The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 6, 1901, Page 2

HATZFELDTa OPEN FIGAT FOR MILLIONG Prince and Princess to Press Suit Begun in New York. Claim a Daughter’s Share of the Late C. P. Hunting- | ton’s Wealth. A GRS Special Dispateh to” The Call SACRAMENTO, July 5.—Since Princess zfeldt w born in this city and taken from here whi child by the late C. P. 3 ince her mother, Mrs. been for m years t of Sacramento, local by the Prin- erest was in- when the Prince ney J. D. Redding and local had prolonged ttorney. The eclaration up ems good authority actually been brought by and that the sit of the in this city as making sure ¢ mo; 1 the con- test were brought to an i Says the Bee Fight Opens in New York. Among those familiar with the trou- out of the settiement of the estate it is believed that some 1 Prin- aid ected with Tatzfeldt be Princ a of th der: ut this is ur quibble. Technically there est of the will, but as a a suit was begun in New ago by Princess Hatz- s portion of the ntra This is in effect a will, in that it would resuit t division of the estate. Hatzfeldt b: er suit upon Jlleged agreement by C. P. Hunting- when he took her from her moth Prentice, that he Wouid rear her daughter. The Hatzfeldts hold t that id receive a daugh- state and suit has been in New York upon the contract his construction. With this vie of the case, it makes no difference, on of the Hatzfeldt attorney was a legal adoption or d ptien question does not figure in i & the re her mo: e Prince of Princess ater of her r attorney, ion that the and filial he light of Pro r in the case as ip of the Hatzfeldt was made both for purpose of cementing the relations be- mother and daughter, and of con- h dence as the Hatzfeldt upon the contract un- . Prince Hatzfeldt and in cloze consultation Frank D. Ryan while in . Ryan is understood to m here. The Princess spent time with ner mother. g the probability of a com- s believed that in order to suit being brought to trial ngton, who, with Mrs. C. P. the ‘widow, i6 the principal r the w tilement which w Hatzf, s. It P untington but the will consent 1o a I be satisfactory_to understood that Mrs. C willing to effect a set- opposition comes from It is known that Mrs. a = ement E rms with THE PRINCESS HATZFELDT. Her Early Life in Sacramento and Her Alliance With the Prince. Though a native of California, Princess spent the whole E when she was 14 , in the East or abroad. 1401 L street, Sacra- ward Prentice, for- that city. Her mother gton’s first wi born in two-story 0 M street, father E tice, a grocer i *ollis P. Hunt t but a small was then with no ct very fona of hi; wife's t learning to walk his own, be niece when she ana prattle and mother 2 1864 arranged adoption as th her own hi; d been christened Clara nes Mr. Huntington The mother would only agree 1o a tial change and Clara Louisa Prentice became Clara Elizabeth tingt grew up in her foster | ser’s house, but, being so close to her her, a great deal of her time ith her and perforce the natural stronger 1o the detriment of | There was elash of juris diction and it was thought best that she should go East and enter a boarding school. z This she did and at one and another she remained until she was grown to womanhood, when she made her debut at Mr. Huntington’s mansion in New York and took her place in society as his daughter. He in the meantime—in 1884— had married a second wife, Mrs. A. B. Yarrington of Alabama, h whom the young foster daughter traveled much in this country and in Europe for several years. rman Prince a Suitor. On one trip to Europe Miss Huntington met Prince Paul Hatzfeldt-Wildenberg. nt Paul Hatzfeldt, the dor at London, and a of ancient Austro-German house of that name. Preliminary negotiations on the part of the Prince for Miss Huntington’s hand brought M gton himself on the scene, but 1 nds for advances of ready money to pay pressing aebts and for the marriage his liking, and the dropped for the time. They were renewed later, however. The Prince yielded every poinf as far as his demands on the Hunt- ington purse were concerned. He scaled down. the figures representing his presse ing debts to the amount the American magnate had expressed a wiilingness to pay, but which he had at first indignantly refused. negotiations were Mr. Huntington provided the $500,000 necessary for