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SEATTLE SOCIAL
LEADERS FIGHT.
General Carr and Charles
Esplin Pummel Each
Other.
THREE LIVELY ROUNDS.
Both Are Eadly Damaged When
Police Arrive on the
SIQTJEL TO A DIVORCE SUIT.
One tbe Counsel for Dr. Dawson, and
the Other a Friend of the
Wife.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 29.— Brigadier-
General E. SI. Carr of the State militia
and chief counsel for Dr. Dawson in bis
divorce case against Mrs. Dawson clashed
with Charles Esplin, the much-talked-of
co-respondent in the case, on Pioneer
place to-day. In the presence of several
hundred people the two fought three
bloody rounds. The fight was from the
start one of the most desperate that ha 3
occurred in the city lor a long time.
It was generally expected that sooner or
later tbe two men would come together.
General Carr, who is 6 feet and 4 inches in
height and weighs 275 poundc, has a
reputation as a fighter, and Esplin, while
not such a large man, is a scientific boxer.
Esplin has been more prominently men
tioned in connection with the divorce case
than has any other of the co-respondents.
General Carr subpenaed him as a witness
for the plaintiff, and the defense will use
him as a witness. A few days ago, when
Mrs. Kiusey was testifying in the Dawson
case, General Carr made Esplin stand up
while the courtroom was crowded so that
the witness could identify him. Last Sat
urday a local paper stated that General
Carr had subpenaed witnesses who would
impeach Esplin's testimony for the de
fense by swearine that Esplin told him
that he and Mrs. Dawson had been inti
mate.
Esplin saw General Carr this morning
as the latter was about to enter his office
in the Pioneer building. He asked Carr if
he were responsible for the article, and
Carr said that he was not. Then Esplin
asked Carr if he had ever said that he
would whip him. Carr replied that if
Esplin wanted a fight he couid have it,
and with that he struck Esplin on the nose.
Then they went at it.
Esplin, being the more scienced, suc
ceeded in landing frequently, but when
ever Carr would hit Esplin he would
stagger him. Three times the men were
separated, and each time they went at ie
again. Finally the police interfered and
the two men, their clothes saturated with
blood and their faces black and blue, were
led off to the police headquarter?, where
they were released to appear in the
Municipal Court to-morrow morning.
The fight created the greatest kind of a
sensation, owing to Carr's prominence in
tbe State. It is alleged that if it had con
tinued Carr would have lost. More
serious trouble is expected, as the case has
resolved itself into a personal fight among
all interested.
The divorce case was on this afternoon
•nd Mrs. Mary Jensen, who was a nurse
in the Dawson household in 1892, gave
testimony to the effect that Frank Carrol,
one of the co-respondents, who is attend
in? college in California, was intimate
with Mrs. Dawson. They corresponded
and the witness saw them once in the par
lor, when Mrs. Dawson was supposed to
have been at a dance.
SEATTLE'S QUEER SUIT.
,
for a Dead Man's Land.
BEATTLE, Wash., June 29.— A case to
which attaches unusual interest, by reason
of the fact that three women— two of
whom were divorced and one a widow —
each having been a lawful wife of Emil
Weber, are fighting for the deceased hus
band's property, consisting of 3400 acres
of valuable land in Clallam and Jefferson
counties, is being tried before Federal
Judge Hanford. The action is entitled,
"Belona, wife No. 1, vs. Mary F. Gratton,
wife No. 2, et a 1.," and tbe case has been
before the courts of half a dozen States.
Weber, a rich gambler, was killed at
Portland, Or., in 1889, by "Sandy" Olds.
This murder case likewise attracted special
attention throughout the Pacific coast by
reason of the many trials of the defend
ant, who was finally acquitted.
VISALIA PLOTTER'S FATE,
Life Sentence Patted by Judge Gray
XJpon Josiah JUovren.
VIBALIA, Cal., June 29. — Josiah Lovren
was to-day sentenced to San Quentin for
life for complicity in the attempt to nold
up and rob a Southern Pacific train at
Tagus on the night of March 18. In pass
ing sentence Judge Gray asked the pris
oner which prison he preferred. The
answer was:
"I euess it won't make any difference—
the one with the easiest work will suit
me."
After the Judge had pronounced the sen
tence Lovren bowed and remarked in a
clear tone, "Good."
The defendant's motion for a new trial
was denied, and a certificate of probable
cause was filed and an appeal to the Su
preme Court for a new trial made.
