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EXTERMINATING
NON-COMBATANTS
Stories of Great Cruelties
Committed by the
Spanish.
KILLED IN COLD BLOOD.
Innocent Men and Boys Taken
by Soldiers and Quickly
Put to Death.
NO CHECK TO THE BUTCHERIES
One General Who Usurps Weyler's
Powers ai;d Sanctions a Mock
Court-Martial.
HAVANA.Ccba, June 6 (via Tampa, Fla.,
June 8). — That the work of extermination
of non-combatants continues to a greater
or less extent is evidenced by tne reports
which are received from the country. Not
a day passes without some shocking story
being told of brutal assassinations com
mitted by the troops on defenseless peo
ple, whose sole crime is being witnesses of
the war raging ail over the island without
taking any part in it. Here are a few facts
selected from the many that are told:
On the 2d inst. a column of Spanish
troops commanded by Colonel Ochoa,oper
ating around Jaruco, Havana province,
captured a poor, miserable boy of fifteen
years, named Juan Rodriguez, suffering
from nervous prostration and so weak that
ne coiud hardly move without assistance.
This untiappy creature was dragged from
his Dome and without any compassion for
his pitiable state he was butchered on the
roadway to Tapaste for the crime of being
a cousin of the leader of a band, named
Victor Simon.
On June 1 Simon Yruri, member of one
of the best families of Jaruco, was arrested i
on suspicion of being a rebel sympathizer,
by orders of General Melguizo. He was
too well known to be taken out of town
and shot in the fields, as this would make
a scandal, so they made a semblance of a I
court-martial, and with all the apparent '
formalities of the law he was publicly 1
shot in the square of the town.
Ti.e deed created general indignation ]
when it was known that Meleuizo had or- '■
dered the execution on his own authority, !
without consulting the captain-general,
who is the only one empowered to order
such proceedings.
On June 4 Lorenzo Medina, a native of
the Canary Islands, 49 years of age and a
cattle-dealer, and John Toledo, a Cuban,
30 years of age and the owner of a cart- I
shop, both well known and esteemed in
the town of Jaruco, were arrested on no
Snown charges.
They were iocked in the civil guard's
barracks and the next morning they were I
taken out of the town on the promise of j
prompt release and treacherously shot be- j
hind the slaughter-house. It is known
that Valencia had a fight with Colonel
Dondevieia of Campo (Fla.) fame in which !
this "brave' was completely routed, losing j
thirty dead lelt on the field. This has
never been repeated officially.
The Bayarao guerillas, about 100 men, |
commanded by Abiga Guerra, have joined i
the rebels, seduced thereto by Calixto Gar- j
cia when he passed near that place last i
week.
In Sancti Spiritus a band of musicians j
of the local volunteers, headed by its j
bandmaster, Justo Alvarez, with all the I
instruments of the band also went over to !
The woods to enliven the time of the revo
lutionists.
NEW YORK, N. V., June B.— A Herald
special from Wilmington, Del., says: In- !
formation was received here that the
cargo of ammunition sent to the aid of the
Cuban insurgents on the yacht Vindex,
which left here last Monday morning, was
successfully transferred to a steamer
bound for Cuba near the Delaware capes
on Friday morning, and that fifteen vol
unteers from Delaware boarded the
steamer at the same time for the purpose
of enlisting in the Cuban forces.
The Ward liner Seguranca, which ar
rived here to-day from Havana, brought
the last cargo of Havana tobacco from
<üba which will arrive here until General
Weyler's order prohibiting the shipment
of tobacco from the island shall have been
rescinded. The cargo consisted of 1208
bales and twelve barrels of leaf tobacco.
McKINLEY MUSTN`T DODGE
Continued from First Page.
tion left is the choice of Vice-President. If
Reed persists in a refusal some time will
have to be taken in deliberating this
point."
"Who will the candidate be if Eeed re
fuses?"
"H. Clay Evans should get the place,
but he cannot get it I feel sure. The* In
diana people are solid for McAlpen, but
who is he? Then the Jersey ites want
Hobart, but I cannot see that he has any
claims. This nomination is an open one,
and will be the oniy interesting thing
about the convention."
"Will there be no fight on the money
plank?"
"Why, no. The Republican party Is for
gold, and that is all there is to it. Besides,
that is not the issue. The tariff is what
the fight will be made on. McKinley is a
gold man. There is not a line in his
speeches that can be construed favorably
to free silver. I heard him make his tirst
Fpeech at Niles, Ohio, when 'he declared
for gold."
KANSAS' CORN TRAIN.
forty Orators Abonrd Who Will Talk for
McKinley.
