The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 28, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1900. CHLDS DREAD FATE CAUSES A HOTHER'S DEATH Awful Crime at San Jose Brings Woe Unto a Household, VIOLATION ~ OF AN INNOGENT |DARK HORSE MAY BE CHOSEN | TUnknown Villain Abkducts a Young Girl on Her Way Home From Church and Brutally Attacks Her. S - Special Disatch to The Call, SAN JOSE, Aug. One of the dastardly crimes in the category, r € in the death of a mo when she gained knowledge of her daughter perpetrated on little Gra & 1-year-old girl, in the easter of the city James M. yard, and resides on Senter ro Phelan avenue, and family atte ice at the United Presbyte corper of Fi r the = follo ance aw her to attacked X been sum- amble, TEACHERS NOT SUFFERING. uma Teacher Writes From Nome Denying a Sensat: to The » panion, Miss Mauzy and Miss ¢ | sition forces ROGERS HOST &0, SAY FUSIONISTS OF WASHIRCTON :Opponents of the Governor Triumph in a Test 0f Strength, ; 1444444444414+ 1111141441041 T0 0440444444444 444440 Fawecett and Voorhees Are the Prom- | inent Candidates, but Neither of | Them May Gain the Cov- eted Nomination. —The oppo- | o the Repub- | SEATTLE, W in his S are holding their convention | n party {in this city. Th 2 o'clock and did a short period ur Populists are hol ¢ went into n at | Germania Hall, the in the | Armory and the sil cans in Hall. The n will be in n to-morrow and may not adjourn sine die untl)l Wednesd Thursday. or n >-da The most significant de lies in the apparent defea slate, which carries with it ers as the fusion nomines he now occupies. The Pc clared from the start th: not stand for Rogers. party had held a number caucuses and felt party would be agains and all the time. They majority n to the favored by is bitter in hi Governor and in all the anti-Rogers' eleme ized to name the comur fer with like tt conven against Rogers, amed 1S went so | cl ) A The Pop far as to declare outside of the ention | hall that they we er with the other committees r agreed 10 eliminate Rogers IT: re race. The Rogers men in the DemocraticCon- tion were fully aware of the Populist 1t declared that a_straight d allow the Populists ticket in the field. Attor) General, E: n of the a maintained for several control the conve: To-night's se claim to be without Senator George Turner was ted by them for permanent chair- man. Charles G. Heifner was nominated by the anti-Rogers people and was elected by a majority of five or s e an Rogers peoplé say the vote was a true test of strength and Roge it would seem to- night, is out of the rac Fawcett of Pierce County or Voorhees of Spokane is likely to be nominated, al- though there is opposition to both and the convention may unite on a d horse. The silver Republicans have done noth- ing and seem willing to stand by the work of the Populist and Democratic conven- tions. 1 -—— NEEDHAM THE NOMINEE. Seventh District Republicans Choose e | Their Candidate for Congress. SAN DIEGO, Aug. 27.—J. C. Needham was renominated by acclamation for Con- 3 | gress at the Republican Congressional od Convention of the Seventh California Dis- P trict at Coronado Beach to-day. No other cer candidate was presented. A resolution - ledging the candidate to work for the = | compietion of the necessary improvements - pr <% of San Diego harbor and indorsing the ad- y truction. The | Ministration of President McKinley was - NE of their con. | adopted unanimously. Following is a por- e no “way male pro- | tion of the resolutions adopted: s them, and at the time| The Republican party of the Seventh Con- t posted they were in d | gressional District of California by its repre- tute ad of b sentatives in convention assembled at Coro- ¢ Miss do Beach on this, the 2th day of August, o g T b % hereby pledges itscit to the prizaiples and ~ it aea his Tammily | policies set forth in the platform adopted ot e family | the National Republican Convention on July ed at the were at libert ner. ort nd RURAL MAIL DELIVERY A SUCCESS AT SANTA CRUZ Postmaster Lincoln Improves the Service to the Satisfaction of m 7.—Postmaster improved the ely established Five regulation been placed at different The regist > the distr route is appreclated is w0 pieces of mail matte the rural route carrier oot CAPTAIN WILLIAMS SECURES HIS LIBERTY Slayer of Conductor Martin Furnishes Bail at Stockton in the Sum of $25,000. STOCKTON, Aug. 2i.