The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 30, 1900, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1900. DESERTS. BREAN AND WILL STAND BY MKINLEY Lawyer Shinn of Sacra-| mento, a Life-Long Dem- | ocrat, So Announces. | PRERE N DRAMATIC CONVENTION SCENE. R R [ In His Speech Mr. Shinn Says That the American Principles of Re- publicans Should Be In- | dorsed by Patriots. | RAMENTO, There was a he Republican \ere to-day, when A. it lawyer, in nom! r Superfor Judge, said 1d been a life-long Dem- d grown accustomed to ace and wage ¢ a battle; th to face different atti the e that the Re- r progression and was the duty of irrespective of prior the policy and ad- n McKinley satd that he had cast his vote for ticket, but he i approaching € juded that the ciples sho put Id h yrward by t indorsed by the McKinley wh entior ternoor a surprise to the ke forth in uproar. ed its labors nomination of that Gillis Doty, ° nominated for Devlin. ~ George will be ch eer for the Gett of , the is a member of the trict Directors. > and ¢ Devine rporation F: R i | DENOUNCE CANTEEN SYSTEM.| Prohibitionists Pass a CenSorious Resolution and Name Candidates. Epe Dispatch to The Call FRESNO. Aug. 20.—There was a sma ttendance at tk ate Convention ts which concluded its labors afternoon platform was adopted denouncing the c and the old parties for their regard to it. Other planks fa- uffrage of both sexes, the elec- 1d Senators by a dire the initiative vernment ownership o the establishm of the 3 cation to the Preside resolution was adopted d sensational language (he can- m in the Philippines. s were made Clark of H. Bar- v Atwood of Songressman, A. W. Holt of M. C. Winchester of Vallejo. Congressman Joseph Rowell Elector, N. Morcom of Congressman., Elector, Le rict—C Sixth District Pasadenna 2 James Campt Bristol of Ve ¥ wenth District gressman, Rev. H. A Hensley of Madera; Elector, Rev. J. W. Webb of West Park - WEARY OF BRYAN. Jackson Democrats Who Will Give | Support to William McKinley. Epecial Dispatch to The Call JACKSON, Aug. 2.—A° Democratic newspaper of 8an Francisco a few days ago sald there were a number of men here who, four years ago, voted for Mc- < but were now supporting Bryan, iile none who supported Bryan were for MeKinley. The informant mtst have overlooked the Republican badge so con. spicuously worn by Frederick Eudey, hier of the Bank of Amador County, and must also have been ignorant of the fact that Henry Budey, president of the bank, refused to attend the late Demo- cratic caucus, and although it was an. nounced in the local press that he was a ., he peremptorily refused to al- name to be printed on the ticket. Returns from primaries just in show the election as delegates to the ub- lican State Convention to be Hon. John F. Davie, James E. Dye, H. E. Potter, F. M. Whitmore, Jack Marchant and Hon. E. C. Voorhi { ROGERS RENOMINATED. | Result of the Union Caucus at| Spokane. | SEATTLE, Aug. 20.—The conference | committee of the Union convention met | to-ay and adopted a platform in con- formity with the principles of the Demo- | cratic party as set forth in the Kansas City platform. Governor Rogers was re- nominated and Colonel F.-C. Robertson | of Spokane and J. T. Roland Congressional nomination. i ——————— New Men for the Chicagos. | ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Aug. 29.—Catcher Kiing an@ Third Baseman Strang of Bt | Joseph's team were to-night taken into the National League, Chi finish playing with St. Joseph and report directly to_the Chicago Club's headquar: ters. Ted Sulllvan, representing the Chi- | cago club, to-night’ closed negotiations for | the two men. He thus evades drafting | them at the end of the season. Two Solano County Weddings. SUISUN, Aug. 20.