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4 PATHETIC PLEA OF AN INSANE LAWYER Argues iq I-Jis Owq Behalf AgaiQSt Commitmer)t to an Asylun). WOODLAND, May 9.— Over a year ago, while he was District Attor ney. K. E. Hopkins developed symptoms of serious mental aberration. He realized his condition and was easily induced to enter a private sanitarium at Livermore. A few months ago he returned home but little improved, if any. His friends and family have since been very. much worried about his condition. They reluctantly concluded to take steps to keep him under restraint, at least until there were evidences of im ment. This morning Mr. Hopkins was taken into custody. He neither man ifested surprise nor made a show of resistance, but seems to be very anxious to know who swore to the complaint. He was examined by Judge Gaddis and F>rs. Lawhead and Royles, and was committed to the Napa Asylum for the insane. While the examination was in progress Mr. Hopkins realized its Im port. In his own behalf he made a statement. He related his experi a;id success in prosecuting criminal cases and cited numerous civil lr which he had been successful. He described his experience while in the sanitarium at Livermore. He declared that th>^ doctor told him if there was anything the matter with his mental faculties he could not discover it. He also declared that he had been attending to his own business and molesting no one and that in his opinion he was not in sane. He will ask the asylum officials to make a full investigation of his a ff Griffin took Mr. Hopkins to the asylum this afternoon. Much sympathy Is expressed for the unfortunate man. At one time he gave promise of becoming: one of the leading lawyers of the State. His many friends hope that proper treatment will soon effectually restore his reason. SCHOONER LOYAL PROBABLY LOST Small Hope for Those Aboard. Special IHspatch to The Call. SEATTLE, May 9.— lt now seems probable that the schooner Loyal, which sailed from Seattle one year ago for Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, with tv persons on board, is lost. She was due to return Jast fall, but her non-api ance caused no particular anxiety, as it was thought the party might have to winter in the north. This ilation has been takt n away by the 1 a letter from St. Michael, Dtember 10, 1898, In which it was stated the schooner would sail fur two or three daj s. The let ter has just t.ecn received by Mrs. Isaac r of this city, whose husband was aboard the schooner. Captain C. 1 ». Jones of the schooner light, who Bailed from St. Michael Ihe Loyal sail ! be ■im. He stopped at Dutch Harbor two weeks, but heard nothing of the Loyal. He reports th<- schooner to have in a bad condition and there is no tion in his mind that she foun< in one of the the storms that pre^ in Bering Sea the 1.-mcr part of Sep tember. Those who sailed from hen- on yai were: P. P. Addleman, leader of the expedi tion. He has a wife and five children living in this i Ity. O. D. Butterfield, formerly Chief of Polli •■ of Sea l ■ Captain Johnson, a Scandinavian. navigator. Hagen E. Weickes, assistant navi- N- '-■ ■ of Pr-att!.'. Dononue ■ Ip a .■ i• • Taylor, a cigarmaki r. of i tie. Bakewell of Seattle. There were four others whose names. with "ii exception, are unknown. One is said to have been a Nebraska man. The man- whose name is known was us. .nnd in connection with him an interesting story is told. He was a prisoner in th< State penitentiary .'it Walla Walla, where Addleman and Butterfield were turnkeys. He claimed T" know cf a spot in Alaska where erold 1 : ■ <)n this representation h-- su i getting friends to ob tain his pardon and organized t! pedition. It developed from letters re ceived after the expedition left here that hail misrepresented things. <>wir,_c to trouble h<"> caused he was -put ashore on an island this if Kotzebue Bound with a supdlv of provisions and his personal effects. FIGHTING AGAINST THE ORDINATION OF BRIGGS There Is a Threat to Take Action Against Bishop Potter if He Admits the Doctor. NEW YORK. May 9.