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MINER CREEDE
NOT A SUICIDE
This the Verdict Given
by a Coroner's Jury
at Los Angeles.
Does Not Alter the General
Belief That His Death Was
Premeditated.
Known to Have Been Deeply Wor
ried Over His Domestic
Troubles.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 13.— A Coro
ner's jury to-night decided that Million
aire N. C. Creede, who died of too much
morphine at his home here last night,
had taken the overdose by accident.
Though this verdict officially disposed of
the suicide tlreory it does not settle the
matter in the minds of many persons who
have reason for having their own opinion
on the subject. It was shown at the in
quest that the wealthy founder of Creede,
Colo., had been in the habit of occasion
ally taking a dose of morphine to quiet
the pain caused by neuralgia of the
stomach, to which he was subject, but he
knew the nature of the drug, so that he
could not well have taken an overdose in
'ignorance.
Some of Creede's most intimate ac
quaintances are firm in the belief tbat the
wealthy miner, who was by nature fre
quently morose and melancholy, espe
cially since breaking with his wife last
December, deliberately took a fatal dose of
morphine to relieve mm from the distress
of mind into which he had fallen and
from the fear of impending new trouble
on account of his wife's return to the city.
Mrs. Creede, whose every movement
after coming back from Alabama to Los
Angeles was reported to her husband, dis
appeared suddenly on tne night the mil
lionaire died and all attempts to locate
her have failed. She has not given up
her rooms at the Clarendon Hotel, but
she is not there and no one will say where
she is at present.
lt is known that Mrs. Creede is prepar
ing for another campaign against her
husband, though when she accepted
$20,000 from l.im last December it was on
condition that sbe abandon her divorce
proceedings, agree to a separation, release
Creede from all future claims and go
away to stay. Creede paid her the cash,
but she did not keep her part ot the cam
pact.
That Creede was very much worried by
the return of bis wife is admitted even by
those friends of his who strive hardest to i
maintain the theory of accidental death,
and that he was particularly distressed on j
his last day was developed at the inquest. I
The principal points advanced to dis- j
prove the suicide theory r-lated to the
excellent financial condition of the de- '
ceased and his devotion for his adopted j
child, little Dorothy Waters.
Besides the elegant manor honse he
bouzht on Figneroa street he owned some i
valuable Broadway property, where the j
Tally-Ho livery stables are situated, and I
he had large cash deposits in sevtr.il of j
lbs city banks.
Toward the little child he had adopted |
he displayed the fondness of a father. The i
baby's mother was Edith Waters, who, j
after attaining some notoriety from an i
elopement, went on the stage and made a j
little transient reputation. The actress j
was willing to abandon her baby, and j
Millionaire Creede and wife legally adopt- !
t d it. When the disagreements arose be- I
tween Cr' % ede and his wife that resulted in I
the separation the child, now about two '■
years and three months old, was sent to j
Elsinore.
Stories of the dead man's liberality are
coming to light. He lelt no will so far as
can be discovered, but it is known be had
given $18,000 to his brother-in-law, W. M.
Phifer, who for the past four months has
made his home at the Creede house, and
had given thousands of dollars to other
relatives. His liberality is described as
the kind attributed to lucky-strike miners, [
whose motto is "easy come, easy go."
Though generous in his gifts of late, |
Creede was not given to lavish expendi
tures of the money that came to him from j
the Amethyst. When his income was j
running $1000 a day he was living simply |
and economically. Soon after "striking
it rich," he built a neat but plain lop
cabin at Creede, and the woman who after
ward became his wife occupied the posi- !
tion of housekeeper in this cabin for sev- j
eral month-. She was then getting a di
vorce from her husband, and when this
was accomplished they were married and
moved to Pueb o, Cjlo., where he Pur
chased a small cottage at a cost of $5000.
He was not a drinking man. His tastes
were simple and his habit* economical.
During the first few years in which he
enjoyed wealth lie was inclined to be
mi erly. He received thousands of
begging letters, not only from America !
but :rom European cities a- well, but the I
sympathetic tales had no loosening effect I
on the purse-strings of the new million
aire. His ielattves and old friends in
lowa flocked to him, and although ho bad
discarded them all twenty years ago and
even changed his name to more fully I
sever all connections with his family, he j
received his brothers and distributed I
among them a few thousands.
One nephew, a boy 16 years old, who
came to Creede with an attempt to wrest '
money from him by means of the secret of i
his changed name, went away disgraced
and empty-handed, and the day after com- j
mitted suicide in a little town in Eastern
Kansas. Ail attempts to blackmail him i
were promptly rebuffed, and the new mil
lionaire proved that he was competent to
take CHre of his own.
