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SA2T MJAKCISCO t5HEOICIE THUBSDAT IJtX 20 1893 rilim siCj i if Suicide of a Promising Ioung4Ian The School of Methods in Session Beggars Attempt to Victimize a Sheriff A Nevada Shooting Brrtti Ksnatchei to Hie dnoxvx Psoanx A TI July 18 Harry wK11 itsred 32 Tears committed suicide here at9 oclock this morning by swallowing carbolic acid He was one of the heading young men of Phoenix both socially and fax business having heen connected with the sewer and electriclight companies and with the Hartford Bank holding the position of business manager in the firsthand thai of director and secretary in the latter two lately business troubles had weighed upon his mind He consulted his lawyer Tuesday afternoon who encouraged him to struggle jon as his position was by no jneans perilous Suicide seemed the farthest thing then from his thoughts The next morning at oclock he chatted pleasantly with Judge Campbell in the Colton clock where each had rooms Ten minutes thereafter Tie was found dead lying olagonally across his cot He had swallowed announce of carbolic acid One scream was heard in the building but itwas supposed to be that rmtient in adoctors office in adioin iaz apartments So afraid was he lest in farther cries should bring assistance More the latai aose naa wrougni lis wore that he bound a handkerchief under his lower jaw and around his head The Coroners Jury returned a verdict of suicide by poisoning The deceased was born in Cincinnati and leaves a mother and two sisters in Blytbesdale CaL also a married sister at Morris Park The sd event has cast a funeral pall over this city where everybody seemed to be a friend of the brilliant and apparently favored son of fortune BRIGHT WOMEW dF SESSION rough usage The manwas about 5 feet 7 inches in height with sandy hair and light complexion TThe Corone took charge of the remains but found no one able to identity tne Doay bonding for improvements An Important Question to Be Submitted to Saltersfield Citizens Bakxesftxld July 19 Some time since It was decided to make an attempt to bond the county for a large sum for certain public improvements including the construction of roads in rapidly growing sections It was objected by some that the county as a whole could not be bonded for Toad building Eminent legal advice was sought in 8an Francisco and the opinion given that as the roads are for the general benefit of the county the Supervisors have the power to issue bonds to construct the same Hence at a meeting to day the board called an election for September 12th to issue jover 250000 worth of bonds for the erection of a Hall of Records a County Hospitaf new roads etc 2fo doubt the election wiu be favorable to tne bonds THE BANK JS SOLID Examiners at San Bernardino Make a Favorable Report Sajt Bsksabebo July 19 James Lazearof Denver and William Wizht man of San Francisco the National Bank Examiners who have for some days past been looking into the affairs of the First National Bank of this city have made a report to the Controller of the Currency James Eckels recommendine that the bank be allowed to open at once They state that they find the affairs of the bank in good condition ana tnat mere was no reason why a run should have been made upon it It is stated that Eckels is in New York on official business and as soon as lie can be reached and his consent ob tamed the bank will open its doors with about syowo in coin on nana ACQUITTED OF MANSLAUGHTER The Shooting at Riverside Decided to Bare Been Accidental RrvxBBiOT July 19 The preliminary examination of Captain A Mellon of Yuma was held this afternoon He was charged with manslaughter in having caused the death of Edgar Hadden by shooting him while on board a train at the depot in this city some weeks ago It was shown that the shooting was unintentional but the District Attorney made a strong effort to have Mellon held for trial taking the ground thatloading a revolver in a erowaea car was apiece ot recklessness amounting to crime The court however dismissed the case and ordered ilellon discharged TflIRW 0 IM Johnson Ends His Chain Of Evidence Another Reference to the Pistol The Courts Instructions to Jury to Be Bead This Morning the Proceedings of the Second Session of the School of Method Pjuanc Gsovx July 19 The second session of the School of Methods convened at 930 oclock to day The opening devotional exercises were conducted by Mrsv Rose French followed by an address upon The Local Unions by Mrs Spencer the corresponding secretary oi California The devotionalexercises ol die afternoon were conducted by Mrs 0 Mathews State superintendent of Sunday school work Mrs Burbank of England now a resident of Oakland pre pared an excellent paper In which she defined the distinction between true ana false modesty and the dignity which comes from a knowledge of the sacredness of our bodies and the science of life Mrs Emma Pow Smith State organ 4zer read a paper upon Bible methods and reform claiming that Ezekiel In his vision Of wheels within wheels at the river of Chebar typified the worlds Womans Christian Temperance Union in its divisions local State national and political Miss Bailey of San Jose rendered a vocal solo with most pleasing effect This Was succeeded bya paper Tipon The Responsibility of Thinking bV Mrs Grace TSiaball of Oakland The relation of the Womans Christian Temperance Union