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POISON IS
POURED IN
THE WELL
Brother and Sister Are
Mysteriously Slain
at Dixon.
DEADLY MIXTURE IN
THEIR FOOD.
Louis and Susie E. Belew Suc
cumb to the Secret Work
of Assassins.
EOTH WERE ENCAGED TO
BE MARRIED.
iture Invest gatlon May Reveal
That J.-alousy Prompted
the Crim ?.
spe ial Dispatch to Thk Call.
PIXON, Cal , Nov. 9 —A tragedy wrs
ciacted in tins pace which h;is resulted
in the deaih of two persons, and a third
np: at death's door with little hope of
re< overy.
I. vi- He.ew, who is the proprie or of
Arcade livery and feed stables her*,
has resided for some time p.i-t with his
s.ster, Miss Susie K. Belew, in the south
ern i>art of town, the sistei keeping house
for the brother. Bruno Klein, a younc
man whom Mr. Belew employed in his
stable, boardea with them. Mr. Belew
was in ihe hab t of to his meals and
tiien re urning to the stable to allow
X -• n ir> take his.
i'.e ew an 1 bis sister partook of thfir
breakfast yesterday morning. He re
turned to the s able as usual, and Klein
went to hi* breatfast. W:ie;i Klein ar
r Ved at the house, winch was about three
ti.ocks from the stable, he found Su-ie
lying down, apparently very sick.
He pariooc of what the brother ami
f ?ter had eaten of, and hastily left for the
c to apprise the brother of the
- illness. Upon oiriving at the
stable K>in found Beiew suffering from
what appeared to bo Miss Susie's ailment
t ot purging and vomiting and com
plaining of intense pain in the stomach.
Only a ;ew minutes later Kieic be<;an to
.etice the same symptoms A physi
cian was suiDmoue I, wbo a first thought
that ihey bad eaten something poisonous,
I ul on examining the in k red lent s of what
they had vomited ne found that the vomit
« ontained sauerfcraul, of which, they said,
ey had ejti n tiie day before. Tnis led
i hysician to oeiieve that the patients
ring from nothing severer than '
en attack, of what ha termed acute mdi- '
gestion. H" administare I remedies in ac- !
.: M with bis diagnosis of the cases, '
I .i they Still suffered intense pain, tor
which he administered something of a 1
soothing nature. Under tais treatment;
the victims seemed to be getting along ;
very well during the day, but shortly !
afier aark they began getting rapidly
worse ai:d the symptoms became much i
more alarrv
Belew succumbed about 12 o'clock last
i! : -hi. Hi* sister die I at .j o'clock this
ni^rnins: in ereat ...-ony.
Mrs. Eugene Fi-rcuson and Mr=. Georp;e
Ehmann, two int mate friends of the
roun;: people, who had been at the home
administering to the want- and doing
what they could to relieve the sufterines
of the girl, the brother being confined :o
bed at trie stable, were also taken quite
sick durinp their stay in the house with
trie same symptoms of the other three
sick people.
They had ma^le some beef broth for the
sick sir!, ar.d. In making i:, had us^d the
watrr from the well ,-md some salt tt.at
was in the Louse. They tried to induce
Mis« ileicw to drink of it, but she said
she was too sckan 1 could not. In order
to demonstrate tnat the drink was pala
tabl> (>ai h of the women look a teaspoon
fnl of Hi" brcth and both, were soon ai-
trcked and vomited copiously, hut to-day i
are apparently all right. Miss Belew
■ aa to have been married on Thursday of j
, ■ iis week to Chares Ebmann, a well
known young mar. of this place. Ehraann
had just secured a divorc ? from his form er '
wife, witti whom he hail led a very un- '■
hapny life, and is i o<v heart-broken ovrr i
the loss of hi* prospective bride, whom i
he is said to hnve fairly worshiped.
Louis B?lew was en-raped to be married
to Misa Clara Ferguson, a worthy young
lady of Dixon, and sne is prostrated with
grief over her bereavement. Ssrangelv ■
enough, this 13 the secon<l time that B h" e !
has been bereft by accident of her sweet- '.
l)i"irr.
The cass is surrounded by considerable |
mystery, thers beiue several c ews to the 1
mysterious poisoning, which the officers
are working un. Tie Coroner held an in- :
quest to-day, but the jury will be unabie |
to arrive at » verdict until an analysis of ;
the stomachs of tbe two dead people is i
concluded.