He invested the bulk of his fortune in
bonds of the Rio Grande Southern Rail- I
road and the Citizens' Water Company of j
Denver. His wraith has never shrunk to j
any considerable extent and it is even pos
sible that he had when he died as much
property as would represent the earnings
of his mines.
Of a naturally morbid disposition Creede
was made more miserable by his money
and the worries it brought him. When
the necessity for him to go into the hills
in search of veins was removed his occu
pa-ion in life ended, and he was not of
sufficient intelligence to find a new in
terest in life. He read nothing except of
the "blood and thunder" nickel library
class of literature, and he often said he
had exhausted the pleasures of travel in
his trips through Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, California and trie Northwest. .
The adopted name of N. ('. Creede waa
taken in 1872, after his «.rrival in Sunny
side Camp, a section that in lateryears
became a part of ths more successful
camo of Creede. His home- was in Leon,
lowa, where a brother, Judge John W.
Harvey, now live*, and another brother,
Jerome L Harvey, was formerly Postmas
ter. Jerome L. now lives in Manitou,
Colo., andsince the family reconciliation
has Deen the favorite brother of Creede.
These brothers may come in forthe estate
if the contract of separation from his wife
prevents her from inheritinc it.
The remains of the miner will be placed
in a vault to-morrow to await final dis
position, as may be decided upon.
ELSIE SHIPTOA IN BOSTON.
Sent by Her * Guardian Out of the Way
of Clifton Mtryne's lr lends.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July While
Clifton E. Mayne is languishing in the
County Jail awaiting a decision of the Su
preme Court on his appeal from a twenty
live years' sentence for having wronged
Elsie Shipton. his name continues to be
kept prominent before the public, though
the high court has evidently forgotten
him. Miss Wills, a wealthy maiden lady,
who was recently appointed by the court
as guardian of the girl in ihe case, was be
fore judge Clark to-day on a citation to
show why she would not permit the girl's
mother, Mr->. Shipton of San Francisco, to
Visit her 'laughter.
Miss Wills showed to the court that she
had sent the girl to Boston to be taken
into a family and trained in tbe way she
should go, according to Boston ideas, and,
consequently her ward was out of reach
not only of the mother but of the court as
well. -\\-WSS*_a.
Miss Wi'ls, who is conspicuous as a'
philanthropist, informed the court that
the Shipton girl had for some time past
been living with a preacher at Sierra
Mndre.
' Fearing that Mayne's friends could
reach her and influence her in the con
victed man's lavor she had deemed it best
to send her further away. Miss Wills also
informed the court that she desired to re
sign as guardian, but the matter will be
disposed of Friday.
In the meantime Mayne languishes in
jail, sometimes very near death fromnerv
ous prostration from two years of waiting
for the Supreme Court to remember his
existence and pass upon his appeal.
WHITTIER OFFICIAL ARRESTED.
Accused of Administering Corporal Pun
ishment too Generously to One
of H.s Wards.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 13.— Certain
parents of the boys detained at the"
Whittier State School threaten to keep
up a rumpus about the recent incipient
rebellion of cadets, though Superintend
ent Van Alstyne asserts that all is quiet
at the institution. The superintendent
is evidently mistaken. Though he may
keep his most obstreperous charges under
lock and key and double guarded, smart
ing with sundry strappings supposed to
be well deserved, there is trouble brewing
outside the brick walls at Whittier.
George C. Parks is an indignant father.
I He has a son at Whittier, committed, of
] course, for some offense, and the young
I Parks was among the number favored
with more or less corporal punishment
for the part he took in rebelling against
I the authority of the officers of tbe school.
I Parks pere says that his boy was
j whipped with a section of garden hose,
a favorite tool for such purposes at re
formatory institutions, and on account of
this alleged fact he demanded and re
ceived a warrant of arrest for Captain
Treat, who is charged witn wielding the
rubber bludgeon.
Captain Troat was arraigned in Justice
Young's court to-day and held for trial
on the 21st inst., being allowed to go
on his own recognizance. O.her com
plaints of a similar nature are promised,
and the present management will either
have to get along without punishing the
boys or fight in the court*.
CAUGHT BI STOCKTOS OFFICERS
Jtinss Hennessey, Who Stnle the Racer,
Walter J, Apprehended.
STOCKTON, Cal., July 13. — The
Sheriff's office to - day accomplished a
very neat capture of a criminal who is
wanted in Sacramento and whom the
Sheriffs in the central counties nave
hunted with unusual zeal.
James Hennessey is now in the Sacra
mento County Jail on a charge of grand
larceny. Hennessey is a racehorse man.