to the development of woman was ably portrayed by Mrs Eyster of San Fran ciscor Mra Popping of Yolo and Mrs Bentley ot Oakland Miss Bell of Oakland executed finely an instrumental In the evening there were two addresses one by Miss SUBeverance ol Qilroy on the eyolution of the ballot and the other by Dr Myra Knox upon womans clubs The evening session closed with a musical recital conducted by Miss Ada Churchill of San Jose TOLD A PITIFUL TALE Professional Beggar Attempt to Victimize a Nevada Sheriff Carsojt tNev July 19 A Hebrew fam ily consisting of a man and wife and two children arrived here yesterday claiming to have asked for tickets in Lps Angeles for Carson Nfeb where they claused to have relatives The agent gave them tickets for Carson 2ev by mistake They told a pitiful tale on the strength of which he gave ibemilO later the Sheriff learned that they were I professional beggars and told them to eave town They left to night the woman scoldlne the Sheriff for refusinz to give them more money and attracting considerable attention The girl claims the wuiaerpui ner anon messes mum spaying fnllfare KILLED IK A QUARREL Friends Fall Out and Pistols Are Used Piochx Nev July 1 A shooting affray at Panaca twelve miles south from here took place this afternoon between Ephi Orton a stage driver of Parowan TJ and James Mathews living at Fanaea Mathews was killed About six shots were exchanged Mathews fired first and was hit twice Orton escaped unhurt Aiatnews wasaunsing a norse attacnea to a was on and Orton told him to start and called him vile names Orton told Mathews to heel himself and equalize matters Mathews did so with the above results Both were considerably intoxicated at the uuc TESTIMOXT ALL JIN uA Land Cae Against Indians Nearlj Conclndixi SjlDixQoIulyig Theiakin of tes timony in meruit Instituted by ex GovernorGovernor Downey Jor the eiectment of the In dians nowlivingon Warners ranch was concluded to day in the Superior Court It has been shown that the lands in controversy have never passed out of possession of the Indians The case was ordered submitted pa briefs to be tiled hereafter BAIN AT RIVERSIDE A Sharp Shower That Lasted Over an Hour RrTEEStM July 19 The unusuaL spectacle of rain In July was witnessed here this afternoon when there was a sharp shower accompanied by thunder lasting jvr an noor bonne 8an Bernardino mountains The downfall here was only enough to lay the dust and has done very little if any dam to uje ufjing iruii A UXBDQW DEAD MAS The Body DUeovered In tne Street ot Baden fcrawooD Crrr July la The body of a man apparently years ol in was found on one of the streets of Baden last Mont oay morning lie wore a striped sbirt with a coat and trousers of dark olue irrt i one oitne poctets wasajtold atottNa 6518 a gold chain fl Win SrJS evelope marked Dennigan oil tax receint tar ism mr 2 Special Dispatch to tne ChsoxkLl Fexsso July 19 The attorneys have now done all they can do both for and against Richards Heath Grove John Bon closed his speech between 5 and 6 oclock this evening Judge Holmes to morrow morning will Teadhis instructions to the fnry and per haps by 10 oclock the case will be submitted No one can tell what the verdict will be Opinions seem to be about evenly divided The thermometergistered 108 outside the courtroom and about ten de grees more inside Mr Johnson resumed his argument where it was broken off last evening The first circumstance I will call your attention to this morning11 he began Hs the fact thai the defendant in company with another man was seen entering the alley near where the murder was committed This was only a short time a few minutes before the crime was committed The chain of circumstantial evidence has led Heath up to this point and now we find him just before the murder entering the fatal alley Dr Watson is the manrrho has men us the Important point and he is the man whom the attorneys for the defense tried desperately and in vain to break down abowbi mi is luav jieata was oef a returning down the alley past theGaetano residence This was before the echoes of the revolver had died away McWhirfer was not yet dead although the fatal bullet was in his heart Heath was getting away At that very moment the cries of the wife of the murdered man were ringingringing through the night air and as Heath passed down the alley he looked back over his shoulder and It was then that Mrs Gaetano saw him and knew him Within less than one minute after the shooting had ceased a small man answering the description of Fred Polley was seen run nine away from the scene and cross ting a vacant lot We showed that Heath ana roiiey were togetner earner in tne evening Just a little later and a little further away Heath and Polley were again seen by Seaward and Spease They were then crossing Stanislaus street They bad gotten a little farther away dodging from alley to alley They were working their wav back into the business tiart of towxu Heath and Polley passed on and Sea ward spease ana uaiy drove on ana reached the Monarch saloon just before 4 oclock and in a minute or two in walked Heash Polley and a third man Link after link has been welded together in the chain of circumstantial evidence Where is the missing link the weak link the faulty unsT as to this last circumstance ex Sheriff Hensley corroborated Seaward and Spease He saw them come in that 1 morning unlock the saloon door and go in