The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 6, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUfiE 6, 1902. (o} SPECIAL GRAND JURY TO HEAR CHARGE AGAINST THE ASSESSOR Nineteen Citizens Will Be Selected to Pass on Accusations Reflecting Upon Henry P. Dalton-- g ——— AXLAND, June 5.—District Attor- ney J. Allen this morning re- i the Dalton-Daniels matter 3 the Superior a County, with a 2 special Grand J e matter. The result r Judges decided nt the of the criminal de- names, the owners to report to him on ow cause why they a special Grand o the question ordered by citizens from d are: Samuel Hay- e calied upo e acts of any other 1t relieved the flice of & great deal District Attor- een compelled to »f whether a war- F Hill, DRAWING OF GRAND JURY. f te til next way can will be next is finally Al days after t n to work. examining of wit- nc n is reached s it will be incident the e day is the »o0ks. County 3 all of his le to unearth t books that terday, and Court- ks and seventeen books, or forty-seven mportant development that a bill in ishing Com- st 30, fact Pr g of the arough the bills Bromley and were anxious to find if there on file in the Auditor's office account for the fifty- at were found in the vault s cellar yesterday. They books in the racks of and found a bill in the at positively identified having been paid for. It sire to find another bill that / the fifty-eight books that from the vault below bil ese investigations Mr. attorneys found this working assessment rolls , 1599. The investigators that this bill might cover the t were found in the vault, and look up the bill which items and specifications able them to identify the en they came to search for missing. All the other nth of August, 1899, were particular bill was miss- i e closing of the Auditor's ice it had not been found. DALTON’S STATEMENT. 1 ey and his two attorneys the lost bill represents found, leaving the kes-Enquirer order of seventy-five assessment rolls and thirty books still unaccounted for. Assessor Dalton denfes this, and he bill of 1599 covers books long ago been used. But the messor does not say anything delivery of the disputed books He says that he is trying to ‘where he is at,” and that has betrayed him. This is Mr. Dalton had to say to-day: I am still trying to find out where I am at. man has to very careful when he is dealing with such people as Nusbaumer. They wre irying to throw me into & hole, and they wre using some of my own people to do it. When people like Oakes and Stedman go back “the A of | County | r and Hency | | & shortage of | 1599, wes | not been discov- | fent’ | G, CIAL GRAND JURY, AND THE ! THE APPLICATION. e | DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO ASKED FOR THE DRAWING OF A SPE- -Enquirer Bill Is Missing. Al & i —r =77 @ [ 5 il - Fenes J3 AL LOETI\\‘IBY i me SUPERIOR JUDGE WHO GRANTED on me, and try to put me into a hole, then a | man has to be very careful. There are people I have done great favors for, and they ing to do me up. Oakes ought to be my nd and Stedman has been drawing a salary from my friends. I have had my boys In the fice out looking things up and trying to see here we all stand. I don’t know anything rew and have not found any more books. I | can only say what I said yesterday, that this | is a dirty political job to try to ruin me. | Mr. Dalton was asked to explain why on | August 19 an order was given for 105 books and then on October 3 an order was given for fifty-nine books, and why the fifty-nine books could be found and the 106 were nearly all missing. Mr. Dalton grew very angry and replied: That is_ome of those statements of Nus- baumer. I wonder if he is going to tell me and the people what is necessary for this office? He isn't Assessor of this county and I am. I gave those orders, both of them, and I wouldn’t | have given them if they had not been necessary | for the office. Is Nusbaumer going to teil people and me what is fice? I have never given an order for any stuff that was not necessary for my office, and Mr. Nusbaumer can’t come around now and tell me what I ought to use and how much. | That stuff was needed in my office and I or- dered it, I don't care what the date was. NUSBAUMER POSITIVE. Emil Nusbaumer spent most of