The theory I* being advanced that the
poison was administered to the family by ;
poisoning the water ifi 1 lie well or deposit- |
ing ii in some arltcie of iood. T.'je town j
is excited over the sudden taking; off
so violently of two of the most respected
young peop.e of the place, and every
thing jo?>-iblc is being done to ferret out j
the perpetrator of the awful deed.
INTENTIONAL POISONING.
But There Is Yei No Clew to the
Perpetrator cf th* Dastard y
Crime.
SACRAMIENTO. Nov. f) — Di-trict At-
torney Frank Deviin of Solano County, j
■ oia at Diion investigating the Delew ,
a Ding cup, in an interview with a Bee '
\ rter at D ion t li :s alternoon, said j
, in his rjpfnton, the cjsj was one oJ j
iff. ritional |K)isoning.
"'liiereis, us y<". no clow whatever to j
the perpetrator," Mr. Devlin. *aid, "but I
the mat:er n;,l Ie thoroughly investi- j
t,'ated. One thine is certain, and that is j
•hat the i>oiron <iii i^ot get into the well j
of its own accord. Sofne one put it there, j
and what thu olljc^rs iiav ■ io find out. of !
course, is, who it it that put it there. !
The organsand, a sample of the well water j
have been seat to San Francisco for analy
sis, aiiii wuea i.lie cheoiisi's report is re- j
THE THREE VICTIMS OF THE DIXON POISONER.
ceiyed we will know, I hope, what sort of I
poison was used. When this is ascer- '
tamed the next step will be to rind out
where and by whom that poison was pur- I
chased."
Charles Ehraann, who was to have be-n
married to fnisie Belew, is nearly crazed
with grief over the death of the cirl he
loved and has ioine I with the officers in
attempting to unravel the mystery oi the
poisoned well.
A lew years ago Thomas R?!evr, a well
known citizen of Solano County, died,
leaving a fortun» of several thousand
dollars. This fortune wa. left by hi- will
to his wife and children, Frank, Arthur.
Louis and Huste. Another son, Thomas,
failed to get any of tbe estate, lie having
been provided for daring ti is father's lite
time. Lou ; «, being a thrifty young man,
look i;oo'i c ire of his portion and engag
ing in the livery business added consider
able to his iittle nes'egg.
Arthur, on the other hand, wis a wild
sort of fellow and instea i of settling down
to bus ness went through his money in
short order. His action? aroused tbe an
t:iponism of his brothers i,ouis and Frank
and for a long ti-ne there was a strong
enmity between them. Or late, however,
this enmity had ueen patched up and
Arthur had been given work on a ranch
about live miles oat of Dix«Mi belonging
to nit brother Louis, who died last nichl
from the effects of the poison. The boys
were all well liked and as far a-* is known
had no enemies whatever.
MINISTER MERRY
AND HIS MISSION
There Is Yet a Hi'ch That
Delays the Cap'.ain's
Departure.
; It Is Prob*b c, However, That He
Will Soon Be Commissioned to
Costa Rica.
Special Dispatch to i hkCai,!.
'"' Call Office, Rlqgs Hou?e, I
Washisgtok, Nov. 9.f
The Call correspondem jmerviewed
| Assistant Secretary of Siate Cridler to
! ilay concerning tbe disposition of Captain
j Wilham L. Merry's case. Mr. Cridler
i <a.d thai ilie case was now before the
i President and' that he thought some con
\ elusion would be reached within about
; ten days. "1 have no idea what the Presi
| dent will do," said he.
"There ia nothing urged against Captain
: Merry personally, is there?" asked the
: corresponaent.
"Oh, no, in'i»ed," said Mr. Cndler,' "lie
' stands very high in the estimation of the
1 State Department and the President, but
you know that things are top-y-turvy
j down in Central America. I do not u*i
' derstand that the Diet of the Greater Ke-
I public has positively expressed iis will
'ingnessto receive Mr. Merry. The same
'reason why they havo heretofore i een
j unwilling to ;eceive him mi^ht a? reason-
I »bly be urgeu "-ainst lha acceptance of
I Mr. Hunter o. Kentucky, who has been
appointed Minister to Guatemala and
i Hondura*. inasmuch as one of the>e coun
; trie- is a member of the Greater .Republic.
"Why don't you commis-ion him to
! Costa Rica, sib wa3 reported you might
do?"
