The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1900, Page 8

FLATIES DEVASTATE (GRASS VALLEY CITY Midnight Fire Razes Blocks of Busi= Buildings, Causing a Loss of $125,000. The Most Disastrous Conflagration in Forty=Five and Is Believed to Have Been of sSS ne rs 'S Yea Incendiary Crig s Special Dispatch to The Call. Golden Gate Haotel next caugihit and stted, Being a brick building, how- served as a protection for the of Wi The fire extended rything In its path lding on the e it was got- '1«h>\ and story of d with their nk_ sfény a had fallen and wi s are as follows and ith shop. $2000. D e e S S I 3 @ CHINESE SLAIN AT OROVILLE BURN THE SHIP'S SPARS FOR FUEL Gee Wah Tong, a Store | Terrible Experiences of the i Glenogle—Runs Short of Coal and Oil. Manager, Is Stabbed to Death at Night. Spectal Dispatch to The Call g is a e Jetter was p Jure, shortly after 11 the id the crew which seas—death from thirst. were placed on deck to i sufficient: was sécured ement the scanty . 50 - crew was spars of the ship r meals. ant anxiety the iliness mmand. ut from Eng- ved by head r adds that the proba- able to proceed been secured, sria would not be FROM FOLSOM TO SAN QUENTIN Jesus Garcia Completes a Seven - Year Term to Begin a Five Year RED BLUF¥F RACES. Interesting Events for the Meet That Beg ¥ with Sentence. SALINAS, July ~Sheriff M. R. Keef ; has received notification from the authori- I & days ¢ the State at Folsom tha 3 B tence of seve > rs of Jesus Gar- = nt to that institution from San County, will expire Augt er has a sentence of fiv San Quentin upon the _.piration t aving been con- a u ¥, together with his ther Tim, of the crime of highway rob- ry. committed in . when the two men and robbed a Chinaman named Both thers were convicted ¥ of a felony and 10 seven years in stood Jim i PRISON REFORM. Congress at Pacific Grove Discusses Penal Institutions. WE, July 31— he Ca ‘Social Reform™ was senten Folsem and Tim to seven years in San Quentin this sentence.they were as, where they were again Judge Dorn sentenced tnem prisonment in San Quentin, e to begin immedialely up: sm to] take eharge -of Jesus and convey 1 1o San Quentin. Tim being alread at that are. Will net have to be tran: ferred. Both have fore being released from prison. JAPANESE FISHERMEN ATTACK A WHITE MAN »ds as Disease Produe- dered and the ‘effect use both directly and ' elal conditions of to- s ively s The al speaker was Marg Under- M. D., of San Franciseo 8. J. Darr presided at the evexing troducing the chief speaker. th nia ¥. St. John of Kansas Cliy o talked about social reform in Him to Drown in Fraser River. By VANCOUVER. B.:C., July 31—\ Rus- Scithern Grap Bullatin. Fian named Curtard wss very seri- b S T 3 ousiy. if not-fataily, besten and stabbed e :lr)fll' s forl by Japanede: Hshermen on the s nis for thé Wed ‘e“d“;" River last-‘night. Curtard is a fisherman iforsla J “ and siarted the row by swearing at the T besn’ pxcosdingly | Jabanese for breaking up. ie union in-the recent sirike. r skies and drying winds | week, followed the: ) insult and four of them jumped ‘into’ his Ty & return tn Cloudy morninEs aed | Dol Oné drew a knife and inflicted a Cotn and beane were in. . Wound In - Curtard’s stomach, but -the T hot “wave. -The: irrigated | POt of the weapon was broken crops are looking well and awere bepedited | 1he white man’s watch when the Japanese by the udy, codler weather: {tried to stab him the second time. The “The hot weather was-aiso injurous to | 4 hauled in his net took all his vk rds In some of the mouthern ratsin ' fish and his net as well and ended up by Soctions in CAuUsInE A premature ripening beating him with a oar until ke had to and burping of the fruit; pioking will be | Jump overboard: “With his boat in tow Lastencd several weeks. Peach &nd the Japanese quietly safled away. Cur- sroee have At last thelr vamal Feliage | tack Ves gicked up am hour later by a Feaches sy ripening, but tie crop will be |-cansery tug. He was in an exhausted very Lght” e condition: ve years to serve be- They Beat and Stab Him and Leave ' TELEPHONE IN SAN JOSE lGnuncil.of Garden City Will Grant Another Franchise. CHECKMATED MONOPOLY |New Company Possesses Ample C pital—Will Com- ply