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11 1 SJLN PBASTOISCO CHRCOUCIiE THUESBAX TOOT 29 189S SL4UGHTER OF SEM Big Catch of the Pelagic Poachers gaged in pelagic sealing and does not sh6w the total nam bar of seals taken even by this portion to date for the reaon that many of the Tessels hare not been heard from for oTer three weeks It is expected that a majontv of tho scalers will Yisit band Point some time during the present month and ship what skins they hare to Victoria and then go over to the sealing grounds on the Japanese coast and in the vicinity of the Copper islands 4n Russian terrtorv 1 Last year the bluest catches were made I in these localities annng the latter part of the season and if the sealers have even TTia Qaa Hftav TVtll A Ten Rr ordinary lnck the total annual catch for xihj kjcc 7iici lax lxu xKi theseasonof 1S93 will A FIENDISH CRIME not fall far short of 70 000 ecls tth the tremendous slau ter which this mnt necessanly entail it is hard to imagine how the hih court of arl itrators now in session can gravel con tmue to discuss the probable future of the fur seal or the nosibihtv of its extermin ation by thi3 ruthless and indiscriminate laughter in the open sea a The tahne schooner Achilles Port land arrived nere yesterdaj with her crew in a state of miitmv and the master Oscar Marte dec ded to discharge his The catch of 2fc kins was oid to the asent of the Alata Commercial Compnnj at the rate of 12 per snin and according to the ton of some of the seal crew the captain is attemrUne to detran 1 them out of a por tion of their waze The matter was oronght to the attention of the Collector jears has been it of Custom and he was requested to in I1Ion iron Work Pnt be AApA i hut ih mutter one over I galvanizing department into port this mornin and after coa 1 if hich lie has ro jurisdiction and the he act that a runnier had been com ship will proceed further to the westward men are hkeh to suffer routed was publ hJ in yeterda and will probabU be met at some asrreed The onl mannhowoud be competent Chbomcle but the hour Then the tews place bv the Mohican and the mure to deal with the question is a I nited was receivid was late for anv detailed movement of the mwl will then de tat Mar hdl aprointea lor WM cided upon From reliable sources it is Exterminated Conflicting Rules bent Out From Washington The Behnng Fleet SpecUl correspondence of the hroxicxe Kodiak laska June 13 The nited i men and return home States steamer Albatross Captain Tanner commanding arrived here on the 8th mst and was foflowed bt the Corwm with Captain Monger in command on the 10th mst Both vessels are on their way to Behrng ea on dut in con nection with the protection of the fur seal The Rush Captain Hooper came Details of a Water Front Tragedy ONeils Victim Was Mrs Griffes The Wife of a Jonrnahst Lost Her Life in the Defense of Her Virtue An atrocious murder was committed by a human fiend in the Orizzlj Bear saloon 11 East street earh esterday morning Mrs Griffes the wife of a oung newspaper man residing in Alameda was butchered bt a drunken brute Martin Neil wh for the last fifteen the empoj of the asJoreman of the upon learned that the general idea of Captain Ludlow who is senior naval officer in charge of the I nited Mates force in Behr ing ea ill be to follow up the tactics in augurated bj his redeoessor Spurn Evans last year with uch modificari ts as experience show is necessarv to pre vent illicit sealing within the forbidden waters Thisear however the authorities will hae considerable extra work to do on ac account 0 the tragedy a matter of fact it as not know who the unfortunate victim of Neil I nitalitv a nntil last night when the woman was positively identified by MrjLonn Bncker erne of her most intimate friends and later by induced one of tne crew of the Lnuel Hates steamer Pinta to desert and join The manner which Mrs Gr ffes met the Achilles as a boatterer Later her death is a shocking illustration of the he quarreled with this man whose anie pitfalls into which unsuspecting but was Hiliand and left hm on short at easily led wome i are likel to fall if innce Xlliam SOUna ICllUlte aim UI v0v nul nmrnisciiniw nrmininfnnree and allow themselves to be induced to district and he is absent and cinnot be communicated with This i especiilh reretable as there sterns to be no dour but that Martel is a map of scv ba 1 char Tter and his previous ecord is decided I ad ben at Bitka in April last it is claimed the rati in his vessel that he oi reach of assistance Holland has not count of the recent order regarding the and in all probability he has