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Continued From Page 1, Column 6.
Conflicting Tales
Vex the Active
Officers of Law
Cardinal Herrero is being treated by
Dr. Lapponl and nursed by his fellow
Cardinals, besides his conclavists. King
Alfonso of Spain has telegraphed to his
Embassador inquiring as to the condi
tion of the Cardinal.
The Osservatore Romano, the organ of
the Vatican, officially announces that Car
dinal Herrero y Espinosa, being gravely
111. has received the last communion. Mon
slgnor Boniface JIarin, the Vicar Gen
eral of his archdiocese (Valencia), was
admitted to the conclave to-day, the door
being opened for that purpose with all
the prescribed precautions. Outside were
the Governor and Marstr.il of the con
clave, assisted by captains ot the guard.
The Apostolic Prothenotarles and the son
of Prince Chigi acted as witnesses. In
side the door when It was opened were
Monslgnor Merry del Val, secretary of
the consistory; Monsigor Roggi. prefect
of r ceremonies, and Monaignor Marzollni.
The record of the admittance of Monslg
nor Marin was officially recorded in a
formal document, which will be placed in
the archives.
CARDINAL HEBBERO DYING.
Among the Embassadors and ecclesias
tics there exists a general opinion that,
if only for the sake of saving the aged
Cardinals, much may be sacrifled within
the conclave to arrive at a speedy con
clusion. On the other hand there are a
few pessimistic enough to believe tHat
the hostility among the factions in the
Sacred College is so bitter that the. strug
gle may be continued for several weeks.
Out of all the rumors and gossip afloat
concerning what is transpiring In the con
clave the most persistent report Is to tho
effect that the Rampolla and Seraflno Van
nutelli factions have remained compact
and that the attempt of one faction to
press forward a. new candidate In the
hope of breaking the strength of the
other has failed. The Italia says that
matters have reached a point which pre
sages the possibility of the election of a
foreign Pope and that Cardinal Kopp.
Bishop of Breslau. who is most frequent
ly mentioned in this connection, has the
support of the German Emperor. If this
is true, the Italia interprets it as a move
on the part of the Rampolla faction to
win over the Austro-German Cardinals
from Seranno VannutellL •
IHO BREAK IN" FACTIONS.
Rome Is becoming extremely impatient
over the delay in the selection of the new
Pope, concerning which there appears to
be no definite expression, owing to the
rigid secrecy with which th© proceedings
within the conclave are being guarded.
To-day practically the only news that
came from the Slstlne Chapel was that
of the extremely grave illness of Cardinal
Herrero. It is presumed, however, that
the other aged Cardinals also are suffer
ing from their prolonged incarceration
and the Intense heat.
ROME. Aug. 3.— After three full daya
of deliberation, during which six ballots
have been taken, the members of the
conclave still remain shut up in the Vat
ican without having selected a successor
to L«o XIII. Tha futility of both the
ballots taken to-day was evidenced by
the smoke which arose from the Slstina
Chapel. This mute signal »hls evening
was watched by a large crowd, which
partly filled the Square- of San Pletro,
and which, it was estimated, numbered
about 15,000. Great disappointment was
manifested, and when the little puff of
'smoke appeared there were loud cries,
not only of disappointment, bat even' of
derision. J • ¦ .
Illness of the Spanish Cardinal, Her
rero y Espinosa, Has
. Ji Taken a Critical ££5S
Sift Tunu "Uffi
Throng Gathered Before the
Vatican Is Again Dis
appointed.
Sixth Vote Is Taken by
the College of Car
dinals.
FRUITLESS
BALLOTING
FOR POPE
Posses Are Afield
at Daybreak, but
Have Futile Trip
Desperado Roberts
Grosses Summit
of High Sierras
Special Dispatch to Tho Call.
PLACERVILLE. Aug. 3.— Deputy
Sheriff Cook of El Dorado Coun
ty, Constable Leaks of New
castle, Placer County, and three
companions left town before
daylight and went to the Pa
cific House, twenty miles east, on the
road to Tahoe, for the purpose of trailing
five supposed convicts who appeared at
the station named last night The report
was discovered to be without fundation.
It was . learned, however, that Convict
Roberts passed the summit of the Sierras
four days ago, and has undoubtedly
passed out of Carson and Virginia City
before to-day. Roberts broke away from
his companions and set out on an almost
straight line east, avoiding the towns. He
carried a bundle, but no gun. He stopped
several hours at a house this side of Sum
mit At Summit he met a party of twen
ty young people who were camping. He
was fed by them and left in the direction
of Nevada, Carson is distant from Sum
mit about forty, miles, and Roberts had
plenty of time to get there since Thurs
day. A dozen people along the road, who
see so few strangers that they remember
them, identified Roberts' photograph as
that of the man observed by them, as did
also the campers.