"Ask the President," said Mr. Crid
ler. smilingly.
"Has the Costa Rica Government signi
fied us willingness 10 receive him?"
"Not onVially," said the Assistant sec
retary. "We have had no formal corre
spondence with that Gove nmen', al
though it is understood, I believe, that
Costa Rica would welcome him."
It is believed here that the captain will
soon be commissioned to Costa Rica, with
headquarters at San Jose.
PEhSOSNtL OF THE NAVY.
The Board Now In Session May Agree
On Plans Which Will Accomplish
the F.esults Desired.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. — The board of
navy orbeeM considering me personnel
of the navy were in s-ssion all flay and
expect to continue their >ittings for some
time. The board, it is now thought, may
be able to »rgee upon a bill which wiil be
satisfactory and accomplish the results
desired. Two committees have been ap-
Dolnted, ono con i«ting of Captains
Simpson and McCoratick and Engineers
Kearney aim Ray to ascertain the number
of oriicers nece.-sary to aa:;n all our ships,
and the other, con^i-tnif; of Captain
Evans, <"ornin»nder Wain Wright and En
gineer Hay, to draft a bill on the line?
Mu-gested at the conferences thus far
held. The a^repments tuus far made are
tentative and are in the direction of an
aninlcaniaf.on of the line and engineer
corps. The committee wnich wII report
on tlie number of ofiicer9 nece-sa-y for
tiie ships have asked the Navigation
Bureau to give the number by ships now
Deeded.
WADE lIA.VJ'Toy jREVOHTS.
. Sa V liter* 1< an Imvrnri-inent in tlett
rrn Jl'iilroatt Rikiiio*.
WASHINGTON, Nov. '-'9.— General
Wade Hampton, who lias yi-i b.-en suc
ceeded by (ieneral Loncstreat as Com
missioner oJ Railroads, has submitted to
the Interior Department, hi-= report for
the past Hsc.il year, lie says that the year
m:irked the low water mark <>f railway
construction. During the year thirty-four
companies, with 5441 miles of road, oassed ]
into '.be hands ot the court-, and that I
fitty-eight oihers previously pliiced in re
cdveiship were sold at joreclosure.
A steady improvement in laiiroad earn
ings during the first six montiia of the
current year is noted, an improvement
particularly apparent in the' bond-aided
pac fie ra'.lroad*. The outlook, in the West
generally Jor tne present year is leported
very encouraging. . •- _ „ „„. . .
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1597.
YELLOW PLAGUE IS
ON THE DECREASE
New Orleans Expects to Be !
Soon Rid of the Dread
Disease.
Only Six N-w Cas~s Reported at
the Crescent City, but 1 here
Were Four Deaths.
special Dispatch to Ti-K Cam.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9.— Yellow fever
continues on the lecrease, as to-day's
record indicate?, and the Board of Health
is elated over the prospects of an ear. y
termination of the scare. The health
board's working forces have been reduced
to a minimum, but there is an abundance
of work for those retimed. The business
situation continues to brighten.
S.x new ca>e» were reported to-day and
four deaths. Tiie deaths: G. D. Berry,
Henry Laroque, Miss Petiie and Joseph
Ducid.
MOBILE, Ala., Nov. 9 —The report for
to-day shows a slight increnss in the num
ber of new ca-es, the r«sult of unusually
warm weather experiet.ced since tiie 4th
of the month. Six new cases were re
ported and two deaths, John Cunan and
Gforgc Halloman. The report from
Wnis.ler is that there aro sixteen new
cases tfiere.
SAN PEDRO SPECIFICATIONS.
If They Meet Requirements Bids
Will Be Advertised For
Immediately.
WASHINGTON, Nov. |. — Secretary
Algersaid to 'I he Call correspondent to
night: "The Sail Pedro specifications will
be. brought before me to-morrow. They
were received by the engineer depart
ment to-day. It they meet the require
ments < f the law bids w.ll be advertised
for immediately. "
HAS GOOO UK A Qf'Ai.lTlES.
Satinfarioru Report* to lie Made on the
>rrr <i unboat An</i"il/f,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.— the members
of the naval trial board, just returned to
Washington, in the -ea trial of the gun
boat Nashville make a favorable report
on the good qualities of the yes eJ and
uarticularly of her sailing qualities. With
her propeller dragging under sail she
made, with a wind of four degrees strength,
a speed of about six ci'ots, she tnckeu
on h breeze of three, something not ex
pected at all of such crafi, and satisfied
tue board thai she can rnnke more than
ten knots under sal alone in a good wind.
