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NEWS OF THE COAST. Miners in the Pahrump District Arming for Battle. M'ARTHUR'S BOLD COUP. Jumped a Claim That He Had Previously Sold to the Sterlings. HIS MEN NOW IN POSSESSION. An Attempt to Oust Them Will Be Made When Rifles Arrive From Los Angeles. SAN BERNARDINO, Cat,., Sept. 6.— Twenty men— whites and Indians— with rifles, are guarding the Sterling mine in the Pahrump district in Nevada, about 100 miles north of Vanderbiit, in this county. They are in the company of A. McArthur. The Sterling mine adjoins the Delamar mine, which is now yielding $60,000 a month. McArthur located the claim about two years ago and sold it to the Sterling Mining and Mill Company. For the past year they have not done enough develop ment work to comply with the Federal statutes, on account of disagreement among the stockholders and financial Btress. McArthur called the attention of the officers of the company to the fatal neglect and linally notified them that if they con linued to neglect the property he would jump their claim. Last week, agreeable to iiis promise, he moved on the company's works, relocated the claim and took pos session. • George Gove, the agent of the company, warned him off, and they had high words, but no harm was done. The agent threatened to remove him by force of arms. McArthur immediately took the precaution to hire a gang of men, half whites and half Indians, and, putting a "Winchester into the hands of each, set them to work. The agent sent a mounted messenger to Manvel, the nearest telegraph point, with an order to a Los Angeles firm for a case of rifles. These were shipped promptly and reached Manvel yesterday. They were loaded on a freight train and will reach the mine about Sunday morning, when it is almost certain that there will be a pitched battle. McArthur is known as a man of clear grit, though in no sense a desperado. He claims the property under the law, and will defend its possession under force of arms. TO STOP JiVLTj FIGHTS. Humane Society Officers Will Be in Evidence at the Fiesta. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Sept. 6.— There was a conference to-day between a committee of San Bernardino citizens and J. B. Breed, president of the County Humane Society, who lives at Redlands, relative to what action should be taken in regard to the toreador exercises arranged for September 15 and 17. It was decided to swear in fifty to luO citizens as special officers, as provided by sections 5, 10 and 11 of the statute preventing cruelty to animals. This will be done at the regular meeting of the society, which will be held next Tuesday. It is the intention of the society to pre vent cruelty to animals, not to punish per sons for violating the law. To this end the officers, duly equipped with authority, will be present in the arena and stop at once any violation of the law. To quote the president: "You. may depend upon it the law will not be infringed on. If it is necessary to use armed force our society will be equal to the emergency. Our officers will be armed with shotguns or revolvers or both." BARBECUE AT CHIXO. Xxco lodges of JUfferent Orders Invited to lie J'rcsent. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Sept. 6.— A 6ocial occasion, not the least conventional, is announced for next Sunday at Chino. Manuel Baca.a wealthy Spanish-American resident of that place, has invited San Bernardino Lodge No. 146, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Valley Lodge No. 28, Knights of Pythias, to a barbecue he will give at his home at noon next Sun day. He is a member of both lodges. About 300 members will leave here by special train to accept Mr. Baca's hospital ity. Among other promised pleasures is a visit to the factory of the Great Western Beet-sugar Company. NEWS FROM YUKON MINES Californian Prospectors Meet With Severe Hardships in Alaska. They Are Refused Aid by Lord Tal bot Clifton, Though Nearly Starved. VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 6.