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News of the Great West.
TUoCremvt or Llio Newsor tlte Nortlwvost i = hormvitli proseiitocl In ivndnhlo form. No otlio r paper
mnkes tills ne\v n lend i mi fonturo. It Is the week's history ol' the great northwgst.
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"llnnilln" lii Call In ruin l 'u
Kvi > r since tlio California legislature bopan
Us iinwctil session nil main.or of charieH :
litivo been uiadonunlntt its members. Stories
Of "k > odlo" giving Him di'inandj for It Hnvo
boon public scandals. An li\\Mttgitlon U
now pending on tlio charge against Assem
blyman KlwoodltruiiiT lliul ho trlod to sell u
p'acilbti tlio Sail Knim-isco police ferro to nu
r.Miinlnor rcpoiter forf-UM ) . Atlrr puttinc It
olt Humor ii > : uloun explanation before the
assembly. Thiils thf rcportof ( lint wo-
croilitiff asglvoi , in llm Kximilncr :
limner began by saying Unit n reporter
'
niinii'il A. M. Lnwicnco' had been accused to
t.lut ef blnckmnlllng. I'tiwrenco had nskod
llilll If iH'llllll I'tOll SOlIIIlk' Ills IlltllietlCC to
KOt men on tlio police force. On thH he de
termined to entrap Ills enemies mid tincno -
tnlesof his [ mrtv , but Invliut lie did not say.
Holnii en mo to him and asked him to recom
mend iiiiin for the i > olit o force , saying thcro
was money ta It , but 1m diclined and did not
toll liny ono about it. JDIIC.J then nuluilon
him mid linked him to recommend n iiinn to
tlio police force fof $100. of which # 1M ) win to
KO to.lonoH , llol.ni and another , Ilo did not
expect the pint ho was looking for to thicken
RO 80011. Ilo Ilk'tVCd torlll' IlIO litter , Slid
did write 11. lie gave tin1W. . borrowing
t4) ) ( if the money fiimi I.e.il'o , to whom ho
gave the check to cash , lie subsequently
received tlu > bnlanooof tliochi'ck from l.c.iko
uid , di'diiotiiiKtr > 0 for what ho had paid
Jones , gave j''N ) to .lolinston , the stnto
printer , liis dearest friend on earth , to keep
for him. Such was Brnner's oxilnimtltin | ,
niul ho railed on an nltoruey named r'rntikllti
r. Hull , who Instilled that A. M. l.ftw-
ronro hail tried to blackmail him out
of fUMMH ) on tlio I'onnolly claim. There
urn somt ) things llrunor did not explain. Ho
iliil not tell why , after he had written the letter -
tor niul KOI thochuck , which Is all the evl-
ilonco lie could have , lit ) paid out Slfifl to
.limps , lln ilhl not ( 'villainvliv lie lilt ) not
keep the ci'i'llllcato as ovliiencii If ho thought
then * was n conspiracy instead of cashing it
with Lonlio. It was Tuesday iilsht when tlio
deed was iloiiii , nudliu did not O.N plain why
ho illil not denounce Iho net \Vidnr.sday
morning. The exposure was made on Thursday -
day nt Sncraineiito uliout noon , yet 1 Junior
did not explain why ho Iccpt his denunciation
of this conspirators until Friday morning ,
wh.v ho turaoil palo when told of tin ) ex
posure , mill why hoillil not tuko some iinpur-
tial people into his confidence. Anil , more
important thnnall. ho did not explain tluil it
was m > t A. M. l/\\vronro ut all who inado the
ox PS uro ,
.At thu first mooting of the imcstigatlng
coinmitteo the managing editor and acting
city editor of the ISxninincrcro culled and
tolil how the Investigation came to bo nnido.
A man named Jasper \vioto that Jones was
soiling places on the force for $100. Charles
Stillwoll , a reporter , was detailed to invos-
tiiiti : > . lie found thai Jones tiul ; o lie rod
places mid so niporteil. Ho was given S-ltMl
anil told to con.sult a hanker about the \vay to
lisolliu iiiniiey so that iuoulilbu traced. Un
theailvlctiof'Mr. lirander , ex-iiiananer of
the Nevada hank , bo boutrht a cortilleati1
of di'iHNlt on the L'ro lior-Woolwnrtli
lianlt. Joui'H and Uclau took him to Brmier ,
\vlio ui'i'i'ptcd the Sill ) and wrote to the pollen
commissioners reeoinmemUnKlilmfora place.
Chief of Police I'rowley tpstllied that Still-
well hail spoken toliini about the allowed sale
of places. Tim chief had ex peeled Ilruner to
call on him. lie hiiiil that a roi'oiiiiiioiul.Uloii
from Itruaorwould have hadweifibt with the
commission. The llireo polieo coniniissionora
tesllllt'd that they did not know Ilruiier and
had promised him nothing , but intimalcdthat
nn apiilicatioii from such a .source would re
ceive nltontlnn. J. M. Ward , nctlnn city
odltor , I'xiilnltiod thai ho had tolo-
grnphed to the Sacramento correspond-
C'nts to ascertain if the inoiuliors
of the lugislatwo claiuu'd any atiaro
of the pUces thuy had created , llninor ad-
inltteu Hint ho had received the SlUOnnil
cashed It. 'J'ho two Jones were put on the
.stand , lloth nrevarii-atcd freely , but both
admitted every statement the reporter inado
was true. IJ.miol Junes said he ; $ > 0 fi-oni
iioliiti forxnkliifr the rejiorlor to him. Uouls
.lonu.s Hidil that he sent the reporter to llulau
jnst for tun. Ilo had been anpronched by
tlnvo employes of the Mission street ro.ul tenet
net them on" the police fon-o. Ilo did not ox-
ulnia why men should to to nhn for such a
purpose unless ho bud intimated that bo had
ulluenco lo sell.
Another Trans-Pout 111111 till Ijini' .
It turns out that Captain Smith's llttlo
line , known as thoCaliforniiut Nevada , has
been bought by .1. \Villiunnon of the At
lantic & i'aulfiu railroad , thodraut Hrothor.s ,
\vlio built a liir o portion of the Simla Fo ,
and other residents in the east. A hirtro
force of men will bo put to worlc ( jetting the
road Into shape , and trains will bo run daily.
Contracts for the change of gunge and ad
ditional irraditiK have already boon let.
U'hen the Ruiitn Fo aciiulred the Colorado
Ildland last fall the question was nskei
wliv the company hail purchased n lini
xvhleh runs to no p.irticular pluce. The
explanation of tins deal is now very simple
Vurvovs tiave been made irom liodioacross
Ji'ovnda to i'iocln' , which is duo cast of San
I'ranelsco. anil thence to Urund Junction on
the Colorado Midland , and the place where
tliat line strikes the Kio ( irnndo Western.
A proliiiiinary survey has also been run from
thu Monica valley out across the Sierra to
lioilie.
Ttio cry has been raised very often tluit nt
l.Ht tliero Is to bo another line into San
Francisco , says tlio Chronicle. The stativ
tner.t that the name of the Cali
fornia & Nevada will bo shortly
changed to that of the California , Nevada
& Santa Ko , and th.it there is a
liomi lido intention to build the shortest am' '
nn almost stniii'ht line to Chicago , lumsius
Cltv and the cast , will perhaps bo accoptei
with doubt. Such , however , Is the tact. Not
only is this line to bo built , but the line fren
( Ireat Hond to C'olorndo Springs is to U
llnishcd , still further shortening the distance
to the east , and \vhiio giving to the Santa I'o
tlio yrcat' l sy lciu in the country it will al
the same 11'no very materially help the de
velopment of this state.
The western end of the line. Unit is , the
little portion purchased last fall , is nboul
twenty miles in length and terminates at
present at the entrance to tlio Moragn vnl
ley. A very largo area , in fact almost the
entire valley , was purchased two years
ago by Messrs. Williamson and Kobiuson
of the Santa l-'c , while Allen Manvol iindsov
end others are materially Interested. Tlio
rouuttv is almost in a vliv in state. Itlsvorj
rich , is well wateivil and wooded and is
looked lo as n largo contribution to the loca
trade of the present line and to tlio transcon
tinental in the future when it is well opoued
up for general scttlonii'iit.