—Captain Al Wil- who has been under arrest since st of the month charged with the r of Conductor William J. Martin, jay admitted to bail In the sum .. The list of bondsmen numbered and some of the richest men 1ty were on the list. The sure- as they had been qualified, Judge Budd and the from custocy. ATER FOR CORTE MADERA. iful Supply Is Obtained by Tunneling Hills. Dispatch to The Call. RAFAEL, Aug. 21.—The town of < Uadera will hercafter be weil sup- ¥ ith water. M. C. Chapman, a .rty owner iu the town, to-day he will supply those needing some time he has bad men ricg a tunsel in the hill back he tunnel has proved a suc- w of water being 1609 gal- e enormous flow has been every ome. Development be pushed us the water is 1e- re will be a good pressure, sires protection against disas- Bounti =5 2 o ail deli-ery occurred here Sunday ies outside the jail pried a »d opened the cells with Frank Woodstock, an al- f; Dick Johnson, a haif- bed a white man' at Joliet r, an alleged forger, and lias Walden, wanted at for cattle stealing and =caped. It Is supposed the gone into Wyoming to join in the wall" his is the third time the jall has been offued from the outside within two ) LODCE, Mont., Aug. 2.—A whole- | gang of desper- | ) far mention 19 at the city of Philadelphia. | We congratulate ourselves upon being rep- resented in the present Congress by the Hon. 13 Needham, whose course during his fi in national affalrs has reflected c himself and his constituen ng industry and efforts local legislation of t RS P POPOUTSEESES S s et s e e 2ot S YU UPUTUTTRROT SR S BLACK WATERS BOIL AND BUBBLE AS IN FABLED WITCHES' CALDRON bling noise. black as ink. and of a bad taste. wonderful well. + : P R S R e e R R RS e aae SRR DS PP VPPPPPPUUPU DU DDUEEY NCCULLAN'S CANP | A PREY T0 FIRE Japanese Lanterns the Cause of a| Disaster at Corte Madera That Deprives an Outing Party of Shelter. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CORTE A\‘L\DER;. Aug. 27.—McCullan’s | Camp, at this place, was burned about 10 o'clock to-night. Three tents, with all| their contents, were destroyed and the | occupant arely escaped with their lives. | The camp Is on the McCue tract and is | one of a great number that located here | this summer. About 10 o'clock the camp- ers retired and left a number of Japanese lanterns burning. One of the lanterns up- | set and the first warning the campers had of their danger was when the flames ran up one side of a tent. Rushing out, the terrified women gave the alarm and as sistance came from the adjoining camp- | G. H. Blake, the station agent; G. Fran- | cis Lawlor, James Connor and Michael | anlan did all in their power to save the | roperty in danger, but without avail | When the flames spread to the grass, how- . | | | ever, they saved the country from a big fire, as a strong wind was blowing at the ime. "B youns ladies who found themselves homeless for the night were Pearl Gould, Edna Smith, Emll&' Smith and Jennie Perry. Miss Gould fainted while trying e something from the burning tents. s rrowly escaped serious injury. No one was injured save Michael Conlan, who sustained a severe burn on the left leg. The burnt-out campers were taken care of by their neighbors for the night. | . INTERESTS THE COAST. Postoffice Changes and List of Pen- | sions Granted. Special Dispatch to The Call, WASHINGTON, Aug. Californi: Postmasters | atherine E. rict, and we belleve the m: 1in- Guadaloupe; John E. How, | terest of this district demand his return to | Daulte | Congress. The postoffices at San Jacinto, Cal., and importance of San Dlego harbor. by | Tillamook, Or., will become Presidential of its geographical location and 1ts | G i per 1; salaries, Postmasters, $1300 and ooty eratats e Seabies it pens N Rural free delivery harbor of the utmost importance. both shed a Beute Aue Do | from a local as well as a natlonal standpoint, R tovnia - Orlpital and we therefore demand of Congress a suf- e Cali ornia—Original | fictent appropriation to complete the jetty in L "‘"“"'15"‘ Samuel Hew | accordance with the plans therefor designed and adooted by the War Department, and a sufficient appropriation to dredge the bar-to | a desth of thirty feet at low tide, a an amount as may be n the channel at