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FORLORN CHILDREN OF HAM.
cHEROKEEs PERSUADE, THEM 70
s7lRT FOR LTREEfh

Two Hupdres Men. wenes. ana fieh nninnse'
nwu,ped In Plantation Clothes 1nte Thfs
BrIcE vnAerness. hound For the Lans
or nuaau-rarns Sole sad Money Speat
ana Liberia SIN 5000 Miles Away.
To rat Enron o. Tuf svS-Sri 1fyou think "toa
the poor Ind an does not know how to solvetA 9ego
problem by the time this reaches you you will hnd
about 200 rood able bodied negroes shipped by the Cher
okees to aid yoa IN any that New York short
in
Comri!caons have arisen under the different treat.
.s 40 b,t these negroes claim interests in lands and
funds OF the tribe.
From the number Of them In the tribe. the cost OF
shipping them Is less per capita than killing them
They propose to send them to Liberia. W. A.c.
Fcrr SWIM. Ark. Feb. IL.
This letter reached THE SuN yesterday Just
about the time local news came In to confirm
It's statements. This local news was to the
effect that at 1890 o'clock in the morning
Officer Gillespie OF the West Twentieth street
police station had come upon n strange sight
in West street lust above Cortandt. He saw
group of about $50 colored people. men. wo-
men. and children. gathered upon the sidewalk
with no shelter from the rain. These negroes
were clad in the fantastic odds and ends OF
clothing 50 familiar on Southern plantations.
so strange in the streets of New York. Some
were standing with dropping shoulders ana
dreary faces. Others were crouching and hud-
ding against the house walls. elasp!ng
crying babies close to half-covercd bosoms
Some were walking up and down. looking
about. calling for members Of the party that
had streyed away In tho brick wilderness.
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Rumor. Of nm Upr,.,uu .. G~,,.u,,.

PARIS. Feb. 2l.-lt is said at the Guatemala
Legation in Paris that an attempted reyolu-
lion IN that state has been suppressed. and
tionists. IL dead. ' '''o'a-
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Norlh Shore Ll.i,ex-

cmror'e afternoon train for Chicago via New YORK;
'enira Runs through In twenty ave bour. ~ IL
AL western connections. -NN'" uAAing
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BRADLEY WAGONS.
OR|TD.ARI.