On June 11 he stole f mm Sacramento the
well-known stallion Walter J, belonging
to ex-Jockey M. McDermott.
He effected an entrance to tho stable by
breaking the padlock. Chief of Police
Drew of the capital city sent out informa
tion of the theft. .A few days ago the
Sheriff's office learned that Hennessey
ba been at the racetracK he c, and the
officers then set to work on his trail.
He was captured last night at Cometa,
Stanislaus County. Deputy Sheriff Black
went out last night and returned this
morning with his man.
Sheriff Johnson was notified and deemed
it best to take me horsethief to Sacra
mento at once, and Deputy Black left with
him tbis afternoon. Shortly after Hennes
sey was taken from jail James A.
Louttit appeared at the Sheriff's office
and stated that he bad been retained as
counsel for the prisoner. At that time
Hennessey was already on his way to
Sacramento. The stolen horse is now in
charge of Mr. Harrison.
SHEEP FOR THB JUKOS.
Herd of Seven Hundred to Be Taken to
the Aorthtrn Mines.
SEATTLE, Wash.. July 13.— The rather
novel feat of taking 700 head of sheep into
the Yukon country is to be undertaken by
George Miller, a well-known Alaskan now
in this city.
He will ship them to Dyea on the steam
ship Al-Ki, which will sail next Sunday.
From Dyea the sheep will be driven across
the pass and along tbe shore of the chain
of lakes to the headwaters of the Yukon.
Some of the sheep will perhaps be driven
on to Circle City, but two-thirds of the
number will go farther than the famed
Klondyke. where they will be butchered
for tne minors.
Miller expects to reach the Klondyke
District by August 1. He wili be assisted
by five or six drivers and as many or more
gco 1 shepherd dogs.
He calculates that no serious obstacles
will be encountered on the long journey
and that the sheep will find sufficient
grazing along the route to keep them in
good condition.
The slaughter will commence early in
September, hy which time the weather
will be amply cool, Miller says, to keep
mutton or other fresh meat.
He estimates that be can sell the mut
ton without any difficulty for 50 cents a
pound, equivalent to $25 a head, on the
basis of the sheep dressing an average of
fifty pounds each.
BX.VT_t CRUZ CdSVESTION.
Christian Church Delegates Begin Their
Sessions.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., July 13.— The an
nual State convention of the Christian
Church opened at Garfield Park with a
large number of delegates in attendance.
The tabernacle has been supi lied with
electric lighting and the great circular
auditorium presented a bright and cheer
ful interior that corresponded witn the
encouraging prospects ot the convention
work.
Evangelist Melvin Putnam, who has
been holding meetings in a great tent
here, delivered a strong scriptural sermon,
and that portion of the service closed with
baptisms.
The services to-morrow morning will be
gin at 8 o'clock- and be led "by J. Durham
of Irvington. At 9 o'clock the regular
church assembly will be called to order
by Rev. J. A. Brown, chairman of the
State board of missions.
The officers of the convention will be
elected at the morning session. 8. M.
Jefferson, LL.D., dean of the Berkeley
Bible Seminary, will deliver the first
of a series of lectures on "The
Teaching of Jesus" and -. discourse on
'•The Mission of the Home" will oedeiiv
ered by Rev. J. B. Haston of Salinas. The
afternoon will be devoted to recreation,
and at Bp. m. services will be held at the
tabernacle.
Thunderstorm at Sebastopol.
SEBASTOPOL, Cal., July 13.— A ter
rific thunderstorm broke over Sebastopol
early this morning, and lasted nearly au
hour. The lightning was the most bril
liant ever seen here, and the thunder was
deafening. But' little rain fell. It was
expected that it would cool the atmos
phere. On the contrary yesterday was the
hottest day. of the summer, the ther
mometer registering 102 at 2 o'clock-
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1897.
REBELLION RIFE IN
DEMOCRACY'S CAMP
Uprising Against the Ex
am iner-Budd-Ma
guire Cabal. .
Fresno Expositor Leads Off In
an Editorial Denouncing
the Combine.
Says It Is Fighting Senator White
From Ambush and Wrecking
the Party.
FRESNO, Cal.. July 13.— The San Fran
cisco Examiner, Governor Budd and
James G. Maguire do not seem to enjoy
the good will of the Fresno County Dem
ocracy. While this feeling againu the
paper and the Governor has been known
to exist for some time, there has been no
open demonstration until this evening,
when the Daily Expositor, which can be
considered the leading Democratic paper
of the San Joaquin Valley, printed a
double-leaded editorial in which it bad
some disloyal things to say about the
••combination."
