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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-09-17

siOnary and a number OF native Christ
iaus have been massacred IN the prov
iucc OF Sheusy The bodies OF the
victims were uiuulated By mObs.
q. W Lewis, drink-razed house
painter Of ST. Louis, attempted to xii
his child, wife ana sister-Iu-law, but
succeeded only ia slightly woundius
the latter Then lac turned his pistol
upon himself ana blew out his brain
4 muTderous assault was made ~ GA
Rev. David N. Cooper, pastor Of gue
Memorial PresDy church Of
Detroit in his study Monday, by man
( who gave his name as Wilkinson, and
who demanded MIR, C0opers money.
/ The man was arrested
Fire broke out in the Mohn Brothers
/ wool hat factory ut Reading, Pa,
Tuesday night and the entire building,
with ali It's valuable machinery and a
/ large amount OF finished and uuiimsh-
ed goods was destroyed. Loss, SOJ,-
] 0O0;insWance, about half that amount
/ The elections in Arkansas have re-
suited in ii democratic victory. not
withstundiDg the fusion between re
| publicans and third partyitcs for couu
( ~ offices IN various parts Of the state
Mr.. tishback, democratic candidate for
governor, viii probably receive $4,000
majority
NJ Grenler, who was discharged with
giving secret official documents regard
Ing the French defcnscs TO Captain
BOrup, military attashe 20 the Ameri-
can legation AT Paris, has been sentenc-
ed 20 twenty years penal sclyitude,
this punishment to be followed by
twenty years Punishment from France.
j. j. Shcpperd, an aged and wealthy
'&ner living near Jacksonville, Ill.,.
Tuesday attempted to drive hog into
a pen WHEN the brute turned on him
and seized him by the Lex and so badly
mcerated the member that the man
nearly bled to death, and The recovery
is doubtful.
Several hunters had a narrow escape
.roGa committing mansmughter ut Lit !
he Falls Mimi, In firing al Il covcy Of
chickens they hit m ii ycar-old son of
BawUuC Dussette The shot took Of
feet about his face ana body, but fer
tunatcly did no. penetrate deep. The
hey viii recover
Felix Motif, director of the Grand
Duc;u opera house in Callsruhe, has be- /
come mentally unbalanced and been
taken TO an asylum, OyerWork is the
cause Of his trouble The physicians
give hope that perfect rest win restore
his mind Motif probably is the finest /.
orchestra leader in Germany.
Information received ut tlo state de-
partment FROM the United states min
lister at Caracas as TO NE condition of /.
affairs in Venezuela has led tie presi- /.
dent to direct That another war vessel +.
be sent 10 la Guuyu The United
states steamer kearsurge has been
ordered to proceed TO Venezuela im-
mediutely.
John Newman Of 80 Hill street, Chr /
cag0, mas identihed the body of the (
young woman found III Che lake Off
Lincoln pagS Sunday, as thut of his .
daughter olga lie had reprimandcd
her. and told her 70 80 out ANA lind .
work. She went our, aud the next
he SAW her 81 her was Ia Tie morguc
She was IA years OF age
The uen employed by the Atlantic
Cooper Mining company ut u0uLhtuu,
Mich. have gone out on a strike for
higher ray The company has closed
down the mine, stating That prices 10
NOR t4.tpp9nt 1Ugb Yu iU.f#4y-.. flIt,ta.. #
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Francisco the board should take these facts
into their calculations for il shaved a tire
mendous fall In real estate. 1t was his un-
qualified opinion that at the present time
all outside lands, NIL the wholesale district
and much of the property south of Market
street was assessed too high.
If fair criterion were desired upon which
to base the value of land in Richmond let
the board take the amount allowed by a
jury in TIRE United States District Court for
fifty-four acres OF the City Cemetery. He
testified before il that the land was worth
sos, 600, and the jury gave the city $4,000.
This was fair and intelligent jury.
Magee said it was his opinion, based on
such Information as he had and without
making any Investigation. that San Fran
cisco is assessed at 20 per cent of its selling
value on falling market. The assessment
ought 10 be 80 per cent, which was high
enough on a falling market. Ii things
were moving in healthy way 10 per cent
perhaps would not be too HIGH Magee
closed with an exhaustive and intelligent
statement OF his views on tile subject Of
taxation. =. :.
Equatzers Beamer. Hebron and More
house badgered him with questions for D.
ward of an hour relative to the valuation
of some Of his own property, the statements
OF his Real Estate Circular and other mat
tiers for the purpose of eXtorting from him
Mr.. Mages maintained his positions and
opinions throughout the inquiry. Atthe
commissioned his evidence Beamer moved
that the application Of San. Francisco for a
80 per cent reduction be denied. This was
seconded by Hebron and carriedfal the
members voting aye except Swan, who
veted no.
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CARRYING ON THE WORK
Evangelistio Services in. the
Allied Churches. .=.=...
Union Meeting in the Central Methodist-Ad.
=: mira bic Address to the Yeung People. &:
~. Midday Services: -.