his time about the Courthouse to-day. His life is becoming very strenuous since he began hunting the Dalton animal and the at- | torney for Mr. Bromley was compelled to take a nap during the afternoon, when no one was allowed to disturb him. At the concl n of the nap Mr. Nusbaumer went out to see whether the missing bill for $685 35 had been found. Then he went | home to _awalit the calling of the Grand Jury on Monday next. He said: I stand just where I did yesterday. I am | ready to produce a responsible person who will swear to a_ warrant for felony against both Dalton and Daniels. T was ready to do so this | morning when the Grand Jury was called, and ow I bow to the conditions that exist. My jents and myself are ready to go before the rand Jury and tell what we know. Neither Mr. Dalton nor Mr. Danfels can show that those books were ever made or | delivered, and on the other hand the money | for those books has been drawn out of the county treasury. Give them all they claim, for the sake of argument. Let us admit that the fifty-eight books found in the vault were part of the order_of seventy-five, though I don't belleve it. Where are the thirty mortgage books? Not one of those books can be found, and why? Owing to the peculiar printing of these books there can be no substitution, while there might be of the others, Mr Daiton and Mr. Danfels do not dare to substitute mortgage blook.l. and I am willing to stand on that item alone. Mortgage books contain four columns on each page, and at the top of each column is printed a year, thus each set of books is made to do duty for four years. The present set of mort- gage books begins with the year 1001 and ends With the year 1904 They must, therefore, have been made in the year 1900. Upon ex- amining the records of the county we find a bill dated August 30, 1900, for sixteen mort- gage books, for which the Enguirer received $312. That is clearly the order of sixteen books now being used. But here comes the order given Oakes for thirty mortgage books in 1901. These books would be dated 1902 to 1905. But there are.no such books, and Dalton and Daniels don’t dare attempt substitution of old stock because of the dates. It won’t do for them to show wup With & set of books dated from 1901 to 1904 and another set dated from 1802 to 1905, be- cause that would be too raw. They are right up against it on the question of the mortgage books. That bill was for $600, and that alone would be a felony. Dalton and Dantels can attack me all they please, but those are the facts as we find them. They can say what they please about me and £hout the water mmrn! and political enmity, but that doesn’t produce any of these books or that missing bill. They can that they are the simon pure reformers in town, and necessary for this of- | % that because they are Dalton and Daniels that they can do mo wrong, but they haven't pro- duced those books. It is right up to those fellows to show where 106 books were printed and delivered in 1001. They have already shown where fifty-nine were printed and de- livered in the same year. All of those books may have been necessary, but I doubt it, and i¢ they were necessary they have not been de- vered. STEDMAN NOT IN TOWN. The only missing quantity was Russell | R. Stedman, the Enquirer employe who | made the affidavit that the books had never been delivered. Stedman was not to be found around town to-day and G. B. Daniels of the Enquirer said that he had not seen him. “Stedman has mnot been at pur office since the publication of his affidavit,” said G. B. Daniels of the Enquirer. ‘I | know nothing about him at all and I don’t | , Mr. Daniels was a very busy mai - | aay. He had lots of consuitations with s attorneys and his friends, but his paper made only a very brief reference to the | drawing of the Grand Jury and contained no further statements as to his position. All he had to say was: I am glad that the Grand Ju called. It disposes of everything and :fiem‘: a full opportunity to go before that body and show it how I am being attacked by the water company and its hired attorneys because I re- fused to do their bldding. I can explain all and am ready to do %0 to the Grand Jury the minute it gets in session. This leads up to the Enquirer