—Two weddings of in. terest took place in this county to-day At Birds Landing M. G. Hutchinson and | Miss Mary Donnell were married and at Scandia Otto W. Engell and Miss Louise Lambrecht were wedded. Both events were attended by prominent cf | the commumitie gt —_——— Benefit to Miriam Sydney Smith. A benefit will be tendered to Miriam Sydney Smith, the clever child artiste, at 0Odd Fellows' Hall this evening. Sydney, as she is famillarly known, has given her | services on many occasions to benefit en- tertainments and in return a host of vol- unteers will endeavor to make this affair & complete success. At ‘unumbcr :t' British presen! th their o Company D ot Thelr intention of attending. | | here tosday.” KING MAKES CONFESSION AND TELLS OF HIS FLIGHT In His Cell in Marin County Jail the Slayer Relates to a Call Reporter How He Came to Be Captured. i 34 | | | | | | | | | | [ | §. L. STICE, SON-IN-LAW OF THE LATE FARMER CHURCH, AND DEPUTY SHERIFF WILLIAM LOFTUS IDENTIFY THE PRISONER IN THE MARIN COUNTY JAIL A8 THE MURDERER OF THE TWO ROCKS VALLEY RANCHER. @ Special Dispatch to The Call. AN RAFAEL | tioned the officers would never have got murderer, inac bim. Jail of Marin, a Talks of His Flight. ment for the slaying King, however, admitted dlhz\l Sheriff “hu the Two Rocks Valley| lor had him hard-pressed more than : “;;T,h,', i,’:(m. d »‘l.r.‘n..c'k”v.. pris- nd that at one time the Sheriff was iy o nictit he e 3 to six miles behind him. He continued: Mentty. DL Do e Dt “Taylor was coming all the time, but I reporter that he was King. He|am too old a woodsman to let any officer catch me in the mountains. King to-night enlisted the services of Lennon & Hawkins to defend him at his trial. He will be arraigned before Judge was positively identified during the day, , by Deputy Sheriff William ].ium of aluma and 8. L. Stice, the latteW® a son- law of the late Farmer Church, and| goqden here next ‘Saturday and the pre- who was present at the time King shot | liminary hearing will be held next Church Wednesday. His attorneys have told hint Gt : to remain silent and he is not the man t) King's Theosophical 4”‘"; disobey their instructions. They will King in his conféession to The Call re- | hereafter do all the talking for him. porter to-night stated that it wa not th keenness of the officers that resulted in his capture, but ascribes it to a train of | CAPE NOME MINING nfortunate circumstances dating from is mother's funeral several vears ago. | CLMMS IN D'sPUTE King is a Theosophist, and believes in the —_— It sciences, United States Circuit Judge Morrow ng w brought to this city to-day | s . from San Francisco. He arrived in the | Grants an Appeal in Anvil custo¥ of Deputy Sheriff M. H. Goe and | Creek Cases. Constable J. G. Clark, who captured him | United States Circuit Judge Morrow ves- ar Orland. King was taken directly | terday granted an appeal to the United to the Sheriff’s office, where he sat im- | States Circuit Court of Appeals to the passively in a chalr while a score of peo- ple gazed at him and compared him with the pictures already published. He never uttered a word. His bronzed and drawn face told a tale of hardship that no words | / defendants in the case of Robert Chipps vs. Jafet Linderberg, Erik O. Lindblom and John Brynteson io quiet title to the Discovery mine in the Nome district of ka, and for the appointmentof a re- could have conve; He wore a dirty the United States District suit of old blue ns, a pair of pointea | 1s iver was appoint- shoes that had seen hetter days, a pair ders were made by the of large smoked spectacles and & slouch | court. The defendants sought an appeal, hat. but the appeal was denied by United Denies His Identity. States District Judge Noyes of Alaska. The defendants filec of $35,000 with Judge Morrow yesterday. Similar action was tak When placed in a cell after his arrival he refused to~admit his identity or pay any attention when addressed as King. Shils this ainites of the suit to quiet title to Placer mining ddress me by my right name, if You | claim No. 2 on Anvil Creek. O. H. Afe {;Ir ;Twwle‘r is Charles W. Wesley,” Was| gcrson being the appellant and O. Jose When t0id by Sherlff Taylor that his Comtois lm(fi"\fl”w appellee. A bond of wife wanted to see him a momentary 1 & M wife wanted to see him a momentary | c Metson appeared as attor- my wife if I had one.” Then he softly | inquired, “Is Mrs. King upstairs?” | When 'told that she would be sent for | he said nothing. He at first refused to be | interviewed When told that men were | Affidavits Were Not Filed. Attorney J. D..Sullivan did not present £ his afidavits vesterday charging Judge coming from the scene of the shooting to | M x i identify him he sald he didn’t know them. | Coffey with bias In.the matter of the So well and so strangely did he act that | Golden will contest. J. Dalzell Brown, more than one official began to doubt that | the prisoner was the slayer. | guardian of Thomas H. Golden, the con- It