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der the act approved March 31, 1891, which
went into effect May 80, 1891:
"The board approved claims for coyote
scalps to and including the quarter ending
Sept. 30, 1892, the amount that had been
issued to that date being $190,275. We ex
pected that there would be a marked de
crease, as this amount would show that
38,055 coyotes had already been killed;
but we are surprised to find that while the
quarter ending September 30, 1892, amount
ed to $27,390, yet the quarter ending De
cember 31, 1892, amounted to $53,060.
"Careful examination of the claims from
the various counties developed the fact
that the greatest increase in the bounty
demands occurred in Kern County, which
for the quarter ending December 31, 1892,
footed up $9--50, while for the quarter end
ing December 31, 1894, two years afterward,
the claims reached the very respectable
figure of $16,355, which would seem to indi
cate that, had no fraud occurred among
the county officials handling said scalps,
the effect of the bounty served to aug
ment the number of coyotes instead of
diminishing them."
These statistics, when presented to the
present executive, determined him in his
action of procuring the services of a keen
detective, who succeeded in obtaining evi
dence going to prove that scalps were
being imported from other States in im
mense quantities, and the frauds were
perpetrated to such an extent and with
such success that immunity from punish
ment was evidently provocative of careless
ness, as evinced by the following article,
which appeared in the Salinas Daily Jourr
rial of January 6,1805, copied from the
£:ui Benito Advance:
"A stranger named James Ben, hailing
from Parkfield, Monterey County, de
posited eighty-seven coyote scalps with
County Clerk Foote. The scalps were old
and shriveled, and several had a scorched
appearance. Ben took the affidavit, how
ever, and swore the coyotes had been killed
in San Benito County. This batch will be
saved for submission to the State Board of
Examiners. There is a suspicious look to
the transaction, as though some person
charged with the destruction of scalps in
some other county had taken them from
the lire for resale.
'•About the same date a party giving the
name of Charles Webb, also from Park
field, presented a batch oi seventy-four old,
shriveled and scorched scalps to County
Clerk Kiordan, and two other batches were
received from the same place within a
week of the one above noted. One batch
from James B. McClutchen contained
sixty-one scalps and another from Leon
Lucas sixty-seven. Thus within one week
from Parkiieid alone the County Clerk has
received 202 scalps."
These facts have all been inquired into
and it is claimed that the Grand Jury has
obtained sufficient evidence to secure a
conviction en the charge of felony against
some very prominent personages in Kern
County. This, it is stated, will be made a
test case and should a conviction result
other county certificates will be subjected
to close scrutiny.
SALE OF A FRESNO PAPER
The Pioneer Expositor Passes
Into the Hands of a
Stock Company.
Judge Webb Decides the Yon
Schmidt Case— A. G. Leverone
Held for Attempted Murder.
FRESNO, Cal., May 25.— The Republi
can stated yesterday that A. B. Butler had
purchased the Expositor. This was de
nied to-day by Mr. Butler's representative,
A. B. Parker, who, however, stated that
the paper had been sold to a stock com
pany.
"The paper has been sold," said Mr.
Parker, "and I am told by those who have
acquired it that they propose making it
the leading paper of the valley. It is a
v* ry good property, and the improve
ments that the new proprietors have de
cided to make will increase its value very
much.
•No, I do not care to now state who the
purchasers are; they have formed them
selves into a joint stock company. I am,
however, at liberty tospeatof its policy. It
will favor everything that is for the bene
fit of Fresno and the Ban Joaquia Valley;
it will seek by every honorable means to
induce people to come to this city and
make Fresno worth coming to; it will aim
to build up the industries of the valley,
and will be a warm and constant advocate
of the new Valley road. The paper will
continue its Democratic policy.
Will Elect a Uoddess of Liberty.
FRESNO, Cal., May 25.— The committee
of the One Hundred Thousand Club, the
Chamber of Commerce and the Citizens'
Organization has decided to have the
Goddess of Liberty for the Fourth of July
celebration chosen by popular vote. The
polls opened at noon to-day and will
close June 24. The committee will invite
the companies of the Sfxth Regiment to
come here on the Fourth.
Yon Schmidt Case Decided.
FRESNO, Cal., May 25.— The suit of
Edward A. yon Schmidt of San Francisco
against his brother, Alfred W. yon Schmidt,
has been decided by Judge Webb. The
property at issue was a vineyard valued at
$60,000. Tha decision is that the plaintiff
is entitled to about half the property.