an schism that exists therein. Rungl nf‘f Stedman, the confidential business man of the institution, appears charging the pro- | prietors with felony. The business mas | ager of the institution, M. de L. Hadley, | while he refuses to say anything about this particular matter, is’ now being charged by the managers with being privy to the prosecution and troubles that have a.r’lfl_shen in t}l;]e last few mo?thl. ose who are prosecuting th evidence from within the Enquirer office that the order for 106 books that was given to Oakes was entered on the job order book of the company, but that it was afterward marked ‘‘canceled” by Stedman upon orders from Danlfels, and that now this order book is missing. This lnlorml;ztéon cg;llg (xn]yl come from Sted- man, but as Stedman is not t 15 exact ‘origin is umosttats. = o round At any rate with both civil and criminal litigation surrounding the paper and em- ployers and employes attacking each other harmony is far from the Tenth street office. L 3 THE DAY’S DEA Sir James W. R. Cotton. LONDON, June 5.—Sir James Willlams Richmond Cotton, Chamberlaln of the city of London since 1892, dled to-day. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1875, Sir Daniel Cooper. LONDON, June 5.—Sir Daniel Cooper, formerly acting agent general for New South Wales in England, is dead, aged 81 years. MRS SO Rev. Henry Latham. et ot el et am, master of Yy ,» Camb: is dead, aged 81 years. s ittt S R NEW YORK, June 6.—The offl tion Rpures Tor_ the port of New York far May, fssued to-day, show that 83,084 immi- ‘were lande luring ‘mont| Sgainst 75,007 for ADril, 9 B n BURGLAR STEALS VALUABLE GEM3 Secures $600 Worth of Jewelry From Mrs. Irma Burton. She Returns to Apartments ¢ and Finds Treasure Oase Empty. Mrs. Irma Burton returned to her apart- ments at the Holland House, 1007 Bush street, last night and discovered that dur- ing her absence her rooms had been en- tered and her jewel case tampered with. Further investigation showed that jew- elry to the amount of $§00 had been stolen, The property consisted of a horseshoe pin valued at $400, a ring valued at $150 and a scarfpin at $50. There was no sign of the doors having been forced open, and consequently the thief must heve got into the room with the aid of a key. | Mrs. Burton has suffered a good deal of trouble of late, her husband, a former | cashier at Wells-Fargo’s, having become insane about flve weeks ago. Mrs. Bur- ton had everything done that was possi- ble at her home for her hushand, but it was found necessary to remove him to the State Hospital for the Insane at Napa, as his case was deemed hopeless. Mr. Burton is the son of a late partner of Lloyd Tevis. PAY LAST SAD TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF THE DEAD Richard S. Doyle, a Pioneer, Is Buried ‘With Impressive Ceremony From St. Peter’s Church. Richard S. Doyle, the well-known pi- oneer builder and contractor who dled | at St. Mary’s Hospital last Tuesday, was buried with impressive ceremony yester- | day morning from St. Peter’'s Church on Alabama street, near Twenty-fourth. | A solemn requiem mass was celebrated | at 10 o'clock for the repose of his soul | by the Rev. Father Casey celebrant, Rev. Father Lyons deacon and Rev. | Father Pelza sub-deacon. Rev. Fathers | Wyman, C. S. P.; Conneily, Nugent and Coyle were in the sanctuary, while a number of Sisters of Mercy from the convent of Our Lady of Lourdes, Oak-| land, and St. Peter's Academy, this city, | and Christian Brothers from St. Peter’s | School and St. Mary's College were in the body of the church. The music was | rendered by an augmented choir. { The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev, Father Yorke, who spoke on| death. In closing he paid an Eloquenti tribute to the memory of the deceased. | “Qur departed brother,” said he, “gave| to the church three of his children, one, | a son, a missionary father of New York, and two daughters, Sisters of Mercy. | His life was a _noble ope.” | ‘When the body was being carried from the church at the conclusion of the ser- vices Miss Annie I. Roney sang ‘‘Neare , My God, to Thee,” and not a few of the several hundred people ‘who had gath- ered to pay the last sad tribute to the dead were moved to tears. Interment| took