ienried in ent nking resorts with famifv en takirz of sea otter white hunters The question is involved in man difficulties not the least of wb ch is the ap arent in certainty of the autho es at Washing ton as to the real mer ts of the case Vs an instance of the state of affairs it mav said that three separate and distinct cir culars have reached this place from the Treasury Department giving three difter ent sets of instruct ins as to the manner in which the section of law in regari to the taking of lr rearing animals in lnska is to be inerpTcte i Th h3s iu 1 considerable rnni i 1 and the res It that the narive have been arai 1 to hunt at all and the sascm is now half ne Phe last circular under date of pru 14th which explci ates that nat ms nv should be remitted hunt ea iter has iat reic fi this stat an Itl uh late huS beti ceivcd with treat King It is alsi a atter ro sier abl satisfaction thit res notion is i ed on the native i trrs img ies which privilege has lieen I en fi edn tl and has placed them at a great dis i 1 jnt ie in comrcting with rival wl te i nters The inlv ines not happv are Lite otter huntt wh have name i uive vomen and in tl uin their jet iia nt abode Hi nceforwari tev i i it urs some nt or form of gett ni a 1 is he new law evpresy stat tlat the fat of tho narii ma el native wome will longer be aief ted as a reason or right for then to hunt sa otter 11 is undoubtodlv the only lust an 1 that ininhabited and isolated region Thi Plakeiv of van Irancisco Captain atom ber was spoken off Vfoin ik lsa 1 1 lunt Ith und to the rair weather grounds after rieht whales The master reported all well They had taken one whale PROTfclII0 THfc SEALS Reports rwo Schooners Seized in Behring sea AcofVEP me 23 The ea ing sctoonerC Kand returned this afternoon he refort no schooners captured bv raer ca vessel and taken to Ntlv ea i vwthi she hre rn le 1 rait The mer lean it er are a wars in the vicinity and aTe jes ousi guard pg ihe seals on and Ihret fourths oi the catch 5 bill seaL and the kin are rerv largi even schooners stall ig in the vicinity It ft to the lajan ctast AID TO THE COOLIES WHT PORTIWDS COLLECTOR Ab REM0EP One Lot Landed From the Danube in Dehance of Instructions trance According to the facts as far as thev are known the murder of Mrs Griffes was bav thev crossed East street and entered he Gnxily Bear saloon Tvhich is located at 11 or tnat tnorougniare ana has a ladies entrance leatunrto a couple of small rooms Mrs Griffes Had frequently been in the place before but never in company of any man except once when she was accompanied by a Mrs Colonel Bates and that womans husbanti Mrs Bates and Mrs Griffes had often stopped in the saloon for a few minutes to dnnic beer the backrooms and so when the latter was seen on Tuesdav night by the proprietor of the place Billy Davis their recognition was mutuaL Veil ordered whisky and Mrs Griffes wanted beer at first but at the solicitation of her companion joined htm in the same heverage he was drinking Neil was pretty drunk at the tiwe but not too full to be able to dignise the fact of hts over indulgence to any brt an experienced eye It is now thought tnat Mrs Griffes also had taken severa laes of beer before she met Neil because had it been other wise she would never have consented to go into that saloon with htm The couple remained in that little room together nearly two hours and a half repeating their order for whisky six times and apparently being engaged in pleas SIRS GEIFFES fPv MARTIN VKU the most hesttai crime ever committed in an rancisco or elsew here It puts all the horrible deeds of Jack the Ripper into the background The storv in its entiretv is nnfit for pub lication but a few details mav be given James II Griffe was married seven years ago in Chicago He was then as he i now engage lurnahMic work several ears their domet relations FERRY A1RAILM That Competing Road On to Bakersfield The Passenger Agents Do Not Agree A ew Oakland Passenger Ferry ith Five Cent Fares to Be Put On Manager Ebert of the Davie Transportation Companj announces that the Steamer Rosalie will be taken off the Vallejo route and run as a passenger ferry be The line passes over twenty two miles through one of the finesfedwood belts In the world i i SO OXB 0 BLA5IE Jtesnlt of tho Inquest on the Body of Jockey Klstlne At 5 oclock yesterday afternoon coroner Hashes held an inquest on the body of James Ktstfne the loekey who was kflled at the Bay District track on Tuesdav afternoon Ristine I was riding the horse late in a race and as the ores turned into ne strewn law oouea over the inner rait and in fallinst roHed