The Rev. William II. Gleason. 30 years Old.
died at his residence 1tl Wost Nincty.sovcn,h
| street. at 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
| leaving IA wife and four children. H. con.
tracted severe attack Of the grip during the
holidays and it developed n complication Of
| diseases. He was born In Durham, Conn, on
! September 1881. WIS graduated from Yale
College in 1853. and took w the study
Of law. He was admitted to the bar
in 1870 He was II member OF the New York
Assembly in 1S64-5. and was the candidate On
the Republican ticket for Congress in 1873
He aftcrward studio! theology. and in ~?
pa stor Of the First Dutch reformed Ghurcn d
ofth First Dutch Reform Church in Newark.
He rema ned there until 1887 when he Resigned
to take the passionate st. na OF the tirSt Rntcl Re-;
him to siyo Up, this pulpit in isss, ~ Ths ,u;
ne,,al viii BE- IT his reslds.pce on TUESDAY at
G. Lieut. William r. i. Delahny, o. the United
Lenyenworth on Saturday. His death was the
wasn't OF SSs'' On tho sS nn" s ev Nvn
Academy and was in active service from lSI
Hn s Ehs ser1 he most a Of the on with
the South Pacific squadron. He was once with
an expedition, sent to the relief of Arctic
Lieut.. Delahay's father was the lite un,ed
States Judge Delahay. 20
Deacon Solomon Hitchcock. nous nd well.
gerfleld. n. Y. died last week at the age Of II
years leaving necui!ar, directions concerning
no funeral display whatever: that his coffin
should he made OF cheap pine boards. without
that no hearse sR"nld be % seI but III;
body should lie carried to the grave in COM
mon farm wagon. His family observed the
directions as closely as circum stances would
permit
d. W. Patterson. Associate Law Judge ot
Lancaster. Pa, courts died last evening from
inSton and Jef1a rson College in 1880. read law
fhe Wigs IL iS47; was elected Law yadrs%t
viii be Ps,snn
until an election for Judge. and which will oc-
cur in November
Fla. died at his home there yesterday. nr.i
asyd ao o Ses n e9Fa ia and iT skaa in IL
Association after the death Of Ssi J. j. Daniel.
brothers and sisters in Ireland
member b OF the Newark n cgnferense Of
MANY years resident o. Tarpenter 81 Point mi.
dren.
John Sheehan OF FitchburS. Mass. died SOS.
to-day nGed lUO yenrs and ) Isonths He re.
tanned all his faculties until three weeks ago.
widow and four ,.hlILren survive him. lie
was graduate OF Trinity College. Dublin. and
In his prime was somewhat noted as an nrchi.
tect.
DIR. W. .. Bailey. we'll known as an army
ssn4rges2}n died on Saturday in York Pa. in ms
versity. Of Pennsylvania in 1852. lie was ip.
pointed surgeon in the Seventy eighth Penn
syivania Infantry with the rank OF Major
DR.. William Talbot. n patent mcdicine com.
dence in Edinboro. Pa. He had uInassrd +.
large fortune. and spranE from nm impe,u.
NOUS practice into wealth in decade
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industrious man. He has been MANAGING
my 4olo County ranch for some months,
and resigned of his own accord some few
days ago, before l returned from the Sand
witch Islands. hired Palmer in 1888 and
discharged him in 1889, for reasons well
known to the public. ! felt compelled to
prosecute the man, and after the proof we
gave OF his defalcations il has always been
mystery to me how he escaped conviction
either uD il Y0lO or down here.
While Palmer was in my employ
he went into partnership with Phleger
in the Monument ranch, which | have
since taken over for debts owing to me
by both parties. Since Palmer was &C.
quilted / have had several business transae-
tons and conversations with him, and al
though he has many time threatened to
shoot me he has not done so yet Anyhow,
I'm not the man to run away. | have seen
Palmer and Phleger together recently In
Attorney Jones' Office at Sacramento, and
had no idea that bad blood WAC between
them; on the contrary, they seemed very
friendly, although it was long after Pal
mer's trial. In my opinion Palmer was a
man of quick, short temper, and found
him also unreliable in every particular. /
always found Phleger a nice, eyen-tempered
fellow who would not harm a fly, and /
think Palmer has committed eOld-biooded
murder. He is in very tight place surely,
and I'll bet he is wishing at this present
moment that he had never done the shoot
ingn
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Berk eleY.
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Arrived.
SATURDAY, March f2
Stmr Areata Saunders so hours from Coos Bav.
pass and mdse, to o Il Co.
Stalr Celia, johnson. SO hours from Humboldt;
215 NJ IT lumber. to Higgins Collins.
Schr Bender Brothers. Zaddart. 20 hours from
Point Arena; wood etc, to Bender Bros.
Mill Co.
Sailed.
SATURDAY, March IL.
whai stmr Narwhal Smith whaling.
Bark Harvester, Rock Hilo.
Telegranhic.
POINT LoBOS March l2-IO p NJ Weather
foggy; wind SW; velocity IL miles
Domestic Ports.
FORT BRAGG-Saiied Mar 12-Stmr Rival. for
VERSIONS LANDING-sailed Mar la-schr
Ocean Spray, for San Francisco.
.AsToRIA-Arrived Mar l2-stmr Oregon, hence
Mar 10.
Sailed Mar I2-stmr State of California. Tor San
SAN PEDRo-saned Mar 12-Schr Rebecca. for
Eureka
Arrived Mar I4-Stmr Navarro from Navarro
CoQUiLLE RiyER-Arrived Mar 1o-Schr Ralph
SAN PEDRo-Sailed Mar 13-Stmr Chas w Wet
more.
GRAYs HARBoR-sailed Mar ll-scnr Chas K
PORT TowNSEND-Arrived Mar l2-Ship Spar
NAVARRO Sailed Mar I2-ssmr Newsboy. 70,
Francisco.
Foreign Ports.
SwANSEA-Sailed Mar 12-Stmr Msssachu
setts..w.th 1850, 600 pounds tn-plate.
Movements of Trans-Atl ,ntic Steamers.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mar l2-Stmr Trays
from New York
NEW YoRK-Arrived Mar 12-Stmr City OF Der
lin from Liverpool.
ImportasiOns.
COOS BAY-Per Arcata-5o0 tons coal. 422 bdls
headings lOl bids slaves, 81 bdls hoops. cs rub
Der goods bx hardware. pkgs express.
Consiguees.
Per Arcata-O & n Co. Wells. Fargo & Co: z
Hubbard; Oakland Box and Barrel Co; Miller
Sioss s. co.
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MUTILATED RECORDS.
Methods Of the Kern County Board of Super
visors Denounced.