the harbor entrance: Tiver and harbor bill will be present xt meeting of Congress in December, pledge the nominee of t his utmost efforts in obtaining re th mand by embodying the necessary pro- | Visions In said bill. The large amount of well @s other V portant and des ronment should adopt s | conserve the flood irrigation of said lands, thus opening up & vast territory for settiement and development of | natural resources The horticultural interest of this department 1s one of the chief Industries of our people and we pledge the nominee of this convention to unalterably oppose any measure which would sult in lessening the protection now afforded e horticulturists under the tariff bill enacted by the present Republican admi tration. s s YUBA REPUBLICANS. { Enthusiastic Is the Convention at | Marysville. Sneclal Disratch to The Call MARYSVILLE, Aug 27.—At the Repub- lican County Convention to-day, E. T. Manwell was chairman and H. B. Pear- den secretary. inatior pervisors—A. nd such arid lands in this as | ates renders it im- the National Gov- were as follows: C. Irwin, Second Dis- trict; John Steinman, Third District; W. C. McMillan, Fourth District. ndorsed for Congressman from the Second District—E. A. Forbes. The following executive committee was chosen: lace Dinsmore, chairman; H. | | B. P. Carden, secretary; A. H. Redding- ton, G. W. Hall, E. T. Manwell, A. T. Wheaton, R. H. Wells. { The Hon. Judson Brusie addressed the meeting. He also opened the campaign | here to-night by a strong speech in the | theater. There was a large audience and | the speaker was frequently applauded on | the many logical and eloquent allusions | the grand old party. Mention of Mec- | Sinley and Roosevelt evoked enthusiastic applause. - YOLO REPUBLICANS. | Unexpectedly the Opposition Ticket | Wins at the Primaries. Spectal Disvatch to The Call | WOODLAND, Aug. 27.—The Republican | primaries held last Saturday created but | Mttle interest except at Davisville. The | | caucus pamed a delegation favorable to | the nomination of George Pierce for the Assembly. The election proceeded quiet- | | Iy and it was not known that there w: | any opposition until the count commenc ed. The baliots for the opposition ticket were printed in Woodland. The opposition ticket was elected by a vote of nearly | three to one. Two names appeared on| both _tickets. | It has been generally supposed that | John Reith Jr. of Woodland would be a | | candidate for the Republican nomination | for the Assembly, but he announces that his business engagements are such that it is dmpossible for him to accept. Thils leaves Mr. Pierce the only candidate sol | miles thus far, accompan | about to be brought to him, and gathering . Weldy, Mode: S. 2 ‘Oakland, $6. Tevi B. 11, Stockton, §10. Original—William Charley, m ill, arles P. Long- | ohn Moore, | Wilbur, $8. | S . §5. Incre , $5; Michael Markey - Midwinter Polo and Pony Meet. ‘ DEL MONTE, Aug. 27.—It is stated here | that the Pacific Coast Polo and Pony | Racing Association, which closed its an- | nai meeting here two weeks ago, has de- cided upon holding a midwinter meet at | this sort, and that hereafter regular semi-annual meets will be held here in August and December. It is also stated | that preparations for the racing pro- gramme for the coming December meet are already under way. e ada B Senator Mason Leaves for the East. FRESNO. Aug. 2I.—Senator Mason of Illinois left for Chicago to-night. He was taken for a drive and expressed astonish- ment at the magnitude of the wine and rajsin_industry. He has traveled 20, ied by his wife nd four children, “My idea is,” he said, ‘to_make the young people acquainted with their own country before they go to foreign lands. Preferred Death to Poverty. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Aug. 28.—William Perry, an inmate of the Almshouse, committed sui- clde yesterday by drowning. He de- liberately lay down in a stream of water thirteen inches deep. On several previous occasions he had attempted to kill him- self. Perry was a native of Ireland and 6z years of age. 3 William Hobbs in the Sands Flat country. Sunday night F. Dobrowsk; that has every sign of harboring oil. | promptu de Y |2 f und Bauer” (Suppe), \ Special Dispatch to The Call. BIG: SNOWSLIDE AT SHASTA'S BASE| | Deer Hunters Discover the Immense | Ten Square Miles of Timber Is Al- White Bank That Mowed a Wide Path Through the Pine Forests. Epeclal Disratch to The Call. SISSON, Aug. 27.