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STEALTS MONPOL ON TRIAL.
Merchant Chun John Arraigned for Com
plicity in a Murder*
VISALIA, Ca! m Jane 29.— A jury was
secured to-day in the case of Chun John,
charged with murder, and one witness was
examined for the prosecution.
On the evening of May 8 Haw Yue was
attacked by four Chinese and fatally shot.
Haw Yue, before he died, stated that Chun
Joke had shot him with a pistol handed
to him by Chun John. Tne prisoner is a
merchant and extensive fruit-buyer. Chun
Cheon arid Chun Joe, laborers, are also
implicated and are in jail. :-.• Chun Joke is
at large. Both the prosecution and the
defense are represented by able counsel.
Nevada Delegates Depart.
RENO, Niv., June 29.— A number of
delegates of the Keating wing of the Ne
vada Democracy departed for Chicago to
night. It is understood that they dated
their departure thus early to get on to the
battle-ground before the regular Demo
cratic or Ryan-Dennis delegates.
Suicide at Fresno.
FRESNO, Cal.. June 29.— Albert Hicks
committed suicide last night by taking
carbolic acid. He was janitor in the
Fresno Loan and Savings Bank. His
mother died a short time ago and grief
over her loss unbalanced his mind.
MONTE CRISTO SHOOTING.
A. Seattle Man Lured to the Outskirts of
the Town and Attacked.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 29. — Nathan
Pbillius, proprietor of the Boston .Loan
Office in this city, having been enticed into
the outskirts of town for the purpose of
robbery, was shot and perhaps fatally mi
i jured at Monte Cristo, Snohomish County,
this afternoon. A private dispatch re
ceived in Seattle states that David Leroy, a
logper, did the shooting, and that Phillips
was shot through the lungs and also the
: ripht arm.
Phillips had gone to Monte Cristo to sell
j jewelry and carried a case containing
watches and other samples. All the valua
bles found on the person of the victim
were taKen by the murderous robber. A
special from Snohomish City says a posse
of citizens are ecouring the country and
that if Leroy is captured he will probably
be lynched. Phillips is a Hebrew, twenty
eight years old and unmarried.
TACONA OFFICIAL ACCUSED.
Charged With Compelling Payment of
Tithes From Subordinates.
TACOMA, Wash., June 29.— Grand
Army circles in this city have been agi
tated for some days by the knowledge that
a comrade occupying a prominent public
position had been compelling two others
under him to pay him a portion of their
salaries under threat of loss oi their DOsi
tions if not complied with. County Com
missioner C. H. Holmes is the guilty per
son, and to-day a committee from the
Grand Army composed of Mayor Fawcett,
J. Q. Mason, A. Woodworth, O. B. Hayden
and George Boardman waited upon Mr.
Holmes and informed him of the charges,
and that it was their invention to force
him to resign. He informed them that he
was keeping the contributions made to
him ami intended returning them to those
who had contributed at Christmas, "as a
surprise to the boys, you know," he re
marked.
JACKSON DAMAGE SUIT.
Mrs. Lena Burgen Brings Action
Against the Southern
Pacific.
Made an Invalid for Life by Injuries
Received in a Wreck
Near Ion?.
JACKSON, Cal., June 29.— A suit for
i heavy damages was commenced in the
! Superior Court here to-day by Mrs. Lena
; Ellen Burgen, joined by her husband,
\ William Burgen, aeainst the Southern Pa
'■ cine Company. The complaint, signed by
' ex-Coneressnian A. Camiuetti and by Dei
-1 mas & Shortridce, teils a brief story of
great suffering.
It is ail aged that on January 15, 1895,
Mrs. Burgen left her home in Jackson to
\ go to Stockton. She boarded the South
| crn Pacific train at lone in this county.
! Between lone and Gait the train, it is
'■■ averred, "was thrown and huried from its
tracK and overturned by and through the
; rarelessnes3 and negligence of said de
fendant." It is further alleged that the
' tracks and roadbed were in an unsafe and
dangerous condition at the time.
Mrs. Burgen is a young woman who was
1 in the enjoyrnentof physical health at the
time of the injnries, which are described
| in the complaint as follows: "Lena Ellen
j Burgen was violently thrown from her
j seat in and against the side and floor of
\ one of the cars of said train, and received
i thereby divers great and grievous bodily
injuries, to-wii, bruises and contusions
upon the lower portion of the spine, upon
I the right hip and right side of the Body,
| upon the back of the head and upon the
} spine at tbe base of the skull; she was
; also injured internally, and received a
■■ severe nervous shock."
