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DUNHAM IS NOW IN CUBA Thus Declares a Seaman Who Knew the Fugi tive Intimately. ESCAPED TO SEA AS A STOWAWAY. Appeared on the Deck of the Ship St. John When Far From Land. SAILED AROUND THE HORN TO NEW YORK. There the Campbell Murderer Em barked en the Filibustering Steamer B?rmuia. OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 6.— John W. C. Green, who has been hiding in this city for the past two days, having deserted the British ship Lord Elgin, which left Port land for Capo Town last week, tells a seemingly probable story about the es cape from this country of James Dunham, who murdered the McGlincys near San Jose, Cal.. on the 27th of last May. Green says that in April and May he worked on the ranch of Bernard Murphy near San Jose, and during a part of that time Dunham was a fellow-laborer with him on the ranch. At the end of May Greeu went to San Francisco and stopped j at Peter McManus' boarding-house, but shipped on June 5 as second officer of the American ship St. John, with a full cargo of wheat and flour for New York. WheTT seven days out, while the vessel was off tne Mexican coast, a stowaway showed up oti deck and Green recognized him as Dunham. Dunham appealed to Grsen not to reveal his identity, to call him Brown and treat him well and gave the officer $60 in gold. At the mate's request the stowaway was assigned to liia watch and put to work as a seaman. The St. John haa a rather Blow passage and did not arrive at New York until November 17. Green and Dun ham went ashore together and near the wharf met an officer of the filibustering Bliip Bermuda. Thi3 greatly pleased Dun ham and he at once made arrangements j to go to Cuba. The vessel left port the next day and Dunham went with it. ■ Green claims that was the last he saw of the murderer, whom he did not then know to be a murderer. In explanation of his j ignorance of the McClincy massacre Green says he seldom looks at a newspaper, being addicted to novel-reading to such a decree that ail his spare time is thus em ployed. Dunham at first supposed that Green Knew why he was traveling as a stowaway and talked to him about the murder, but when he found that the mate had heard nothing about the affair he turned it eff as a joke and said he was makine the trip for the sake of adventure. • In New York, Green says, he happened to run across an old advertisement for Dunham, and then he looked up a news paper file in a water-front saloon and learned all about the matter. He went The Filibustering Steamship Bermuda, on Which Murderer Dunham Is Said to Have Escaped to Cuba* overland to San Francisco, and thence ] immediately to Portland. Duntvam professed to be wholly un skilled in the work of a sailor, but Green ' says that could hardly nave been true, for the third time he was sent up he could furl a royal or a topgallant sail as well as anybody. He was regarded as the most reliable lookout on the ship. He was act ive and quick to learn, and made an excel lent sailor. Green represents himself as a graduate of the University of Virginia, class of '86, and his writing and language do not con tradict the claim. He says he has fol lowed the sea off and on for more tlian four year?, mostly on the Pacific, and his weather-worn appearance bears out the assertion. .He is now 28 years old. His parents, he say?, live in San Francisco, his father being in the drug business. He swears his story is true, and there is no way either to prove or disprove it here. Green left for Sa:i Francisco to-night. CUB Ay IiUIUKS FEU TO JDOOS. Horrible Practices of Spaniard* With the .Corpses' of Thfir Victim*. ]'■ ■ NEW YORK, N. V., Jan. 6.— The Sun's Havana special says: The Spanish news papers here violently attack the American representative, Mr. Money, for violating the laws of war proclaimed by the Spanish authorities and which forbid all investiga tions in the military camps not expressly sanctioned by the commander-in-chief of the army. • fx Horribie details are known in Havana of the assassinations last week at Guana bacoa by orderof the Spanish Major, Fon deviella. The bodies of the young base- 1 ball players, Pistorzia, Parra and Casiillo, murdered 'by the troops without cause, were left to tbe dogs to be eaten. The families of the three unfortunate young men applied to Fondeviella, asking per mission to bury the bodies. # ;; "Bodies of Cubans, 1 ' answered Fonrte viella, "are lit only to feed to dogs." : The mothers and sisters who called on the