WICHITA, Kans., June B.— Amid the
booming of cannon, the playing of bands,
the shriek of factory whistles and the
shouts of a vast concourse of people the
McKinley-decorated corn train started on
its journey to the Republican Convention
at St. Louis this afternoon. It will not
arrive there until the 13th mst., as a stop
will be made at every town of importance
on the way, and the forty orators who ac
company the train will make McKinley
speeches. The Wellington band was also
taken along.
The forty cars were brought into the
city this morning and have been the cen
ter of interest from the throngs. Political
cartoons, pictures and mottoes advtrtisin;
the resources of the various companies
furnishing the grain decorate the entire
length of the train. After the St. Louis
convention the train will proceed to New
York, mating stops at all the important
cities, and in the event of McKinley's
nomination a day's halt will be made at
Canton and there will be a big celebration
there. Previous to the departure of the
train a grand rally was held at the audi
torium, addressed by Hon. J. R. Burton
and Judge Sutton. Colonel H. W. Levy
of this city read an original poem, to cele
brate the consummation of the corn-train
scheme. The meeting -then adjourned to
the depot, where other addresses were
made.
"Syl" Dickson, who inaugurated and
carried out the enterprise, was introduced
and wildly cheered by the crowd. A score
of strong men made a rush for him, and
he was carried on their shoulders, while
cheer after cheer for Dickson, McKinley
and the orators who accompanied the
train rent the air.
To-night there was another great meet
ing, addressed by ex-Senator John J. In
galls. Speaking of the corn train and the
circumstance that it was struck by light
ning on Sunday night, he said : "Syl
Dickson is the Ajax of Kansas. He de
fied the lightning and laughed at the
thunderbolts. In spite of the lightning
his corn train left strictly on time, and It
will reach St. Louis as scheduled, a day
or two before the McKinley ratification
meeting."
"The word 'impossible' has been elimi
nated from our vocabulary," said Ingalls.
"The idea of the Kansas man is to per
form the impossible, surpass the unat
tainable. This the projector of the Mc-
Kinley corn train has done."
The ex-Senator defined his position on
the money question thus: "I am in favor
of rational constitution and bimetallism,
but intend to stand on tha St. Louis plat
form whether it coincides with my in
dividual opinions or not."
He took strong ground in favor of re
stricting foreign immigation, and declared
himself more of a protectionist than ever
before. _
Hreckinridge a Candidate.
LEXINGTON, Ky., June B.— Colonel W.
C. P. Breckinridge announces that he will
be a candidate for Congress at the next
election.
LIEUTENANT PEARS`S PLANS.
Goes to Newfoundland to Arrange His
Northern Voyage.
NEW YORK, N. V., June B.— R. E.
Peary, United States navy, sailed from
Brooklyn on the Portia yesterday morn
ing to St. John's, N. F., to complete ar
rangements for his coming voyage to
Greenland. He will return to this city
shortly and expects to sail for the north
about J uly 8.
Peary had intended to sail for England
Dn June 2 to fill his long deferred engage
ments to lecture before the Royal Geo
graphical Society of London and the Scot
tish Geographical Sociery of Edinburgh,
but he found at the last moment that the
interests of his next Greenland expedition
would not permit him to go abroad and
so his foreign engagements are again post
poned.
A number of scientific men and students
who, for purposes of their own, desire to
visit Greenland, will take advantage of
this opportunity to sail on Peary's
steamer. Some newspapers have an
nounced that Peary is going north again
to secure the very lar^e meteorite which
lie was unable on his last return from
jreenland to bring home with him,
ihoutih he did secure the two remarkably
me aerolites that are now in the Ameri
can Museum of Natural History in this
■ity. This, however, is merely an inci
lent of his enterprise. Nobody knows
vhether his vessel will be able to get
within many miles of the north shore of
Melviile Bay, where he found this great
meteoric stone.
Peary's most northern point on this trip
svill be Cape Sabin, at the entrance to
smith Sound. Turning south again he
will endeavor to push into Jones Sound,
which is very little known, the only ex
plorer who has ever pushed far into it be
ing Inglefield in 1852.
After he has picked up the parties he
left on the coast he will visit Cumberland
Sound in Baffin land, where Dr. Franz
Boas spent a winter among the natives,
and if the conditions are favorable Peary
will spend a week in Hudson Strait, the
Erreat waterway 500 miles long that unites
Hudson Bay with the sea. The prospects
are that Peary's fourth expedition to
Greenland and his seventh, counting the
auxiliary expeditions which have supple
mented his arctic work, will be fruitful
and interesting.
— — ♦—
Pass- forgers Convicted.
NEW YORK, N. V., June B.— Eugene
Barnett and Joseph Weimar, who for the
past two weeks have been on trial before
Judge Fitzgerald, in the General Sessions,
for forging passes on the Southern Pacific
Railroad, were to-day found euilty of
attempting to commit forgery in the third
degree. They were remanded until Fri
day for sentence. The two men were
ticket-scalpers at New Orleans. They de
irised a scheme for issuing the bogus
passes over the Southern Pacific. Clar
ence Barnett, brother of Eugene, who lived
in this city, was also in the scheme. He
:urned State's evidence and pleaded guilty.