It was stated that soon afterward Mrs.
Burgen gave birth to a child. Because of
j the injuries received her sufferings were
: multiplied, and the complaint declares
that she will never recover her health, and
will be a sufferer during the remainder oi
) her life. Damages are asked in the amount
i of $50,000.
MARE ISLAND COURT-MARTIAL
Assistant Paymaster Webster of the York-
town on Trial for Defrauding a
Clerk.
VALLEJO, Cal., June 29.— The naval
court-martial to try Assistant Paymaster
E. B. Webster, charged with improper
conduct in withholding $2000 from the
Tobin estate, which was deposited as a
bond for W. J. Tobin when appointed by
Paymaster Webster as his clerk on board
the Yorktown convened in the court
room at the navy -yard this afternoon,
with Captain H. L. Howison as president
of the court. But two witnesses — W. J.
Tobin and Edward McGettigan — were ex
amined on behalf of the prosecution.
The former detailed tbe manner in which
the bond was given and the money ob
tained.
The counsel for Paymaster Webster
asked for a continuance until 10 o'clock
to-morrow morning, and after a consulta
tion this was granted.
The charge against Webster is of a seri
ous nature. When he appointed Tobin as
bis clerk, he is said to have compelled him
to deposit a cash bond of $2000. This was
never paid back, ami when the attention
of the Navy Department at Washington
was called to the case, it at once ordered
Webster court-martialed.
SANTA BARBARA HUNTER SHOT.
Mistaken for a Deer by a Friend and
Dangerously Wounded.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., June 29.—
Joseph Hildreth was the victim of a pe
culiar accident in San Rafael Mountains
yesterday. Hildreth, in company with a
friend, was hunting in the hills. They be
came separated, and later the friend, see
ing Hildreth moving through the brusn,
mistook him for a deer and fired at him.
The ball entered Hildreth's hip and
ranged slightly downward, coming out at
the thigh.
Hildreth, anticipating danger, had whis
tled to apprise his friend of his where
abouts, bur the supposition is that he mis
took the distance. * He courageously bound
up bis dangerous wound and managed to
walk about four miles to where his horse
was tethered, then rode for thirty miles
toward town. He will recover.
KILLED SEAR WOODBURN.
Contractor Plattenburg of Portland I'allt
From a Train.
PORTLAND, Ob., June 29. - Phillip
Plattenburg, a well-known contractor of
this city, fell from the Shasta special train
this morning at an early hour between
Woodburn and Gervais on the Southern
Pacific. He was not missed until the
train had reached Oregon City, when the
conductor and several passengers noted
his absence. His body was found later in
the day. Instant death had resulted from
the fall. Plattenburg is survived by a
widow and eight children.
Awful Henth J>i»»ir Hrentwood.
BRENTWOOD, Cal., June 29.— Mat
Brown, a young man living six miles from
this place, was killed by a fractious colt
yesterday. Brown was leading the animal,
when it became frigntened and started off
on a gallop. He became entangled in the
rope by which he was leading toe colt and
was dragged a long distance, being dead
when found. Brown was the only support
of aged parents, and was very popular.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUJSK 30, 1896.
ANGELENOS CAST
HER HO BOUQUETS,
Pretty Alma Herzog Sang
to Unappreciative
Crowds.
COSTLY PRESS NOTICES.
The Oakland Star Declines to Pay
for Laudations of Her
Voice.
OUTWITS A SPECIAL WRITER.
An Attachment Levied on Her Trunks
Fails of the Anticipated
Result.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 29.— Alma
Herzog, a stage warbler of considerable
fame who sang in a local theater last week,
appreciates the value of newspaper puffs.
During her late engagement she became
dissatisfied with the stereotyped notices
accorded and engaged the services of a
special writer, by name W. L. Price.
Price, true to bis calling, saw to it taat
Miss Herzog's name was kept before the
public. When it came to paying for this
laudation at $2 a line, the charming song
stress, whose real name is Mrs. Dr. Bluett
and who is the wife of an Oakland physi
cian, was coy and backward. Whereof
this story treats.
The lady has a burning desire to elec
trify the world as a singer. Whatever
ability she may have as a songstress, she
did not make a hit during her engagement
here at the Orpheum ; to the contrary, the
gallery gods expressed disapproval by an
occasional hiss or groan.