place in Holy Cross Cemetery. { e FRIENDS OF THE FOREST ELECT NEW OFFICIALS Salary of the Secretary Is Increased | and a Funeral Tax Is Levied. The Supreme Lodge of the Friends of the Forest yesterday installed the fol- lowing officers who were elected Wednes- day: » > % Mrs. M. M. Davidson, president; Lillle Dy- gert, vice president; Lena Scholten, secrets Julia Miller, treasurer; E. A. Jeffrey, chap- jain; J. Rinner, marshal; Elizabeth Finney, warden; L. B. McMillan, inside guard; Louise Carcas, outside guard; I. F. Raymond, Isabel McPhun, L. S. Bacon, auditors; Mrs. A. E. Craig, Ellen Moesby, M. A. Peterson Ford, trustees; E. Hyman, organist; L. M. Simon, A. Murphy, Eilen Moesby, Annie Hale and Mesdames Lewls, Berry and Day, arbitrators. The salary of the secretary was in- creased $10 per month; the initiation fee was fixed at $2 and a funeral tax of 10 cents per month was authorized. At the afternoon session the varlous matters on the file were disposed of, and | in the evening there was a banquet to | the old and new officers and delegates. —_———————— PAINTERS WILL SPEND DAY AT FAIRFAX PARK The members of the painters’ unions in the vicinity of San Francisco are prepar- ing to make their picnic at Fairfax Park on June 15 the most enjoyable event of | their lives. Neither pains nor expense | have been spared by those appointed 1o | arrange for the outing, and as a result the *brush wielders” feel confident that | painters’ day will be greatly enjoyed by | those who attend the outing. Athletic games and dances will be the principal source of amusement. ‘Among the unions that will participate are Painters’ Union No. 19 of this city, | No. 3127 of Oakland, No. 560 of Richmond, | Varnishers' and Polishers’ Union No. 134, and Sign and Plctorial Painters’ Unfon No. 510. The committee in charge of the outing is as follows: Joseph Tuite, chair- | man; E. P. Penn, A. Parks, J. H. Phil- ggtt. G. E. Bridges, W. M. Page, W. J. | J. Robinson, E. Barhart, C. H. Chapman, . 8. Tate, F. Mosher, W. E. Scully, E. Smith. BRIEF CITY NEWS. | CHINESE WHO MUST GO.—Deputy United States Marshal R. J. Stone arrived yesterday from Providence, R. L, with eleven Chinese labcrers in custody who are to be deported for being unlawfully in the country. IN HARNESS DURING VACATION.— United States District Judge de Haven will leave next month to spend his vacation in Seattle, where he Will relleve United States District Judge C. H. Hanford. HELLWIG'S EPISTOLARY STEW. — A Hellwig, a restaurant keeper in Chico, was brought down from that town yesterday by the United States Marshal to answer the charge of having written an objectionable letter to Miss Lena Closse, his recent sweetheart. OAKLAND LOSES TAX SUIT.—United States Circult Judge Morrow yesterday handed down a decision In_the suit of Everett W. Clark and_ his wife Henrietta against the city of Oakland to set aside an additional tax levied upon the land of the complainants. Judge Morrow decided that the additional tax had been unlawfully levied. FEDERAL JUDGES GOING HOME,—United States Circult Judge Erskine M. Ross of Los Angeles and his wife left for Los Angeles last evening. United States District Judge T. P, Hawley of Carson City, Nev., left yesterday afternoon. Both Judges had ‘been sitting on the bench of the United States Circuit Goupt of Appeals in this city. SAILOR SHARKS ARRESTED.—Unit States Court Commissioner Heacock issued w rants yesterday afternoon for the arrest ot Thomas Murray and Thomas Lyons, boarding. hovse runners, for Violating the Federal staturs prohibiting the enticement of sallors off & vas. sel within_twenty-four hours after her arrival in port. The complainant is Pat Gillesple, a member of the crew of the Britisn ghi Stronsa. CRAM'S SUPERIOR ATLAS, A car-load of Call Superior Atlases has arrived and they are mow ready for distribue tion. All subscribers to The Call are entitled to a copy of this great book at the prem- fum rate of $1 50. Out of town subscribers desiring = ecopy ©of this splendid prem- fum will be supplied on re- ceipt of $1 50. All man orders will be shipped by ex- press at subscriber’s expense. T T EQUINES ARE SHOD IN MIDAIR BY MEANS OF NOVEL APPARATUS No Longer Does the Swarthy Smith Fear Danger of Flying Hoofs ~ and