He will probably be let go.
Money Not forthcoming.
CAIRO, Egypt, June B.— The Egyytian
mixed tribunal, formed for the purpose of
deciding as to the legality of the advance
money from the Egyptian treasury for the
purpose of meeting the expenses of the
Soudan expedition, has formally pro
nounced judgment against the proposal to
draw upon the commission of public debt
for the sum asHed or any* part .thereof.
This action of the tribunal was taken de
spite the refusal of the British and
Egyptian Governments to recognize the
competence of the tribunal to decide upon
the question.
Murdered in Mexico.
JIMINEZ, Mexico, June B.— The bodies
of two well-dressed Americans were found
yesterday on the Batopilas mountain
trail, west of here. Both men had been
shot to death. It is supposed that the
crime was committed by robbers. The
men were evidently on their way to this
city from one of the mining camps west of
here when they were ambushed and
killed. There were no papers on their
bodies to indicate their identity.
Three Ships Provided For.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 8.-The
naval conferees agreed to-da7 on the
battle-ships in the naval bill as was indi
cated in the United Press dispatches of
Saturday night. Three ships are provided
for with a stipulation that contracts for
armor-plate are not to be made at any
price until Congress shall have further
acted upon the subject.
Without Cleveland's Signature.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June B.— The
following bills have become laws without
the President's approval: Providing back
pay for the President, judge advocate
general of the navy, and erantinp pensions
to Major-General Joseph R. West, General
W. H. Morris and Wilbur F. Cogswell.
Treasury Gold Reserve.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., June B.— The
treasury gold reserve at the close of busi
ness to-day stood $106,229,789. The day's
withdrawals were $188,000.
Grocees' Picnic to-morrow, Schuetzen Park,
San KafaeL *
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1896.
TRIED TO SLAY
A CHICO MAN
Rancher Ackerman's Battle
for Life With Butcher
Dunham.
GRIME OF YEARS AGO.
An Attempt at Murder When
the Campbells Man Owned
a Nursery.
INHERITS A VICIOUS NATURE.
Once Confessed His Father Was an
Assassin— Futile Search for
the Fugitive.
CHICO, Cal., June B.— The history o;
Charles Dunham, the Santa Clara mur
derer, in Chico is not one that a respecta
ble citizen would be proud of. Of those
who became acquainted with Dunham
during his stay in this vicinity non« knew
hid disposition better than Fred Acker
man, a rancher, who in the spring of 1&93
hired Dunham as a laborer, afterward
taking him as a partner in the nursery
business. During the first two or three
months of his labor for Ackerman Dun.
ham was very agreeable and he and Ack
erman got along well together.
Dunham seldom talked about himself or
his relatives, but one day he became con
fidential and told Ackerman that his
father had killed a man and buried him
on a ranch either in San Diego or Santa
Barbara County, and that he made such
an artistic job of it that no one would be
any the wiser or ever find it out.
As Dunham became better acquainted
his demeanor changed, and what little re
spect his fellow employees had entertained
for him was lost. His first offense in
Chico was when at one time he went to
Ackerman and told him that if he would
discharge one of his choremen ne would
obtain for him an industrious young man
of good character who would do the work
for $5 a month less. This was agreed to,
and Dunham brought to the rancn a man
whom he introduced as "Jim," not giving
his other name, and it was not learned
until the month was nearly up that "Jim"
was his brother. Dunham at first denied
the relationship, but afterward had to ad
mit it.
Mrs. Ackerman repeatedly complained
to her husband of Dunham's actions.
Dunham was very disrespectful and impu
dent and Bhe was afraid of him. Things
went from bad to worse, until Ackerman
and Dunham became involved in a contro
versy in regard to some trees. Ackerman,
not liking the way Dunham had been con
ducting the nursery, told him so, and was
threatened by the partner. Soon after
ward Ackerman went to the barn to sad
dle a horse. He had saddled the animal
and was about to mount when some one
pounced upon him from behind and
knocked him down. It was Dunham. Be
ing nearly 60 years old, Ackerman was no
match for his adversary, who was young
and strong. Dunham grasped the old man
by the throat with one hand, holding the
other over his mouth to prevent an out
cry. Dunham then began to twist Acker
man's head in an attempt to breag hi.-*
ne ck, but Aclcerman struggled hard for
life and succeeded in crying out. His
scream was heard by one of the men on
the ranch, who came to the rescue and
p ulled Dunham from his victim, who wag
so exhausted that he bad to be hel pec to
the house.
Dunham told some of the men that he
wished that he had finished Ackerman
before help arrived, and that it would have
been an easy matter to have claimed that
Ackerman met his death by falling from
the haymow and breaking his neck.