CRIMINALS NOW SEEKING REFUGE IN EASTERN AMADOR
MAY SOON BE SURROUNDED BY VETERAN MAN-HUNTERST
FILIPINOS
PLAN A NEW
REBELLION
Chicagoan Tells Amaz
ing Things About
the Islands.
.Deserters, He Declares, Are
Drilling Natives for
0 •' . War.
Secretly Cany Rifles to. the
•„. Coasts, Says a Merchant Who
Visited Uncle Sam's Insu
»°. lax Possessions.
Special DisjMitch to Tha CalL
VICTORIA, B. C. Aug. 8.— "There will
,*be another revolution in the Philippines
\ and the insurgents are preparing far It
vigorously, though secretly." So Bald
JW. C. Deering, a merchant cf Chicago,
'who arrived from a tour of the Orient
.ty the Bteamcr Tacoma. He said on his
arrival here to on interviewer:
• "You probably have the idea here, as
the majority of people seem, to have In
•the United States, that the troubles are
all over in the Philippines, that the war
is at ah end, . but mark my words there
cwijl be further trouble there. It may not
• be soon, but that it will come eventually
seems a certainty, as far as I could
Icirr. during my tour of the East.
"The Filipinos are being drilled in
many parts of the islands and they are
being arched. The business of filibuster-
Ing is a good one for many people in con
nection with this rebel movement. Therje
«.re no* many vessels engaged, in running
guns to the islands. Schooners are
sil the time running rifles and other sup
plies to points 0:1 the island coasts,
where the arms are cached until they are
taken to the insurgents -when opportunity
offers. Many of the vessels engaged in
piis business are email schooners, some
of wfcich run the arms from Hongkong
• find points on the China coast, while
others come from abroad, and probably
tome even from the coast ports of the
Vniied -States. It is not at all improbable
" that, some . cargoes are run from, tbe
United States.
. "The Filipinos are being drilled by
many deserters from the United .States
army In the islands. Many negroes from
the" colored regiments have deserted and
gone over to the rebels, and some whites
also, but the colored men seem to be the
more numerous as- far as I 'could learn.
Then agaia there are a number of Ger
mans and other broken-down soldiers
from Europe who are teaching the In-.
surgems and preparing- them to struggle
¦with Uncie Sam's troops."
I1TD1ANS ARE ENLISTED. '
Expert Trailers Will Join in the
Han Hunt.
PLACERVILLE, Aug. 3.— A posse of
twelve expert Indians, well versed in fol
lowing trails, has been organized at Nash
ville, in El Dorado County, and the men
Jiave been sworn in as deputies to join In
the hunt for the five convicts who am
bUFhed the soldiers of this city last Sat
urday.
• The Indian trailers have reported to
Sheriff Norman of Amador County, who
IS in charge of the posses operating be
tween .the Xorth Fork and the Middle
Fork of the Cosumnes River, a few miles
•west cf Grizzly Flat.
WORK FOR THE HOTTNDS.
".Dogs Are to Be Turned Loose at Web
ber Creek.
PLACERVILLE. Aug. 3.— Sheriff Bos
<;ult has received word that some blood
* hounds ' will arrive here on to-night's
train from Folsom prison and they will
. be used in the hunt for some of the
escaped felons. The first hot trail that is
picked up In the Webber Creek district,
•where the negro. Seavis, and Convict
Case axe known to be, will be utilized and
the bloodhounds will be put on the trail.
Governor Increases Reward.
0 SACRAMENTO, Aug. 3.— Governor Par
dee to-night increased tho reward for
jeach convict. to &KX).
Hume was alone in 'his house. Four
men, who admitted that they . were es-
PLACERVILLE, Aug. 3.-Charley Dal
ton came into town this afternoon from
Alabama Flat, which is situated three
miles due west from Garden Valleyj with
a story of the visit of four convicts to
the ranch of David Hume yesterday
afternoon.
Convicts Boldly Confess Their Iden
tity at a Ranch.
VISIT OF FUGITIVES^
It is generally agreed that convicts
Case and Seavls at least are still in the
neighborhood of Webber Creek. Jolly be
lieves that more outlaws yet are wan
dering around in the same section. This
locality has been searched for five days
by different posses with no success.
Guards began work at daylight and toiled
until noon when they returned to Lotus
for dinner. A long conference was held
after which the wearied searchers rested.