cruel Spanish commander, hoping that their sacred request would ;be granted, left him in tears, crying to heaven for revenue. ' ' -j^\ . -7^ About eighty Cuban " families left JAMES C DUNHAM, THE FUGITIVE MURDERER. John. W Green, a deserter from the British ship Lord Elgin, who is now at Oregon City, Or., declares that tha slayer of tne McGlincy3 escaped to Cuba. He says that Dunham sailed around the Horn on the American ship St. John, in which he left San Francisco as a stowaway. At New York, Green asserts, Dun ham embarked on the filibuster Bermuda for Cuba. Guanaboco for Havana, terrorized by the massacres and the present insecurity of life. Weyler does not pay the lea^t attention to the charges made against Fondevielia, and says the latter is merely doing his duty. In Havana the same terror prevails and the only Cuban families remaining in the capital are those who have relatives or ac quaintances among the Spanish authori ties, or those who are absolutely without means to leave the country. Among the latter the men do not know what their iate may be from day to day. Arrests are made daily, the charges being only that the accused sympathize with the insur gents. It is not true that General Gomez has issued a proclamation ordering his troops to retaliate against the Spanish barbari ties. It is said here, however, that Gomez has written to Weyler, telling him that ii the Spanish policy of assassinating Cubans continues and also the massacre of pacincos and wounded, he will be obliged to retaliate. "Yours and only yours," says Gomez, ''will be the responsibility for such bar barous warfare before history and hu manity." In his march to the west Gomez has lar^e forces of cavalry ana his infantry is well provisioned witli munitions. &EXATORS J-lV FULL RETREAT. Will Not Attempt to force the Cameron Jietolutions. WASHINGTON, IK C. Jan. 6—Al though the Cuoan resolutions were not discussed in the session of the Committee on Foreign Relations this morning, owing to the absence of Mr. Camerou, the mem- hers of the committee talked about the resolutions informally after the other business had been finished. It seems cer tain trora the temper of t ; c committee that if the effort is made to have the Cam eron resolutions referred back to the com mittee there will be a bitter light, and the committee will indorse its action in or dering the report and resolution which are now on the calendar. Such effort is not anticipated, fer Mr. Hale and those who are with him are satisfied with the present condition of things and will do nothing to start the agitation. Members of tbe committee appreciate the strength of the organisation that has been effected to prevent final action by the Senate, and there appears to be a tacit understanding that the resolution shall not now ba pushed. A sufficient number of Senators have been arrayed on the other side to protract debate, and the friends of tha resolutions nnd that by rushing them they will pass no appro priation bills. The present indication ap pears to be against action on tbe Cameron resolutions. TAKES FOR IHE TB.UEB FRIXSItS Atlantic Coast Tug Pursued by the American 1 miser Raleigh. NEW YORK, N. V., Jan. 6.-The big ocean-going tug Walter A. LucKenbach, which arrived yesterday from Mobile, had a brush with the United States cruiser Raleieh on her southward trm. Mato Cates told tbe story yesterday. The Luckenbach went south to tow up the British ship Everest, wuicu having sprung aleak bad been beached in the Mississippi, and after repairs had been purchased by the Luckenbachs. She stopped at Norfolk for coal December 9, when on the way down the coast and then proceeded She had reached Alligator Reef, off the Florida coast, December 4, when Captain Wiiiem espied the Raleigh, which is patrolling the coast on the lookout for Cuban filibusters. The Raleigh circled around the Luckenbach, first crossing her bow some distance ahead, and then grad ually swinging around to follow her cloielj. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1897. Captain "Willem is proud of his boat, which is one of the fastest of the kind on the coast, and as his papers were all right he determined to give the cruiser a chase. She had made no signal ordering the tug to heave to, so all steam was crowded on and she plowed her way along at a four teen-knot gait. A cloud of black smoke trailing after the Raleigh indicated that she was giving chase. She was well astern, however, having lost in coming around. Four hours passed in this pastime, and then a puff of blue smoke and a report that came echoing over the water from the Raleigh told Captain Willem that he was eSpected to lie to. He did so with promptitude, a boat was lowered from the cruiser and an officer came aboard. He examined the papers, asked questions and then told Captain Wiliem that he might go on. His boat had been mistaken for the Three Friends. USDER BRSTESC.E OF DEATH. Amerietn Xewtnaper Correspondent Jtoowd to I>ie in Cuba. WASHINGTON', D. C, Jan. 6.