Price learned this morning that she had
secured a berth on a San Francisco tram
which left the city this afternoon. He
determined to have Mr. Bluett's trunks
and jewelry attached. The matter was
put into the hands of a constable, who
sent one of bis deputies with the neces
sary papers to the Albany, where Mrs.
Bluett had rooms. The officer found Mrs.
Bluett, who declared she had no trunks.
This afternoon it was learned that the
actress had missed her train and was still
in the city. The people at tbe Albany
were posted and would give no informa
tion. It was found later that the woman
had evaded Her attaching pursuers by
going to the San Fernando-street station
and boarding the train there. She had
only a hand-satchel with her.
LOS ANGELES SUFFRAGISTS.
Flattering Prospects for the Passage of
the Eleventh Amendment.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 29.— The
monthly meeting of Los Angeles County
Campaign Committee of Woman Suf
fragists was held at the rooms of tbe Fri
day Morning Club this afternoon, Presi
dent Mila Tupper Maynard In the chair,
Mrs. Maynard, in calling the assembly to
order, spoke flatteringly of the progress of
the work throughout the county, and es
pecially of tbe great number of parlor
meetings which were being organized in
many parts of tbe city and county. En
couraging reports had come in from Santa
Monica, Pasadena, Monrovia, Pomona,
San Fernando and Antelope Valley.
Five minute talks were made by Mes
dames Maynard, Meserve, Bulla, McComas
and ex-Governor J. J. Gosper of Pomona.
Mrs. McComas, in speaking of the work of
the press, referred to Thb Call in flatter
ing terms, and was applauded energeti
cally. A member read a letter from an
old acquaintance and co-worker in New
Jersey, which said that the eyes of the
Eastern people were upon progressive
California in this great work.
STEERENS IS RELEASED.
Officers Find Xo Proof of Hie Connection
With Bank Robbers.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 29. — The
case against J. K. Stephens, suspected of
complicity in the late attempt to rob tbe
money vaults of the First National Bank
of this city, was dismissed this forenoon
by Justice Morrison. District Attorney
James explained that he had not been
able to secure from the Police Department
evidence sufficient to make out a case
against Stephens. The action of the Dis
trict Attorney in moving for the dismissal
was no surprise in the courtroom, for it
was quite genera'iy known about the po
lice station that no evidence of a damaging
nature against Stephens had been found.
The Police Department is "up a tree."
It was able to arrest only one man, and
now he is free. The Express to-night says :
The Express has held nil along that Stephens
had nothing to do with the attempted robbery.
It is not improDable that the guilty parties are
now walking the streets of the city wearing
good clothes and two-carat diamonds. It is
understood that Stephens' attorney wag armed
this morning with everything necessary to es
tablish an absolute alibi for his client
Arrested at Pasadena.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 29.— Fred
Cairn, a young man, was arrested by a
Deputy Sheriff this afternoon in Pasadena
on tbe charge of obtaining money by false
pretenses in Darnell City, Mo. He will be
detained until the Missouri officers come
for him.
ARGUING AT SAN JOSE.
Mr. Delmas Delivers the Closing State-
ment for the Proponents in the
Parker Case.
SAN JOBJS, Cal., June 29.— D. M. Del
mas occupied the entire day in Judge
Reynolds' court delivering the closing
statement for the proponents in the Parker
will contest. The courtroom was crowded,
a large number of the spectators being
ladles.
Mr. Delmas said a long list of reputable
witnesses had testified that George H.
Parker was a shrewd business man and
possessed all his mental faculties at the
time the will was made and was not one
that could be easily influenced. Edward
L. Parker, the testator's son and husband
of the contestant, was perfectly satisfied
with the terms of the will. He lived
eight months after his father died and bad
no idea of contesting the will, but as soon
as he died Emma L. Parker, his widow,
took the first train across the continent to
begin this contest.
Mr. Delmas will finish his argument in
the morning and will be followed by
Attorney Coogan for the contestant. A
verdict will probably be reached Wednes
day evening.
Held for Grand Larceny.
SAN JOSE, Cal., June 29.— Antone An
dine and Laura Rodriquez, known aa the
"Black Diamond," who took W. C. Ander
son's horse and buggy from in front of the
Mercantile restaurant on South Second
street Friday night to enjoy a moonlight
ride, were arraigned in Justice Dwyer's
court this morning on a charge of grand
larceny. Their examination on the charge
was set for July 8. Bail was fixed at $2000
each.
CONFESEN HIS GUILT.
One of a Trio of Burglars Tells Where
the Loot Is Hidden.