-The first news of the season from the Yukon mines has just come from Juneau, where it was brought by a party of Californians, who report bavins had a narrow escape from starvation. They are Samuel McDall. F. W. Collins, Edwin Sutherland, Arthur Clarke, John Barnhardtand Richard Dyea. Having outfitted in Juneau they "left there on April 13 for the gold fields; but, the snow being very soft, they found traveling very laborious from the outset, hough fairly good progress was made after having crossed the summit and struck the river, when they were enabled to abandon their sleds and take to boats. They entered a tributary stream called McClintock River, and forty miles up cached the bulk of their two years' sup plies of provisions, then crossed the divide to Hootalinqua River at a point twenty live miles from L3ke Teslin. Prospecting in this vicinity they made a number of very promising locations, sev eral bars being found yielding about ten cents to the pan in flake gold. Then wont was interrupted by the dis covery made on a visit to the cache that tney had been robbed of all their supplies, presumably by a band of Stick Indians who had been in the vicinity. They there fore made all baste out and were in straits for food before making Bennett Lake, where fortunately they found a small de tachment of the Alaskan boundary survey party under William Ogilvie. The surveyors kindly gave them flour and bacon sufficient, as they supposed, to last to the end of their journey, but be coming wind-bound, they again ran short, and three men set out on foot to endeavor to get a fresh supply. At Lake Linderman they met Lord Tal bot Clifton's party of hunters, but, though these aristocratic sportsmen were well pro visioned, they absolutely and rather rudely refused to Dart with any of their supplies. In the most coid-blooded way possible the noble Lord listened unmoved to the story that because of the predatory In dians the California prospectors were in imminent danger of starvation. "That was their own concern," he said, "not his," and he added, "I suppose' I shall meet hundreds of other fellows such as you are, who have gone in light and, not having made a successful strike, are de pending upon charity to take them out." The indignation of the Californians may be imagined, and there was every likeli hood of his Lordship finding himself in se rious trouble when another party of pros pectors headed by Mr. Gage arrived, and hearing the plight of the less fortunate gold-hunters most generously supplied and entertained them. The Californians are well satisfied with their prospects and will go again in the spring, wintering in Juneau. DAMAGE SUIT AT SUISUy. Brought for Alleged False Arrest on a Charge of Horse-Stealing. SUISUN, Cal., Sept. «.— Joseph Oberti, a prominent vineyardist and wine-maker of Green Valley, Solano County, made a mistake on or about July 15 by causing the arrest of Thomas McKeown on a charge of horse-stealing, and he now figures as de fendant in a $15,000 damage suit. At the time above named one of Oberti's horses was missing, and, acting under be lief that McKeown had taken the animal, swore out a warrant charging him with stealing his mare. Before the case came up for trial Oberti found the animal and the charge against Oberti was dismissed. McKeown protested at time of his arrest, claim ing his innocence, and he now claims that as a result of the criminal prosecu tion he has been degraded and humiliated. He thinks he has been injured to the ex tent of $15,000, for which sum he sues Oberti. MARYSVILLE CASE ENDS Frank D. Dubarry Appointed Administrator of George's Estate. A Contest That Excited Unusual Interest Because of the Dece dent's Prominence. MARYSVILLE, Cal., Sept. 6.— The con test for the administration of the Peter George estate was concluded this morning by the appointment of Frank 1). Dubarry. The estate is valued at $100,000. When George died it was supposed that he had left a will, as he had mentioned one to several friends, but diligent search among his papers and effects failed to re veal it. Three persons petitioned for the admin istratorship, F. Dubarry, a nephew of the deceased ; Alfred Menz, an old empioye of George, and the Public Administrator, A. J. Batchelder. The matter was farther complicated by the fact that Mary Olym pia George, the oldest child of the de censed, and the only one of age, signed both the Dnbarry and Menz petitions. Subsequently she" signed a revocation of the Menz petition, stating that her signa ture had been obtained under the misap prehension that she was simply signing a paper permitting Menz to open tier father's store and continue business until an administrator was appointed by the