Surveys of the valley have been ma.de ,
town sites have ueen laid out along the pro-
iwsed line of rails and the oullyiui. liuuis
Iiavo been subdivided for small farms , 'J'ho
tlolngs of the owners of the line have been
kept very nulet and it has boon dinlcult lo
obtain until uo\v any information as to tueir
liitcntlons.
Held Up liy n I ono Itohbi-r.
The Keddiiif ; ami Weavervillo stage was
Btopjied by a lonohiguwayman n few aiulits
ngo near what is known as the Double S , two
miles out from Uedding , Cal.
The driver , I'd Uratinui , was called to a
halt and ho reined unhis team Immodiatcly.
The ma > Ued robber c.illed out : "Drive up a
llttlo farther. " The team was started and
then pullca up a little farther. The robber ,
shouted : " you , I'll slioot , "
Mesiongcr Wnrd raised tils KUII , and as I'O '
did so the hlKtuvnyman , who was
stundlnpr on n four-foot embankment alxrjt
on a level with the driver's scat and but a
few fcot distant , 11 ml his revolver at the
driver , the ball taking effect in the right side
miner the arm , ranging round nnd lodKinK
near the rliiht nlpplo. The messenger's gun
snaripod and ho dropped it " into the road ,
" ' I his turolver and blazed" away over the
lop of the I'oucli , A second shot was llrcd by
the robber , but without i rteet. Hy this iimo
tlio frmhteiiod btano team was at n dead run ,
mid It is not known whether Messenger
Ward's shot took effect or not , It is
supposed that the highwayman la veil
ucuaiutcd in the neighborhood and
know that it was the ' 'treasure trip"
night , but \vas unprepared for resist unco.
There wore four passengers aboard , and
the exception of the driver no one was
Injured , nlthoui'li the stage-was considerably
diunaiTiHl by llm wild run of the horses.
( Irabntn's wound , whllo not nocessntlly .
fatal , Is fif n serious nature , and he probably
owes UU llfo lo tlioiimntltv ) of thick clothIng -
Ing I" which ho waseiivi'lopod. One of the
passengers says lie pot a good view of thn
rubber and believes from llio way ho acted
and moved bo was Hurt.
linhhod of an I iihcHtmx'c.
A fatnllj by the mitno of Church some
years n go settled among the lilll4 * between
Walsuivillo ti-.d Castrovlllo , Cal. , which nro
sparsely inhabited. Nowseuinoto thu fam
ily Unit Tuconm , Wash. , had grown to be a
cltv. Mrs. Church hail lived there with a
former hu.Minml , who at his death loft con
siderable property to his wife , \vlio went
nwny from that city and soon married n Mr.
Church. An unscrupulous real estate dealer
from Tacoma appeared at the homo of tbo
Churches and onoreil to buy the property for
? H)0 ) , winch was accepted. Tbo Churches
soon heard Unit their property In Tacoma In
stead of being worth f KM ) wns worth $ < UHN ) ( ) .
This pii-co of information sent Mrs.
Church in great hnsto to her old home in
Tuconm. She began proceedings tn recover
her property , which she had signed uwnv
through misrepresentations. After spending
a year in trying to recover her property , she
rotnrnod home to her husband nnd four
children. Tlio whole family , save a girl
eleven year * old , wassuildenlystrlcken down
with In grippe , from which they liecnmo de
lirious. The lillloirirl nursed them ns best she
could , until a khfd neighbor dropped in nnd
found tbo unfortunate family nt death'sdnor
with virulent la grlnpo and pneumonia. Mi's.
Honora Church died and was burled at Cns-
troville , and the remainder of tlio family re
covered. Hut llttlo hope now remains to the
survivors of being suddenly lifted from
hum bio llfo to tbo possession of ? 00,000 ,
winch really belongs to thorn.
Killed HIM \VIIV For
llr. A. J. Lawrence , charged with the
murder of hiswlfo on October S , has just
! > ocn convicud of miinslnnphtor , nt Santa
Harbiira , t5nl. 'J'ho cnsu had been on trial
since I'abruary 10 , and the Jury was out
twenty hours before they agreed on n ver
dict. It appears that for a month before ttio
crlnio was committed the doctor had been at
Ids mountain homo , u lanch about thirty
miles from l.os Olives , whcro ho lived with
Ids wife , and where they had a store and the
postolllco ; nn the evening uf October She
returned. Ho claims she was intoxicated ,
and at any rate they had iiu altercation. She
weighed ninety pounds ami ho about
ir.d. Un claiins she stabbed him in
the hiiiiil , after which she broke his
finger with a hammer , and in at
tempting to lalo : the hanimiT from her she
dropped the hammer and grabbed him by thu
wbislters , when lie uielied her on the legs
below the knees. She walked homo from tlio
store , returned to the s > turo and went home
auain after this light and was about for sev
eral days , but tlio woumUi from tlio kicks
rapidly grow worse. Tlio llvsh dropped elf
and blood poisoning set in and she < llcd in
November. Tiioy had been married since
liJJ and tuul lived a rather peaceful life until
the'hist two or three ywirs , during which
period they seem to have had pretty much o (
n monkey and n.irrot time. They had no
children and their property was in her namo.
Stealing IJovoriiinciil 'I'iinlii'r ,
In a short time the results of nn inves
tigation now being conducted by special
agents of the government to unearth hind
frauds nnd unlawful cutting of timber on tlio
public lands In Colorado will bo made public ,
and a number of hithoito very respectable
citizens will llnd themselves in the clutches
of the lav. Hundreds of thousands of acres
of land have been lost to the government and
inmnncranlo acres of timber cut without 1
cent of recompense to iho government. In
ono instance 01)0,0(10 ) ( feet of timber was cut on
the public domain without authority and the
government Is now suing in the United
States court in Denver to recover
the value ot the timber. Ilumlrcils of men
are engaged li. these frauds. One manner of
obtaining lands is by tiling claims for ficti
tious persons. Several living in Trinidad ,
ono an odHor , Mill bo prosecuted against
crlminallv in connection with these and local
land fr.utds.
A number of lumber firms In Denver anil a
llrm at ( icorgotown vero made defendants in
the United States supreme court In a suit by
tlio government to recover damages for cut
ting timber from the public lands near
Coorgciown. Graham & Co. , owners of the
mill hi which this lumbar was cut up for use ,
sold it to the llrms wtucli are made party de
fendants. The amount sued for is something
over ono million feet of lumber at J15 per
1.00U feet.
Tried Mis ICiill'e on n FYiiMid.
A story of a horrible eri mo comes from San
Qiiontln , I.i0wor California. Jose Mtiir , a half-
breed , made an attempt on the life of Filino.
Snnelies , who was lying asleep on the side
walk in front of ti saloon. Muir came along ,
about half diunk , and tried to awaken the
sleeping man. Falling , lie opened the shirt
of Saiuhes and , drawing a knife , inado a
motion to disembowel 1,1m. Ho found the job
could not be done with n dull knife , for ,
after feeling of the edge of the blade ,
he stepped to the InsiJo and sharpened
it quite deliberately on a stone , try
ing it occasionally on his dampened finger ,
and then smiling at the bystanders , who
thought liini jesting. Ho llnally seemed tlio
proper edge , niul , kneeling by the side of
S.mehes , plunged the blade in the sleeping
man's abdomen. He then partially withdrew
it , ran it over against the hip bono , turned
the knife and forced It upward as far us the
ribs would allow it to go.
Mulr then pulled the shirt back over the
horrible gap , straightened up , smilingly
i.oddcdto the persons around him , licked the
hloou from thu blade on ono side nnd placed
the itnifo back in the scabbard by his side.
Hewas soircd by those \vlio witnessed the
crime mid placed in custody. Sanehes was
alive at last accounts. Uoferring to his crime
Muir says ho was a good friend of Handles ,
but wanted to try hia now knife. Ho is now
in Jail ut Knsuncdn.
Slav ) ( Jirl.