— A Pun special from Milv LUkee, Wis.. Bays: Bishop Nicholson of the Episcopal dloc< MIU- ■ lay thai if Rev. I>r. Charles A. BrlggH of New York is or i t'i pri( si li 1 in the Episcopal church Bishop Potter will have to answi r for his action ;■ the board of Bishops. Bishop Nicholson says that many west ern Bishops '■•■'■■ protesting against the proposed ordination, board -hops will not let the matter go by without a trial ;:' Bishop Potter tarries lis intention. Bishop Nicholson said: "While some of t!u- western Bishops protested to ]: , r in writing, 1 nave not taken parl in the controversy. J',ir-h< ;• Potti i is an older man tl and I therefore could hardly gracefully tell him what to do; hut, nevertheless, I am utterly opposed to the ordination of Dr. Briggs. I believi that Bishop I'otter will be called to account if he ordains him. Blshoj, Totter is responsible and can »"■ tri^'i !>•. the board of Ulshops if it is found that \u- has ordained a man unworthy of th< office.' REPORT ON DREYFUS TRIAL. M. Ballot de Beaupre Will Decide on Revision This Month. PARIS, ■' lot de Beaupre, who puccee<lfil M. Quesnay do Beaure is president of the civil division of the Court of Cassation, and who on March fi whs appointed by tho united chambers <f the court to report upon ti tion of the Dreyfus trial, announced this i \ < ning that he expects to make his re port about Whitsuntide (May :m>. The public hearing for the demand for division is expected, therefore, to open on M.iy 20. The speeches will probably occupy four days and the decision to be given oh June 2 or 3. soap responds to wa- ter instantly; washes and rinses off in a twinkling. INSANITY IS HER DEFENSE Miss Beilstein Tells of Killing Her Mother. Special Pispatrh to Th<» Call. PITTSBURG. May 9.— The common wealth rested its case to-day in that Beilstein murder rase For the de fense Attorney Burleigh said the de ln the case w uld be insanity, the direct result of shocks sustained at the time of the prisoner's father dropping dead at the breakfast table some some months previous to the murder. Miss Bertha Bellstein was the first witness called in her own defense. She t*M of the great affectkJn existing be tween her father and herself and the t his sudden death had on her. She said: "It was an exceedingly great Bhock, one from which I have nev. • -.1 and never will. 1 lost Ini in everything. 1 lost sleep. I f- in weight many pounds. I was melancholy." Witness said her m and herself were linn believers in spiritualism. "I believe." she "that persons in this world can municate with persons in the oth< While in Chicago last year sh two mediums. "The first, r Mrs. Cowan, told me that my father lonely and would nnt be happy until my mother ami 1 were with him. N Ing entered my mind then about taking my mother's life." The witness next said she visited a male medium. H>> told her a si about her father being lonely. It then becam< fixed in her mind Mi:" h ■y. Miss Beilstein said -<'w re mained in Chicago about a week that. She was in a bad condition phys ically. Sin- thought about whai mediums t<>M her. Her mind S'- I unbalanced on that one subject she did noi think of destroying own or her mother's life. Slih cut her visit short and returned home, expect ing to get better. She could not She sail; "I did not sleep at ail tin- night of the killing," and told At torney Burleigh she wanted the y-v understand it literally. On Saturday aftt-rnnnn. the daj fore the shooting, she weni to ( burg and bought an oun< c of laudanum. She went home immediately, getting there about 0 p. m. She ate ; , supper with her mother. They the evening at home. The witness ■•. ■ Nt to her room about 8:30 o'clock, her mother retiring a few minutes later. The relations between the witness and her mother had always been very af fectionate, and there had beo n no mis understanding whatever. on the nierht before the shooting she laid out her clothing, intending to kill herself. She tossed about all night and walked the floor. "I had bought the laudanum with the intention of taking my own lif<> Instead of t! my mother." she said. "Whon I I the clock strike ?, I arose and. getting the bottle of laudanum, I started to pour it from the glass. Before I hid finished this the bottle dropped from my hand. My arms became like ste<-.] and I knew I must take my mother's life. T went to the bureau, took th-"> j revolver, and, going to my mother's room, discharged it." Mr. Burleigh askei, "Do you remem ber of discharging the weapon more than once?" "No." "Do you remember about shooting yourself?" "I remember of shooting myself once." Mips T?eilstein pave her testimony throughout In a clear tour- of voice. LARKSPUR'S UPPER TEN TO TOIL ON SUNDAY Society Leaders Will Assist in Lay- ing a Sidewalk That Has Long Been Needed. LARKSPUR, May 9. One of the oddest spectacles ever seen in a suburban village may br witnessed hero free of charge on next Sunday, when the elite <>f Larkspur will turn out irrespective of age or sex and lay 220fl feet of sidewalk. Kverybndy will come supplied with tools, and it is )!.