over the joctev who died two hour later Iione of the witnesses examlflod yesterday knew Jnrt what made the horse bolt bat is nP posed that the hood and Winkers worn by lte slipped down and beinj blinded the horse plunged into the fence The blinkers were worn to prevent the animal from kicking at the port The jury brought in a verdict in accordance with the facts no blame being tached to anyone CRIMES AGAINST THE CHlTBCn time in the history of the Catholic Church In America When aBshop was put on trial GENERAL INCREASE READJUSTMENT OF POSTMASTERS SALARIES The Lucky on Ones Sprt Plspatchps to he CimoxirLE arhigton June 23 The President this morn i summarily removed Lotan Collector jrjperthini forth nWrrment to if of us omsat I Hand Or Tim unusual ac ii i tnu fftltn nn ihv roppfr this marnlnff rvf I ttendu try fortbe 14 and beneTf a teegram fromspeciatanuof the Treasurv were supremely hav and three ears natives Tie of peot le rterartmfnt who have been engaged for a little baby Kirl wan added to the uhom the order trill come hard i ni some time in invesiyanng fraudulent prae Griffes household making tiieir home if I encalh verv STiall ni im inch tries ces irevmling in the Ptieet sound and Port I possible happier than ever uro ncrino mi so rai IK in tbw mri if Ian 3 di trie Lo sn3 deputy was placed In Mx months later thev leaded to come laska that tLev can realilv hn 1 npbv charge and will continue to actuntil Black men hat is now wanted is a wit to tl new Collector qualifier jrevent the rutins out of veKsels in the 11 Ctor Ixitan in disregard of his official seaports of the I inhr man led vith te insi net ons from the Treaurr Department men and allowing them to conic uy 1 ere andid from the steamer Danube about 2oO Chine claiming to ne merchants but who tre desc ibed in the official report to the de jartmenl as a scaly and uncouth appearing lo nf cool es i hmese cool es ar now ex perted on board the steamer Ilav lan Repub what puriiorts to be a nshmg a hunting vov bit which in real tv is simply to cru i i the haunts i the scHitterand i as manv the a i nuls as it is ile to do duxiiig the BJmmer hun tint reason These hunters make ue of the hqrbors to lieout cas and fnd a pretext fot their landed them with it rej presence bv claiming to be short ot water Hone in th cae oi the Ihty never visit the sett to aliforn a ard Mr 6nffe still contin ng his jonrnahstic career comm need tj work on he daih papers of thiscitj He saved up monev and purchased a little home in lameda Mrs Cjnffeswasa highlv estimable lady a great favor te among all wh i knew her and there was onlj one little cloud on her domestic horizon Thia was an over fondness for drink which verv much to lc en route to Portland ana it is oelieved bv ner own surprise vvuuiu uuieuiues gain the Treasury Departmeht that if Collector complete control over her vhe made no lxatan naa oeeT leu in omce ne wnuia nave secret of thee cravina 3nd trequentlv was heard to express a desire to overcome them Her friends and her hnsband assisted JFrd IHnu rd to the law as was tloments but back a March 3d i ollector Lotan was i i i intrncTfd rv A Kistant ecretarv HnanlfllTiff as niuu cwuiui tuv a wr aiu lhe woman ln her efforts to keep away it would require more sli ls than theGn MrUlnrt that mft Chinese enter from houor id so itfrequentlv happened ernment ha to watcti them and tee tnat the nltPd auUs upon frlujuWnt papcrsCer that or mol ths ahf wonli not cfrink a iuci uu iu mulc i imrvi cij ti ne tnem to oe reiurninz mercnu ion i and certificates ar provided with evervthi thev nee 1 wi ljbereafter sregard fuch papers an i re lor the cruise Delore leavin theirhome emn umi i is proveo to vour ati lac jort and bcsHe anrtuallv taking if that the persons presenting them have the 1 erntorv more kn than are ca i I manv hundrd rhlnese have Iv the ROmbmed nitive parties of the been landed at Portland upon bogus affldav us ikuc ieuiiaii cuain tun ihi tun tribute one cent toward tht mintenarce of the courtrv This cla rf sei otter hunters onginallv smil in i umbers i rapidlv increasinp an unless the law is more ngidlv enforced the sea otter is doomed to destruction The Chronicle has time and again shown up the true state of this matter and the people here are grateful for its denunciation of tbe Van 1 of ski i hunters who annually make this their raiding ground If now the vcrntneut wh ch is evidentiv anxious preserve theotter will follow ut the cm ills of Vpnl 14 1S93 bj one which will empower its offl cers to seize any vessel manned bv white iters found with sea otter sfems on bo rl within tbe jurisdictional limits of Al kin