Dutnensiey went away oeiore tne arrival of Heath and his pals Inow come to one of those circumstances which is all powerful in fixing the guilt on Richard Heath About two weeks after the murder Heath in conversation with George Puller asked Do you think Polley would give a man awayf I What had Heath to fear if he was innocent What had Polley to give awayT How could Polley give anything away tbattould hart Heath unless Heath were guilty What did Heath mean by asking such a question of Mr Puller why did he worry about Polley at all I tell you gentlemen of the Jury that right here Heath was giving himself away He was his own worst enemy When he could not keep his own secret is it any wonder if he was afraid that Polley would give him away The next thing I call your attention to is what I regard as a direct confession by Heath himself that he murdered Mc Whirter I say this knowing full well the meaning of my remarks and I say that Heath has confessed that he did that mBrder That was when be said to Parsons in speaking of McWhirters deathMcWbirter stood up and fought like a man How did Heath know thatMo Whirter stood up and fought like a man Did he Bee him Was he there Was he resent Did he face McWhirter on that ttat night Yes sir Mr Johnson took up the circumstances one at a time commented on them and at noon finished what he called his chain of circumstantial evidence consisting of thirty one links twenty one of which were admitted dv Meatn ana ten aeniea or only partly admitted When the court convened at 2 oclock and as Johnson was on the point of resuming bis argument Eugene Deuprey arose and addressing the court said If your honor please I rise to ask that rules be epforced equally upon all persons in this conrtroom Your honor will remember that some davs aco in this trial an order was made that no prey that have prepared something additional and I wanted to explain what it is But I object to any explanation or any speech said Walser Will you not let me explain interrogated the attorney for the defense Whatiaveyou Mr Deuprey asked Judge Holmes whose eye caught a roll of paper in the attorneys hand i nave additional instructions ior tms jury rendered necessary by Mr Johnson going outside the record in bis speech If Mr Deuprey has any additional instructions for the jury let him hand them to the court as he did his other instructionsinstructions said Walser But I wanted to explain began Deuprey So said the courts dont explain Hand me your Instructions if they are for thejuryf Your honor then refuses to let me explain I do I object and with that he handed his roll of papers to the Judge All the lawyers took their seats and Judge Holmes took up bis instructions to the jury as to the law in the case and was about to begin reading when one of the jurors asked that an adjournment be taken till to morrow This was done When court meets at 9 oclock these instructions will be read to thff jury and the case will be submitted NO EIGffiD OCCURRED Ill A Jeferi Remarks About Miss Ayers He Wished HerJut of the Country Letter Suggesting a Method for Avoiding Bigamy Troubles STATEMENT MADE BY ffAYAL OFFICIALS MUST BUILD THE SCHOOL A Decision Ordering Yolo County Su pervisor to Act Woowjlkd July UL Superior Judge Grant to day rendered a decision making perpetual a writ ol mandate against the Supervisors of Yolo county commanding them to proceed at once to establish the county High School voted at the last elec tion The board after locating the school in Woodland listened to hostile sentiment from other sections of the county and refused to proceed as directed by law hence the action The matter will probably be appealed to the Supreme Court THOUSANDS OF BABBITS Increase of the Pest Since the Slaying of Coyotes Began Sax BehsAbdiko July 19 Since the coyote bounty law went into effect the rabbits have increased in numbers wonder fully in this section Babbit drives are held nearly every Saturday afternoon and thousands are killed without making much impression upon their numbers Petitions are being presented to the Board at Snnerrfsora askine that a botmtv of 10 cents a head be paid on rabbits It is said the Supervisors have decided to pass such an ordinance rZXL FBOSX THE foremast A Seaman Misses His Hold and Falls Fifty Feet A8T0BIA July 19 The three masted schooner Compeer arrived here to day from Eureka CaL loaded with redwood and shingles for Portland On the 4th of July amost distressing accident occurred to James Brown a seaman on the Beu lah He missed his hold on the top of the foremast and fell fifty feet to the deck being horribly crushed and mutilated by contact with the winch The body was buried at sea the same day TWO TEAKS SAN QUENTIN A Burglar Pleads Guilty and I Promptly Sentenced Sa BiEKABDiiro July 19 James Ma guire who was committed to jail Saturday by the Justice of the Peace of Rfalto to answer the charge of burglary in entering the bouse of ATW Smith and stealing a watch and other property was to day brought before Judge Campbell i the Superior Court where he plead guilty He was sentenced to a term of two years in San Quentin KILLED BT A SUNSTROKE A Portuguese Railroad Hand Succumbs to Heat GxxxASTOwir July 19 Joseph Bagen a Portuguese railroad section hand was sunstruck at 4 oclock this afternoon and died two hours later He was a large robust man about 30 years old Baeen was unmarried and had accu mulated 2500 It is supposed be hasl