With Conditions. - Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, July 31 prospects of a competitive telephone com- pany being installed in this city. After a delay of a couple of months the City Council this morning decided to give the San Jose Telephone Company, a corpora- | tion recently organized, a franchise under certain conditions. The new concern is capitalized at 800, and it is proposed to construct lines to San Francisco, GUroy. and Los Gatos as soon as the city lines are in working order. The conditions under which the Council will grant the franchise is that in the business part of the city the wires are | to be underground; work of construetion must commence in . sixty days, and the work completed in eight months. ~As evi- dence of good faith & check of $2000° must be deposited with the Mayor. A recommendation also included in the | report is one that outside connections and r tching should be provided. 6 that business houses would not be eom- pelled to have two telephones. The telephone service in San Jose is minable, and the City Improyement ub decid Company could not be prevailed upon to give a better service. protest against granting the franchise » received from the City Store and would be obliged to keep both tele- in their stores. This protest was d to the Ordinance Committee ichize will undoubtedly be grant- s the promoters of the new com- ve ample capital they will comply h the conditions and make - arrange- ents at once to begin work on the lines. INTERESTS THE COAST. Pensions Granted, Patents Issued and Postmasters Appointed to Office. to The Call —The following California Spec Dispateh WASHINGTON s were July nted to- —Antonio Cerruti, San Francisco, domes tic boiler; John W. Fitzgerald, Kern, tamping roller: Frank H. Lake and G. W, Sims, Loyalton, hame fastener; David Mosher, assignor one-half to P. A. Wag- rer and G. A. Hinkelbein, San Franeisco, gold solvent refractory ores; James S. Phiipot, nor one-half to G. A. alley, Windsor, grape crusher and eamer. gon—Elvena Root, Coquille, coffee or ston—Eimer F. Cassell, Seattle, hydraulic motor. e followirg postoffices have been es- lished: California—Eimer, Kern Coun- vy, Peter Rouquette, Postmas Kit- trick, Kern Count Edward oor, Postmaster. The following Postmasters have been California—Walter . O. 3 The following Postmasters have been California—J. A. Murphy, Me- Placer County, vice Peter Hall, e N. Velosco Knapp, n'— Edward Howe, Belknap :s, Lane County, vice C. M. Hili, re- mo b Washington—G. _ A. /Larrabee, - Sara, Clarke County, vice Beile Dittmer, re- | signed. e following pensions were granted to- duT\h Oregon—Increase—William L. Pike, Beaverton, $10. War with Spain—WHliam B. Ungerman, Mc nnville, $§; Martha E. | Miller (mother), $1. Was! ton—Origina artin H. Smith, Lakev ; Augustus Goakey, -Har- vey, 8. TRAIN-WRECKER SUSPECT IN JAIL onterey’s Sheriif Re_ceiveé M THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WED: There are good | A recently to see if the Sunset | busi houses. They main- | the existence of two com- would entail a double expense, as Ana- | SDA THREATENING THE KILLING 0’Malley Relates Again Evidence Against Fitzgerald. COLMA TRAGEDY R R L Second Trial of the Accused Slayer of Lennon Begins at Redwood. A Special Dispatch to The Cali. REDWOOD CITY, July 3L.—The twelfth Juror In the Lennon murder case was se- cured shortly wfter court convened this morning. The defense had about exhaust- ed its peremptory challenges, having availed itself of nineteen out of the twenty allowed by law. Fltzgerald shows the effects of his long continement in the County Jail, his usual- 1y florid compiexion having taken on a pallid hue.