waters tne problem will solve Jtse SWS IT WAS IOLITICM Tortland Dlsmlss ed Collector Speaks of His KemoTBl Icr lad Or June 23 The news from ashington this afternoon thai the President had Mimmarilv dtsm sscd Collector of Cn nms James Lotan and aced Depnty Collet tor I te in charge of the office was a genuine fur se fnasmucl as Loian successor has been iftmed and he will probably quahfv on aturdav next hen een this afternoon regarding his re mcvai rol pctpr Loan sad I received a iii fitch from the partmeut at ashington drop But the desire for beer or liquor would invariably return and as soon as fhe drank one glass many more would surelv follow Vmong the women who visited Mrs Griffes only a few knew of her weakness an 1 she was highlv esteemed bv them all On Tnesiaj afternoon she told the servant girl that she would go to an an Cisco po take some Mowers to Mrs Dr Gehncke one of her ladv friends When Mr Gr ffes ret urt i home in the evening he learned that his fe had crosspd the bav and would not return to Vlameda until midnight This was nothing extraordinary because it had happene 1 several times before that Mrs Griffes visited san Francisco friends dnr the evening unaccompanied bv ber hustani whose duties prevented his he inr with her at such times He therefore ant conversation Whenever tho propn etor Davis entered the room ti win on them he found them sitting cl se together at the little table and thev seemed to be on friendiv terms with each other After Davis served the last drink to the two customers in the back rm about 12 30 clock he heard nothing more from them Being busy out in his barroom he paid no attention to thi cessation of orders for some time He iw ev er remarked later on to John Ferr a man who worKS around the place ind who was in the saloon that the people in the back room evidentl had stoiped Innking Shortly afterward some one iened the door of the private om an i walked along the hallway toward the entrance Davis thought it was Neil and Mrs Gnffes leaving but Fern who stood in the doorwav informed him that the man haa gone out alone Davis thinking this strange rushed to the room In trying to open it he found that something inside partlv barred the door Succeeding in pu hinp it open ist far enough to put his head inside the sa loon proprietor was horrified to see the woman stret lied on the fl ior with her head resting on the cha she had occu Eied ind a stream of blood trickling from er feet and forming a 1 on the floor A lth remarkable presence if nun 1 he shouted to Ferns I think he murdered her try to cab him Ferris rushed aro ind the corner of Last an i Market streets where he saw Neil crossing from teuart street to the opposite side an i thence return to Fast street walking northward Catching up with bim he toll Neil that he was wanted in the Grizzly Bear saloon and at the ame time informed a police officer who came along of the facts as far as he i knew them The trio returned to the sa loon where they found the murdered woman ONeil awore that he left his companion asleep on her chair and tYiat he knew nothing of how she had come to Charges Upon Which Cfit hollo Bishop Will Bo Tried Dnsctjcs la June 23 Catholic Bishop Bosacum will soon be tried before Arehbishop Hennessy of the archdiocese of Iowa on charges of tyranny toward priests and nans tween this citj and Oakland in opposition anj foolishly expending large sums extor to the Southern Pacific She will be pnt i tion falsehood etc This will be the tirst on llj 5th The fare will be 5 cents and hourly trips will be made The timetable is announced as follows Leavina an FrancUco 7 9 and 11 a 1 13 and Leaving Oakiand 6 8 and 10ill ana 12 and 2 4 ana fi Mr Ebert announces that an alliance has been ma ie with th Omnibus Cable Company which statement is deemed somewhat Miiular in view of the fact that tv official of the cable railway deny that uch is the fact and further because it is eenerallv understood in radwar circles that olonel red Crocker is a verv larje bilder of stock in the Omnibus Cable Gompjny The pisgengcr agents of this city Oak land and Xo ngeies held another meet ing in Tarlor of the Palace Hotel vesterdav afternoon and resumed their efforts to arrive at an agreement bv which passtner rates particularly thoe to the orld Fair mav be maintained and a rate war averted The scheme of form ng a passenger association similar to that of the Western roads originated witn the coithern Pacific but now that corporation is the onlj one of the trunk Ii ks that is stan ling out An agreement based on that of the Western Passenger Vssociation was before the meeting ve terlav It