—Some deer hunters have discovered an immense snowslide at the base of Mount Shasta, just north of this town, that must have occurred some time during the past winter. This im- mense bank of snow isgsome three miles below where the ,\nnwsq summer season, and is over half a mile long, hundreds of feet wide and in places a hundred feet deep. This great slide is mile below timber line through the forest where all path the trees have been broken and leveled to the | cround. Great silver fir trees four fi in circumference were broken off pipe stems. From the appearance of the ground traveled over, the slide must have occured while the ground was frozen, for no rocks are in sight. LITTLE PALOMA SUHRAMM INSPIRED BY YOSEMITE New Composition by Child Pianiste to Be Heard at To-Morrow’s Concert. Little Paloma Schramm, the wonderful child pianiste, will be heard in concert on Wednesday and Saturday_afternoons at Sherman & Clay Hall. ' Paloma has just returned from Yosemite and an “Tm- emite’” is her latest com- pesition. Another new composition by Paloma which will be heard at her forth- coming concert is a beautiful Pastorale, in which Paloma gives musical expres. sion to old-time shepherd life in Europe. At the concerts Paloma will have the assistance of her gifted little sister Karla. The programme for Wednesday is as follows: entasie, D minor (Mozart); Gavotte, Saint 1ens (Bach); adaglo from sonata op. 10, No. 1 (Beethoven); impromptu, op. 23 (Chopin): en (Schubert): ‘‘Hark! Hark! the hubert-Liszt): impromptu Yo- . 29 (Paloma); valse . 18 “Walther's Prieslied agner- Bendel), from the opera ‘‘Meis Deux Alouettes” (Leschetizkl); Schumann); _eaprice, op. (Paloma); pastor- le. op. 22 (Paloma ture from “‘Dichter "uet played by Karla and Paloma. B SOLDIERS ON LEAVE CARRY THEIR REVOLVERS James Laughlin, a Cavairyman, Ar- rested on a Charge of Carrying Concealed Weapon. The protest made by Chief Suliivan to Major General Shafter about three weeks ago against soldiers being allowed to carry revolvers when aw: from_ the Pre sidio does not seem to have had any ef- fect. At that time the post commander | sald that soldiers were not allowed to carry their weapons. Sunday night Policeman Nelson saw a big revolver sticking out of the hip pocket of a cavalryman in a saloon on Dupont street, near Pine. The policeman prompt- ly placed the trooper under arrest and charged him with carrying a concealed weapon. He gave the name of James Laughlin. Yesterday the case was called in Judfie Fritz's court, and at the request of the defendant it was continued till to-day, when Lieutenant Ferguson of his troop can be present. The Judge intimated that he intended to punish severely all soi- diers brought before him charged with that offense. — e It has been planned to establish a ser- vice of traction engines and wagons across the desert of China to compete with the carrying business done by means of camels. Fifty engines and 3000 wagons would have been at work within a year but for the present troubles. CORSON CLARKE IS A MOLASSES CANDY FIEND ARRY CORSON CLARKE, the dyspeptic actor who once upon a time insisted that Frawley and Blanche Bates were married, has til he has become the sweetest tempered man in the business. Clarke took to the molasses candy habit some few months ago while an inmate of a Chicago hospital. He was taking the milk diet as a cure for stomach trouble, and while tossing his eighty-six pounds of wretched hunmanity on his bed of agony his eyes turned in the direction of a neighboring cot, where a small boy was munching some molasses candy. Clarke watched the boy with eager, hungry eyes. Then he thought of the milk that was up his courage, asked for a piece of the sticky stuff. The small boy gave it. Cor- son ate and from that moment his health began to improve. In less than a month afterward the actor was discharged from the hospital, completely cured. He claims that the molasses candy did it. There is only one unfortunate incident connected with Clarke's cure and that is that the actor has an aggravated case of molasses candy habit. e won't eat any- thing but the sticky stuff. He has it for breakfast, lunch and dinner and nibbles at it