Shot at His Wife.
FRESNO, Cal., May 25.— Sid LeWalden,
a saloon-keeper, went home wnile drunk
and fired a shot at his wife, who, he
said, intended to leave him. The bullet
did not take effect. When the officers ar
rived Mrs. LeWalden would not permit her
husband to be arrested.
Miiraerer Gan Gee Bound Over.
FRESNO, Cal., May 25.— Gan Gee, who
killed Yee Sing with a shovel, was to-day
held to answer to the Superior Court with
out bail.
Held for an Attempted Murder.
FRESNO, Cal., May 25.— A. G. Lererone
has been held to answer to the Superior
Court for an assault to murder C. Gravano.
CARSON MURDER CASE.
H ititrssrs Refute the Story of Mrs. Saar
nian's Alleged, Slayer.
CARSON, Net., May 25.— The examina
tion of the suspected murderer of Mrs.
Saannan was commenced at Genoa this
morning. Witnesses testified to seeing Wil
liams near the woman's house at 2
o'clock on the afternoon of the tragedy.
This refutes Williams' story that he left
the bouse and went up the road after Mrs.
Saarman gave him a meal. The examina
tion will be resumed on Monday. Feeling
is strong against the prisoner.
Carson Convict* free for a Day.
O ARSON, Nev., May 25.— Elsworth,
Watson, Cunningham and Jackson, ■who
have just served five years in the State
prison for robbing We!ls-Fargo at Dayton,
were all released yesterday morning. Last
evening Ellsworth and Watson were again
arrested and put in the county jail,
charged with disturbing the peace.
GAIETY AT PALO ALTO
Students Leave Their
Books for a Week
of Pleasure.
MRS. STANFORD'S GUESTS.
The Pioneer Class Entertained
at Her San Francisco
Residence.
PROGRAMME OF CLASS LAY
On Monday the Freshman-Sopho
more Cane Presentation Will
Take Place.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., May
25. — The Pioneer class spent the day in
San Francisco. Mrs. Stanford tendered
the outgoing seniors a reception from 3
o'clock until 6 at her residence on Cali
fornia street. The absence of the gradu
ates leaves the campus comparatively de
serted. The entertainment of the day is of
minor interest— local tennis and an in
formal bop to-night in the parlors of the
girls' dormitory.
According to the original arrangements
Saturday was to be given over to the
freshman - sophomore celebration, but,
owing to the departure of most of the
lower classmen, the original plan has been
necessarily altered. The burying of the
traditional hatchet and the peace-pipe
ceremonial, which were scheduled for to-
night, have been abandoned, and the cane
presentation, dated for this afternoon, is
postponed until Monday.
The cane, specially selected for the oc
casion, is made from a piece of redwood
taken from the topmost branch of the
famous old Palo Alto tree standing on the
banks of the Francisquito, near the South
ern Pacific track. The treetop has flaunted
the flags of various rival classes, and last
September a hot contest of several days
waged around its base between the classes
which are now about to cease their con
flicts and seal the peace treaty with an em
blem appropriately chosen from the old
tree. The head of the cane is circled with
a silver band bearing this inscription:
"Presented by Chester A. Thomas, Presi
dent Class of '97, to Frank D. Allen, Presi
dent Class of '98, May, 1895."
After the presentation the cane will be
removed to the trophy - room of the
museum, to remain there until the com
mencement season of '96, when it will be
brought forth again and another circle of
silver added ; and so on from year to year
until the simple bar of wood becomes a
rod of shining silver.
As originally planned, the hatchet cere
monial was to be one of the most unique
and at the same time strictly collegiate
events of the week. The time selected was
9 o'clock to-night, at tlie Frenchman's
Lake, back among the foothills — that pic
turesque little bower which adds another
chapter to the mysterious career of the
mysterious Peter Coutts, the Frenchman
who built Escondita cottage, and in many
ways left the stamp of his peculiar person
ality upon the immediate neighborhood.
