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VOLUME LXXVII.— NO. 169.
MR. GRESHAM IS DEAD.
The Secretary Expires
at 1:15 O'clock This
Morning.
CONSCIOUS TO THE END.
Since Monday Evening It Had
Been Known That Death
Was Near.
CAREER OF THE DIPLOMAT.
A Record of Public Service In the
Army, on the Bench and In
the Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 28.—Secre
tary Gresham died at 1:15 o'clock this
WALTER a. OSSSEAM, LATE SECRETARY OF STATE.
morning at his rooms at the Arlington
House. Although his recovery was practi
cally abandoned when the sinking spell oc
cured shortly before 6 last evening, the
most powerful heart stimulants known to
medical science were injected periodically,
and an infusion of normal saline solution
was made through an open vein in ' the
arm. He recovered slightly, but owing to
severe rigors shortly before 11 o'clock he
began to fail rapidly and his vitality began
to ebb.
The three physicians saw that the end
was near, and at 12 o'clock withdrew to the
anteroom, leaving in the sickroom only
the members of his family and the nurses.
Up to that time the Secretary had been
conscious and talked at intervals. His
words were full of bravery. He fully ap
preciated his condition and spoke words
of hope and cheer to his stricken
wife and daughter. Sometimes his
mind wandered slightly and went back to
the days of long ago, recalling incidents
of life and happiness in the spring
of his life. He t spoke, too, of
his absent son and his private sec
retary, Mr. Landis, whom he loved
as a son, and who, like his son, was speed
ing to his bedside, all too late. Mrs. Gres
ham sat at the bedside smoothing his
fevered brow and occasionally reading to
him from the Bible passages which he
loved.
As the end approached his pulse became i
hardly perceptible. Gradually his eyes i
glazed and closed, Mrs. Gresham, with j
noble and heroic fortitude, continuing to
read the words of the gospel to her de
parted husband. Her daughter and son- |
in-law stood with bowed heads at the side j
of the couch.
A 1:15 o'clock his breathing ceased; a j
peaceful shadow passed over his pale conn- i
tenance, his pulse flickered and the sor- |
rowing family were in the presence of
death. One of the nurses conveyed the news
that the end had come, to the physicians
in the next room, and they in turn brought
it to the watchers in the reception-room. j
In the hotel lobby outside were half a j
hundred of the Secretary's friends.
No arrangements will be made for the
funeral until the arrival of his son to-day.
Mrs. Gresham's devotion to her husband
during his illness has been of the most
tender, patient and faithful character. She
seemed determined to tight off death.
"If he dies," she said many times, "I
lose all."
The utmost persuasion was required to
induce her to even lie down. Yesterday
ehe grew so faint from exhaustion that she
reeled and would have fallen had not one
of the nurses caught her in her arms.
Mr. Gresham'3 illness began May 1,
when he was attacked with acute pleu
risy. The physicians diagnosed his case
as gall stone in the bladder at
first, his pleurisy symptoms being !
overlooked for almost thirty-six hoars, j
As soon as Dr. W. W. Johnsori, j
who is now the attending physician,
was called, he discovered that the
Secretary was suffering from an acute
case of pleurisy, probably caused by
exposure while riding out to Woodley,
the President's country home, at night.
In the meantime the gallstone had passed.
The Secretary's right lung was affected, the
cavity being already filled with pleuritic
fluid. His respiration rose to 43. The i
physicians decided not to lap the cavity I
but to rely upofl absorbtion to rid it of the j
exuded fluid.
Gradually Secretary Gresham grew
better. The respiration was reduced to
-ftUpost uorjga}. J.-a# Saturday when Dr.
The San Francisco Call
Johnson thought all danger pa°t the
left lung suddenly became affected and
filled rapidly. Since then either Dr. John
son or the consulting physician has been at
his bedside constantly, as have Mrs.