between meals. His intimate friends even assert that he takes It to bed with him to chew on between d ! contracted the molasses candy habit un- | the reams and that the other morning he was found sticking to his couch in the swell Waldorf-Astoria in New York glued down with ribbons of brown taffy. Then there are others who tell of a molasses candy jag, but Clarke declares there is not one word of truth in it and that what his friends mistook for a jag was simply a case of well-earned molasses candy indigestion. Clarke's strange case is attracting the attention of New York- ers and with the hope that suffering hu- manity may benefit by means o!g the strange cure. Clarke vesterday gave out the following statement to the New York press for publication. “I am doing all I can to control my passion for molasses candy. It saved my life, but I am told I wllr die by it it-T am not careful. If T ate all T wanted of it T might grow to be as heavy again as I am, and I now weigh 138 pounds. ‘I don’t believe molasses candy will ruin my stomach, which has benefited so mueh. 1 am flad to make my experience public; it will make the way easier for any sufferer.” ine is during the ! and has left a | Crystal Fluid in a Shasta Gounty Farm Well Turns Pitchy in a Night After a Jerrific Detonation. EDDING, Aug. 27.—A curious phenomenon of nature is in evidence at the farm of Following an unaccounted for explosion in a well on that place, the water has become black as ink and is churning and boiling uncannily, like the fabled witches’ caldron. The Hobbs home is about six miles northeast of Redding. Unlike the majority of the wells in that region, the one on the Hobbs place has contained good water. night the members of the Hobbs family heard a terrific explosion. articles in the house were knocked over. All the members of the family were awakened by the shock and they were puzzled to account for the unusual noise. household went out to investigate. From the direction of the well he heard a hissing, bub- Further investigation showed the water in the well to be foaming and churning. Spray was flying high in the air. The family was nonplused and decidedly uncomfortable, not knowing what might happen next. 7 When daylight came they saw that instead of the sparkiing, crystal fluid, the water was It tasted of salt and oil and felt greasy. strong. The water does not rise in the well, although it continues to boil and remains black The odor of gas about the well was 7, a reputable Redding jeweler, visited the place and saw the Ie said he experienced an uncomfortable sensation in looking down on the churning mass. . The mystery connected with it seems uncanny. The well is in a region The general opinion concerning the action of the Hobbs well is that it is caused by gas escaping through the water from the depths below. Thursday The windows rattled and Then the head of the .0600400$§6#40»66&‘601006#00000000600006066060#}*¢‘00¢0044666§_044664¢0. FLAMES DEVOURING FOREST RESERVES ready Destroyed and the Fire Is Spreading in the San Ga- briel Canyon. i T | Epecial Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES., Aug. 27.—Ten square miles of forest reserve in the San Gabriel ! reservation have already been swept by | fire and still the flames are devouring the | timber. | Yesterday the telephone line to Sturte- | vants Camp was completed and a mes- sage from there was received by Commis- sloner Border, requesting him to send fifteen more men to assist in guarding | the east line of the fire and prevent it | from spreading in that direction. Al-| though he had some difficulty in securing men, Mr. Border was able to send a num- ber of men and will have more on the way to-morrow morning. The force will then number about eighty. It was reported from Sturtevants Camp that the fire has spread on the north side of the west fork of the San Gabriel River and the south side of the Tejunga River, between Devils' Canvon-and Short Cuf. A fir break is being made to the west and north | of the fire line and it is belleved that the | progress of the flames will there receive a decided check. The area of forest al- ready destroyed is estimated at from five to fen square miles. Pine Flats has not yet been reached and the rangers think that the fire will be prevented from going that far. Land Commissioner Hermann, who Is on his way from the East to Oregon, told the | Chamber of Commerce to-day what his office is doing toward guarding the forest reserves in this section and he was shown, while on the way to and coming from Mount Lowe, the effects of the fire now raging and the one which recently de- vastated Santa Anita Canyvon. The Com- missioner promises to those in charge here all the assistance needed for the fighting of fires at any and all times. Orders have | been given that no expense must be spared in the matter, COAST NEWS IN BRIEF. SANTA CRUZ. Aug. 27.