Methods OF the Kern County Board Of Super
visors Denounced.
BAKERSFIELD. March 12.-Considerable
excitement prevailed here to-day, caused by
very strange act Of the Board Of Super
visors. On Thursday the board appointed
S. w. MahOn, C. E. Lechner, S. \. Reed
and c. c. Scribner delegates to attend the
Nicaragua Canal Convention to be held ON
the Goth inst. This morning petition, signed
by over 100 tax-p yers, was presented to
the board, asking that they appropriate
sufficient sum Of money to defray their ex-
peDses, and quite number of prominent
citizens and taxpayers were present to
argue for the appropriation, but to their
great establishment there was no record of
the appointment in the minute-book 1t
turned out. However, that the board had
concluded to change the name of the COM
mission or delegates, and instead of re-
Sending the order appointing them simply
directed the clerk Of the board to tear out
the leaf Of the minute-book upon which
the order had been made. The indignation
OF the taxpayers at such a proceeding was
freely expressed, and before the board ad-
Journed this evening it made new order,
appointing the same gentlemen again. II is
doubtful, from the tone of the people, about
the matter resting at this. Some legal action.
it is said, will be taken against the board.
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A BREAK FOR LIBERTY.
San Quentin COnyicts Tunnel
Under the Jutemill.
An 0pportune Discovery During the Visit Of
the Prison Directors-Three Con-
viots Captured.