This is a combination oi good cruising
<1 ualities which has long been the aim
0^ the construction corps.
SIMII rUMD H(>> D 9.
Arrangrnirnl l-or Jh'lr lrnn*f*r to
Union I'ar.iflc Jirorvnnizer* .
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 —The Union
Pacific reorganization committee has ar
ranged with the Treasury Department for
the transfer to them of t lie oonda in the
sinking fund and the c.isu payment
therefor on the 2_'d ot the present
month. These bonds, which were i>ur
chased at iheir face value by the Com
mittee at the time of the sale of ih« load
iimount to $13,645,250, and thi- amount in
cash, whiui will be covered into the
treasury, will increase the available cash
balance to approximately ?21H,500,000.
'1 he available balance In tne treasury to
day exclusive of told, was $">0 001,861."
FORCED TO FLEE
FROM RANDSBURG
Non-Union Men Driven From
Camp by a Miners'
Committee.
Supsrlntendent Cark of tho Roxle
and Fcur Workmen De-
p»rt at Night.
fcporial P spaich to The Cam.
KANDSBURG, Nov. ft.-Labor troubles
Imve been expected here for some time,
owing to the fact that many men engaged
in development work were not upholding
the union schedule, which is 5,'J for a day
of eight hours. No attention has been
paid by the mine-ow ners to remonstrances
and niunnurings, and the men have been
working underground ior $1 5U and $2 a
day, until the camp has become known as
a cheap one, and the better class of miners
have no desire to come to Rfindsburg.
In order to remedy the evil, the Miners'
Union, which is very strong here, has de
cided to take heroic nc;ion and clear the
camp of all non-union men as rapidly a«
possible. To this end a meeting was held
last nipht, attended by about 100 mem
ber.'. AHer a session lasting an hour the
meeting dispersed, tije miners leaving the
hall singly and in pairs, to meet again at
an appointed pJace on tU9 bills back of
the town.
Wlien all arrived {they proceeded in a
body to the Roxie mine, where Superin
tendent C. M. Clark, who is aiso part
owner of tlie property, was working live
men. All were abed, but were awakened
by the committee of 100. Just what trans
pired cannot be learned, as no memter of
the union will te.l; but certain it is thai
(Jiark and four men took a moonlight
wait down the gulch in in- direction of
Mojaveand have not been seen in this
neig borhood sir.cc. The men were
Cbarlea Couch, Levi Richarason, F. B.
Nutting and Lewis Builer. A young man
named Anthony Daly preferred to join
the union, was sworn in aud left in churg c
of the property. He shipped the baggage
of the other* to them this morning ana is
still in charge.
Clark Jives in Sierra Madre, or Pasa
dena, and has capitalists of Los Angeles
associated with him in t he ownership of
the Koxie and several other claims.
It is aialeii on what seems good author
ity tliat others will be invited 10 take a
moonlight walk, and the work will be
kept up until the camp is rid of non
union men. At present public opinion
upholds the DO on in its action, as the
camp lias suff red from wuat is known as
"cueap cuys" since its first discovery.
The Miners' Union embraces among iis
members many of the beat business men,
who also carry on mining as a side issue.
The rules of ihe union permit mine
owners a* well as miners to became mem
bers.
I i is understood that no violence was
ofle r ed to persons or property of those
ordered out, but com maud to go w.is
given in such clear terms that it was
obeyed with but little, it any, parley.
itHLXK fVIt aKfK.STtsEy TEARS.
l>mh J-'rotn Alcohnliitn the Fate of n
Hauinrd Inrbriat*.
HANFORD, Nov. o.— Harry Reran, a
man about 35 years of aye, was founl
dead early tuia morninz in me rear ol
a local ta'oon. The Coroner's jury ren
dered a verdict of death from a.coholism
and exposure. Before his iieath Keran
had stale 1 to a friend that he had been
drunk for seveneen years arid intended
to remain in mat condition for the rest
of his life. Keran was a native of Ken
tucky, and it is said that he was related
to the ci.i-f o. police at Lexington. He
came from Martinez.
CHARGE OF SHOT
FOR HIS NEPHEW
Frank Gross Shoots and Kills
a Namesake Relative at
Tuttletown.