—The Santa Cla: Valler Mill and Lumber Company has pr chased the Bear Creek timber land of the Ha: mon estate for $22,000. BUTTE. Mont., Aug 27.—A northbound ex- cursion train on the Oregon Short Line jumped the track fifteen miles south of Butte last night. ,Several persons were injured, but none were killed. One coach loaded with passengers | turned combletely over. FRESNO, Aug. —Manuel Castenada was arrested yesterday at Mendota as the Mexican | suovosed to be wanted at Bakersfleld on a | charge of murder. He was working as a sec- | tien hard. Nothing is known here of the ac- | cusation, MONTEREY, Aug. 27.—C. H. M. Curry Lodge No. 4121, Knights of Honor, of this place, cele- brated its third anniversary in this city with much_elaboration. Grapd Dictator P. L. Ar- chibald, Grand_Reporfér Thomas Johnstone and Supreme Representative Crow from the Grard Lodge of California were present. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27.—The Pacific Tri- bune of Long Beach was attached Saturday at the Instance of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of this city. Later the ofl stock of the Hartford Oil Company was attached for the same clailm of $24%0. J. C. Dillon, owner of the Pacific Tribune, is a director of the oll company. The claim is for money borrowed on the credit of the company to develop the ofl property. SR ARG T Few Salmon Eggs on the McCloud. Special Disvatch to The Call. KESWICK, Aug. 27.—The take of salmon eggs at the United States Fishery at Baird, on the McCloud River, in this county, will be exceedingly small this year, Salmon are running fairly well up the Sacramento at this point, but for some reason unknown do not go up the Mc- Cloud. So far, at Baird. only 1,500,000 egas have been taken. It is belleved only about 5,000,000 eges in all will be secured this season, & number ridiculously small com- pared with the take of last season. Rio Vista Fire Causes $12,000 Loss. SACRAMENTO. Aug. The fire at Rio Vista last night was checked after causing a $12,000 loss. At a late hour the private stable of Joseoh Bruning, at that place, caught fire. The fire rapidly spread to the lumber yards of Sullivan & Lar-| son, destroying two sheds and thelr piles of lumber, together with the firm's office, entailing a loss of $10,000, on which there was $2500 insurance. In addition to this the loss of Bruning was about $2000. The | cause of the fire is not known. gL Drying the Prune Crop. SAN JOSE, Aug. 27.—Thousands of tons of prunes are being cured at the numer- ous driers throughout the valley, but so far only small quantities have been hauled to warehouses. But they are coming in more extensively day hy day, and Presi- dent Bond of the Californla Cured Fruit Association states that by Sunday next Association states that by Saturday next | approximately what the grades and qual- | ity will be, and so will feel justified in | making the opening prices for the season | at that time. | sty Promotion of a Naval Officer. VALLEJO, Aug. 27.-Lieutenant Com- mander Thomas S. Pheips, U. S. X, has been ordered before a Beard of Examiners cn September 10 for promotion to the! grade of commander. is number has al- ready been made in the commanders’ list. ! bed, and a squaw wa: | and | egates elected to the State and Congres- ANS TAKE THE WARPATH AT SANTA ROSA. Under Stimulus of Copious Draughts of Rum They | Fight Fiercely, SHPPE R STIRICT.Y A TRIBAL AFFAIR| | One of the Red Men Is Severely Stabbed and a Squaw Is Badly Battered With a Coup- i ling Pin. | i Sgecial Disgatch to The Call SANTA ROSA. Aug. 27.