gentleman should come into this court The Mohican Seen by the Garnet Full Beport of the Sealing Catch Special Slcpatcbes to tlie Chkoxtcxk WASHTaToir July 19 Any doubt that may have existed in the mind of the Act ing Secretary of the Navy as to the improbability of the story that the United States steamer Mohican was fired upon ana disabled by the Alexander has now been set at rest The latest versions agree on fixing the date of the alleged engagement as May 25th The records of the Tfavy Department show that the Mohican was at Port Townsend as late as May 27th and that she did not leave for the Behring sea until some time after that date relatives living at mometer at 4 clock at Truckee The ther Drowned in a Lake 8KATTIJC uly 19 Bisto Milutinovich a young Servian who came here from San Francisco three months ago wasdrownedj the courtroom in Lake Washington this afternoon while bathing He has no relatives here and few acquaintances He is said to have friends in San Francisco where he belongs to the 8 Society at 10 California street streets in an intoxicated condition ST0EES IN ASHES STJSASTILLES BUSINESS SECTION CONSUMED Loss Estimated at Three Hundred Thousand Dollars Many Homeless poll tax receipt for 1893 from Monte I Many families art homeless 7vTia lttery ticket The writing I Many horses perished in the flames nthe tax receipt was illegible owing to I groceries of any kind ato be had than an hour the entire business portion of Susanville was in names All ot Main street ottbotfi sides was swept away Sixty buildings are burned Not a business house was left standing All the stores are a total loss except Sol Nathans who saved one half of his stock The losses are variously estimated but no doubt will reach 30000a The insurance will cover about one third Many families art homeless and lost alL ao room with firearms upon his person and was 115 in the sun in obedience to that order a certain person I ulsarpieu dui am uuunueu uwi tuere is still one gentleman wno carries a revolver upon his person and I ask now that Major McWhirter be excluded from Ale nas a revolver in nis I txwtet Aiajor Aicwniner looKeu auoui mm with a surprised expression on his face Judge Holmes looked long and earnestly at him but did not speak Finally the Major sprang up caught up his hat and moved a few steps towards the door then paused and saidt Does Mr Peuprey wish to see me outsider That is not Mr Deupreys proposition answered Judge Holmes and Major McWhirter nroceeded toward the door I savins he would return and passed out He came back in a few minutes and took Accused of Drunkenness Asaheik July 19 This afternoon Rev Father Stoetters appeared In Judge Lan dills court and swore to a complaint charging the Journal with libel articles bavins auDeared in that paper chanting sessmKjj the Clerks office iust across the halL The argument then proceeded and Mr Johnson was duelling at some length on the subject of sympathy Two or three young ladies who have been sitting just behind Heath for weeks and who have been so anxious to get up a flirtation with him that it has attracted much attention made very light of Johnsons speech and spoke of it flio pantly in audible whispers no doubt ex pecung uj merit me uaiui ui uie wuuie Heath family for thus showing their dis 1 respect of Johnson but their remarks were suddenly cut snort ana weir amor dampened from a source they little expected Mrs Heath mother ot the defendant in a decided voice said I wisn jrou young ladies would keep till and refrain from your comments That hint was sufficient and there was no more giggling from that quarter Special Dispatch to the Ckxosicu SusASTUix July 19 Last night about 10 oclock a tire broke out in an out build ine oi the Steward House rapidly spread ing to the adjoining buildings and in less jj0t tn after the cfock had struck 5 did Mr Johnson close his argument and take HIS S6ta At once Eugene Heuprey rose unfolded many type wntten pages and said If your honor please the fact that the counsel for the prosecution bo has just taken his seat has gone outside the record renders it necessary forme The sentence was broken in upon by Assistant District Attorney Walser who was on his feet with an objection He said he did not propose for Mr Deuprey to make another speech as the argument was closed I was about to say replied Mr Du TXO TBUTH IN THE HUMOR Officers of the Garnet Say the Mohican Was Not Disabled Victoria July 19 Her majestys ship Garnet arrived at Fsquimalt this morning She broughtihformation which makes the Mohican Alexander incident impossible having been with the former Sunday July 9th She also brought a full report on the catches ot the schooners of this Dort no to a late date and proves as groundless the reported seizure of the noneer Captain Hughe Hallett speaking about the Mohican incident said I do not see how it can be true and I know it cannot be if the date given in the press dispatches is to be believed June 25th we met the Mohican at sea and went into Sand Point with her We both came to anchor I remained alongside the 25tfi 26th and 27th We met her shortly after and when we left Dutch Harbor on Sunday Jrilv fith sha was alongside of the collier She was to resume coaling en Monday morning and could hardly have finished on that day Certainly up to that time she was not disabled We left here on June 3d and on the 13th began meeting and boarding schooners We saw sealers