Gresham and the Secretary's son-in-law,
Mr. Andrews. He passed a very bad
night on Saturday and a bad
day Sunday, suffering so much pain
that last night he was placed under the in
fluence of opiates. He has been kept more
or less under their influence all day. Hia
long illness had weakened the Secretary
greatly, and his physicians decided that in
his exhausted condition he could not
undergo an operation for the removal of
the fluid. The fact that the Secretary
has had stomach trouble for years,
and has been obliged to diet,
mitigated against any rapid re
covery of strength. Secretary Gresham
had an attack of pleurisy years ago. He
has also suffered much from his*wounds,
being at one time bedridden for over a
year.
About 5:30 p. m. he sank rapidly and
death was momentarily expected. Resto
ratives were applied and hypodermic in
jections of nitroglycerine — the most
powerful of all heart stimu
lants — and strychnine were made.
His blood-vessels were in a state of col
lapse, and his condition was so extremely
critical that the physicians decided that
transfusion was immediately neces
sary in order to stimulate the
heart. Dr. Raensaeller, an expert
surgeon and son-in-law of Dr. Johnson,
was hastily sent for. He opened a vein in
the left arm and infused a pint and a half
of normal saline matter. The operation
was successful, and about 9 o'clock the
stricken statesman had revived somewhat.
The news which came later that Secre
tary Gresham was dying spread like wild
fire through the city, and public officials
and friends of the Secretary called at the
hotel by the score and asked anxiously for
information.
President Cleveland, who was at Wood-
Jey, was then telephoned to and kept con
stantly informed as to his premier's con
dition. He, too, has been confined
to his room, it is said, for
two days by a bilious attack,
lie sent in word that if it was possible for
him to see the Secretary or to be of any as
sistance he would be glad to come in, but
the physicians stated that it would be im
possible for the Secretary to see any one,
and he therefore decided to remain at
Woodley.
Secretary Gresham was conscious almost
the entire evening. Many times he in
quired for his son Otto, who is
on the way from Ohio. Meanwhile
the anxious watchers at the bedside about
9:30 o'clock saw the giant frame of the
Secretary convulsed by a severe chill. He
sank rapidly, but the chill passed away,
and he recovered slightly, and then dozed
for a few minutes. The physicians con
tinued to give hypodermic injections of
nitro-glycerine. At 12: 10 he suffered an
other rigor.
At 11 :30 Secretary Herbert came to the
hotel. He had arrived in Washington
about 9:30, hastening at once to join the
little party of watchers.
By midnight the signs of dissolution
were crowding thick and fast. The mem
bers of the Secretary's family, who had
been excluded earlier in the even
j ing from a fear that their pres
j ence might arouse the apprehension of
j the dying man, had been admitted, for it
i was plain that Secretary Gresham fully
| realized his position and desired
jto spend his last moments with his
1 loved ones. He had been conscious
; and even conversed calmly with those
; about him, but hs tlie midnight hour drew
near the waning forces of life were no
longer equal to the effort, and he sank
into silence. Although almost pulse
less and without signs of life
otherwise, his eyes still showed
j the gleam of intelligence and appreciation
i of what was going on around him, and the
; watchers waited in silent agony of spirit
j for the going out of life.
FEOM FARM TO CABINET.
SecretHry Greshaiu'a l.vi ly Struggle for
an Education— Hig Record in
"War and in Peace.
Walter Quinton Greshara came of Ken
tucky stock that was Virginian generations
ago, from roots which have given the
country great jurists, statesmen and Pres
idents. He was born on a farm near Cory-
don, Indiana, March 17, 1832, and his
mother, now upward of eighty years of
age, still lives in the house where the
young Gresham, with five brothers and
sisters, all of whom still live, first saw the
li^'ht. Walter was the next to the young
est, and his middle name. Quinton, was
given him after one of his father's friends.
ConlinxLtd on 'Second rag*
SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1895.
JOYOUS SANTA CRUZ.
Two San Franciscans
Make Liberal Con
tributions.