— An affi davit was left with Secretary Olney yester day morning, signed by Marina Elena Del ;:ado Green, sister of Htnry Delgado, said to be dying in a Cuban prison. The charge has been tnade that Harry Delgado is a Cuban and identical with Ricardo Del gado, an innurgent officer. Th« affidavit declares that Harry Del gado was born in Brooklyn in 1865, lived there seven s*ears and was educated in New York. He was twice purser of the Ward line of steamers and in about 1890 he was married in Hudson, N. V., to Miss Sophie Granger. He was then engaged in the brewery business, but in the last year joined the staff of a New York paper, and a few months ago went to Cuba as correspond ent. Tne affidavit states that Ricardo De! gado is an entirely different person, a Cuban by birth, although a cousin o: Harry Delgado, and an artillery officer in the Cuban army. VEI LEU'S JjATEST EDICT. Property. Ournrra Called Upon to Prove Vtciier.ihip of ICitntrt. HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 6.— Another edict has been issued by General Weyler, under which all owners and managers of real es tate in the provinces of Pinardel Rio, Ha vana and Matanzas shall within eipht days from the date of the edict appear be fore tne Mayors of the fortified towns nearest to their homes and prove their ownership of the estates or the capacity in which they are employed thereon. Owners of estates will be required to show their receipts for the last taxes paid by them, and statements of the number of hanus employed on each plantation will have to be made. In all cases where the authorities dis cover any irregularities in the statements the persons subjected to examination will be obliged to remove at once to the forti fied towns nearest their homes. All for eign residents of the tnree provinces named who are employed in agricultural or iudustrial pursuits, either as owners, managers or overseers, must prove their nationality and furnish full information regarding the persons employed by them, exhibiting their police documents. To Patrol Florida's Const. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 6—The United States dispatch-boat Dolphin ar rived at St. Johns bar this morning at 10 o'clock and came up the river to Jackson ville. The Dolphin is the first of a num ber of vessels detailed to watch for filibus ters to arrive. The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius is en route to the coast of Florida on tbe same mission and will arrive in a few days. The torpedo-boats Ericsson and Cushing have also been ordered to Florida to prevent filibuster ing. These four boats will patrol the Florida coast from the mouth of the St. Johns River to Tampa. Dauntlcns -i»rir«« at Jacksonville. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 6.— The steamer Dauntless arrived in port at 9 o'clock this evening in custody of an offi cer of the revenue cutter The captain and men deny the sfory of their landing an expedition on the coast of Cuba. They say that the men were taken from the No Name Key last Friday by that steamer. Tne Dauntless slipped into the St. Johns River after dark between the cruiser Newark and the dispatch-boat Dolphin without being seen by either vessel. Butcher Weyler Will Remain. MADRID, Spain, Jan. 6.— A formal denial of the statement that it is the in tention of the Government to supersede General Weyler aa Captain-General of Cuoa is published in the Epoca, an in spired organ, to-day. GOLD IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY Rich Ledges Discovered on Ranches Near ths Coast. • Specimens of High Grade Ore Shown by the Fortunate Prospectors. Smiths Canyon Soon to Be the Scent of a Typical Mining Camp. SANTA BARBARA, Cal.. Jan. 6.