court. There are two minor children, Lucien George, aged 19, and Frank George. Let ters of guardianship were issued this morn ing to 1. H. Aldrich of this city, and to Mrs. Joseph Ray, at present residing in San Francisco. Mr. Aidrich is appointed guardian of Lucien, and the younger brother is placed in charge of Mra.Ray. The case has excited unusual interest here on account of the large amount of property involved, and the fact of Mr. George being one of the oldest citizens, having been in business here for nearly forty years. An investigation has dis closed that George's real name was Law rence Dubarry, a fact known only to two or three of his most intimate friends. EritEKA'S LOSS. Death of One of Her Best Knoirn Satire Sons. EUREKA, Cal., Sept. C— Charles W. Sloan, one of the best known and highly esteemed Native Sons in Humboldt County, breathed his last yesterday morning. About two weeks ago Mr. Sloan was taken suddenly ill with acute pneumonia. He was born in Weavervilie, Trinity County, on September 3, 1860, being ?>o years of age at the time of his death. He came to this county when only 8 }'ears af age and has resided here ever since. Deceased was a member in high standing of Humboldt Parlor No. 14, N. S. G. W., and held the office of recording secretary. He had been through the chairs of the parlor and went to the last Grand Parlor as a delegate. When Humboldt Parlor was in its infancy it ran down and was in danger of dissolution. Sloan stood by the struggling lodge and largely through his energy and perseverance it was placed on a tirm footing again and now occupies a high place among the fraternal societies of the county. As a reward this count)' ob tained the Grand Parlor in 1893. at the last Grand Parlor Sloan's standing was recognized by giving him a place on sev eral committees. He was also an officer in Humboldt Lodge No. 249, A. O. U. W. WASTED AT I'ORTLAM). A Warrant Issued for the Arrest of John Me Mullen. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 6.— Upon com plaint made to Captain T. Y. Symons, United States Engineer of this city, by Goodall. Perkins & Co. of San Francisco, Judge Bellinger of the United States Court yesterday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of John McMullen, president of the San Francisco Bridge Company, whose place of residence is in San Fran cisco. The warrant of arrest was placed in the hands of the Marshal, who will send it to the Marsha! of California to be served on McMullen. The specific charge against McMnllen is obstructing navigable waters. During the week ending February 23 last, in the channel of upper Coos Bay, below Marsh field, it is alleged McMull'en, against pro test, maintained an obstruction by erect ing a raft cradle and driving piles in the bay to the detriment of navigation. The penalty fixed by the statutes for this offense is $5000. As the defendant is a corporation no imprisonment can be affixed to the fine. TAXBARK FROM URIAH. Two Thousand Coras Shipped This Sea son at Good Prices. UKIAH, Cal., Sept. 6.— The advance in the price of tan bark this season has stimu lated the peeling and shipping of large quantities of that commodity from this county. This place alone shipped about 2000 cords, the average price realized being about $10 50 per cord, which is the best price offered for some years. If the new process for extracting the tannicacid proves successful, as it promises to do, it will greatly reduce the expenses of shipping and leave a still better profit for the producer. Contractor Thornton Held. STOCKTON, Cat,., Sept. 6.— Colonel R. R. Thornton, contractor of the Valley road, was held to answer lor assault to murder in shooting Workman Michael Gibbons last month. He furnished bonds in $5000. Gibbous will bring suit f0r |25,000 damages. , THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1895. NEWS OF THE COAST Excitement at Santa Barbara Over a Murder. FATE OF VAN HUBBART. The Body of the Prospector Found in the Mines Near Florence. COMPANIONS UNDER A CLOUD. He Had Started to Lead a Party of Prominent Men to a Gold Strike. SANTA BARBARA, Cat,., Sept. 6.