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SAPONAR'S STORY.
COnfidant and Cellmate
of Evans.
SIGNING OF THE CONFESSION
The Accused Voluntarily Told Of His
Trip to the Scene of Messenger
Tovey's Murder.

JACKSON, Oct. 21.-In the Evans trial
the whole Gay was occupied with the tes-
timony of John Saponar, fellOw-prlsOner
with Evans at San Andreas. According
to his story be was selected as conhdani
by Evans, but Immediately after hearing
statement by the defendant went to his
cell, wrote memorandum of 1t and re-
ported the same to the officials. The de-
fendant told him one day that he had ad-
mitted to Sheriff Thorn that he bad
stolen two sbotguns. and he hoped they
would prosecute him for that, as it might
save him much trouble.
Another day he said: "They had a
farmer from Modesto to identify me. l
was never at Modesto. The man was not
farmer. but stage-driver. By. Ben
Thorn has set his soul after me and will
not let up until he finds enough to hang
me. But don't care for all he does If the
Rocks stand by me. / think they ought
to, have done good deal for them"
On August l Evans asked the witness
for wrting-paper, which be handed him.
Evans wrote thereon alone in his cell for
about an hour. He then called Saponar
and requested him to sign 1t as witness,
saying it would not be legal otherwise. He
read the paper to him and told him it was
his confession and that he would turn
States evidence, as he heard IL would go
lighter with him than If he stood trial.
The witness signed it. Evans then folded
it up. put it in an envelope. unsealed, and
told him to give it to the District Attorney
of Amador County and DO one else, as he
would not trust the officers in San An
dreas.
The witness soon after was asked for
the statement by Deputy Sheriff Graves.
who took it outside the jail, kept it for half
an hour and then return ed 1t to the wit
ness, who the same day delivered it to the
District Attorney of Amador County.
The paper was substantially as follows:
''San Andreas, August 1. confess In the
presence of John Saponar that left
Rocks on the 14th of June and went to
vicinity of Mountain Spring. Amador
County. on horseback. | rode sorrel
horse belonging to Thomas Clements of
Clements station. On the 18th tied the
horse in the brush about two miles from
the place where Tovey was killed. After
ward rode off to Rocks place, reaching
there on the 10th. Have NO recollection
of what l did with the rife; may have
thrown it away or hid it; cannot remem-
Der. l was crazy at the time"
The court adjourned till Monday. The
case drags weariIy. The prosecution of
the case is not finished yet and the trial
will probably last all of next week.
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ARRESTED FOR ARSON.
An lncendiary Caused the Fatal Ex-
pIOsiOn at Spokane.

SPOKANE, WASH, Oct. 21.-Sensational
Developments have arisen in regard to the
recent fatal explosion and fire on Howard
street. The Coroner's jury returned a
verdict to-day charging Charles Trotter.
proprietor of the cleaning works,
where the fire originated, with arson
and he was Immediately arrested. The
theory is that Trotter, out of motives of
gain and revenge. soaked some old
clothes in gasoliue and applied a
match, not expecting the explo-
sion that followed. The evidence
brought out the fact that Tr0tter had
bought an unusually large quantity OF
gasoline. He had recently taken out an
insurance on his stock and fixtures. and
threatened to get even with his landlord.
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NO TAN CAN SAY.
Trying to Identify the
Unknown Dead.
LAID IN PLAIN COFFINS.
Some of the Bodies Are Burned
Beyond the Faintest Hope
of Recognition.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Oct 21.-F. II
Smiths death last evening will probably
be the last as result OF the horrible acci
dent on the Grand Trunk road yesterday
This morning found all the injured doing
well. Three or four Of them have already
gone home. and the others will probably
follow on Monday. A constant stream ol
inquiries has been received from anxlou;
persons who had friends on board the Ill
fated train as to whether they were among
the dead 1t is one of the unfortunate
features of the accident that these CUES.
tions cannot be answered, because the
bodies were burned beyond recognition.
One of the mangled bodies has been
ldent titled as that Of T. r. Stringer OF P0rl
Colborne. Ontario.
l.. Wilson Of Evanston, ILL.,. supposed tG
be one of the victims, telesraphs from his
home that he is all right, except having a
sprained ankle.
A complete list of the bodies identified is
as follows:
Mrs. Albert Bradley of Sarnia. Canada
j. W. Beardsley of Watkins. n. 7.
w. w. Henry Of Woonsocke,. r. l.
E. /. Magoon of Providence. r. l.
Mrs. F. r. Mckenzie of Middletown,
Conn.
Franz II. Smith of Fort Plain. n. Y.
T. r. Stringer of Port Colborne, Canada.
Charles w. Van DuZen of Sprout Brook.
NY.
Mrs. Van Duzen of Sprout Brook, N. Y.
Mrs. A. X. Warner of Garland, n. Y.
OF this number seven were shipped home
to-day. The list of injured who have gone
to their homes is:
John c. Stewart. wife and daughters, OF
Dalton. Ill.
I. J. Monroe and George Shackleton OF
Auburn. n. Y.
j. S. Archbell of Evanston, Ill.
w. A. Ryerson of Port Dover. Ontario.
c. F. Adams OF Buffalo, n. Y.
"At Rest is the simple inscription on
the silver plate on each Of the handsome
coffins that holds the remains of burned
victim. George Milard of Hastings. Mich.
was on the wrecked train and II is sup
posed that he is one of the unidentified
dead in the m0rgue as no trace of him can
be found. One more victim was found
this noon, a man named Williams of On
tario County. n. Y, who was taken to
private house near the scene OF the acci-
dent and is there now. He will be taken
home as soon as he Is able to travel.
Engineer Wooley was released on bail
to-day. The Coroner this afternoon dis
charged the jury drawn yesterday because
of public criticism over the fact that one
of the members of the jury was brother
in-law Of the superintendent of the road
and another one an attorney for the road.
The family of E. Wirtz. who is at the
hospital. was on the way to Seattle,
Wash, and lost all their money, diamonds
and watches in the wreck.
PORT HURON. Oct. 2l.-Conductor John
Burke of train 8. (which was wrecked at the
Battle Creek collision, is lying at his home
in this city in precarious condition. His
leg was not broken as at first reported, but
his back was injured and his head cut and
bruised.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.--One of the victims
of the Battle Greek accident is believed to
be lad of IL years named James g.
Workman of this city. His sister Annie,
travelling with him, is also missing.
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THE GOOD MURDER CASE.
Testimony About a Knife Found in
the Sand.

