquest that Mr. Kutner had | been a sufferer from chronic gastritis for many_years.ssThree ago he came her€ and remained a ar and a half, when he thought he had entirely recovered. He went back to San Fran- cisco, but two months ago was advised to return to Santa rbara for hi | again falling health. He, with his wife, |arrived on the first of this month and ented the house in which he died. Kutner undoubtedly had for some da; contemplated ide, for he told several of his friends that he would put | a ball through his head unless he im- roved in health soon. He bought a | revolver from a local firm a day or so | 8go and it was with this that he com- mitted suicide. Kutner was a native of Poland and 57 years old. He was connected with the Kutner-Goldstein Company, the largest general merchandising company | in the State. It has stores in Fresno, | Fowler, Selma, Hanford, Huron and | Madera, and is a very wealthy com- |pany. He was until récently the senior | partner of the firm of Kutner & Rosen- thal of Madera, and it was there that he amassed his large fortune. He had retired from active business for some rears. 'HELPED TO CONSTRUCT FAMOUS COLTON HALL MONTEREY, Aug. 17.—The funeral of one of California’s earliest pioneers | took place in this city to-day. William D. Robinson, known throughout the State as “Uncle Billy"” Robinson, died at his home here yesterday, of old age, after a brief illn He was a native of New England and in his eighty- fourth year. Robinson came to California with Stevenson’s regiment of volunteers in 1848, and, when the regiment disbanded, he settled in Monterey, where he resid- ed since. He took an active part in early events of California’s statehood and was well known by all pioneers. | When Colton Hall, the old State Capi- | tol, was being built, “Uncle Billy" as- | sisted in -the carpenter work. During | his long residence here he became pos- | sessed of much land and other property and was considered quite wealthy at the time of his death. He leaves four { sons and one daughter, all residents of Monterey. FEERON 'HEARST ARCHITECTURAL JURY’S FINAL MEETING WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The final meeting of the jury for the Phebe A. Hearst architectural plan for the Univer- sity of California will be held in San Francisco September 1. The jury is com- posed of R. Norman Shaw of England, J. L. Pascal of France, Paul Wallot of Ger- many, Walter Cook of New York and J. B. Reingtein of San Francisco. The jury will declde to which one of the eleven | architects who were the successful com- etitors at the first meeting, held in the &n_\‘nl Museum of Fine Arts at Antwerp, | the award shall be made. | At the first meeting of the jury designs were submitted by well-known architects from every country in the world. Eleven plans were decided upon, six of which were drawn by architects of the United States. The foreign architects will arrive - |in New York August 18, and will leave for | San Francisco on August 23 in the private car Atlanta via the Northern’ Pacific. James Hooe, Mrs. Hearst's representative in Washington, will conduct the party. ol S Redding Forger Captured. REDDING, Aug. 17.—Homer Sperry, a half-breed, was placed under arrest at Slatonis and brought to Redding by Constable Eldridge last night for hav- ing participated in a forgery by which the McCormick Seltzer Company of | this city lost $250. 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