No little Interest is taken by the oftlcors of
the Presbytorlnn homo and mission nnd
other like societies of San Francisco in tlio
application of a Chinese named Kuni Mali to
oust .Miss Culbertson from her guardianship
over Iho girl Woou Tsin , ngcd eleven years.
\Voonwassold \ when an infant by her father
lo Kuin Mali in payment of a debt , und lias
since been hold as a slnvo and employed lo
run errands lo disreputable places pending
the tlmo when she should iJo placed in n
Chinese brothel by her owner , and the strug
gle made for her possession is on accounlof
her cash value in the slave market of China
town , which is something like $1,000. The
case , which at first attracted attention when
Kum't. irttornuy tried to browbeat .Miss Cul-
bertbon and ask her insulting questions , waste
to have conio to trial lust \\cek \ , but was con
tinued upon motion of the atlo rnny for Kuin
Mali , much to the disappointment ot the
charitahlo ladles interested. Kuin will try to
procure the appointment of a Chinese w unmu
us guardian.
Mining Deal.
An important mining deal has Just been
closed for properly in i'ark City , Utah. For
several months M. It. KvnnsVllllatii M.
Curtis and A. A. Smith have been negotiat
ing with the principal stockholders of the
Massachusetts mining company to oatain the
control of that property , and at a meeting of
the directors of the company the proposition
of these gentlemen was accepted. M , it.
Kvnns of Sail LSI Ho hus secured iho con
trol oi two-thirds of the stock , and it is
this liiontion to develop the property as soon
as roads and wealher will permit. Mr. Kvnns
is known as n man who has nindo the mining
industry a study und who has boon successful
In almost evorythingho ha undertaken. The
shaft , which is now down uboul ( UHJ foot , will
bo sunk to 1,000 feet , when drifting for the
veiu will bo started , All the machinery
necessary for that purpose is on the ground ,
auU but llttlo delay will bo occasioned , Mill-
him M. Curtis , Into suiierlntcndont of the
Anchor , and who had rhnrgo of the Masin-
clniM'tUt when last operated , will bo placed In
charge of the \iork.
llHoou-ri'd n " .Vow Ore. "
Wliu In this vestern countrv knows ttoorgo
A. Clariir , of Host on I
lie claims t lint ho mod to sell hardware out
hero soiiioivlirra. Hut , according to Iho
Hoston Cllobe , this same Mr. ClurUo , who" Is a
iiilddli'-nged man , professes to have discov
ered n "now ore'1 In llio Itocky mountains.
The exact location of llio now llnd is kept se
cret for the present. More n the story as
told hy Mr. Clarke who Is reported to bo llv-
ingnow on Holllsutreot In Boston : " ; 1 dis
covered the ore about eight months. Whcro }
Well , in n section of the liocky mountains. I
took about llfty pounds away for the purpose
of experiment. I submitted it to tests In
Chicago , Cincinnati. I'hllndelphla midHostou.
I Iimo every reason lo believe Unit I havodis-
ccvcred amiiier.il ororo that has not lieen
known to assay , and one which I have proved
by a series of careful experiments may bo of
great value in manufacturing. 1 am iiu ex
perienced iron-woiker , and have had
quite nn extensive practical experi
ence in the foundries. In the
treatment of Iron with only 1
percent of this now ere the former's tensile
strength \\as \ Increased from 10 to 'i. > per cent.
With steel my pi i > oriment.s have been equally
successful , and with copper oven more satis
factory. Using only half of 1 per cent of this
ore in a mixture witti copper , I found that it
gavethomolala greali-r density ami a great
inrroase-frninUU to KM ) per cent of tensile
strength. The resulting metal , too. Is capable
of n high polish. 1 found that the ore in-
eressed the tensile slivngth find the fluidity
under heat of both these metals , nnd makes
them both of liner griiln. It Is non-corrosive. "
The ore looks llko a vorv line sandstone ,
save that It is black. Mr. Clarke declares
that It may bemined for $1 aton. and sajs :
"When I lound thisoro last year my llrst ex
periments were natnrallv with Iron and steel.
1 found tnnl its melting ; point was MIX)0. ) "
Mr. L'larko claims that the Hold whcro this
"new oro" Is found Is exposed over the space
of an acre. Ilo doesn't own the landnordoos
ho know who does , but Intimates that when
ho gets liishnpeho will try to control the
property before giving away Ids secret.
I'nld forTlicii" < ! all.
Amos II. carpenter , a Stockton attorney ,
with his client , D. M. Vance , were lined J''OO
each in tlio superior court at Sacramento ,
Cnl. , a few days ago for contempt of court
and refused to pay. They wore accordingly
sent to Jail. The contempt for which Car
penter and Vnnco were adjudged milty was
the violation of an injunction issued by .luilgo
Armstrong in the WHO of James C. I'ennlo vs
Nlscbor et nl. This ease involved a portion
r.f the estate of Charles Mclaughlin , who
was killed byJoromoB. Cox. Mcl.aughlin ,
who was a contractor , had graded u portion
of what was then Iho Western L'ucllJc rail
road and received hi payment large tracts of
land which tlio railroad bad received from
the government as a grant. A number of
persons settled upon some of those lands nnd
much litigation ensued. Thocontest became
very bitter , lives were lost in the struggle
and troops camped for days upon the grant.
Finally the suit was Drought beioro the su
perior court In Sacramento nnd , 'udgo Arm
strong grunted an Injunction restraining the
defendants from in any way interfering with
the lands. Vance violated the injunction ,
and Carpenter , In a written letter , advised
its violation , It was for this that they are
now in Jail. Carpenter Hied articles of Im
peachment agiiliit , Judge C'utlln with Speaker
Coombs of the assembly. An incident oc
curred n few days ago al the court housotbal
does not place Carpenter in an eiivlnblollght.
Ho asked permission to bo allowed to copy
the Judgment which had been found against
him. Deputy County Clerk Wachhort pro
duced the pnper. Carpenter began copying
it ami Wnchhort retired from the room for a
few ininu'os. When ho returned Carpenter
hud gone and the original document was
missing. .A. letter was written to Carpenter
tdimcoand the document was returned. It
is believed tluit Vnneo and Carpenter will at
tempt tosoeuro a writ of habeas corpus from
tlio supreme court.
The assembly judliiarv coinmitteo helit a
meeting to consider thulnipeaehmeiit charges
against .fudge Catlin. The articles sot forth
that the Jud'o ; willfully , corruptly and ma
liciously used his power as a Judge to im
prison llio complainants , Carpenter and
Vance , without warrant of law. The com
mittee recommended that tlio assembly take
no action , as the charges did not warrant
any investigation. Carpenter and Vance ,
who were present in churgo of llio sheriff ,
were then takou back tojnll.
i llnllwiy Improvement.
Vice President Clou gh of tlio dreat North
ern railway last -week completed all details of
the transfer of the Knirhn\en \ & Southern
and Fall-Unveil & Northern roads to his com
pany. A. .1. llorio , formerly connected with
different lines in .Montana , was appointed .su
perintendent of the consolidated svstem , nnd
J. .1. Donovan , also well Known In Montana
as a constructing engineer , chief of construc
tion. They will also have clmreo of the con
struction nml operation of the main line ,
which Is being pushed eastward from Fair-
haven , Wash. , to Assinabolno and St. Paul ,
.Mr. Clouglilins arranged for the immediate
construction uf .seventy miles of telegraph
along the completed muls north and east of
Fairhaven , and for the erection of n grand
union depot-tho linest north of San Francis-
eo. This will ho used Jointly bv the Great
Northern lines already in operation , nnd the
Northern I'ai-ilic , which runs trains into
I'air&avon from Tni-onm and Seattle , The
( ireat Northern ocean dock Is ho'ng ' enlarged
to afford facilities for HID rapidly increasing
trulHc. The dock is a very substantial one
and cost ? 1.)0,0)0 ( ) , At present cloven boats
nro plying daily between Fnirbnvoa ami Soat-
llo and Tacoma and two on the I'orllandlino ,
Two entire trains of Great Northern equip
ments arrived ut Fail-haven last \\epkand
will -servo to Improve both freight and pns-
scngor service , ns the Fairlmven lines have
liltheito been badly crippled for want of en
gines and cars.