was re- | testant, was substituted as plaintiff in marked that the man was partly de-|the action. He forthwith dismissed the mented. His wild actions and rambling | contest _without prejudice. Though statements made the officials belleve for | Thomas H. Golden has been offered $2750 a time that the rigors of his flight had overcome his reason. The only request he made was for something to eat. After eating he would talk, he sald. The Sheriff | furnished him with a meal large enough for two men and King ate heartily. He still refused to talk and the officers anxi- ously await the arrival of 8. L. Stice and Willlam Loftus, the latter a Petaluma deputy sheriff, who had been sent for to identify the prisoner. Identification. Upon the arrival of the men they walked into King's cell. They immediately nod- ded their heads in afirmation that the prisoner was King. Loftus shook King's hand, saylmf. Vell, old man, they have got you at last.”” A sickly smile spread over the prisoner's face. but he said nothing. He did not admit his identity. Stice looked him over from head to foot. Through it all King remained as impassive as the dead. Stice is the late Mr. Church’s son-in-law and was on the scene of the shooting; in fact, he claims that King took a shot at him-after kill- ing Church. He fully identified the pris- oner. Sheriff Grace of Sonoma also looked at King and thought that he recognized ‘r(“wu learned that King régistered as 0. C. Bmith and wife at a Petaluma hotel on August 8 and 12 and September 7, 1899. Confesses to a Call Reporter. in settlement of any claim he may have against the estate, he refuses to accept this amount. Next Wednesday the peti- tion of the contestant to be adjudged competent will be heard by a jury, and if the verdict is in his favor Goiden will, is said, file another contest. —————— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Raymond A. and Winifred A. Perry to F. A Berlin, lot 24, block E, Lakeview; $10, it James W. Duncan to Jeremiah Noonan, undi- vided -third interest in lot in Masonic Ceme- tery: Amos J. Bailey to Olive Fountain plot, same; $. . Walter G. Thomnson to Victor Williams, lot on § line of Eddy street, 175 W of Plorce, W ZS'I;\‘ ‘5 )STdfi.HH” i o > Louis and Rose Lipman, Carl D, and Libby A. Balfield and Anglo-Callfornian Bank, limiteq. to Samuel Glass, lot on E line of Stanyan street. 125 8 of Beulah, 8 25 by E 131:3; $i0. Leah F. Mott to Gregory A. and Casey, lot on E line of Capp street, of Adalr. N % by B 15 0. Edward J. Le Breton to Arthur Rod iindivided one-quarter interest In lot on S ne of Spear street, 77:6 NW v MAh" s‘;‘ e ‘e‘n. N of Mission, NW nna M. Palmer, Sarah E. Warren and George E. Wiard to Thomas Shields, lot on § line_of Mission street, 200 e o E of Second, E 25 R. Ross, lot 62, Annie %N | | 556 . 1 1 d: C: llg ia— e | King id not break his silence untli 7.3 | & X SASFSADATASAAD A kS KA HSA I kS kS K AOKSASKSASO | [N, S50 S dicre Home, Tas An- | o'clock to-night, when he was Interviewed geles, $6. Increase—Daniel E. Hardy, Sac- by a Call reporter. He had evidently con- ramento, $8; Joseph Burnham, Fort %ngl. | cluded to throw off the mask and clear away the mystery of his identity. He re- fuged to talk about his case and when asked as to his travels he developed a commercial Instinct and stated between gentle laughs that he would write a beau- tiful story of his experiences for a_con- sideration rauging between $50 and $100. “The story will be worth it he re- marked. He further said: “I am feeling better now.” My head aches, though. The air in the City Prison last night was very bad. They gave me two meals in one When asked about his treatment when arrested he said: “‘Constable Clark is all right. He used me well, but Goe was m.)esn." The attempted fun caused him to laugh. When reference was made to the run he gave the officers he could not conceal the Sense of pride that filled him. He said that he could give any officer in the State advice that would be worth $1000. King’s Queer as not brought about by the prowess of any officer, but by a frain of circum.