this purpose and settled $3,000,000 on his daughter for life with re- issue. This sum was de- American banks and she therefrom at The marriage time during the year. celebrated at Bromp- ton Oratory, London, October 28 19, Bishop Patterson, the leading Catholic gr»)ute of that city, officiating. Thé-af- 'air was semi-privaie. not more than one hundred persons being present. These included Mr. and Mrs. Huntington, Miss Sherrill of Washington, the only brides- maid, and the German, and American Em! . ‘with several members of Prince Hatzfeldt's family. The bride’s costume cost $3000. Hatzfeldts Objected. The Hatzfeldts had at first demurred to the alliance, but at the eleventh hour made the best of it and recetved the Hunt- irgtons with effusive cordiality. On Mr. Huntington's death it w: thet he had made further provision for his daughter, but not so liberally as was probably expected. By the terms of his will, which was prohated in New York August 24,1900, shortly after his death, he disposed of an estate then thought to be sbout $35,000000 in value, but which « a prospective con- | , - | checked shou er of the | is the daughter of Mrs. | e were | settlement were not to to check for the income | FLAMES RAGING UP TAMALPAIS Fresh Breeze Undoes the ! Work of the Fire- Fighters. Conflagration Gets Beyond Control and Lays Waste * Large Area. Special Dispaich to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, July 5—The fire that tarted on Mount Tamalpais yesterday af- | ternoon is raging on the northern slopes. Gangs of men were this morning dispatched to the scene and every effort | is being made to subdue the flames. Word was received this afternoon from Willlam Barr, superintendent of the Tamalpais Water Company, that the fire was under control. Later in the afternoon, however, a fresh breeze fanned the flames into re- soon aflame. ted on the picnic grounds the western end of Lake Lagunitas. » efforts were made at the time to | get it under control. The water company sent wagonloads of men to the scene: It was believed the fire would burn itself | cut during the night, i found the flames ie the west and north ing this city with w but hard work saved them. To-night _the conflagration was racing | ward Bill Williams Gulch, where it “‘”l} I d Efforts are being | e 0 along the old wagon d leading to the summit of the moun- | tain. If these be ccessful the scope of | the fire will be confined to the mountain | elf. It is now in some of the heaviest | h in the county ! where it is impossi- | sh much. taken and | believed to b 5 the mountain the brush is short and com- | paratively thin and the fire could easily be ascend that far. VETERANS AT SANTA CRUZ ELECT OFFICERS Commeander D. H. Bryant Remains | at the Head of the Asso- ciation. SANTA CRUZ, July 5.—At: Camp Wal- | lace Reyvnolds to-day the officers of the | fornia Veterans’ Association for the ar were elected, as follows: Commander, D. H. Bryant of San Jose; | senior vice commander, Philip Hynes of | Santa Cruz first vice commander, Mrs. ni of San Francisco, for the Woman's Relief Corps; second vice com- mander, Mrs. 8. J. Post of San Jose, for the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Re- | public; third vice commander, Captain L. | B. M of Los Gatos, for the Sons of v fourth vice commander, Miss Pearl s of Santa Cruz, for the Daughters of Veterans: fifth vice com- mander, Mr. Brandt of San Jose, for Mex- jcan and Philippine War Veterans; sixth | vice commander, Mrs. Gertrude Lewis of | Jose: surgeon, C. W. Mallory of Los | Gatos: chaplain, Rev. E. O. McCreary of Santa Cruz; quartermaster, J. J. Nichols of Los Gatos. Moore Briggs of San Jose was appointed djutant, and Commander J. C. Brown of alinas chief of staff. The council of ad- | ministration, the governing body of the ociation, was appointed by Commander Bryant. Its members are L. A. Mahoney of San Jose, chairman; L. J. Stone of | San Jose, vice chairman; E. B. Pond and | Mrs. Gertrude Jones of San Jose: P. B. Shuler, G. B. Fitch and Mrs. Abbie Shu- ler of Los Gatos: Mrs. Laura Robertson and C. Mason Kinne of San Francisco; Mrs. Geraldine Frisbie of Menlo Park; Charles C. Craghill and Mrs. Marie Cool- baugh of Santa Cruz: Mrs. Merlicia and | 2. Brown of Salinas, and Mrs. Hliza | Shepherd and Mrs. Cora E. Merrill of Oakland. The officers were installed this