Testimony About Knife Found in
the Sand.
FRESNO, OcI. 21.-In the Good murder
case the defense was to-day somewhat
chagrined when the prosecution called j.
A. Arthur. young man who at the time
of the murder residing in Tehama County.
Last July, when young Arthur was at Tar
pey's store, he found a large bowie-knife
partly buried in the sand with an open
blade. and from rust on the blade it had the
appearance of having been there several
months. 1t was also in the track found
next morning after the murder. The
prosecution claims its ability to prove
that James had such a knife shortly be-
fore the murder. and the history Of the
wound which caused young Goods death
shows that it was made with JUST such
knife. After much argument the knife
was admitted in evidence. It is reported
that Mrs. James, who has already made a
confession duplicating her husband. will
not go on the stand as witness.
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KILLED INSTANTLY.
An Old Feud Between Partners Re.
suits i'm Murder.

PHGNIx, Ariz.. Oct. 21.-Lee Kline, a
brick manufacturer. was shot and in
stantly killed this afternoon by Lee Bur-
ton. former partner. The killing was
the result OF meeting on the street and a
renewal Of quarrel of years. standing.
The parties had formerly been in the res
tauraDt business here and at Tucson. On
account of n disagreement the business
was closed cut and Rine soon after pro-
cured the arrest of Burton for violation
OF the Edmunds act. Burton married the
woman in the case and was released. He
caused the arrest Of Rine on similar
charge, but nothing came of it. He is now
in jail. and claims the shooting was in self
defense. but witnesses have been found to
whom he made threats last night to kill
Rine to-day. Rine has a brother living
somewhere in South Dakota.
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ENJOY THE NOTORIETY.
Charley Fair and His Bride Take In
the White CITY.

CHICAGO. Oct. 21.--An afternoon pa per
says: With big revolver in bis wide belt
and broad -brimmed cowboy hat Charley
Fair. ex-millicnaire, registered at the
Richelieu to-day. He came from Kansas
City. whore he created a great sensation
BY bis very queer actions.
his newly made bride, formerly Maude
Nelson of Chicago. accompanies him and
seems to enjoy the notoriety thrust upon
her husband aud herself. The couple
started for jackson Park as soon as they
had breakfasted and removed the stains OF
travel.
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Women Christians in Convention.
COAST GOSSIP.
Scott May Yet Build One of the New
GunbOats.