The editorial begins with the assertion
that serious trouble threatens the Demo
cratic party in the State, if rumors now
in the air mean anything. It continues:
That these rumors are widespread and that
they are accepted by tbe rank and file of the
party as true Is shown by the numerous let
ters we gel on the subject from leading Demo
crats in this valley. The story is to the effect
that a combination has been made to deliver
the Democracy of the State, horse, loot and
dragoon, into the hands of a certain cabal
upon a platform to be satisfactory to the con
spirators. The movement appears tobe against
the interests of Senator Stephen M. White, but
it probably means the crushing of other ambi
tious men— indeed, of any one who may stana
in the way of the conspirators.
The editorial then states that it would
like to see the Democratic party success
ful in the State, and strikes direct from
the shoulder at the Examiner, Budd and
Maguire in the following manner:
Democratic success can come, however, only
through an honest, free, fair and open exer
cise of the individual Democratic will. Boss
ism will not win. Combinations of individ
uals distasteful to the masses will not be
tolerated. Combinations and conspiracies to
control the destinies of the party.no matter
how clever, popular or unexceptional the in
dividual members thereof may be, will be
certain to end in disaster.
In the following paragraph the editorial
indicates the "combination distasteful to
the masses" it refers to in the preceding:
The rumored Examtner-Budd-Maguire com
bination would be a strong one, certainly,
and it might be regarded as in the best in
terests of the party by those constituting It;
but we feel confident that it would fail and
end in defeat for the party. If such a con
spiracy has been formed or Is in contempla
tion those engaged in it should take warning
and abandon the movement. .
The editorial concludes as follows:
Let those who are opposed to Senator White
come out into the open and fight a lair fignt.
He may be defeated in such a contest, but his
friends will then accept defeat gracefully ond
in good part, and, burying all differences, will
go forward to achieve a common victory. It
he is to be fought from ambush, if he is to be
stricken down without a fighting chance, the
danger oi sulking will be largely increased,
and it is the sulkers who are usually responsi
ble lor party defeat. The successful politician
is he wno leaves no justifiable ground for re
sentment in an opponent or for bitterness in
defeat. All those in this reputed combination
owe'mucn to the Democratic party— lar too
much to set themselves up as' dictators, and
dispensers of its offices— to cause its certain
ruin.
Tbe editorial has aroused a great deal of
interest among local Democrats and it
meets cordially with their views. The Ex
positor bas recently changed hands, and
is now uuder the editorial management of
C. O. Ziegenfuss, a well-known newspaper
man.
LEFT, NEVER TO RETURN.
Unceremonious Departure of the Manager
of a Fresno Canning Corn-
pany.
FRESNO, Cal., July 13.— A. F. Tenney
is no longer manager of the A. F. Tenney
Canning Company. His retirement from
the company has not been generally
known, although it is now over six months
since he severed his connection with it.
And he did this in such an unceremoni
ous manner that it was about three
months afterward before the firm knew of
his departure.
James Madison is managing the fruit
cannery In this city this season. He is
largely interested in the enterprise and
be was forced to take charge of the busi
ness after the former manager left. Midi
son's home is in San Franci-co, where he
has large property interests, but this sum
mer he is living in Fresno.
'Ihe new manager was seen at the can
nery by The Call correspondent to-day
and said tnai he was at a loss to account
for the strange departure of Tenny, who
is now sojourning in Southern England,
his native home. The ex-manager did
not leave any debts hind him and his
relations with the company were of the
most pleasant. Madison bad only a word
of censure for Tenney because he had
gone off and left the business of the com
pany without a manager for about three
months and it suffered somewhat thereby.
The present manager was in Europe when
Tenney left at the beginning of the year.
Ii was not until Madison returned in the
latter part of March that the former
manager's departure was discovered.
His whereabouts bad been unknown,
and it was not until Madison had made
investigations that it was ascertained that
he bad left suddenly with the intention ot
never returning. He had transferred his
stock in the canning company to another
person in San Francisco.
Mrs. Tenney is still in the bay city, and
it seems that the departure of her hus
band was as unexpected to her as to any
one else. In fact, it is believed that the
cause of Tenney's strange action was
domestic troue'e.
Tenney came to Fresno a number of
years ago as manager of the Fiesno Fruit
and Raisin Fueling Company, of which
he and Madison were the principal stock
holders. They discontinued their busi
ness, however, and established the can
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nery.
About five years ago Tenney lost a leg
in a railroa l accident, being run down by
cars while crossing the track in this city.
Tbe Southern Pacific Company compro
mised a suit for damages thai he insti
tuted, and it is understood that he re
ceived $10,000 from the corporation.