—A number n.'j Indians engaged in a fight near the Cali- fornia Northwestern ¥ depot to- with the result that at least one red was seriously, perhaps fatally, stab- terribly beaten. | The Indians secured a g of liquor and after consuming it began a free fight. The two leading belligecrents were the Carillo_brothers, who figured in a stab-| bing affray here a few w. of them knocked his brother >n: with a coupling pin and then had to de- fend himself against a combined attack from the other Indians. The squaw en- deavored to assist him and received ter- rible blows about the head. Carillo re- day ma ceived several ugly knife thrusts and sank to_the ground. When the cfficers reached the scene they found the ing under a induced to ¢ man half ¢ She was wit e ou(.(n.r:»l begged piteous- a 1y to be locked up, lence from the Indians » were not protected. The officers lodged her in the County Jail, where her injuries were at- tended to. The pelice are now hunting | for the other ps e fight. FRESNO STABBING AFFRAY. | Harris Ledsinger, a Pugilist, Is Knifed by Tom Munyon. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Aug. 27.—Harris Ledsinger, a soung man who has lived in Fresno for ars and is well known as a basebah player and pugilist, w: stabbed in the back at 10 o’clock this morning by a man named Tom Munyon. The knife wielder slipped up on his victim and plunged the weapon into his back before the latter | was aware of thé danger. The affair occurred on I street, caused considerable excitement singer and Munyon had trouble about hour previously in a saloon. Munyon ex. i hibited a knife, which Ledsinger wrested from him. Ledsinger then left the resort and walked down the street several blocks to the place where he was stabbed. Munyon procured another knife and fol- | ¥ lowed him by a different route. Ledsinger is now at the hospital and the physicians fear that his wound will prove fatal. The knifeblade probably penetrated one of the kidneys. The motor nerves controlling the right leg were severed, paralyzing the limb. If Lea- singer. fecovers he will be a cripple for e. | Munyon is a morphine fiend and has been in jail here for numerous petty of- | FINE POINT IN LAW. Arguments of an Attorney in a Santa Rosa Land Case. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, Aug. 2.—A. Boyer, a San Francisco attorney, was in the Supe- rior Court to-day to argue his motion that a sale of ranch’ property valued at $5000, made under foreclosure to the Pa« cific Mutual Life Insurance Company of San Francisco, is_invalid, and that the title is vested in himself.” The sale was made in 18%. The_corporation sold the property to Philip Brewer, who now has possession. Boyer contends that he has | acquired title through purchase from one of the defendants to the foreclosure suit, who was never legally deprived of owner- hip. The question involved is whether a fendant can be served with summons | publication after the return of the | summons has been -made to the court. The Pacific Mutual Company is defend- ing the action, being represented by ex-| Judge Low of San Francisco. Judge Dougherty has taken the matter under advisement. s gl FUSION PLAN IN IDAEHO. Democrats Dicker to Obtain the Electors on the Ticket. BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 27.—The Democratic | Populist leaders are gathered here for the purpose of arranging a fusion as | tentatively agreed on_at the recent con- ference in Chicago. The plan is to have the Populists take down their Electors and they are to be given the Represen tive in Congress, State Auditor and M Inspector. There has been much talk to | the effect that there might be trouble in | bringing about the arrangement, but | those interested appear to feel confider it will be accomplished. The formal cor ference is to begin to-morrow between the executive committees of the three silver parties. | MERCED DEMOCRATS. County Convention Names Candi-| dates and Indorses Castle. ’ Special Dispatch to The Call. MERCED, Aug. 21.—The - Democratic | Convention held here to-day resulted m the nomination of the following: For Superior Judge—E. N. Rector. For Supervisors—A. B. Hamilton, T. Price and G. H. Whitworth. For Justice of the Peace—Jefferson Fruit. | "The convention indorsed C. H. Castle for Congressman from the Seventh Con- gressional District and J. W. Haley for Assemblyman from the Fifty-seventh Dis. | trict. - e Democratic Club at Boulder Creek. Spectal Disoatch to The Cal DSQXXTA CRUZ, Aug. 27.