— A story has been given wide circulation from Grangeville, Idaho, relating to the finding of a decomposed body in the mines near Florence, supposed to be the remains of Henry Van Hubbart, a prospector who had taken a party of Santa Barbara gold-hunt ers into that district with gilded stories of a mine of fabulous wealth, the loca tion of which he alone knew. The corpse was mutilated, the head crushed, and the indications were that he had been mur dered by his companions. The names of the party, as stated in the dispatch, were so incorrectly given that they could be scarcely recognized. They were said to be Spaniards and registered at the Grange ville Hotel as M. A. Bartello. J. (*. Des cascetro, F. Ruiz and H. Van Hober. The expedition left Santa Barbara about four weeks ago, and was backed by some of the most prominent men in the county, such as Sheriff Hicks, his brother, Deputy Sheriff S. T. Hicks, Deputy Sheriff J. G. de la Cuesta. Coroner A. SI. Ruiz, Louis Ruiz and P. Romero. They furnished the funds to send the party, which consisted of J. G. de la Cuesta, M. A. Botello and Florencio Ruiz. Van Hubbart was a Ger man who had been in this locality for a few months. During his residence here he became quite intimate with the men named, and his tale of hidden treasure in duced them to organize the expedition. On August 31 Cuesta, Botello and Ruiz returned. They had been disappointed; the bright promise of Van Hubbart had not been realized. They stated that Van Hubbart had remained in Idaho, where he had friends, and no more was thought of the affair until his reported murder was published. Cuesta is the only one of the party in town at present, though the others are in the county. in an interview to-day Cnesta stated that he believed Van Hubbart was still aiive, and he would leave nothing undone to bring him to light. The morning they were preparing to leave camp on the home ward trip Van Hubbart started to get his horse, which was loose during the night. He did not return for several hours, and after waiting until 2 o'clock they left, tak ing Van Hubbart'a horse, it having been found meantime. They saw no more of the nrospector. Cuesta is well connected. He is a deputy sheriff, and his brother is a Supervisor. BouteUo and Ruiz are both Spaniards, and the latter's reputation is not the best. The story has created a great sensation here. Friends of the suspected men discredit the report, but at the same time much anxiety is manifested. AN ANGELS PIONEER GONE Passing of James Tulloch From Congestion of the Lungs. Well Known to Callfornians as Miner, Inventor and Philan thropist. ANGELS CAMP, Cal., Sept. 6.— James Tulloch, an Argonaut of California and a resident of this place, is dead. He expired suddenly as the result of congestion of the lungs. Mr. Tulloch was 73 years of age and a native of Richmond, Va. He came across the plainß in 1852 with the late Governor Bradley of Nevada and Thomas M. Lane of Knights Ferry. He went to mining in Amador County, and in ten years made over $1,000,000. Being wonderfully char itable and hospitable, broad-minded and enterprising, his vast fortune went in helping others and in unprofitable specu lations. Mr. Tulloch was the inventor of the Tul loch ore feeder and the Tulloch ore con centrator. He was the principal owner in the Tulloch mine here, a valuable prop erty. He had hosts of friends throughout the State, who will mourn the loss of one of God's noblemen. A widow, two daugh ters and a son survive him. The latter six years ago distinguished himself as a repre sentative of Tuolumne County in the Leg islature. Will CeTehrate Italy's Unification. LOS ANGELES, Cat-., Sept. 6.—Septem ber 22, the anniversary of the unification of Italy, will be observed here bj r the Italian colony. There will be a banquet on the evening of the 20th. On the 22d, which will be Sunday, the Garibaldi Guard will give a picnic at Arroyo Seco Park. SU3IMERLANI>>S BURGLARY. Relics Found JVVnr the Place Where the Critne Was Committed. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Sept. 6.