—Au thentic news has ju9t been brousht to town of a lien gold' Strike on the adjoining ranches of Charles Cathcart and George Williams in Smiths Canyon, six miles from this city. Two Colorado rukiers have been prospecting in the canyon for some months past and it is claimed they have located the main ledge. Specimens brought to to v?n are now on exhibition and are pronounced to ba of high-grade ore. Excitement runs high over the find, and as water is convenient a large rush of peopln to the new goldfields is looked for in the next few days. The locates had tried to keep their discovery secret, but now that tne news has spread tney will not be lonely in the canyon in the future. SACRAMENTO INDICTMENTS. Ex- Deputy Clerk Landsborough Held for Trial for Forgery and Presenting Fraudulent Jury Demands. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 6.—As sembly L.M. Landsborough of the Sacramento delegation is again in trouble, as the Grand Jury to-day found five more indictments against him, and it is rumored that the end is. not yet. Of the indict ments brought to-day two were for forgery and three for presenting fraudu lent jury demands, and it is claimed that the lull amount of his peculations is not known even yet. It is said that investi gation has developed the fact that even the July jury demands have been tam pered with. Assemblyman Landsborough has been '■ in the County- Clerk's office for nearly four years, and until the records .of the office for that period have been examined it will not be known how much Sacra mento County has suffered financially at the bands of this servant ot the people. Landsboroueh is occupying his seat in the Assembly and assisting in perfecting laws i to govern the people. In the indictments brought to-day bail was fixed at $1500 in ea"ch case. This is a very material reduction from the amounts fixed in the first indictments, which were $5000 each, but was afterward reduced to $2500. - '.._ ' '.:. DUBOIS LEADS IN IDAHO. His Return to the "Senate Made Practi cally Certain by the Quarrel of Fusionists. SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 6.— The Popu list contingent of the Idaho Legislature threatens to frustrate the plans of the Dem ocrats to elect their United States Senator by either scattering its votes among can didates who have no chance, and thus preventing uny election, or by voting for Dubois, the silver Republican. The Dubois supporters appear to bold the balance of power, and unless the quarrel between the Democrats and Popu lists is made up the election of Dv Bois is considered exceedingly probable. li the fusionists do come together again, which is problematical, the plum will go to either Johnson, Democrat, or Claggett, Populist, but at this time Dubois is thouht to have the best chance of any of the candidates. HOLD-UP AJSAH LOCKEFORD. Chinese Highwaymen Bent and hob One of ,7 heir Countrymen. STOCKTON, Cal.. Jan. 6. -A bold rob bery was committed on the road this side of Locke ford, about seventeen . miles from here, at 7 o'clock to-night. • , The proprietor 7 of r the Chinese wash houje j was standing, near his place, when he was confronted > by three fellow-Mon golians, who ordered him to throw up his hands. He attempted to resist, when the robbers set upon and beat him over the head with their revolvers. , They then .rifled his pockets, taking what coin he ' had. He was badly cut about the head and neck. The Mongolian highwaymen went down the road a short distance and were met by another of their race in a covered rig. In this they started toward Stockton. The man who was robbed and beaten re ported his loss as quickly as possible, and Sheriff Cunningham was notified by tele phone. He sent Deputies Black and Wall out on the Lockelord and Lodi road to intercept the robbers, who are thought to be vegetable peddlers. 6 Ay JOSE JCLOPiSSS XETUIiy. Mrs. Daniel Chapman Forgiven for Her Jiunatcay Slnrriaw. SAN JOSE, Cal., Jan. 6.~Daniel Chap man and Miss Wilhelmina Murphy, the prominent society young people who ran away Monday afternoon and were mar ried against the wishes of Miss Murphy's mother, returned from San Francisco this morning. Tnev were married on Monday afternoon by Rev. Dr. Wakefield of Trinity Episcopal Church, at the residence of the bride's aunt, Mrs. Murphy-Colombet, and again last evening by Bishop Riordan in San Francisco. The young couple have been forgiven by their relatives. Mrs. Chapman is the daughter of James T. Murpny and B. D. Murphy is the uncle of the couple. Mr. Chapman ha 3 large cattle interests in Mexico. The couple will reside in this city. fold Tondstoolt for 2llnttironmi, SAN JOSE, Cal., Jan. 6.