The two rival classes, '97 and '98, were
to gather en masse, boys and girls, and
form a great semicircle on the bank of the
lake. A great bontire was to illuminate
the scene and reveal the faces of the
speakers chosen for the occasion. The
harangue of the '97 chief was to be fol
lowed by the harangue of the '98 sachem;
meanwhile an immense pipe filled with
tobacco would silently pass from hand to
hand the entire length of the semicircle,
each student and co-ed taking a generous
puff. Small clay pipes, decorated on either
side with '97 and '98 in gilt, souvenirs of
the event, followed in the wake of the big
pipe, and all were to smoke in peace while
the ceremonies continued. A raft moored
to the shore was laden with a dark, som
ber coffin.
After the haranguing finished the lid
was to be removed and the ancient hatchet
consigned therein with due decorum.
Other hateful chattels were to accompany
the hatchet and meet its fate in the flames
which were to follow. Among these things
were the architect's dog, a sophomore's
whiskers, a pair of bloomers, a junior's
shirt dickey and several textbooks. Kero
sene and brimstone were to be next applied
and the flaming raft turned loose upon the
seething waters of the lake.
The baccalaureate sermon will be deliv
ered in chapel Sunday morning by Pro
fessor T. R. Bacon of the University of
California.
Monday is class day. "Pinafore" will be
presented in Encina gymnasium at 10
a. m. The cast will be the same that pro
duced the opera in April, consisting chiefly
of pioneer classmen.
The four leading parts are taken by
prominent seniors— George D. Stratton as
Sir Joseph Porter, M. H. Kennedy as Cap
tain Corcoran, Shirley Baker as Ralph
Rackstraw and Sam Simmons as Dick
Deadeye. The opera will be enlivened by
a few carefully selected specialties, danc
ing by Mackintosh, an original song by
C. K. Field to the music of "The Stars
Alone Can Tell" and various local hits.
The gym is already transformed into a
theater and decorated as it i 3 for the
senior ball presents a gala appearance.
The sale of seats has already exceeded the
capacity of the house. The audience will
be immense and standing room at a high
premium.
The freshman-sophomore cane presenta
tion follows soon after lunch. At 2 :30 the
Pioneers will gather under the '95 oak,
their imperishable monument, a spread
ing tree midway between Roble and En
cina, and facing the main entrance to the
quadrangle — "the lover's old '95 oak," it is
called — and there the class will gather,
speeches will be made, songs sung and a
handsome brass plate be affixed to the
trunk of the old giant, claiming it forever
aa the exclusive property of the Pioneers.
At 8:30 the social event of the week, the
senior ball, will be held in Encina gymna
sium. The decorations will be the feature.
Something elaborate will be attempted in
electrical effects by the electrical experts
of the class. An immense "pioneer" in
evergreens already adorns the south wall
of the gym, the artistic work of '95's
patriotic daughters.
Tuesday morning and afternoon will be
devoted to the alumni. Symposium in
the chapel in the morning, "What Is Your
Culture Worth to Me?" Annual business
meeting m the afternoon.
Commencement festivities reach the
climax Tuesday evening. The moonlit
and elaborately decorated quadrangle
will be a carnival of music and loveli
nesß. The event is on the programme as
the "Commencement promenade." Prome
nade, however, is only parfc of it. The
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1895.
entire quadrangle, the long, sweeping
arcades will be a perfect maze of brilliant
lights and lavish decorations. Different
sections of the arcades are assigned to the
Sororities and other organizations, who
will undertake the ornamentation of this
particular section and strive to outvie their
neighbors.
The American Concert band has been
making special preparations for sometime
past. The programme includes eight
promenades, embracing descriptive pieces
which will be illustrated by stereopticon
views thrown upon an immense canvas on
the west tower. Compositions by "local
composers will also be rendered — notably
the "'95 March," by A. G. Kuffman, '96,
which composition will be rendered for the
first time Sunday afternoon at Golden Gate
Park.
Several prominent football men and
leading athletes will be thrown upon the
canvas, as well as one or two local charac
ters whose portraits have been secured at
the last moment by the Kodak fiend. In
all probability that great first baseman, D.
S. Jordan, will appear upon the canvas in
all the splendor of his tight-fitting knee
breeches, his glasses and little red cap. A
freshman had the hardihood to snap him
with a Kodak while at the bat.
A large number of visitors from a dis
tance are expected to be present Tuesday
evening. After the promenade the '95
class will fall into line, lanterns in hand,
and march in a body to and through all
the buildingson the campus, and thus bid
farewell to their alma mater.
The regular commencement exercise
will be held in the gymnasium on
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. About
100 students will receive the degree of A. B.