nearly every day from that on The Garnets report as to the British Columbia sealers catches confirms the previous reports The Garnet will remain on this station till otherwise ordered MANX SKINS TAKEN Beport of the Foil Catch of Sealers In Northern Water Ssattli Wash July 19 The first authentic news of the catch of the Beh nng sea fleet was received to day It shows that nearly all the vessels did welL The total catch of all the vessels heard from on the American side of Behring sea to June 27th Is 2445 skins Skins valued at 20000 were landed here by the City of Topeka yesterday and consigned to Captain 2C Nixon The principal catch wat that of the crack sealer Henry Dennis The list of the vessels catches reported at Sand Point Alaska to June 27th Is as follows Willard Ainsworth 610 Mary Taylor 149 Dora Seeward 1428 Mascot 857 Theresa of San Francisco 221 Marvin 1014 Sapphire 1265 Triumph 1822 Annie Paint 750 Borealis 1350 Minnie 500 Arroco 1345 HenryDennis 1501 OceanBelle 1326 George ft White 213 Volunteer 13 Bouthbend 31 Kath enne 353 Say ward 473 Columbia 113 Victoria 408 Alice 101 Total skms at Sand Point 13412 The vessels spoken at sea and the catches reported are as follows Mattie jsanei4uscaranajiauie liiz Kosie Olsen 630 Vancouver Beatrice 500 Pawn 350 Favorite 960 Otto 400 Pioneer 1000 1 Kate 250 Wanderer 200 San Jose 200 Band 1047 Walter Rich 1130 Sea Lion 700 Brinda 850 Undaunted S50 Emma 10 Total skins reported 11233 With the total skinat Sand point 13412 the grand total is 24645 All the sealers except two or three left Sand Point headed for Copper island on the Bnssian side The Crews dread the trip into Russian waters for all fear capture even outsde ot the limit Special Sisnatch to the Chbontolx Sackamxsto July 19 There was an unusually large crowd in the courtroom when the Jefferis bigamy trial was resumed this morning Starkey the switchman was again called to the stand and continued his startling story against the accused engineer In reply to a question by General Hart he said that after he had returned from Brighton with OHearn ana Jefferis the latter told him that he had taken a pistol from Miss Ayers When he found that Starkey bad not secured possession of the letters and picture he remarked that he and OHearn were a pretty pair Mr Jones asked the witness what Jeff raS had said about the robbing and burning ot the station house at Brighton Starkey replied that he heard Jefferis say that be wished the place would bum down and destroy the articles he wanted to procure The witness said he could not say whether Jefferis said he would burn up the place himself or that he hoped it would be burned What did he say about doing her up if she did not give up his property He said she had him in a fix and he would like to get her out of the way General Hart asked Do you mean to say that Jefferis said that Miss Ayers bad himinabadfixr Yes sir You said yesterday that Jefferis was to give you a share of the money In the Brighton station What was your share I dont know Bid you and Jefferis agree to go out there and rob that woman and you were to hatfe vour share There was nothing said about con spiracy or robbery and he said it was his money and his property It would not be robbery for a man to take what belonged to him Did he agree to divide his own money withany one else I dont know He owed me money and promised to loan me 20 After a few questions from Mr Jones the witness was excused Miss Susie Cox of Elk Grove was asked to take the Witness stand and was interrogated by Mr Jones She said she stayed overnight at Brighton station quite frequently Did you stay over night with her at any time during the month oi last November Yes sir a couple of nights during that month State what occurred that night About 12 oclock I heard footsteps on the platform A moment afterward some I one tapped on the window and called out Ed WhOwasEdr risa Aver She did not bear the first call but beard the second and answered yes ot up and let him in well go on ana state wnat you heard Misa Ayers and the Individual who called were both very excited They discussed with much seriousness some trouble in which theywere mixed up He upbraided her for having talked about it to Sheriff George CMcMullen What was the trouble spoken of In which the three were implicated It seemed to be bribery in some di vorce proceedings between Jefferis and Nellie Kby He claimed at that time to have been arrested for obtaining false testimony General Hart questioned the witness very closely regarding a statement she had written for Mr Burke He tried to make her contradict herself in her answers Mr Jones appealed to the court He said General Hart was trying to badger the witness Mr Hart indignantly denied the accusation and said his questions were to test the veracity of the witness The court refused to allow the objection statingstating that the questions were proper On cross examination the witness said shejenew that Miss Ayers was married for she told her bo She admitted having written out a statement in January or February for Officer Burke She had also talxea at the noon recess ol the case she said that the first time she talked the case over with Mr Burke was at the depot Henry Anderson was then called and testified that he took Jefferis picture to a neighbors house at Elk Grove He did it at the request of Miss Avers This was two weeks before the burning of thesta tion