Child Killed by Drinking Claret.
FRESNO. Cal., July 13.— The four-year
old son of James Mulder, a Hollander,
who lives with his lanrly southeast ot
this city, drank a pint of claret wine this
morning, and this evening died from
alcoholic poisoning. This * was the con
clusion reached by the Coroner's jury at
the inquest to-night.
Heath of a Seattle 'Lawyer.
SEATTLE, Wash.. July 13.— Hon. John
Wiley, one of the foremost, lawyers of the
State and president of the Board . of State
University Regents, died this afternoon,
the result of injuries sustained by a fall
from a horse.- In the late Presidential
campaign he bolted the Republican party
and did conspicuous services for Bryan
and the silver cause. ' __
MEET FOR STUDY
AND RECREATION
Chautauquans in Annual
v Session at Pacific
Grove.
Educators of Renown Will Add
1 to the Success of the
Assembly.
Programme of the Opening Day
Concludes With a Grand
Concert.
PACIFIC GROVE, Cal., July 13.— The
eighteenth annual Chautauqua assembly
of the Pacific Coast began its two weeks'
session bere to-day. This gathering,
which has grown in strength as well as
popularity year by year since its incep
tion, promises in the 1897 season to reach
its banner year, and -the success of the
opening events of to-day bear out this
promise.
The first hour of this afternoon's exer
cises was occupied by Milton L. Lawrence
of San Jose in a short lecture upon the
theory of vocal culture for children as
taught by the Tomlin method, which he
followed with an interesting demonstra
tion of this method. Mr. Lawrence will
have charge of the musical department of
this assembly and will organise classes in
vocal music for children as well as for
teachers. Having betn here already a
week or more he has formed a choral class
of 100 children, whicn will taKe part in
some portion of the public evening enter
tainments. .*
Some preliminary business relating to
the assembly's work, committee meetings
and the like was gone through during the
afternoon, but the formal organization
will not be perfected until to-morrow
morning.
A grand opening concert, first of a
series of three which will be given during
the Chautauqua season, took place in the
assembly hall of the Methodist Episcopal
Church this evening. An excellent pro
gramme was rendered, the various num
bers of which were given by the Knicker
bocker Male Quartet of San Francisco,
the Lyric Ladies' Quartet, also of San
Francsco, under the direction of Mrs.
Martin Schultz, the celebrated soprano;
Roscoe Warren Lucy, pianist; Miss Nellie
Shipley, com-nist; the Misses Partr.dge,
Miss Ethel Tillson, C. M. Eliot, L. A. Lar
sen, Cyrus Brownlee Newton, elocution
ist, and others. A large audience enjoyed
the good music.
Owing to the presence on this coast of
men and women of National reputation
who are attending the Christian Endeavor
Convention the Chautauqua management
has been enabled to offer a stronger, wider
and altogether more excellent array of
talent this year than any hitherto pre
sented in any previous year. Such speak
ers as Bishop John P. Newman, Edward
Page Gaston, Dr. Francis Clark, Jonn Wil
-1 s Baer, Dr. Wilbur Chapman, Bishop
Fallows, Dr. Seymour, Dr. Pentecost, Dr.
Dille, Miss Ida Banfey. Dr. A. W. Lamar
and others will be in attendance, and the
various classes of the assembly's term
will be under exceptionally capable In
structors.
Some of the assembly officers already
here are: President, Rev. Dr. Eli McClish
of College Park; vice-president, Rev. Rob
ert Bentley of Oakland; general secretary
and treasurer, Mrs. E. J. Dawson of San
Jose; superintendent of instruction, Rev.
Thomas Filben of Marysville; curator,
Rev. T. H. Sinex of Pacific Grove.
TRANS-MISd/SSIPPI CONGRESS.
Sx Thousand Di legates Have Already
Put In an Appearance at
Salt Lake.
SALT LAKE. Utah, July 13. - The
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
will convene in this city to-morrow. About
12,000 delegates from States west of the
Mississippi River are expected. About
half that number have already arrived,
including members of the executive com
mittee, wbo are making detailed arrange
ments for the session, which will last four
or five days
Hon. W. J. Bryan, president of the con
gress, and Mrs. Bryan will arrive on
Thursday* In tho absence of Bryan Hon.
Henry R. Whitmore will preside to
morrow.
The delegates are representative men
from Western States. Tbe congress is to
discuss matters of commercial and indus
trial interest to the West. Extensive
preparations have been made by leading
citizens for the entertainment of dele ates
and tueir friends. Top'-ka, San Fran
cisco, Butte, Lis Vegas, Phoenix and Los
Angeles representatives are here trying to
pull next year's congress to their various
cities.
