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Imperial Press S.turdiy, July i:s, 1001 ROBBER IS COURTEOUS Burglar s»yi ht Would Regret to add Murder to Mil Crime. Kwidcnce of a Millionaire is Entered by a Masked Man, Vtho Covers the In* mites With his Pistol and Politely takes Their Cash, San Francisco, July 6.— The most tool and daring burglary that has ov er been t/rought to tho attention ol tho local police was committed last night at the residence of A. D. Ham mond, a lumber dealer, at 2GIO Jack sou street. Although the burglar held the entire household at tho point of his pistol while he explained tho purpose of bin call and lilh determination to gel the money ho so much needed, he was thoroughly polite and considerate, and discussed his vihlt with the million aire's wife and daughter in the most gentlemanly way. Mrs. Hammond was awakened, nnd when she discovered tbo presence ol tho burglar In her room, she com menced to scream. The burglar, point ing bin pistol ut the frightened lady, commanded her to keep quiet, auHur- Ing her that she would not be harmed If she raised no outcry. Miss Florence Hammond, who slept in the same room with her mother, was awakened, but obeying the injunction of the burglar, kept her peace. In the meantime a maid and butler becamed alarmed and went to the chamber of Mrs. Ham mond, and were also held at bay by the gentleman of the masked face and loaded revolver. Assuring the house hold of his reluctance to add murder to his crime of burglary, ho asked Mrs. Hammond for her purse, which she handed over to him. Abstracting gome gold, he handed the purse back, re marking that Home papers It contained were doubtless of more value to Mrs. Hammond than to him. Commanding silence, he prepared to make his exit, and, following Mrs. Hammond's In structions; the maid and butler lighted the burglars' way to the door and lev him out into tho night. The man acted in n most gentle manly and suave manner throughout the entire transaction, and took noth ing but the money he abstracted from Mrs. Hammond's purse. He secured something over $20. The police have a fairly good description of this twentieth century knight of the mask. Detective ODea has discovered that the burglar obtained an entrance to the place by climbing a water spout on one side of the house and getting In through a bathroom window. The bathroom is but a short distance from .iirs. Hammond's sleeping apartment. The detectives have not made any ar rests, and go far have no visible clues. EXTENDED A PASS Alleged Nephew of President Hays is Held for Trial Ogden, Utah".— J. P. Hayes, the al leged nephew of President Hays of tho Southern Pacific, was arrested here on a charge of forging the pres ident's name to a railroad pass, was arraigned before District Judge Bo lapp and pleaded not guilty He was remanded to tho county Jail under $1000 bonds to await trial in September, Hays claims that he did nothing more than ho has done hov eral times before, simply extended a pass which had expired Heat-Crazed Man Roams the Desert. MOJAVE. July 7.— E. Thorpe, one of ; tbo workmen who were raising and balastlng track In tho Mojave yards, succumbed to heat Saturday and quit bis Job. Ho Went to the bunkhouiol nt noon, but lost control of himself nnd left town on foot, going across tho desert. As ho told no ono of his trouble and ■ arted rationally, his actions wero not: watched or noticed. At tho sixteen- • mllo house bo changed clothes and roamed tho desert In n woman's light wrapper and chemise. Ho was caught Saturday night by Doctor Ralnoy and Hilly Sullivan and brought to Mojave After a short rout and Komothlng to rat ho <l.tiMi"l to I." nil right, and ml<l ho would bo roady to report for duly 00 Monday morning. TbOFptf halls from TlbttfOD, and worked I hero for tho North Pacific road, Ur> In single, about 45 yt-arn old nnd f.tsn ho hnn no known relatlvci In California. Hlnco night Tio In re ported an noon leaving town on foot with hln blanket*, going out tho Santa Ko track, and. tinloßH ttopped and cared for, thoro will Im a subject for tho coroner before another day gon» by. Presidents Proclamation. WASHINGTON. July 7— Tho proc lamation of Prcslriont McKlnloy opon lin; to settlement tho lands reded by IndlanH, wan given to tho public to day. Tho proclamation covers, in tho t«rrltrry of Oklahoma, tho concessions made by tho Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians In accordance with tho act of March 2, 189 a, and those mado by tho Comanchc, Klowa and Apacho trlbos in pursuance- of tho act Of Juno 3, 1900. Tho proclamation provides for the opening of the lands In these reserva tions which arc not reserved at 9 o'clock a.m. on August 0, next, the lands to bo open to settlement under tho homestead and townsitc law? ol the United States. The proclamation Bays that, begin ning on July 10 and ending on July 20, those who wl«h to make entry of lands undrfr the homestead law shall be registered. The registration will take place at tho land offices at Reno and Law ton. The registration at each office will bo fcr both land districts. Offences Against Catholic Institutions Homo. July o.