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PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Epidemic of Suicide in
the Vicinity of Angels
Camp.
TRAGEDY AND MYSTERY.
Body of a Spokane Conductor
Found on the Outskirts
of the City.
ON THE TRACK OF MURDERERS.
Important Clews Obtained That
Will Probably Lead to Their
Detection.
ANGELS CAMP, Cal., July Three
attempts at suicide have been made in this
vicinity lately, two of which were success
ful.
Frederick Fisher, a German. 65 years of
age, drowned himself in a reservoir near
Murphys. The body was found yester
day. , .
William C. Kellv, who took morphine
here yesterday, died last night and was
buried to-day.
Mrs. Sandecock, who is known here as
Mrs. Ferrari, and who Keeps a lodging
house on Main street, was the next one to
endeavor to shuffle off this mortal coil, the
attempt being made this afternoon. She
took a dose of laudanum and objected
strenuously when Dr. Dorroh was called in
to treat her. Her stomach was relieved of
the poison, however. The woman formerly
lived in Sierra City, Sierra County. Do
mestic trouble caused her to attempt to
take her life.
A. SPOKA>X: TRAGEDY.
Mystery Surrounds the Death of a Street'
ear Conductor.
SPOKANE, Wash., July 7.— M. Dolan,a
streetcar conductor, was found dead on the
road, about two miles out from the city, at
an early hour this morning. Whether he
was murdered by robbers in an attempted
hold-up, or killed through accident, is a
mystery. The police are working upon the
theory that Dolan was murdered.
Dolan took the last car out last night, at
11 :30 o'clock, and was evidently alone when
killed. His car was found with the trolley
standing on the track, half a mile from the
starting point and two miles from where
the body was found. His head and shoul
ders were terribly bruised.
If robbery was the purpose the highway
men had evidently been frightened off be
making a thorough search of the
as several dollars in change were
found in Dolan's pocket.
The railway company officials are of the
opinion that he was killed by contact with
a pole alongside the track. An inquest
will be held to-morrow.
S>ACRA?tEXTO MIRDERBRB.
Valuable Clews Secured by the Police
J.cfidina to Their Identity.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., July 7.— lt is
claimed that the police authorities are in
possession of valuable clews leading to the
establishment of the identity of the men
who brutally murdered the old Chilean
watchman. Juan Oreleanda, and it is
rumored that a man arrested to-day by
Constable Merkley may be connected with
the bloody deed.
Shortly after the disappearance of the
watchman and before the discovery of his
body, a boat chained in the vicinity where
the murder was committed was found to
be missing, the chain having been filed in
two. The man arrested by Merkley, in
company with another party, who made
his escape in the dense brush lining the
river bank, was in possession of the stolen
boat, and it is claimed that numerous
blood-stains are spattered on the inside of
the boat.
HEALDSBURG UP TO DATE
A Proposition on Foot to
Build an Additional
Schoolhouse.
Several Important Improvements
Being Made Along the Rus
sian River.
HEALDSBURG, Cal., July 7. — The
6 chool Trustees of this place will probably
submit a proposition to the voters of the
Healdsburg district to bond for $25,000,
that sum to be used in the erection of a
new school building. The rapid increase
in the population of this town has made
additional schoolroom necessary.
At the present time two new brick blocks
and twenty-four dwellings are in course of
erection.
.Marvelous Endurance of a Cow.
HEALDSBURG, Cal., July 7.— Eighteen
days ago C. Collins of this city lost an
Ayreshire cow, which was pastured on
Mrs. Hassett's place near town. The
country was thoroughly searched,
but not a trace of the animal could
be found. Last evening, while, Ed Jagoe
wa* hunting on the ranch, he noticed
a cow under a small bridge, and on inves
tigation found that the animal was
fastened between two of the upright
braces. With the aid of a rope and pally
the cow was drawn up out of the gulch,
and being too weak to stand was hauled t->
the farmnouae n.»ar by, where a little food
and water was given "it. The cow had not
had food or water durinz eighteen days,
and when found was a living skeleton.
Russian River Improvements.
HKALDSBURG, Cal., July 7.-A meet
ing of the Russian River Improvement As
ion was held in this city yesterday
afternoon when reports of the various
ittees were made. The Block levee,
■ ct in length, has been completed,
and work on the removal of the Willow
is in the channel of Russian River
will be begun at once. The obstructions
will be removed from the foot of Fitch
Mountain, down the stream a distance of
fourteen miles, and when the work is corn
no damage from overflow will be
possible.