The committee for commencement week
is composed of Lewis H. Smith, chairman;
Maud B. Jones, Walter E. Winship, Wil
liam C. Hazzard, Henrietta L. Stadtmiller,
Thomas H. Pomeroy and Charles K. Field.
SACRAMENTO CONVENTION
Endeavorers Select San Jose
as the Place for the Meet
ing in 1896.
Giles Kellogg of San Diego Chosen
President of the State
League.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, May 25.-San Jose
was to-day selected as the site for the
Y. P. S. C. E. Convention of 1896, by a vote
of 224 to 120 for San Diego.
The following officers were elected unan
imously : President, Giles Kellogg of San
Diego ; general secretary, Leonard Merrill
of Los Angeles; treasurer, A. P. McFar
land of Los Angeles ; first vice-president,
M. W. Jenkins of San Jose; second vice
president, Miss Anna Stone of Grass Val
ley; third vice-president, Harry E. Snook
of San Francisco; superintendent of junior
work, Miss Bell P. Nason of San Diego ;
superintendent of the floating society, M.
C. Turner of San Diego ; secretary of the
missionary extension cause, Miss Mindora
L. Berry of Fresno; superintendent of com
mercial travelers, U. W. Ehmann of Oak
land.
The juniors and seniors of the conven
tion held a sunrise service in the Congre
gational church at 6 o'clock this morning.
The dual leaders of the service were M. C.
Turner of San Diego and Mrs. Erwin H.
Baker of San Jose. The subject was:
"Entrance and Exclusion."
The session of the convention opened at
9 o'clock with a paper by Mrs. William G.
Alexander of San Jose on the subject:
"The Demand for Consecrated Junior
Superintendents." P. E. L. Bickford of
Napa followed with an address
"A Key for Unlocked Doors." A bass solo
was sung by Professor Harrell.
Miss Belle Mason, superintendent of
junior work, delivered an address on the
necessity of vigorously prosecuting junior
work. Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.D., foun
der of the society, also spoke upon the
same subject. Among other things, he
said that there is no boss in Christian En
deavor work. There is no ecclesiasticism
about it. Nobody here says, "You have
got to do things just so and so." There is
no business carried on except the reports
of a few committees. This meeting is for
inspiration only. There are no paid offi
cers, nor anything to attract the people
who have not their hearts in the work.
Everything is done simply for the love of
the cause and the love of the children. A
general discussion followed as to the best
way to encourage and stimulate junior
work.
Rev. T. M. Jones of Gridley made a
statement on behalf of the committee on
credentials, to the effect that 300 Chris
tiafi Endeavor Societies were represented
in the convention by between 500 and 600
delegates. There were eleven Protestant
denominations represented. C. M. Camp
bell of the State Sabbath-school Associa
tion gave the convention the greetings of
84,000 teachers, pupils and officers in Cali
fornia.
I |N~early 3000 persons attended the meeting
to-night. The exercises were mostly of a
musical nature and the music was rendered
by the First Congregational orchestra of
Oakland. Banners for the highest percent
age in membership were presented to the
California Union of Siskiyou County and
to the Junior Mendocino County Union.
An address on "Ultimate Endeavor" was
delivered by Rev. William Rader of Oak
land. His remarks were listened to with
profound attention by the immense throng.
To-morrow there will be rallies in all of
the evangelical churches, and in the even
ing there will be a sacred concert in the
convention hall. Addresses will be deliv
ered by Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.D.,
founder of the Endeavor Union, and Rev.
E. B. Hayes.
A KOGUS SANTA ROSA BANDIT.
Cashier Overton Causes a Wild Dash of
tlx* Cazadero— Sea View Stage.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., May 25.— The Caz
adero Sea View stage had an exciting ex
perience Friday afternoon, and for a few
moments the driver of the vehicle made
the best time on record for that route.
John P. Overton, cashier of the savings
bank here, was with a party on a fishing
trip. He became separated from J. E. HaQ
and 0. A. Wright, other members of the
party, and sat down on a loe by the roadside
to encase his fishpole. About that time
the stage came along. Overton, wishing
to ask the driver something concerning the
distance to Cazadero, jumped up and yelled
to him. The driver thought he was a
stage-robber, and, putting the lash to the
horses, drove past at a wild rate, the pas
sengers in the rig crouching down to es
cape the volley of bullets they thought
would surely come. The stage did not
stop until miles away from Overton. The
stage had been robbed at that point a few
years ago and the drivers have been very
cautious ever since.