- He also shows the nervous strain to which he has been subjected since his arrest and former trial, but tus is not to be wondered at when it is re- membered that it was only a difference of opinion of the jurors as to the degree of his guilt that saved him from a convie- | tion when the case was tried before. After the reading of the information to the jury and the opening statement of the Distriet Attorney, Dr. J. L. Ross, the au- topsy physician, was called and testified as 10 the cau.e of the death of Lennon. Upon cross examination it was made to appear that deceased was a strong, vig- orous and healthy man, in fact the type of man that one sees in a perfect athlete. W. B. Gilbert and Miss Robbie Engle, the former the. County Surveyor and the latter a photographer, identiied maps and photographs made of the Lennon prem- ises. The principal witness of the day was George O'Mally, a voung man who was in the employ of Lenuon at the time of the homicide. -He, Fitzgerald and Lennon had all been living at the latter's house for some five months previous to Decem- | ber 24 of last year. On the morning of the t December he tock Fitz at Holy Cross Cemeter: enty-fourth of | d to the train | when the latter | made the remark about Lennon: “If I put a bullet through that Aeiey sty | nothing would be done to me.” Fitzgerald took the train for San Francl nd wit- ness did not see him again that day. The | night befc the. killing Fitzgerald and | Lernon had some words over a ntern | belonging to_the former, which deceased| accidentally knocked from the table. and [t was this incident that called forth the | above statement of defendant on the fol- | saw Lennon alive of the 2 when | O'Malley left the house for his own home | at Colma. He rt ed to the Lennon place after dark that night and went into the house to procure a lantern. In going from the dining room into the kitchen he was about 10:30 a. m. stumbled over the legs of some person. Upon strtking a light he found Lennon dead. He immediately notified some of the neighbors and later returned to the house. Upon his arrival the second time he discovered Fitzgerald's rifle on the floor of the dining room. Witness further testified that before leaving the house in the morning with Fitzgerald he went to the latter’'s room in a 1Tl5(1\nl part of the h i rcoat and there e rifle remained two left for Witness remained in the house station. all that night and nothing to his know- ledge was disturbed before the arrival ot Sheriff Mansfield on the following morn- n §iveral other witnesses were called and testified to threats they had heard Fitz- g,emld make against Lennon at various times. The case goes on to-morrow. “JERUSALEM” THE TOPIC San Franciscan Addresses the Bapti: Assembly at Twin | Lakes. | Spectal Dispatch to- The Call. { | | San Francisco was the lecturer this even. | ing at the. Twin Lakes Baptist Assembly. | The-topic. upon which. he discoyrsed was *Jerusalem.” The Assembly meetings at Twin Lakes are -increasing in interest ‘and are being conducted on the Chautauqua plan. The study of the Cambridge authors— | Henry W. Longfellow, --James -~ Russell | Lowell ‘and Oliver. Wendell ‘Holmes—was | taken ‘up-in an excéedingly interestl n A B. Way of E!lnforg s | way by Professor & niversity this morning. er Run Down by = Faies % 1.7‘““ Bible ‘sl&x%y o gen";;"ora-" qg esus”’ was le ev. E. ennett of Railway Sleuths. et e et vy . Hambet 2 1. D. P: Ward conducted thé young' peo- Ple’s class. Special’ Dispatch. to: The Call. SALINAS, July 81.—It-is believed by ‘(he Southern Pacific detectives. that they have 2t -last captured.the :man ‘who has been | trying to wreck trains on -the company’s “division. south -of this city, and Sheriff Keef of this county has. in custody & sus- 1.pect 4n the’ person: of . the, .dirty-iookihg: iramp, who was brought :up to Salinas |‘the train this morning by. P. Kindelon; a Southern Pacific detective 3 e 1t. was last -Wednesday night: that: the main line of the Southern Pacific track at Soledad,”twenty miles south of here, was barricaded by means of side plates being laid across. the rails ‘and ted down securely, while a switch was un- jocked with a key so as to insure derail- ment. A smashup was narrowly averted by the vigilence of the engineer, who stopped his train in time to avoid running into the trap arranged by the would-be wrecker. ‘The next night a similar, but more substantial barrier, was placed across the track near Camphora, a small station farther south and at a point Where the northbound mail train passes early In the morning. This wreck was also narrowly averted. Detectives and a Sheriff's force were put to work on the case, but with no result until last night, when was after some difficulty the time of the capture the suspect