The groundwork laid by Evangelist Mills
during his revival services is to be slowly,
perhaps, but surely built upon by the allied
|: churches. In all these churches special
: services were held last night. and the at
. tendance, so far as heard from, wasyery
gratifying. ~ &. :. = -:
/: In. the Central Methodist Church, of
which Rev. Dr.*Case is pastor, union
service was held, and the church was
crowded. Bishop Vincent Of ChautauQua
fame was to have delivered an address, but
was prevented from being present by in
disposition: -.
On the platform were Rev. Drs. Case.
Willis, Hirsf, Bovard and McClish, as we'll
as Rev. DIR: Jesse J.. Hurlb urt of New Y ork,
president of the Epworth League. s. :. ::
/ The principal feature of the service was
an admira bic address by Dr. Hurlburt. He
spoke of the great interest being taken in
young people of the present day. We were
living In O.. time of great prominence for
YOUTH; never had such burdens been
placed upon the shoulders of youth as now.
The church OF this age must be the one that
thinks and plans for outtl. :. :. :....:s
|. Mouth, he said, lis radical, old age is
| conservative; youth presses on; old age
holds back. Aud that is the sort OF service
| we want in. the church-the service of
| youth. :. -
I WE must take care Of the:young people
because Of the perilS that surround them.
Wherever there lis power there is peril.
| Three fourths of the in fdels Of the present
time are young men.
He referred to-. the name San Francisco
bore for wiekedoess. II have been only two
.days:in your city" he said. ''and can see
where the wlekedness lies: 1t lies In your
| 'hnodl1ms'-y unTegulated young men
/ With their energies misdrected.' -.
=: The present was the age: Of organization
| ana not for individual effort: He therefore
| urged upon the. young people tue necessity
Of Organization for helping in carrying on
! church work and pointed out the best way
+ TO 60 about,it - X.
The service was frightened by the singing
| of hymns. and altogether most enJoyab
| time was spent. -. r. - -:
Services will also be held tonight in all
| the nj lied churches. -: :
The midday service in the Young Mems
Chris tan Association ball yesterday: as
| largely attended as ever. G. N. Cfittenton,
the millionaire evangelist, delivered stir
ring address on work" audsseyeral others
/ spoke. These, midday services will be held
+ayaTy day.: -. =:
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MRS. MURPHY's ESTATE.
Property Valued at Five Million Dollars
Decided to Her Children

Property Valued at Fivs Million Dollars
- Decided to Her Children
SAN JOSE, Sept. 1.-The estate of the late
Mrs. Martin Murphy, who died on Monday,
: is estimated at 5000, 600, and consists of
number of large ranches in Santa Clara,
San. Luis Obisno ana Santa Barbara coun-
ties, real estate In San JOSE San Francisco
and other places. The property in Santa
: Clara County alone Is estimated at ST.
$50. GEO. -
Among other possessions arethe Murphy
ranch in this county. adjoining the town Of
Mountain View, containing about 5000
acres, well wooded and equal 10 the best
land in the county; the Ascension rancho
in San Luis Obispo County, containing 3d.
-224 81 acres; the Bri0nes ranch, officially
known as La Purissima Conception rancho,
Of $3.50 acres, the Linn place. adjoining the
above the Milpitas ranch Of 5000 acres,
and the Colo rancho in Santa Barbara
County:
Mrs. Murphy left no will, but in. 1888 she
and her husband, VINO died in 1854, made a
trust deed to her two sons, Bernard d. and
Patrick W., by which she retained an inter-
est ID tie rents and profits during her life
time. By the terms of the deed Patrick
gets a large part Of the San Luis ODisp0
ranches and Bernard gets most Of the San
Jose property, one third OF the Murphy ranch
in this county, 5000 acresin San Luis Obispo,
and the Colo ranch in Santa Barbara
County. Provisions were also made for
her TWO daughters. Mrs. Mary A. Carroll,
Mrs. E. q. ArqueZ and the Taaffe children,
and also. j. /. Murphy. the youngest son.
vino will not receive his portion until 1897.
which will make him forty-fiVe years of age
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first time. in America at the Baldwin on
Septembe 10 next, attached to the train.
The company are in excellent trim and
say the trip across the continent has been n
delightful one. Rehearsal of"The MONTE.
banks" have been held aboard the train on
the trip to this city. = -:
The private car is fitted witha piano. and
the principals have rehearsei their parts in
the new opera enroute. Manager French
prophesies the greatest success know on
the coast In comic opera. "A special boat
awaits the arrival of the train at the Oak
: land mole. but the majority of The company
viii remain in the cars and arrive In the
city to-day.
The run from Sacramento to this place
was made at the rate OF fifty miles an hour.
The representatives of: the press who
boarded the train at Sacramento found that
Miss Russell had retired for, the night.
The famous actress sent word to the re.
porters that she was too tired to see them,
and asked that they accept Manager
French,s statements In her stead.
Miss Russell returns to this coast after an
absence. OF six years, She. is In splendid
health, and after rest of three months. the
greater part of which time has beefi spent
in Europe, returns and opens her season
here. From this city the company returns
direct to New York. and then goes to Chi
cago for the Worlds Fair.
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EVENING SESSION.
Supervisor Ellert Contends That tn
Assessment Is Excessive.