•■ Intention to complete the laying of the required sidewalk in one day, even though it be the day commonly conse crated to rest throughout the Christian world. For several years Larkspur has boon re carded as an ideal Hummer resort, and a large number of metropolitan residents annually stake out their camps in Tamal pais Canyon and there spend the season delightfully in the proves by the banks of a rippling stream. Hut the road lead ing to this canyon 1? very dusty, and '■'unplaint has frequently been made on this score by the summer visitors. As a result a meeting of citizens was held a few evenings ago, and it was decided that the town show its appreciation of the visitors by building a sidewalk to the canyon. The little schooner Eva arrived last night with the necessary lumber. The beginning: of the walk will be at the sta tion of the North Pacific Coast Railroad Company. After the work is completed a bullshead barbecue will be held In the canyon for all those who participated. Music will be supplied by the L,arkspupr string band. Among the ladies who In tend to take a hand are many who are al ready camping in the canyon, and these are now busily practicing the art of handling the hammer and saw in antici pation of th^sjort to lollow. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, 3iAf 10, 1899. TONS OF FISH GIVEN FREEDOM Second Raid on Santa Cruz Island. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA BARBARA, May 9.— Deputy Sheriff Hopkins and Game Warden C. A. Loud returned at midnight last night from Santa Cruz Island with three more fishermen, arrested for hav ing violated the State and county game and fish laws. These, with the five who were brought over several days ago, complete the force of men in the employ of the San Pedro Tanning Fac tory, whose depredations were called to "the attention of the State Fish Com mission and the Game Warden. They .have b*en shipping tons of crawfish to San Pedro from these islands in viola tion of the law, under which the season closed on May 1. Twenty-one cages of fish, containing j about ten tons, were found and Liber ated. These had been caught recently I and were just being put aboar.i a ves j sel for shipment to the factory. Of the first five men arrested on ; Santa Cruz, two have pleaded guilty and paid heavy fines. The case of an.- I other was heard before Judge Wheaton j and a jury to-day, the District Attor ■ ney representing the prosecution and 11. C. Booth the defendant, Peter Lind. ! Lind was accused of having taken and had in his possession two tons of live crawfish on May 5, 1899. The plosed season on crawfish begins on April 15. 1 The case will go to the jury to-morrow [morning. From the questions pro . pounded to the jurors and the witnesses it seems that the defense will be that the waters surrounding Santa Cruz Island are not within the jurisdiction j of the State; that the boundaries of ! the State, while extending three Kng lish miles from the main land, take in ' the islands but not the waters sur | rounding them; that the ordinance of ■ the Supervisors proviSing for a pun ! ishment for having crawfish in posses i sinn during the close season without specifying where they were taken is •■ extraterritorial and beyond the juris diction of the Board of Supervisors. The captain of the San Pedro Com pany's schooner and his mate were the only witnesses for the defendants. Charles Vogelsang, secretary of the State Fish and dame Commission, was in attendance and helped the prosecu tion. Santa Cruz Island has been claimed by Mexico and has been disputed ground for many years. Like Santa i Rosa Island, owned by the A. P. More ; estate, and San Miguel, owned by Cap tain