gave his name as John Ros: Ross is said to have served o term in jail in Santa Clara County, having heen convicted en charges preferred by the rallroad company, and revenge is supposed to be the motive which prompted him to attempt to wreck the train. He is very uncommunicative and will not commit himself. BRIEF COAST NEWS. ST L SANTA ANA, July 31 —A thrashing machine ¢ v on the Schwartz ranch 3 injuring the son of the the ranch and ancther boy, Mont of this city. e Schwartz boy was acting as engineer and allowsd the water to 1 et too low. DBoth boys may die. e ROOSEVELT COMING WEST. | Promises to Visit California Before i End of the Campaign. { Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, July 3L.—Colonel Grif- Fraser | 8th J. Griffith, who has just returned from | the National Repuliican League meetin: recently held In?x. !g’aul. says that Goverx- nor Roosevelt informed him that he would certainly visit Los Angeles before the en of the campaign. If he finds it lmposuhlg 1 to get here before the campaign ends, - Roosevelt promisesqto visit us before January first next. 5 | AR = Merced Republican Call. MERCED, July 31.—The Republican County Central Committqe, at a meeting to-day, issued a call for a elec- u!ondtghnheldlk t 11, for the of egates to coun ;m l: t%eb% !IIEB mm"um s to o der the former rules g man. traced to San Luis Obispo | At ACCUSED OF STEALING .A’ FRAME BUILDING Banker Hill 6f Petaluma Causes the Arrest of Butéher Engelhardt 1 3 at Petaluma: Special Dispatch to.The Call.: . PETALUMA, July 31.—Fred Engethardt, a ploneer butcher and stockman 6f this city, is under $200 bail pending his hearing on a charge of grand larcény preferred against him by A. B. Hill, banker, for the alleged theft of a frame structure, twen- Hill re- | ty by thirt cently foreclosed a mortgage on a place owned by the defendant just west of town, and had some difficulty in securin possession. Finally he succeeded, ang told Engelhardt to remove his personal property at once. This he did. But he also tore down the building and carted it off to his home, according to the com- laint, hence his arrest. The hearing has n set for Wednesda: feet in dimensions. Special Dispateh to The Call. SAN JOSE, July 81.—The University of the Paclfic of this city, the leading Metho- aist educational institution on’the Pacific Coast, iIs sorely in need of funds, and a undertaken the task of raising the amoun necessary to put the institution on a paying basis. A meeting for this purpose ‘was held at the St. James Hotel last even. {ing. Dr. McClish stated that a debt of $60.000 had been hlnfilh‘ over the instita- tion for & number ©f years. A fine con. servatory of music that had been erected ' bad piled up $48,00 of this amount. So far §3.000 had been pledged 10 meet this indebtedness. About $40W was required each yvear now to meet the interest pay- ments. Ansther meeting will be held Monday nlih . A detailed report of the assets and llln ilities will be rendered steps i taken to raise the remaining $27.000 neces- sarv. O. A. Hale, Dr. McClish, Alfred Holman. Louis O'Neal and T. C. McChes- n;g have been appointed & committee to propose ways and means for doing' so. Preparing for the Grand Court. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, July 3L.—The Independ- ent Order of - Foresters Is making great | preparations for the entertalnment of the | 1 i Grand Court -that will soon meet in this . city. The officers of the exec com- .m‘(’ue are: Chule-ol. Lewb.“c‘;:v&mn | Ed Daubenbiss, secretary, and - J. F. | Helms, treasurer. - i Finance—J. F. H:?: Dayvid J¢ L. T, ms, onas, L. H. W v ! tuenadofi Will S. Moore, C. M. | 2ER0, Acgmmotas S i e HalH X Flores, John Beveria, " S. Rodgers. 5 | Passenger | Freighe OF VINING'S LECTURE | SANTA CRUZ, July 3L—E. P. Vining of | Y, AUGUST 1, 1900 “ROADS LOSE COMPETITION | WORDS BEFORE | MONEY” WILL BE THE PLEA Southern Pacific Com- duction in Taxes. OFFER FIGURES IN PROOF — Tax Agent Ryan Will Try His Eloquence on the Board i Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, July 31.