A Good i'rop of Rattlesnakes.
HEALDSBURG, Cal., July 7.— R. K.
Truitt, who has just came in from his
mountain ranch, eighteen miles northwest
of this city, states that in his twenty-two
year! 1 residence in that district he has
never seen rattlesnakes as numerous as
during the present season. One day last
we k he killed eleven, and saw many
others. He gives as a reason for their ap
pearance in such large numbers the fact
that no forest iires have swept that section
for several years.
The New Railroad.
HEALDSBUISG, Cal., July 7.— A meet
ing of the Board of Trade will be called
early this week, when a representative of
the proposed Sonoma, Mendocino and
Humbolclt Railroad will be presert and
state what the company expects to do.
From Mr. Lester it is learned that the new
road desires this city to give a depof site
and grounds for other railroad buildings
and secure the right of way to the Mendo
cino line.
High License for Peddlers.
HEALDSBURG. Cal., July 7.— The City
Council is after street fakirs, peddlers and
traveling vendors of auction stock with a
sharp stick. An ordinance was introduced
at the last meeting which will compel
these peregrinating merchants to pay an
annual license of $500 instead of |18 as
heretofore.

BERISG SEA SJCfTS.
Seals Are Reported to Be Very Scarce
This Season.
PORT TOWXSEND, Wash., July 7.-The
first direct news from the Bering Sea fleet,
now patrolling the limits of the prohibited
zone, announces the arrival of cutters at
Fnalaskaas follows: Percy, May 3o; Grant,
June 5, after the quickest passage, four
and a half days, ever made between Sitka
and Unalaska. The Rush left Unalaska
June 18 for Copper Islands, followed by
the Bear, which sailed on her regular
Arctic cruise. The Corwin arrived June
15, after a very rough passage.
Seals are reported very scarce, and not a
single vessel was seen in the sea up to the
18th. The health of the officers and men
is remarkably good, the result of the fact
that this season they are supplied with
fresh meat and vegetables twice a month
by the North American Commercial Com
pany, which receives 25 cents per pound
for the meat and 8 cents for vegetables.
All the vessels are kept constantly on the
go by Commander Hooper, being allowed
to return to port only twice a month to
coal. _^____
BROKE A WORLD RECORD
A San Francisco Wheelman
Lowers it by One-Fifth
of a Second.
It Was Accomplished In the Two-
Thirds Mile Handicap on
the Fourth.
SAN JOSE, Cal., June 6.— ln looking
over the world's records in the clubrooms
of the San Jose Road Club yesterday it
was discovered that McFarland had cut
one-fifth of a second off the world's two
thirds mile record at the league meet in
this city on the Fourth. McFarland won
the third heat of the two-thirds mile
handicap, class A, from the scratch in
1 :25 1-5. The former record was 1 :25 2-5.
Next Sunday the San Jose Road Club
wiil hold the seventh of a series of rive
mile handicap road races over the course
in East San Jose. Entries will close next
Thursday evening. The race promises to
be a hotly contested one, as a large num
ber of fast men are in training for the
event. The races are for a silver trophy,
which, to become the personal property of
a rider, must be won three times.
A MILITIA SHOOT.
It Results in a Victory for Company B of
San Jose.
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 7.— The match
shoot between Company F, First Regi
ment, N. G. C, of San Francisco and Com
pany B, Fifth Regiment, of this city, was
held to-day at Company B's range at Pala
Rosa, near Alum Rock. The match was
between teams of twenty men and at 200
--yard targets. There was a large crowd in
attendance and the match was hotly con
tested. It resulted in a victory for" Com
pany Bby a score of 735 to 704. The scores
of the teams are as follows:
Company B— Captain Partridge 36, Lieuten
ant Adel 39. Lieutenant Searles 37, Sergeant
McComas39, Sergeant Munn 38, Corporal Hub
back 42, Corporal Holt urn 39, Corporal Harris
40. Private Connor 36, Private Compton 26,
Private Frost 38,lPrivate Hannay 38, Private
O'Keefe 36, Private Penniman 41, Private
Roseveare 40, Private Smith 28, Private bcott
36, Private Wright 40, Private Ward 38, Pri
vate Zahn 32. Total, 735.