Great secrecy was maintained about
maneuvers, as most of the leaders in the
great manhunt are certain that outside
aid and Information have been furnished
the convicts. At twilight guards set out
from Euhlenkamp's store for the cross
road three miles south of Lotus. The
plan is to station two men In eight lonely
houses in Webber Creek district In hope
of catching the convicts who may call.
in their hunt for escaped con
victs. The posse of sixteen men
was divided this morning into detach
ments of two 1>r three men each and hills
around Orellis and Jurgen's postofflce
were diligently patrolled, but results were
not encouraging. Tracks were found at
various points and some were thought
to be those of outlaws.
PLACERVILLE, Aug. 3.—Lieu
tenant Kip, Charley Jolly and
their Folsom guards have met
no success, in the Lotus, and
Webber Creek districts to-day
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Webber Creek Soil
Shows Traces of
Traveling Felons
So with a report that the body of a
convict had been found near Auburn this
morning. Investigation showed that this
was founded on the report made in Pla
cerville yesterday that one of the con
victs who had ambushed the militia had
been found on the hill near the Grand
Victory mine» The report from Placer-'
ville reached Auburn and in coins: from
one person to another it was distorted.
Ajsearch is being made of the hill where
the soldiers were ambushed in order to
see if one of the convicts Is lying dead
there, but so far no signs have been dis
covered. Every possible ¦ outlet from El
Dorado County is carefully guarded by
600 armed men, but there Is still the pos
sibility of the murderers who killed the
two soldiers slipping through the lines.
VEXATIONS FOR POSSES.
The air Is still filled with rumors of
all kinds and the work of the Sheriffs
and posses is most arduous. Every ru
mor and report that comes In has to be
Investigated, for otherwise it would seem
as if the entire malodorous population of
Folsom prison was at large.
An instance of the hard work of the
Sheriffs is shown by the report that came
In here from Dutch Flat late last night
that shots had been exchanged between
the posse and two convicts near Dutch
Flat Cemetery. Sheriff Keena of Placer
County rode with his posse all night from
Lotus to Dutch Flat, while another posse
sped over the road from Auburn in order
to be In the expected battle this morn
ing. Early news from Dutch Flat this
morning showed that there was nothing
whatever In last night's report that a
convict had been wounded and one of
the posse shot.
"Red Shirt" Gordon has not been seen
since be dropped away from the band of
thirteen murderers when Guard Ryan of
Folsom prison fired on> the outlaws at
Mormon Island bridge. Gordon is prob
ably in hiding by this "time in some large
city.
Still three more of the convicts are
thought to be on the middle fork of the
American* River, northeast of the Span
ish Dry Diggings, which are near the
Placer County line. One of the convicts
is probably in . Nevada to-day, as all re
ports indicate that one of the outlaws
worked his way clean across El Dorado
County and struck out on the Tahoe road.
GORDON ENTIRELY LOST.
culations of the events of the past few
days, five of the convicts who ambushed
the militia at the Grand Victory mine are
somewhere on the middle fork of the Co
sumnes River southwest of the town of
Grizzly Flat. The convicts Seavls and
Case are still in the region of the Web
ber Creek district, where the creek runs
into the south fork of the American Riv
er. These desperadoes, one of whom is
the notorious and bloodthirsty negro,
were seen Saturday night about four miles
due 'east of Salmon Falls. They took
dinner at the Chapman ranch and ad
mitted their identity.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
PLACERVILLE, Aug. S.— Flags
are at halfmast and an air of
mourning pervades this city on
account of the untimely end-
Ing, of Festus Rutherford and
GrifHth Jones, the two members
of Company H of the Second Regiment,
National Guard of California, who so
bravely met death whileMiuntlng for some
of the escaped felons from Folsom prison
last Saturday.
The bodies of the two men were viewed
by hundreds of people yesterday at the
undertaking . establishment of Coroner
WInchell. This morning Captain Wlster
of the militia mounted a guard of honor
and this guard* will be maintained during
the night. The body of Rutherford was
removed from Placerville this morning to
his mother's home at Missouri Flat, as
she and her children desired to have the
remains of their loved one In the home
for one night before the interment is
held. Jones* body remains at the Cor
oner's office and unless word is received
to-day from Jones' wife, from whom he
was separated, the militia company will
carry out Its plans and give the remains
a military funeral. The wife of Jones
and her little girl live in San Francisco,
but no one has been able to locate them.
The body of Rutherford will be buried
to-morrow morning and that of Jones In
the afternoon. Brief services will be held
at the Rutherford home and the body will
then be brought to Placerville, where It
will be met by the militia company and
members of the Fraternal Brotherhood.
Services will be held at- the Methodist
Episcopal church and the Rev. George T.