contains a cla se i ten I to re luce tne amoant ot and Unlucky the Pacific Coast Special Dispatch to the ChboxIcle Washd gto June 23 The Postoffice Department to day announced the readjustment of the salaries of postmasters for the coming MISCEIXANFOPS EASY TO TAKZ Dr Pierces Pjeasant Pellets Smallest easiest cheapest best Theyre tiny sugar coated arm bilious granules a compound ot re fined and concentrated vegetahli extracts Without disturbance trouble Constipation Indigestion liiiious AiiacKS hc auu jsuiou Headaches and all derangements the liver stomach and bowels an prevented relieved and cured Permanently cured jloo Bj theu mild and natural action these htt Pellets lead the system into natura ways 3eain Their influence last And theyre the cheapest pills yo can buy for theyre guaranteed tc give satisfaction in every case or your money is promptly returned You pay onljr for the good yon get Everything catarrhal in its nature Catarrh itself and all the trouble that come from Catarrh are per year at the vanous offices throughout thefectly and permanently cured by Dr Sages Jatarrh iiemedy Ho matter ho bad your eae or of how long standing you can be cured country coast They are as follows for the Pacific Office Berlelej thico Eseondido Grass alley Hanford Jackson Lodi Losdatos Madera Mrrsville commissions pai i on the sale of tickets lo National rtty a mum line it does not pronioit evaaa uj commiss ons or provide for their pajment it declares that commissions shall only be pail to liilv a ithor lei agents of the roads Th wc Id bar hotel runners hack men i a hor le of capf ers who here tof re have vrrkel fir some of the agents While tlemij ntv of tKe roads tepre sented hv re I this aereement the South era PaciUc refused sign anv document Ontario Pacific Grove Pasadena Paso Robies Petalucia Portersyille lledlards Sacramento Salinas ban Leandro Rafael outh Riverside a suntits itiah isaRa Ireka that ierm tof thetavmentof any santa Barbara co nn ssnn other roals thought that nJ Vr 14 1 1 i fcanta Monica a snn mmiss sn na re allowed to cttnta Paula authorized inputs but admitted that ma the ci in miss ns ranging from 15 to i bisson tarn hv tie santa re on rouna trip onora Id Fair tickets are too high Thev all agree 1 tl it me action should be taken to kept the commission from reach ing the pas ers fteral tit disc sion it was found that tne agents were not a unit on tne agree Astoria ment aii it was dec le i to telegraph Corysllis I Fesident aliwellof the estern Palas Vssociat on for rth nstructins Lueene The Traffic Isucntiip is ittine in Independence rculation its prnspectu of tbe Stockton nTirl llalnfLflDlil TrntA TVl ft ihoPTinhfttl blanks will be ready in a day or two It tiiiiu vu ruenmruw ia Anacortes neio roan projeru vne oi iiie i mat Centraha Laerade Mftrshneld CAliroairlA Salsry Past lear 2 000 2000 1200 1800 1600 1100 1000 1600 1400 2100 1800 1000 1X 1400 1000 2 300 1 300 1900 1200 20O0 3 100 100 1 100 1 00 2 300 2300 1400 1300 1000 1300 1300 1000 1000 1500 2000 1400 2 100 1000 1000 1300 1000 1700 1T00 1100 Salary Coming lear 52300 1900 1100 1700 1700 1200 1100 1700 1500 2 200 1700 4th class 1700 1500 1300 2 400 1500 2100 1 300 2 200 3200 100 200 Alcazar Building rpHE TTTKEE UPPER FLOORS BECkLVlLT occupied by tbe Olympic Clnb have been eo ttrely rebuilt and rearranged Lodge roemi of different sizes with an the coBtenleocea and perfect sa every reepect bav Deed anaand tat 1 700 the tue ot 2 400 2 400 1500 1400 1400 1200 1200 4th diss 1 100 lbOO 1 SOO lo00 2 200 1 7011 1100 2000 1100 1M0 1 200 1200 rtof IvfJOO 91300 her death He was jlacel under arrest at the comnet ng rad will simplv serve to Chebali once and the Coroner office wis notified to remove the bodj At the citv prison THS GRIZZLY BEAR 9 FAMIL ESTRAVCE have done so and he snowinelarje I nt thi whole asair sat thi int gallon of the The sealing season off shore hag been an i 5rclal em he teasarT who was sent to good ne from a sealefs no nt Mr rleUnd has tlated h9 voA re of view but bad for the seaK News mof no Renubiicans exiept for rause but Irotighfln by the cruisers indicates that tl act the matter is that he bad no real the catch of the pellgic sealers this jeaj caue consenuenily he had to md cause In will be as large not larger than anv view of the fact that on Julv lt I will tep previous season fsevera of the vessels i 8cra5 lf Imlhr have en tllowed nave made alreadv hat at one time ainSnfromVVasbiDg on states considered a large catch and the season thRt wrrRnt9 will oon be issued for the ar work is not yet over An examination of rest of anumberocu6tom5offlcersandcertain the list given