— Ah Qaonjr, a wily Celestial who was selling toadstools for mushroom?, was arrested oy Officer McClintock this forenoon. He had two sacks well nlied, and as he was going from house to house it is believed that many persons bought from the poisonous sup ply. He will be held until it is known whether thero have been any serious re sults from his offense. Otherwise he will be prosecuted for peddling without a license. Hi* Room Looted by a Burglar. SAN JOSE, Cal., Jan. 6. —At some time to-day the room of H. J. Haagen, the janitor at Turn Verein Hall, was entered by a burglar and $230 in coin was taken from a trunk. The burglar was evidently familiar with the premises. A waich and chain and jewelry in the same trunk were not disturbed. A portion of the coin taken belonged to the Turn Verein of this city, it having been collected by the janitor. JViMioiin >>w» paper Change. POMONA, Cal., Jan. 6.— The partner- ship in tbe Pomona Times, the pioneer newspaper in Pomona Valley, was dissolved between John Wasson and Willard Goodwin to-day. The new pditors and proprietors of the Times are Wasson and Messenger. W.4TH.B SIS r AM FOB 6UISUX. Cash to Defray the Coit of the Ttorks Jtealistd from a Sale of Bond*. SUIBUN, Cal., Jan. 6.— Last July a proposition was submitted to thja voters of Suisun to incur a municipal indebtedness of $42,000 lor a new water system, and it was carried by an overwhelming ma jority. The Board of Town Trustees has since worked hard to dispose of the bonds, but its efforts were not rewarded by suc cess until to-day, when J. McMullen, rep resenting the San Francisco .Bridge Com pany, entered into negotiations, the result of which was the sale of the 6 per cent bonds at par value. Water will be brought from a distance of eicht and two-thirds miles to town, and the source or supply is capable of a dally flow oi 300,000 gallons and a storage capacity of several million gallons. Work will commence on tne arrival of piping from the East, the latter part of February. Santa Barbara. Man's Mania. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Jan. 6.— A pitiable case of dethroned reason was pre sented here to-day, when 0. Ellison, a survivor of tne British ship Golden Horn, that was wrecked off Santa Rosa Island five years ago, was by the court ordered to be sent to the Highland Asylum for the insane. Ellison was ship's carpenter on the il. -fated vessel, and like others of the crew, remained in Santa Barbara after tlie wreck and rescue. He worked at his trade occasionally and built a few private yachts for residents of this city and Montecito. Tne shock of the wreck preyed upon his mind so that at times he would be despondent and again act as if trying to rescue some drowning comrade. Finally his brother and friends, fearing that he might become a raving maniac, bro u g lit about his commitment to the asylum. Drowned *ear GarbervMl*. EUREKA. Cal., Jan. 6.— Word reached here from GarberviUe this morning that the south fork of the Eel River in this county has claimed another victim. This tirna it was John Somerville, ttie 15-year old son of George Soraerville of Briceland. The drowning occurred on New Year's day, when the boy with two companions went out on the river in a rowboat. The boys lost control of the boat and it was upset. Two of them managed to cling to the boat, which was eventually carried in to the shore, but young Somerville was swept down the stream. He was seen to swim with tne current about 200 yards, when, throwing up his hands, he cried, "Wait for me !" and then sank. The boJy has not been recovered. AnqrX* Camp Stage Wrecked. STOCKTON, Cal., Jan. s.— The stage from Angels Camp to Milton met with an accident this morning, the passengers being thrown out and some of them badiy bruised. When about ten miles this side of Angels, horses and driver are usually changed. This was done this morning, and after the second driver had taken his seat on the box the horses started down the grade on a run. In some way they got beyond the driver's control, and uear the foot of the grade the coach was over turned. The vehicle was wrecked. For tunately none sustained serious injuries, one lady passenger being the most se verely brui-ed. Another conveyance was secured and the passengers brought on to Milton. Roe Will Die at Xupa. NAPA, Cal., Jan. 6.— Sheriff George 8. McKenzle has issued invitations to the hanging of William If. Roe, recently con victed of the murder of Mrs. John Q. Greenwood. Roe will be execuiea at the County Jail in Tsapa on the morn ing of January 15, at 11 o'clock. A scaffold, which was prepared some years agj for the execution of a murderer, whose sen tence was commuted by the Governor, was to-day brought down from the attic of the Courthouse and will be erected iv the rear of the Courthouse, on the plaza. As far as known Roe's attorneys are tak ing no steps to delay his execution. I>ruida feted at Stockton. STOCKTON, Cal., Jan. 6.