He Fastens Iron Shoes Without “a Kick.” THE ORDINARY METHO® OF SHOEING A FRA(TIOUS STEED $ ERVOUS and refractory horses are congratulating themselves on the invention of a citizen of Sac- ramento that enables equines to have their hoofs shod with but little trouble. At the horseshoeing shop of Healy & Powers, 817 Folsom street, an exhibition was given yesterday of the method by which horses can have their iron shoes put 6n in almost the same easy manner as the human race dons its leather ones. Instead of sitting in a chair, however, and having a sleek elerk take the pedal extremity in hand and force a ‘“four” shoe on a “six” foot, the horse gets bet- ter treatment. It is led up to an appara- tus that looks like a skeleton box stall. The sides of the machine are closed around the animal and at a signal he is hoisted off the floor by means of a winch that lifts the ‘entire apparatus. The feet of the equine are drawn taut, forward and behind, and fastened to cros- bars and four men can work on the shoe- ing expeditiously and with ease. The most vicious horse can be placed in the machine in less than two minutes and can neither injure itself nor the men who are fitting its “Trilbys.” THE RoRSE HAS NO ¥ ik COMING i - SHOE OFALERS MIGHT FIND THE APPARATUS CONVENIFNT IN DEALING wWiTH . MARD-TO-PLEASE ; ws‘rnnflty & ¢ O THE SPIRIT OF INVENTION INVADES THE SHOP OF THE HORSE- SHOER, WITH THE RESULT THAT THE TIRED EQUINES ARE PLEASED AND THE LIFE OF A SMITHY IS EASIER. If a horse desires it he can do the same | as its master does when he shaved. is being | chine cannot rear, All it has to do is to compose | cannot do injury to the men who are fit- The animal that is placed in the ma- plunge or kick. It itself for a short nap and tell its attend- | ting its shoes or disable itself by striking ants to ‘“‘wake me up when you are |out and perchance hitting an anvil or a through.” smith’s head. %WWWWW%WQ <X WL WSS THEIR DIPLONAS Los Angeles County Hospital Nurses in Trouble. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, June 5.—Rebellion has made trouble in the County Hospital. There will be no graduating exercises this term, because the class of seven young women has been dissolved, some of them resigning and others being expelled for al- ol3 THAT GOD PLAN A VAST REVEALED CRIME| LIGHTING SYSTEM Aged Mormon Gives Dramatic Testimony at Murder Trial. SALT LAKE, Utah, June 5—James Sharp, father-in-law of James R. Hay, who was murdered last December, took tke witness stand to-day in the trial "of Peter Mortensen for the crime, and with tears streaming down his cheeks testi- fled that God had revealed the guilt of Mortensen to him. Testifying to his talk leged indiscreet conduct. .One senior only, | with Mortensen the day after the disap- Miss Dorothy Fenwick, who refused to be drawn into the imbroglio, will receive her diploma. It appears from reports of Superintend- ent Witherbee that a bad state of affairs has existed for several weeks. Ever since Dr. Witherbee, the mew superintendent, took his place at the head of the institu- tion, a spirit of mutiny has existed among the seniors. Miss Uintah Carter, formerly matron of the hospital, is alleged to be responsible for the inception of all the trouble. She took a dislike to Dr. Witherbee, says that gentleman, and before her resignation, April 1, succeeded in turning most of the nurses against him. The trouble was ag- gravated by a fierce class feeling between seniors and juniors, engendered, it is al- leged, by Miss Carter's espousal of - the cause of offending seniors. Miss Dorothy Fenwick is said to have been the only dignified nurse among the seniors in the hospital. Because she re- fused to take part in certain hazing ex- peditions against the younger girls, she was marked as a special subject for haz- ing herself last March and April by her classmates. Several times before that she was attacked in her own room, and on one cccasion had to defend herself with a | hammer, it is alleged. The night of April I she was compelled to flee in her night clothes to the house of a neighbor, having been driven from the hospital by the tor- ments heaped upon her by the other stu- dents of the senior class. Dr. Witherbee is reported to have said that no acts of immorality can be charged agalinst any of the girls or men employed at the hospital. Several have been dis- charged on account of indiscretion, such as remaining out until late hours of the night and late suppers that were attended by female hospital employes. The Super- visors may investigate the affair. CHAMBERLAIN ELECTED £ BY SMALL MAJORITY Complete Returns From Oregon Counties Show Result of Gub- ernatorial Contest. PORTLAND, Or., June 5.