below will show that if they individuals who have been connected with are as successful during the latter half of tbe smnggling ring It is stated thatSecre the season as they have alreadv been um tarv Carlisle Tvas announced his intention of i liiik i vi making a vigorous prosecution and till be of the vessels will bring in a phenome ial tivefv seconded hy Attornev Ceneral Olney catch The steamship Havnan Republic was seired The fleet this year consists of nearly a to day pre umablj by the order of Special hnndred sail of which 75 per cent are I Treasurv gent Wood Nothing is known of 0 Neil feigned to be much drunker than he really was It was found that his right coat sleeve almost up to the elbow was covered with blood The cuff of hi4 expressed no surprise at all when he found shrt and his right hand alo were blood that shp was not it home and even her re riirl shorth beiorc noon instructing me to tnrn maimnRawaj all night didn tseemstnnge I There was no knife or weapon of any jc vww t0 nIm ne slnipiv conciu iei inai is kind bn Id up Morkt I reason of the low rates twill offer to points up the San Joaq nn vallv and thus divert bus ness from an i ranc sco and the bay shore genc allv This is denied by the Traffic Dayton Ellensburg Everett lairhaven Hoociam Montesano Association on the ground that there can i Mount ern i be no main between an Franciscoand North lakima Stockton It is well knowi in transportation cir cles that several of the head officials of the soutiiern I acific Companv favor rather th in oppose the construction of the Bakersfield road and it has been a cause if wonder to manv that they have road men declare tl at hile a competing irginia mlma 1 tin tin Srjri InflHIItn flllloTT TArld i IUJI1IXI UI Ull Vll nl IUI1 ui i Kcm tlagstan UKuaui aun1 i nc iri in iii mi fcuc wwunj en 1 acific in a aamagmg iegree and also probabh red ice the traffic revenues for two three years it would in other di rections unmed atelv benefit the company to i ver treat extent and in not far distant irohts their advantage would be almost mestimaole The voi them I acific is a holder of enor mous tracts of lan in the San Joaquin vallev an i the opening ur of these by a new railroad mid so enhance tbeir val ues that the gain to the corporation would be erv great The Oaksdale Port Angeles PortTownsenl Pullman Shonomish South Bend Carson Citv Reno Globe Phcenix Tombstone Eureka Logan 1W0 1700 1WK 1500 1600 1500 2 000 1200 1 400 1 100 1 WOO 1300 1400 2100 1400 1 t00 1600 100 2 0OO 2000 1500 1100 2200 1500 1400 1600 1 200 19O0 lr00 1600 1700 1700 1600 1000 1300 1SOO 1 700 1400 1500 2000 1600 1800 1300 1900 2 100 1900 1400 1000 2 300 1400 1300 1800 TO GO OB HOT TO GO No Societies and Lodges All the latest and most modern Improvement Including a fast nianlng elevator which will be run antll the adjournment of the meetings hat been put Into the nil41f A large danctcjt ball and a banquet ball fm Dished free to each lodge one night la ever three months The owaec win give to any order with 1m full number ot lodges leasing rooms thi vu gratuitous ot large library room Orders wishing rooms should consult with Qt Superintendent of the building regarding th raagement tbe rooms Immediately Forrurther informaUdn and Mrttctilars either ddress or can betweethe houn ot 1 and 2 ic at tbe omce of tbe Alear Theater where plaa can be seen GEORGE VVAliLEXROD Vlcazar Tlieater UlliDELPBUSIECn Jkmpal Ei i Sift Vsm Md IftdL Hint That the Geary Law TTill Be Nollltled Washivotov June 28 The sudden revival of interest in Chinese affairs is to be explained more as an accident than anything else Not mthern Pacific now being in the chaDga has been made in the policy of the under the English flag Most of the ves sel are at present minting tne seals oe ween this pointrana 8itka Tbe weather has been very etormv the greater part of the time but onlj one serious caualtv has been reported The Henrv Dennis of Seattle lost to of her boats and four na tive hunters in a fog while in the vicinity of Middleton island and it is probable tbat they will never be heard from again lth this exception the fleet has been remarkably lucky The following is a list of th vessels spoken and their catch ap to dates Henry Dennis 1 00 A Earle 1100 appair 1260 Beatrice of ancouver 90Q tcatrice of A tetoria 600 Triumph 1 0 Otto 5xx EB Marvin Ainalko 10O Ocean Belle 50 Brenda VX lora Seward 140 venture A Earle 1400 Labrador Borealis 850 Jliunie 5S2 tv Rich go anderer ocr and Battle li0 vaeot 760 Koie Olsen gO Annte Paint 600 lnyonte riwn 748 Achilles 259 Panl 2g0 Alice Total catch of 29 vessel 83496 ThU lit eompriMi only