Kml ill" ; > l ! < ; inarkallc ) Case ,
In April , IsssV. \ . T. C. Klliott killed John
P. White , Ids wife's uncle , near UiulMno ,
Inyo county , Cnl. Ho was triodnt Independ
ence in July , l.-iV , convicted of murder nnd
sentenced to . hanged. The case was ap
pealed to the supreme court , which reversed
tbo Judgment of the lower court and ordered
u IIUAY trial for tlio defendant. 'J'ho vemto
was changed ami Klliott was tried at Halters-
Held , Kern county , Cal. , in May , 1MK ) . Tbo
Jury disngieed. eight Doing for acquittal and
four for conviction. A third trial of thocaio
look place at Uakersileld lasi I Jccomber , the
Jury disagreeing ns before , eight being lor
iiciiuilliil. Ulliott was then discharged from
custody upon his own rocognl/aiieo and re
cently , on the motion of tlio dlstnut attorney
of Jnyo county iho case was dismissed.
JuilgoHayden of Keno and John H. Klttrell ,
formerly attorney general ot Nevada , de-
tended Elliott from iioginnlng tu eiul
r.lliolt was well known In Is'evadaand in
Houpy ralio Valley , flnl , nnd resided for
Itono for so'no years , having located there
after tlio Whlto 1'ino excitement. Ho ac
quired the sou brnjuet of "Hough" by reason
of his being an oftlcor of a company at
Hough and Heady , Gal. , in early days.
with Ivlernlty.
Paul Walsh , u shoemaker of Walla U'aIJa ,
Wash. , attempted to kill himself three times
In oneday , Ilo tied one end of asmnll plccu
of rope around his neck nnd fnstcnod the
other end to a hut hook iiudtriodto hang hlin-
kolf. His wlfo came to tils rescue and cut
him down. After ho had recovered Walsh
ran out doors and' jumped In nn old well In
tlu yard about six feet deep. IIU wlfo raited
an alarm which brought several neighbors to
the scene , who pulled him out. Mrs , Walsh
llnally induced her husband to go Into the
house. When ho entered ho picked up a
razor and tried to cut his throat , ills wife
Interfered again , but was not quick enough ,
and ho succeeded in cutting1 a gush tlireo
long on tlid right sldo of Ids
i lniil been ilrilikliiK hcaMly for several
nontli * Several dtyv ago Ids wlfo began an
action for divorce ofiithe ground of fnlluro to
imvlilo for her mid iho children. It is nun-
NMi'd that broodln over his trouble ' .vltb bis
vlfeand drink caused him to btvomo tem-
insiuie. /
Murderer Itfcnklnu Down
MnliU'lil nillim. in Jail nt Suit Lake
ng a hearing for , Uio murder ot Harry
Mltcln'll , Iho lurteu'der. In the Hi-doin hotel
nt Ogden. denied his In-other the oilier day ,
at Dillon , now of Hut to , MI Interview when
10 called. The bmthi rs were buslnoss p.irt-
ii'i-snl Hawlhi' , Wvo..tlve yeurs ago. .Mala-
hl's wlfo wasu sllpof u girl nbnrcr thiuigo
md more the style of Pal , nnd these two be-
amo intimate. Om1 uav Maliichi llred tbreo
shots nt i'ut. In front of the opera bouse.
) ne bullet inado a crlpplo of the target for
he hotter part of nyear. Miilachl wns nrvor
be .same man after this. Ilo took lo drink ,
md when sprecing would reler to this niTutr
md work himself into nn Insane fury. Their
'atlicr ' died of n broken heart nweelt after the
shiMititiij , and ono of the boys was kepi nwny
iincriifto avoid a killing over the collln. In
ds cheerless cell at Suit Lake , Dillon's
lioughts iii-o Killing him.
Highbinders Still , it u.
lObb Kec , n Monirolinn , iteeps a small es-
atillshmcnt in the Chinese iiunrtor In K.icru-
nento , L'al.
Saturday monihiK between , "i audO o'cloplc
lirco Chinamen broke Into the nparlmunt
vhero he was sleeping. When Keo nwoko
) noCTilnnman was standing over him with a
Irawn knife while another held a pistol at
ds bend. The victim was Informed that ho
would bo murdered Instantly if he durod to
liter a word. Ho was ordered to point out
.ho whereabouts of some money that the rob-
mrsseoinod to know he hud concealed In tl.o
oom. Kee complied under t lie circumstances
and the scoundrels walked away with SKX ! ) In
coin.
coin.Ho reported the robbery to tlio police as
soon as lie could get out of tiie house.
Chief Drew nnd Captain I.co bellovothnt
: ho robbery was the work of some of the
Highbinders recently driven out of San
1'Vanoisco.
These outcasts propose to establish n lodge
in Sacramento , but tbo police will USD axes
and stodges if necessary to brc.Uc into the
fastnesses of the high hinders.
Old IjtunlninNc Ooini ; ,
Another old landmark of Han Francisco
must give way to the march of improve
ments. The old dilapidated wharf at the
foot of Powell street known as Meiggs wharf
will soon bo a thing of tlio past. The rav
ages of tlmo have played havoc with the old
structure , every storm that blow lately UiK-
Ing nwny pieces of it. What Is loft of It will
ho torn 'down in n few days lo make way for
the now section of the sea wall which is ad
vancing with rapid strides. For somoyoars
the wharf has only been used by boatmen to
ham ; their boats on. Meiggs wharf was
built by Harry Meigs , and was llnishei' in
1S > J. In early days it was a great resort lor
young people , especially on n Sunduv , ono of
the attractions being a menagerie kept tliero
by "Old Warner. " The lirsl ship that ever
docked there was the ij.ippcr snip Andrew
Jackson In KVJ. The llrst steamer that
docked there was the California , whoso ad
vent inaugurated "steamer day. " P.irt of
the old wharf was washed away m IVHl. It
was repaired , nnd ferry boats lauded tboro
until lh"l.
lliiriied to it Crisp.
As Guy rvlcCuno of Victor , Mont. , blew
out n light before retiring for the night the
lamp exploded , terribly burning him and set
ting lire to tlio fpruUuro. His wife , wbo
was in bed , seized tbelr baby and attempted
to escape , but was overcome by tlio smoke
and Humes. McCuno dragged his wlfo and
child out of doors , extinguished the 11 am us In
the snow and wont for help. Ho mot people
ple coming to the rescue , who took the mi for
tunate family to a neighbor's house. The
furniture and $ ! . " > ( ) in mnnoy were destroyed.
llr. Mills of Missouln was telegraphed for
and went up nnd found the three in a very
critical condition. Their injuries arc doubly
serious because of exposure to tlio cold. Mr.
McCuno's face , ears and nock nro burned ton
crisp ; his eyes are swollen shut mm the sight
perhaps c cstroycd. His hands and arms are
ono solid blister. Mrs.McCuno and the baby
are badly burned about the head , breast nnd
arms. McC\nc's recovery is extremely
doubtful.
Icllowitnnu 1'nrlt.
In Yellowstone Park is a Inko thirty miles
long and twenty miles wide , tbo largest body
of water at an iittiludo ot over 8,000 fcot in
tbo world. On this Inko is a steamboat
which was built in six sections nnd trans
ported by rail to a point llfty miles from the
lako. It was then carried by picconiCid over
the mountains by 1'JO horses. Ten days' time
was required as'in many places roads had to
bo made. It took all last summer to put the
Doat together aii'l build docks , nnd this year ,
for the llrbt time , the mountains will 'echo
with the shriek of the steam whistle.
The park had SOO moro visitors last
summer than during the previous year. The
season does not begin until Juno 1 and lasts
four months. During tlio other eight months
the park is buried deep in snow. This year
an appropriation of STfi.OOO has been made
for building roads , and this will make the
country moro accessible. What Is needed ,
however , is an appropriation for building cor
rals for tlio antelope , door , elk and buffalo , so
that tourists can see them in summer and llio
animals can bo cared for In winter , instead of
being allowed to die from starvation.
Stoek Thieving.