nouse at isngcton At this juncture a recess was taken until 10 oclock to morrow morning During the examination of Starkeyyes terday he was asked about a letter sent to Jefferis by Miss Avers General Hart objected to the introduction of the letter and It was ruled out To day however the reporters were shown the letter It reads as follows i MiTCh 28th Say George read this Wouldnt it be some protection in case she ever troubles you now would it do for yon to eet two copies of the contracts drawn up ae em dock ana sign tmi Also one througbVhich the Bear valley people be gan to dig a ditch ior the purpose of conveying water to the Alessandro tract Damages were demanded but were je fused by the company as they were deemed excessive The company then un dertook to construct the ditch without the permission of the owners and the authority the court was invoked The ditch being constructed will cost several hundred thousand dollars and the granting of the injunction is a serious matter not only to the company Dufrals to the Users Of water i i i BEADY FOK WORK The Machinery in the Mendocino Asy lorn In Operation TJjoah July 19 The machinery in the laundry building at the Mendocino Asylum was put in operation to day in the presence of Directors Bwell and Caruthers and a number of leading citizens It is a magnificent plant and Is pronounced by parties who have visited Napa 8tockton Agnews and other places to be the finest in any public institution on the coast Rapid progresses being made in completing the female ward and in furnishing the portions already done The asylum will be ready to receive 250 patients in a couple ot months Um A 1 TRIAL FOUGHT TO THE LAST THE EECOED OF A GALTjANT OLD WAEBI0E They Ask for Intteffiftte Dismiwal Major Saeteftg IavwIlyittoB lata tke TroHble Brings Oct Strong Evfofcw Compelled at Last to Seek mittance to the Soldiers Home Ad copy tor yon ana one for mel You do as you a minx ana teei so lite about it though Six of the United States natrolintr fleet I at Sand Point watching the sealeralol iowea in jneir waxe to prevent ineir enter mucb that sue mint get you in to trouble ine aennng sea The value of the total catch reporteds about 600000 and more vessels are to hear from Captain Nixons other sealer the Allie I Alger sailed direct to the Japan coast early in the spring and some time ago reported a catch of 2500 skins Kidcr Haggard1 1 great storyr uHoTttxumat Daughter mill be continued next tvndayJ Chbonkxe Back Humbert may be obtained by any ont desirous of reading Ihit interesting serial by applying to tin Cekosiclx publication office AXJL ABOUT A FOOT RACE An Idaho Officer Kills a Man While Resisting Arrest Boisi Idaho July 19 A tragedy occurred at Rexburg to day in which Frank Sullivan widely known throughout Idaho was killed The trouble arose over a foot race and Sullivan threatened to kill one of the parties He was known to be a dangerous man and Deputy Sheriff Hopf undertook to disarm him Sullivan resisted and reached for his revolver where upon Hopf shot him dead Sullivan had a pistol grasped in each hand AT THE TUEATERS A Change of Bill at the Baldwin Tonight The Yice President will be at the Baldwin this evening A souvenir programme will be printed and a bew one act play will be produced The Decision of the Court in which Miss Cayvan and Mr Ormonde will play The Grey Harens an excessively clever and laughable com edr and is doinra larsre business It will only fto this week Next Week the reper wuvvi iavurue yicues wit juckuicu lor the last weecot tne Ayceura company Our Bachelors will be followed next week at Stock wells bvaverV strong new play originally produced by Angustin Dafy called Roger La Honter The Vice President will attend the perform ance of Our Bachelors to morrow night Indiana is Going the regular cosiness at tne aivou vpera nouse Special Dispatch to the Cusoxrcxr Los Akoxixs July 19 Footsore and weary from a walk across the hot desert country between here and Kew Mexicoan old veteran staggered up the steps of the governors office of the Soldiers Home He was 78 years of age shattered by wounds suffering from exposure and penniless but he has a record for service of which I he is justly proud He wanted to be ad muted to the home and the governor con ditionally took him in His name Is August Thierme and he has a record of forty two years as a soldier In the army He enlisted at St Louis on June 12 1810 when Jefferson Davis was a voune recruitine officer there betnz attached to the First Dragoon Thierme marcnea with uenerai uancocx across tne plains arriving at San Pedro the following winter San Pedro was a small militant post then and Los Angeles a village inhabited bv Spaniards Creoles and Indians When the war broke out he was sta tioned near San Bernardino From here the company went by way of Panama to the seat ot war Durinr the rebellion Thierme took part in a score of bloody en gagements receiving wounds that he Bears to day and for which he receives a small pension When the war was over most of the soldiers returned to their homes but Thierme in love with his vocation of arms remained in the servLe and did duty in theltocky mountains fighting Indians and in engineer corps on the Pacific coast In 1882 at the aee of 65 no lonzer abla to ngnt tne Dames ox his country ne was mustered out bavincr been thfrtv three years in the cavalry seven in the infantry and two in the engineer corps He