boot one third of the wttul numbe of Testun the seiture at the Tnited atates Mars lal office but the complaint will probablv be filed with the clerk of tht nited atate Cort to night or to morrew The ground for the seiz re is not known but it is saad to ie the old charge of smuggling opium and Chinese TtOTCE GtTS BAII The Defaulting Ex Treasurer at Liberty Pending His Trial Royce tbe defaulting treasurer of tbe Veterans Home Association Is now at liberty for the first time since hh arrest Patrick Reddy attorney for Royce appeared before Judge Seawell with a request that the defendant be permitted to deposit o000cash bail in lieu oi the bond of 10000 required by Judge Murphy at the time of the filing of tre three separate indictments charging Royce with embezzlement The request of Attorney Redely met with no opposition from the District Attorney and Judge Seawell promptly made the desired order Reddy at once deposited o000 with the elerk and obtained an order of release Rsyce left the courtroom in company with his attorney looking more at ease than at any time since hit arrest His trial is set for August 1st i The Fire Record The alarm from box 48 at 9 oelock yesterday morning was occasioned by a small Naze ln Pinels regalia factory at 14 Kearny street The building is owned by Joseph had preferred to remain with Mrs Dr Gehncke or some other ladv friend insteal of returning me late at night I ittle did he dream that she was a life less body in the hands of the Coroner and lvingon a slab in the Morgue awaiting identification How the murder was committed is only known by the strong circumstancial evl result irom ihp i uimmj up uuwi in iopii tnat ne proposes to lation and products of the vallev by the ndirre it with a nev ne id le perhai at mrst con Inquiry at the si ierable business would be diverted from fi iiliiV yjL THB SCEVB OK THE TAGEDY kmiln and did KlOfldamafe Carelessness with matches caused a 950 fire in the lodging house kept by Lou Elmore at 422 Kearny street at 12 clock last night The alarm was turned in from box 12 OLD EngIxsh Eixvxa is Utter in form and style Into any modera productions is fact the bet patterM mad to are copies of it Howard A Cof 284 iThli avenue Sew 1 ors have the only complete aMoruntnt 1b America Inspection is dence which was brought lo light hy investigations made vesteraay and bich The fire was caused by careless handling of I connect ONeil so strongly with the case tnat mere uu uu uuuui mat iw is the fiend who committed the deed It appears that ONeil met Mr Griffes on the boat which arrived from Alameda in this city at 830 Whether he had known her previously or whether they met on the boat for thcflrst time is not known but the latter theory finds more supporters than the former one At any rate arriving on this side of the found in his possession An autopsv held bv Dr A 0 Brjen yesterdav afternoon revealed the fact tbat the murder was a most atrocious one It was evidently the work of a human monster who doubtless baffled in his desire to lead a woman astray had taken fiend sb delight in hornblv mntilating her so as to cause her jnstant death The cause of death as iven Dr 0 Bnen in his report is hemorrhage from penetrating wound of perineum but the details of this report are not fit for publication Down in his prison cell 0 Neil refused to talk and main amed a sullen silende He would only sa that be never had seen the woman before he met her on Tuesdaj and as for the rest hD claimed to have been too drunk to know what had hippened He looked like a man who is just petting over the effects of a spree but a pool deal of the blear eved and stupid wav in which he talked was evidently unnatural He had been drunk to be sore but not too drunk to know hat he wis doing The body of the unfortunate victim lay unidentified at the Morgue until 8 when Mrs Lorm II Bncker of 138 Third street told the officials who it was Mr Gnffes the hnsband came soon afterward and completed the identification ON THI ALA3IKDA BOAT A Story of Oell and Mrs Griffes Crossing the Bay Together There was a scene on the ferry boat Newark which left the Oakland mole shortly after 8 clock on Tuesday night that may have some connection with the murder It appears from the information received at the Coroners office that a man and woman answering the description of ONeil and Mrs Gnffes were aboard and spent most of Jtherr tune on the lower deck Thev were quite familiar in their actions and after unbibme a few whiskies hey adjourned to the lunchroom They ordered steaks and the man refused to pay his bill necessitating threats of violence on the part of tire