SAN JOSE, Cal., June 29.— Joe Lom
bardo, George Ballardand William Shone
man, alias Frank Eberly, the three men ar
rested yesterday for entering the residence
of R. McConnell, in the Willows. Saturday
night, were arraigned before Justice
Dwyer to-day. Ballard's examination was
set for July 2 and bail fixed at $1000.
Lorn bardo and Shoneman were examined
this afternoon and held to answer before
the Superior Court. Bail was fixed at
$1000 each.
Lorn bardo made a confession yesterday
afternoon. He told the officers where the
booty was buried. AH the articles taken,
with the exception of a few nieces, were
recovered.
Detective Raxckins Goes Free.
SAN JOSE, Cal., June 28.— H. P. Haw
kins, a private detective in the employ of
the Humane Society, who has been prose
cuting saloon men for selling liquor to
minors, was examined before Justice
Dwyer to-day on a charge of perjury.
Hawkins was accused of having given
false testimony at the trial of J. Hennelin
for sellinu liquor to Paddy Olmstend, a
minor. After hearing several witnesses,
on motion of District Attorney Herrington
the case was dismissed for lack of evi
dence.
Returning From Cooks Inlet.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 29.— Passengers
on the schooner Norma, which arrived on
the sound from tbe north last night, say
that the steamship City of Topeka will
bring down over 100 stranded Cooks Inlet
miners who made their way via the
steamer Bertha from Kodiak to Sitka.
WARLIKE PIT RIVER REDS
White Settlers Dwelling in Fear
of an Outbreak of
Indians.
Shasta County's Sheriff Summoned to
Prevent a Joint Pow-
Wow.
REDDING, Cal., June 29.— There is
every indication of a Berious Indian out
break in this county, and settlers in the
upper Sacramento and Pit River districts
are becoming alarmed. The Indians in
the vicinity of French Gulch held pow
wows last week, and now the red men of
Pit River districts are dancing and holding
councils of war. The scene of the threat
ened outbreak is about fifty miles from
Redding, in the Big Bend of Pit River.
The Indians have given notice fiat a
grand powwow will lieein on the nieht of
the 3d of July. There is quite a settlement
of whites in that ne ghborhood, but the
Indians greatly outnumber the whites,
and an ovitbreak would result disastrously
to tbe settlers.
The whites are preparine for the threat
ened trouble and are arming themselves.
Sheriff Houston of this city nas been no
tified, and he will go to the scene with a
large force of men. He hopes to be able
to arrive in time to prey-nt the powwow,
but it is said the Indians are greatly
excited and determined to create trouble.
CAPE FLATTERY WRECK.
Sunken Schooner Sighted Hear the North
ern Reefs — Perilous Voyage of
the Comus.
VICTORIA, B. C, June 29.— The
British warship Comus, which arrived
here from San Francisco on Sunday, had
a most eventful trip. It was ten days on
the voyage and its safe arrival here is at
tributed alone to the cleverest seaman
ship. Storms which have caused nearly
twenty-four hours delay to mailships de
tained the Comus for days, forcing it
miles oat of its course. Its jibboom was
carried away and other damage done.
As Cape Flattery was neared the sea
grew calm and on Saturday afternoon
last a wreck Avas sighted. A mast of
natural color projected ten feet or so out
of water and supporting it, several feet
submerged, was the hull of what was
judged in the distance to be a ninety-foot
schooner. Wreckage lay piecemeal
around, but the only thing distinguish
able was a green-painted starboard anchor
buoy with a glass hawser attached.
EUREKA INDIAN WAR CLAIMS.
Settlers Who Suffered Front Early-Day
Raids Want
EUREKA, Cal., June 29.— Assistant
United states Attorney Dewittisin Eureira
to sire Indian depredation claimants an
opportunity to present their testimony in
support of damage claims against the
Government. Those who suffered most
from the violence of Indian tribes in this
section were settlers in the mountain
districts of Humboldt, Del Norte and
Trinity counties Many claims are for
sums as high as $20,000. During the early
Indian wars in Humboldt, hardly a
rancher's home escaped the torch, and
cattle and sheep were driven away. A
number oi leading citizens were massa
cred.
RAKERSFIELD MAN'S MANIA.
Albert iribolei't Slayer Arrested for In-
BAKERSFIELD,CAL.,June29.—JoeGio
vannoni, who killed Albert Tribolet over
a year ago, and who was acquitted on the
defense that Tribolet had tried to poison
him, is in jail on a charge of insanity.