WORK ON THE PAVILION.
More Attractions Being Daily
Added to the Carnival
Programme.
PHELAN PARK TO BE OPENED.
Spirited Balloting: for the Two
Queens to Grace the Odd
Fellows' Floats.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., May 27.— James D.
Phelan of San Francisco has thrown open
Phelan Park to the public during the car
nival week. This park is one of the most
beautiful spots on the Pacific Coast and is
on the famous Cliff drive, and adjoins
the lighthouse property. It overlooks
Monterey Bay and the view from it is a
grand one. It covers a large area and a
drive or walk through it, with its lovely
gardens, will never be forgotten by a visi
tor. Accompanying Mr. Phelan's kind
offer was the generous donation of a check
for $100.
Before leaving for San Francisco yester
day Charles Fair, also, without solicita
tion, presented the carnival association
with $100.
The work on the new pavilion to be
erected on the corner of Laurel street and
Pacific avenue will be commenced to-mor
row morning. The seating campacity will
be 2500 people, and it is proposed to have a
dancing floor superior to any in the State.
The Santa Cruz Cricket Club, which had
such a successful game a few days ago, and
which 6O kindly gave the proceeds toward
the carnival fund, has kindly offered to
play another game, this time with the San
Francisco Cricket Club, and to give 50 per
cent of the profits to the carnival associa
tion.
Mayor Effey and J. T. Sullivan have
gone to San Francisco, where they will
attend a meeting of the carnival promotion
committee at the Union League Club.
They will also look after other business
regarding the carnival.
Invitations have been issued and sent to
the Justices of the Supreme Court.
The Odd Fellows, the strongest secret
order in the city, will have two floats and a
queen for each. They will select them by
ballots at 5 cents each. Boxes have been
placed at different places around town, and
the balloting is quite spirited.
The vote for queen at this evening's
count is as follows:
Anita Gonzales 1067.
Maud Hohman 551.
Mary Burke 486.
Bessie Haslam 160.
The vote for the ten maids of honor at
this evening's count follows:
Marian Peck 776.
Josie Turcot 522.
Jennie Hughes 308.
Edith Pixley 222.
Rose Mulhern 200.
Mabel Chace 180.
Annie Linscott 168.
Anita Gonzales 159.
Minnie Cope 158.
Hedwig Buss 153.
XHE SANTA. CRUZ CARNIVAL
Colonel Castle Reviews the Work of the
Various Committees.
Colonel Albert E. Castle of this City,
honorary member of the Venetian Carnival
Association and chairman of the local sub
committee on promotion, in company with
George H. Pippey, secretary of the last-
COLONEL ALBERT E. CASTLE, HONORARY MESZBER OF THE SANTA
CKUZ VENETIAN CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION, AND CHAIRMAN OF
THE IiOCAL COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION.
[From a photograph.}
named committee, and also an honorary
member of the Carnival Association, re
turned Sunday evening from Santa Cruz,
where on the previous evening they at
tended a meeting of the carnival executive
committee.
Colonel Castle says that arrangements
for the coming festivities are progressing
favorably, and that all indications point to
a hign degree of success. "Santa Cruz,"
said he, in an interview yesterday, "is
already in gala day attire in anticipation
of the celebration, and decoration is going
on at a rate which shows the active enthu
siasm which has been manifested in the
project from the day of its inception.
"The whole town has taken hold of the
matter and the various committees are
pulling together like clockwork. From
this time on the executive committee will
give considerable attention to the matter
of entertaining visitors, which, as experi
ence has proved in other carnivals through
out the State, is always a serious problem.
It is a question of finding accommodations
for the thousands who will fill the town
during the celebration. But here again
the people have shown themselves alive to
the necessities ot the hour. Hundreds of
private families have opened their doors to
the visitors and so many offers have come
in that the committee feels confident of its
ability to take care of all who may come.