after- noon by Comrade D. Coates of Campbells. | ADVERTISE FOR BIDS | ON THE FRANCHISES | Santa Clara Supervisors Clear the | ‘Way for Proposed Railroad | System. SAN JOSE, July 5—The Board of Su- pervisers to-day took up the remaining three franchises for electric railways pe- titioned for by a syndicate of capitalists | headed by George T. Dunlap of Gilroy | and instructed the clerk to advertise them for sale. A franchise for a road to Gilro from this city was passed last Mond: | and the franchises considered to-day were | for roads from this city to the Sah Mateo County line by way of Santa Clara and | | out the San Francisco road from Santa | Clara to Alviso and from this city to Los | Gatos by way of Campbell. There was no | opposition to the granting of the fran- | chises. Bids are to be opened on Au-| gust 19, | All of the roads must be completed in two years. The line to the San Mateo County line and the Alviso road from within six Santa Clara must be begun the Los year. No restrictions were made in the | size of fare, except in the franchise for | the Alviso road. The raté from this city to ta Clara was fixed at not more than 10 cents, from Santa Clara to Agnews 5 cents and from Santa Clara to Alviso not | more than 20 cents. Gl A BN GIANT FIRECRACKER | ROBS HIM OF SIGHT | Premature Explosion Maims the As- sistant Postmaster at East | Highlands. | SAN BERNARDINO, July 5.—Charles | Tyler, aged 22 years, was rendered totally | blind as the result of the premature ex- | plosion of a large firecracker at East | Highlands last evening. Tyler applied a | mateh to the firecracker and walked away to await its explosion. The sputter- ing of the fuse ceased and Tyler went to apply another match. Just as he was stocping over it the firecracker exploded. His left eye was entirely destroyed and ‘ he was terribly burned about the face and | hands. | One year ago young Tyler lost the sl'ghl | of his right eye owing to a cataract. The | accident of yesterday renders him entire- |1y blind. He was Assistant Postmaster at | East Hizhland: Child Plays With Powder. SACRAMENTO, July 5.—Little Anna Casey, a six-year-old deaf and dumb child | of H. R. Casey, was terribly if not fatally | burned this afternoon. The child got | | some matches and set fire to powder which an elder sister had gathered from firecrackers. As she stooped- over the | powder her thin dress caught when it ig- | | nited. Her mother and sister were_ badly burned before they could put ofit the ames. ke S Bullet Ends His Life. STOCKTON, July 5—E. R. Drilling, a carpenter by trade, residing in Gambet- | ta’s Addition to Stockton, committed sul- | cide this morning by shooting himself in | the head with a revolver. “He was 57 | years of age and leaves a wife and sev- eral children. @ I sisce then has largely increased in value. By article 7 of his will he provided that | $1,000.000 should be placed in the hands of | trustees, the income from which was to be pald to Princess Hatzfeldt during her life and the capital to go to her issue at her death or, failing issue, to such per- sons as she might direct by will. 1f the amount named fafled to yield 4 per cent income or became reduced by un- fortunate investment the trustees were authorized to make good either principal cr_iuterest out of other funds not specifi- cally appointed under the preceding terms of the will. This bequest to the Princess was for her sole use and benefit and not for the debts of her husband. The same provision was made In the case of the other married legatees under the will. FRANC1 THE SA CO CALL, S URDAY JULY 6, 1901 TWO CRUISERS READY TO PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS IN ARGENTINE Congress of the South American Republic Proclaims Buenos Ayres in a State of Siege for Six Months and Censors All Cablegrams Owing to the Participation of Anarchists in Local Disturbances — ALL BUREBAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., 'WASHINGTON, July 5—In case American interests in Argen- tine should be endangered by the trouble prevailing there, the pro- tected cruisers .Chicago and Atlanta will immediately said’ for Buenos Ayres. Minister Lord, accrédited to Argentine, has not cabled. any information. to the State Department showing that a serious condition of affairs has arisen, nor do his mail dispatches indicate that he