Dunham was then discharged and after
ward employed by Z. W. Burnham, who
owns an orange orchard in the foothills
near here. At this place he was employed
for a short time only, as he soon quarreled
with the foreman of the orchard. After
leaving Burnham all trace of Dunham was
lost.
Dunham went by the name of "Sweet
Potato Jim." The origin of the cognomen
is not known, but it is known that Dun
ham is very peculiar in his eating, and
while here would eat no light bread, but
would make a full mea? on corn bread or
vegetables.
. It is significant as proving Dunham's
intent to murder Acfcerman that he killed
Mrs. Dunham by twisting her head until
her neck was broken. In the case of the
rancher, fortunately, this method failed.
CLAIM THEY SAW DUNHAM
People at Various Point* Who Came Upon
Various Strangers.
SAN JOSE, Cal., June 8. — Sheriff Lyn
don has not relaxed bis endeavors to as
certain the whereabouts of Murderer
James C. Dunham. The greater part of
to-day was occupied by himself and corps
in making a review of the situation, in
order that no section of the country
through which the fugitive was liable to
seek escape was left unguarded.
That Dunham was or had been in the
mountains between Mount Hamilton and
Panoche the Sheriff did not doubt, but if
he was still there he believed it exceed
ingly unlikely that he conld escape with
out detection and capture, as the moun
taineers were well posted as to Dubam's
appearance and were upon the constant
lookout for him.
On this account the Sheriff did not con
sider his long and tedious search as either
time or labor lost. He had established
sentinels throughout the mountains who
would at once communicate any informa
tion received regarding the murderer.
- In addition to these he reported Sheriffs
Scott of Fresno County. Bargwardt of
Kern County, Merritt of Tulare County
• and Warfield of Merced County as being
upon the hunt in the western foothills of
the San Joaquin Valley. , .
Sheriffs Holbrook of San Benito County,
Matthews of Monterey County and Ballon
of San Luis Obispo County were reported
to be on guard on the eastern side of the
mountain range, and all had their senti
nels among the residents.
A large number of the ranchers are re
ported to be scouring the mountains in
the hope of securing a trace of
the fugitive. Sheriff Lyndon, to facili
tate this search, yesterday decided to
issue 10,000 placards containing the two
pictures of the murderer and announcing
the rewards for general distribution.
One thousand of these will be printed in
Spanish and distributed in Mexico and
among Mexicans in various sections.
The reward fund now reaches almost
the $5000 mark. Chairman M. H. Hyland
| of the citizens' executive committee yes
terday stated that the citizens' fund was
nearing $4000 and that $1000 of this was
secured irom the vicinity of Campbells.
He expected the fund to steadily increase
as the days passed.
Deputy Sheriff Gardner yesterday stated
that he did not consider the suns of sacks
worn over shoes as evidence of the pres
ence of Dunham, as the custom of placing
sacks over shoes in ordex to facilitate
rough mountain climbing was not a new
or unusual one.
After a thorough search of the moun
tains Gardner believes that Dunham prob
ably went south as far as the Mountain
House and then retraced his ?teps and
came north again in order to throw the
posses of the Sheriffs off his trail.
A general opinion seems to prevail
among the officers that Dunham is in
hiding not very far from this city. This,
however, is given as merely a belief, with
out any definite grounds to substanti
ate it.
The following letter was received by
acting Chief of Police Robert Anderson to
day:
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., June 7, 1896.
Friend Bob: lam sure I met Dunham Satur
day. It was on section 10, twelve miles north
of Bakerstield, on what is known as the Kraz
mer ranch. I have been at. work there for the
past twenty days. Your friend,
Will H. Russell,
P. S.— l know him.
Russell is a railroad carpenter, who re
sided in San Jose at one time.
The following letter was forwarded to
the Sheriff's office by the Abend Post, a
German paper in San lrancisco:
PANOCHE, Cal., June 7. 1896.
German Abaid Poet, >'a» Francisco, Cal.: The
murderer, James Dunham, must unquestiona
bly keep himself around this vicinity. He was
seen by a number of people around here. Just
now officers are swarming around our neigh
borhood by day and by night, questioning all
whom they meet in regard to Dunham.
The fellow slept at my brother's barn on the
night of the 4th to the sth of June. On the
following morning I Bhowed my brother Dun
hnrn's picture as it appeared in the Chronicle,
when he immediately recognized Dunham.
Thereupon we searched the whole vicinity,
but we lost his trail and no one seems to know
what has become of him. Respectfully,
George Berg.
N. B.— Judging from the way the people
hereabouts express themselves I do not be
lieve that the murderer can be taken from
here alive. t*. B.
N. B.— A fellow who evinces such an amount
of shrewdness in evading the officers our peo
ple do not consider an insane man. G. B.