—Complete re- turns from the entire State, with the ex- ception of ten small precincts, give Cham- berlain (Dem.) a majority of 33¢ over Furnish (Rep.) for Governor. The re- maining precincts cannot change this re- sult materially. In the First Congressional Distriet, Tongue (Rep.) has a majority of 6081, an increase of 3012 over his majority of two vears ago. In the Sccond Congressional District, J. N. Willlamson (Rep.) has a majority of 8172 Former Soldier Lost Overboard. STOCKTON, June 5.—A man named A. B. Gilman, an ex-soldier, recently re- turned from the Philippines, was lost overboard from the Stockton steamer Mary Garratt last night while on the down trip to San Francisco. It is believed he jumped overboard, for he was seen to enter his stateroom and a few minutes later a splash was heard and his door w: found open. Gilman was employed as a Iaporer for a time In a livery stable at Milton and had been in Stockton about a month. He has no relatives here as far as known. AEREBTL 2 Capture of Murderer Expected. . SEATTLE, Wash., June 5—Paul Under- wood, wanted for the murder of his in- fant child at Ballard, has been traced to Toke Point, near Ilwaco, and his capture is hourly expected. He is believed to be heading for Ilwaco with the intention of boarding a foreign bound vessel. l pearance of Hay, Sharp said in effect: I charged Peter Mortensen, with the murder of my son-in-law because I knew he was guilty. God revealed it to me. He appeared to me by the Holy Ghost and put the words of the Spirit into my mouth. I had to utter them, for 1 knew they were true. I cannot and will not deny it here, neither will I deny it when I meet m¥ on the last day. This is not the only manifestation 1 received. On Tuesday noon I saw the trail of biood lead- ing from the railroad tracks to where my son- in-law was burled. I saw it In a vision just as plainly as when I afterward visited the spot. Sharp is a devout Mormon. The court- room was packed to suffocation when the aged witness was on the stand, and as Sharp testified to his belief in God's rev- elation of the guilt of the accused tears ran down the faces of scores of those present. Under sharp cross-questioning by the attorneys for the defense, Sharp stated that he had received revelations from God before, relating to the gospel of Je- sus Christ. He said he had not told the officers of his first revelation because it was not necessary. He knew Hay's body would be found. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST General Charges Are Made in the Postal Service and More New Pensions Granted. WASHINGTON, June 5.—Postmasters commissioned: California—Wilfred W. Montague, San Francisco. Appointed: California—Earl Smith, Brooks, Yolo County, vice E. M. Billings, resigned. Washington — Irene Robinson, Kerns, C‘nwlldtz County, vice C. P. Harter, re- sigred. hese pensions were granted to-day: California: Original—Madison Hite, San- ta Clara, 36; Edwin D. Barber, Covina, $6; Thomas J. Ryan, Veterans’ Home, Napa, $10; Michael J. McCarthy, Sol- diers’ Home, Los Angeles, $10; Imle L. Eno, Long Beach, $12; James D. Bow- land, San Rafael, $24; Mary Isabel Gris- wold, Los Angeles, $8; Mary Costelio, Sunnyside, $8; Mary M. Price, Santa Bar- bara, $12; Frank Billington, Oakland, 38; Flora C. Heazlit, Los Angeles, $8. Oregon: Increase—Jean J. Laurent, Kinton, $12;" Thomas E. James, Pendle- ton, $30. Widows—Laura Sinclair, Dusty, $8; Sarah M. Gates, Acme, $8. Washington: Increase, restoration, re- issue, etc.