Company F— Captain Egbert 39, Lieutenant
Curzons 38, Lieutenant Adler 37, Sergeant Lan
dran 37. Sergeant Per.dietoa 43, Sergeant
Clarke 36. Corporal Souther 38, Corporal Nolte
32, Musician Isakson 40, Musician McMenony
:!!), Musician <inrdon 35, Corporal Robertson
30, Private McGowen 38, Private Williams 33,
Private Mangels 39, Private Brickwelt 33,
Private Lee 29, Private Nobiega 33, Private
Laders 25, Private Robinson 30. Total, 704.
Company F arrived last evening about
fifty strong, under command of Captain J.
F. Eggert and Lieutenants H. E. Curzons
and A. C. Adler.
A return match will be shot in San Fran
cisco in October.
Good Shooting by Sncramentans.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., July 7.— Some of
Company E's men in this city are doing
remarkably good shooting these days. A
week ago John L. Hughes made a straight
50, and the next day Corporal Fields made
SO, and followed it up with extra bullseyes
just to see what he could do. In to-day's
practice Corporal Nutting made a possible
50, and 0. E. Hughes, who is upwards of
60 years of age, made 49 out of 50.
Services by ( liautauquans.
PACIFIC GROVE, Cal., July 7.—To
day's services in the M. E. Church were
entirely turned over to the Chautauquans.
This morning Rev, A. C. Hirst, president
of the Chautauqua Assembly, delivered an
excellent sermon. At 5 p. X. vesper ser
vice was held, led by Dr. Hirst. This even
ing a sacred concert was held at Assembly
Hall. Never before has there been such a
crowd of people turned away from any
meeting. Lone before the commencement
hour there was not an inch of standing
room left.
The concert, rendered by the orchestra
of the First Congregational Church of Oak
land last evening was a irrand success, both
gallery and church being crowded.
Heath of a Woman Pioneer.
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 7.— Mrs. Rebecca
Harris, a pioneer resident of this city, who
was prominent in (charitable work, died
this evening, aged 67 years. She leaves
three children.
LOUIS KUFTLNO'S FUNERAL.
It Was Held Yesterday Afternoon From
Masonic Temple.
The funeral of Louis J. Ruffino who died
in a Pullman car near Lynchburg, Va.,
June 27. and whose body was brought to
this City, the place of his birth, for burial,
took place yesterday afternoon from Ma
sonic Temple. The deceased was a promi
nent member of the Masonic order, the A.
0. U. W. and the Native Sons of the Golden
Tno services were held under the Mason
ic auspices and were unusually impressive.
After they were concluded the funeral
cortege with a large Masonic and Native
Sons 'delegation in front took up its way to
Cypress Lawn Cemetery where the remains
were interred.
Growth of Berlin and Glasgow.
"I know of no cities in this country,"
says an American abroad, "not even Chi
cago, that impress one so with a sense of
newness and of great development as Ber
lin and Glasgow. I remember Berlin fif
teen years ago. when it seemed hardly as
much of a city as Dresden. Now it is so
wonderfully built up and improved that
New York seems in comparison with it an
old-fashioned community, slow in its
growth. It is much the same with Glas
gow, whose progress in recent years has
been little less than marvelous. If there
are any Americans who still think that our
cities are the only ones that grow like
weeds I would advise them to take a trip
abroad and get their eyes opened.." — New
York Tribune.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1895.
SANTA ROSA FUNERAL.
High Honors Paid to the
Remains of Judge
Pressley.
BENCH AND BAR ATTEND.
He Was One of the Best-Known
Men in the County of
Sonoma.
PARTICULARS OF HIS DEATH.
A Heart Attack Near the Hour of
Dawn— His Last Words Were:
"So Let It Be."
SANTA ROSA, Cal., July 7.— An im
pressive meeting was held in Judge Craw
ford's department of the Superior Court
Saturday. Judges Dougherty and Craw
ford occupied the bench, and the following
attorneys were present: Thomas Rutledge,
A. B. Ware, J. A. Barham, John Brown,
tL Whallon, \V. F. Russell, A. G. Bur
nett. C. S. Farquar, D. R. Gale, W. F.
Cowan, Ira Jenks, J. C. Sims, J. W. Oats,
A. Johnson, J. R. Leppo, W. E. McCon
nell, A. E. Bolton and others.