For-soino time ranchmen around Denver
bavo complained of the loss of their ralvos
from cattle thieves. The Colorado Cnllle
Growers * association have taken the matter
in band and employed detectives to hunt up
the thieves. The detectives claim that they
have located the culprits nnd will soon have
them under arrest. It is said that the plan
adopted bv the thloves was this : They
knocked the calves on the head with a ham
mer , hog-dres < od thorn that is , cut off their
feet and heads so that they could not bo idcn-
tilled nnd hauled them to a warehouse sit
uated in ttio brush on the Pluttn river bqt-
toms in the vicinity of bang's brewery.
Then they would market thorn to Deliver. It
is said tbo thloves have succeeded in getting
away with some two hundred calves.
An O d I lim ,
IJoiioiii M. Iludspeth died of cholera in
Sacramento in K'iO. At the time of Insdcatli
there was due him from the govern men
nearly $1'JK ( ) for services rendered as a mem
her of Fremont's exploring expedition , and
stops nro Just now being taken by friends to
hnvo the claim allowed to the old pioneer's
sistccr , Mrs. N. W. Wood , who Is at the
present time a resident of Najin county.
Among the documents that will bo forwarded
to Washington to establish tlio Justness of
the claim and tbo Identity of the original
claimant is a commission signed by ( lovornor
John C. Kromont under date ol April' ' , IS IT ,
and by which liononi M. Iludspeth was ap
pointed captain In the California battalion.
No l'n < 4H Over Tliai Wedding.
Judge Muldoon of Ilutto married n couple
last Saturday in shoit order this wise :
"Is this your Iruonaino ! " he asked of the
groom.
"Yes. "
"Is this your true natno ! " the bride was
asked.
"Yes. "
'Join hands. Do you want to marry this
woman < "
"Yes. "
' IJo you want to marrv this maul"
"
"Yes" "
"Then by virtue of tlio nulhorily vested in
mo by tbo laws of the state of Montana ns a
Justice of the pence in and for Kilvor How
county ot suid stiito , I nronounco youtiUBband
and wlfo. "
lfglHlnlorVept Ibr His Hill.
Koproscntatlvo I'nrcell of King county ,
Oregon , is a ooal miner employed in tbo
Franklin mines , and was elected to represent
the laboring element He iulroducud n bil
at the recent session of the legislature pro
viding for tbo pay of laborers with cash at
stated periods , In advocating hU meustiro
1'arcoll , while not a fluent talker by any
means , displayed great earnestness , Finally
ho went to pieces completely , and sank into
his gent overcome , After silently weening-
for a few moments ho again took the lloor
and fought against tbo bill going back to tbo
conunlttoo on labor and labor statistics.
claiming tiioy wi-ro trjmg to Kill 11 The
speaker's earnestness won for hin bill several
friends and It was ultlmiitclv referred to the
Judiciary commit too.
Set i linn ( Inllakolns' ACOUIUUK.
In tlio Mlniiphidin National Imnk nt SloiiK
Falls , S. L ) . , I * } l'JT > , OiH ) on deposit that Is
subject to the holders of uupiild territorial
warrants , in the settlement of the South
with North Dakota , South Dakota agreed to
issue Jl.Mi.WO worth of bonds In her own
name to tnko up the territorial warrants out
standing against both stales. Or.ly fl'J.'i.OiX )
worth uf the bonds were mild , and these to J.
M. llnllev , Jr. , who charged aiommlsstoci ot
f'.lsT for the sulo. This commission was
the cause of some excitement In the legisla
ture , resulting In the appointment of an In
vestigating I'oinmitteo , which In the course
of time reported , justifying Mr. Hnllc-y in nil
Ids acts. The Srj.-i.tMU bus been on deposit In
Slouv Kails for Hourly two weeks subject to
the order of the American loan company of
New York , for which a receiver was recently
appointed.
Torrlbln Fall.
An accident occurred at llio Mammoth
mine , near Tintlc , I'tnh , which may result in
tlio death of C'liptnln Tom Cho | > o , an old and
respected hiiiicr of the district. Together
with another minor lu > \\-ns \ \ being lowered ,
ami when ' 'OO feet from the lioltotn tbo cnpl-
neer lostccmtrcd of tbo engiiioiuid tbo CIIKO
went to the bottom with terrible speed. Mr.
Chope's companion caught the crossbar and
took thn shock on Ids arms , escaping Injury ,
but MiI'bope win not so fortunate , ills
right leg was broken in four places below the
knco anil HID ankle was fractured. The left
leg was broken once below the unco. The
extent of his internal Injuries Is yet un
known.
I'lltHIIIII'll till'
Three girls at ( j rand Forks , B. IX , daugh
ters of Mrs. l.lstoe , came near meeting their
death by poison. A dish of beans hud been
prcpnreit for soup and placed over night on n
lower shelf In the cupboard , A nettle of
tincture of liclladnpnn bud been loft on an up
per shelf ; Its con tents became fro/on during
the night , causing Hie buttle to break , mid
Its contents leaked out , running down Into
the dish of hcans. Tlio soup was prepared ,
of widen the clrls partook freely , not know
ing that there was deadly poison In it. The
frco use of n stomach pump saved their lives.
Naliirli/.cd Iiiti : In Ijilc.
Mrs. Mary ICanc , eighty-six years old , np-
pent-oil before tlio cloik of the circuit court
nt Dutto county , S. 1) . , recently , to muUa
homestead iiroof upon n iiunrtor section of
land lying tlnvo miles west of Minncsula , but
not having taken out her final iiatiirli/iition
papers she could not make proof on the dale ,
and will bo obliged to re-advertise and in the
meantime become naturali/eil. Mrs. Kuno
declared tier intentions and inado n home
stead entry at the ago of oighty-ono years.
She Is llio oldest women ever tiling nn entry
anil appearing to make proof in Iho United
States.
( 'ocxl Dug to Have Around.
Kdwin Hi-own of 13c.ssomor , Coin. , lins n
largo Newfoundland doe which has n great
deal of good souse and discretion , aim a keen
appreciation of the illness of things. Drown
has two small boys , who got into n quarrel
the other day. The larger boy was getting
the best of it , when the dog. whicli is heavier
than either boy , came to the rescue at a very
appropriate tlmo. Standing on bis land feet
ho parted tbo belligerents with his forcnaws ,
and then urngged thu larger boy away with
out in the slightest degree injuring him or
showing any ill temper.
Intinhering on tin ; Coast.
Tbo Pacific Coast Wood and Iron , a San
Francisco Journal , has collected statistics re
garding the output of lumber in Oregon ,
Washington and California for the year I SOU
As this is the llrst time that the actual out
put of every mill engaged in business has
been obtained , n comparison with tlio cut ol
former years cannot bo acciirntolr ' made , but
the output of last year is kuown'to bo much
larger than previous venrs. Washington pro
duced 10,1T5,000 : ! feet , Oregon 81it , 'iM,0i ) ( ) ]
fcot. California bT4.Ml)0 ( ) ) ( ) feet , making a
lotnl outmit for tbo throe Pacific coast states
of n.v"jirooiu : feet.
lier Story l.uriil , Too.
Tlio Logan County ( Colo. ) Advocate gives
this as the main sensational item of the week
in Sterling : "A very loud red-headed girl
from Nebraska passed through on the wesl-
boimd train Wednesday morning. She ro-
iated a pitiful story of starvation in Ne
braska and was on her way to Denver , hav
ing heard that there was a bic demand for
'
her complexion in tl'ie mountain biindots.
Her hair was so howling red that no lights
were used in the coach in which she rode ,
and a sheet of zinc was placed between her
and the side of the car. "
A youiif ! man named Watts was in the
police dock In O.ikhmd . , Cal , charged with
being drunk. When asked to slate his plea ,
he said : ' 'Your honor , 1 came down from
Sacramento and got a llttlo full. I suppose
1 am guilty , but I would like lo asii for a sus
pension of judgment. I am a railroul man
and 1 would like lo go back lo work.1
"Ilavo you got any papers to show that
you nro n railroad man ! ' ' asked .ImlgoOgilon.