FOUAD WEALTH IN ALASKA.
Peter Early, Once a Poor Blacksmith,
A OIO a Millionaire.
TACOMA, Wash., July 13.— Peter Early,
once a poor blacksmith doing business in
Tacoma and now a mine-owner claiming
to have over $1,000,000 in gold ore in sight
on bis Alaska locations, sailed on the
Topeka this afternoon for the land of his
wealth.
Ho has just returned from a trip to
Portland, whore ho purchased a stamp
mill which will at once be put into ope
ration upon bis mines. Early states that
while here he contracted for 60, 000 feet ol
lumber at the St. Paul and Tacoma mill,
to be used in the development of his prop
erty, and that he contemplates establish
ing v sawmill and later putting in an elec
tric plant.
His claims, which were discovered al
most by accident during a prospecting
tour, are located near Berners Bay, a
short distance from the water. Next year
Early is certain he will need forty men,
and with the air of a general good fellow
he says ho' ll iet his Tacoma friends in
first on the ground floor. ■^^^^Mlflffi^
He sold an interest in his mine for good
sum before leaving Juneau, and appeared
among bis old friends here with so much
money as to astonish them. They are
very glad of bis good fortune, and some of
them will be sent for when he can give
them employment next year. Early found
the ledges early last spring, ami ore from
the surface down runs $10 to $30 in gold
por ion.
Gloss Die* nt Auburn.
AUBURN, Cal., July 13.-F. Gloss,
owner of the largest olive orchard in this
section and recognized as an authority on
olive culture, died here to-day of blood
poisoning. , He was a German, and in his
native land bore the title of Count.
Legal Strife at Sau*alito.
SAUSALITO, Cal.. July 13— The suit
brought by George P. NcNear againat the
firm of Hedges & Paff, or fie Sonoma
Preserve Com pan.-, for $32,000 is on trial
befoie Superior Judge Ange.lotti. .
Only 50 cents for a three hours trip around
the bay on the large and commodious steamer
Uklah. Th\s sis the first opportunity afforded
ladies and children on week-days for a bay
outing. Leave 7 Tiburon ferry at 9:30 A. m.
Tickets 50 cents, children between 5 and 12
years of age 25 cents. *
PORTUGAL'S FLAG
WAS TORN DOWN
Consul Laidley Investi
gating a Monterey
Incident.
His Government May Demand
an Apology From the
United States.
Its Indignation Aroused by an Epi
sode of a Fourth of July
Celebration.
MONTEREY, Cal.. July 13.— his
toric town has suddenly jumped into in
ternational prominence in a manner
highly exciting to its citizens. ; The little
disturbance which . occurred on the even
ing of the Fourth of July, occasioned Dy
the hauling down of a Portuguese flag
which Manuel Ortinshad hoisted over his
place of business, has led to an investiga
tion by the Portuguese Government.
Ortins is a leading grocer of Monterey, a
prosperous public-spirited man and a
naturalized citizen of the United States,'
though by birth a Portuguese. In deco
rating his shop for the Fourth he hoisted
a handsome Portuguese flag upon a pole
alongside the one from' which floated the
Stars and Stripes.
The patriotic feeling which twice led to
the pulling down and finally to the burn
ing of this fla__ because no American flag
waved above it so highly incensed Ortins
that be swore out a warrant for the arrest
of Captain M. P. Seeley of the
Old Capital Cadets, who hauled
the flag down the first lime, and notified
the Portuguese Minister at Washington
of the affair. The Portuguese Minister at
once communicated with Henrique Laid
ley, the Portuguese vice-consul at San
Francisco, requesting him to make a
thorough investigation of tbe affair.
Laidley came to Monterey and both he
and District Attorney P. E. Zibala of
Salinas are engaged in examining the case.
Captain Seeley, who is an important fac
tor in the investigation, is absent from
town, released on his own recognizance,
and as soon as he returns the matter will
be brought to a focus. Consul Laidley
says thai if the trouble cannot be satisfac
torily explained Portugal will demand an
apology from the United States for the
indignity.
The crowd which banled down and
bnrned the Portuguese emblem was com
posed of young men.
HIGHLAND GRANGE TOPICS.
Pro lessor Jaffa Continues His Lectures on
the Rational Feeding of
Stock.