Sheriff Lyndon was in Panoche last
Wednesday and knows that if Dunham
strikes there at any time word will imme
diately be sent to him by some of the of
ficers now in that locality.
W. J. Peall, who has a ranch on the
Kincaid road, back of Mount Hamilton,
came to the Sheriff's office to-night with a
rather startling report, which proved later
to be immaterial. Peall's nearest neigh
bors in the mountains are the Scott fam
ily.
This morning he went over to the Scott
place and found on the front door of the
cabin a string, attached to which were four
mice, all hung by the necks. Beneath the
mice was a piece of brown wrapping
paner, on which was written the follow
ing:
This is the way I treat my family and this is
the way I will treat you if you are at home
when I come along. J. C. Dunham.
The Sheriff compared this handwriting
in letters known to have been written by
Dunham, and found not the slightest sim
ilarity.
The fact that Dnnham is an educated
man, and that the person who executed
the writing on brown paper spelled "fam
ily" with an "c," and "come" without the
"c," was considered further proof that the
whole thing was the work of some thought
less person.
NOT IN FRESCO COUNTY.
Man-Hunters Return in Wsntist After
following false Leads.
FRESNO, Cal., June B.— Deputy Sheriffs
L. P. Timmins and Thomas Lynch re
turned to-day from the pursuit of Dun
ham. The officers are satisfied that the
murderer is not in this county and never
was. They even scout the idea that Dun
ham came southward at all.
The cause for the belief that the fugitive
bad been in Fresno County was the state
ment that an old rancher named Schoo
bert made to the effect that Dunham had
called at his place for a drink of water.
When seen by a Fresno officer Schoobcrt
said that he had no reason to believe that
the murderer dad paid him a visit. A
stranger who was passing on the trail had
called at his house for a drink. Such oc
currences are frequent, and Schoobert said
that he took no notice of the appearance
of the stranger. He merely told him to
go to the creek below the house for
water.
"There are only two trails by which
Dunham could have traveled into Fresno
County," said Deputy Sheriff Timmins to
a Call correspondent to-night. "Lynch
and myself made a careful search and dili
gent inquiries along each and we could
not find the slightest trail of the fugitive.
I am positive that Dunham never came
into Fresno County."
The officers had'a very hard trip. The
weather was very hot and water was
scarce. _____^^________
SEATTLE SEALER'S COMPLAINT.
Declares That American Revenue Cutters
Give Corporations a Monopoly
on Furs.
SEATTLE, Wash., June B.— Captain
Larsenof the sealing schooner Bering Sea,
who has been engaged in the business for
many years, declares that the efforts of the
United States to protect seals have loug
been a farce. He boldly asserts that the
Bering Sea fleet of revenue cutters "stand
in" with corporations, and that meanwhile
the seals are slaughtered and exterminated.
"The slaughtering goes on," the cap
tain said, "and our Government winks its
eye. The Alaskan Commercial Company
and the Northwestern Commercial Com
pany have a lease from the Government
of islands where the seals breed. While
the sealers are killing a lew animals out
in the open sea guarded by Uncle Sam's
cruisers these two companies have men
employed slaughtering them by the whole
sale on the islands. They say the pups
die because we kill their mothers out in
the open sea, when the fact is that the
hunters ashore, in their merciless exter
mination of both sexes alike, wound num
bers of young seals which crawl off and
die."
*'A revenue officer told me it was a dis
grace the way the Government was cater
ing to those two powerful corporations.
Why does Victoria get all the sealing
trade? I will tell you. American revenue
cutters watch American sealers like cats
watch mice, and pounce upon them on
every occasion, when at the same time
they will pass a suspicious-looking sealer
flying the British flag. Thus it is that so
many American schooners swing the
British flag from their masthead."
NORMAN WOOED AT SANTA CRUZ.
An Ice Toboggan Slide One of the fea
tures of the festival.
SANTA CRUZ. Cal., June B.—Negotia
tions are in progress for the putting in of
an ice toboggan slide as an additional fea
ture of the coming Venetian carnival.
This will add to the many amusements
that are being arranged and is further evi
dence that this year's carnival will be the
greatest in California's history.
Lieutenant-Governor Jeter and Lieuten
ant A. A. More? of the Naval Reserve left
for San Francisco this afternoon to meet
Admiral Beardsley, to perfect plans for
the naval display here by the three vessels
of the Pacific squadron.
The queen, Miss Josie M. Turcot, will
appear in the street parade in a magnifi
cently decorated carriage, to be drawn by
four horses, and in the river parade she
will travel in the finest of the barges, pre
pared especially for her and to be rowed
oy experienced boatmen. Her maid of
honor will, in the street parade, follow in
another carriage and in a sepefate barge
on the river.