"Now as to what we are doing locally
for the success of the festival. We have a
committee of fifty. They are all workers
and I may say that the results attained
thus far have been eminently satisfactory.
Three meetings have been held up to date.
Transportation has been arranged at $2 80
for the round trip and the railroad com
pany will also give us several special Pull
man trains. One of these will be a full
train, which will leave on the evening of
the 14th inst. and return after the ball in
time for business the next day. The
round-trip rate for this train will be $8.
"We failed to secure the services of the
American Concert band for a series of free
concerts to precede the carnival, as an ad
vertising measure, but these concerts will
come off all right, as the Santa Cruz com
mittee has decided to send a band from
that town. The flags are expected to-day
or to-morrow and will then be displayed
in conspicuous places about town. An
other scheme for making the affair popular
will consist in personal circulars or cards,
to be carried by every member of the com
mittee, and by them presented to friends
and acquaintances. This we believe to
be a most effective method of spreading
information relative to the celebration,
which we are all anxious to make a suc
cess. It's going to be a success, too, and
the very biggest thing in the carnival line
for this year."
The local branch of the committee on
promotion of the Santa Cruz Venetian
Water Carnival met again last evening at
the Union League clubrooms with Albert
E. Castle in the chair. Among those pres
ent were Mayor Effey and John T. Sulli
van of Santa Cruz.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting to call upon the directors of the
Musicians' Mutual Protective Union to
secure permission for the American Band
to play one or two evenings in the Palace
Hotel free of charge reported that this had
been refused. Mr. Roncovieri, the leader
of the band, had offered to play provided
this permission could be obtained.
Mayor Effey addressed the meeting and
said that everything was going on har
moniously and that Santa Cruz was work
ing industriously. The celebration would
be carried out on a much grander scale
•than had been contemplated »t first. "It
has been decided to-day/ he said, "to put
up another and a permanent pavilion. The
people of Santa Cruz are taking particular
pains to see that every visitor shall have
accommodations. Our efforts have met
with such hearty co-operation from the
outside that we expect from 20,000 to 30,000
visitors and we expect to give them all
accommodations without any over
charges. I cannot say too much of the
good work of the San Francisco committee.
I do not know what we have done to
deserve all this generosity at your hands."
John T. Sullivan, who is chairman of
the committee on promotion, stated that
arrangements had been made with the
railroad people for a rate of a single fare,
$2 80, for the round trip, good for eight
days by either road. He stated also that
he had made arrangements with two
caterers of this City to feed all the people
outside the hotels.
The chairman announced that at the
headquarters of the carnival committee in
the Grand Hotel in this City there is a
bureau, where those wishing to go down
may obtain information or engage rooms
at prices to suit themselves. The bureau
is in room 3 of the Grand Hotel and is open
from 8 a. m. until 10 p. m.
On suggestion of Thomas R. Bannerman
it was decided that two of the maids of
honor to the Queen of the carnival might
be chosen from this City. Candidates may
be balloted for at the headquarters, where
votes cost only 5 cents.
The committee adjourned to meet [ again
in tlie game place next Monday evening.
VISALIA'S GREAT DAY
Wheelmen of the Valley
Invited to Attend the
Celebration.
TO BE WELL CARED FOR.
Several Racing Events With
Prize Attachments Already
Arranged.
GRAND ILLUMINATED PARADE.
How the Vote Stands for the Lead-
Ing Candidates for Goddess
of Liberty.
VISALI 4., Cal., May 27.— Several hun
dred invitations have been sent through-
' CANDIDATES FOB BEAUTY'S GROWN.
out the valley by the wheelmen's Fourth
of July committee. Local wheelmen will
endeavor to entertain the visiting wheel
men and make their stay in our city as
pleasant as possible.
The cyclists' programme will begin with
a six-mile road race, for which appropriate
prizes will be offered.
This will be followed by the general
parade in which all cyclists are requested
to participate.
In the afternoon there will be a quarter
mile straight-away scratch race on the
new pavement, for which three prizes will
be offered.
