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SAK TFBJUf CISCO GHBONlCEE TRSD ATyVABBIIr 23 1896 lEM THE GRAHD ARMY SPliree Hundred Delegates at Santa Cruz BELIEF CORPS ALSO MEET the table to be taken up for future consideration The report concludes at follows The evidence before us showed that the charge were presented to Lyon Post by a comrade professing to know that they were all true and could be ptoven but no such comrade could be found during the Investigation Tour committee believe that whatever mar have been the motive of the Individual formulating such charges that Lyon Post was grossly Imposed upon when It was induced to become the accuser The men who now compose the board of directors are all men of good character not only In the community in which they live but a number of them are well and favorably known throughout the 1 State They have been and are now sacrificing their time and labor for the best Interest of our old comrades at the i home and this without any other hope NO LIGHT ON THE Result tte Coroners Inquest FRIENDS SECURE THE BODY In gsrKEAT rXTKRKST IX LTOX POSTS of reward than that which duty well I EWCOMKH HKFXSES TO TAI OP SITSPKKMO doni wl bring I THAGFnY i To have such charges as we have the tbauiui I been investigating made against them Conflicting Opinion to the DU and heralded all over the country as has been done in this case must be to Pnrrliascil a Quarter them the severest kind of Ingratitude fh PnmrdiBo Tlje real author of these charges who ever he may be has merited the severest condemnation of every comrade in spcm uuomicB to me vnnmie tnlg department We feel that no well SANTA CRUZ April 22 Battle balanced comrade will make a charge Icarred veterans are numerous here of this nature against an institution of tnis kind an Institution of which even Interest Mine a Short Time Ago While veterans who answer to titles are as thick as privates comparatively peaking during the National Guard encampment Every train to day trough large delegations to the Orand Army encampment Each trainluad Spe DtKatch to the Chronic ONORA April 22 The Coroner has returned from the scene of the killing loyal person should be proud unless of Colonel Caleb Dorsey yesterday The knows them to be true and has the evidence to prove them At the Womans Relief Corps convention about 160 delegates were present Greetings were sent to the Ladles of hat been received by the local post with i the Grand Army of the Republic and an a band and with flags flying and music er ake lhfm few allowing them to retain their pres nlaying and escorted to headquarters pank hrtWtd that the Jo be greeted by other comrades who tota membership is 2968 number of pad arrived earlier corps 57 amount of cash expended inquest tnrows ro ugrt on ine cause oi the killing as there were no eye witnesses and the Colonel was dead when hi body was found The shooting took place in Newcomers ond trial of John Jones All are from Reno and are aafollowa 3C Shtfed ler Crague A 8 WlBlams Huelett Seagraveo George Prey Walter Beaton Dennis Sullivan James Shelby a Bates John Gulling and Henry Olllers COOKS ISLET FILLED WITH ICE Apprehension Pelt for ta Safety of Vessels PORT TOWNSEND Wash April 22 The schooner Falcon from Kodlak Alaska brings the news that Cooks Inlet is full of floating Ice and vessels cannot land there At present there are eight vessels bound to the Inlet from Puget sound carrying 800 miners besides large quantities of freight and some live stock Much apprehension Is manifested ror the safety of the vessels many of which were not In good seaworthy condition when they left for the north Officers of the Falcon say If the vessels attempt to force entrance to Cooks inlet they will certainly be crushed in the ice BELIEVED TO HAVE FOt SmBRED The Schooner Seventy Six and Crew of Seven PORT TOWN8END Wash April 22 The schooner Seventy six of Kodlak Alaska is supposed to have foundered off Wood island and seven persons are believed to have been drowned The vessel left Wood Island last December for a short coastwise cruise to TEST OF IHE POST ORCHARD DRY DOCK MacWnery Worked Witnout a Hitch MONTEREY ON THE BLOCKS THE WAR VESSEL FOISD TO DE IXIXJIRKD English Officers Take Observation Will Accommodate the Largest Ships Afloat bench near the corpse explaining why the rash deed was committed To Whom it May Concern I cannot go to sleep to night for pain In my Jungs I have been getting worse all day today and a high fever is burning me up Kb one is to blame for the Act I am going to try to do Olve my carcass to Dr Hughes to cut up and find out what he can as It may be a benefit to others who come here to die one way or an