served as an enlisted man and a commissioned officer and when he went to the home carefully wrapped up among a bundle of papers was a majors commission sieneu by Edwin Stanton Secretary of Wan ills army recora is ot tne eestana ne served under Kearney Hancock Buchanan Grant Sheridan Crook Aurar Bussell Dent Ingalls Wright and was a prominent participant in Colonel Steptoea famous Indian massacre in 1857 In the past few vears he has been in the sheep business in New Mexico A dry season this year wined away the fruits of his labors since his discharge from the army ana ne was tnerejore compelled to seek admission to the home It you decide to get em drawn up be sure and iook ciose ior me water marc on me paper Best set piper with no water mark on it I wish I had Known this before you went away ana taued it over You see I dont understand it quite or did you and Dont do as I say but think It over and use ell draw un onef Savil go astray about your scrape yet ever ana lei me enow wnat IV Think this think ot it your own judgment If you do it I ball see and get it recorded in San Joaquin county I believe I am slightly insane on this subject so dont scold me I could gets divorce and marry you over again Baldwin could fix it I know You may have to settle in Utah yet to avoid all trouble The letter was not sieued but has been cosltivelv identified as havine been writ ten by Miss Ayers Pinned to the corner of the letted were three newspaper clippings of which the following is a sample Divorces quickly procured without publicity Cheapest in the city Koieellnot sue cessfuL Advice free Lawyer box 100 Denver FOUND IN THE STREETS Police Officers Discover a Misting San Jose Girl SasJosb July la Maggie Philbon the young woman who was supposed to have ended her life by pinnge into Coyote creek last Uiebt is alive though far from well She was found by Policeman Haley this morning wandering about near the Hotel Vendome He took her to the resi dence of her parents on Fourth street Later In the dar the eirl was found won deringin another part of the city and was taken to tne city prison ado girrjs mower declares she is insane but it is thoaeht she is suffering from the effects of a spree She nas always Dome a gooa reputation THE INJCJCCTIOS STANDS Work on a Big Irrigation Ditch Seri ously Hampered Sas Behsabmso Julyia Judge Campbell in the Superior Court this morning refused to dissolve the injunction in the suit ol Alice Marietta administratrix against the Bear Valley Irrigation Company Plaintiff owns a timber claim GOOD FOR nOBTICTJIrtrRE The Steelbng Working Well Against lied scale LosAjsgxlxs July 19 The horticultur ists throughout the State will be glad to learn that there is still hope that red scale may be subdued by means of the parasites brought from Australia by Mr Koebele It has generally been considered that these parasites were a failure and Mr Koebele has been made the subject of much adverse criticism It is however announced that the colony of so called steelbugs placed in the Kercheval orchard at Los Angeles has during the past few months multiplied wonderfully there being as many as 1000 dues on a Fingie tree Many old lemon trees which were badly diseased are now thrifty and vigorous It is believed that if these parasites are protected for a year there will be enough to supply the whole State and rid the or cnaras ot tne aestructive rea scaie FOR THE SOUTHERN ROUTE A New Steamer Wanted to 811 From San Diego Sav Diego July 19L General Manager Holds worth of the Lower California De velopment Company has written to the directors of bis company in London urg ing them to remodel the steamer Manuel Dublan and place her ontbe line between SanBiega and Lower California ports iir place of the steamer Pacheco which is too small to handle the greatly increased business It is not understood that the Dublan if placed on the Peninsular line wilL run farther south than Cedros Island though the company may deciderto avail itself of the subsidy offered it by the Mexican Government to carry the mails from San Diego to Mazatlan The Dublan if re modeled by removing her aft cabm will have a freizht capacity of about 00 tons and accommodations for fifty passengers The Fire Record The alarm from box 385 at 1145 yesterday morning was occasioned by a 5 blaze in the dwelling SlSHaight street owned by Dickson and occupied by Charles Lyons ine nre was causea oy spares from a chimney The alarm of fire at 830 oclock last evening from box 135 was caused by a small blaze in the one story frame dwelling at 21 Dore street occupied by Charles Meyer The blaze was in a bedroom closet and was probably caused by the ignition of matches in some unknown manner A quantity of clothing wasde stroyed The damage is estimated at S250 Malcontent rebellion and insubordination were plainly written on the countenances of the majority of the ranraa4 file composing Battery A Lfcht Artillery National Guard ot California nBattaehwi as they utood In double file on the fioer of their handsome new armory on Pacifie I avenue near Polk street last night Sabers rattled angniy in their seabbarda the mens heels kiinked viciously as iBey cameto1attention and thevery crossed cannon emblems on their forage caps seemed to send indignant gkams to the front where Captain John A Koster tha tall blonde commander of the battery stood facing his soldiers It waslnspection night Not an or I dinaryt regular every