Supervisor Ebert Contends That the
Assessment Is Excessive.
SACRAMENTO. Sept. An evening ses-
sion was held at which Supervisor Elert
was questioned rs to the reductions in the
assessment-roll of San Francisco by the
Supervisors while they sat as County
Board of Equalization. 1t was claimed
that can cellations made by the Supervisors
where property was destroyed by fire sub
sequent to the first Monday in March we're
Illegal ~:
Equalizer Morehouse said the law re-
quires al property TO be taxed on the first
Monday in March and il it is DESTROYED it Is
unjust" to cancel the assessment.
Deputy Assessor Briggs was called or to
explain how the Assessor corrected clerical
errors discovered in the roll after its pas
sage by the Supervisors. The corrections
were authorized to be made by resolution of
the Supervisors.
Morehonse declared that the action was
illegal, as no corrections can be made ex-
cept upon affidavit of the parties affected.
He characterized a great many of the pro-
ceedings Of the Supervisors as queer"
and he wanted to know if the roll was still
being corrected down there
. Ebert answered that the Supervisors had
long since adjourned as county board Of
equalization.
Then the question Of arbitrary assess
mentS came up, ana 1t TRANSFERRED that out
of the fetal Of the $4,000 assessments there
are this year, 90Sl were made arbitrarily.
The Assessors of Santa Clara aud Ala
media being present were asked what the
percentages were in those counties, and the
former replied that OF the 1900 names on
the book there were no arbitrary assess
ments. while the latter has but one arbi-
/ trary assessment in the 10000 names on the
roll -.
+ On being asked about the value of the
Posioflice site, Ebert said that every one
knew that was>a higsteal. and was vaTl0usly
+ estimated OF from $3.50, 600 TO $500 coo.
BeameT asked concerning mortgages. He
said that the excess of mortgages untaxed
| In san ::Erancfsco amounted TO S5.17l Sal ;
. that tile banks are drawing interest on
this amount and 1t Is uot taxed. Beamer
wanted:te know how this was. -
Ebert con tended that the figures showed
San Francisco mortgages to be assessed al
so per cent, which was higher than A anleda
and Santa Clara. He did not see why San
francisco mortgages should be taxed al
their. face, when other counties do not do il
BeslneT devoted some attehtion to arbi.
trary< assessments. He could not under
stand why such Institutions as the Bank Of
California, George c. ShTeve, W. IL j
Sloane 81 Co. and. Others were arbitrarily
assessed year after year.
r Ellert-expIafned that the merchants who
appeared before the board claim that they
| cannot give statement OF their stock In
March. and so. they let the Assessor estl
mate It for himself. These were not in hi
Judgment arbitrary assessments. An aI6i.
trary assessment was where statement Ii
|. neglected or refused after personal service
ION the taxpayer: At 9 O'Clock the board
adjourned until Tomorrow morning. );
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THE .SLUNGSHOT. EIEND.
A Bright. Little Girl Di.hgured for