Giavannoni accused I- W. Lucas, a saloon
keeper, of trying to poison him. He
hastened to a doctor, told his story and
was given an emetic, but not a sign of
poipon could be found. Lucas' friends,
fearing that perhaps Tribolet's fate might
he his, persuaded him to have Gioyannoni
arrested on a charge of insanity, his mania
being that people are trying to poison him.
Buyt the Blue Chief Mine.
BAKERBFIELD, Cal., June 29.— 0. B.
Stanton, recently of the Baldwin Hotel,
San Francisco, has just taken a bond for
$300,000 for the purchase of the Blue Chief
mine for a syndicate of New York capital
its. The mine is situated on Greenhorn
Mountain, forty-five miles northeast of
this place, and has a ledge five feet wide,
assays running from $27 to $122 in gold
and 78 to 218 ounces of silver.
Randnburg Gold Strike.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., June 29. — Ad
vices from Randsburg report another rich
strike in the Yucca mine, a mile and a
half south of the famous Olymma's group.
Tue ore runs from $400 to $600 per ton.
Bandit Crowley at Walkert Batin.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., June 29.— 1t was
learned here to-day that Bandit Crowley
tried to kill a boy named Rankin in
Walkers Basin several days ago because he
refused to give Crowiey his horse. The
boy escaped.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
DANCE UNDER
THE BIG TREES,
Naval Officers Visit the
Redwood Grove Near
Santa Cruz.
TRAVEL IN CARRIAGES.
Admiral Beardslee and His Staff
Treated to a Country
Outing.
PASS A DAY IN THE HILLS.
Musicians From tbe Philadelphia
Awaken the Natives With
Lively Strains.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., June 29.— Admiral
Beardslee and staff and Captain Cotton of
the Philadelphia, and Captain Sumner of
the Monadnock, with a number of officers
of the ships, were driven to the Big Trees
this morning, returning about 6 o'clock
this evening, after a delightful day spent
in that famous grove of redwoods. The
party numbered about 100, half of whom
were from the ships. Others were citizens
who proffered their private carriages.
Judge Logan, P. O. Hihn, Lieutenant-
Governor Jeter, William Cope, Richard
Thompson, Mr. Welley and their wives
and a nnmber of other citizens and mem
bers of the recent carnival committee were
of the party. The Philadelphia's band
was sent up on the narrow-gauge train,
and supplied music for the outing party.
The carriage-drive is much more enjoy
able than the ride on the train, and Ad
miral Beardslee and party expressed their
delight with the beautiful scenery. The
Big Trees form one of the prettiest and
most picturesque of groves and proved as
much of an attraction as the ride. The
band played and tbe party danced or wan
dered about the grove at will.
It had been originally planned to ban
quet the officers of the warships before
they should depart for Monterey, but their
trip to the Big Trees seemed to be a much
better mode of entertainment, and Admiral
Beardslee agreed that nothing pleasanter
could have been devised.
NAVAL RESERVES DRILLED.
Execute Maneuvers Known to the Phila-
delphia's Men Only.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., June 29.—Lieuten
ant-Commander Ingersoll of the Philadel
phia gave thirty members of tbe fourth
gun division, Naval Battalion, N. G. C,
instruction in the famous physical drill
that is practiced by only the bluejackets
of the Philadelphia. This is the first time
that the drill has ever been taught to any
other than the ship's men. Lieutenant
Ingersoll, recognizing tbe merit of Naval
Reserves of this city, offered to give it a
lesson and a select squad of thirty men
was put through the evolutions to-night.
Lieutenant Mcrey, commanding this
battalion, bad a good deal of faith in the
men he picked for the duty, and he found
it was well founded when they received
praise from Lieutenant Ingersoll for the
readiness with which they obeyed the
commands and executed the maneuvers.
He has provided Lieutenant Morey with
the manual so these thirty men will be
perlected in the drill.
The Philadelphia will sail for Monterey
to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock and the
Monadnock will go on a cruise, carrying
the naval reserve for a day's actual prac
tice at sea.
DELAYS ARE ENDED.
Construction of Santa Cruz's Courthouse
to Be Resumed.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., June 20.— Work
will be resumed on Santa Cruz's new
courthouse on next Wednesday. It has
been delayed for more than a month,
owing to various causes. About the mid
dle of May a number of subcontractors
tiled claims against Contractor McCabe,
and the City Bank presented to the Board
of Supervisors an assignment from Mc-
Cabe of the moneys due him from the
county upon completion of the work.