The formal announcement of Judge
Pressley's death was made and Judge Rut
ledge moved that a committee be ap
pointed to draw up resolutions on behalf of
the bar, expressing deep regret at the
death of the eminent jurist. The follow
ing compose the committee: J. A. Bar
ham, Thomas Rutledge, J. W. Oates, A. G.
Burnett, J. C. Sims, A. B. Ware, W. E.
McConnell.
The members of the bar decided to attend
the funeral in a body.
The funeral of the late Judge Pressley
took place this morning at 11 o'clock from
the First Baptist Church on B street. Rev.
S. A. Taft of AJameda, who was an inti
mate friend of the late Judge, conducted
the services, assisted by Rev. Dr. Avery
Shepherd. All members of the local
bench and bar and many friends were
present at the ceremony.
The following persons acted as Jpall
bearers: Judge Thornton, Judge J. K.
Law, Jndge Jackson Temple, Judge
Thomas Rutledge, Judge W. W. Porter, J.
O. Cooper, Dr. R. P. Smitfc, Captain G.
Watson.
The rhurch was crowded to its utmost
capacity and hundreds could not get in
side. A long line of carriages ana vehi
cles followed the remains to the Rural
Cemetery, where they were buried with
appropriate ceremony.
The relatives present were: Mrs. J. G.
Pressley, widow; Mrs. W. W. Phillips of
Fresno, a daughter; C. 8., B. C, L. A. and
W. B. Pressley, sons; W. B. Pressley of
Rio Vista and Harvey Pressley of Shasta,
brothers; Mrs. E. C. Dozier, Rio Vista,
sister; Mrs. E. W. Pressley, sister-in-law;
Mis 3M. J. Bars and Miss L. W. Pressle}-,
nieces; Dr. Dozier, Napa; Dr. Anderson
and James F. Pressley, Santa Rosa, and
H. E. Footman, Oakland, cousins.
Judge Pressley was one of the best
known men in Sonoma County and one of
the most highly esteemed. At the last
election he was frequently spoken of for
the Supreme Bench and would no donbt
have been nominated had he wished or if
Judee Jackson Temple had declined.
His death occurred in his summer camp
near the coast. R. P. Legro has returned
from Cazadero, where he went camping
with the late Judge. A Call reporter
asked Mr. Legro as to the particulars of
the Judge's death and learned the follow
ing facts:
Judge Pressley and his grandson, Willie,
arrived at the camp near Cazadero last
Tuesday night. R. P. Legro and family
arrived there Wednesday night at 6
o'clock. Fred Clark and his family and
John Baum were camped near by.
On Thursday (the Fourth) it rained all
day and the campers sat around the
fire and talked. Judge Pressley was in
good spirits. Mr. Legro, his friend and
camp companion, was a veteran of ths
Bine: Judge Pressley of the Gray. The
drift of conversation was their war experi
ences. Judge Pressley said he honored
alike the soldiers oi both armies; each was
true to what he believed to be right. As
for himself, he buried all the feeling that
led to the struggle, and he added, address
ing Mr. Legro, "I think just as much of
you as though we had fought under the
same flag."
As usual, the Judge had some good
stories to tell, which enlivened the camp
in spite of the rain, and about 10 o'clock
he retired to his tent, bidding his compan
ions "Good-night."
About 4:15 a. m. one of the ladies of the
party, whose tent was close by, heard a
cry, "Come, come quick — "
Mr. Legro and Fred Clark arrived al
most together at the Judge's tent, not
more than three minutes after the call was
heard.
The Judge waß sitting on the side of his
cot. As Mr. Legro entered the Judge ex
claimed:
"Oh, friend! My heart, my heart!"
He had been trying to get a mustard
plaster, which he had prepared for such an
emergency and had with him. Mr. Ltgro
assisted him, and when ready the Judge
applied the plaster himself to his breast.
He rtill sat on the cotside, breathing heav
ily, but there was no evidence of pain. He
then said: "Let me lie down."
As his head touched the pillow he ex
claimed, "It is the end!" and folding his
arms upon his breast, added : "So let it
be." And with the fast comintr light of
day, almost in the arms of t a companion of
the Blue, the spirit of the' ex-Confederate
warrior took its flight, without pain, with
out fear, as it had walked in its mortal en
vironment upon the earth.
His brother, W. B. Pressley, and sister,
Mrs. Dozier, who were on their way to the
dtmp, and later on Judge Rutledge and
Lawrence Pressley, a younger son, met and
returned with the sad cortege from the
coast hills to Santa Rosa, where many
mourning hearts awaited its coming.