"No , I have not. but I have got a wooden
leg , " replied the defendant.
This seamed to bo conclusive evidence to
the court and Judgment was suspended.
Caught : i Devil Fish.
Two fishermen trolling forsnlmoa in I'ugct
Sound nindo a novel capture at Tacoma ,
When opposite the fishing company's wharf
sudden and strong pull on the line brought
their boat to an abrupt stop. With consid
erable difllculty they got their boat to the
wharf , and alter many trials succeeded In
landing tlioir capture , whiili proved u > bo a
lingo devil fish. The octopus measured eight
icot in diameter , and hail eight , arms. Many
people viewed Iho monster , which was hint
on the dock and exhibited during thu entire
afternoon.
yirciis With n Itull.
Andrew Miller of Hye , 1'uoblo county ,
C'o'o. ' , donned u rod shirt nnd started to lead
Joseph Mooro'sbull to the village. Tlio nm-
inn' ' being well bred did not begin to take on
very seriously until the bright red young man
got funnv and attempted to riilo it. The cir
cus is ono that picturesque Mr. Miller will
remember until tbo day his collln pinto is
ordered. Hv the courage and skill ot a good
samiiritnn Milter's llfo was saved and lie now
knows mure , though ho isn't as handsome as
lie was.
_
AiTi'stod Cor HtiMilinn- 1 1 IN Own Wood.
A man named Maiioa lives on the island
opposite Pierre. Some * ono cut a load of
wood on th" island , but did not take it away ,
nnd Marlon used it. Ho was arrested and
lined by a Fort Pierre Justice for stealing his
own wood. Clarion secured Ids release by
habeas corpus prncccdings niul Is looking fur
the 111:111 : who cut the wood iincl caused him so
much trouble.
An Dili JlanN ( Vimo.
% V. R. Manning of South Hivorsldo , Cnl. ,
was arrested for assault on Mrs. J. W. ICorr ,
wife of the principal of the South Ulvor.shlo
school. Manning was bound over to the
superior court under $ ' . ' , ono bonds. He is
sixty years old and completely broken down.
Ilo says If ho committed the assault ho
knows nothing about it. Insaiilty will prob
ably bo the defense.
( tare I'VnthiMMMl | ' ' ! II < | H ,
.A hunlrr on the lido Hats at Tncoinn ,
Wash. , hilled nlliio specimen of the Califor
niu gonoy , a species of the albatross , measur
ing seven foot night Inches from tip to tip o !
Its wings. It was the first sm-dmen of this
rnrubird found in Urn t latitude , Its hniiio
lioi.ig in warmer clinmtos. Taxidermists wil
mount it. A nollier ruru bird known as the
sea p.irrot wus captured ut Olympia recently
nn'lv.'ill also bo mounted.
Cnllli.i-nlii.
Orange growers nro walling for Inn Im
priivement in prices be I ere picking tbuli
crops.
A'Culifornlnvultnro was caught noarl'o
inonu , and Its wings spread eleven feel nine
Inches.
Thuro is a boom In the grain market In Sat
FiMiiclsoooii nvi\u ) iof ne\n \ ofiulvaucos hi
Knglaiul.
A deposit of rlnnabar ere was found ncnr
Santa Ann ny u farmer who waslookliig fora
MoiuMiiiury. {
. ' . K. 1'tipper of SoiioniiUPUt near loud of
carp to t Im ( 'Hy of Mo\loo last week to stock
a large pend.
Tin ) Arrovo ( Irruulrt Hiw'.ct says f 10.000
will lie sH'id | this year la extending Iho I'oi'l
'
1 larford bivnkwat'er.
\Vllllnm II. Soars , collector of IntoriiM
ivvt'iiuo fortlioSnii I'ramlsco dMrlct , tiled
In that oily of Ilrigtit's dlsoaso.
' 1'ho Chlneso lilghhliHleriof San Franr-lsco
nro throiitiMilng each other nnd an extra
squad of pollcels massed In t'lilniito\Mi.
l.os AngcluM n phimdtn. for n great toll'-
sropout Mount Wilson. 'Ilioy w.v It will lie
larger than the fun HUH Ulck in.Mninii'id.
\MlllnniS. l.mio wi oonvloti'd of murderIng -
Ing William ( 'ntitloltl nt Sswyor by n h'rono
Jury , who Used the pcnnlly at life Imprison-
inent.
A rich strike of gohl has boon mndo In the
Carbonate mine at Orotlramlc , near Sm ,
Hernai-dino. Tbo vein is nix inches whlu and
nssnys verv high.
falllornla will cxhlltll at Hdtingo the
widest plank In the world. It h sixteen fcot
wldi'iinills now altlio depot tit lliimboldl
luvmtlng shipment.
A new cable wad company lins boon orn.in-
l/edliiSan l-'rancisco to build a line from
Mason nnd Mnrkot sli-eols through the west
ern district of the city.
A reservoir has Just been completed sown
miles west of Sail Fernando that will bold
wntcrenouuh to irrigate HKK , ( ) ncres of land.
Tliedatu fs Uflj-llvu foot higli.
'ood\Mird'sardiMis. ( ) for innnv years San
Francisco's fnvorltoniitdoiii" pleasure roMiit ,
will be > l.uilion up und thn iniuwtis distrib
uted to tlio heirs of \Ynodward ostikto.
A very Interesting sight can bo seen at the
California warehouse at 1'ort ( . 'ostn. Dii llin
top lloor , which in s 0 foot long , thorn arc
75OiXi sacks of wheat dumped up live high.
'I'lu-ro are no good coal mines In Califor
nia. This Important ntnple of comment ) Is
nliipiifd from I'ngotsoniiilor Australia mid
brings SJlil per ton in tlio California market.
The bill appropriating JKMKXI for a monument
ment in ( iolden ( ! : dotmrk to Ccnural Vallejo
has been amended tolnclndo nliko appropri
ation fora monument to Colonel K. 1) ) . linker.
Work Is still beiiip carried on In develop
ing the Itound Valjoy coal nilnas , but tbo
main loop- has not y'ot been uncovered. A
tiinnol bus hi'i'ii run In over six hliiidrod feet.
A number of ladlc.s of San i'Yanc'sco ' are
following tlio recent cxamploof ntliors In
Oakland , and will establish n frco clinic
when ; iii'sorvlng poor may receive madlcnl
treatment ,
A San Francisco prospectorclaims to have
discovered tbo fani'ius Hroyfogln mint ) in
Death valley. The speolinciiH shown at Dag-
gelt , San lloi'imrdlno county' , are covered
wllh frco gold ,
The work of building lovoivs on Son nlor
Jones' marsli lands In Sonoma county Is being
pushed forward nt the rate of one mlle day.
When finished thu senator will have I'J.WO .
acira inclosed.
Jniiies Morgan , ngod twenty-four , wus shot
Dy "Indian Jack" near Vnllejo. The uvo
were hunting rovotes , dnrkne.ss was coming
cm , and Morgan's fur lint in tlio twilight was
taken for u coyoto.
One of the Icadingdalvymenof Santa Maria
has lost more lliaii half his stock , mostly by
some unknown diswso. The annuals rofu&o
lo cat and literally starve to death. Hisloss
already foots mi S'lpW-
San Francisco is agitated over tin1 proposed
sale of the city cemetery lo tlio government.
Many platboUlers oppose , tlio transfer , but
many others hold thai it Is required for a
proper fortification of the city.
An orange grove containing TOO acres will
bo sot out in the Snn.liicMnto vnllej ; . Sun
Jlogo county. This will bo the largest grove
"
n the world" . The largest one at present is
n Pomona nnd covers -UK ) acres.
A child of Charles Taylor of Orange went
olns father's Btablo recently to scoahorse.
\s be got n < > ur thoanirial it sc.1/.ed the child
ijtbo clieouimd shook him nwirlv to death.
The child will be markoit through llfo.
A coinmitteo appointed by the state horti-
ulttirnl society reports that inferior dried
rults jive being sbippeu east inulortho name
of tbo superior brand ) , and recommends
state legislation declaring ; such , acts u mib-
tcmcnnor.