other If my body Is not disposed of is that way bury me as cheaply as possible and send the rest of my effects to Latta Forest Grove Oregon I have ISO in my trunk and a piece of a months wages coming from my employer Reed I beg pardon for using my room for this purpose but It Is the only place where I will not be bothered Tours etc Latta JULIAS BERDlGO MIST HAXO Found His Spf is Dtpateh ta th Chrcelclt SEATTLE Waah April 22 The docking of the coast defense monitor Monterey in the Government dry dock TIL FOB lift Charged with Killing jl flnwhnv 1 vv II UvJ 1 Mill nDiur ill rjntiimtm rwuu vmmt in nuunu VALLtT THE VICTIM ARRESTED WITHOCT RESISTANCE The headquarters are crowded with the boys in blue the Grand Army uniform being visible everywhere Santa Cruz has done honor to the occasion by elaborately decorating the buildings with bunting and evergreens Banners BWing across the streets to tell where the headquarters of the various organisations are located Even the primitive hew Courthouse has not escaped decorative art for across its front is Stretched lines of bunting almost hiding the small structure The principal Interest among the veterans appears to be the suspension of Lyon Post which is facetiously called the Battle of Oakland The reason for suspension is best explained in the following circular which Is being liberally distributed among the comrades The suspension of Lyon Post will if ratified have the effect of excluding a W496 other than cash S2466 turned over to posts 881 The committee on credentials will re port to mcrrow and If the delegates from Lyon Post are refused recognition then wiil sounds of battle br hfrrd Some veterans are inclined tn thirk i that the matter will soon be disposed of when the convention oree gets hold of It This evening an ntertalnmen vris given at the carnival pavilion at which addresses of welcome were made interspersed with vocal and inslru mental music Among the veterans present are Oer oral Chipman of Red Bluff Genera Sheehan of Sacramento General Thompson of the Soldiers Home Phil Fisher 8tateer Cokrelj Schroeder General Backus Judge Walling and Judge Buckler Steedman Pot has established head quarters and about fifty members are already here working to secure next years encampment Nevada City is I the only competitor so far mentioned In Steedman Post are a few veterans PARALYZED OX A THAI ER IOS AVUELES I Waa En Roate to Texas to Vlilt Relative Sketeh of HI Career post from this body for thecaus al leged for the first time in the history of from San Lucas who were escorted this department Lyon Post passed be San Lucas depot yesterday by a some resolutions February 18th which band and covered with flowers in an unauthorixed manner got Into the T7T7TT7 newspapers These resolutions called DEATH OF AN OREGON BANKER upon the State authorities Investigate certain charges which have been in general circulation As to the subject matter of those charges we have nothing to say except the clause that when home it supported by public money to the extent of over tlOOona per annum for maintenance it is the duty of the State authorities to investigate it The department seemed to think otherwise as they ordered an Invest Cation by a committee appointed by themselves This committee has fore stalled so far an investigation by thp State Not satisfied with this the de partment officials prompted amy by some persons who had oeen hard bit by the called together the council of ad ministration to take action uon Lyon Post for violating a section of the rules and regulations relating to the publication of proceedings This was to say the least straining the meaning and could only be construed as a technical Violation of which nearly evexy post in the United States has been guilty After hearing the derense the council Composed of fifteen members at Which at no time was present but a bare quorum of eight by a vote of six of whom Ave were department officers and only ex offlcio members of th council found the post guilty of a violation of I ASHLAND Orl April 22 News has reached here of the death of Henry prob Carter at Los Angeles this morning Last Saturday while en route from here resolutions l0 Texas on a visit to relatives he suf fered a stroke of paralysis on the train losing consciousness which ho never gained His Identity was discovered by means of his personal possessions and relatives in this city were immediately apprised of his critical condition Mr Carter was a prominent capitalist and highly respected citizen of Ashland He was a banker for many years in Iowa and coming here In 1844 he arranged with a few leading business men to establish the Bank of Ashland Gnlltr of