MARK ISLAXO SOTJES.
Arrival of the Philadelphia — Work on
the Motiadnock lieing Pushed.
VALLEJO, Cal., July 7.— The United
States flagship Philadelphia arrived at
the navy-yard Friday, and will from pres
ent Indications remain there for the next
two months. While here she will be
docked, scraped and painted.
Good progress is being made toward the
completion of the Monadnock. She was
transferred from her accustomed berth,
near the stone dock, Saturday, to near the
coal sheds to better enable the workmen in
the steam-engineering department to pros
ecute their work.
On the iirst of the month a good many
mechanics were laid off, notably in the
yards and docks department. A number
of stone cutters have been called for, which
indicates that work will be recommenced
about the stone dock — laying track and
putting in the foundation for the same.
The Adams has been hauled in alongside
the wharf near the gate house. Repairs
will soon be commenced on her. After the
Philadelphia docks, which will not be be
fore the latter part of the month, the
Adams will be taken in ana have her keel
repaired where it thumped upon the rocka
while she was in Bering Sea.
There is a report that Governor Budd
will visit the yard in a day or two to in
spect the Swatara and see what is required
to place her in condition for a training
ship for the Naval Reserve.
Lieutenant Stoney reported for duty on
boord the flagship Philadelphia on her ar
rival at the yard. No aid to the com
mandant has yet been selected.
ZAMOMT AT TACOMA.
He Intimates That There Is So Seed for
Additional Army Posts.
TACOMA, Wash., July 7.— Secretary of
War Lamont and party arrived this morn
ing at 3 o'clock on a special train from
Portland and left at 9:45 for Seattle. They
intend to spend an hour there and then go
East over the Great Northern.
Asked as to the probability of an army
post being located in this vicinity, Secre
tary Lamont said: "The matter is en
tirely in the hands of Congress, but what
do we need new army posts for? We have
now more than we have men to garrison
them with."
SANTA CLARA FRUIT CROP
Better Prices Being Paid for
Apricots Than Last
Year.
The Streams of the Entire County
Being Stocked With the
Fry of Trout.
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 7.— in an inter
view in regard to the fruit prospects yester
day Colonel Weaver said: "During the
past ten days a large amount of apricots
have been bought in this county. The
apricots were contracted for for canning
purposes, and for choice fruit $35 per ton
was paid a week ago. Prices have dropped
a little during the past week, but $30 is
readily paid for good fruit. Apricots are
very thin on the trees this year, but are
very large and fine. This is the kind of
fruit canners especially desire and they are
willing to pay $35 per ton for such fruit.
The top price last year was $30 per ton."
"Peaches are ripening fast," said Colonel
It. P. McGlincy yesterday, 'but not many
sales are being made. Good prices are be
in? realized from Eastern shipments of
early peaches.
"Six weeks ago it looked as though the
peach crop would be a tremendous one,
but BO many have fallen since that time
that the crop will only be a medium one.
It is a little early for prices to be fixed for
peaches, but there is talk of prices ranging
from $'-'0 to $10 p'.-r ton, according to qual
ity. The top price, $40, is said to be of
fered for fancy clings. It is reported that
$30 has been offered for clings, out this is
not enough, as it only means about 4
cents per pound for the dried product.
The price realized for dried fruit is usually
much higher than thin."
Trout for Santa Clara Streams.
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 7.— Game Warden
Mackenzie yesterday received 30,000 rain
bow trout from the Fish Commissioners
for distribution in the streams of the
county. Ten thousand were placed in
Stevens Creek, 10,000 in Almaden Creek
and 10,000 in the Coyote Crenk.
About August 1 100,000 Lake Tahoe trout
fry will be placed in the remaining streams
of" the county.
Fruit- Canning at Los Gatos Begins.
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 7.— The Los Gatos
cannery started to work yesterday after
noon on apricots, with a force of 135 hands.
When the pears and peaches begin to come
in the force will be increased to 200 women
and fifty men. The capacity of the can
nery has been increased, and the output
for the season promises to be large.
DR. GIBSON ON YOUTH.
The Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church
Preaches fit the Simpson
Memorial Sanctuary.
The Rev. J. George Gibson, pastor of
Emmanuel Baptist Church, occupied the
pulpit of the Simpson Memorial Church
last night. He discoursed upon the text
"Who being past feeling," from Ephesians,
xiv:l9.