After the flight of the stage Cashier
Overton met with an accident which may
prove fatal. He was picked up by a de
livery wagon about a mile south of the
city to-night. His nose was broken, his
face badly lacerated and he was uncon
scious. He is still in a dazed condition
and unable to account for his condition.
Dr. Shearer, the attending physician, feara
concussion of the brain.
TACOMANS IN ARMS
Gruesome Diet Provided
Guests at a Swell
Dinner.
FEASTED ON HORSEMEAT.
A Dealer Accused of Selling
an Equine Roast to a
Citizen.
START AN INVESTIGATION.
The Board of Health Takes Up the
Matter and Institutes an Offi
cial Inquiry.
TACOMA, Wash., May 25.— A sensation
has been caused here by a statement of
Andrew H. Smith, ex-regent of the State
Agricultural College and a prominent citi
zen, that a leading meat market recently
sold him a roast of horse flesh for roast
beef. Smith, having remembered the
sweet taste of an experimental horse-meat
meal in Berlin, was able to identify horse
meat served at a recent dinner, at which
there were a number of guests. He said
nothing, fearing to make his guests sick,
but they found it out afterward, greatly to
their consternation.
The same retailer sells meat in the aris
tocratic section of the city in which Smith
resides, and the whole "neighborhood is
now on the point of a peculiarly discom
fiting sickness at the thought of the lean
horse flesh they may have eaten.
A report has also been circulated, and in
several instances with correctness, of the
sale of poor, spavined and otherwise dis
eased cattle for sausages and Hamburger
steaks at restaurants. These revelations
promise to lead to an official investigation
of meats sold here which may develop
something startling. The City Council and
Board of Health have already started the
investigation by the appointment of an in
spector of milk and meats, it having been
reported that milk containing tuberculosis
germs has been s^-'d, and it being uncer
tain how much horse flesh has been sold
in the city as beef.
Credence in the reported sale of horse
meat is strengthened by authenticated in
formation that horses are sold at $3 per
head in Oregon for slaughtering purposes.
High-priced beef is accounted for by the
scarcity of feed cattle at this season and
the fact that range cattle will not be fat
enough for the market before the last of
July or the first week in August.
SEARCH FOR HIDDEN GOLD.
A Relative of Hiratn H'hipple Seeking
the Dead Hun's Hurled Fortune.
TACOMA, Wash., May 25.— The un
usual spectacle of two persons digging in
the back yards of one of the oldest resi
dences in old Tacoma late at night has
brought to light a romantic story of hid
den wealth.
Hiram A. Whipple owned the first drug
store iv Tacoma years ago. Prices were
high arra he made money rapidly, selling
the only drugs to be procured in this sec
tion. When the city began to grow
Whipple's real estate went away up in
price.
He sold most of it at high prices, and
being of a miserly turn of mind, died about
nine years ago the possessor of not less
than $100,000 in cash. John Fuller, now
living here, was appointed administrator
of the estate, which was valued at $20,000.
Though always supposing that Whipple
was much richer, no trace of any other
property or any mon#y could be found. In
dne time the affairs of the estate were
closed up and the administrator dis
charged, the widow having died in the
meantime.
Now comes Mrs. Ida Baker of Portland,
Or., and with her a contractor of that city
named A. E. May. Her maiden name was
Ida Martin. She was a daughter of Whip
ple's second wife. Not expecting to be a
beneficiary, she paid no attention to the
estate and removed to Oregon, supposing
that all the money had been divided
among the heirs. She learned recently
that the estate of Whipple inventoried
only $20,000, and that none of the large
amount of cash which she knew the old
man had a short time previous to his death
had been accounted for or found.
Mrs. Baker is a widow now and is said to
be betrothed to May. She recalled the oc
casional visits old man Whipple made into
the yard late at night and came to the
conclusion that he had buried the money.
Being now the next of kin, all others being
dead, she concluded it , worth while to
come to Tacoma and hunt for the hidden
wealth. May and Mrs. Baker arrived here
a . few days ago and are stopping at the !
Pioneer House, in - the I old town. It is j
these two who every night now may be i
seen with lanterns digging along an old
drain and around an - old fishpond in the
yard of the Whipple homestead at Mc-
Carver and Second streets. .....'