— The pope has sent a letter to the superiors and generals of the religious orders and institutions, condemning the French legislation against congregations. The letter says his holiness is much affected at the gravity of the offenses committed by some nations against the religious orders and institutions. The church has thus not only been deeply injured in its rights, but Its powers of action has been impaired. H<» who touches the priests or monks touches the apple of the church's eyes. The pope severely reproves the pres ent enactment of these laws by a country toward which the pope has exhibited peculiar solicitude, and his holiness desires to comfort these or ders and institutions that are suffering from the hatred of others toward the church. He urges them to redouble their ardor, faith, prayer and good works, to imitate the examples of the beloved founders of their orders, and to repeat with Christ the sublime words "Father, forgive them." The letter concludes: "Console yourself in God. the pope and the whole Catholic world are with you." WORK OF NATURE'S FORCES ————— Landslide Forms Big Natural Irrigation Reservoir CHEYENNE, Wyo.— The building of a natural irrigation reservoir by a Buddon transformation of the face of nature is described by Charles Cole, a visitor In Cheynne from the Big Horn mountains. Early In tho summer Mr. Cole was prospecting in the Big Horn range, and while passing through a valley fa miliar to him for years, he noticed that its contour was strangely altered. On one sldo of the valley an Immense landslide had stripped the mountains bare of trees and surface earth, and rocks to a depth of from fifty to one hundred feet. The slide rolled up all tills material Into a natural dam at the foot of tho slope, and at the same time liberated an abundant supply of sub terranean water that now courses down the hill In a network of rivulets. When Mr. Cole found It the nowly mado reservoir was already full and the water pouring over tho top of tho urn bank men t. Below tho reservoir Is about a thousand acres of fertile valley land hitherto useless, because of lack of water, but now capablo of easy Irriga tion. Mr. Colo has fllcd upon the land and la putting up buildings and buy ing cattle- for a stock ranch. Ho wilt also stock bis lake with trout. Ho says ho Intends to do not moro pros pecting, for ho has found, If not gold ho was looking for, at least a home and a competence. Imperial iprcoo SCANDLE AT SACRAMENTO Commissioners to Investigate Stoics When SACRAMENTO.— Tho State rapltol tommlfiiilonent will Investigate storlos which are afloat touching tho acts of State (iardonor M. If. Dunn. It has been a wandal about tho capital for some days that Dunn wan charged by 'I homa* I»owlfl, a scavenger and owner of a fertilizer, with having exacted a tribute from all bills before ho would "O. K." thorn for passage by tho tap itol rommlfwloners. I>owi» was ankeci for a ntatotnont, but said that tho mat* tor rested with higher powers, and that whllo ho could toll a story whlon would "not tho town on fire," ho could not talk, an Dunn belonged to tho same society as himself. The story which gained circulation however, Ih that Dunn required l/?wl« to hand him over hl» percentage upou each claim, before he would "O. K." It, and that Lewis, whon presse.l. to'cl tho whole story to William Davis, sor retary of the commission, and like wise to tho executive secretary, to Gov. Gage. Davis today denied knowl edge cf any such «tory, and declared there was nothing in It. but State Treasurer Truman Reeves, one of tho capitol commissioners, said that tho commission would Investigate the stories as soon as Gov. Gage returnocJ to tho city. Dunn, whon scon this afternoon, raid he had boon Informed that I»wiß went to Secretary Davis and told him ho had boon forced to pay tribute, bpt Dunn asserted that the story was false, and. that he never received a cent from Lewis. It appears from :in ex amination of tho bills on file In tho State Controller's office that Dunn "O. K'ed" bills for large sums drawn by Lewis. Not counting scores of bills for small sums. Lewis was allowed claims In 1593 for 1452.50; In 1594. for $1313: In IS9", for $1232.50: in 1896 for $1507.10; in 1897 for $597.30; in IS9S f«; t**!***' in 1599 for SSOO: in 1900 for $1225; and thus far in 1901 for *"•"* ro The heaviest charge is for toTt\\\7.(>r pre pared by Lewis, at $G25 for twenty five tons. Ideal Soldier of Emperor William. POTSDAM.