— Farmer Main and his son Frank in going to a haystack in the village of Summer land yesterday to haul a load of hay found at the side of the stack, in plain sight of any one descending from a Southern Pa cific train, the stolen cash drawer of the Postofiice safe, rifled three weeks ago, to gether with several papers, mortgages, in surance policy, etc. In the drawer were thirty fifteen-cent stamps, three ten-cent stamps, pennies and trinkets. The place where these articles were found is only a hundred yards from the Postofiice door. The officer* are decided in their opinion that they were placed there the night be fore last, and are quite as decided in their opinion as to who placed them there. A close watch is being maintained on the supposed guilty parties, but the fact that they succeeded without detection in dis posing of so much incriminating plunder shows they will get rid of all unless some decisive step is immediately taken. Wreck at Union Station. UNION STATION, Or., Sept. 6. —A wreck occurred at the O. R. and N. depot at 8:40 o'clock this morning, in which Engineer Jack Thatcher had a leg broken and was otherwise seriously injured, and JJrakuinan Joe Richardson was fearfully cut about the face and head and sustained the fracture of one ankle. Tho train ran into an open switch and collided with a flat car. ;,. — ■-. ■ ♦ - XEVAVA SILrEKITES. Plans Jteing Pushed for Co- Operating in the Cause of the White Metal. CARSON, Nev., Sept. 6.— Nevada has already taken the initiative in allying her self with the present silver movement. Last evening the Governor's office was comfortably filJed with many of Ormsby County's prominent citizens to advance the plans by which Nevada could co-oper ate with other powers in the campaign for re-establishing the free coinage of silver. Senator Jones was unanimously elected chairmau, Superintendent Cutting, secre- tary. Hon. H. F. Bartine explained the good work being done in Utah and other sec tions for the cause of silver, and also out lined the plan of campaign adopted by the National Bimetallic Union. He also stated that he regarded silver as above any party consideration, and felt that all who belonged to the union were of the same opinion. Bartine was aiding Joe Black burn of Kentucky in his fight, and would aid any man who was for silver, irrespec tive of party. After a speech by Major Dennis the chair was authorized to appoint a committee in each county to raise funds to assist the work. Ormsby County is represented by Robert M. Beatty, T. Coffin, W. J. Wester field, John Dennis, Edmund James. White Tine County has already formed a Bi metallic Union under the leadership of Sol Hilp. Meetings similar to this will be held in Virginia Saturday, and in Reno Tuesday evening. A Scuttle Railroad Suit. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 6.— The North ern Pacific Railroad Company was made defendant in an action brought to-day in the Superior Court wherein the American Exchange Rational Bank of New York seeks to recover $74,079, the balance alleged to be due on a promissory note given in 189-. STANFORD IN MOURNING. Gloom Cast Over All by the Sudden Death of Mrs. Pease. The Total Enrollment of Students Heavier Than at the Same Date Last Year. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Sept. 6.— The college has been closed through out the day since the first hour out of re spect to the memory of Mrs. M. Pease, whose funeral occurred this morning at 10:30 o'clock. Everywhere there was sign of grief at the death of one beloved alike by student and faculty. Mrs. Pease was the wife of Professor Pease, who occupies the head seat in the Latin department. Notwithstanding the air of gloom which pervades the halls of learning the fresh man is not to be suppressed. It may not be his fault, however, for the sophomores started the trouble by formally challeng ing the "freshies" to do battle for their class. This is in accordance with tradi tions old, and is the method adopted for deciding which is the better class — phy sically, of course. The juniors called a meeting of the freshmen and after long and loud harangues advised the class of '99 — the "fin de siecles"— that the sopho more should be tied up, that his haughty challenge must be accepted. The new comers regarded the advice of their tutors as words of wisdom and soon had matters in shape for their final test of strength. As a consequence the football oval will again be strewn with victims tightly bound. It mar be freshmen or it may be their traditional enemies, the "sophs." But no one doubts that there will be a wholesale tying up night upon the oJd battle-field, the Stan ford "gridiron." The registrar stated to The Call corre spondent that the total enrollment thus far had been 781, a slight increase over last year's registration at the same date. There is always an increase of at least 300 over the reeistration of the first three days, so