Uorderlag Caasln at Santn Aaa SANTA ANA April 22 Jullan Ber dugo must hang for the murder of his cousin Jose Sepulveda on the night of February 17th The Jury found a verdict to day of guilty of murder In the flrst itgnt Berduro killed bis cousin because he was refused permission to Both men are of the best 8paniih fami of 3ohnni Crow and Dennis Van Hora lies and the crime attracted a sreat on a charge of murdering Jack LlttW at Port Orchard near this city was sue ideal of attention among that element field was begun this morning The Ra led on the Moaatala Side ir of Ttto Little Boys Special Dirpatch to the Chronicle WEAVERVILLE April 22 The trtal cessfully accomplished to day The time selected was low tide and as the vessel crossed the sill of the dock at 810 A she had twenty six feet of water in which to move The ceremony of her entrance was simple but dignified and Impressive Across the mouth of the dock a plain blue ribbon had been stretched from bank to bank Against this the monitor put her nose as daintily as a mettlesome steed and as It snapped she gilded gracefully into the smooth basin taking ner appointed station at the sea end of the dock Once inside her length 256 feet brought out in strong relief the 650 foot length of the dock Officers and crew were stationed out of view throughout the double bottom of the vessel whose cement lining revealed not a crack or abranlon of any kind The caisson or gate was then floated back into the inner gate seat in the quick time of thirty minutes Plumbllnes marked the center line of the dock and as soon as the Monterey was in line with hes the big pumps got to work to empty the dock It was soon found that with all the pumps working such a current was created as to render the settling of the ship unsteady and one pump was laid off who populate this part of the State court convened at 30 oclock and an witnesses were excluded from the court 1 CHARGED WITH WRONGDOING J00 ceptng the aged father ofDe Xf I ifendant an Horn The opening Hats COXPLAIXT AGAI5ST SATA CLARA St PER VISORS laid to Have Committed llany Illegal Aeta Ignored br the Grand Jury up from the north Since then vigorous search has been made along the coasi but no signs of wreckage have been found The schooner Falcon arrived to day and reported that there was little hope list of missing is as follows Captain Whltear OSptaln Bowen Carlson Nelson Davis Martin Johnson Chapman and Otto Anderson which opened for business in 1884 and the rules relating to the publishing of under his guidance has since pursued a proceecings ir jnillty at all they were conservative and successful career tak only technically so but we are infomed mg rank as one of the strongest banks and believe that the report of the in iu Southern Oregon He was also the restlgating committee which we have chief promoter of the Ashland Electric heretofore mentioned as having been Light and Power Company previously appointed by the depart During the last few years he has not er 53W lhf glU at lis k0 active In business giving most of i1 eXPCUJ1n his time to books and travel He was 7rt0lheC0Un ntleman of culture of dignified and RATEN MAY YET BE TRIED WAhavhrJiiiHV i Plains address and his death is of iVaf lVk Hki ihmn fnm painful shock to the people of South or wTiatlooksJik a scheme to keep out wh JL ViM iern uni Oregon by whom he was held I versal esteem A SfRPRISTMG RECOT5T election was held on April 13th for town officers The candidates for Treasurer i keeD oi tnis encampment a strong post which is with its past officers entitled to about twenty ftve seats If we take Aur siameu mai hs representatives are opposed to the elements that has for years absorbed the honors and offices of 8aoaIlto EIrrtloa Result Decidedly the Grand Army of the Republic In hls Reversed department we car easily see whv all the machinery of the department has SAlSALITO April 22 A mild sur been used in this way There Is now the rrise was developed here this evening opportunity for the members of thiaen In the recount for Treasurer A town campnaent to overthrow this apparently well devised scheme of what may lustlv be termed a rinc tn nerntin ita Itself in power The road to defeat the were Fiedler and A Lawrence scheme of these men is clear and open As a result of the count Fiedler waa smd we believe should meet with the declared elected by a majority of three candid support of every Grand Army i votes sjiarr who has at heart the best interests Lawrence was not satisfied with tha of the organization result and demanded a recount Th First we should demand that Lyon baliits were canvassed this evening by Post delegation should seated at the Trustees with the