W. G. Waters. Santa Cruz Island ;is a principality in itself. A number of years ago A. 1". More, who had j murdered a Chinaman, escaped punish ment for his crime because the trial Judge ruled that the waters surround ing the islands w. p- not under the ' State's jurisdiction. It is currently un derstood that th< case tried to-day is a test in the Interest of ih>- San Pedro Company, although this is denied by ■ the attorney f<> r the defense. The craw i fiish industry of the islands, it is esti mated, is worth several hundred thou , sand dollars a year to the canners. ACCUSED OF HAVING UTTERED A FORGERY Fresno Politician Charged With Com- plicity in a Plot to Defraud. FRESNO, May 9. VV. E. Rushing is in Jail here, charged with having uttered a ■ ' Instrument Edwin* Geddes, who lives up In the hills, had an account with the Fresno Loan and Savings Bank amounting to between $1600 and $1700. El m< r Geddi eri ied that fact in some manner and In January he and certain other persons, it is believed, formed a to obtain the money. The rei posltor wrote hi;, name as "E. Geddes," which, of course, was the name of the Geddes. The latter is a step-brother of Mrs. .1. W. Shankltn, wife of the de faulting <"iiy Clerk. In the latter pari of January or early in February Shanklin 1 leddes and Rushing to the offi Frank Kauk<j to have the attorney draw up a power of attorney from E. <; to Rushing. The instrument was drawn \i]> by the attorney oad submitted to X F. Bernhard of the bank, who in turn submitted it to the bank's attorney, Hor ac< Hawes. The latter examined it v.ith a lawyer's scrutiny and advised Mr Bernhard not to accept i; 'for the r< that it did not give Rushing power enough— in ether words, thai the power of attorney was noi broad enough to fully protect the bank. Rushing was ap prised of that fact and secured a new power of attorney. The new instrument pave him control of the funds In the bank and he Bold his interest to Nymao Levy nf this city for $1100. It was Levy who swore to the "war rant for his arrest to-night. Rushing Is "';• <'t the best known men ; n the county anfl has for some time been a privat< de tective anil politician. GRAND JURY INDICTS SAMUEL B. TERRILL SAX JOSE, M:.v P. The Grand Jury this evening returned two indictments againsi Bamuel I?. Terrill, the attorney accused of having fleeced a large num ber of clients by means of bogus mort gages. One of the charges is forgery and t!,'- (ith-T embezzlement. These grow out of a transaction Ten-ill had with Mrs Fread of Morgan Hill, who gave the at torney (800 to loan on a mortgage. Ter rill took the money and gave- Mrs. Fread what purported to be ;i mortgage from George I lonian on lots 11, 12 and 13, Chapman and Davis tract, between this city and Santa <'lara. Investigation proved the instrument to he worthless and that the name of County Recorder i >\v. i, was forged. The money had been embezzled. A bench warrant was issued to Sheriff Longford. Terrill could not he found to-night, but will be arrested in the morn hip. Hail was li\cd at $3000 on each charge by Judge I ..origan. A large number of witnesses were be fore the jury to-day giving evidence re garding other shady transactions of Ter rill. A few days ago Terrill was brought hack from Nogales, Arizona, for having embezzled $300 from the Christopher Faull estate. If YOU WANT "THE ONLY" GENUINE HUNYADI WATER, Insist Upon Receiving K ATrHAL APERIENT WATER, the only water which conies from the Hunyadi Springs of Hungary, owned by ANDREAS SAXLEHNER, Budapest. CLAIMED HE WAS PAID TO TESTIFY Alleged Admission of a Witness. Special Dispatch to The Call. WILLOWS, May 9.— The Murdock note case is drawing to a close. When court convened this morning Mr. Lusk said he desired to prove by Witness W. P. Harrington that William Murdock had $50,000 in bank in May, IS9O. This, the attorney said, was to contradict the testimony of Witness Skiff, who swore that Mrs. Mary Helen Murdock had asked "Uncle Billy" for the payment of interest on the note and that he had re fused. Attorney Johnson objected to such testimony, and his objection was sustained. Adam Compton was called, and Mr. Lusk handed to him a note for $24,000, made by William Murdock to a man named Singletary. Mr. Compton was asked why this note was given. Mr. Lusk