FRESNO SLEUTHS
ARE BAFFLED
Fail to Trace the Slayer
of the Shahamarian
Family.
CLEWS LEAD TO NAUGHT
Russians Deny That They Passed
Upon the Fate of Young
Benjamin.
TALE OF THE
How Women Were Insulted and Chil
dren Wronged by One of the
Victims.
FRESNO, Cal., June B.— The assassin
of Stephen Shahamarian, his son, Ben
jamin, and daughter, Queen, is still at
larpe. Though diligently at work, the
authorities have been able to find no clew,
save the conviction that the Armenians
were the victims of Russian rage, invoked
by the younger Shabamarian's insults to
Russian matrons and maids.
A Call correspondent to-day visited the
home of Albert Brandenberg, the Russian-
German, whose wife and little daughter
had been insulted by Benjamin Shaha
marian, and whose name has been con
nected with the crime. Mr. Brandenberg
lives in Russiantown, just across the road
from the home of the murdered Shaha
marians. Mrs. Brandenberg did most of
the talking to the interpreter, who accom
panied the correspondent. Both were
eager to tell everything they knew, and
appeared as deeply mystified as any one
as to the identity of the murderer.
The Brandenbergs said they have lived
as neighbors to the Shahamarians for six or
seven years and their relations had always
been pleasant. Only a few days before the
murder, Queen Shahamarian, the
daughter, came over to Mrs. Brandenberg
and asked her to assist in making a dress.
Recently, However, they became un
friendly to the Shahamarian boy. On the
night of the murder Brandenberg and his
children retired at about 8 o'clock. His
wife followed an hour later.
Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Brandenberg
heard any noise from the Shahamarian
cottage during the night, although it is
only eighty feet distant from their place.
On the evening before they had seen the
Shahamarian family and young Daniel
Schermerian sitting on the front porch of
the cottage.
Queen Shahamarian had been a frequent
visitor at Brandenberg's house. She had
told Brandenberg that she had been en
gaged to young Schermerian, but her
j father objected on the ground of relation
| ship, they being cousins. Schermerian
j continued to visit iris uncle's house and
I the attachment between him and Queen
did not cease. The Brandenbergs say
that the Shahamarians frequently quar
reled with each other and were mentally
unbalanced. Queen, the girl, would stand
at windows and go through strange antics.
Mrs. Brandenberg ttien told of the
strange actions of Benjamin Shahamarian.
j His treatment of a little three-year-old
girl of Brandenberg, as described by the
mother, was shocking. Mrs. Brandenberg
also toid with old-country simplicity of
the insults which the youth \ad offered
her on Friday afternoon. At this point
of the tale Brandenberg laughed anil did
not show any evidence of the anger which
would have prompted a man to murder,
for be it known that Brandenberg is under
a sort cf suspicion.
Mrs. Brandenberg had gone before
Justice Austin and swore to a complaint
against Benjamin Shahamarian, but as
the only evidence against him was the
statements of two little tirls, and as the
boy flatly denied iais guilt the court dis
charged him. A warrant was then issued
for his arrest on another charge. Upon
investigation by Deputy Constable Pick
ford no conclusive evidence could be ob
tained, and this case was also dismissed.
Brandenberg stated that when he re
turned home and way apprised of young
Shahamarian's crimes he decided upon re
newing the case in court. It was the
proper manner to have the boy punished,
lie said.
Mr. and Mrs. Brandenbere denied any
knowledge of meetings held in Russian
tnwn to decide upon what punishment
should me meted to the youth for his con
duct. The meeting held in the church on
Friday night, which was reported to be a
gathering of Russians to consider Ben
jamin Shahamarian's actions, was a re
ligious affair, according to the statements
of the Russians. These meetings are
siirilar to prayer-meetings and are held
almost nightly. Mr. Brandenberg is a
teitcher in the Sunday-school of the
church.
Wnen asked their opinion as to the iden
tity of the muruerer, Mr. and Mrs. Bran
denberg shrugged their shoulders and re
plied that they did not know. The only
enemies of the Armenian family, to their
knowledge, were two Armenians. One
HEW TO-DAY:
"He who runs may read," and he who
reads (this) should run— run to oar store
while our exceptional Shirt chances are
in full blossom.
Outing Shirts, 75c and up.
Fancy Bosom and Cuffs— white body— the Shirt
of the da-, $1.
A nugget : of good First-rate White Dress
Shirts. 90c.
The difference between our Haberdash-
ery Department and the big furnishing
goods stores is that our expenses are lighter
and prices lower.
All- Wool Sweaters, $2 ones, 4 shades, f 1 25.
Extra Good Belts, 25c ■
Bike Hose, Pajamas, Night Robes, Traveling
Rugs, Bath Robes, Gowns, House Coats, etc.
N^^g : ai-aa-35-37T(EAnifjy : sfci^:.'