For three weeks past Warden Hale of San
Quentin has had his eye on the barber shop
in the center of the prison jutemill, and on
the uperintendenps Office which adjoins It,
The reason for this was made apparent
yesterday when convict was caught in the
act of making his exit from a tunnel bored
beneath the floor of the superintendent
office, and communicating with the barber
shop IN one direction and the great sewer of
the prison in the other. AS there is plenty
of room in the sewer for man to walk with
comparative ease In a STOPPING position,
Warden Hale and his subordinates are con-
graduating themselves on having foiled a
scheme which might easily have led to the
escape OF fifty or a hundred desperate con-
victs.
As soon as the discovery had been made
and the offenders secured the Prison Di
rectors were summoned to the spot. The
superintendent Office is raised about three
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KILLED WITHOUT WARNING.
4 COWardIy ASSASSINATION in a Saloon
at Sacramento.
FIVE SHOTS IN QUICK SUCCESSION.
Charles VI. Phleger Slain by G. II. ]. Palmer,
Former Superintendent Of Fairs Knights
Landing Ranch.
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SACRAMENTO. March 12-At IL 80 o'clock
to-day II. j Palmer, formerly manager for
Senator Fair of his Yoo County ranch, shot
and killed Charles w. Phleger in George
Wi5seman's saloon on Fourth street. Pile
ger was seated at a table reading a news
paper. when Palmer, who has been drinking
heavily for some days, entered the room.
Seeing Phleger he pulled his pistol. and
without warning fred FIVE shots into him,
and snapped his pistol for a sixth shot, but
the chambers had been emptied Palmer
has been denouncing Phleger, because of
matters growing out of the ENLIGHTENMENT
cases brought by Senator Fair against
Palmer. in connection with the management
of the Yolo ranch. Palmer has threatened
to Kill his wife and other parties within the
past few days.
Palmer and Phleger were partners in a
ranch at the time when Palmer beca ME
superintendent Of Fairs knights Land ing
ranch. In the many criminal and finally in
the civil suit instituted by Fair against
Palmer, who he iclaimed had appropriated
more than $4,000 Of the ranchs revenue,
Phleger was witness for the prosecution.
Finally Judge Catlin Of Sacramento, sitting
10 the Superior Court OF \ 0lo at Woodland,
gave heavy Judgment against Palmer and
In favor of Fair. A compromise was agreed
upon, Fair taking PalmeTs interest in the
ranch owned by him in conjunction with
Pheger in satisfaction of the Catlin judg-
ment. The criminal prosecutions then stand
ing were dismissed here and In San Fran
cisco, and it was supposed that the long
controversy was settled, but 1t seems that
Palmer never forgaye Phleger and he bar
bored a revenge.
Phleger finally became Superintendent of
the Knights Landing ranch, and occupied
that position until q couple of weeks ago.
when he came to Sacramento He has been
IN this city since leaving Knights Landing
de VAS a native Of Ohio and IS years of age.
For some years he was in the employ OF 3.
X. Croker, and when that gentleman had
charge of the grading and similar work of
the Southern Pacific Company, Phleger was
his foreman. lie has always been hard
worker, and his friends declare that he was
a peaceable and good-nstured man. He
had accumulated small fortune by hard
work. He leaves a widow and several
young children
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OPINIONS OF PALMER.
senator Fair Thinks That the Shoot,
Wishes He Had Not Done 1t.

Senator Fair Thinks That the Shooter
Wishes He Had Not Done 1t.
Charles f. Kapp, well-known Suffer-
street merchant and an old friend Of Palmer.
was seen last night about tue murder.
have known Hiram J. Palmer for a
number of years." said he, land have
always found him to be the pleasantest of
men. saw him here in the city last Mon
day, when he said he had made successful
sale OF lot OF horses, and was in good
pifits in consequence. He is about the last
man would think would kill another. /
have heard him say that the man Phleger.
whom he killed, had entrapped several wit
nesses who were coming TO San Francisco 20
testify in his favor while they were riding
down on the train, and taken them off and
got them drunk. Palmer was naturally very
bitter about this. l always found him an
open-hearted, generous man, but he had
suffered severely during his recent troubles
II. Mcguire, G. Coates and other business
men supported Dir. Kapp's opinions.
When ex-senator James G. Fair was seen
last night with reference TO the shooting,
he said: Il was greatly upset to-day ON
hearing OF the murder, as l knew that
Charles W. PhIeger was quiet. honest and
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Plan of the tunnel A-Barber- shop In the centsr
OF iutemill. B-Superintepdent's once. separated
municating with sewer ID. E-Funnel-shaped con
traction OF sewer to prevent escapes F-O1tfaii OF
sewer in the bay of san Pablo.
feet above the concrete floor of the iuiemiIj
aud is separated by thin wooden partition
from the barber-shop. A hasty examina-
ton showed that two or three horizontal
boards OF this partition bad been removed
and loosely replaced so as to reveal nothing
wrong to the eye. BY direction of Warden
Hale half dozen men set to work with
crowbafs and axes and stripped off the
wooden frame surrounding the basement nj
the snperintendents Office. Then, when a
lantern was held within, a curious spectacle
presented itself. The entire space was
filled with heaps of broken brickwork. con-
crete and rock-fully two wagon-loads. In
the northwest corner was hole three feet
In diameter bored right down to the sewer
twelve feet below. The Directors looked
aghast and asked IL the tunnel had been ex
plored. 1t turned out that one of the prison
laborers had already been bold enough TO
make partial examination, but the Direct
ors were anxious TO know more. A Carl
reporter PROMPTLY volunteered to go dawn
with the labOrer, whose researches had been
necessarily restricted by having no one tn
lend hand In difficult situations, or to hold
light.
WORKED SYSTEMATICALLY
The convicts had evidently been at work
Systematically and for long time Neatly
slowed away I'm the hole were three oid
striped suits, evidently d0nned by this cons
when at work on this special lob. 40 thai
their regular suits might not be adorned
with tell-tale patches OF mud and dirt
Their tools, pick and several shoyels.
together with two lanterns, were also slowed
away la the hole, aud, lastly. there were
several old Jute bags Which had plainly been
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whom were many delegates to the encamp-
ment. The Governor was also present. 1t
IS estimated that 20, 600 rabbits were killed.
The remainder of the veterans and their
families left for home on the night trains.
Governor Markham In an interview with
a correspondent on the county deputy
muddle stated that he would not call a
special session of the Legislature to remedy
matters unless he found the counties af-
fected by the recent Supreme Court de-
cision in the case of Dougherty against
Austin were suffering very much indeed.
He says he is opposed en- general principles
to extra sessions as they often entail great
expense upon the taxpayers.
The morning call., 1892-03-13
PETITIONS FOR PARDON.
Applications From Convicts Considered by
the Board Of Prison Directors