— The Druids of this city, representing San Joaquin Grove No. 9 and Concordia Grove No. 56, gave a banquet to-night at the Imperial Hotel in honor of a number of high dig nitaries in the order. The visi ting Druids were: James A. Devoto, noble erand arch; Philip Rohrbacher, supreme grand arch; J. J. Mollison, grand secretary; F. Cavanaro, past noble grand arch, and E. Meahler, past arch of Grove No. 3. Covers were laid for 100, and the local Druids gave the visitors a warm welcome. The affair was a grand success. Southern Pacific lirlng* Suit LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan 6. — The Southern Pacific has begun a suit of inter vention before United States Judge Ross in the case of the Mercantile Trust Com pany vs. Atlantic and Pacific Railroad and the United States Loan and Trust Company. The intervenor a^ks that Receiver Smith of the Atlantic and Pacific be ordered to pay it $48,638, alleged to be due from the Atlantic and Pacific as its sbare of taxes on tbe leased line in Cali fornia between Barstow and Moiave, which the Southern Pacific has been paying. Suicide at Portland. PORTLAND, Or., Jan 6.— Four days ago W. S. James, professor of penman ship and a teacher at the business col lege, disappeared. His friends quietly instituted a search, but could not locate him an<i nothing was said of his disappear ance. To-day James' body was discovered in a little annex room in the G. A. R. Hail, where he shot himself with a target pistol. James was known as an accom plished educator and formally lived in California, where he was connected with an institution of learning. Mount I'cho Homicide Confesnel. IONE, Cal.. Jan. 6.— Sam Wilkes, who was charged with the killing of William Wiley at Mount Echo on December 21, was examined to-day before Justice Gold nor, acting in place of Justice Coombs. He confessed, stating that he was drunk and did not know what he was doing. Wilkes was held for sentence before the Superior Court. VFhaiet Killed A'ear Monterey. MONTEREY, Cal.. Jan. 6.— Captain Albert Schaufle, agent for the Monterey Whaling Company, shipped by the steamer Gypsy to San Francisco to-day 150 barrels of oil, about 4500 gallons. The whaling season here is not yet over, but the company has already succeeded in killing sixteen whales, all of them being of the humpback species. Stevenson Coming to the Count. POMONA, Cal, Jan. B.— A letter re ceived from Vice-President Stevenson an nonnres that ne will spend several months in Southern California this year, looking after his extensive interests. He will no to Lou Angeles as soon as his term expires, but will keep his borne and law practice at Bloomington, 111. The Vice-President has a large olive orchard near Etiwanda, besides a large lemon grove near San Diego, Thompton Hack in Lot Angtle*. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Jan. 6.— "Kid" Thompson, convicted of wrecking and robbing a train at Roscoe in 1894, was brought back to-day from San Quemin, where he had been confined under sen tence of death. The Supreme Court granted a new trial, and he was returned to be retried. TRIES IN VAIN TO SAVE A LIFE Redwood City Young Lady- Fails to Prevent a Suicide. Strikes at a Glass Containing Foison in the Hands of a Drunken Man. Half of the Liquid Is Spilled, but the Rest Is Drained to the Dregs. REDWOOD CITY, Cal., Jan. 6.— Frank William Goepfert committed suicide here this morning by taking a dose of strych nine. Goepfert bad teen drinking to ex cess since New Year's day. He was told early this morning by Hind & Langley, for whom he was working, that unless ne sobered up he would be discharged. About 10:30 o'clock be applied to a young laciy bookkeeper in the place for a glass. After procuring it be went back to where he bad been at work, but in two or three minutes returned with the glass filled with a liquid. He informed the bookkeeper that it contained strichnine and that he in tended taking it. After remonstrating with him to no avail tn"e young lady struck the glass and spilled about half of the contents. Goepfert immediately drained the balance in her presence and then departed. The vounc lady believed that he was probably joking, and that the glass contained nothing hut water, but when he returned in a few min utes and