cooks before be produced tbe 75 cents to liquidate bis bill From therradgment of those people who saw the Inebriated couple they mnst hare been together for quite a while There nothinffpositive as yet to iden tify these two people with thedead woman and the man who is in jaiL i Worlds fair CasostctE in wrappers ready lor mailing 5 cents a copy fieid and having all it connections made Government with respeet to enforcing the would also be in a posit on to take advan Geary law and the President has neither said tajre of the increase of business bound to nor done anv thing to warrant the assumption result trom the uildinj up Doth in popn that he proposes to nullify the law by over new treaty the Treasury Department di that about Slo 000 remains for i a it ine eniorueraeui oi me several i mnee alia tnem tne uitimaie aava irage 10 oe gained Jn Jn the new approprUuon g0000 be bv he existing line in shinng the busi comes available so that the aggregate fund ness of new developments is manifest a vsilable for the carrywgootot tbe exclusion The North Paoinc Coast Railroad will act including the Geary law will be oo 000 run its trains on the Snndav time table on I As announced by secretary Carlisle the the Fourth of Julv an i wll sell excursion i J2 EffiJS tickets gooi from rndav to Wednesday Vtri to Camp lav lor Paper Mill Creek and Cazadero villi be a opnlar way of spending Sunday and the Fourth MOKt COAST KVILROID WORK A New Extension to Tap an Immense Lnmber District 1 kiah June 23 According to information receive 1 to dav the railroad from Fort Bragg on the coast to Wdlits a distance of thirty two miles will be built There has Deen an agreement entered into be tween the nion Lumber Company of the former place and the North Pacihc Rail wav Company whereby the Utter will ex tend its line from 1 kiah to Willits con necting at the point named with the Fort Bragg Piailwav ith the extension of the lumber com pany railway to illits transportation will be rtduced to a minimum With the extension of the North Pacific to Willits a distance of about twenty five miles lumber trains will be able to lav their cargoes down in anv coast or Eastern town without transer A tunnel 1200 feet in length has been completed between Pudding creek and the Novo river Anotner ot about tne same length will be necessary between the coast and the terminus of the Fort BTagg road of the lack of funds to rid the cohntry ot all Chinese who have entered unlawfully in violation of previously existing laws before endeavoring to send out Chinee who came in lawfully bnt are under the ban of the Geary law because they failed to comply with Its requirements ot registration etc SEVfcRAL FAT OFFICES The President Appoints Governor for Alaska Washington June 23 The President has made the following appointments Commodore A Weaver Rear Admiral vice Harmony retired James Sheakle of Alaska Governor of Alaska George Snow of Salt Lake City Surveyor General ot Gtah Joseph Straughan Surveyor General of Idaho Ch lesF Eaglev Surveyor of New Mexico Receiver of Public Moneys Pedto del Cado at Santa Fe Registrars of Land Offices Byron Groo at fait LAie 1 Benjamin uon aiui Grande Or and James Walker at Santa FeN 3J Dunne Postmaster at Billings Mont Pensions Granted Mashictov Jnne 28 Pacific coast pen sions California Original David A Morse Sylvester A Jones reissae and Increase Isaac unstrap Arizona vnginai widows ana children Rudicfnda McDermott Ctth In crease John Harrington Highest of all in Leavening Power Latest TJ Govt Report ABSOLUTES PUPE TYLISH bliMJltK SHOr8 Tan colored Shoes are the go and everybody is wearing tnem They are neat de not show tbe dust and are tbe latest style We hare hist placed In oar stock a complete line of Ladles Cats Tatt Rumda Leather Button Shoes wnlcnwewHlsentoe S200 These Sboes are Try strllsn being made wffn medium square toes and shaed tips and go where rn win thejr cannot be porchasel lot less than They are guaranteed for durability tad are lost the ting for Summer wear Country orders solicited rHILADEIT UIA SHOE COJIP AST 10 Third Siree Sin Frsnctaeo CUXNsKL an REMEMBER OUR AGRFEMEST TO SBU jrotl BABY CARRIAGE cheaper than as concern on this coast VTe manofactare tbe Baby Carriages In tbe world for the money Comt andseeoarvAorid neater for 1883 Oar price tail carriage will surprise yod Carriages from 3 to 60 CALIFORNfA RATTAHjCOMF FIrrt StreeU Country orders solicited Send for Catawgae For parity and care In preparation the Rojai Baking Powder tfanals any ln the market and our test shows that it has greater leavening power 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