Tuolumne County Tragedy Rasult
\ne From a Dispu.e Over
Property.
Special Dispatch to The Cam.
J AMES'IOWN. Nov. 9.— Frank Gross, a
well-Known business man of Tuolumne
County, who re>id<s at Tuttletown, to
day shot and killed his nephew, Frank
Gross, who is known as "Little Frank."
The cause or the .shooting was a ijuarrel
over valuable mining ground. For over
tive years there has been trouble in pro>
peci. The man who is charged with
murder raised the lamilies of four of his
dead sillers, and after his nephews and
nieces became ot age, it is said, they en
tered into a plot to defraud Gross of his
vnl uable mining ground.
Some years aco Frank <?ro*s deeded hi?
prooerty at Tuttletown on account of
business complications. When he de
manded the property back "Little Frank"
I refused to deed it. The nephew has re
• sided in Nevada City for a number of
i year-. A short lime ago he c.imn home
on a visit. This afternoon he went to his
uncle's sa'oou, which i-> across the street
; from the family residence, and was tarn
j puiing with the water.
His uncle tol't bun to ot it alone and to
igo away nnd mind nii own business. Lit
' tie Frank went to the house, got a pistol
: and returned, entering the saloon and go
ing to the rea*. where his uncle was. The
! elder Gross saw him coming with a pistol
i nnd nicked up a shotgun. "Little Frank"
tired two shots, and the uncle returned
1 the fire with tne shotgun, the charge tiik
j ing effect in the young man's stomach,
killing him almost instantly.
Joe Gros>, a brother of "Little Frank,"
armed himself and started into nis uncle's
saloon. FranK Gross called to him, or
dering him out, and bystanders. took him
away. Deputy Sheriff Price was soon on
the ground ami placed the elder Gross
' under arrest.
O PER AI ED WIThOUT A FRANCHISE.
Napa County C fficia/s Make a Discovery
he.ative to the Sunset Tele-
phone Company.
NAPA, Nov. 9.— The Board of Super
visors of Napa County has opened war on
the Sunset Telephone Company. The
company, according to an investigation
made yesterday by the District Attorney
of this county, h;is been opsrating a tele
nhor-.e yystem in Napa County for years
without obtaining a franchise. This
would nrobably have gone longer without
I discovery but for the company's present
| action in buildinga new line from Napa to
Cnlistoga. It is hurrying the new line
! with ail haste possible, even working long
' hours and on Sundays, anil is slashing trees
I generally to remove obstructions. The
I Supervisors are determined that the law
| shall be complied with, even though it i»a
late hour tob. gin.
SHOT AND CUT DOWN.
Slaughter of a Native Cfficer and
1 hirty-Five Sikhs by the Rebel
Tribesmen.
SIMLA, India, Nov. o— The report that
a native ottker ami Uurty-rive Sikhs be
longing to the Korratn column had Deen
inteicepted by the tnbssnien in a ravine
and s'auahtereil is officially confirmed. It
appears that they were assisting in a
reconnoisbance up the Kurmana River.
Taking a short cut down hill they came
tti a ravine, where the crass o! the jungie
was burning. The flames spread so
rapidly as to completely cut off their re
treat, and the tribesmen sceinc their pre
dicament swarmed on the higher ground,
hurled down rocks upon them and closed
around the men until th« whole thirty,
six were shot or cut down. The Sikhs
foueht heroically until the vory last, their
officer killing two rebel chiefs will; his
own bands before he fell.
BETRAYED
BY THEIR
GENERAL
Prospero Morales Tells
of Rebel Defeat in
Guatemala.
HE CALLS FUENTES
A TRAITOR.
Says the Insurgents Were
Sold Out, but the Fight
Is Just Begun.
HEROISM OF OLD COLONEL
VALENCIA.
Continued to Fight After He Had
Lost Both Arms and Bo h
Legs at Qu< zaltenango.
Special Dispatch to The Cam.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 9.— Prospero Mo
rales, the leader of the revolution against
President Barrios of Guatemala, was a
jiasssnger on the steamer Albion from
San i3enito to Salina Cruz. From passen
gers on the Albion, which arrived to-day,
Morales' siory was learned, and it con
tains much that has not yet appeared in
print. Morales was accompanied by Col
onel Lima, one of the heroe- of the oattle
of Quaziltenango, where he was wouuded
four time*, and by ten other oilicers of the
revolutionary army. Three h.id been at
Tapachula since their retreat over the
Mexico-Guatemalan border aher th« ter
rible rout at (juez iltenango.