WRIGHTS, Cal., July 13.— Professor
Jaffa continued bis talk on the rational
feeding of farm animals this afternoon at
the Grange Hall, and dwelt principally on
the food value of fruits for livestock and
on the rational feeding of chickens. It
was a question of practical importance,
said he, to a farmer who had a supply of
fruit which for some reason he could not
put on the market to know how to feed it
to his stock and for what food be had been
accustomed to feed be shouid substi
tute it. Various charts were shown giv
ing the proportions of water, nitrogen,
non-nitrogenous and • mineral elements
contained in the different fresh and dried
fruits, the proportional amount of these
elements contained in the fruit which was
actually digested and then the food va.ue
of the fruits as compared witb other lood
products.
The same food ingredients, it was
shown, were found in the fruits as in the
grasses and grains and other food prod
ucts, but the non-nitrogenous elements
or carbohydrates were mostly of sugar
instead of slarcn. This was of no conse
auence in the feeding of stock, which
digested starch as easily as sugar. The
fruits were not so rich in protein or tissue
building material, said Professor Jaffa, so
that in feeding them care must bs taken
to make UP the deficiency in this respect
by mixing in some concentrated iooa rich
in protein, such as cottonseed meal. Care
must also be observed to make substitu
tion gradually, watching bow the change
worked.
In answer to a question in regard to the
feeding of apples and pears, which fur
nish the most waste fruit in this district,
Profe-aor Jaffa advised the farmers to try
by experiment how it would work feeding
a little at a time and watching the re
sults. A ration, he said, was theamonnt
of food fed perday to any animal, and a bal-
I anced ration, which was what the intelli
gent feeder worked out from the various
charts and analyses, was one in which the
nutrients were contained in their proper
proportion for the animal nutrition.
It was absolutely necessary, the profes
sor said, for tbe successful poultry-raiser
to get the most advanced method.! of ra
tional feeding in order to successfully
meet the great competition and the low
prices in this industry. The same general
principles, he showed, must be observed
here as in the feeding of stock. The work
of the ccw was thp making of milk, while
for the hen it was the making and laying
of eggs, and the proper food must be given
to the hen in the right proportions for
building, tissue, maintaining warmth and
supplying the ingredients necessary for
the formation of the o: g.
The principles and figures necessary for
understanding the rational system of feed
ing farm animals, ho said, were given in
the report of the experiment stations of
the State University for 1894-95, and any
farmer of average intelligence could mas
ter them without difficulty.
SASTA MOSICA SWINDLE.
Life Insurants* Company Found to Have
. Bern h'frttudeii Out of $35,000.
PORTLAND, Ob . July 13.— Several days
ago the private detective \ agency of Sim
mons & Welsh received a letter from Wil
liam B. West, a special agent of the Nor
wich Mutual Liie Insurance Company,
then in San Francisco, requesting its as
sistance in findine John impton, sup
posed to have been drowned with two
other men by the upsetting of a boat near
Santa Monica, Cal., just about a year ago.
Hampton had been in business in Santa
Fe, N. Mex., but in May of last year he,
with his family, removed to Los Angeles, 1
though not engaging in any business there.
At the t me oi his supposed death he car
ried a $25,000 insurance on his life, which
was pa.d to his widow last fall. ,
"From the information we have," said
Detective Simmons ;' this morning, "it
seems the Hie insurance companies were
rather prec pitate in the payment of the
10-s on Hampton's life. .The first thing to
arouse Special Agent West's opinion that
there - might possibly be a fraud . con
nected with* Hampton's death was
that no one knew of the men alleged
to have lost their lives 'with Hampton,'
notwithstanding Mrs. Hampton* claimed;
that they had long been residents of Los
Angeles nnd extensively, known there.; , It
was in , February last ■ that Agent Wes ■
dropped onto this fact. Meanwhile Mrs.
Hampton removed I to Francisco and sub
sequently came to Portland with her two
children." '■"■"■-' ■"■ - •":-.-.:■'
Detective Simmons ad led that be and
Welsh bad this morning located the cot
tage occupied by Mrs. Hampton and her
two little ones on. East Nineteenth street,
near Salmon. Unfortunately they were
placed on the case too late to get at any
sati factory local results. On Sunday last
the woman and her children, accom
panied by a man closely resembling the
photograph sent them by West, left for
some unknown point via the Northern
Pacinc.
These detectives have wired to West for
authority to pursue their . search for
Hampton, if he is really alive, as they feel
confident of their ability to corral him.
According to a picture with a descrip
tion Detective Welsh has had in* his pos
session for more than two years, imp
ton some five years ago bunkoed another
life insurance company out of $7500 by
feigning to have lost his life in the surf
near Atlantic City, N. J.