following result once Second that general order 11 Iawrence 160 Fiedler 148 giving Law from the Department of California and rence a majority of twelve votes Nevada be rescinded and annulled as Much interest was manifested In the contrary to law and justice and third recount and the result was a surprise to that our next Legislature be petitioned nearly every one as it was not supposed In the name of this encampment to in i there would be any change In the stanrt tltute a thorough Investigation of all irvg of the candidates as there were only matters connected with the Veterans in the neighborhood of 30 votes polled Home from Its foundation up to the The blame appears to rest with the present time and that In their report clerks who called off the names as th they consider the advisability of taking tally clerks figures agree with half a possession of said home for the State dozen outsiders who kept run of the Of California count It Is not likely that any of the This result Is sure to come sooner other defeated candidates will demand or later and the quicker It Is done the I a recount as they could not hope to better it will be for the reputation of overcome the odds against them the Grand Army In this Stale I Lyon Post has Its headquarters right nnder the convention hall along with Other Alameda county posts At headquarters are exhibited silk flags of pous togetner wun a battle scarred COLONFJ CALEB DORSE1 From a photograph takn some years ago by Taber cabin near the Dorse and Newcomer mine Dorseys body was found lying on the floor with his feet toward the fireplace his head toward the door ami ruiet hile in his nek and another In his abdomen He had his cartridge belt or but no trac could be found of his revolver It was his custom to always carry it and his friends cannot account for its being missing After shooting Dorsoy Newcomer charged his clothing went to the mine a short cistanre abeve the cabin told one of the miners that he had shut Dorsey and tor them to loik after him and would go to Sonora and give himself up He vas riding Dorseys horse Newcomer is still in jail in Sonora and rr fuses to make any statemer concerning the trouble Dorspys friends started tn bring his body out from the mine this morning on a mule the only ick animal at the mine On smelling human blood the mule became very much excited and it was with great difficulty that the body could placed on Ms back They then started with the remains by a wagon road via Hales Mill a distance of thirty five miles and will reach here som time to night Neocnmir has resided In Tuolumne county a number of years He Is 70 years of age and served all through the Rebellion In the Confederate armv oionei Lorey was fpeeUI Ditpat to tb Ctroalele SAN JOSK April 22 Edward Hal sey this afternoon made a complaint in the Superior Court against Ayer A Greenlnger John Roll and George Rea Supervisors alleging many wrongful acts on the part of the defend 1 ants which if proven leave the Super visors liable to a fine of tSOO each and expulsion from office The Illegal acts charged are that they collected 143 from the county for services as road viewers the District Attorney not having passed on the claims and that they audited and allowed themselves 1126 20 their claims not hav Ing been itemised or Indorsed by the i District Attorney Th claims were for By noon the vossel had settlor nn expenses incurred eolnr to Sacramento keel blocks which fitted the bottom of and elsewhere They are also charged her hull a neatiy as a kid glove and the with having had the delinquent tax list rest or the water was soon hurried out i published in two daily papers without of the way From the besrinninsr to the 111 it it diDthC wfk made rlfr1d P0 bavlnS audited and allowed the claims there Slule and yet there was not a hitch at of each paper for J7W 2a They are said any stage Pumpe encine boilers hav oiif ivj iri nl 11 1 iuniutiHiuri VM1V I1 1 orKeu witn tne utmost cess of the amount thv are empowered euiwuiness ana satisfaction The to appropriate for the promotion of tm pumpmg nation bum by Moran migration and to allowing J4100 for Brothers of this city I enthusiastically water rights of wav damages etc with commended Navai Constructor Bax having audited and illowed W53 for ex ter of the Mare Island Navy Yard had perts for the Grand Jury of 1S94 audit charge of the docking and although he leg and allowing S28S8 in xress uf bids had with him only five or six men who for building bridges and allowing other had ever taken part such work yet i claims amounting to Jl The Super such was the precision of arrangement visors are ordered to appear in court 3ectlon Pf thdk that akl