Applications From Convicts Considered by
the Board Of Prison Directors
SAN QUENTIN PRISON, March 12.-The
Board of Prison Directors tonight denied
the following applications for pardon:
Senaca Swain, serving seven years for
grand larceny: Patrick A. Mullen, serving
fifteen years for killing sewing machine
agent In San Francisco; John Moore, serv-
ing ten years for robbery committed In
Fresno County. They recommended CON-
mutation of sentence TO five years of Joseph
Frey, who was sentenced for stage robbery
committed in S0noma County, which will
release him on April / next; George AItrup,
Communication to thirty months, sentenced
for three and a half years FOR mayhem COM
mitted in San Francisco The considera-
ton Of the case of Charles Il. Black burn
was postponed until the next. meeting of
the board. This is the famous Whitecap
case of Lake County
The morning call., 1892-03-13
RACE FOR LIFE.
Lynchers in Pursuit Of an Indian ACQUITTED
of Murder

Of Murder
FAIRHAvEN, Wash, March 1.-THE
jury this afternoon returned verdict of ac-
quittal In the case of George Swioos, the
Lummy Indian, on trial for the murder of
Moses Yonkin last January. The case
was on trial n inc days. and is probably the
most exciting one ever tried in Wbatcom
County. After the verdict was rendered
excitement ran high and threats of lynch
ing were heard on every hand. The Indian
was quickly taken to the beach. placed in a
canoe and started for the reservation under
escort of Indians. Within twenty minutes
after the verdict was known crowd of 1000
people gathered on the street and Mayor
Miller OF New Whatcom addressed them.
denouncing the verdict. An effort was
made by the crowd to get a tug to follow
and lynch the Indian, but none could be OBJ
tanned. Five armed men started ont or
horseback at o'clock to take the Indian on
his arrival at the reservation. The States
principal witness was Williams, a Skaggit
Indian boy. an accomplish, who testified
that Swlioos killed Yopkin with a club.
More than twenty Lummy Indians testified
Tor the defense and an aiibi was proven.
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Smith Charged With Murder.

SACRAMENTO, March IA complaint
was sworn to this morning by Officer Gibson
charging big Neck" Smith with murder.
The accused was taken before Judge
CraveDs and by his attorney asked that the
date of the preliminary examination be
placed as early as possible. 1t was set for
next Tuesday morning at go o'clock.
The morning call., 1892-03-13
Arrest of a Mormon Councillor.