dsy Inspection but one specially ordered brte commanding officer ot the Second Brigade Brigadier General John Dickinson for the pur poses of adjusting if possible the serious differences which for some time have existed between Captain Koster and bta men The story of Battery As troubles hat from time to time been partly told by the CHTOSiciXfahd it principally consists ia the fact that the menare utterly dissatis fied with their Captains methods of handling the affairs of the organization and therefore insist that he should be removed Incidentally they also find fault with their first lieutenant Otto Westphal against whom they prefer charges of drunkenness while in camp at Santa Cruz and whose decapitation they also desire Daring the past two months several efforts have been made to arrange these matters in a proper military manner and to investigate the complaints of the men but every attempt has proved fruitless so far simply because the proceedings were found every instance to be inconsistent with the rules provided for all such cases It was for this reason a court martial called had to adjourn without holding any trial and whena court of inquiry was appointed to look into the case it was found that it had no jurisdiction 8o General Dickinson 3y special order 21 issuer on the 17th inst dissolved this court of inquiry and directed Major George Eastonf the Paymaster of the Second Brigade to inspect Battery A with instructions that he pay spedal attention to the nature and form of orders heretofore issued by the commanding officer He was also instructed to look particularly into the jstate of discipline the finances the returns and demands which have been made ajid into all matters pertaining to the present unfriendly relations between the soldiers and their commander Last night was the time Ma jor Easton commenced the task assigned him by this order He was accompanied by Major Willis Dodd the Second Brigades rifle inspector when he arrived at the armory where Battery A as drawntip in line to be inspected Stepping to the front the inspecting officer informed the men of the nature of his special commission and informed them that he Would hear all complaints the men bad to make and that be would examine every one Of the complainants individually He said hewanted to get to the bottom of all the trouble and that he was witling to listen to all they had to I say then he ana iiajor Aoaa reurea into tneomce oi tne armory to taxe testis mony Captain Koster Who wanted to hear what his accusers had to say also took a seat in the office If he hoped by doing so to intimidate the men who testified against him he made a mistake as subsequent events proved There were sofany on the floor Who wted to be heard that it was hard to decide who should be the first one to enter the inquisitorial chamber However First Sergeant George Huie was declared first choice and since only three Witnesses could be heard in one session JL Royce the gmdonrand GC Groezinger a high private in the rear rank followed him ilovce who is a lawyer and whom Captain Foster looks upon as the leader of the insurgents as he is pleased to call his oririonents eave the most voluminous testimony When asked for the causes of aisconienx ne toiu jiajut iasujii mat principal cause of the trouble was that two thirds Of the batterys members at least had not that confidence in Captain Rosters ability honesty of purpose and general knowledge which it was necessaryfor a man to possess to makea successfuland popular head of an organization like theirs Going into details Guidon Royce accused the captain of arrogance toward the men of ignorance in military tactics of refusing to account ior tne cattery funds of extreme unpopularity among the men and of beintr the sole cause hlc keeps the membership list ot the battery from increasing tVhen he came among us before the election of 1891 to ask us to elect him said Guidon Boyce he wore a silk hat and talked oily and smooths We were then seme J13X in debt and he promised that If we made him captain he would at once enlist forty of his ineads Into Our ranks each one of which would pay 300 into our treasury We elected him and Wft were soon afterward sorry far it His promises were false None of the friends he said would join us with 300 each ever showed up and he succeeded in making himself extremely obnoxious to meny of us shortly after the election Our ranks are getting thinner every month Many men who would gladly join us under ad Other captain will hot enlist while he la in command and if he Is not removed this battery will go all to piecesn As to lieutenant Westphat the witness repeated ther charge that the latter was drunk while in camp at Banta Cruz and that the men did not want any officer who demanded discipline of them while he considered that he himself had a right to misbehave The other two witnesses in their turn testified in a similar manner corroborating everything Boyce hd said The hour growing too late to hear more evidence Major Easton once more addressed ttw whole battery and assured fee men that ha will hold sessions until every one who desires to make a statement had anopporto nity to do so Highest of all inXeaveningPower Latest USV Govt Report Il mam VOWOffT ABSOUJIEIY PURS fox parity aed ck la pepuattai fee BsyiBiiir ftwfcr cquto any ia fee Hwrfcet aad oar sbom tl tt Ism seaW leftvmtoK power Ibu any of iMtoMaykaewMfe WKBHJ.