oa May 16th to answer the charges the decking could not have en effected Halsey Is well known here and In San il Tlb a crew trained perts Francisco having for thirty yean or The Monterey wii remain in dock more been connected with some office about ten days and will receive a new tn the rnnrthnm it coat of paint after which she will spend Jury hired him as an expert and he 1 orougnt an tne aoove cbarges before ant Morong telegraphed to Wash niton inrv frM Kyack A few days later a terrible i that the docking was entirely success 1 opinions Halseys charges against the pea ir uiruuru niui bliuw aiiu ic j1 i fui The di ons ui tne uock bs Rurjerv snr vn Vnlr ut actually masurd exceed slightly the nld hl tu Holm nin i requirement Length oi length from coping a head to outer purchaser has not secured his coin gate seat 650 feet inches Jpngth Of timber floor nx fet irches width on opening tUta i ment was made for the prosecution by Deputy Attorney General Post James Wllburn the thirteen year oU vr son of Wy lackie John who was killed several years ago in Round valley by Clarence White and John Watson ths stepson of Ves Palmer were the only witnesses examined at the morning set sion They testified to being with Jack I Littlefield on the Z7th of September i last when Constables Van Horn ami I Crow the defendants came to arrest Littlefield They were hunting cattle and were resting when the officers rode I up Van Horn said I guess I will have to arrest you Jack Littlefield said All right and Crow said Disarm him Then Van Horn commanded him to throw up his hands Littlefield replied that he was a peaceable man rave up his arms and started with the officers for Weaverville George Littlefield brother of the murdered man whoee home is in Eureka is here watching the proceedings closely In an interview he said They burled Jack like a dog His remains were chucked Into a hole a boot two feet deep dug on the mountala side The water from the hillside would have washed them away or left thea 1 exposed if they had been left there Jfo coffin covered the body The grave wis filled with brwh sticks and earth The officers seemed in a hurry to gettte body out of sight as quickly as possttlt was no need of this for if wetu notified In two days time tic body woyld have been moved and ay brother given avnnsuan Dunai My mother lives In Eureka and sbe feel greatly distressed of course oitr the sad ending of her son but thists further increased by the manner la which he was buried Before the second inquest however the body was dug up by the Coroner and my brother was laid away decently I hope that Sheriff Bergin who has worked hard la the cae has the right mas DAMAGE TO tIiEMOTTEREY A Salt Commenced Against tkt Steaaaer Traaalt at Taeama TACOMA Wash April 2Z The steaa4 er Transit of the Puget Sound and Cea i irai Amenran ieitiiiiiiK amu um and are as follows for services as an expert but the Super released from custody of the VnitedSutes ai 749 fi et 8 inches visor have ItrnnreH ih lolm A Marshal who selxed her on complaint of the 1 nlted States cjovemment wnica for the safety of the missing vessel The coping at center 13o feet 1 inch width THE JIRY EXCISED 15TIL JFLY TWEXT1ETH Commitment to an Asylum Taken Under Advlement I nil Friday on floor 67 fee 1 inch width of stone entrance at coping 92 feet 8 inches height from floor tn coping 39 feet 3 Inches mean high water above stone sill at entrance 30 fee mean high water mark to keel blocks 28 feet 6 inch A thousand people mainly from Seattle attended the decking Many others would ha attended but the Of ttcers in charge wished to avoid a great crowd Thousands of fish were caught as the water receded from the dock fooi I The excursionists were much sur months old met with a horrible death prised to nml he British war ship thli corning being left alone Id a bum 1 upaMin arniiijrfu tjui a ir rujs irum same regiment in wnicn Newcomer was a private but they were not personally i acquainted at that time Newcomer purchased a quarter Interest in the Dorsey mine only a short time agn Colonel Dorsey was a very prominent farmer snd stockralser In Stanislaus county a rif mber of all the Masonic bodies up to and including the Mystic Shrine He was a cousin to the late Caleb Dorsey who was one of Tuolumnes most successful mining attorneys TWO IQtKSTS HELD I Srcl Dliratch to lb Cbroalcle SACRAMENTO April 22 This morning being the time set for committing Simon Ilaten to the asylum Judge Hinkson announced that he had made up his mind to send the prisoner to Napa This was opposed by defendants counsel who argued that Raten should be sent to Stockton where he would be under the care of Dr Holsholu