— Speaking on the occas ion of the entrance of Prince Eitel Frederick, Emperor William's second son, into the First Guards regiment at Potsdam, his Majesty said: "The noblest task is the defense of the fatherland. The noblest weapon ia the sword, and the noblest uniform is the uniform of the Prussian soldier. "The finest thing 1 can imagine is the earnest soldier, inflexible as iron in everything which constitutes the chivalry of an officer; hard toward himself, upholding with rigid self discipline the traditions of his house and regiment, indifferent to the opin ion of others, and with one goal be before his eyes, responsible only to his Clod and his father; so may my sou fellow hid path in life." Murder Carnival on the Frontier. Phoenix. — A report received here from Clifton tells of a series of mur ders there. Last Sunday Ed Harwell, an insane saloon-keeper, killed his wife by a shot through the head, and then blew his own head off. In a dispute over the affections cf a woman, Jose Violon shot and killed Aurelius .Rorriguez. Violon es caped to the mountains. During a picnic at Las Cruces. N. M., a fight was started over a lot or disreputable women, and a score or shots were fired. Officers were called and were fired on by Perry Green, one of the merrymakers. Deputy Sheriff Burch returned the fire and Green was shot through the brain. Plague Exists at Rio De Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro.— There are several cases of plague here. The crew of the American bark Ju lia Roberts mutinied and attempted to overpower tho captain, .tie guilty seamen wero arrested by the police. Tho United States cruiser Chicago will sail for New York next Satur day. Bold Jumb From Moviug Train. St. Paul, Minn.— A Butte, Mont.,i special to tho Pioneer Press says: J times Rowland, alals Henry Styne. who claims St. Paul as his home, was taken to the penitentiary to servo a term of threo years for forgery, to Governor Returns. whlrh ho pleaded guilty. On his way to tho ponltontlary In chargo of Sher iff Kurey. Sty no Jum port from a car window whllo tho train was going about forty mllea an hour. Ho escaped Injury by tho Jump, but tho train wan stopped and the sheriff and a num bor of paflflongor* c:ha«od tho fugltlvo and recaptured him after a run of a mllo. Styno and n. companion entered tho oxpro«B offlro nt Stanton. Minn., whoro they stole a number of monoy or ders which thoy forged and pawl In Hutto. Tho other man eluded the officers by jumping out of a thlnl fltory window whon Styno waa ar reatod. IN THE OIL FIELDS Kcho Oil company h still drilling on Wartham crook. Fresno county, a dozen miles west of Coallnga, in a sec tion of tho country in whlrh there Is a Ktrong odor of oil In localities. An accident to tho now pipe lino of the Murphy Oil company, running from its plant at Whlttior to Ever green station caused a leakage during the last few clays of over 1200 barrels of oil. The Alhambra-Callfornla Oil com pany of Lob Angeles has filed articles of incorporation showing a capital stock of $1,000,000. divided Into shares of tho par value of $1 each. The first year directors are as follows: E. R. Pirtle. H. L. Percy. P. S. Shannon, R. W. Brydon and Charles H. McFar land. Stock to the amount of 500,101 shares has been subscribed. Arizona's Prospects. Ed Grindell of the Pantano Oil company has returned to Tucson from a two-weeks prospecting trip through the oil belt of Southern Arizona, says the Star. Mr. Grindell visited every oil prospect yet discovered and also found many indications in unexplored field along the Gila and Colorado riv ers. "The best indications," says • Mr. Grindell. "'are to be found about Tex as Hill and Sentinel, where the black sand and shale are found in great quantities." He met several Califor nia experts who compared the land very favorably with that about Bak ersfleld. At Yuma natural gas has been found to exist In abundance, and at times the Yuma people have put small pipes into the soft soil and lighted the gas, which has burned for days. The Yuma people expect soon to bore a test well, and either develop more gas or get cil. Over one hundred thousand acres of land have been taken up along the Gl la river by various companies, many of whrm expect to soon have rigs up. each anxious to be first to strike the rrecious fluid, which undoubtedly ex ists in that vicinity. Mr. Grindell brought back a fine lot of samples cf rock and clay which is known to exist in oil countries. He iocated over six thousand acres of choice land fcr a local company. MINES AND MINING John A. Patton of the Forester's Oil and Investement company has Just re turned to Los Angeles from Beaumont Tex., where he secured valuable hold ings for his company, returning by way of Jerome and Prescott. Ariz. He made a thorough Insnection of the mining industry of Yavapai county, where he secured copper and gold properties for a company which is now being organized by him. He reports general prosperity in the mining dis tricts of Arizona. Rossland. B. C. — All mines In Ross land camp are working, with the ex ception of the Le Rol. which probab ly will start soon, unless something unforseen happens. The resumption has created a better feeling among these men. who feared a strike by the miners' union. Fred Johnson has returned to Los Angeles from a prospecting trip through the Death Valley re gion, having, crossed the val ley about ten days ago. He describes the heat of that region as something terrible at this time of year. He vis ited the big niter and borax beds and declares that while he knows nothing of the value of the beds, there is enough niter to ship 500 cars a day for fifty years, "without making a hole In the deposit." While on tho trip Mr. Johnson made two filings on some placer jrround that he has had hla eyes on for a number of years, 7