—To-day was the time set for the hearing of the state- ments of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads by the State Board of | Equalization. The time of i however, was taken up with the hearing | of smaller roads, and when the board closed {ts session late this afternoon it was resolved to postpone the hearing of the Central Pacific until to-morrow morn- ing at ¥:30 o’clock. The statements of the two roads were submitted, however, and they will form i the basis for the persuasive remarks of | E. Black Ryan, the railroad tax agent, to-morrow. These statements would tend to show that in the past year the railroads have been losing money and have been under great expense. Upon them the ex- amination will be conducted which shall determine the amount the raflroads shall pay in taxes to the State. The state- ments of the Central Pacific Ratlroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad, presenting comparative figures for 1599 nng 1900, are as follows: Central Pacific Railroad (Entire 1900, Miles in State.. 1.051 79 Rolling stock (v $ 2,351,750 00 Mail and express Miscellaneous Totals :yi:.. 914,956,123 82 Increase In’ earnings 63452 55 Expenses. 1599 1900. Operating $5,33,191 69 $9,307,731 13 Betterment and addi- Increase in expenses..... Revenue: 1% 1900, Net earnings $4,790,345°17 § 4,891,781 44 Interest and dends: . div $9,627 69 8.8 Rentais 62 96 ] Total revenue $ 4,939,635 $4594,511 20 | Payments. 1899, Interest .. 3,145,087 50- U. §. sinl . 885,817 41 Expense in exten- slon- of bonds....... 319,654 67 Company's . sinking funa | Land expense Dividends .. Total payments....$4,727,378 8§ Overplus in 183 . Deficlency in 1900, Earnings in California Passengerand freight 35, 1892, { 861,248 9§ 495,621 18 Mall and express 1355 Miscellaneous 410,008 09 340,244 T8 Total earnings In California $7,766,578 23 $8,225,867 83 Increase in earn Expenses in California 1959 61 Only. | 1899 1960, [ Cperating - $4,583,255: 30 5,119,252 13 Betterments and ad- ditions. . 136,112.28 Rental . 87,976 04 Taxes 316,578 78 | Miscellaneous . 70,535 54 | Total expenses in oy Salltornin .. 95,184,448 32 i Net earnings in Cali- T $2.572,429 90 Assessed by Assessor $5.545,223 00 Southern Pacific. 1898, Value nd | Rolling' stac] | Miles & | ¥ 34690, 486 80 | Freight 8,545,926 30 Mail and express. 570,826 83 | Miscellaneous 781,647 34 816,604 20 | motalé ;. $IL111,519 45 - §14,593,887 02 Operating | Betterments. ani | " aitions. - ~Rental to. Miscellaneous. Totals Net: earnings Rentals ... | Total revesue. | Payments inte | L'nltedm States Totals us. Deficiency in 1990, Before adjournment until to-morrow the board received the statements of the South Pacific Coast and the Colorado and Carson rafiroads. 3 The statement of the Colorado and Car- son road showed that the earnings for 1889 were $150.179, as against $153.731 for 1500; the expenses $124.404 for 1599, as com- pared with $120.25 for this vear; the net | earnings 325,775 for last year, as com with $34475 for the present year. The South Paclfic Coast statement ! showed that the total earnings for 1899 been 3599451 and the total expenses $552,085, making a net éarning of $47.375. ‘or 1900 it was shown that the total earn- ngs had been $599.931 and the total ex- | penses 198, leaving a deficit of $62.265. The California and Northwestern 3 road, | through Mr. Mellersh, presented a state- | ment for tem years back, showing that | the proportion of taxes to net -rnlng ! had increased in the past year from 10. per cent to 12.80 per cent. The road hope. that 1t pears this vear with the would be at least placed back where it was a4 vear ago, if not granted a material | reduction. i Mr. Mellersh said he would devote the | major portion of his remarks to the laws of other States relative to railroad | sessments, A box full of documents and statutes was produced, which Mr. Mel- |lersh stated reported replies to letters sent to every State “Territory in the TUnion except two. The principal inquiry The two States not replying were California and Connecticut. 