- stances leading from my mother’s funeral twg years to the Tuneral of Mrs. Clark * the other day. Constable Clark left his wife’s funeral to capture King. “I can see it all now. When 1 went over toward Paskenta 1 did wrong and I knew it at the time. If T had kept on 1 would now have been in the heart of Oregon by this time. It was not to be, nowever, and 1 am here.” Sheriff’ Taylor showed him the key ‘to ren of vegetation. X x ¢ 4 4 * 4 4 Q * g ¢ x ; [ 0 / Sl At the time of his capture he wore a of moccasins made of cloth. During his rims of the craters, flowing down the he acted,at various times i : been for the peculiar circu: n.-"ff o a subsidence of nearly seven weeks. The noise of the violent disturbance was p! DEATR COMES 10 A PEFALUMAN IV A MADHOUSE Mystery Surrounds Passing of Hugh B. Gilroy in Nevada. —_—— IT MAY BE A CASE OF MURDER ——— The Young Man Is Found Wandering in Reno’s Streets, Bereft of Reason and With Wounds on His Head. e Speclal Disvatch to The Call. PETALUMA, Aug. 29.—Information was received here to-day that Hugh B. Gi roy, a prominent young business man of thi' city, who recently went to Winne- mucca, Nev., on a business trip, has been foully dealt with, Devoid of reason and exhausted from a severe beating about the head, he was found a few days ago wandering aimlessly about Reno. As he was unable to give any account of him- self or tell where his home was, he was taken before the Insanity Commissioners and committed to the State insane asy- lum, where he died to-day. Before his death he recovered sufficiently to inform authorities that he came from Petaluma, | after which he again relapsed into rav- ings. He was unable to give any account of *his misfortune, even to state when or where it occurred. He formerly worked for Hurd & Dies and latér entered into ginr(nershlp in the plumbing business with . Sutton, ; Some of Gilroy's friends here state that he has been acting in an erratic manner for some time past. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World and held a hikh office in the Foresters of America. He was popular among the young people of: this city, and his untimely end is ben- erally regretted. Gilroy has a divorcea wife residing in Marysville. A message was sent to her to ertain the where- abouts of his relativ as none reside in this city. COAST NEWS IN BRIEF. NTA CRUZ, Aug. 20.—The Hon. James McLachlan, Republican nominee for Congress from the Sixth Congressional District, Spoke at the Odd Fellows' Hall at Soquel this“even- ing to a large audienc LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20.—Mrs. Anna Ken- yon, a dressmaker, has asked for police protec- tion asainst the Prohibitionists. She also claims that Christians torment her. She will be examined on a charge of insanity to-mor- row. TACOMA, Aug. 20.—In the United States court this afternoon Judge Hanford made an order directing the sale of the Tacoma and Co- lumbla River Rallway, to be made after ad- vertising thirty days. The claims aggregate about $20,000. BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 20.—The Populists and Democrats seem to be as far apart in the mat- ter of the proposed fusion as they were last nisht and it can be said that the prospect of the arrangements being made is distinctly less favorable than it was twenty-four hours ago. VALLEJO, Aug. 20.—The Gibbs-Chambers Packing Company has deeided to purchase the old Union Pressed Brick and Terra Cotta Com- pany’s extensive property, at which their can- nery is now located. In that event the c: nery will be one of Vallejo's permanent indus- tries. PORTLAND, Or., Aug. %.—Word comes from Gold Beach, Curry County, Oregon, that Cole- man Gillespie, aged 21, has been convicted of the murder of Mrs. Edson, an aged lady, in September last and _sentenced to be hanged October 5. The murder was committed for the purpose of robbery. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29.—President Wright of the County Board of Education has re- celved a letter from H. C. Petray, president of the Alameda County Board of Education, stating that the Alameda County expert, Bul- lock, has refused to pass the board’s claims for services since Judge Trask's decision de- claring a per diem to members of county boards illegal. Mr. Petray proposes that the Boards of Bducation of the State unite In appealing the case to the Supreme Court. = FOREST FIRES SPREAD. Flames Are Getth;é Beyond Control in Los Angeles County. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20.