—Henry C. Gilmore, Tenino, $10; John Quick, Orting, $12; Thomas Hodges, Hudson, $12. Widows—Emily M. Gorton, Bay View, Navy order—Lieutenant Commander A. ‘W. Dodd is detached from the ‘Pensacola naval training station at San Francisco and ordered to the Wisconsin as navi- ator. B aymaster’s Clerk J. E. Colthurst is appointed for duty as fleet paymaster’s clerk, Pacific station, on the Wisconsin. Army orders—First Lieutenant Henry C. Evans Jr., artillery, is transferred from Omaha, Nebr., to Francisco, Cal.,, to act as assistant recruiting officer. Major Frederick von Schrader, quarter- master, is ordered from New York to San Francisco, thence July 1 to the Philip- pines. ot LS Alaskan Volcanoes Are Smoking. SEATTLE, Wash., June 5.—White Re- doubt, Mount Ilianina and Mount August- ine, in Cook Inlet, Alaska, have been throwing off smoke and steam for the past several months, according to advices brog{m down on the steamer Bertha. Re- doubt threw ouf a sprinkling of ashes that fell around the Bertha ten days ago. l Los Angeles Capitalists to Use Fifteen Millions. Reio - Special Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, June 5.—Los Angeles capital will supply Bakersfleld and Randsburg with electric light and power: Contracts were to-day signed, sealed and delivered, by the terms of which the Kern River Company will at once com- struct a canal twelve miles in length, with a capacity of 30,000 miner's inches of water. The line will begin at Kernville, Kern County, and follow the Kern River south for a distance of twelve miles, where a station of 15,000 horsepower will be erected. From that point will be tuilt to Los Angeles two lines capable of delivering here 10,000 horsepower. The length of each line will be 110 miles. The company will operate its own separate telephone system. Incidental to the new enterprise the Kern Company will con- struct at once light and \;mwer plants for cupplying Bakersfield and Randsburg and the territory tributary to both places. Among the contracts let to-day was one for grading, aggregating in value $200,000; one for lumber, aggregating $15,000. A contract for hauling material, for $30,000, will be let in a few days. Among the patrons of the new Kern River Company will be the Huntington-Hellman railway system, including all of its suburban iines; the lines of the Los Angeles Rail- way Company’'s system and the Pacific Light and Power Company. Henry E. Huntington, I. W. Hellman and their as- sociates are interested with W. . Kerckhoff and the principals In the San Gabriel Electric Company, in the new Pa- ific Electric Company and the Kern River Company. The two corporations represent a capital of $15.000,000. MEN HAVE A BATTLE WITH A GIANT EAGLE Strenuous Bird of Freedom Makes Things Very Lively for Alas- kan Hunters. TACOMA, June 5.—A. F. Eastman of Skagway had a lively battle with a big bald eagle last week near Chilkoot, where he and D. G. Stevens had been hunting. Eastman shot the eagle and it fell to the ground as if dead. When he at- tempted to pick it up the eagle furiously attacked him with talons and beak. Eas man’s hands were lacerated and he was otherwise wounded. Stevens came to his rescue, catching the eagle by both wings. After a_ hard struggle he succeeded in pulling him away. Stevens then killed the eagle. It measured nearly eight feet from tip to tip of the wings. ———— ‘Widow and Children Murdered. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 5.-A careful investigation to-day into the death of Mrs. Belle Smith and her two children at Har- din, Mo., who were yesterday fouand dead in the ruins of their home rovealed a triple murder which had preceded rob- bery. Mrs. Smith was a widow and kept in her home §1000 received on an insurance policy carried by her late husband. The victims had been murdered with a hatchet which was found in the ruins of the burned house to-day. Tramps are sus- pected. ud A BN Deserters’ Places Are Filled. SAN DIEGO, June 5.—A detachment of twenty-eight sallors arrived on the noom train to-day from San Francisco to take the places of the recent deserters from the B.S. 8. Ranger. They all are of the private rank, though some of them have seen service for several years. are expected to_be sent from Washington instructing the Ranger to proceed at once to Panama. - — Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, June 5.—Licenses to marry were issued to-day to Ezra W. Decoto, Decoto, and Neva T. Jarvi Peter Hensen, St. Paul, 23, and " Mulligan, 22, 'Mankato, Mich; P Lewls, 23, and Carrie Bullington, 18, beth Oakland.