Morales is a small, quiet, cultured man
of atiout 00. Colonel Lima impressed the
American passengers as a man of superior
education.
The^e two oilicers as well as all the others
had bags of with them. They said
their cause did not lack fur the sinews of
war. Morales tried to charter the Albion
before her arrival at San Benito to carry
the 2000 Guatemalan soldiers now at Tapa
chuladown the coast toAcajulla, in order
to attack Barrio-*' army from the south.
The steamship company's agent declined
to charter the vessel. Tne soldiers are
now starving at Tapuchula.
The chief of the revolutionists was not
despondent at that. He said he would
get another vessel. With his staff he was
on his way to the City ot Mexico, and
their plans were to proceed to the Atlan
tic coast and join the revolutonists on
that side. All insisted that the revolu
tion bud barely besrun and they declared
that more men and money would be de
voted to the cause than ever before. All
the refugees agreed in describing the re
treat from Queziiltenango as a disgraceful
rout, and they said that the treachery of
General Daniel Fuentos and a Bishop was
at the bottom of their defeat. Fuentes is
a brother-in-law of Barrios. Morales was
very bitter aeainst him.
"Fuenie; misled us, deceived us and be
trayed v-,' 1 said Morales, bitterly. "The
man was ail milted in our councils and he
played the traitor's ptirt. He was to have
been made President of the rep'iblie. He
disposed of our lorces at Quezaltenan>:o
and, after twenty-three hours of righting,
in which all seemed to be well, he or
dered a retreat toward the Mexican fron
tier. We did not know wh^ie the fron
tier line was. We fell back, fighting
every inch, but overwhelmed by re-en
forcoment of the enemy.
"Before we were aware we were inside
of Mexican territory. Our retreat became
a rout. The soldiers, finding themselves
in Mexico and threatened with extermi
nation, became panic-stricken. They
threw their arms away, sunk ihe cannon
in the river, mounted horses and mules
and tied wildly to Tapachula.
"But there was one man, a hero, who
did not retreat. H.s name was Colonel
Valencia. Tbo man displayed a Roman
bravery tliai will live in history. A can
non ball took off both his legs and he
dropped, but lie was quickly assisted
upon a horse. He directed the movements
of his comrades. A bullet dropped his
left arm by his side. With his teeth he
grasped tiie reins and drew hl9 sword for
tue attack. He was covered with blood,
but fought like a demo:-.. A ftying shell
struck his upraised right arm and threw
the sword a hundred feet away. Then it
wp.s seen that the colonel's arm was
broken, but even thatckd not turn mm
back.
'• -Adelante, Adelante?' he cried, keep
ing the head of his troops and directing
the operations witu the bleeding stump.
It was a glorious bravery that tilled his
men with a mail daring. They plunged
into the deadly lire and fell almost tua
man. Colonel Valencia lies on that battle
li«ld."
The passenpcr wno repeated these words
of General Morales said that one of the
soldiers stood near by on deck listening
and that Up broke down and sobbed like
a child. He bad been with tne heroic
colonel during part os the tight.
General Morales and His om'eers said
they expected to get financial assistance
from tne brother oi the multi-millionaire
banker, Apancio, who was !-hot by Dicta
tor Barrio* for complicity in the revolu
tion. ApTicio was president of ihe
Banco del Oocidenie and his friends were
counted by the thousands. His brother,
also a millionaire, is said to be willing to
spend his fortune to avenge the death of
the banker.
"Our hopes are now centered in the south
and east 'of Gu;iteniala,' : said General
Morales to one of the American passen
gers. "The rule of the desDot is doomed.
We have money and patriots and no
traitor will betray us next time."
"I had hoped," he continued, "to char
ter this st-nmer to take my soldiers to
Acajutla. I could have struck Barrios a
blow that would have sent him reelinp
back to Guatemala City. But the day of
reckoning htis not passed ; v is only post
poned, it the tiaitor, Fueiites, had not
been in Mexican territory my soldiers
would have shot him down like a dog. He
kept out of eight and us soon as he could
he smuggled him.^eif aboard a Pacific
Mail steamer for ban Francisco. ' If he re
turns to the country he has betrayed trie
soil will be stained for the last time with
his blood: It is no time to parley with
traitors. Methinks he realizes ibis imd
will not return."