Before announcing his text Dr. Gibson
stated that Emmanuel Baptist Church will
hold its opening services next Sunday,
when three sermons will be preached. The
morning service will begin at 11 o'clock,
the afternoon at 3 o'clock and the evening
service at 7:45 o'clock. Tickets of admis
sion could be procured at the conclusion of
his sermon.
In the course of his remarks he said;
"Your first impression is that the present
preacher has got hold of a text which is
too deep for him. Your impression arises
from the mistaken notion that only old
people have deep experiences. You forget
that the herbs of the field are bitterest
when young, fresh and full of sap. You
forget that a man does not need to live
long in order to live much. Many a young
man is older in experience than some men
who have reached three-score years and
ten.
"I have generally associated with people
younger than myself. The young have no
time to be restful, they have scarcely any
right to be happy. Our age lias cultivated
the art of criticism to such an extent, that
if they make a mistake, a thousand tongues
dripping with the foam of jealousy,
will whisper it around town, till it is com
mon property. The old and the learned
have been making a mistake. They have
been talking to young people as if the}'
could not understand anything out the
language of the nursery.
"The mother thinks her smooth-faced
boy knows nothing but what she has
taught him. She is mistaKen. The boy
knows more than he even tells, feels more
than he even expresses, and thinks more
than he even speaks."
HAS A MALE CHOIR NOW.
Grace Church Has Done Away
With the Mixed Quartet
of Voices.
The congregation worshiping at Grace
Church had a male choir to lead it in the
vocal part of the services yesterday and
the innovation drew quite a crowd. The
Rev. R. C. Foute preached both morning
and evening, and his eloquent discourses
on the things that are and the life that is
to come were listened to attentively.
For some time past there has been
trouble among the members of the mixed
choir that was paid by the congregation
to lead the singing part of the service. The
soprano was the first to go and she now
has a suit pending in the Superior Court
for damages against the trustees of the
church. Organist Bosworth was the next
to go and he was succeeded by William H.
Holt. The latter advocated a male choir
and he was given his way. The first ap
pearance of the new choir vas made
yesterday morning and it was a success.
The voices are not exactly evenly balanced,
but Mr. Holt will be able to overcome that
difficulty in a short time. The congrega
tion seemed to appreciate the change and
the male choir has evidently come to stay.
FIRED AT A TRAMP.
Brave Act of a Modest
Young San Bernar
dino Girl.
HE WAS ORDERED AWAY.
His Refusal Met With a Threat
to Shoot and He Decided
to Go.
MADE AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN
But a Shot From the Child's
Rifle Sent Him Fleeing Down
the Street.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., July 7.—
Miss Lulu Bogart, the fourteen-year-old
daughter of Dr. S. C. Bogart, made a hero
ine of herself last night by taking a shot
with a parlor rifle at an impudent tramp
who invaded the premises.
Her parents had gone to the theater,
and with a sister two years younger Miss
Lulu was entertaining two girl friends
about their own age. About half-past 10
a tramp entered the yard, walked upon
the front porch where the children were
seated, and was soon lying comfortably in
a hammock. The children retreated, but
Lulu soon called up enough courage to
come out and order him away. The tramp
refused to go.
The child then returned indoors, got a
parlor rifle, which she had used but once
before, loaded it, and repeated her order to
leave under threat of shooting.
The tramp laughed and taunted her
with, "Why don't you shoot?"
"I will if you don't leave instantly," re
sponded the girl.
The tramp slowly got out of the hammock,
cleared the yard, and started down street.
After he had cone about forty feet he
stopped and started back, when Lulu
raised the rifle to her shoulder and fired.
The tramp fled wildly down the street.
All this time Miss Bogart was not tte
least excited, and when her parents re
turned half an hour later she related the
occurrence as if it had been an everyday
affair. Nor was she elated over the deed.
The Bogarts are well-to-do, move in the
best circles, and their home on Sixth
street is one of the finest in the city.
A POLICEMAN ATTACKED.
So Attempt Made to Arrest the Small but
Savage Culprits,
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., July 7.—
Policeman FranK J. Starke met with a
painful and exasperating surprise about 3
o'clock this afternoon when he turned in
an alarm for a brush lire from box 32, which
had not been used for several weeks. Wasps
had built a nest inside the box and when
the door was opened they attacked the in
truder in solid phalanx. Starke was badly
Btung in the face and neck. He beat a
hasty retreat, but not in time to save him
self.