anticipat- ed an outbreak which would require the Government to apply martial law. Rear Alimiral Cromwell, commander-in- chief of the South Atlantic station, only left Buenos Ayres a few wecks ago with his squadron for Rio de Janeiro, where he has since arrived. Had he anticipated trouble at the timeshe was sailing the au- thorities say he would certainly not have gone. Admiral Cromwell undoubtedly ar- ranged to keep in communication with Mr. Lord, and if the latter thinks a warship neécessary to insure the protection of American interests a dispatch to the naval officer will be followed by its appearance. NEW YORK, July 5—The Western Un- ion Telegraph Company is advised thas the Argentine Congress has declared Bue- nos Ayres in a state of siege for six months and has established consorship on all messages thereto. BUENOS AYRES, July 5.—A state of siege has been proclaimed here. This is due to the participation of anarchists in local disturbances. Quiet now prevails h ere. The Minister of Finance, Dr. Enrique @ eisieiieiindedeet : 9 S 3 SENSATIONAL RATE WAR AMO & < ‘RULER OF THE DISTURBED ARGENTINE REPUBLIC AND HIS FA: VORITE RESIDENCE AT THE CAPITAL, WHERE ANARCHISTS | ACTS HAVE CAUSED MARTIAL LAW TO BE PROCLAIMED. —i | Berduo, has resigned. The Government will send a message to Congress with- NG TRUNK 3 <+ drawing the bill for the unification of the foreign debt, 'LINES OPERATING WEST FROM CHICAGO Santa Fe Loses Trade in Such Alarming Proportions That It Makes a Cut of 5o Per Below the Present Printed Tariffs Cent v CHICAGO, July 5.—A rate fight of lib- eral proportions is on among the trunk lines operafing between Chicago and Mis- sourl River point centers. For several weeks there has been widespread though secret manipulation of rates on all classes of frelght in this territory. but there had been no open rupture between any of the roads until to-day. When it became -evident that peace could not be restored except by some drastic action officers of several of the roads began to plan open reductions in tariffs. The Santa Fe was the first to act, and to-day came out with an an- nouncement that it would put in a scale L 2 e S e SQUATTERS MUST QUIT THE LAND Grant to San Fernando Valley Tract Is Sus- tained. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, July 5—An order was filed in the Superior Court to-day which marks the ending of ten years’ litigation, going through the California Supreme Court and receiving final determination in the Supreme Court of the United States. The case is that of the Los Angeles Farming and Milling Company against C. 8. Thompson and 124 other defendants, in- volving the validity of the original grant of about 75,000 acres of land in the upper end of San Fernando Valley. A remittitur has been received from the State Supreme | Court, stating that the criginal judgment vor of the plaintiff was affirmed by {,;\ef?ighest court in_ the land, and direct- ing that the order of affirmation be enter- ed of record and the plaintiff be given its costs against the defendants, who appeal- ase. edT'bhee Satlon was brought by-th Farm- ing and Milling Company to’ restrain the defendants from interference with its pos- session of the great tract of land in San Ferrando Valley. The land was used for urposes. e and his co-defendants con- ceived the idea that the title of the com- to the land was defective and might ggnuyltacked with success and that by set- tHng on the land they might be able to ssession in the event that the com- g:L}'!:!otille was held to be invalid by the courts. To that end they formed an or- ganization and proceeded to carry out the plan of “squatting” on the land. The suit was filed, and a temporary restraining or- der was issued against the defendants to keep them from the land. But before they mfiy submitted to this several of them were. held in contempt of court for re- fusing to leave the premises. e Texas is the largest cotton State. Her product last year amount to 2,248,000 bales. Georgla came second with 1,260,000 bales, Mississippi 1,226,000 and Alabama 1,018,000 bal of rates, effective July 15, between this city and Southwestern Missouri River points that would awake the secret rate cutters to a realization of the situation. The rates promulgated by the Santa Fe average reductions of from 30 to 40 and in some cases 50 per cent below the pres- ent printed tariffs. It is believed that the action of the Santa Fe will be followed by similar an- nouncements by all competitors and that the cuts are intended to bring the long standing secret fight for business to a head and to force the limes that have been out of the pool to become members. W. B. Biddle, freight trafic manager of (hfdsan(n Fe, discussing the cut in rates, sald: “In making an open reduction in rates TOWN OF WILBUR IN FIRES CLASP Two Blocks Are Burned and the Flames Are Spreading. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WILBUR, Wash., July 6—Fire broke out in the basement of Hays’ general mer- chandise store at 6 o’clock last night. The cause was an explosion of oll in the base- ment. The smoke was so dense that the firemen could not enter the building, the only fire protection being a bucket brigade and the water tank of M. E. & E. T. Hay. 1 own There was no loss of life, although several persons were injured. Two blocks have been destroyed, and at 2:30 o'clock this morning the fire is spreading. The principal losses are as fotlows: M. E. & E. T. Hay, $100,000, fully insured; J. H. Robertson, blacksmith, $4500, no insur- ance; C. M. Carpenter’s saloon and hotel, $6000, insurance 5 . ——— Tulare County’s Squirrel Crop. VISALIA, July 6.—Including to-day’s count the total number of squirrel tails on deposit with the clerk of the Tulare County ' Board of - Supervisors is 84,300. This number is the total for the mon of June. The bounty on these tall§ amounts to $2529. The bounty law Has will be paid been repealed, and no boum{ " y L for squirrels killed after Ju Homesickness Leads to Suicide. EVERETT, Wash., July 5—Earl G. Nutting, 22 years old, employed as a yard- man at the Eclipse mill, hanged himself to-day at the Revere House. It is said by his friends that Nutting was homesick. His home was at Muncie, Ind —_———————— Perpetuate Pleasant Pictures By using a camera that will preserve, for your view book or shelves, scenes and faces -that you've loved to look on. We have the latest Premo, Poco and Eastman cameras, and are continually adding to our new stock of novelties, Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. * we are only doing what most of our com- petitors have been doing secretly for many weeks. Our traffic_between Kan- sas City and Chicago has been decreasing week by week until it is now only 4 or 5 per cent of the total traffic between these points, while one of the weakest lines is carrying over 16 per cent. Such a con- dition of affairs could only be caused by secret rate cutting by our competitors. To stop such business we determined to make wholesale reduction in rates openly. If this reduction proves to be insufficient to stop secret rate cuttings we will open- ly make another big one. As soon as we are given assurance that all our competi- tors will maintain reasonable rates we .will advance ours to a normal basis, but not before then.'” : D S 2 S T e e e Y ) HNIOG WAOLGAT BY LIBHTNING Buffalo Traffic Blocked and Exposition Lights Put Out. BUFFALO, July 6—A severe electrical storm passed over this city to-night. The lightning struck in several places. It hit the supply wires that bring electrical gower from Niagara Falls to Buffalo, urning out transformers and other elec- trical machinery in the Buffalo receiving house. For over an hour the streeis wera without electric light except that fur- nished by store windows which had their lants, and the street cars were at a standstill. The rain fell in torrents, the water fioodlng many cellars. The flash of lightning that put out the downtown eleciric lights and stopped the street cars also burned out all the circuits |* leading to the Exposition. The conduits were utterly inadequate to carry off the water and the grounds were flooded. Some of the M'dway shows were flooded to a depth of three fleet. The engine-room un- der the machinery and transportation building was also fllled with water and all the machinery was stopped. One small circuit, which supplies the arc lights in the exhibit buildings was the only one unaffected by the storm. MUNIFICENT OFFER MADE TO CITY —_——— Continued From Page Ome. Scotland, Mr. Carnegie's birthplace, re- ceived for a library $100,000. Mr. Carnegie's ~total beneficlaries to date for libraries, schools, hospitals, eté., run above $32,000,000. The Carnegie Insti- tute, Pittsburg, will probably soon re- celve $25,000,000 more, and other gifts in cortemplation will take another $5,000,000, making a M.