said he wished to show that the note was given, not for money loaned, but as a part payment on the Calvin ranch. Attorney Johnson's objection was sustained and Mr. Compton was excused. Mr. Lusk said that with the exception <if two witnesses the defense was ready to rest. Johnson wanted to know the names of these two witnesses, but the court would not* allow it. With this understanding the defense rested. Seth Millington was called. He said he had been Judge of the Glenn County Superior Court. He was present in court when Witness T. J. Kirkpatrick testified; he hoard the testimony of Kirkpatrick and remembered the* aili davit purporting to have been made to Kirkpatrick by Samuel Murdock. At the time of the giving of this testimony he heard Expert Carl Eisenschimel say to Expert Theodore Kytka: "Get that affidavit, Kytka; take a photograph of it and we'll knock it out," or words to that effect. .Mrs Mary Helen Murdock, the plain tiff was called and told of having gone t<. Deadwood In April, 1881, returning home in July. Attorney Johnson said thai all this was to contradict the tes timony of W. S. Murdock. who had re lated certain conversations of plaintiff to htm at her home during June, 1881. The witness denied having conversed with c S. Young and L. S. Megginson at the Arlington, in San Francisco. She never spoke of this not.- to Young, She said she had heard the testimony ol George G. Murdock. Mrs. Lizzie Smith and Mrs. Ellen Murdock. She reraem-r bered having been at the Murdock home at Upper Lake, but she never made th< remarks about "Uncle Billy" attributed to her by these witnesses. Mrs Murdock denied that she and Megginson left Young at the Arlington and returned with J3oooin money which W as to !■<■ a "make-believe" payment on the note sin- also denied any knowl edge of b consultation with attorneys held by Young and Megginson as to the note. She said she did not go to the bank, and nevei offered Young a half interest in the not< if he would attend to the -•• ill< ction it it. • xander Lake was called for the plaintiff. He lives in Clarkes Valley. He testified thai two weeks ago Wil liam 11. Burnight. a witness for thi de fense, told him in front of Putman & Walker's drug store that he was to get Sinn for testifying In the case, and that Mr. husk was to give him $200 more. He further said that Mr. Lusk told him 1 1 < . ■i■ i • was more money In testifying In this case than in shearing Bheep In Montai a., where lie intended rroinc. Fames Stillman was cu'led He has 1., en employed by Gawn Murdoch Coi aboul nine years. He came down in the train with Witness William H. Bur nipht the day before Burnight testified At that i iiii" Burnight said that he was In the case for money; thai he had been kept in Chlco £or twenty days by Mr. Ui£k and that Merrill w.is to give him on his arrival at Willows. Constable J. ''<■ Clark was called and corroborated the testimony of Stillman. These two witnesses were not cross-ex amined. LEGAL CONTEST FOR AN IMMENSE TRACT David Jacks' Claim to Pueblo Lands of the City of Monterey Is Argued. SALJNAS, May The case of the city of Monterey vs. David Jacks and others to determine title to some 35, I acres of land known as the Pueblo Lands of tho city of Monterey, was tried before Judge Dorr to-day. Jacks claims this land by virtue of a deed dated February, 1839, in which J. Burke Phillips, J. D. Callaghan and Salvador Osce as trustees of Mon terey City, for a consideration of $100250, sold' the lands to D. K. Ashley and David Jacks. The Bale was made under author ity of an act of the State. Legislature to • pay the city's Indebtedness to Ashley for legal services. Ashley in 1868 sold his In terests to Jacks. On the other side, the city of Monterey claims that the act of the trustees in making the sale was illegal In that it is a recognized doctrine of law that no sale of Pueblo lands could be 1 made in one lump. The case was hotly contested and much documentary evidence was offered, after which it was submitted to Judge Dora for a decision. As there are numerous ranches and town settlements on these disputed lands, disturbance of title would affect a large number of pe'pple. McKINLEY'S DAY OF REST. The President's Vacation at Hot Springs, Va. HOT SPRINGS, Vh., May 9.