Good Prices for Oranges.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., July 7.—
Nearly complete returns from the sales of
the Kedlands Orange Growers' Association
show very much better results than that of
last year. The net price to growers for
navel oranges will be between $1 (55 and
$1 70 per box. Last year it was $1 29. The
average gross price f. o. b. in Redlands was
between $2 20 and $2 25. The average net
price of seedlings will be about 90 cents per
box.
CHRISTIANS AND OTHERS.
Elder Turner of .the Mormon Church
Deiines the True Chris
tianity.
The sermon at the meeting of members
of the Church of Latter Day Saints in
Pythian Hall last night was upon "Chris
tianity" and was delivered by Elder Henry
S. Turner. Considerable interest has been
awakened in the small congregation over
Elder Turner's weekly discourse and last
evening a fair-sized gathering was present.
The speaker began with an investigation
of the religions of the world, in which he
discovered many kinds of Christians, and
consequently various forms of Christianity.
He classified his theme into positive and
negative Christianity and then entered
upon an elucidation of these two forms.
By positive Christianity he explained that
he meint that kind which has in no way
departed from the original form as defined
by Christ and his apostles and evangelists.
For the negative Christianity he gathered
in all forms of religion which are not com
pletely in harmony with the first doctrines
and precepts. The doctrines of Christ, he
said, endured for a time unadulterated,
but they gradually underwent material
changes, and among the departures he
enumerated was baptism. Christianity, he
declared, is positive or true only in so far
as it coincides with the doctrines of Christ.
THROUGH SOCIALIST EYES
Mrs. Anna F. Smith Talks on
Economics at Metropoli
tan Temple.
Various Pictures of the Present
and the Possible Future
Are Drawn.
There was not a very large gathering at
the Metropolitan Temple Jast night at the
socialist meetine, probably because no
prominent orators had been advertised as
drawing cards. Nevertheless, there was an
interesting programme for the audience.
•It was a sort of '-mediey," as the chairman
put it, with Mrs. Anna F. Smith as the
principal speaker.
Chairman N. E. Kelsey voiced some re
gret ac the few people present, and then
moralized on the Fourth of July celebra
tion to show that mere political freedom
alone was not sufficient to improve the
condition of the citizens.
"On one hand, to-day," he said, "there
is the spectacle of concentrated wealth
dominating the Government of the people,
while on the other hand is the fearful con
trast of millions of unemployed, quickly
degenerating into pauperage and crimi
nality.
"The socialists foresee the dark clouds
threatening the nation. Either the Dec
laration of Independence must be made a
fact, or an imperialism of capital will
overthrow Republican institutions and
establish an autocracy upon their ruins."
His remedy was a socialistic form of gov
ernment to own all the land, machinery of
production and the entire system of trans
portation and communication.
Mrs. Anna F. Smith discussed condi
tions. Professor Austin Lewis having been
unable to be present. She gave her views
of the Fourth of July. Two points, she
said, presented themselves to her as she
had watched the parade, one being the
military feature and the other the lack of
enthusiasm among the people lining the
sidewalks. She recalled the intense en
thusiasm of patriotic displays in the past,
and then drew a parallel between this Na
tion and European autocracies, based upon
the military display. In her opinion the
people of this country are bound hide and
foot to the military power just as much as
the great proletariat of Europe, and she
criticized the turning out of "Christians"
in military ostentation in a republic.
Mrs. Smith then contrasted the America
of to-day with the America dreamed of by
Washington, Jefferson, Thomas Paine,
and other creat advocates of republican
institutions. Foreign ownership of land
and displacement of labor by modern ma
chinery, she next dwelt upon with fervor.
She attributed the voluntary raising of
wages by various concerns, notably Mr.
Pullman, to the fact that next year the
Presidential election takes place.
She drew a lugubrious picture of the
future, and said that the only way out of
the difficulty, from her point of view, was
the socialistic way, the government to be a
grand co-operative commonwealth, owning
all the land, railroads, telegraphs, and all
the machinery. Her picture of the future
that would ensue was a very bright one.
She was followed by a number of other
speakers, who gave their views of present
conditions and fears or hopes for the future.
THE SOUTH SIDE ACTIVE
Improvement Club to Meet and
Discuss Folsom-Street
Paving.
Leon Samuels Will Report on Debris
and Mr. Maguiro on
•Districting.