Tlie Del Korto Hcconl says : Tlio Maho
stage company worlcs a team of hordes from
'atrick'3 creek to Creicent City , adistnnrc
of .sixty-four miles , without change and with
scarcely time for rest and feed while hi Cres
cent City.
Preparation * nro being tnadu for the cen
tennial celebration of tlio founding of tbo
nission of Santa crnA moinorlal will
irobnblv bo built on thn spot where the lirst
cioss w.is oivcted 100 j cars ago by the mis
sion fathers.
Strawberries are now fairly plenty at 15
cents per box. C rccn peas retail atl'J' _ , cents
) cr pound , and fresh tomatoes at.'iceut.s per
raiiiul. Apples. : ito S cents per poiiiut. Lorn-
ins , 2(1 ( cents per do/.en. Oranges , 10 to .10
cents per iloen.
Captain .lack ttrcnr , one ol the old-time
steamboat men , died at Stockton , aged
seventy years. Ho haA been engaged in
sicnmlioatiiiK thora tor upwards of thirty
vcars. He was u Mexican war veteran and a
Jalifoi'iiia pioneer ,
.hdius Drayfus , la ° t employed as a drum
mer fora San Kraneisco clolhior , cominittotl
suiciftent Susanvlllo by Hhooting himsplf
with a is-riitil > ro llritish'bulldog pistol. Tlio
cause was despondency over want of money
and oinployinent.
Abbott , a Los Angeles Kimblcr who tried
to put up a Job on a friend in San Francisco
to rot ) him nt n poker game , but wns himself
victimized , lias been unublo to recover the
diamonds ho wagorcil , the court deciding
thut ho was not entitled to relief.
Llewellyn II. 1'dwell hus been transferred
to the county Jail at Koiuvood City from San
Francisco. Ilo now awaits bis fourth trial
for the killing of Knlph S. Smith. I'.iwoll .
has changed much in appearance during the
two years ho has been locked up.
Two fruit dry Ing companies of Santa Clara
county nro npgoli.iting with Kun Kninciswo
ship owners to charter vessels to carryall
their dnod fruits to New York around the
Ilnrii. The moment a nlili ) is secured thu
companies will load , OOU,0W ! pounds.
Thotrii.lnf.lolm IX Smith forllio killing
of Percy \Villuins ! is in progress at Fresno.
Williams was t ho son of ( tiMicrnl Thonm 1 1.
Williain * , who was during bis lifetime a well
known and wealthy ranchman of San . ! oa < | uin
county. The killing was caused by a quarrel
over ag.'unoof cards.
The boys of the t'OKZSwell high school in
San Francisco "strucK" on the board of edu
cation because "L , (5. lloiiirster , their ti-acher
of languages , was removed and Prof. Noble
assigned to the placo. Tbo boys said they
would not go hack unless the old teacher was
reinstated nnd thn board yielded.
Largo quantities of potatoes are piled up
on the wharves in Sun Fr wlsco and moiv
are arriving dail.A . commission mcirchnnt
unnblo to dispose of bis stock protltahly
loaded up ten cars iat t week nnd sldppeil
them to "Memphis , Tonn. , by special train
decorated wllh bunting and otherwise ,
Charles II. Ackorson . nn olil resident tif
San Francisco , escaped from the Pacilic hos
pital at Stockton on February " 'J , and all
tract ) of him was lot until last , week , when
his body was found in tbo Stockton channel ,
about tivo miles from the city. Ho was
chief longinecr of the San rnuicUoo tire de
partment.
Herman llorg , the wonlttdost man In Sut
ler county , died of pneumonia , in Marysville ,
lifted thirty-six yenrs. 11 is linn owned sev
eral tliuusiind acres of tbo hnestland in Sut
ler countv , a half interest In IhoVosurn
hotel nnu had largo land Interests in Teh.inia
county. Ilo was a large , strung mini , and
was sick only a few days.
A tornado , nrwhirlwiml.slnrtcdta llrown's
valley last week anil passed MaryHvillu and
WhcMtlaml. It tore up < orytning In Us
cour.M > , demolished tank IHHISIM , barns and
fences , took foncu panels l.Ml yards Int'no air
niul moved a l.fMM ) pound barley crusher
twenty feet. It wont very slowly and in a
course. No lives were Ion.
Charles Morton , u.ipta In of the schooiio-
Free Trade , coinmitU'd suiculo in Sim l-'run
Cisco by cutting lila Ihroatuiid then Jumping
into the bav. Norton cut the IIIU-K nl Ins
baud and blood poisoning set in. Jli' unVivd
iiitonsoly and ucoamo tlelrilous. Un w.is
tblrty-nlnn years of age , a mitiveof Swe li'ii ,
nnil wns married on Pchruary 10
last , his wlfo li\lmr \ in San Francisco ,
A Frenchman named Chrmtlnn coinmitlcd
suicide at the cream uf tartar works lu Sunn-
Ishtmvn , Nupa county. Ilo used u doubh-
bnrifled shiilgiin for the purpo.su pulling thi'
trigger \\itb one of hu toes niter pointing the
niu/zlo to ids throat ' 1 ho top of Ins hcud
VMS lilotvn off Clirlstlan had bi ondrl.ildiir (
very frecij ol pn-cn wino for a woeli past
Hotel mviMimuvlittliins In Sun rnuiclsoo
b.ivo been taxotl to t tn ) ntiivist this semen
All the lurgonut's nro pUnnlng to ent.irgo.
IlnMwIn'i * lends the \\ny. \ \ I ; . ,1. Hulihvin
bullghlii parcel of bind next hin holol nnd
gets nnmiiilllonal frmitiigi'on Market ntivot
of UK fcot nnd t\vcnty-llio on ICMIs Htrect.
'lhi < pdco | ' , ild with Iho coinmMloii wan
jiro.omi
A olmreh Invissllgat lull wllh clmi'd tlivirs.
Involving vt ry sorlous charges agiilnst IJov.
; ( . ,1. l''lemliif ( , pnitor nftlii' Slolhmll.st olniivh
nl Motile Vlsin , begun al the Simpson tnber-
iniclo nt l.tvs AliKcles heforn a ( tiiiinlt.tco uf
inlnist"rs selcctotl by tin ) privddlng older of
the district. There Is aclmiTii of I'mbcwllng
jiMHH ) In tvimiM'lionvllli the ( 'liiiutiniitiu |
woiu nl ICciloiiilii. I'lciulnr Is a brlllkiui
\oiuigiMiui nnd hnsmany friends.
' 1'hoollvo oil mill nl KlUvoml hiiH been kept
( ,1'lnt ' : night and duy , tint hits been unnblo to
crush nil tnnoitves grown on thn mountains.
It Is ostlmatcd that at least lii.dOOpnuuiU of
olives \\TivwastOil \ \ tlds.uvir ln'camcof Insuf-
tlcii'iil facihtb's for manufacturing. This
ruprivents iibout liHW ) ( bottles tf oil , worth
$1 $ n bolt o. In order total ; earn of this sur
plus crop Austin llm no of Monlivlto IIIIH
purchased machinery for an ulivo oil mill , niul
will hnvo It In operation ! > } the tlmo next
j cur's olive * nro ripo.
< IlI'MMIto.
( JoorgctoMii will forinn miners' alliance.
Port l.upton has mi opi-nlug for a flour
mill.
Manltou has a strongluburunion , recently
organl/ctl.
A largo foiouy of ( Scriiiiini will settle In
tin' Ynmii valley this sprhif ; .
Track laylnir on this Kio ( Irando SoutllPrii
railroad Is in ho iv.sumed April 1.
Washington county lias two chairmen ol
tin' hoard of county commissioners. Much
refuses to h.ick . down.
A circular wns Issuotlhy tbostrlldng inlncri
'
at C'lTstcd llntto asking' workmen to stay
away from the town.
Sagimcho county ranchmen nro agitating
the in.itler of trout culture , Mnny streams
have alivud ) been .itoclied.
( ! . II , Snillu of Steamboat Spring * slwl an
Immensi' in.iuntnin lion about ono himitrod
yards from his house recently.