Mall Orders— Satisfaction or money refunded.
had difficulty with the elder Shahamarian
over the depredations of a goat, and the
other, whose name was Peters, had trouble
over business matters. Peters and Shaha
marian came to blows. This was nearly a
year ago.
Pastor Legler of the Russian church was
seen. He said that whenever he was
wanted at the Courthouse, he would tell
what he knew. He did not know anything,
he said, except the rumors that were
afloat. He seemed to be much excited be
cause Russians had been suspected of the
murder. At his prayer-meetings nothing
"earthly" was spoken of, much less Ben
jamin Shahamarian and the inability of
courts to punish him. As to who the per
petrator of the murder was, Legler said he
had not the slightest idea. He was posi
tive, however, that the crime was not com
mitted by any Russian or Russians.
The Russians in general say ihat the
murder must have been the work of Ar
menian enemies, while the Armenians de
clare that the assassin can be found among
the Russians. A few months ago the elder
Shahamarian had trouble with a Russian
named Huben. The Russian, armed with
an ax, pursued him, and Shahamarian
took refuge in his house.
THE PIGALLA TRIAL
Suspect Hay net Displays Remarkable
Ignorance as a Witness.
VISALIA, Cal., June B.— Little or no
interest seems to be taken in the trial of
Silas Lovren, the alleged leader of the at
tempted train hold-up at Tagus on the
night of March 18. The first and only
witness called to-day was John Haynes, a
man who did not know the names of the
months, although he knew the days of the
wee*.
Haynes swore on cross-examination that
neither McCall nor Britt ever told him
that Ardell or Lovren would come to the
camp and go with them to rob the South
ern Pacific train. The witness never saw
the sandals, masks or red cloth found on
the body of McCall, the bandit killed in
the hold-up, until he saw them in court.
On the Tuesday before the attempted rob
bery the witness quit the plotters because
he was afraid McCall would kill him.
Haynes said he was * honest when he
"jined" the Salvation Army, but his hon
esty left him after he had the first talk
with McCall about robbing the train. He
continued to go to the Salvation Army
meetings and pray and sing as usual, but
he was not honest. Lovren told him to
continue to attend the Salvation Army
and he would not be suspected of com
plicity when the train was robbed.
RAID ON A TIJIQUE HOME
Hirelings of a Brazilian Don
Attempt to Abduct a
Maiden.
One of the Invading Party Slain by
Her Father in a Pitched
Battle.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., June B.— A
Brazilian claiming to be a Count and call
ing himself Don Juan Miguel de la Cerda
became enamored of the pretty 16-year-old
daughter of Merchant Dow, in the little
town of Tijique, forty miles ea3t of Albu
querque. The girl rejected him and her
father ordered him away from the house.
After a few days the Don enlisted a
squad of sheepherders and gave it out.
that he intended to storm the place and
carry the girl away by force, but the father
heard of his coming, and when Don Juan
approached the house yesterday evening a
pitched battle ensued in which one man
and a horse on the Don's side were killed
outright and several men on both sides
dangerously wounded. Dow held the fort
and the Don's forces retired without the
girl.
GRADUATE AT RENO
Eighteen State University Students to Re-
ceive Diplomas.
RENO, Nkv., June B.— The commence
ment exercises of the Nevada State Uni
versity have begun, the first feature being
class day, in which the seniors took part.
Rev. Dr. McKensie is to deliver the com-
mencement oration and the conferring of
degrees will be dy Dr. Stubbs, president of
the university. Following are the names
of the graduates: Adelaide M. Boyd, 8.A. ;
William L. Brandon, 8.A.; Albert W-
Cahlan, 8.5. ; Jay H. Clemons, 8.A. ;
Louise Frey, 8.A. ; Andrew Hanson, 8.5. ;
John M." L. Henry, 8.5. ; Gertrude
Hironymous, 8.A. ; Fred M. Linscott,
8.5.; Arthur P. Mack, 8.5. ; May .E.
Palmer, 8.A.; Emmet A. Powers, 8.5. ;
William H. Segrave, 8.5. ; Laura Smith,
8.A.; Fred E. Walts, 8.A.; Albert W.
Ward, 8.A. ; Mildred M. Wheeler, 8.A. ;
Otto T. Williams, B.A.
Captured Near Goleta.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., June B.—
Louis Olavas was arrested to-day on a
charge of grand larceny, he having stolen
the sailboat Genova, the property of A.
Larco, with which he attempted a voyage
to foreign shores. He was stopped Dy a
fog and caught close to the Goleta shore.
His confederate in crime, an unknown
man who was at first reported to be Mur
derer Dunham, escaped, but the local con
stabulary is looking for him.
Suicide Sear Marysville.
MARYSVILLE, Cal., June B.— James
Nomss, a prospector, aged 70, committed
suicide this morning on the county road
four miles east of town. He sent a rifle
bullet through his throat and bled to
death.