—Within the last thirty-six hours the mountain fires, overleaping the ridges, have gained great volume and headway and reports received this afternoon indicate that the watershed of the Los Angeles city water supply is In great danger of devastation. City Engi- reed Olmstead left this morning for the scene of the fire, W. M. Sullivan, proprietor of Sturte- vani's Camp, telephoned to this city at noon, saying that a report had been re- ceived at the camp to the effect that the fire, which yesterday overleaped the ridge separating ihe west fork from the Littie Tejung Canyon, had to-day, after burn- ing fiercely in the last-named canyon, overleaped into the Big Tejunga Canyon, and is now burning around and in Pine Flats. All of these places form import- ant portions of tne source of this city's water supply. - Wreck of the Steamer Cutch. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Aug. 2.~ The steamer Topeka arrived from the north at 11 o'clock to-night with 150 pas- sengers and $100,000 in gold dust. Officers of the Topeka report the British steamer Cutch ashore on Horseshoe Reef, in Stephens Passage, twenty-five miles from Juneau. The crew esca‘)ed. The steamer Flossie from Treadwell was dispatched to the assistance of the wrecked vessel, but it was thought she would become a total wreck. AN Objects to Meat Law. BERLIN, Aug. 20.—Italy has protested against Germany's new meat law on the ground that it contravenes the Italian- German commercial treaty. THONDEROUS THE ROAR OF VOLCANOES THAT SPOUT MUD IN .ME.NDOCLNO_ After a Period of Two Months of Inactivity These Won- derful Freaks of Nature Are Again in Eruption, the Rumblings Being Audible for Many Miles. Special Dispatch to The Call AYTONVILLE, Aug. 20.—With a roaring as of thunder and a great spouting of a mass of bluish-black | 2 a?v:l ulv.. th:hwurweml;: t nmi-r- : corresponding -e&mi;'y,!,f)':h '1’)’.fll ,};gj view Dand KIng 10 8 K . liquefied earthy matter, the remarkable mud volancoes of Mendocino County again became active to-day after kins, Denver; board of trustees—Dr. T. J. is home and he aaked the Sherif how | % timber. The volcanoes are about five feet above the surface of the earth, from five to eight feet in diameter at the § | &t 320 e claim was paid, and subse: he got it. € 1he SUENee,Q hATEEE TS 10 S1G08 Ipnt I CHICLI AT The uently the Government concluded that K is crafty and full of In‘mult{. base_and from thl:e.e to four feet at the mouth. These muddy craters are filled with a bluish mud of about the au lo!u was lost through the negligence During his fight ‘he would change h consistency of boiling mortar and when active steam and bubble like boiling water and make a thunderous roar ) | Phe' heoomoeT, 300, Rotified him to retund that can be heard for miles around. To-night the disturbance is so violent that the mud belches forth over the mountain side. A warm vapor, that shoots high into the air, accompanies i ¢ . : . lainly heard all day'and many people went to the scene im- mediately after the first evidence-of activity became known. This singular phenomenon is occurring at a point e}ght miles south of he.re‘ Yt is stated that the spouting of mud from the craters is contemporaneous with the tides of the ocean, and it is thought that they are either connected with the ocean by some subterraneous channel or acted upon directly by the influence of the moon or whatever causes the ebb and flow of the tides of the sea. Yet the volcano_es are twenty miles from the ocean. It is certainly a curious freak of nature and worthy the research of the scientist. There are about twenty-five of the volcanoes in the group. The earth about is bar- The surface of this barren spot appears as if some mighty hydraulic power had cleared it of its FORMULATION OF NEW , PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW Superintendents in Convention at San Jose| Adopt Revisions to Be Submitted to the Legislature for @ction. @ | school, concentration and supervision of rural school districts, employment of teachers, management of normal schools and county taxation were discussed. The report of the educational commis- sion, appointed some time ago to consider the wants and needs of the grammar and primary schools of the State, was pre- sented. The following committees were appointed to consider the various subjects treated: Certification_of teachers—Su; L. McLane, Danlel Furlong Waiker, Bagnelle. Compulsory education—Superintendents L. J. Chipman, Coulter, Davidson, Waterman, Hill, Barr, McClymonds. Government of normal schools and State Board of Education—Superintendents C. L. En- @ ntendents C. Vebster, Chope, | PROFESSOR M. E. DAILEY OF THE SAN JOSE STATE NORMAL | SCHOOL, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON RECEPTION AT THE STATE CONVENTION OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS. @ | Special Dispatch to The Call. AN JOSE, Aug. 20.