These races are open to all amateurs.
In the evening a grand illuminated
parade of wheelmen will take place and a
tine bicycle banner will be offered as a
prize to the club or town having the largest
number of wheelmen in line. The local
wheelmen will not be allowed to compete
for this prize.
A prize will also be offered for the best
gentleman's and lady's decorated and illu
minated wheel.
At 7:30 this evening the vote for Goddess
of Liberty was as follows:
Miss Ward, 2310.
Miss Stevens, 1812.
Miss Blake, 1089.
Miss Brown, 852.
SAFE AT TACOMA.
* , ■ ■
The Bark Enoch Tatbot Has an Exciting
Voyage Front Guatemala.
TACOMA, Wash., May 27.— The bark
Enoch Talbot, Captain Johnson, arrived
in port to-day sixty-seven days from San
Jose de Guatemala in ballast to load
lumber. For the past ; seven months she
has been having an exciting time. On the
voyage south to Central America she en
countered a hurricane oft the coast of
Mexico, and was obliged to jettison part of
her cargo. Good seamanship brought her
safely into port. On the return voyage at
one time rations were almost exhausted,
and the officers and crew were put on short
allowances. Just when the situation be
gan to look . serious the \ ship Speke, from
San Francisco ; for . Antwerp, was spoken,
and she gave the Talbot all the provisions
she could spare. A few days later more
food was obtained from the shipSardonome,
en route from Calcutta for San Francisco.
With these additional supplies the bark
was enabled to reach Puget Sound. :*
JA1I; BREAK AT PENDLETON.
One of the Notorious Parr Brothers
Effects His Escape.
PENDLETON, Ob., May 27.— Joe Parr,
one of the notorious Parr brothers, who
several weeks ago were, after an exciting
chase, put in jail on a charge of horse
stealing and attempted killing of an In
dian posse, escaped from jail yesterday by
sawing off a large iron bar. He mounted
a horse left by one of his brothers near the
jail and tied to the mountains. His brother
Henry was too large to get through the
opening, and was compelled to remain in
jail. A horse had been left for him also.
The escape was made in broad daylight.
ACCIDENT AT ANGELS CAMP.
Mrs. H. E. LUlie Precipitated, to the Foot
of a Seventy-Flve-Foot Well.
ANGELS CAMP, Cal., May 27.— Mrs.
H. E. Lillie, well known and highly re
specteci here, met with an accident last
evening that will probably prove fatal.
She went into a building which covers an
abandoned well in her yard, when the
flooring gaye way and she fell seventy-ii ye
feet. Rubbish in the bottom saved her
from instant death. One of her legs is
broken in two places and her breastbone
is fractured.
Injured as she is, Mrs. Lillie retains con
sciousness and is reconciled and cheerful.
Three physicians are in attendance and
they say that she displays wonderful vital
ity for one of her age, being 55 years old.
The Lillie family is one of the most prom
inent in the county. One of the daughters
is the wife of C. W. Tryon, a leading busi
ness man here. The accident has cast a
gloom over the whole community.
BORT TOWSSEXD'S COLLECTOR.
A Report Published Tliat He Will Resign.
His Probable Successor yarned.
TACOMA, Wash., May 27.— A Ledger
special from Port Townsend says that the
Evening Call of that town publishes a
story to the effect that Collector J. C.
Saunders of the Puget Sound customs dis
trict will resign during his present trip to
Washington. The paper infers that the
reported retirement will be the result of
the investigation at Port Townsend by
special officers of the Treasury Depart
ment, who are said to have reported viola
tions of the regulations. It is reported
there that Deputy Collector Drum of
Tacoma, chairman of the State Democratic
Committee, will be Mr. Saunders' suc
cessor. Democratic politicians here do not
believe the statement of Saunders' retire
ment. Hugh C. Wallace, National com-
mitteeman for Washington, says he has
heard nothing of the matter.