Their object ' having become public
through belated t pedestrians noticing the
lanterns and the strange sight of the man
and woman j at their midnight task they
yesterday hired assistance and went to dig
ging in the daytime for Whipple's buried
fortune. . ' . C '.■ : .
CLAIMS TO TIDE zaxjos.
Miner* . Seek to Retain Possession of
Seattle Water Front Property.
, TACOMA, Wash., May 25.— A Ledger
special from Olympia says:. |
The Commissioner : of j Public Lands has
received notice from about twenty residents
of ; Kings County that they, have each
located twenty acres of tide ; land jin front
of the City of Seattle for mining purposes.
They claim that the title to- such tide and
shore lands is vested in the sovereignty of
the State of "Washington, and , that they
have fully complied with ' the law and
located such mining claims in good faith.
They , claim the lands contain sufficient
gold, silver and platinum to warrant work
ing ; that they have expended 1 labor and
money protest against the State entering
into a contract r for filling the lands, and
declare that, as American citizens, they
are entitled to , the « right to work said
claims without interruption. .The, Cora
missioner fixed May 31 for a hearing in the
case. . .-" ' * _________ . / -, •
CLAIMS HE ATT DAMAGES.
An Hawaiian Exile Demand* $50,000
Jif cause of Hi* ' Expulsion. . . _. :
SEATTLE, ; "Wash., May 25. — Frank
Honeck, a k native of Missouri, ; has for
warded to Secretary Gresham a claim for
$50,000 damages against the Hawaiian
Government. \ ; : '
Honeck ; says he went to Honolulu ten
months ago and joined Company A of I the
militia, gaining a medal as tne best marks*
man in the service. W. O. Smith, the
Attorney - General, employed him as a
6ecret service agent to watch for the
smuggling of arms ashore. He got evi
dence against the small vessel Waimanolo,
and says that on January 6, 1895, when
that vessel waa at Honolulu, he went in
search of Smith to have him swear out
warrants for the arrest of Captain Davies
of the Waimanolo and his crew.
Not being able to find Smith, and con
sidering the matter urgent, he informed
Colonel Fisher, commander of the militia,
who caused the arrest.
Xext day Honeck went into the field and
did not have an opportunity to tell Smith
of his discoveries for a month later. When
he did so Smith was angry because he had
not been told first. He refused to hear
Honeck's explanations, and ten days later
Honeck was arrested and thrown into jail.
He says no charge was made and he was
refused communication with the American
Consul. He was finally told that he must
leave the islands or he would be impris
oned for thirty-five years, guilty or inno
cent. He chose the former alternative and
was given an honorable discharge from the
army.
FROM TACOMA. TO SEATTLE.
A Project to Connect the Xwo Cities by a
Broad-Gauge Railroad.
TACOMA, Wash., May 25.— The project
of building an airline broad-gauge railroad
between Tacoma and Seattle has been re
vived by Henry Bucey, who will start at
once to secure the right of way and land
subsidies. He expects then to float bonds.
The line would be thirty miles long, a
saving of twelve miles over the present
route. The grade would be 1 per cent and
the cost of building and equipment
$600,000. The Tacoma and Seattle Air
line Railway was incorporated five years
ago to build the line. The depression
caused a postponement of the project.
SAN JOSE NEWS EPITOME
A Woman Causes Her Hus
band's Arrest to Insure a
Successful Elopement.
Santa Clara Granges Decide to Hold
an All-Summer Agricultural
Institute.
SAN JOSE, Cal., May 25.— The wife of
Antone Cabral, a street sweeper, has
eloped with Fernandez Alviz, a barber,
taking with her their three children, the
youngest a babe of 11 months. Cabral
was up before Justice Dwyer to-day to an
swer to a charge of battery preferred by
Alviz, and as the complainant failed to
appear Cabral was discharged.
This action, it seems, was a scheme of
Alviz and the woman to get Cabral out of
the way while their plans were carried out.
While Cabral was engaged in court the
pair had disposed of his household effects
and fled. A warrant has been issued for
Alviz's arrest.
OBTAINED THROUGH FRAUD.
Answer of an Insurance Company in a
Suit Involving a Policy.
SAN JOSE, Cal., May 25.— The Mutual
Reserve Fund Life Association has filed
an answer to the suit brought by Mary
McClelland to collect $2000 insurance on
the life of her husband, Luke McClelland.