The other claims preceded it, so the bans
a week ago proposed to go on with the
work, proxided the subcontractors would
deduct 13}.^ per cent to allow tbe bank's
claim. This was arranged and the Super
visors to-day ordered the work to proceed
under direction of Architect Van Cleek.
funeral of Jackson Crooks.
BANTA CRUZ, Cal., June 29. — Tbe
body of Jackson Crooks, who died yes
terday from an accidental pistol wound
inflicted Saturday night, will be carried to
San Francisco for burial in Masonic
Cemetery to-morrow morning. The funeral
will be "private, by request of the de
ceased. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bias
and family will accompany their daughter
with the body.
FIRE AT SACRAMENTO.
The City Sewage Pumping Plant
Burned to the Ground,
SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 29.— The
city sewage pumping plant was de
stroyed by fire to-night. The plant was
old and worn, and the project of renewal
had been under consideration by the
Board of City Trustees for some months,
but owing to the scarcity of funds it had
been considered advisable by tbe city
fathers to postpone tbe matter as long as
possible. To-night's conflagration will of
necessity force the issue.
As the city is built on level ground the
only methods of getting rid of sewage was
to run it through the mains to the sewer
age plant, where it was pumped over the
levee. Now it is probable that the levee
will have to be cut, so that the sewage can
be run into the reclamation district. This
may provoke a series of suits for damages
from the reclamation district owners.
The loss from to-night's tire in estimated
at from $8000 to $10,000.
SAN BERNARDINO'S OLDEST MAX.
" Uncle" George Lord Celebrate* Bit
Mnety-Sixth Birthday.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., June 29.—
George Lord of this city reached his
ninety-sixth birthday last Saturday, he
having been born on June 27, 1800. He
came to California in 1849, and followed
the business of mining for many years.
The Pioneer Society of this county called
on "Uncle George" in a body last Satur
day, and passed a pleasant hour in remi
niscences.
Fall of a Clnutton Carpenter.
MODESTO, Cal., June 29, — Charles
Vezey, a carpenter on the Haslacher <fe
Kahn warehouse at the new town of Ciaus
ton, fell from the rafters of the roof this
morning, and received iniuries which
nearly resulted in his death. His right
wrist was broken and his head, face and
shoulders bruised. A board, which had
broken under him, struck tbe ground
first, and the end pierced Vezey's throat.
SAN DIEGO BALLOTS COUNTED
City Fathers Announce a Majority for the
Bond Issue — Work on the
Water System.
BAN DIEGO, Cal., June 29.— The City
Council to-night canvassed the vote cast
on Saturday on the question of issuing
$1,500,000 of bonds for the acquisition of a
new water system. The official vote was
found to be 2540 for the bonds and 1184
against, giving a total of 57^ for the bonds
over the necessary two-th rds majority.
Ordinances were adopted ratifying all
those passed up to the present time and
declaring the vote official.
Work on the new system was be^un
with a rush this morning by E. S. Bab
cock, who, with John D. Spreckels, is the
leading spirit in the enterprise. The com
pany is constructing Otay dam for its own
use, and the constructing engineer, two
gangs of men and a lot of machinery were
sent out to-day to resume operations. The
dam is about half finished. It will irrigate.
several thousand acres of lemon land.
Two other engineering corps were sent
out to beein work on the Morena dam,
which will be owned by the city, and the
Barretts dam, which is the property of
the company. Steel for the completion of
the Otay dam was ordered by wire from
Chicago. Roads are to be cut through to
Morena, which is in an almost inacces
sible portion of tbe Laguna Mountains.
Friendly suits to test the validity of the
bonds just authorized were begun to-day
in the Superior Court here and in the
Federal court at Los Angeles. It is ex
pected that the action here will be sent to
the Supreme Court at once, and that a de
cision will be banded down within a few
months. In the meantime work will pro
ceed without interruption. The San
Diego Flume Company, which has had a
monopoly of the city water business,
threatens to begin suit to contest the
election.
TRIED TO STRANGLE HER,
Gertie Johnson Assailed Last
Night by a Burly Saloon-
Keeper.
Her Screams Attracted a Policeman
and He Placed the Offender
Under Arrest
Thomas Anderson, a saloon-keeper by
occupation, is behind the bars of the City
Prison, charged with attempting to strangle
a young woman of the haJf-world named
Gertie Johnson.