— President McKinley baa had n day of thorough rest. and comfort at the Hotel Homestead here. Official business did not Interrupt to disturb him nor did Importunate call irs crowd to seek Ins favor. The guests seemed to know that bis object was free dom, and this they accorded him. He spent most of the day in the apartments set asMa for his party or on the wide porches upon which his windows opened. During the morning ho walked across the well-kept lawn to the rolling ground upon which the tr"if links are located. As he walked he passed a bright-faced "caddy," who, without knowledge of whom he was addressing, stepped directly before the President and said: "Say, mister, can you Kimme do toime?" The President drew his watch and in a cheerful and kindly way replied, "Just 4 o'clock, my boy." DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS DIVORCED Surprise for a San Ra fael Deacon. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, May 9.— The "hoodoo organ" of the First Methodist Church of this city, which broke up a revival meeting a few weeks ago and came near dividing the church into factions, is in directly responsible for the greatest sensation ever sprung in local church circles. Contrary to his wish, and with out his knowledge, the wife of Deacon W. W. Woodard, who -took such a prominent part in the revival imbroglio, is alleged to have married another man at Reno, New, the result being that the deserted husband is grief-stricken and the church members horrified, while Dame Grundy is rolling the story around her tongue as a sweet morsel. The first intimation of any trouble in the Woodard family that reached the public came at the time of the trouble J over the church organ during the late ' revival. Deacon Woodard was attacked by two wrathful ladies, who declared he had insulted them. In response the deacon shed tears and dubbed the or gan a "hoodoo," adding that it had broken up his happy home and caused his wife to absent herself on a visit to relatives. Prior to that time Mrs. Woodard was supposed to be merely on a visit to her sister, Mrs. ' Owens, at Michigan Bar, in Calaveras County. A short time ago word reached the family of B. Brenilick at San Anselmo from a former resident of that village named Clara Traxler that Mrs. Wood ard had been divorced and remarried. The news was kept quiet until it could be verified and a letter was sent by one | of the members of the church to S. C. j Shearer, the Recorder of Washoe i County, Nevada, where the ceremony was said to have taken place. In re sponse Recorder Shearer said Emiline Woodard had been married to Harry j Nightingale at Reno on July 23, 1898, | Justice J. J. .Linn performing the cere mony. The marriage was witnessed by W. J. Barber and K. W. Saunders. The fact that the marriage took place at Reno would show that the divorce was granted In thi.s State, but Deacon Woodurd asserted to-day he was as ignorant of his wife's divorce and re marriage a? "the man in the moon," and that no summons had ever been Berved on him. Dispatches from Sacra mento and San Andreas, the county seat of Calaveras County, elicit the in formation that there is no record of the divorce having been granted in either county. This adds the element of mys tery to the affair, even though Deacon Woodard admitted recently to Silas P. Stimson, a fellow church member, that he had lately learned of the marriage of his wife. Even to Stimson the dea con denied all knowledge of a divorce. Another peculiar fact in connection with the affair is that four months Mrs. Woadard visited the deacon here, who thought himself still her husband, but she took ui> her abode in a different part of the house from that occupied by him. She then returned to Michigan Bar, taking the most of her wearing apparel. Deacon Woodard's wife is a relative of Mrs, McKee, a prominent society woman of Oakland, and a sister of Capitalist John D. Wright. Her fathef was the celebrated "Bully" Wright, a si a captain well known along the Paci • 'oast years ago. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST California's Naval Militia Will Re- ceive $4336 of the Appropria- tion Made by Congress. WASHINGTON, May 9. The Navy De partment has made a distribution of the $60,000 appropriation made by last Con gress for the assistance of- the naval militia of the various States. Under this distribution the California naval militia organization «et£ 14336. Only three States gel more than California. The money is made available at once. A pnstoflloe was to-day established at Gaston, Nevada County, Cal., ami M. H. Harmon appointed postmaster: also at Udakta, Alaska, and Joseph Stanley Brown appointed postmaster. Army orders— By direction of the acting Secretary of War the following changes in stations of officers of the Ordnance De partment are ordered: Colonel Alfred '■ Mordeca) is relieved from command of Watervliet Arsenal and Is assigned to command of Benie.ia Arsenal. Benicia: Colonel Lawrence S. Babbitt Is relieved from command of Benicia Arsenal and is assigned to command of United States powder d< i">t. Dover, N. J. Acting Assistant Surgeon Charles Fitz patrick, U. S, A., will proceed from Phila delphia to San Francisco and report In person to tin- commanding officer, Fourth United States Cavalry, fur duty to accom pany that regiment to Manila. Leave of absence for two months, to take effect when his services can be spand by .the' commandinK general, De partment of the Pacific, is granted Cap tain Mark, L. Hersey, Ninth United States Infantry. Acting Hospital Steward Charles W Harris, hospital corps, ('amp Mackenzie, Augusta, <!a., will be sent to the Presidio of. San Francisco and will report to the commanding qjflcer of that post, who will I furnish him with transportation to Ma nila by lirst transport leaving for that I place. John A. Kick, unassiprned infantry re cruit. Prefidio of Pan Francisco, is trans ferred as -a second-class private to the Signal Corps, U. S. A., and will report to the commanding general. Department of California! for duty in the Philippine Isl ands. Private Willis A. Butler. Troop B. Fourth United States Cavalry, Presidio of San Francisco, will be discharged the Bervlce of the United States by the com manding officer of his station. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original— James Martin, San Ardo, $6; Alexander Lindsey, San Francisco, $0; Marcus H. Davis, River side, 88. Increase, special April 2S-- Stephen M. Meeker, Bakerslield, $10 to $12; Owen Neylon, Bishop, $i! to $10; S. Brock way Anderson, San Jose, $21 to S3O. Orig inal widows, etc.— Marinda C. Tannehill, Chico, $8. Oregon: Original widows, etc. — Susan Durkee, Waldo, $S; Mary E. Case. Oregon City, *S. Renewal, special April 29— Minor of John Bendure. Medford, $14. ■Washington: Original— Henry H. Horn, Farmington, $6. Increase — Richard (;.' Vanderford. Spokane. $12 to Bit Pacific (.'oast patents were granted to day as follows: California— Thomas J. Barbour, San Francisco, combined gravity separator and conyeyer; John A. Beving ton, Escondido. assignor of one-fourth to C. G. Witt, educational device; Peter F. Clerc, San Francisco, puffing iron^ An drew A. Hallidie,- San Francisco, con veyor attachment for roadways; Virgil L. Moore, San Rafael, bicycle luggage carrier; Wilton S. Schuyler, Oceanside. motor vehicle; Melville L. Wilkinson, Los Angeles, motive power mechanism. Ore gon—William B. Gray, Ashland, plow. Washington— Theodore Bootsman. Arctic miter box; Valentine Clark, Dryad, boiler cleaner. The Treasury Department to-day opened bids for plaster models of the San Fran cisco Postoffice. These models are for the use of the supervising architect. The bids were all from firms of this city, the amounts ranging from $1200 to $1700. Japan May Retaliate. VTCTORTA, B. C, May n.-Mr. Ka.to Takakkaki, Japanese Embassador to the Court of- St. James, sailed for Japan to day on the Empress of China. He. fears a retaliation on the part of Japan in con sequence of the discrimination against his countrymen by the Government of British Columbia. ADVERTISEMENTS. I j I Dread ! $ The terror of many women's lives is men- tT W * struation. Such; women ~ wear themselves out with 0 suffering and seem to think there is no relief #, j & from the monthly pains. # Miss Emily F. Hass, of 148 Freeman Street, Greenpoint, m A Brooklyn, N. Y. writes.: *T^T\ <P \ "Dear Mrs. Pinkham— l jlf^ /^ X &> •5" wish to state that I used your <^) \L l^J /h ;^j Vegetable Compound with^d <l<* -^" (CU | A : the greatest success. 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