The company avers that the policy was
obtained through fraud and misrepresen
tation, in that McClelland set forth in his
application that he had never applied for
life insurance belore in any company and
that he did not use intoxicating liquors.
The policy was issued July 1, 1892, and
McClelland died July 15, 1894.
It is claimed in the answer that the de
ceased had been refused insurance by
different companies and also that he used
intoxicating liquors to excess. On the
death of McClelland the company ad
vanced the widow $200, with the under
standing that it should not prejudice their
right to contest the claim.
MIHWIXTER FAIR MEDALS.
San Jose Exhibits Which Won the De
cision of the Judges.
SAN JOSE, Cal., May 25.— -At the meet
ing of the Board of Trade last evening a
resolution favoring the adoption of an
attractive trademark, representative of
Santa Clara County, was adopted. It was
decided that the trademark be placed on
all fruit, wine and other products pre
pared for exportation.
The following diplomas were received at
the Board of Trade yeßterday from the
Commissioners of the Midwinter Fair:
George W. Hume, silver medal for French
prunes; San Jose Fruit-packing Company,
honor and medal — special on California
canned fruits; first on jellies, jams and
preserves; Santa Clara County, honor for
best exhibit of agricultural and horticul
tural county products.
WILL CAMP AT HIGHLAND.
Santa Clara Granges Arrange for an All-
Sumtner Outing.
SAN JOSE, Cal., May 25.— The San Jose
Grange this afternoon discussed the mat
ter of holding a State encampment, and
camping grounds at Highland were se
lected as the site for the outing. The en
campment will be opened in three or four
weeks and continue through the summer
months. Once a week addresses will be
made by professors from Berkeley and
Stanford on subjects pertaining to agri
culture, horticulture and viticulture. A
great deal of encouragement has been
given the project by other granges, and it
is expected the encampment will be well
attended by members from various parts
of the State.
Free Methodists Adjourn.
BAN JOSE, Cal., May 25.— At the con
ference of the Free Methodist churches of
the San Jose and lone districts to-day it
was decided to incorporate the association,
and a committee was appointed to attend
to the matter. After pastors had been ap
pointed to their respective churches the
afternoon was taken up with memorial
services in honor of the late W. K. La Due
of Oakland. This afternoon the confer
ence finished its labors and adjourned.
ACCVBED OF MURDER.
A Japanese Arrested for Killing a
Countryman at Swiss Station.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., May 25.— A.
Furukawa, a Japanese, was to-day arrested
on a charge of murder, for the alleged
killing of a fellowcountry-man at Swiss
station, in this county. It is claimed he
atruck the man over the head with a clnb,
fracturing his skull. The man died at the
County Hospital last Wednesday. Un
conscious to the time of his death, he could
give no account of the affoir. The Jap
anese have been trying to cover up the
crime, and attempted to have the Dody
buried without holding an autopsy.
Disastrous Blaze Sear Los Oatos.
LOS GATOS, Cal., May 25.— Mrs. M. A.
Scott of San Tomas district, two miles from
here, lost her valuable home this after
noon by tire. A defective flue caused the
destruction of her residence, valued at
about $6000. There was little or no insur
ance on the property. A few household
articles were saved.
Out of Sorts
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TO LEAVE MARE ISLAND.
Mail Orders Transferring the
Bennington to Honolulu
Now En Route.
Two Officers of the Cruiser Olym
pia to Be Court- Martlaled for
Alleged Misconduct.
VALLEJO, Cal., May 25.— 1t is expected
that the United States gunboat Benning
ton| will leave the navy-yard about 12
o'clock Tuesday next. Orders left Wash
ington by mail on the 23d for the Benning
ton to go to Honolulu and they are due to
arrive in the mail at 11 o'clock Tues
day morning. In half an hour after the
mail arrives at Vallejo the orders will
probably be delivered to Commander
Thomas, and as he will have steam up in
ten minutes or so thereafter, the little gun
boat will leave for Honolulu immediately.
The Bennington may carry orders for the
Philadelphia to return, though this is
hardly probable, for the reason that flour
and other ship's stores are to be taken by
the Bennington for the Philadelphia.
Another reason for the supposition that
the Bennington will not relieve the Phila
delphia' is that Lieutenant G. M. Stoney,
who has been detached from the navy
yard as aid to the commandant, has been
ordered to proceed by the steamer of June
15 to Honolulu to report on board the
Philadelphia for duty.