‘ra.nd‘totnl of over $62,000,000. And vet Mr. Carnecgle sald as he sailed for Europe a short time ago: “T have just begun _this library business. Ask me about it ten years from now and I may -l have something to say.” - aLAYS HI AGED WIFE AND SELF Elsinore Rancher Mur- ders His Spouse With a Pick. Commits Suicide by Holding His Head Under Water in a Spring. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. RIVERSIDE, July 5.—Less than six months 6f wedded life, in which both bride and groom were past three score years, ended fn an awful tragedy on the ranch of Peter Tiedman, near Elsinore, vesterday. Probably as the result of a quarrel over property, the old rancher murdered his wife and hid her body, and then committed suicide by holding his head under water in a spring. The building on the Tiedman ranch was discovered in flames by neighbors yesterday. They reached the place too late to save anything and at first found no trace of Tiedman or his wife. Contin- uing the search, they found footprints leading toward a little canyon and there discovered the body of Mrs. Tiedman, cov- ered with brush. Her skull had been crushed in and a bloody pick lay near by. She was clothed in only her night dress. Last night the body of Tiedman was found in a little_ spring some distance from the house. The water was not over six inches deep and he had evidently lain down and held his head in the water until he was drowned. Apparently Tiedman had pursued his wife from the house and killed her, then | set fire to the building before taking his | own life. The Tiedmans were married here less than six months ago. The prospective bride refused to have Tiedman get the license until he had deeded to her the ranch, which consisted of eighty acres | of land and a small cottage. This Tied- man finally agreed to do, and the transfer was made and recorded at the same time as the license. On the license book Tied- | man’s age appears as 60 and his wife's as | 64. A mortgage for $200 was recently | placed on the ranch by Mrs. Tiedman, and it is supposed that the couple quar- reled over property matters. POSSE ON TRAIL OF A MURDER SUSPECT San Bernardino Deputy Sheriffs Pur- sue the Alleged Sldyer of Francisco Vera. SAN BERNARDINO, Rouse this morning found a clew to the mysterious murder of Francisco Vera, ‘whose body was discovered near Crafton iyesterday with a knife penetrating the eart. Ignacio Yeganio, an Indian medi- ne man, is believed to be the murderer; in fact incriminating evidence against him | has been found. A passe of Deputy Sher- | iffs is now in pursuit of him, but as he has eight hours start it is pelieved he will succeed in reaching the Mexican border. Yeganio is well known throughout South- | ern California_as a _dangerous character, and this is not the first time he has been | accused of serious crime. He went to Crafton last Sunday from San Diego | County, ‘ostensibly to treat a sick patient. On Wednesday night he and Vera quar- reled and the latter was afterward lured | to his death on the pretext that he was wanted in Redlands to assume a lucra- tive position. The alleged murderer is a halfbreed, 55 years old and fairly well educated. L el ] MINT OFFICIALS ARE SUSPENDED: Continued from Page One. for a person who knew the combination of the. cashier’s vault to open the steel door, steal a sack of gold and leave the building long before the time lock began its operations on the vault at 5 p. ms The investigating officials are almust certain that the six sacks of gold were stolen within the past four months. Early in the year the gold coinage of the Mirt commenced to accumulate and four months ago pigeon holes in the cash- ier's worki ‘vault were filled. It was possible for the gold to have been ab tracted before that time. The cashier or | superintendent could have entered the vauit any day at the close of business and a single glance around the vault would have shown if a single sack were missing. When millions of dollars in gold coin were piled into the vault and on trucks and stacked many feet high and still oth- er truckloads were left on the carriers it was impossible to see if any of the pigeon holes were vacant. The