53 | "Mr. Mellérsh claimed that If the policy of the California board was pursued over the United States there would not ornia . and ! be another mile of railroad built. The | statement of the Calif Northe western follows 3 the board, | | 1278 | 7| { 140,447 40 | 52,882 all . HUNTIN G SLAYER OF HIS FATHER Son of the Dead Glencoe Rancher Seeking to Bring Murderer to Justice. pany to Seek Re- Story of the Finding of the Shell of a Rifle Cartridge That Gave the First Clew to the Terrible Tragedy. S i Special Dispatch to The Call. AKLAND, July 31—“If the mur- derer of my ther can be brought to justice I shall net spare money nor labor to uncover crimes which 1 believe were committed to compass his death.” 3 Sugh was the declaration of Wheeler Bayless to-day when he was brought face | to face with the strange chain of circum- stantial evidence which peints to the as- sassination of Joseph Bayless, the Oak- 'land ploneer, at his ranch home near | Glencoe. It was by the merest chance—by the ac- cldental finding of an empty cartridge shell—that a clew was found that has dis- | closed enough to warrant the belief that | crime has been committed in connection | with the burning of the old rancher’s buildings and his death in the flames. ‘Although the neighbors of Bayless and the peace officers of Calaveras County. who were called to the scene, were startled by the rumors of foul deeds which spread through the county after the fire and the finding of the charred body, it was George Curtis. a foster son of !{m dead man, who brought to light the first tangible evidence of crime. 2 Immediately after the news of Bayless’ death was recefved by his family in Oak- land three of the sons went to Glencoe. In that party were Wheeler Bayless. Abe Bayless and George Curtis. They arrived at Rich Gulch, near the ranch house, on { the evening of July 19. At daylight they were at the ranch. After attending to the Qe eieieisieieie® 'BACK TO CHINA DY CHOY GOES Highbinders' Quarry Es apes Them as the Girl Is a Smuggled Slave. | i | Specfal Dispatch to The Call. | SAN JOSE. July 3L—The attempt of highbinders to obtain possession of Dy | Choy, the Chinese woman arrested in San { Francisco Sunday and brought here to | answer to a charge of grand iarceny, will be frustrated through her deportation ©~ the Unitad States court. It has been learned that the woman was never before in San Jose, though she is accused of stealing jewelry from Won Ling here several months ago. Chop is a slave who was imported by Hom Wing ! Fook, owner of a eclgar factory in San Francisco. About a year ago Wing went back to China on a visit and left her in possession of Hom Gaw Mow, his brother. .| An employe of the cigar factory, Wong Ling, it is claimed. entered into a con- spiracy with the Hip Sing tong. high- binders, to secure possession of the earn- ings of the cigar factory and the woman. he refused to give the receipts of the tactory to highbinders or to give $55 on a blackmailing demand to settle the mat- ter. Then it was the Celestials tried to obtain possession -of her through the courts. The highbinders expected to se- cure Wer release on straw bonds. How- ever, Justice Rosenthal demanded 33509 of 800d bonds pending her examination and she is now in jail. The United States Commissioner learned that Dy Choy was smuggled country three years ago, A warrant has been issued charging her with being flle- | gally in this country and she’ will prob- ably be deported: : FUGITIVE KING TRAVELS NORTH San Franciscan Believes He Met the Murderer on the Road to Cahto. WESTPORT, July 31.—S. G. Spier of San | | Francisco, just from the. city on a bicycle, met two men on horseback on Sunday on a road leading rrom Westport to Layton- | in trying to avold meeting him caused him | to notice them in particular and from the tof Church, which Mr. Spier has read, he ! seems pesifive that one of the men was King- Thge orne supposed.to be King had leather yestérday- and found they had ‘left .the |-Toad in:several places, going -along trails {in one place for two miles, and that after itraveling efght miles: they had left the | road and he presumed ‘'struck along some of the timbered ridges. follow ‘the ‘trail of these men; should the Sheriff:of "Marin - County come. Gp as ex- ted. Mr. Spier was at. Mr: Church's Pouse thrée .or four days before the nized him when they met on the Cahto and Laytonyille road. LAYTONVILLE, July 3lL—Information reached here to-night from Westport that Murderer King was headed this way, en route to Trinity County. e town of- ficers are on the alert and a careful watch will be maintained all night at all the roadways and forks. OREGON'S OFFICERS ARE UNUSUALLY COMPETENT At Request of Captain Wilde, Depart- ment Issues a Statement Contra- dicting Erroncous Reports. WASHINGTON, July 31—The | Department to-day received the following | cable from Captain Wilde of the Oregon, ! which is in drydock at Kure, unde temporary repairs: “KURE, July 31.