The assault occurred in a disreputable
house on the corner of Bush and Dupont
streets. Officer Crowley, who was passing,
was attracted by the screams of the John
son woman. HeTiurried into the build-
Ing, arriving in time to see the thoroughly
frightened girl rush out of her room into
the hallway. The woman told the officer
her story, and he placed Anderson under
arrest and charged him with assault at
ihe California-street station.
Detective Bohen, who for many weeks
has been searching for the stranatler who
I murdered May McDermott and Bertha
Paridis, was communicated with and he
questioned the young woman as to the
assault made upon her.
"This man," she said, pointing toward
Anderson, "called at my room about 9
o'clock and we drank a few glasses of wine
together. Finally he began to act strange,
and as my mind was lull of the recent
murders, I became frightened.
"Without saying anything to him I
attempted to leave the room, and he
sprang in front of me and exclaimed '1
am a desperate man, don't attempt to
trifle with me.' I screamed, and he
grabbed me by the throat and threw me
on the bed. He choked me severely, but I
finally managed to struggle from his
grasp. I rushed into the hallway, and
meeting the officer who had been attracted
by my screams, informed him as to what
bad happened, and he placed my assailant
under arrest."
Anderson strongly denies having made
an attempt to strangle the woman, and
offers as an explanation of his actions
that he was only joking.
Denied a Xew Trial.
NEWPORT, Kt., June 29.— Judge Helm
to-day overruled the motion for a new
trial in the case of Alonzo Walling, re
cently convicted of complicity in the mur
der of Pearl Bryan.
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TO HIS DEATH,
Fatal Accident to James
Dawson, an Electric
Lineman.
CAUGHT A LIVE WIRE.
The Shock Threw Him From
the Top of a Pole on Mar
ket Street.
HE DIED IN A FEW MINUTES.
Hundreds of Prcmenaders on the
Street Were Horrified by Seeing
Him Fall.
Hundreds of people who were prome
nading Market street yesterday afternoon
about half-past 2 o'clock were started by
seeing a man fall from the tnp of an elec
tric light pole and strike upon the sidewalk
with great violence.
The man was James Dawson, a Inieman
in the employment of the Edison Electric
Light and Power Company. He and a
fellow-workman, Dan Desmond, were on
top of a pole in front of Sanborn, Vail &
Co.'s store engaged in running a loop on a
dead wire.
By some means or other the wires be
came tangled and Dawson was caught in
a coil of live wire that wrapped about his
body below the arms and around his legs.
He screamed in his agony as he received
through his body the whole force of the
company's powerful electric current and
grasped the live wire with his hands. He
swayed for a moment Bnd then fell.
His body struck against some telephone
wires and, rebounding, came to the side
walk with great violence.
Desmond made a brave attempt to res
cue him before he fell, but was too late.
Desmond was thoroughly unnerved as he
slid down tbe pole and looked at the
scorched and mangled body of his fellow
workman.
Women who saw the poor fellow fall
screamed, and a crowd of horrified men
pushed across the street. A hack w.is
quickly summoned, and Dawson, who was
unconscious, was picked up from the side
walk and driven rapidly to the Receiving
Hospital. Dr. Helms made a hasty ex
amination of the man and pronounced
him dead. He had died in the hack on
the way to the hospital.
When the body was examined it was
found that the hands and legs were badly
scorched, and the flesh had also been
scorched about the chest. As he fell a
distance of about fifty feet it is probable
that he was to all intents and purposes
dead before he was picked up from the
sidewalk.
The body was removed to the Morgue,
ana an inqn«st will bo held to determine
whether the man's death was caused by
his own careles-ness or how.
Dawson was 26 years of age and unmar
ried. He lived at 810 Howard street. Yes
terday was his first day of work for two
weeks. While engaged in a pole-climbing
contest with some of his fellow-linemen
about two weeks ago he fell and received
severe injuries which confined him to his
bed.
This is the first fatal accident the Edison
company has had among their employes
since commencing business in this City.
Dr. J. S. Barrett held an autopsy on
Dawson'a body last evening and filed a
certificate stating that the deceased had
met his death through a shock from an
electric current. Also that Dawson had a
superficial burn on the dorsal surface of
the right thumb at the second phalange;
a burn over the anterior surface of the
lower one-third of the right arm; a burn
over the posterior surface of the upper one
third of the right arm ; a burn on the dor
sal surface of the left band and a burn
over the posterior surface of the left arm
at the elbow.