—A Bryan and Stevenson Club has been organized at Boulder Creek. The officers are: President—W. 8. Rodgers. Secretary—J. H. Prince. i Treasurer—A. L. Dairlay. Committee on by-laws—A. L. Davelay, | Samuel Hubbs and M. C. Swarthout. The club starts with a good membership | and will meet weekly in Firemen's Hall. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WOODLAND, Aug. 27.—The returns | from the Democratic primaries are 2ll in | and the result shows that there was no | opposition to the regular ticket. The del- Democratic Primaries in‘Y‘;lo Countyi sional conventions are: W. B. Black, E. Hunnan., Sam Montgomery, J. W. Mon- roe. J. E. LaRue, J. ly. C. W. Thom- as and Ed E. 8 oo SRR Calaveras Republican Primaries. Spectal Disvatch to The Call. . SAN ANDREAS, Aug. 27.—At the Re-| publican primaries throughout Calaveras County the following delegates to the State Convention were elected: C. M. Burleson and . Loftus, Mokelumu< Hill; H. Longley, Jenny Lind; W. C. Rais- | ton, O. S. Buckbee. Angels; F. J. Solinsk; San Andreas: O. D. Harrington, Murphy. No opposition tickets. - Tulare Democratic Convention. VISALIA. Aus. 2l.—At the Democratic | County Convention to-day Henry Levin- son was nominated for Assemblyman in | this district. He is a prosperous merchant of Visalia. W. H. Moffett was nominated | for Supervisor for the Third District. G. S. Berry of Lindsay was chairman of the | convention. : | | | I | LOS ANGELES, A Willlam Whitne; 75 vears old, fell from a cliff twenty-five feet at Catalina Island yesterday and was killed. He was the father of Mrs. Clara Shotto, who | save Sunset Park to the city. GRAND COUNCLL CATHOLIC LADIES AID SIGTETY Many Delegates Gather af Hotel Del Mar in Santa Cruz. AT THE (ONVENTION BEGINS TO-DAY R Officers and Members of the Associa- tion Who Are Now Registered at the Resort by the Seaside. ——— 1al Diszatch to The Caill SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 2.—Delegates are arrivin Hotel del Mar for the thir- teent al Grand C of the Cata- olic Ladies’ Ald Society that convenes to- morrow. The officers of the Grand Council are: geraid, grand Mrs. Mrs. M. F. Mar- President, Mrs. A Miss Mar- M. Murray, Mrs. J. T. Mrs s Mitchell, Mis ennan, Miss Em o 2-Mrs, M. F. Spellman, Miss Loretta, Caesar, Short, ~ Miss e Trranc Sheater. WILL GO TO THE COURTS. Anti-Incorporationists of Mill Valley to Contest the Election. Special Dispatch to The Call SAN RARAEL, Aug. 27.—The Board of Supervisors to-day canvassed the returns of the incorporation election held in M Valley last Friday and found that the place was legally incorporated. The flerce contest that was waged among the residents of that place prior to the eiection promises to be carried to the courts. The anti-incorporationists, who lost_the election, promise to fight tb the last ditch. Among other {rregularities which, they declare marked the e {s that eight or ten votes were cast people who were improperly registered. They claim that some of the summer resi- dents of the valley In their desire to carry the eiection voted despite the fact that they had not registered within the pre- scribed forty day ey Outing cf Orphans at Santa Cruz. Special Dispatch to The Call SANTA CRUZ., Aug. 27.—The orphans from the Episcopal Orphanage of San Francisco in charge of Sisier Julla are enjoying themselves at ght, where they are camping. The tents for the chil- dren are provided by the lad of Calvary Spiscopal Church of this ¢ the camp with f sl School Superintendents Gathering. SAN JOSE The school super= intendent: » began to arrive in this city from all sections of 1 biennial session t lar proi | Burglars Loot an Oregon Postoffice. ASHLAND, Or., Gold HIM yesterday burglars blew open the safe of Reames Bros.' store and secured about $830. The postoffice is in the store and 3350 of the stolen money belonged to the Gov- ernmen We thrill at the story of " Curfew not ring to-might.” Vet it is melodramatic and commonplace be- side the peril every woman runs who Women are faces {noflxrhood. strangely self-fe . The ex- altation of mm motherhood biinds them often to its peril. Vet the husband who can bear no tithe of the mother’s pain or peril owes it to himself to see that his wife is in that condition of sound health which minimizes the risk both to mother and child. 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