The Bennington will arrive at Honolulu
on the sth of June. Lieutenant W. P.
Elliott, who for the past six months has
been sojourning at Santa Barbara, has
been ordered to the Bennington as naviga
tor and will arrive Sunday to report. He
relieves Lieutenant Cressap, who, having
served his three years on board the gun
boat, has been detached and will immedi
ately leave for the East. Ensign Hartung
has just arrived from lowa and will also
go out on the Bennington, as will Chief
Engineer Barton, who came down from
the Mohican a couple of days ago and re
ported for duty on the Bennington.
Paymaster Kerr left to-day for the
China coast to report for duty on the Con
cord. His place on the Independence will
be filled by Paymaster Machette.
Tha Olympia is under orders to leave on
the 10th of June for Honolulu, provided a
court-martial of two of her officers, which
is to lake place, has been concluded by
that time. The detail for the court is not
yet known, but it is expected that some of
the members of the board will come from
the East, as the court-martial will be an
important one. The judge advocate will
probably come from the department and
bring the documents along. When the
Olympia goes as is expected to Honolulu,
Admiral Beardslee will, if he receives
orders to that effect, transfer his flag on
board and give the cruiser the last official
speed trial, which is always required be
fore the final payment is made.
VICTORIA'S SHAM BATTLE.
Fifteen Thousand People Wit
ness the Attack and De
fense at Beacon Hill.
Bluecoats Who Figured at Corinto
Carry the Land Works by a
Bold Assault.
SEATTLE, Wis.. May 25.— A Victoria
special to the Post-Intelligencer says:
Rain interfered with the sham-battle
this morning, and this afternoon there
was no wind for the races. The yacht
races were postponed till Monday, and
the sailing canoe races till next Saturday.
Fifteen thousand persons went to Beacon
Hill to see the sham-battle. At 11 o'clock
the defending force toofc up a position on
Beacon Hill, the Royal Engineers fortify
ing the position by throwing up intrench
ments. The garrison consisted of the
Royal Marine Artillery, the Royal Marine
Light Infantry and the British Columbia
garrison artillery— soo men, nnder com
mand of Colonel Rawstone. They strength
ened their position as if for actual warfare.
Six hundred bluejackets, some of whom
were in the landing party at Corinto, re
cently, debarked from the fleet under com
mand of Lieutenant Stileman of the Hya
cinthe. A line of outposts was established
along the front and toward each flank,
the line of observation being the outer
edge of a belt of trees 400 yards distant,
bat theoretically 1500 yards away, from
which quarter the enemy was expected to
appear.
When a skirmishing party of the naval
brigade appeared, the sentries fired and re
treated to the picket line, the pickets on
the first alarm extending to arrest the ad
vance of the enemy. Driven back they re
treated, and eventually retired around the
flanks of the positions, so as not to mask
the defense fire.
The advance of the bluejackets was
steady and persistent, amid volley firing
that sent up clouds of dense smoke. As
the bluejackets neared the fort they were
ordered to charge, and they carried the
position at the point of the bayonet, hoist
ing the admiral's flag.
The Victoria baseball club defeated the
Seattles, 12 to 11.
This evening there was a tug-of-war and
two promenade concerts.
POItTLAXO COURT &ENBA.TIO3T.
Ex- Collector of Customs Zotan Creates a
: Diversion in His Trial. : :
PORTLAD, Ob., May 25.— The trial of
James Lotan, ex-Collector of Customs, and \
. Seid Back, the wealthy Chinese merchant,
for conspiracy to land Chinese unlawfully,
was concluded \ late this afternoon yin the
United States District Court and the case
was given to the jury.
! - Wnile Judge Durand, special counsel for
for the Government, s was making : the
: closing argument Lotan created a eensa-
I tiou in court. Durand stated . that ; an in
vestigation of the methods of landi^
Chinese at this port was instigated by the
Harrison administration, which appointed
Lotan as Collector. Lotan immediately
jumped to his feet and shouted that the
statement was untrue. Judge Bellinger
warned him against interfering with coi:n.
sel, but Lotan was persistent, and the
Judge finally told the ex-Collector that ha
would be punished for contempt of court
unless he kept quiet. Lotan's counsel pre*
vailed upon him to leave the room anil tUg
incident closed.
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