—Secret <. ‘Washmgton: ease corret.lr,pr::s ?:‘a?e‘.‘ ments of inefficient officers on - Oregon No ship has more efficient officers, » The dispatch cam: e H e dispatc e as department. as there has been no dispers tion here to criticize either him or his of- | ficers for the mishap to the great battle- 1M8. The chief of the Bureau of Navi gation states that Captain Wilde has aboard the n an unusually compe- fent and efficlent complement of ofecre. and pleasure was taken in giving ? i Wll({:'- statement to el:e pu%ue. Sy ' THROWN FROM HER 57 HORSE AND KILLED " NEW YORK. July 3L—Mjss Theresa Blake, daughter of Hoffman Blake, a re- me’r of Boston, was killed at New . M. -Y.; this afternoon. . to purchase a harse for cré'.';efiflf i | into the | | ville- and Cahto.. The actions of the meén | printed ‘description of King, the murderer | | saddlebags. - Mr: Spier went over'the road | Mr. . Spler :and ‘two ‘others’ are ready :to : murder and is under.the impression that | | King saw him in that vieinity and recog- | Navy | Tgoing | burial of the remains the young men cided to ascertain, if possible pendent investigation the truth mors of murder and arson. nothing tangible, only the story of rel with some one unknown. George Curtis in his search ground about the burned house a noticed the rifle shell. Here is b of the find and the subsequent dev ments: “l had been walking toward the barm ruins, when I saw the shell in the gravel ahead of me. I picked it up and saw it was empty. The sheil lay in a direct Hne with the barn door, where the oid man’'s body was found. Then I looked about me and noticed the big, blurred footprints in the ground all around where the shell bad lain. I decided to follow the tracks, and carefully watching my own footsteps traced them up to where the old man's rifie was lying. “] picked up the gun and found the shell fitted it. e gun carrfes thirteen cartridges in {he magazine and one in the chamber. | found the full alowance in the magazine, but none in the chamber. Then 1 put my finger in the gun barrel and found fresh powder stains there. “By that time Abe and Wheeler real- ized the importance of the discovery. To- gether we started to follow those foot- prints, which could be easily traced now that we were on the track. We followed them so closely that every step Mmost was clearly marked from the road to the house, then to the barn, back again and around the spot where the rifle shell was found: back to the place where the rifle 12 4 then through the fieids into {‘:g l?l:‘n. :1" There was no doubt In our minds when we got through. Al of the evidence we gathered was turned over to the authorities.” There are men near the ranch who de- clare they can tell who murdered Bayless. But the members of the family will not s any of the names nor any of thewr sus s at this time. Bayless' movements on th;lnl%hv‘o!he!:l: death have been et from his place, x the home of Mrs. a mile me at § o'clock. and there was r or uneasiness id, however, that folk thereabouts if as fearful that trouble with soms difficul alling at quarter of and left there to go ho was In go A 3 spi It was s: the count essed him. sme family the footprin e Bayless place, ng across the field at m wortly after - the fire broke was moving away from the Bay ) far as could be learned there st person. _save the ranch til six heurs a 8 fire was discovered. The Beyless bovs will return to coe In a. few days. hey for information from the Sher ts at that end Any o de g pm ADVERTISEMENTS. o i SENT FREE TO MEN! A Most Remarkable Remedy That Quick!'y Restores Lost Vigor to Men. A Free Trial Package Sent by Mall to All Who Write. Free trial packages of a most remark- able remedy are being mailed to all who will write the State Medical Institute. 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