The South Side Improvement Club, the
first of a series of similar organizations, is to
have an open meeting this evening at the
rooms of the Howard Club on the south
west corner of Third and Howard streets.
Secretary I. Schwartz says the principal
thing to be discussed will be the Folsom
street boulevard. A few other questions
may come up, incidentally, such as A. B.
Majjuire's proposition to district the south
side for effective organization, Leon Sam
uels' report on the dumping of debris on
Folsom street, between Fourth and Fifth,
and the proposition to have Eighth street
paved with bitumen from Folsom to the
new City Hall.
Anent this matter of paving Eighth
street, it is estimated that it would cost
about $12,000 to do it, and the property
owners have gone down into their pockets
and raised half that amount, so that the
total expense to the City would be only
$6000. There has been considerable talk of
trying to pet Fourth street paved with bi
tumen, and Mr. Samuels is now laboring
on that project.
Mr. Maguire's idea of general organiza
tion for the South Side is to have the Sec
ond, Third and Fourth Folsom-street Im
provement Clubs serve as bases, and then
cut up that portion of the City between
Market and Bryant streets, and extending
from the wharf to Tenth street, into the
following, with a good working club in
each: First, from the wharf to Third
street; second, from Third to Sixth street;
and third, from Sixth to Tenth street.
JJSpeaking of the dumping of debris on
' Folsom street, Mr. Samuels says: "I rind
; that for some time past the contractors
I have been dumping dirt on Folsom street,
ito the great annoyance of the people. Sev
{ eral citizens, I believe, have complained
■ to the Street Superintendent, but as yet
! but little has been accomplished. How
ever, I think that if a committee from the
South Side Club was appointed to inter
view the Street Superintendent, immediate
steps would be taken to abate the nuis
ance."
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SCORES OF NEW DOCTORS.
The California Medical Col
lege Closes Its Seven
teenth Year.
A FINE PROGRAMME ARRANGED.
Terms to Be of Eight Months, and
the Course Four Instead
of Three Years.
The seventeenth annual commencement
exercises of the California Medical College
will be held in Metropolitan Temple next
Wednesday evening, July 10, at 8 o'clock.
An elaborate programme has been ar
ranged, and the exercises of the evening
promise to be of more than usual interest.
The last scholastic year has been very
satisfactory. There were ninety-six ma
triculates, an increase of eleven over the
year before. Two years ago the attendance
was only sixty, and the faculty is well
satisfied with this evidence of the institu
tion's increasing popularity and prosperity.
The roll of students during the last year
includes the names of young men from
Oregon, Washington, Arizona and as far
east as Nebraska and Missouri. There is
one student at the college who hails from
Holland.
The Cooper Medical Institute leads in
the matter of attendance, but closely fol
lowing are the Toland and California
Medical Colleges.
Further improvement is promised with
each year, and those at the head of tha
California College predict that the institu
tion will occupy a position in the front
rank of the medical colleges of the country
in a short time.
"Our college is founded on the genius of
Americanism," said Dr. D. Maclean,.yes
terday afternoon. "The system is the
same as that on which our forefathers
founded this great republic. That is to
say, we took what was good in the best
schools of the land and eliminated what
we thought was bad.
"The college has been changed from a
three to a four year college, with terms of
eight months' duration. The next term
will begin on the second Monday in Octo
ber. Ihis brings us back to the winter
school, the same as the leading colleges in
the East. The terms will be about the
same as those of Eastern colleges, begin
ning in October and ending in May.
"The college is in a more prosperous
condition than it has ever been before, and
the future is rich in promise. The exer
cises at the commencement next Wednes
day night will be of a highly interesting
character.
Almost a Collision.
Shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon the prompt action of two engineers
in the employ of the Park and Ocean Rail
road Company averted what might have
been a disastrous collision.
One train was coming from the Cliff and
one left the Stanyan-street depot, bound
toward the beach. The engineer of the
inbound train saw the other train coming
head on, and immediately put on the air
brakes and reversed the" lever. At the
same moment the engineer on the outgoing
train saw the other coming, and he too
brought his train to a sudden standstill.
When the two trains came to a dead halt
they were not more than 300 feet apart.
The employes of the road declined to
speak about the matter, but this almost
serious and probably fatal accident, for the
incoming train was crowded, was the re
suH of using one track and a misunder
standing as to time and right of way.
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