GEXJOHAL \f VESTED VEXIAL.
Ca n »i o't JteUere lh-t Morale* Made the
fitatrtnrnt* ttuoled.
When General Daniel Fuentes was seen
in his apartments at the Occidental Hotel
late last night and apprised of the reported
serious charges maUe against him by
l'rosj ero Morales in the foregoing tele
graphic dispatch he laughed boisterously
and said :
'I am surprised. Ido not believe it. I
cannot think tnat Morales said that. It
looks like a scheme of the Government to
create discord between the chiefs of the
revolution. Uarr^ is not sleeping these
nights ior worrying during our aOsence
from the country, lest we surprise him.
"I think it is a plan to create dissension
among the leaders and weaken the possi
brities of reorganization: a scheme to
belittle me in the eyes oi people in this
country and to cast disrespect upon me.
Ii cannot hurt me in Gu.tiemaLn, where I
am known and wriere mv reputation is as
solid ns a rock, but it is intended to hurt
me witn outsiders.
'"Why, Morales and I are corresponding.
We retreated together to Tapachula.
There were 400 soldiers with us. We
could not, according to international lav;,
enter Mexican territory as an armed force,
«o we iett our arms on the Guatemalan
-ide and crossed the river and entered
Tapatuuia, a town with some 15,0'J0 in
habitants.
'On the 6th of October our forces dis
bAncied. Tfie men «crt back to their
homes in Guatemala, I'ro-nero Morales
left on the 17' h 01 October for the City oi
Mexico, and I star.cd on the l2lu for the
coast, nuer.iiiiii; to come lo £an Francisco
to await tiie arrival of my wife and lamily.
"The reason I do not believe Morales
said this is that ho never hinted such a
thine i'> an inteiview with him published
in P^l Mun'lo shortly after his arrival in
the City of M xico." "
Then General Fuentes cot the paper re
ierred to, tlie issue of October 30, contain
ing a column and a half interview on the
front paj:fi. He scanned it rapidly and re
'road it. He called attention 10 the state
ment from Prospero Morales that he and
(TeneTal Fuentes liud decided to evacuate
Quezaltenango because urged by all the
foreign Consuls to go away and spare the
citizens the dangers of the attack.
He langn?d again and remarked that a
man might pretend many things, but to
go repeatedly inlo baiih- and f;ice bullets
was not exactly a bmi'f, pariicularly when
hundreds of his men were shot down
about him.
In conclusion, General Fuentes re
markeu thai there are yet 200,000 men who
sympathize with the purposes v; the rev
olution.
RICH ORE UNCOVERED
IN ORA ANNA MINE
New Shaft Penetrates a Ledge
Glittering With Piecious
Metal.
Last Blast Touched Off by Work
men Brines tha Quartz Lead
to LgiH.
Special DUpatrh 10 Thk (all.
CRESCENT CITY, Nov. 9.— 8. O Chris
ienson in the completion of a contract
with the Ora Anna Gold Quartz Mining
Company lor the sinking of a shaft upon
its lead to a depth of 100 feet, with the
final blast brought to light a quantity ot
ore that fairly glittered With the precious
rue;al ami disclosed a prospect as flatter
ing as even ti.e most extravagant hopes
of the company couid fver have antici
pated. Free gold streaks and splotches
intersperse the rock to the extent of
making each separate piece of it appre
ciably of value. Several pounds of the
rock will be tent to' San Francisco for
assaying.
The quartz lead now Known as the Ora
Anna was discovered many years pasi
when the adjacent grounds were being
worked lor their rich yield of place* gold.
At that time a snug sum was ;aken out ol
ihe ve:n, the rock baing crushed witli a
hand iuortar. Later, when the lead
seemed to be exhausted, work was sus
pended. In I£3B a company organiz d
under the title vi the Bald Hills Quartz
Mining Company located and commenced
operations upon the mine, (loin* consid
erable worK, but with no positive resinis
as to the determination of its richness or
extent It wa-. reserved for the present
company, organized three years ago, to
discover a well-detined lead and to mate
ihe recent important development.
ELECTRIC PjWER FOR REDDING.
Project of Vast Importance to the
People of Shasta
County.