That policy was paid a year later to his
sister, Mrs. Ira Howell of Trenton, N. J.,
and it was only ayoar after the payment
of the claim that it was discovered that
Hampton, who then went by the name of
Henry Wentworth, yet was" alive. He
successfully eluded ail attempts to cap
ture him. .
STOCKTON HOG WITH RABIES.
Killed by the Poundmaster After Causing
■ .-• a Gineral Scare.
STOCKTON, Cal., July 13— A dog
showing all the symptoms of hydrophobia
was rampant on the streets at noon to-day.
It was first seen in the neighborhood of
Sonora and San Joaquin streets, where it
terrorized everybody by snapping and
snarling at every moving object that came
within its reach. Men stopped on their
way at the sight of the froth-mouthed
canine, and took another direction.
Children ran screaming with fright to
their homes, and hardly any one dared
approach tbe infuriated animal.
Finally Poundmaster Horton came
along and attempted to capture the brute
with a lasso, but the dog retreaed,
emitting saliva and snapping viciously at
every step, into the cellar of one of the
residences. Thither Horton bravely pur
sued it without a revolver and endeavored
to kill it with a stick. The dog would not
allow the officer to approach within
striking distance, and retired further back
into the cellar. The poundmaster finally
managed to get his riata about the brute's
neck and choked the crazy, canine until
he could force it outside, where he shot it.
SASTA ROSA ACCID EST.
Boy's Leg Caught in the Wheel of a
Moving Wagon.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., July 13. — The
nine-year-old son of Joseph. Schmidli, a
well-known resident of this city, was
terribly injured here to-day. The boy
had been out for a drive with two com
panions of his. own age in a pony cart and
was amusing himself by jumping on anil
off the cart while the other little fellows
urged the pony to greater speed. In at
tempting to regain his place upon the
cart alter a jump, the unfortunate ltd
made a misstep and thrust his leg
between the rapidly revolving spokes oi a
wheel.
Almost instantly his leg was broken in
several places and the flesh ground from
the splintered bone.?. The services of two
surgeons were enlisted and. the leg set,
but it is quite likely that amputation of
the injured limb will be found necessary.
NEW CLOTHING.
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-of buyers.
is flowing in the direction of these
$7.50 suits this week. No better
values have ever been offered at $12.50,
.$l5 and $17.50— regular prices.
But they are summer goods, should
have been out of our store and away
FALL PREPARA- two months ago, FALL PREPARA-
TION SALE No. 3. so what can we TION SALE No. 3.
1 do but sacrifice them ?
They consist of Single and Double
Breasted Sack Suits in . almost every
. fashionable shade ; in Cheviots, Cassi-
I meres, Clay Worsteds • and Plaids.
Pure wool every thread... We keep -
them in repair one year free of charge.
They are certainly Snaps, with a
! great big S, for any man who wants a
truly good suit. .
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SILENT THE BARD
OF BONNIE BRAE
Death of H. M. Higgins
at His San Diego
Ranch.
Gained Fame as the Composer
of Popular Ballads in
Years Agone.
His Sweetwater Valley Citrus Or
chard the Oldest In the
World.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jnly 13.— H. M.
Higgins, better known as ''Bonn Brae"
Higgins, died at 3 o'clock this morning at
his home on Bonnie Brae ranch, ten miles
east of the city.
Thirty years ago H. M. Hiaglns was the
most noted publisher of Chicago and the
Northwest. He was the author of many
noted songs, chief among which were
"The Old Musician and His Harp" and
"Hang Up tne Baby's Stocking." These
two ballrds attained a popularity in tbis
country and Canada that hns seldom beeu
surpassed, and the composer realized over
$50,000 in royalties.
In 1871 Mr. Higgins left Chicago with a
fortune of $100,000, and, coming to Cali
fornia, be purchased and developed Bon
nie Brae ranch, a magnificent property in
Sweetwater Valley, and now containing
the oldest citrus orchard in the country.
Here he also originated and propagated
the Bonnie Brae lemon, which has at
tained fame throughout the world.
Mr. Higgins was 77 years old. In re
ligion he was a pronounced spiritualist.
Strike Hiewing on Ira ser River,
VANCOUVER, B. C, July 13.— A big
strike of Fraser River fishermen is likely,
even the Japanese joining their white
rivals in the effort to gain better terms.
The canners, alarmed by the slump in
demand and prices in the British market
will* offer only 10 cents a tish and the
men who got for a while 25 cents last
year, demand 15 cents. A mass- tin,;
of over 1000 fishermen has been held and
feeling run*- high. The canners are de
termined, fearing that the present season,
with its probable large yield and low
prices, will not bs profitable. The run of
fish has just commenced on a moderate
scale, and very large numbers are not
expected before August.
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