thief, famili with the manner in which the gold counted, took speedy advantage of opportunity and began his stealings. Each sack of gold received by the cash- fer from the coiner bore a tag number. The tag showed the date of coinage, the weight of gold and the gross weight of contents, bag and lead seal. In paying out large sums of money the cashier would order Captain Fitzpatrick, the vault man, to take the required sum from the steel room. No memorandum was made of the tag numbers of the sacks, and it is therefore impossible to find out the numbers of. the stolen sacks of gold. Amounts paid out, too heavy-to be paid over the counter, were piled by the vault man on a truck, in the presence of the cashier. The vault man would wheel the truck to a side door of the Mint, where it was delivered to the payee or his repre- sentatives. Director of the Mint Roberts, who has been in charge of the building for the past week, yesterday removed all the gold from the cashier's working vault and af- ter counting it, sealed the treasure in a large vault. One million dollars was placed in the working vault and Temporary Cashier Pedlar gave a receipt for the amount. Pedlar, at the close of business hours, locked the steel doors of the vault and also placed a seal on the door. Director of the Mint Roberts yesterday sent a request to Washington for assis:- ance in the investigation bf the robbery. Chief of Secret Service Wilkie immedi- ately replied that he had detailed a special member of his force to assist Secret Ser- vice Agent Hazen of the department, who is now at work on the case. Director Roberts declined to make any further statements yesterday. He staied that certain. evidence must be withheld until completed to the degree to warrant an arrest. HAS A GOOD RECORD. Santa Barbara People Say Walter Dimmick Was an Exemplary Man. SANTA BARBARA, July/5—Walter Dimmick, chief clerk of the\Mint, was formerly for many years a resident of Santa Barbara. He was a son of the late Dr. Dimmick, a prominent man of the eity. Walter Dimmick was a bank clerk here and afterward ennfia in the can- ning business. Willlam Eddy, T. R. Dawe and other business men who knew Dim- the mick here say he was an exemplary man, e —— Difficult Digestion That is dyspepsia. 5 It makes life miserable. Its sufferers eat not because they want to—but stmply because they must, They know they are irritable and fret- ful; but they cannot be otherwise. ey complain of a bad taste in the mfuth, a tenderness at the pit of the jomach, an uncasy feeling of puffy full- ness, headache, heartburn and what not. The effectual remedy, preved by permna- nent cures of thousands of severe cases, is Hood’s Sarsaparilla HOOD'S PILLS ars the best cathartic, July 5.—Sheriff | BIAL FIGHTS SWORD DUEL WITH THIEF Remarkable Combat in a San Bernardino Residence. —_— Seventeen - Year - Old Nita Lemon Worsts Intruder in the Encounter. Sgeclal Dispatch to The Call SAN BERNARDINO, July 5—“Two of three times I could have run my saber clear through my adversary, but the thought of seeing blood stopped me. My chief thought was to protect myself and escape. I had no desire whatever to hurt him. He thrust at me several times, but only once did he hurt me, and that was on the arm. The wounc. is quite sore and pains me considerably, but I will venture. . he yet feeis that blow I gave him on the head.? THus spoke Miss Nita Lemon, the 17- year-old daughter of Charles Temon, a conductor on the Santa Fe, in describing to-night her experiences in ome of the most remarkable sword duels on record. The young girl, attacked by a strange man, who invaded her home while she was alone, had picked up a saber with which to defend herself. Her assailant, himself an adept at feacing, had seized the weapon’s mate. In the battle for life that followed Miss Lemon's expert sword play stood her in such good stead that she succeeded in putting her opponent to flight after herself receiving a slight scratch on the arm. Miss Lemon's father was in Bakers- field and her mother in San Fran- cisco, and the young lady was left to stop with her grandparents at night and to care for the house by day. On Tuesday morning wkile making a tour of inspection of her home she was sud- denly confronted by a man whom she de- scribes as French in appearance and ac- gent. The man was between her and the door