Stanford expects to have 1100 students by the middle of the present month. COAST NEWS IN BRIEF. Condensed From Special Telegrams to "The Call." Prevost. the defaulting Victoria court regis trar who was captured on San Juan Island, has been remanded lor a hearing next Tuesday. Andrew Despedro, a sailor, fell from the top of a mast on the Chilean bark Ema Louis at Seattle. His neck and many bones in his body were broken. Warren Hanna has been arrested at Sacra mento for alleged pickpocketing. It is claimed he was in the act of purloining a watch from the pocket of E. J. Smith when captured. The Sebastopol fruit cannery has closed down for the season after a five weeks' run, duriiiE which 8500 cases of fruit were packed. The cannery gave employment to 100 people, and $15,000 was paid out in wages. Dorothy Talbot Hill Walker, the six-months old child of Kdith Scott, the actress, and .John M. Walker, has been adopted by N. C. Crede. the Colorado millionaire. The child was born at the Sisters' Hotpital in Los Angeles after the desertion of the mother by her husband. Thomas Williams was accidentally killed by William A. Rountree, a companion, "with whom he was deer-shooting, near Victoria. When separated by a clump of trees from Williams, Rountree fired at a deer. His rifle-bullet struck Williams in the neck, killing him almost instantly. Kountree is under arrest pending an inquest. Postoftice Inspector Flint has been Investi gating a supposed lnnd swindle in Kings (,'ounty. The Tax Collector of that place has been receiving numerous letters from the East inquiring about the town of Lakeview in that county. The site of this town, according to the maps, is under Tulare Lake. It is believed that a great many Eastern people have been swindled by this scheme. Private Frank H Anderson of the Fourth Cavalry, ftt Walla Walla, accompanied by two privates from the Fourteenth Infantry, at Van couver Barracks, has arrived at Taeoma on a bicycle. Anderson is making a test of the bicycle over rough roads for military purposes. He makes an average of fifty-five miles a day, .and considers the bicycle superior to the horse for quick military movements where there are no railroads. AZTj JSAMJS GATHERED IX. Raid of IMMltfiM on City Officials and " Concert" Halls. LEMONT, 111., Sept. 6.-Mayor Webb McCarthy, Chief of Police Frank Frel lichowsky, C. A. Tally, president of the School Board, ana a score of keepers of concert halls and saloons of the disreputable women order, all of this city, were arrested to-day by two score of Deputy Sheriffs from Chicago, who were employed by the local Civic Federation. All the female inmates found in the dives were also arrested, the total catch being seventy -five. The whole lot of prisoners were put on a special train and taken to Chicago, where the more influential ob tained their release on bonds. The charges against the city officials are malfeasance in office, accepting bribes, and the others are accused of minor offenses. father McSamara a Monaignor. BROOKLYN, N. V., Sept. 6.— Bishop Charles McDonnell arrived home this morning from Rome, whither he had been summoned by the Pope. On his arrival the Bishop announced that the Pope had made P. J. McNamara, the Vicar-General of Brooklyn, a Monsienor. This appoint ment was wholly unexpected by Father McNamara. Fire in a Lodging-House. An alarm from box 57 was sounded at 1 o'clock this morning for a $100 fire in Mrs. Riley'a lodging-honse, at 422 Second street. A lodger had gone to bed leaving his candle burning. 1 1 fired the bedclothes. He was overcome by the smoke and had to be carried out. NEWS OF THE COAST. Work on the Bigr Victor Reservoir Now to Begin. SWEET AT THE HELM. The Los Angeles Capitalist Secures Possession of the Property. TO IRRIGATE A VAST TRACT. Water From the Mojave Will Be Supplied to 600,000 Acres of Land. SAN BERNARDINO, Cxv, Sept 6.