REDDING, Nov. 9.— 8. C. Ha !, repre
senting men of capital, has tiled in ihe
office of t lie County Recorder, a water
right to Sj.ooo inches of the water of the
MrCloud River.
lihind this simple statement of fact
liea a project of vast importance to Shasta
County. The great volume of water
claimed under ihis water ii;ht is to be
11 umed from the McClotid Kiver, a dis
tance of one and a Inlt miles, to an ad
vantageous point on I\t River, where an
electrical and mechanic il power station
is to be ios'a led. To carry tuis immense
volumne will requ re a flume thiny feet
wide and twenty-five ieet deep. From
this station power and lijrlit are to be
transmitted to the iron mines on Pit
River, but the main lij;l>t and power wires
will lead to Keswick and Reading. It is
alao proposed to supply ihe towns men
tioned with waler from the McCloud
River. The main leading to the Moun
tain Copper Corni any's smelling plaut
will be tive fp«>t in diameter, and the one
to Redding four feet in d:ameter.
The importance of this project to Red
din? may be gathered from tiie fact thai
the italit and water systems here are to
be entirely supplanted. Keswick is the
point at which are located the principal
works of the Mountain Copper Cjmpany,
an Enclish syndicate which has in its
employ at present «v°r 8)0 men.
srrir* of Lectures in German*
PALO ALTO Nov. 9.— Pro essorGoebel,
head of the German <iep:trtm*iii, will ur
cin on Thursday evening a series of nix
lectures before the German brancrt of the
Y. M. C. A. in San Francisco. The lec
tures will be delivered in German.
Goethe's "Faust" will be the subject of
the talk».
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SPAIN IS
NOT READY
FOR WAR
Premier Sagasta Makes
a Declaration of
Friendship.
THE MOST AMICABLE
SENTIMENTS.
Hopes That America Will Fos
ter the Feeling at Present
Existing.
WARFARE YET GOES ON IN
STRICKEN CUBA.
However, Captain-General Blanco
Is Trying to Encourage the
Grinding of Cane.
Special TMspatch 10 The Call.
MADRID, Nov. 9. — In response to a
cable message from * non-ofhcial Ameri
can source Senor Sagasta, the Premier,
has sent 'be following caoled declaration
through Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Span
ish Minister at Washington:
"So far from seeking a pretext lo de
clare war against the United Stales fc pain
would regard it as a great misfortune to
be given tlie occasion for such an unhappy
resolution. Animated as she is by the
most amicable sentiments toward the
great republic Spain hopes of America
that the latter will do its utmost to foster
sentiments of friendship for the sake and
welfare of both countries, while at the
same ;ime respecting the rights of Spain."
LONDON, Nov. 10 —The Rome corre
spondent of the Daily Coronicie says: The
Papal nuncio at Madrid has bc-en called
to Rome by the Vatican and instructed lo
•■xhort the clergy and people of Spain 10
do their utmost to support tne present «l\
nasty. News has reached the Vatican
ih.it the situation in Spain in extrenieiy
grave. Carlist risiiigs :ire imminent in
the principal towns of Spain, and t lie
Queen Retent is continually receiving
menacing letters ;roni the Carlists. i un
derstand that Spain's situaiion is subject
of negotiations between the European
cabinet-!.
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 9 —An utficii-1
dispatcb irom Auo.iso XIII, province of
Matanzas, announce tuu ~ui render nere
to me Spanish authorities ot an insurgent
orce con.-isting of three orhcers and hf
teen privates, who Uehveied up thirty
carbine?. The insurgent cllicers who hove
surrendered are Coionei Evaresto Leon,
Major Guadeloupe Herrara and Captain
Carlos Cepero.
• KEW to-dat;
The storms and winds of trouble and
sickness assail the mariner on life's seas.
He must be clear-headed and strong-bod-
ied* if he would successfully combat them.
f The man who works with his hands, and
the man who works with his brains, must
have a healthful, wholesome body, or he
will fail. A blacksmith can't do good
work if he is weak and sick from impure
blood, poor digestion and weak lungs.
The lawyer cannot strongly plead his
client's cause if the brain is full of impur-
ities and his nerves are racked by sleep-
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women become strong and vigorous with
its use. For thirty years it has been
recognized as the best of all tonics and
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Nine-tenths of all the ills that human flesh ia
heii to are due to constipation. If people never
became constipated, or promptly relieved that
constipation by a resort to the rijrht remedy, the
doctors would starve to death. Headache, heart-
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never gripe and do not get you up at nicrht.
Dnißßists sell them. Nothing cisc is "just
as good."
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