King will officiate. The funeral will be
a military one and all honors will be ren
dered to the dead hero. The Interment
will be at Union Cemetery. Tfie funeral
of Jones will take place in the afternoon
and military honors will be a tribute to
the heroic young man who gave his life
while serving as a volunteer to enforce
the law. .The body of Philip Stringer has
been taken care of by his friends and the
funeral of the man who was accidentally
shot will be private.
The outlaws traveled most of the day
and ,night following their departure from
Hanks' Exchange over the roughest kind
of country and arrived at a point a mile
and a half from the Copper Lead mine at
10:30 o'clock last night.
They visited the cabin of George Esty,
commonly known as "Dutch Henry," and
held him up at the point of a rifle. He
was compelled to prepare a meal for the
desperadoes, who ate heartily. After sup
per thev went .through the old man's
house and took practically everything he
possessed. Warning him that he would
be killed If he should report . the affair,
they strode, off in the darkness up the
bed of the river, whicn is nearly dry at
this season of the year. .
Seavis, the negro, was not in the gang,
and as he was- seen at, Chapman's only
a few hours after the fight it ; is certain
that he. was not with tne men who killed
the militiamen, as was at first thought. .
News of the hold-up in the neigbbor-
force of twenty men. I believe that we
will have a brisk fight."
Norman was with Deputy Sheriff Thom
as Jackson of Amador at the Evans and
Sonntag round-up. Jackson is one "of the
best known gunflghters and trailers in
California. He has a wooden foot, which,
however, does not impede his mountain
work materially. He is as happy as a
clam at high tide to get into so lively a
hunt, and asserts that he will come back
with some scalps.
Continued From Page 1, Cols. 3 and 4.
Mourning Hundreds
View the Bodies
of Soldier Dead
caped convicts, pointed a revolver at his
head and demanded a meal. Hume
obeyed, and said that his visitors seemed
to think that "Smoky." as Seavi3 i3
called by his companions, was captured
at Webber Creek. They said nothing
about having aeen any posses, but were
on their guard, and were avoiding all
centers of population.
When they had flnished the men took
a few articles lying about the house and
barn that might be useful and 4. disap
peared. Hume said he did not notice
which direction his visitors made for.
All he cared about was to see them go
and go quickly.
Amador Sheriff
and His Posse
Expect a Battle
"There is no road to that village and
the convicts must have taken a mountain
trail if they did not keep along. the river
bed. There are no houses to speak of
beyond the Fiat, and if the outlaws are
careful /they can get to the hills and over
into Nevada. They can grub stake most
any day, shooting game. Besides there
will not be any one who will tackle the
Job of hunting them in the mountains.
It is worse than looking for a needle in
a haystack. They came " down from
the Copper mine. to Fair Play, and then
up to Somerset, where he ran into me."
O. H. McCoughey, manager of a gold
mine two miles up the Cosumnes from
the Copper Lead mine, has been In Pla
cerville' for a. week,, and was much ex
cited yesterday when . he heard - that the
desperadoes wereV heading toward his
camp."- His wife and children and twenty
-employes are at "the mine and are In no
,way prepared to protect themselves from
the outlaws. McCoughey Bays that his
people will have sense enough to feed
reckless murderers if they, arrive and he
will make no objection if half the camp
Is carried away into the Sierras.
REGION VERY ROUGH.
"I»cot into Somerset early this morn-
Ing and saw Dick Lyons riding horse
back 'down the road like mad. He shout
ed that he was coming for help to get
the escaped convicts who stood up and
robbed "Dutch Henry" a mile and a half
below the Copper Lead mine on the Co
sumnes River. He was after Sheriff Nor
man and four other men from Amador
County, who spent last night a^Bakers
Bar, and- who intended to make Grizzly
Flat to-day to. head off the convicts.
"Lyons said that the outlaws knocked
at the door of his cabin and when he
appeared they told him to dig up some
grub and be auick about it. They held
a sun on him while he cooked supper.
After they had eaten they went through
the shack. and gobbled up blankets, food
and even a lot cf clothes. They said they
were convicts. They lay around half an
hour or so and then took on up the Mid
dle Fork of the Cosumnes toward Grizzly
Flat.'
WILD BIDE OF LYONS.
hood of thp Copper ljcad mine was
brought to Placerville by J. H. Blakely.
a veteran stage driver, who got his In
formation from Dick Lyons at Somerset.
Slight Information on the same subject
was received by Sheriff Bosquit over the
telephone from Pleasant Valley, which is
fourteen miles from the scene of the rob.
bery. Stage Drivey Blakely's statement
is as follows:
Scenes in.the El Dorado Hills Where Hundreds of Armed Men Are Searching for Folsom Felons.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CAI/L, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1903.
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