-A deed was filed here to-day conveying all the possessions of the Victor Reservoir Company to 11. P. Sweet of Los Angeles. It is dated May 31, 1895. This is tue first legal step toward the consummation of the greatest irrigation enterprise in the world. By the construc tion of a dam 150 feet high at the narrows of the Mojave River, just above the town of Victor, a reservoir will be made twenty six times larger than tne Bear Valley reservoir, the largest in Southern Califor nia. The topography above the narrows is such that it makes a natural basin, and not a dollar need be expended apart from the dam, which will cost $800,000. It will easily have a capacity for irrigating 600, --000 acres lying west of Barstow. The land can be had for the taking up. The new company has decided to charge $20 per acre for water as a maximum, thus furnishing irrigated lands for less than $25 an acre. It has prepared plans for main and lateral ditches, whose combined length will be about 600 miles. The estimated cost of reservoir and ditches is $2,000,000. Little of the land proposed to be irrigated will answer for citrus and deciduous fruits, but it is the finest alfalfa cattle and sheep land in Southern California and is admirably adapted to canaigre, for which there is an active demand now. The transfer of the property to Mr. Sweet sets at rest the stories about Gen eral O. O. Howard and his brother, C. H. Howard, being in the new enterprise. The only connection with it was a right to property some months ago. They were not "shoved off" the company, because they were never in it. Engineers are already at work laying out a line for the big ditch, which shall carry off and distribute the waters of the Mojave River durine the construction of the dam. Affua Vnliente Springs Jteeeiverthip. SANTA ROSA, Cal., Sept. 6.— The trou ble over Aqua Caliente Springs, between Dr. J. A. Nordin and wife, came up for the first time in the Superior Court before Judge Crawford to-day. Some time ago the court appointed M. K. Cady receiver of the estate, and it was on the motion of the doctor to have this receiver removed that the proceeding took piace to-day. Affidavits had been filed to show that Cady was not a proper person to be receiver, as he wah interested in the property. Evi 3 BANK ACCOUNTS FOR BRAINY BOYS. $100 j^S*'X"' sr"^ deposited in hibernia bank. $5O Silver Raving SAEe. # Silver nt beginning TO-DAY, offer you For the next eight weeks, beginning TO-DAY, we offer you \~!§Bl§liiiP^# our entire stock of Clothing at extraordinary prices. * In ad- \*'^^W\^^ '/ dition we give with each purchase a Metal Souvenir. That \^^J^A^^^^ boy under sixteen who brings us the largest number of these , Souvenirs on November 2d will receive the first prize- $100 j 4?ffT*^*^ deposited in bank to his credit ; for the second largest num- /^ToLEsICeS, ber $75,. and for the third $50. 1 (SCLOTHINCG) H %gSg# Secure Your Souvenir. CAT l l^^ Every purchaser gets a Souvenir — the Prizes are only for the -^•J'*,- *; Mm^Mm^, Boys! To protect our. customers, Souvenirs will be given only with purchases of $2.50 and over. BEGINS TO-DAY. If you have a Suit or Overcoat g<* IT"^ TL T ¥ to buy, buy it here. Save your t*J 11 C # W jNI ; BROS & CO. silver and get aSouvenir. Wholesale Manufacturers of Clothing, Proprietors of the Oregon City Woolen Mills, 121-123 Sansome St., BET. BUSH AND PINE STS. dence aeain9t Cady's removal was intro duced, and Judge Crawford retained him. Cady's bond, which was first fixed at |3000, was increased to $15,000. ISIiORSED THE SEW WOMAJf. Pugit Sound Methodists Doff Their Hats to Modern Ideas, SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 6.-The new woman received substantial recognition to-day at the hands of the Puget Sound M. E. Conference. By a vote of seventy five to eleven, a resolution was adopted expressing it as the sense of the conference that women, "with all their new-fangled ideas," be allowed as delegates to the general conference. Some more enthusiastic members say that this simply means that the new woman will ride into the bishopric. Many subordinate conferences are voting on these questions this year, and the matter will be considered at the next general conference. The next annual conference of the Puget Sound district will be held at Vancouver, Wash. FATE OF PORTLAyit SMUGGLEJtS. Heavy fines Imposed Upon Ex-Collector l.ntiiii and Seitl Hack. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 6. — United States District Judge Bellinger to-day sentenced ex-Collector of the Port James Lotan to pay a tine of $8000, and Seid Back, a Chinese merchant, $5000, for smuggling Chinese from vessels into this port. Lotan handed the court clerk a certihed check for his fine, but the Chinaman, although rich in realty, has not yet raised the coin. The two men were convicted several months aero, and gave notice of an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. As no term of imprisonment attaches to the punishment, they will forego an appeal. Lotan was formerly a powerful political boss hen, but has no following now. NOT ENTITLED TO REWARD. A Decision of Vast Import to Peace Officers of Cali fornia. Captors of the Ruggles Brothers Must Seek for Redress In the Courts. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sept. 6.— At a meeting of the Board of Examiners this morning Attorney-General Fitzgerald ren dered a decision that will affect every official and peace officer through out the State. This decision was called out by a controversy which arose over the division of the reward of fered for the capture of the Ruggles broth ers, who killed an express messenger while robbing a stage in Tehama County, and who were afterward taken from the jail and lynched by the indignant citizens. The gist of the decision is that peace officers are not entitled to any portion of any offered reward m making an arrest, and the only redress left them under this decision is by mandamus proceedings through the courts. A Priest Suspended. PORTLAND, Ob., Sept. 6.— By order of his Grace Archbishop William H. Gross, of Oregon, M. J. Kelly, a Catholic priest in charge of the parish at Cedar Mills, a small place west of Beverton, has been suspended from priesthood on account of being ac cused of slandering the Rev. Mother Wil liams, formerly sister superioress. Fourteen Horses Cremated. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 6.— The loss by fire of the Oregon Ice Company's stables at an early hour this morning is $4000, with $1000 insurance. The loss on adjacent dwellings is $1100, covered by insurance. The total loss will probably reach $7000 or $8000. Fourteen horses were cremated. NEWS OF THE COAST Capture of a Youthful Horse - Thief at Fresno. ELMO HEADLEY'S CAREER Though But Seventeen Years Old, He Has Figured in Many Crimes. ONE OF THE DILWOOD GANG. A Horse and Cart Stolen at Orosl Sold In Fresno for Two Dollars. FRESNO, Cal., S«»pt. 6.— Elmo Headley was arrested in this city to-day by Deputy Constable Henry for stealing a horsa and cart at Orosi, Tulare County. Headley is only 17 years of age, but has already had an adventurous career. About two years ago he was mixed up with the Dil wood gang of thieves, which carried on ex tensive operations around Fresno for some months. The gang was finally broken up and its members landed in the State prison. Young Headley had been ar rested a number of times for stealing, but always escaped punishment on account of his youth. When he was rounded up with the Dilwood gang he turned State's evi dence. This and his still tender age again caused the Judge to be lenient, and the boy was sent to the Whittier Reform School. Headley remained at Whittier about a year and then was paroled. He secured a position in a biscuit factory in LO3 Angeles. He succeeded in running away from Los Angeles and the authorities could find no trace of him. He traveled about through the southern part of the State. A few days ago he arrived at Orosi and stole the horse and cart. He brought it this city and sold the outfit for $2. KILZED BY HIS IKVEXTION. A Man Who liuilt a Zittle Railroad Met Death by an Accident. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 6.— Daniel Coxe of Drifton, son of Alexander Coxe, who was a brother to the late Eckley B. Coxe, was killed to-night at his home. He was a mechanical genius and had con structed in the rear of his residence a rail road about four miles long, upon which he ran a five-horsepower locomotive, which he had constructed himself. While running this engine this evening it left the track, turned over and Coxe fell under it. Daniel Coxe was superintendent of the Drifton, Susquehanna and Schuylkill Rail road and has been influential about the extensive coal mines in the vicinity of Drifton. Hogs Have the Cholera. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 6.— A special from Denison, Tex., says that hog cholera pre vails to an alarming extent in the eastern part of the Indian Territory. The mor tality is said to be so great that fall ship ments to the Northern markets will be reduced over 25 per cent. The disease ia assuming such proportions that the State Board of Health will be called upon to take some action toward suppressing it. 3