and advanced toward her with hos- tile mien. Miss Nita and her sister are expert fencers, having taken lessons of profes- sional swordsmen. Without a word the girl caught up a heavy saber standing in a corner of th: parlor and menaced her antagonist, who retreated until he caught sight of a light sword lying on a table. He grasped this, saying “If that 1s your ame, I'm in o Y With that they confronted one another and the fight began. The girl was finally | wounded in the left arm and her clothing | slashed in several places. Realizing that | she was fighting for her life, she fought | desperately, and finally struck her op- ronent a heavy blow on the shouider with the back of the saber that caused him to stagger. Nita pressed her advantage ana struck | him again on the neck, just under the ear. | He fell and the girl, not waiting to see | the result, fled to the house of a neighbor, whence shortly afterward the stranger was seen running across fields from the house. | Brave Miss Lemon’s Story. | “Mamma was called to San Francisco | very suddenly carly last week to the bed- | side of my brother Carl, who was then | playing there with the ‘Two Hearts' | company,” said Miss Lemon in telling of | her experience. ““Before leaving she re- | quested me to stay during the night time with my grandparents, across the street, which I did. “On Tuesday morning I returned home shortly after 7 o'clock and got myself in readiness to start to the depot to meet mamma and Carl. While I was arrangins my hair I heard a peculiar noise in the kitchen pantry. At first 1 paid no atten- tion to the incident, but five minutes later the nolse was renewed, and believ- ing it was caused by rats I went to the back yard and got the family cat. Then I quietly opened the pantry door and said, | ‘Catch 'em, kitty.' “Just then an ugly-lcoking man ap- peared, and staring me i1 the face sald: | 7 “Well, now, if there is going to be any catching T will do it." *‘Of course, I was thoroughly frightened, and the fact that every door and window in the house was locked securely flashed over my mind instantly. In fact, I was almost stunned for a moment and did not know what to do. Upcn regaining my senses my first thought was, what means should I-adopt in defending myself? Run- ning into the front room the first object I saw was a saber, which my sister and I had often used at practice. Naturally I am somewhat efficient with its use, for when papa lived in Los Angeles he had sister take fencing lessons from a French professor for several momnths. When I took the saber into my hands I turned around and saw that the stranger had followed me into the room. Looking at a center table he saw a long sword, which papa uses at lodge. He quickly rushed by me, and picking it up said angrily: “!'!f that is your game, two can play at it “Then he struck at me, but I parried the blow. My saber was eigkt. inches shorter than the weapon he usec, but I had not forgotten my former training and I went {at him. Isaw that my lif2 depended upon my skill, and with a determination to do my best I met him face to face. Wounds Her in the Arm. “The villain almost immediately started to fight unfairly: His brutal nstincts be- came more evident at every blow. His first thrust pricked the skin of my left arm and tore the sleeve of my dress. At this juncture I fully realized the danger that 1 faced, for I saw that he was an ex- pert with the sword. Turning my saber over my right shoulder I brought it down with my utmost strength over the man's left shoulder, which caused him te hawl, and before he could recover 1 took the blade of the saber in my hands and dealt him another blow on the head. “This seemed to stun him, and before he recovered from its effects I fled out of the rear door. I went across the street to _tell Foster Hancock, so that he could call the police, but just as I was enter- ing the yard I looked sround and saw that the brute was running away as fast as he could down Ninth street, toward the rallway shops. My. Hancock accompanied me home and found the tracks of the in- sru?er in our house and evidence of our el ADVERTISEMENTS. No other soap is w&h hav- ing as a gift. Fels-Naptha washes so easy. Your grocer returns your money if you don’t like it. Fels & Co., makers, Philadelphia. ANT4, MDY A CURE IN 48 HOURS, Before he could recover Miss=