SALT LAKE, March Thames p. Freese,
a high Mormon Councillor, has been arrested
by the United States Marshal for unlawful
cohabitati0n and held TO await the Grand
Jury's action. The arrest of such an ex-
allied ruler created CONSERVATION in church
circles.
The morning call., 1892-03-13
Fire at San Jose

SAN JOSE. March 1.-THE barn of S. w.
McCaity, at the corner of Park avenue and
Sunol street. was burned tonight. The
barn contained ten tons of hay and 500 bales
OF straw. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The total loss Is $500, with no insurance.
The morning call., 1892-03-13

the young man who was fined $500 by the
Recorder for fast driving on Park street
and drunkenness.
1t Is rumored here that Theodore Meetz is
to sell his streetcar system to the Hay
wards. San Leandro and Haywards Electric
Railway Company for $4,000 and that the
latter company will use it as an entrance to
Oakland.
Berkeley.
A valuable COW belonging to Louis Gctt-
shall wandered on to the local track on
Friday just in time to be KIN ocked off by the
train. Despite the fact that nearly all the
ribs on one side Of the animal are broken, a
local veterinary surgeon will endeayor to
save Its life.
The electric-light plant, which was at
tached by the Edison Electric Company of
San Francisco for bill due from Superin-
tendent Osborn, will be released. The
Town Trustees refused to pay Mr.. Osborn
his salary for several months, and he could
not meet the demands of his creditors. The
salary has been paid, however, and all de-
mands are now settled.
The morning call., 1892-03-13
Taken Under Amusement.

VIsALIA. March 12.-The hearing on the
writ of mandamus to compel the County
Auditor to pay two months salary to Dem
uty District Attorney Afford was heard this
morning in the Superior Court and taken
under adyisement
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Delegates to the Nicaragua Convention.

VIsALIA, March Re. o. Miller of
Visalia, w. ID. Tuxbury of Dinuba and d.
r. Fish Of Lemoore were to-day appointed
delegates to the Nicaragua Canal Conyen-
ton IN San Francisco by the Board of Su-
peryisors.
The morning call., 1892-03-13

PORTLAND, Oregon, March IA man
named John Hood was thrown down an
embankment by the Union Pacific west
bound overland train near Cascades this
morning and killed.
The morning call., 1892-03-13
REMoRsE AND ALCOHOL.
Death Of Bride From Supposed selfAdminis

Death Of Bride From Supposed selfAdminis-
tered Poison at San Pedro.
Los ANGELES. March IA San Pedro
special to the Evening Express says: Mrs.
Enoch GustaysOn, bride of three days, died
last evening. Her former husband, Will
liam Wolf, died less than two months ago.
The widow became engaged in month and
married GustavsOn on March 8. Returning
from work last evening he found her un-
conscious. The Coroner investigated the
affair. 1t is believed the woman took poison
owing TO remorse and alcohol
The morning call., 1892-03-13

THE most gigantic educational enterprise
of the nineteenth century will be offered to
the people Of San Francisco. See full page
announcementi In to-day's Sunday Chronicle
The morning call., 1892-03-13
Utah Legislature Adjourned.

Utah Legislature Adjourned.
SALT LAKE, March 1.-THE Utah Legis-
lature adjourned last evening after a sixty
days session.
The morning call., 1892-03-13
THOUSANDS SLAIN.

Grand Army Delegates Join in Rabbit Drive
Near Fresno.
FRESNO, March 1.-The rabbit drive was
the CLOSING feature of encampment week.
1t was the largest ever held In this
county aud perhaps In the State. 1t took
place west of Washington Colony. about
fourteen miles from Fresno, and was par
ticipated in by oyer 5000 people. among
The morning call., 1892-03-13

Hot Traveller. take Bsscham's Pills with you.