SHOOT NEAR SAN JOSE
The Medal-Winners at the
Union Rifle Club
Meet.
Citizens Petition to Have the Judge's
Bench at Alviso Declared.
Vacant.
SAN JOSE, Cat,., May 27.— The Union
Rifle Club held its regular monthly meet
ing and shoot at Lone Hill yesterday. A
great many members were in attendance,
and it was decided to have a picked team
from the club shoot a match with a team
from the Verein Schutzen. The following
members received medals at the shoot:
J. Burns, class medal No. 1. score 45; H.
Freyschlag, class medal No. 2, score 41 ; R. J.
Wright, class medal No. 3, score 41 ; P. Arne
rich, target medal No. 4, score 40; J. Withers,
target medal No. 5, score 39 ; D. McCarthy, tar
get medal No. 6, score 39; E. O. la Montagne,
target medal No. 7, score 39; E. Howe, target
medal No. 8, score 38.
Chinese Jteaten by Hoodlums .
SAN JOSE, Cal., May 27.— Charley Loke,
Sing Guy and Chan Lnn appeared before
Justice Gass to-day and swore to warrants
charging William Brown and John Doyle
with battery. The parties were all return
ing on an excursion train from San Fran
cisco this morning, and the trouble be
tween the parties arose just after the train
left Oakland. The Chinese were terribly
beaten, Chan Lun having several ribs
broken. The injured man is being attended
by a doctor, and it will be some time before
he will be about.
Preparing to Go to Work.
SAN JOSE, Cal., May 27.— The members
of Company B are making active prepara
tions to go into camp at Petaluma on June
8. A supp]y*of web belts have just been
received, and the company will go into
camp equipped the same as the regulars.
The members will all wear goatees, so they
may be distinguished from the other com
panies.
Sued for a JVofe.
SAN JOSE, Cal., May 27.— P. M. and F.
B. Wise to-day began suit against W. D.
and Ida C. Van Siclen to recover $788 on a
promissory note made October 27, 1892,
and bearing interest at 9% per cent per an
num, payable monthly. No part of the
principal or interest has been paid. The
note is secured by a mortgage on a lot in
Morgan Hiil.
ft ill of «T. Bossadini.
SAN JOSE, Cal., May 27.— The will of
Jacquinio Bossadini, who was killed in a
runaway accident on May 22, was to-day
filed for probate by his widow, Maria
Bossadini, who is named as executrix.
The estate is valued at $17,000, and con
sists of real and personal property in this
county. The widow is the sole heir.
A Judge in Disfavor.
SAN JOSE, Cal., May 27.— J. J. Ortley
and fifty others to-day petitioned the
Board of Supervisors to declare the of
fice of Justice of the Peace at Alviso va
cant. The petitioners allege that Justice
Bradley at that place is unlawfully charg
ing the county for services not rendered* ,
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Mystery Surrounds the
Identity of a Monterey
Suicide.
SUPPOSED TO BE PRINZ.
He Was Executor Without
Bonds of a San Fran
cisco Estate.
PERFORATED BY A BULLET.
A Youngr Lady Accidentally Shot by
a Farmhand— The Latter At
tempts Suicide.
MONTEREY, Cal., May 27.— The man
who walked down from the St. Charles
Hotel to the fishing beach and, stepping
among a group of fishermen, uttering as
he came, ''It is time," deliberately placed
the point of a 38-caliber pistol in his
mouth and pulled the trigger, died at 11
a. m. yesterday.
At the inquest to-day the jury decided
that he came to his death by his own hand.
The man was under so many aliases that
it is difficult to ascertain his identity.
Among the many names he gave was that
of Prinz. To-day Justice Michaelis tele
phoned to the Chief of Police of San Fran
cisco and from his description a striking
resemblance was found to Adolph Prinz,
the defaulting executor.
Prinz was an executor without bonds of
the estate of Charles Moegling, a saloon
keeper. The estate consisted of about
$3000 in cash and realty valued at $10,000.