who It Colonel of the ald understands his case th dry dock Th testing of which her officers observed interestedly Captain Garforth of the phasant paid Captain Ludlow an official rail this afternoon on board the Monterey It Is considered certain that the English officers will take careful observations of th ways of approach and available means of protecting the dock or the use of the British War Departmen A BABY BURNED TO DEATH THE nOVSE WITH TWO CHILDREN The Little Ones Set the Home on Fire With OH and Shavings VANCOUVER Little Frankie MeCool October 22 baby nine lag house and when the fire was extinguished nothing remained but a small heap of charred flesh and bones The parents went out early in the morning to do some work the mother to do washing and the father to collect clothes to be washed at home There were left In the house a ten year old daughter Lottie and in her charae Controversy Over the Body of a lag Who Died la ap NAPA Anril 22 Thirtnt nini ij suddenly at the Four mile House be an3rthinK Published about him in the tween here and Vallelo yesterday The District Attirney appeared anxious to have the Judge commit to Napa as he said that he was anxious to have the opinion of physlclans there Defendants counsel declared that as the prisoner had been adjudged insane the quite sjuanely to day and was carefully object in sending him to an asylum was to cure him If possible and not to procure any further evidence as to his mental condition Judge Hlnkson then said that he would take the place of commitment under advisement until Friday morning At the opening of the trial the Judge excused the Jury which was trying Raten fur murder until the 20th of next July at the same time charging them that during the next three months they must not discuss Katen case nor read Some engineers who witnessed to 7 aa 8 ana 8 days test say that several minor de 22 V7 7 rTakie tUe fects in the dock are noticeable These Jent utl pa leaylng the other chll include a slight bulge on the right side ffflAn theKh Chester and Dolly and a small leak on the same side which I fi l1 flre and according admits water Neither are believed to I tory Chester poured oil from be serious though they may delay final acan the navlngs and then applied settlement with the contractor until it can be ascertained if they will damage me10WllLe o11 Injh cai was upset the dock The caisson gate did not fit cauEht nre and soon the whole oc noc in a uiiiw nester says ne xamlned by the Montereys chief en 7 caI7y out but was glneer He was unable to ten whether rlZ ey tnen went t0 a this was a permanent defect or not By ihbor house but by he time as greater care in snutting it may be made mipossiDie xo to fit tight To day one end seemed bouet an action for libel against the steamer alleging that on April 1 she ran ioio the monitor Monterey la tb Seattle harbor damaging the latter to tne extent of COO The collision is alleged to have crushed the monitors cutter sad eprurg the steel plates along the line Of contact so as to cause a leak below tit water line This collision and the result ant damage it is alleged was due tirely to the negligence arrd wantofrHU of the nnvlrator In charge of the Traask The Monterey will be taken to tfaeXirt Island Navy Tard for repairs Tae charterers of the Transit filed a bm4 for K000 am secured her release Tfcetejory she received by the collision is now pting repaired at a cost of about J5O0O Bodlea to Be RemoTed to Bealela PORT TOWXSEND April 22 Vansyce of this place has been awarded the contract to remove the bodies of tit soldiers burled at the old Fort Tows send site to Benicia CaL where they will He permanently interred The work is to be done immediately Mrs Governor Joan Father Dealt CARSON Nev April 22 WUUaB Weyburn father of Mrs Governor Jones died to day at the age of il years Mrs Jones buried her husbaid last week HIGHWAYMEN IDENTIFIED flag carried during the war by a Cali fornia battalion Some fifty members of Lyon Post are on the field but up to the present their cause seems to be faopeless ror the reason that delegates from the Interior are not as numerous as waa expected The post has already received one set back When an application was made to the council of administration to revoke the order of suspension for ninety days It was denied This now forces the matter before the convention At I to day the convention opened with Department Commander Wilson In the chair About 500 dele srates were present A pleasing feature was the presentation to veterans of buttonhole bouquets by school children This was a signal for enthusiastic applause and a big hurrah A committee from the Womans Relief Corps called on