A Bright Little; Girl Disfigured for
The boy with the slungshot is an unmiti-
gated nuisance and should be suppressed.
a dose Of the cato -nIne-tails would not be
out Of place: to any enc using thes, danger
,ous instruments. -.
A daughterof ohm j, Newbegin, Douglass
street,.a bright winsome child. Of eight
years of age,- has been, in all probability,
disfgured for life by one Of these young
fends.; =. -
= On: :fer way: home from the: James
Lick Grammar: School, Noe and Temple
streets, a boy named Welsh went within a
few PAGES. of her aud deliberately fred a
stone at her from a slungsbot.+ The stone
struck the child with great force above the
right eye, inticting a horrible. cash and
knocking her senseleSs: She was. helped
: home by several of her schoolmates. DR..
. 'Matner. was SUNNI oiled and stitched up. the
wound. The doctor thinks the little girl
will be disfgured for life. Ifthe stone:had
struck her half an inch lower it would have
Knocked hereye out. =.
" The boy Welsh was reprinianded by the
principal: of the school and sent home, and
Will likely be suspended, as it appears this
was not the first 0ccas lon. he had been using
the catapnlt at the other children in the
school,. -.
" Mr.. .Newbegin refuses to prosecute the
boy, as lie says il would be OF no use, and
would do him personally no good.
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SUED BY HER MOTHER.
The Burtoa Land Case Again Before the Coui
of Lower. California =

The Burtoa. Land Case Again Before the Courts
Of Lower. California = :.
SAN DIEGO, Sept. IA sensational case,
involving portion of the Ensenada grant
Ia Lever California, and which includes the
TOWNSHIP OF Eusenada, was filed last night
by Sonora Ruiz MaYtorena, the only sur
yiving heir of Lieutenant j. NJ. Ruiz of the
Spanish army. against her daughter, Mrs.
Mary A. Burton, of this city,. Plaintiff rs
eighty-feur years old and lives here with
her son. Both are estranged from defend
ant because oftbe property dispute.
The land in question was originally
eleven square leagues and was conferred
upon Lieutenant Ruiz July, 1904. by the
King OF Spain for gallant services. In 1852
the mother removed from the peninsula TO
San Diego, and in 1859 the patent to the
grant was secured. The sonora claims she
and two sisters, since deceased. signed a
paper for her daughter to secure said patent
away back In 1853. but three years ago she
learned the paper was really a deed convey
ing to her daughter their interest in the
grant She also denies having given Mrs.
Burton power-of-attorney to- dispose of the
three square leagues.
Plaintiff recites that she could not read or
speak English and did not know the con-
tents of the paper, which were written in
said language. but relied on her daughters
represen tations. She claims Mrs Burton
got a patent in her own name and has re-
ceived $40, G00or more for the rents and pro-
ceeds Of the land and declines to reconvey
any portion CT profit to plaintiff. The
mother. therefore. asks that the deed be
declared void and the daughter be made to
reconyey to her an account for rents. etc,
and, If she refuses, to have special Com
missioner appointed by the court to adju-
dictate the matter.
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THE MONOHAI'S ARRIVAL
Quarantine Officials Getting
the New Tug Ready.
THE HALCYON'S NAMESAKE.
II Is Only Lumber Schooner and the Customs
:. People Are Still on the Watch-B Bogus !.
Fishing Trips. -; .: =: -

The Union steamship Monowai arrived
from Australia and Honolulu at an. early
hour this morning and anchored in the
stream. )
The new quarantine tug is now in readi-'
ness for service. and in an emergency could
be set to work in an hour; but number OF
minor articles have yet to be put on board,
and bids for these have been advertised for.
e: There are now two ships on the way here
from Hamburg, one OF which is 124 daysout
and The other in port at Newcastle, Eng land,
on the way out DR.. Lawlor does not an
ticipate any serious trou BILE with the cholera
epidemic, either by way of the Horn or the
isthmus, but he viii take extra precautions
on general principles. and vessels arriving
from infected or doubtful European ports
will be fumigated anyhow. DIR. Carmichael,
in charge of the Angel Island station. IS pre-
pared to cooperate cordially with DR..
LawlOr.
Qnite a stir was caused on the front yes
terday by the announcement that the
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ARRIVED From ALASKA.
The Islander Brings News to Vancouver,
:. B. c., About the steamsr Ccquitlam

The Islander Brings News to Vancouver,
:. B.. c., About the steamsr Ccquitlam
s. VANCOUVER, B. C.. Sept 1.-The steam
ship Islander arrived here this morning
from Alaska. Among the passengers were
Captain Mcclellan and severaLof the crew
of the British steamer Coquitlam, seized
some time ago in Boring Sea, and for the
release of which bonds were taken up on
the Islander.
An application was made before Judge
Truett, but clause was omitted in the
bonds making them. responsible for any
penalties which the captain and mate were
liable to for infringement of the customs
regulations. -. =.
The case was adjourned, to enable the
captain to have the bonds amended. The
Sealers' Association. sent bonds for the
cargo. but the Judge refused to release 1t.
Captain Mcclellan returns on the steamer
Mexico;
This morning the British Columbia Iron
Works were burned to the ground.
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LILLIAN RUSSELL ARRIVES.