NEW TO-DAY— DRY GOODS.
Silk Sale
OF THE-
Season !
■TiiescLay, ■ June 9
(AND UNTIL SOLD),
J±T BOTH STORES.
The Greatest Bargains in Dress Silks
Yet Shown in San Francisco.
19-INCH GLACE SHOT DOUBLE WARP SURAH, in all the desirable shadings; an
excellent quality; considered a bargain any time at 50c; only 60 pieces,
35c a Yard
GENUINE PRINTED WARP DRESDEN EFFECTS DRESS SILKS, in light and
dark colorings; beautiful patterns: all the latest flower effects, 20 and 21 inches
wide; regularly sold at $1 25, $1 50 and $1 75 a yard.
All at 93c a Yard
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KO LBERG, STRAUSS
& FROHMAN,
107-109 POST STREET —and--— —1220-1224 MARKET STREET.
NAPA'S GREETING
TO FAIR NATIVES
Daughters of the Golden
West Given a Hearty
Welcome.
THEY OWN THE TOWN.
Bells Are Rung and a Band
Plays When the First-
Comers Arrive.
SERENADED IN THE EVENING.
The Grand Parlor Will Meet and
Organize To-Day — Reception to
the Delegates.
NAPA, Cal., June B.— The people of
Napa have completed the pleasant task of
decorating the streets and buildings in
honor of the Native Daughters, an>l are
ready to entertain their guests. Two car
loads of delegates arrived this evening,
and a large number of citizens with a brass
band met them at the depot. As the train
arrived all the factory whistles were
blown, bells were rung and flays were
thrown to the breeze from the public build
ings.
Nearly every man, woman and child in
town wears the Grand Parlor colors in
some form or other; red and yellow
badges, neckties, hatbands, sashes and
bouquets are seen on every hand. Bicycles
adorned with the colors of the setting sun
are much in evidence, and even the dogs
are pressed into service by the enthusiastic
natives and many a canine wears a har
ness more or less elaborate of red and
yellow bunting.
The wind, which had tempered the heat
of the day, played havoc with some of the
decorations, but tne damage has all been
repaired. As the visitors enter the busi
ness part of the town from the depot they
cross the Third-street bridge, which car
ries a great mass of evergreens and bunt
ing. Main street, from Third to Pearl, is
spanned by hundreds of streamers, and to
night is rendered as bright as day by
scores of electric lights. Every storekeeper
on the street has dressed his place of busi
ness more or less elaborately. On all the
cross streets the decorations continue. An
immense arch of evergreens reaches from
the courthouse to the city hall. The fronts
of these two buildings are garbed in bunt
ing, and on the front of the courthouse is
the greeting, "Welcome N. D. G. W.,"
formed with electric lights.
Many of the delegates have friends here,
with whom they are stopping, and the
others are given accommodations at the
hotels. After they arrived the visitors
were serenaded at their hotels by the band,
and later in the evening a concert was
given on the courthouse square.
The Grand Parlor will meet and organ
ize to-morrow morning. The day will be
largely taken up with the preliminary
business. The sessions will be held in Odd
FeJlows' Hall. In the evening a reception
will be given in the opera-house. Mayor
J. A. Fuller will present to Grand Presi
dent Mariano Bertola of Martinez tne key
of the city. Hon. Frank L. Coombs, ex-
Minister to Japan, will deliver the address
of welcome. An excellent musical and
literary programme, in which Miss Laura
Pugh, Mrs. E. W. Churchill, Miss Gertrude
Lamdin, Mrs. Richard Wylie, Miss Hattie
Trowbridge, Miss F. W. Applegate and
Dr. W. H. Evans will participate, has been
arranged. ____________
FOUND IN A SEATTLE CONVENT.
Mrs. de Mooy of San Francisco Seeks to
Recover Her Child, Stolen Nine
Years Ago.
SEATTLE, Wash., June B.— The recov
ery of her child, a 10-year-old girl, whom
she claims was stolen from her nine years
ago while she lay on a sick-bed in a Sacra
mento hospital, is the mission of Mrs.
Ella de Mooy of San Francisco, who ar
rived in Seattle to-day, The girl, who was
supposed to have been the lawful daugh
ter of James W. Smith, a well-known
sporting man, who recently died in this
city, appears in reality to have been adopt
ed by Mrs. Smith. The child is known as
Isabella Smith, and since the separation
of Smith and his wife about three years
a-o it has been an inmate of the Sisters'
Academy.
Mrs. de Mooy is invoking the aid of the
law, and declares she will never return to
California without her child. She sava
she was robbed of the little one through
the connivance of a brother-in-law resid
ing at Fresno, her former home. Durine
these many years she claims to have been
in ignorance of the child's whereabouts.
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