Jfrinz ought to have filed his first and final
account and A. T. Barnett, attorney for the
heir, William Moegling, applied for an
order compelling him to file it. Yester
day Barnett stated to the court that he
could not serve the order as Prinz could
not be found. The matter went over until
to-day.
PORTLAND OFFICIALS JAILED.
Two Ex-Treasury Agents Surrender an*
Are Sentenced to Imprisonment.
PORTLAND, Or., May 27.— Following
the conviction of ex-Collectors of Customs
James Lotan and Seid Back on the charge
of conspiracy to illegally land Chinese,
came the mandate from the United States
Supreme Court denying a new trial to ex-
Special Treasury Agents C. J. Mulkey and
P. J. Bannon, convicted on the same
charge. The mandate was received thia
morning, and Judge Bellinger immediately
issued warrants for the arrest of Mulkey
and Bannon, who surrendered themselves
this morning and began serving their
sentences.
Bannon was sentenced to six months in
the Multnomah County Jail and Bannon
was sentenced to one year in jail and a fine
of $1000.
Judge Bellinger to-day fixed the bond oi
ex-Collectors Lotan and Seid Back, pend
ing the appeal of their case, at $6000.
DIDX'T KNOW IT HAS LOADED.
A Young Lady Perforated With a Bullet
by a Farmhand.
NAPA, Cal., May 27.— Miss Bertha Fraa
bie was accidentally shot with a parlor
rifle at the home of a friend of hers in
Wild Horse Valley yesterday morning.
A hired man on the place waa handling
the rifle, and it was the old story. He did
not know it was loaded. The bullet en
tered near the left shoulder-blade and
passed between the fourth and fifth ribs.
She is expectorating blood, and fear is en
tertained that the bullet passed through
the lung. The young man became nearly
crazy when he found what he had done
and tried to commit suicide, but was pre
vented from doing so.
The Hassler Laid Up at Port Orford.
TACOMA, Wash., May 27.— The United
States coast and geodetic survey steamer
Hassler, now at Port Orford, went out of
commission Sunday and is laid np with a
solitary boatkeeper aboard. The crew is
discharged, a portion going to San Fran
cisco and the remainder staying on the
Sound. The officers have been ordered to
other vessels. Lieutenant-Commander
Almy, who has been in command, has
been ordered to the command of the Ged
ney. The Government recently offered the
Hassler for Bale, but refused the low prices
offered.
Sailes for Bering Sea.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 27.— The rtr
enue cutter Grant, Captain G. F. Tozier,
sailed to-day for Bering Sea, carrying or
ders to the patrol fleet made necessary by
the modification of the regulations for
sealing. She has been put in thorough re
pair, and is expected to make a fast run to
Sitka, where she will meet the rest of the
fleet.
Sent to Agnews.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., May 27.— Barney
Hartman was up before the board of ex
aminers this morning, and was adjudged
insane. He imagines that people are going
to hang him, and, to protect himself, car
ried a razor. He will be taken to Agnews
to-morrow morning.
Held for the Totnalea Murder.
SAN RAFAEL, Cal., May 27.— Rafael
Apostale and John Trowito were held over
to the Superior Court of Marin County by
Judge Fisher, a Justice of the Peace at
Tomaies, for the murder of Jose Cario at
Tomales a few days ago.
Concert by the Santa Cat a linn Band.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., May 27.—
The Santa Catalina band arrived from the
south on to-day's train, and gave an open
air, concert to-night in the Arlington
grounds.
Mill Hear Duten Plmt Burned.
DUTCH FLAT, Cal., May 27.— The mill
of the Gold Ring mine, in Green Valley,
near this place, was destroyed by fire this
morning at 6 o'clock. Loss $5000.
Acquitted at Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, May 27.— William Fitz
patrick. charged with killing P. E. Newton
near Pasadena on March 2 last, was ao
quitted to-day.
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