:. .BENIcTA.. Sept. 2.-The Lillian. Russell
special from New York. to San Francisco
arrived at Sacramento at IL O'clock last
night, four hours late. -
The. train consists of six special cars:
Miss Russell, Manager French and Mrs.
Leonard, Miss. Russell's mother, occupying
the private car Of Vfce-President Webb OF
the New Y ork Central Railroad.
The rest OF the company are quartered IN
Wagner sleeping-cars. There are three cars
OF scenery for the new opera ''The Mounte-..
banks" which is TO be produced for the
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NEWS FROM THE DESERT.
a Man Supposed to Have Been Lost Write, {
Friend at Yuma

YUMA. Arz., Sept. IA letter dated
August 1s has been received from, Indian
Wells by A. Modesti from HID. Converse,
who was supposed to be lost. Indian Wells
is ON the desert 100 miles from here. on the
old San Diego stage road.
Converse states that he and his son are
safe and well; that they have been hunting
along the various channels of New River
and its branches and the ancient canal sys-
tenn of that region. He referred to no snf-'
ferlngs or priyatIons. and'said they should
go to Campo, CAL, in a few days, where he
would leave his SON In school,
Cosgrove Is positive that the Breedoye
party were poisoned by eating canned
tomatoes which were spoiled by the desert
beat and that they did not die Of thirst. He
suffered from the same cause,
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A Prisoner Named Truitt Is Thought to II av
Persisted in the Flames.

Perished in the Flames
MERGED. Sept. IA special to the Even
Ing SIM from Mariposa states that the
county jail was destroyed by fire. this
morning. -.
AS the people hurried to the scene Of the
fire, the first thought Of each was of the
prisoner who. was incarcerated within its
walls. Had he escaped or was he suffering the
agonies of death. in that fiery furnace?. No
one knows as yet - :. : ::
. The prisoner was Thomas Truitt Of Coul-
1teryille,: sentenced to ninety days for as
sault and battery. 49, - -
g. When discovered, the fire had gained con-
siderable. headway, the: blaze coming out
: through all the windows and The roof. was
on fire. " -. :: -:
No sound was heard from the prisoner,
and many think lie had help: to- escape and
; then fired the building. Others think IL
would have been Impossible to have done:so
without being heard. -: =. =.
The Jail isa:complete wreck. The fierce
was torn down, thus preventing the FIRE
from spreading. -. -: 1870: -:
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!: sthbbed. In the Side.

Ray: Cook living at 1927 Union street,
came: to the Receiving Hospital late last
night to have a small knife wound in the
left side below the heart dressed. Cook
stated that he had a dispute with an un-
known man In a saloon on Union aud HYDE
streets over the payment for some drinks,
when the latter drew: a penknfe and
stabbed him and ran out OF the place, max
ing good hisescare
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LADY. MANAGERS.
The state Board for the Worlds Fair in SEES
=: - sion at Los Angeles 49,. :. :.

The State Board Tor the:. " ofld 8 AT IN o 5
sion at Los Angeles. :.:. =
. : Los ANGELES, Sept. 1.-THE State Board
of Lady Managers Of the Worlds Fair met
at'the Chamber OF Commerce to-day. There
were present.: Mrs. Smith Of San Jose, who
presided; Mrs. Harlan, secretary; Mrs.
Marcellus, Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Cum
mings. of San Francisco. Mrs. Kimbal' Oh
San Diego and Mrs. Cole Of Los Angeles. :.
= The day: was" spent In hearing reports.
and tomorrow the ladies Will be glyena re-
:ception.%. =. :: -. -
Mrs. C. Cook of Ventura, Mrs. Jeanne
c. Carr of Pasadenaan aud Mrs. Mills of San Ia
Ana were in attendance. as representatives
from their sections. =: 80: ~ =: :
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MAYNARD NOTES.

Some Sailors From the Baltimore Going East
for Their Discharge
VALLEJO, Sept. 1.-The cruiser Charles
ton will be taken out of the stone drydock
atthe navy-yard next Wednesday morning.
After the necessary blocking has been
placed the Tbetis will 20 in the dock and
have her propeller removed aud replaced
with. one of new aud improved design. No
work will be required to be done to her hull.
draft of men from the cruiser Baltimore
will start for the East Friday by way of the
Panama steamer leaving that dav from San
Francisco. The terms OF service of the men
are nearly out and they 90 home for dis
charge. .