A crt-amery is to bo start oil nt Lninar
which will COIIHUIIIO Sil , ( ) ( ) pnuntlj of nil It , i
duy. Tbo plant will rust fTHK ( ) .
Somebody has linen canting trouble in
IluonaVlstiiby spreading false renortjiof thn
dentil of n number of its prominent citizens.
The Alornlmr Star mine irvners of Ward
are about Input In a now hoisting plant un
their property and will commence to .sink
the shaft at onco.
I'ViriiHsaiiltlng n schoolmate , n boy was
punished by his teacher at Dan forth school ,
in Pueblo. It required the combined elTnrts
of the teacher. Jmiitoraiul prhicip.il tu do it.
According to the Ka.lunta'l'rlbuno , sheep
men report that Hie total loss the past win
ter among Hocks between there nnd Colorado
Springs will not exceed U per cent. This
small loss is duo to a mild winter ,
A report ( omes from Iromlnlo that arrange
ments have boon madn for tbo cnmiolldat imr
of the Kibler s'ovo works with n largo im
plement manufactory which will luovo tlu-ru
from the east. There Is also a fair prospoci
thut n bltr .steel tiliuit will ho located there.
Trinidad expects togot hcforo long auuion
railway station In which the Sunta ! > , Denver -
vor A lie ( inindo and Union I'acilicnro t.i .
join in building and occupying. Tln > iirostsnl
idansaro fora biilldlm , ' 1st ) font long hut it is
suid that the doMgn coutomphilos u bmltlin ; ;
; ii)0 ) foot long.
At the First Collgl o 'ntiolllll ohnn-h In IVn-
vor was held the llrst of u soriotof Hundav
meetings in behalf of thoSibi'rianoxllemovi'-
nioiit. The gnlhcrliig was * ail'lroisetl by lov. !
Myron \V.leed.lnilgo { Melford , ( loorge La/.i-
riilT , the escaped Uusslnn iilliillit , and .Mrs.
HcoUSiixton. Similnr meetings will ho hold
in tha future at the Central Prosbytorimi and
First Baptist churches.
The city election in Georgetown will beheld
hold April ( > . A Hpociul rlectlon has bc''ii
called for April Si to vote on the fiiosticn [ ot
issuing bonds tntlio amount of ! . " > , UIK ) to pur-
chnse iho system of waterworks now owned
nnil controlled by the Clear Ureek water
company. The vote will bo close , but the iv-
suit , It Is anticipated , will bo in tbo negative
The pcnplo arc moro in favor of putting in
sewers llrst. U
A wholesale slaughter of dogs isnowiii
progress al Halt Crock , Pueblo county. \
dog affected with hydrophouiu bit a number
of animals in llio vicinity several days np > . 5 ?
A number of the cattlo.showed signs of m.i.l-
nossana were killed and their cnnu- : < i
partly burieii. Tbo rcinnlns were eaten liy
llie dogs of Ihoiifighhorhonil. 'Ihesedogs in
lurnnre mad. A cow wont mad aim Iwelvi )
men wererciiulied to corral her.
C , H. M'rlghtnml a Pliiladolpldu syndicaln
have purchased the Him * , svstL'in of railronOs
in Washington for § .llii,0lill. ) )
Harry Kogori ofVlintcom Itlllod a : ! ' i-
pound black hear roomily , but his favoriio
dog was chewed to death by bruin.
.lolm H. Umidolph , a colored man of Se
attle , has fallen heir to a legacy of .jd.iiHl (
from the estate of an undo in New York
Cit > .
Lesllo 1) ) . Kills has been appointed by the
'
mayor anil conllrmun by tlio council as' chief
of police of Tacnnni , vice V..urchey , re
signed.
The senate refused by a vote of Id to li ( , to
pass the resolution pnssod ny the house in-
pfaching.iudgo Sachs of Port'Towiiscnd , the
pokcr-pinying Juilire.
ftTliPro is n proposition ! ( on foot in Sfnttlt'tu
ostablihh therna [ ihint for drying thocodtisli
caurbt in Aliu > \vatersand iraking SIMI-
tlutho great ilKtrihutiiigpiint for lisli on the
1'acitic coast.
The county commissioners of Lincoln
oouiity have appropriated JV > 'M ' with whi.'li
to buy strychnine , which is to lie distributed
free among Uieiigriculluiid.sts In the hope
that the country can bo fiveil from squirrels.
Ills iinnnuiiiMil tbat on March ' , ' ) the Seut-
tte , Lake Snore \ Mastern railroad \\illi-oin-
plute its connertinn with the Ciuindlaii I'a-
cillc. Thn mcAiis that tliero % vlll be , for llm
lirst time , nn all-rail line from Mexico , clcur
uthls | ) coast into Hritish Columbia.
Several hundred codfish wore caught \\itn
gill nets sunk to the botuuu of the sound near
Tacoma recently. It is said to bo tbo llrst
catch ot uvruUr eastern cod on the coast , imd
the most singular thing about ll is tno fart
that they nro found In no other part of llio
sound. The ones taken weigh on annver.igo
of eight pounds each.
1'nsil Dix , a fnivtuan of construction , was
killed on llio I'airhavcn & tiouthorn iiiilrn.id.
Ilo was riding on a Hat car in front of tlio
oiiK'ino , and while nlloiiipting lo drive sunii'
cattle Irom tbo track Iho air brake- , wore nut
on and Iho sudden Jar threw him off and
under the wheels of tbo train. One car r.ia
liver nun , killing him in.staiilly. Ilo w.is
thirty-tile ye.us old nid : loaves a wife ami
family in Dakota.
The contract for llftoou miles of the Ciivar
Northern riglil-uf-wiiv comiiioncing at the
trnbiitK of Pack river , Kootcuai countx.
Itlnlio , mil extending westward , lias been let
by 1C. L. Works .Sc Co. toUampboll , t Hnnvn ,
tno railroad win I ractors tif Sand Point , Ulibn
'J'ho contract also culls for laying down 'J'ni-
UOlllies. They will bojiin WCIIK on Monday
outlio ngbt-of-wav , Tlio coniracl is in bo
romplolcd by , Inly 1.
i'.dwln Tonkin , .city ticitot agent uf tli-
Northern I'nclllo railway of Seattle , wa .ir-
restotl cburgi',1 wllh ombe/itlomuiil. Ib n
snld to bo $ . * ) ( inci ) slinrt In iicouunts , which lie
lost in gambling. Cappers for So.ittlo trim
bllng houses cultivated Tonkin's frleiuWiiii
ami lured him to rum. The Northern I'anlu-
intends iorcrig the g.imblini , ' hou < os toili--
gorge the monoy. Tonkin was ropoiiiiMlv
trust 'd with laiye sums tif the cumpnn\'s
mnnoy.
K. \ \ Ilumiison , n [ "ndins ? butcher of
Spokane FalU , who , with tl vii other men.WUH
niTcstel Uvo months ago for eUonslvo cat ! ! o
slciding , was found guilty. Tlio trial liMcil
eleven days , duriiiB which savent.veight wit -
nesses were put on the stand. The ahlt
legal talent of the slate was ivprosuntoa in
c.iso. . Tbootlior Uvo ineniborsof tliUKaiiii are
ii'iw ' in ] ull and \ < 'lll all bo tried next wt
llunmsoa has taken an appeal to the supiem- >
court.
On the last day of the second Ic Nluiis
.session an immeaso number of bills \\n-
p.ssed , iimung otlicra tbo sundry ilvll iiiirn | |
priiitlon bill , to ; uipropiiato | over i'ir > o.uiKi ' . >
l y theoxpcnsi s of t he slat-'government ' i !
ilu > next two yeirs. The loclslaliiiv , 1
iuurnod with a great amount or unllnWi I
nii'-lnivss. Imlcod , the calomlar is so he.ix . 'y '
loaned limt tliero U serious talk of ane\ir.i
MiHHion , but Acting ( lOYcrnor LotiKlilon IM I
lively refiihos to call such a so.sHlon.
Tbolato Senator Clark i- . said to have n . (
one f the wralthlost nn u In South U.lUo1 a ,
lie started liU life as n cowboy.