—A revision of | nis, Hill, Baldwin, Greely, Graham, Dunn, | the general school law was accom- ett lection of teachers—Superintendents J. W. plished at the sessicns of the Y | Linscott, Wagner, White, Lauguemore, Wood, | and County School Superintendents | Owens, Crawford. to-day. While there were many High sf’hlwl - nmrndmom:—$up«rimpndonu‘ changes the convention practically con- Q;’r‘;;"- ‘g‘;{‘r“ Erlewine, Russell, Hughes, Ed- | curred in recommendations of the bien- exthooks—Superintendents J. H. Strine, nial sessions of 1896 and 1898. Howard, Brown, Gordon, Tilton, McCarthy, c | The discussions were generally joined in - oncentration and supervision of rural schools and great interest was manifested in the | _SIRCERIANOR ARG, SUPersion of T Sorover matter. ~ | Crulkshank, Bahr, Ra < esided over County ‘hool tax—Superintendents Gordon, o | These committees will report” to-mor- | Professor Charles H. Allen, for many | I mmi vears principal of the San Jose Normal, | oW when it is expected some important : ion will be taken. and Professor Volney Rattan were elect- | This afternoon the Superintendents were ed honorary members. Mr. Allen ad- taken for a ride about the orchards and dressed the Superintendents on the many this evening a band concert and reception changes in school work during the past | ¥as tendered them at the Sainte Claire thirty years. Matters relating to the certification of teachers, compulsory attendance at CONSIDERING REVISIONS OF THE BY-LAWS Grand Council of Catholic. Ladies’ Aid Society IS a A trip to Mount Hamilton and a leok through the Lick telescope is the plan »f entertainment. has been appointed assistant secretary of the convention. The choir which has so freely given its services at the convention is composed of Miss Lizzie Forne of Fresno, Miss Emma | Russell of San Francisco, Miss Caeser of | San Rafael, M. J. Breen of San Francisco; | Miss Lillle Forne, organist. TIN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. Members of the C. L. A. S. Honor Mrs. Samuel McFadden. Special Disvatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ. Aug. 2.—Last evening | being the tin anniversary of the marriage of Mrs. Samuel McFadden, a grand direc- tor of the C. L. A. 8., the event was duly celebrated. The programme given was as follows: “Kathleen Mavourneen Miss Emma Russell | Rag-time selections. Miss Russeil “The Holy City".... Misses Caesar eI‘y usy_ | Plano solo ........... 5 Miss Flynn Acting Grand President Miss Marcella Fitzgerald composed the following poem in honor of the occasion: A decade of glad wedded years, A summer time of smiles and tears, A measure crowded with Joys of life, | The joys that bless a happy wife | Are thine, and may thy future be | With pleasure filled—from sorrow free. SHANKLIN AGAIN ESCAPES. Quashing at Fresno of the District Attorney’s Information. Spectal Dispatch to The Call | FRESNO, Aug. 20.-Judge Mahon of Kern County, sitting for Judge Webb, has handed down an important decision in the Shunk}l}in' l.‘(l’l'lbezziemenl,ldI:l e. He holds o o 3 s that the information filed by the District o G coptinue | Attorney is not sufficient in point of law RESL i) 205 RISRBAN™ | and orders it quashed on this anq other ovEy , P technical grounds. District Aftorney The Rev. H. H. Wyman, C. 8. P., in| Eyerts says he wiil appeal to the Supreme regretting his inabiiity to attend, said: | Court “Everything that concerns the interests | ‘Im; Df he Catholip, SaR S e e ooy ray | was formerly City Clerk and absconded dear to my heart and 1 hope and Pray | with several thousand dollars belonging that God may guide you In your delib- | ¢, the city. Last April he was arrested erations.” .