the convention with greetings which were enthusiastically received Report of officers were read and lerred to committees The adjutant generals report showed that the membership is 6741 Notwithstanding the financial stringency the loss by suspension list year was only 160 less than durlnr the preceding year The number of posts Is IIS The receipt during the year were 2378 21 The number of soldiers and sailors srraves decorated during the year waa 2147 The report of the investigating committee on charges made by Lyon Post regarding the soldiers Home VgM read byJadj Buckle aid laid xw Strong Case Aaalntt Sacramento Street Car Robbers SACRAMENTO Aprli 22 During morning Being nearer Vallejo though in Napa county word was sent there for an undertaker The Solano county Coroner was also notified and he ordered the body taken to Vailejo Meantime Coroner Kyser of Napa notified the Solano county Coroner that the man died In Napa county and the inqueet must be here That official paid newspapers HOT A LITTLE BOY A Stocktaa Grocer Convicted of Assaalt STOCKTON April 22 Harry Masters the younjr grocer who shot a boy on the night of February 18th last because the little fellow threw flour over the preliminary examination or High 1 no attention but being In possession jf the shooter was to day convicted of waymen Callendlne Baiter and Town the body held an Inquest To day Cor assault with a deadly weapon The send to day A McDonald night fore onr Kyser sent a subpoena to the Val i bv was thought to be seriously hurt at man at the Street Railway Comninvi i undertaker to produce the body In the time of the shooting but rtcov man at tne street itauway wmpinj countJ where he dtJ ertd car barn took the stand and Identified i thlI anJ the MCon1 inquest was held I Mastsrs claimed that he thought he Callendlne positively as the leader of I at whloh a verdict was brought that wis being attacked by roughs It was the trio that robbed the barn on the Blank died from inflammation of the Cascarone night when the Mexican rlght of December 24th last He was bowels and acute peritonitis resulting I population and the boys were having not absolutely sure as to the others from an Injury received some time ago fun throwing flour on passengers on but said mat tney resemoieo me otner Deceased was drinking heavily the day before his death two robbers In slxe and speech Elliott a motorman testified that on the afternoon of the robbery he saw Callendlne and another man talking together Callendlne had a rifle A Wright had also seen Callendlne with a rifle and he said that the man who was with Callendlne had on a rubber coat The case against the robbers is so strong that they have lost all of the bravado that marked their actions during the early stages of the trial Saffragtsts at Fresno FRESNO April tt Yesterday was a big day amon thefriends of woman ZwZSVSESSl they do not break Coat record to day Miss Anna flhaw ana miss Elizabeth Tate are In attendance About 200 persona were tn attendance at the sight session yrgxRFxi moved lor 43 SO per load and asward lisnoa fcprdaiDtttTtry 08 Taylor st GRASS VALLEY ATHLETES Clabmea Will Hold a Field Day on May 30ta ORA8S VALLEY April 22 The di rectors of the Grass Valley Athletic Club decided to bold their first annual field day sports at Storms ranch midway between Grass Valley and Colfax on May 30th Races and games of all kinds will be Indulged In for which medals will be given The athletic club has over 200 members several of whom expect to make a blr showing even Jary Seeared la the Jones Cas CARSON Nev April 22 Thirty nine special talesmen were examined this morning In the United States Court before a Jury was secured for the see the street cars Masters was on an out side seat of an electric car enjoying a cigar He shot at the boys who threw flour at him anrfhlt little Slmmle Newberry the fourteen year old son of the engineer at the city sewage plant WASTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT A Man ReleaaeU at Saa Jose to Be Taken to Santa Cras SAN JOSE April 22 George Kahn who has been held here on a charge of attempting to defraud a boarding house keeper by getting him to Indorse a worthless check was released to day by the arrival of his father from San FVsnrttcn whn astMA fit claim He waa at the depot ready to take the train for Ban Francisco when he was again arrested on a telegraphic warrant from Bant Crux charging him with embezzlement He is held awaiting the arrival of an officer to morrow over half an inch lower than the other The examining committees report will not be made public until after it reaches Secretary Herbert ITRAVGE DI3rfEARrCE Van Singular Case Reported