repeated that what he had taken was strychnine she sent for a physician. Two dociors soon arrived ani worked over Goepfert for fifteen minutes, at the end of which time he was dead. He was a young man, 25 years of age, and has borne a good reputation, his only failing being that he was addicted to drink. SAN MATEO SENSATION. County Board of Education Accused of Favoritism in Granting Teachers' Diplomas. REDWOOD CITY. Cal., Jan. 6 —Board of Education, examinations, Grand Jury, Supervisors, expert— these half-dozen words whispered to any citizen of San Mateo County would immediately suggost a story which has aroused considerable feeling throughout the county, wherein the Board of Education and the teachers of certain of the public schools figure most conspicuously. A few months ago the Board of Education held examinations for the granting of diplomas. After the result liad become known, those who were successful were, of course, jubilant, and those failing were naturally disappointed. Had this been all, there would probably have been an end to it then and there; but the successes and failures were of such NEW TO-DAY. 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He particularly called attention to the fuct thar all of the applicants Irom Menlo Park, San Mateo, YVoodside and eißht out of nine frotn Halfmoon Bay passed the examination, whiie only five out of twelve from Pescadero and five out of nineteen from Redwood City were suc cessful. He thought it rather strance that in schools only a few miles apart, wnere the studies were the same, tnere should be such a wide difference in the re sults of the • xaminauon. He asued the Br>ard of Supervisors to appoint some suitable and disinterested person to ex amine the papers, at ttie same tims offer ins to defray all expenses out of his own pocket. The board considered that it had no au thority in the matter, and the affair was temporarily dropped. As soon as the Grand Jury was formed the case was broueht to its attention, and the jurors deemed it of sufficient importance to receive their consideration. They so informed the Board of Supervisors through their foreman, and askea that an appropriation irom the county funds of $200 be voted for the Hiring o; an expert to review the examination papers, and re port, together with any opinion or recom mendation wh-ch he nii^ht consider proper. On this suggestion the board al lowed the $200, and sek-cted an expert from Berkeley, who srill at once com mence work. The result of his investiga tion is awaited with interest, as the affair has attracted more than ordinary atten tion throughout the county. The Grand Jury will make its report on the 20th of this month. FRESNO'S TREASURE CACHE. Finders of Bandit Murietta's Hoard Will Return to Prospect for More. FRESNO, Cal., Jan. 6. — Ex- Deputy Constable J. G. Wofford still refuses to divulge any further particulars regarding the find of the Joaquin Murietta treasure, unearthed by himself and a Iriend near the Firebaugh graveyard, in the western portion of the county, recently. He can not be prevailed upon to tell who hi? friend is, where he is or what ha 3 become of the fortune, which amounts to some thing like $147,000. It may be tnat the amount is exaggerated somewhat, buc there is hardly any doubt that treasure was discovered. Wofford says that he intends in a few days to return to the spot where the treasure was unearthed and do some "placer mining." He believes that in the haste of himself and his companion to get the trunk out of the ground tney lost several gold pieces. The trunk had de cayed and they had to take it from the earth in pieces. The bags in which the gold was found had also rotted, so that they~ould hardly hold together, and the treasure had to be lifted out by hand by the finders: The sight of the large amount of yellow metal of course excited Wofford and bis friend and they did not use the greatest care in handling the co:n. The ex constable thinks that $500 or 5630 mig lit have been lost in the dirt, and it is for this that he is going to use the pan. Attempted Suicide at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 6.— lt is rumored that Charles Flye, a prominent young business man of this city, and a member of the firm of McLaughlin &Flye, commission merchants, attempted to com mit suicide last night by swallowing a do«e of chloroform, and it is also claimed that be made two attempts to shoot him self. Family tronb es, according to the report, haa caused temporary mental aberration. 5