| in Oregon and brought back for trial. The_second day of the Catholic Ladies' | jujge Cook of Sam Francisco sat at the Ald Soclety Grand Council has been a | first trial and ordered the jury to acquit | Dy gant feature was the receiving of | Sh{eRIICa) Eropnds, The second trjal rec | 3 o e same way. Shanklin was congratulations and greetings, which "in- | again arrested. but the Information was higaa those given above. and the follow- | knocked out béfore the trial. ing from the Young Ladies’ Institute: The information quashed yesterday was The Young Ladies’ Institute sends fraternal then fil The ex-Clerk has never denied | greeting and wishes you all success. That your that he misappropriated the money. | Sforts at this time will be for the best in- e terest of your noble order is the praver of the INTERESTS THE COAST. ¥Young Ladies' Institute. ~ANNIE POTOFF. } T . The past presidents who are present | Postoffice Appointments and List of | . Pensions Granted. al and are entitled to seats iz the Grand Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Council are: iss Mary Carr, o i T WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Postmasters | | appointed: California—A. E. Ulch, Ceres, | | Stanislaus County, vice Robert Craig, re- | P ST Special Dispatch to The Call | SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 2.—The Grand | Council of the Catholic Ladies’ Aid So- | ciety spent the entire day in considering | proposed revisions of by-laws. Few | amendments were adopted. | Archbishop Ricrdan sent the following message to the council: It will be impossible for me to attend the annual council of the Catholic Ladies’ Ald Soclety. I send, however, a special | blessing and fervent wishes that the meet- | ing may resuit in great good to the society. | From its first organization to the present hour it has been a credit to our holy reli- glon and has done an immense good in the s the fourth time that Shanklin has punishment on technicalities. He Miss Maria Flynn of No. 1, zzie Horn, Mrs. A. B. Ma- Mi ulia Weber, : Miss Minnie isco No. | signed. 9 } Sregon—c, J. Spitzbart, Fair Grounds, . | Marion County, vice Theodore Nolf, re- 1.The nominafions oL o firss.:.‘"p‘,’:n'?fiflzislgned: E. M.'Clymer, Fossie, Wheeler f San Francisco No. 2; e o Cailins of Stockton No. Spellman, Miss Emma Russell of San Franc 0. 11; Miss Ella McGowan of San Rafael County, vice L. J. Gates. resigned. |~ Washington—Increase—Marshall _ Clark, Soldiers’ Home, Orting, $10; Oscar Slosson, | | Mount_Vernon, $8; John Couch, Palouse | | City, $8; John L. Dickerson, New What com, $3." Original widows—Eliza Jane Fit | terling, Port Angeles, $8. { Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Pope, deputy surxeoln gemmld i;nlled hsutas army, now, on temporary duty at,t e- | siaio. Ban Feancisom To. sasigned to l;:r- | manent duty at that post. i 28t i sl Doctors Choose Officers. BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 20.—The Rocky | | Mountain Interstate Medical Association | at Its session to-day selected Denver as | the next meeting place, in September, | 1901, and elected the following officers. | President, Dr. C. R. Fleming, Denver | first vice president, Dr. H. D. Miles, Salt | Lake; second vice president, Dr. F. W. | McCrimmon, Butte; treasurer, Dr. Charles G. Plummer, Salt Lake; record- ing secretary, Dr. E. Murray, Butte; Dr. James Carter, Wyom- and Dr. A. W. Holmes, Calitornta: = Captain Wilcox to Be Arrested. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20.—Deputy Mar- shal Christian has gone to Wawona, Mari- posa County, to serve a warrant upon Captain Wilcox, now In charge of a com- | pany patrolling the Yosemite. In 1896 Wil- | cox was a cayalry lieutenant and sued the Government for the 1o8s of a horse valued amount the Government has ret the hm] issued a warrant for his arrest. e St Cal, Aug. 20.—A case of small- Hotel at Cal- | office and were treated to | examination, wherein a | were going to erect a derrick on the | him with his rifle. | to THO GIRLS WILL TESTIFY AGAINST THE JAPANESE : 'Bloodthirst?fiown Men Who Beat Novato Chinese Held for Trial. —_— MAKE DENIAL OF COMPLICITY —_— At the Preliminary Examination the Prisoners Tell Conflicting Stories of the Fierce Battle on the Ranch. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call SAN RAFAEL, Aug teen Japanese prisc here in jail awaiting the injuries they inflicted on men yesterday afterncon at the Novato ranch were ined by District Attorn men were brought u ~When the six- who are held outcome of the lay exam- n i San Francisco and a sh took an active part. Mr. that the stories of the m dictory. All of them sta N took no active part in the assau than to try to stop it. Last night the men were separated as much as the facilities of the jail would permit. They were not allowed to taik with their visiting countrymen. The Dis- trict Attorney s missions from ined s that he got some ad- several that were exam- mainstay of the prosecution in the stimony of Miss Ethel Alice Mansablea, who e case will be, the te Green and “Miss were in the packing house at the time and saw_ the commencement of i | trouble. They say that they can ident! the men who started the trouble and the clubs. They are the only white wit- nesses to the commencement of the row To-morrow they will be sent for and d upon to piek m the invest c suspicion of the pritles has been di- rected a H. Matsutani, E. Himme Y. Hikido and W. Matsutani. The Mat- sutanis are supposed to be the men who inflicted the terrible injuries om Ching Fork All the injured Chinese are doing w and Ching Fong, who it w: would die last night, is still a Kuzer stated that the man ma but that he is in a eritical conditic Nothing will be done with the prisoners for several days. Ex-District Attorney Martinelll has been retained to defend them. The Japanese this morning presented a sanguinary and revolting appearance. Their clothing was still covered with the gore of t ims. They expressed no regret for their acts. SHOOTING DURING AN OIL LANDS DISPUTE Ex-County Recorder Wells With a Rifte Resists an Attempt to Seize His Homestead. Special Dispatch to The Call BAKERSFIELD, Aug. 20.—T. A Wells, ex-County Recorder, shot and wounded J. M. Terrell to-day over land in the Kern River oil district. The shooting took place about four miles north of town. Weils resides on the land and elaime it by homestead entry. L. Wails and others claim it by right of mineral location. Early this morning Terrell and h soclates notified Wells ~that they an to begin operations for oil. Wells warned them if they did_they would walk over his dead body. Terrell and his men did not d the warning and three of them started to go on the tract with a oad of lumber. Wells, being in town, overtook them. He jumped from his buggy, about fifty yards away, with a rifle in his hands and notified them if they attempled to unload he would fire on them. raits threw off some planks, when forced him to desist by covering Then Terrell tried it He Wells saying he had been shot at before. threw off two or three planks. Well§ told him if he threw off another he wobuld fire. Oft went another and immediately a shot rang out, and Terrell fell with a bullet in the caif of one of his legs. This ended the matter. Terrell's friends picked him up and all drove for town. errell and party were unarmed. There would no doubt have been an exchange of shots had they been armed, at least they intimated as much. They deelare they will take fon of the land yet, and Wells stil’ icks to it that if they it they will have to walk over his Hfeless body. o heetas Rural Free Delivery atOrange County SANTA A A, Aug. 29.—Postmaster Alexander has received a telegram from Washington stating that orders have been issued establishing rural free delivery of mails in this valley, to begin September 1. There will be three routes from Santa Ana, one from Orange and several from Anaheim and Fullerton. ADVERTISEMENTS. Cures Fload Poison A Trial Treatment Sent Free to All Who Suffer From Any Stage of the Diseas>. Cures Cases That Hot Springs and All Other Treatments Failed to Even Help. There has been discovered by the State Medical Institute, 203 Elektron bullding. Fort the most remarkable Blood Poison cure ever heard of. It has cured all such im- dications as mucous patches In the mouth, copper colored spots, out and the whole skin was a mass of boils, pimples and uicers this wonderful specific has completely changed the whole sody Into a clean, perfect condition of _physical Eealtn. Every ratiroad running into Fort Wayne brings scores of sufferers seeking this new and marvei- ous cure and to enable those Whd csumot travel lize what a truly marveious work the in- stitu is_accomplishing they W nd free v every sufferer a free trial trea‘ment so that every wne can _cure themselves . the privacy of thelr own home. This 18 the oaly known cure for Blood Poison. Do 2ot aesitate fto Writo at once and ghe free trial will Se sent - ANY MAN WHO @ SUFFERS fer from the weak- or s just suf effects of self-abuse