From Silver City Idaho BOISE Idaho April 22 A singular case is reported from Silver City A man and wife named Thomas living near town had not been seen for days and neighbors went to their place to Investigate The family dog was found lying dead at the door Inside there were evidences that a meal bad been In course of preparation but the food burned and dried up on the stove No trace of either man or woman can be found WITHOCT FOOD OR WATER The Crew of the Schooner LI sale Xearlr Famishoa PORT TOWNSEND April 22 The fishing schooner Llzsie arrived here to day from the north with the crew almost famished from lack of food and water She left here a month ago on a fishing trip for Alaska and met with head winds all the way so that after making 250 miles It was found necessary to turn back on account of lack of provisions The schooner arrived here none too soon as there had been no water on board for two days past A POLITE SUICIDE He Begged Parwoa for Killing His self la His Roost PHOENIX A April 22 Th We lets body of a Latta waa found this morning tn a barn where the deceased had been In the habit of sleeping he being employed as a driver of a transfer wagon The body was suspended from a rafter by a rope tied around his neck the following sou waa found on a Last Seen Coining Ont of eoover Bank VANrOlVKR April 22 Dr Kendall has been missing over a week and his friends are very anxious concerning him Though a duly qualified physician he gave up practice In London England and came here to engage In mercantile pursuits He Is the owner of an extensive stone quarry near here a shingle mill and a steamer and has been In business about five years He was last seen coming out of the Bank of British Cotumbla A reward of 1100 has been offered for news of his whereabouts It Is stated that two members of the family have committed suicide Bn4 ffear Is expressed that he may have taken his life IALVATIOX1ST8 AT STOCKTO enter the house The McCools are verv poor people and everything was lost A DOCTOR DISAll EAnS Big Kra Boeta Taeker Glvea Reeentlaa STOCKTON April 22 Mrs Booth Tncker was received here to day by the Salvation Army with considerable enthusiasm addressing them this afternoon and the people generally this evening The meeting to night was a monster turnout of people The speaker dwelt particularly on the work of the army and made a regretful reference to the troubles In the Booth family The Salvationists leave here for Sacramento In the morning Floral Festival at Stockton 8TOCKTON April 22 The Native Daughters floral carnival to night was a greater success than on the first night land fully 2000 persons passed In the ooots wun ucxets wnicn added to tne attendance of participant in the floral marches and movements made a very large throng The proceeds of tb fiesta wilLbft spent In entertaining lady visitors to Stockton on Admlaaloh day The ladles of Florence A dlssitlsJel with the common practice of tmportltf teachers for the public schools in Final county bave passed a resolution taataa vacancies in the public schools be SUM by local Instead of alien talent lstw 31 MISCELLA5EOIS Ik jfEK1 rinMl A well selected text is half of the sermon Given a good text and a preacher Iwho is in earnest and the result is sate to he good The text of this article a a plain simple statement that proves itself in the readers own mind without arg tnent The tert Oneri health isbd rtcr than great riches Wttnoat Bcmun notning resiiy jasra very much A hacking cough taxes au the beauty out of a landscape or a sasset Erysipelas or eczema will sjofl the enjoy ment of sprightly conversation of a besnj tiful concert of a wonderful Pi The biggest bank account in the wood wont pay a man for his health beta very small amount of money will max him healthy and keep him healthy Most all bodily troubles start ra fe digestive or respiratory organs It here that improper living first males ta opening for disease The development differs as constitutions and temperament differ The causes are almost identical To get at the root of the matter is simple enoush If vou start risrht Dr Pierces Golden Medical Discorr is a medicine for the whole body works through the digestive organs all the others It cures the first thing itccaes torn after that the next It puts health ia place of disease ia the stotaacb and fao the vantage ground thus gained reaches every fiber of the body and drhts disease before it indigestion brer troubles kidnev ennrolaint biliousness Skin and CClIn rlieeaee calt rheita tettCf eczema and all the troubles caused Bajnuc owoa zt MS0rr tjid Jnsaiii eH i jarifr sjayja ariteM UC fc.

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