UunDOaIS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12-It is barely pos
sible that Irving NJ. Scott will get get the
contract for one of the new gunboats au-
thoriZed by the last Congress. MIR. Loud
and other California representatives are
interesting themselves in his behalf. AL
though Scott's bid was not the lowest the
Secretary of the Navy has discretionary
power and may award the contract to any
party he sees fit in the interest of the pub
lie service. Mr.. Hilborn would like to get
one Of these boats built at tine Mare Island
yard. Secretary Herbert believes, how
ever, that no navy-yard can construct any
one of these vessels as cheaply as con-
tractors.
Attorney-General Hart of California is
expected here in a few days. c. S. Lau-
meister and wife, W. T. Galloway, Frank
Mahon and wife. and Mrs. Joseph Pescia,
of San Francisco. and ". W. Douglass.
deputy Controller of California, are in
the city.
General Backus, Postmaster Of San
Francisco. is well satisfied with the result
of his visit to Washington. The Post
Office Department has decided to allow
the S11, 900 for clerk hire and $1,000 on an
other account.
The following Postmasters were ap-
pointed to-day: For California;. a.
Reddy, at Darwin, Iuyo County, vice G.
II. Hurdy. resigned; R. B. Crowell, at
Irvington. Alameda County. vice n. l..
Bubb, removed; Mrs. Lucv A. Adams,
North Temescal, Alameda County, vice j.
NJ. Pedrine. removed; John Sweeney, at
Rocklin, Placer County, vice Emma L.
Smith, deceased; F. NJ. White. at Slippery
johnson, resigned.
Pensions for California: Original
Louis Glass, Coronado. San Diego. Wild
ows. ETC., Hannah Borland, mother, Noun
tain View, Santa Clara. Mexican War
survivol-increase-J WaaleD, Ma
tional Home, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County. Mexican War survivors-In-
crease - Franz Hermann, Yountville,
Napa; Robert W. Latheim. LapanZa. San
Luis Obispo.
Hon. J. p. Dameron of Oakland is here.
j. c. Ratcliffe of San Francisco was al
the capital this morning.
The President to-day nominated Need
ham G. Collier of New Mexico to be Asso-
cate Justice of the Supreme Court of New
Mexico. Also the following postmasters
Charles D. Croft. Tucson, Ariz.; James II.
DodsoD. San Pedro. Cal.
Robert r. Monroe was to-day appointed
Postoffice Inspector in charge of the San
Francisco division, vice George /. Sey boldt,
resigned.
The average reserve held by the banks OF
San Francisco at the close of business OIL
October is reported 10 the Comptroller OF
the Currency at 31.21 per cent. AT the
last call the average was 1892 per cent.
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Stationery a la Mode.
New YORK Sun

According to an authority the favorite decor
alton of the moment In stationery is the address
engraved across the top Of the sheet in PLAIN
"bIock" letters and a small monogram or cres,
on the envelope. Provided the crest or mono
gram is very small its use is Permissible on the
letter-paper In conjunction with the address
the two In opposite corners. The crest and
monogram OF generous dimensions are still
used but wit hout the address
G0rgeously cOlored notepaper in flaming REQ
and vivid blue, stamped with white monogram
or address, has found its way to this country
the particular set; but, In the words of the au
thority already quoted. "is requires good dea
of nerve 10 do II"
Pure blue-whte paper is newer than that o
ere; m tint; the square envelope Is the correc
style for every purpose.
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FOUND AT LIME POINT.
The Decomposed Body of rlan Re-
covered From the Bay.

SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 2l.-Coroner Eden
returned from Lime Point. this county.
with the remains of the man found float
ing in the bay this morning by John Nor
gan, keeper of the reservation at Lime
Point. The deceased was feet inches
in height weight about 145 pounds, wore
blue sack coat. striped blue jean pants.
elastic side CATERS, striped cotton socks,
blue overshirt, blue undershirt and
drawers; had black hair and was clean
shaved. There is an anchor and chain
tatooed on the right arm, also the letters
EFT B." or u. B." tatooed on the back of
the right hand. The remains are badly
decomposed, having been in the water
about two weeks
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TRIAL OF WEEKS.
1t is Not Expected That He VIII
Plead Guilty.

NEW YORK. Oc1. 21.-District Attorney
Nichols in an interview on the surrender
OF F. H. Weeks by the Costa Rican Gov
ernment, said to-day: Weeks will leave
Costa Rica on Wednesday, and l expect
him in this city by the first week in No.
vember. He will be arraigned at once,
but cannot say as yet on which of the
four or five indictments found against him
by the Grand Jury. They all charge him
with grand larceny in the first degree.
but DO not expect him to plead guilty.
The trial will come off some time in No
vember. We have several overw helming
cases against him and have the witnesses
all ready. / will conduct the prosecution
myself"
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SHOULD BE EXTENDED.
Adjutant- General Williams Report
on Military instruction.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 21.-Adjutant- Gen.
eral Robert Williams to-day submitted his
annual report to the Secretary of War
He believes the military instructors now
provided for colleges should be extended
to high schools. and he recommends legs-
lation authorizing detail of twenty-one
additional officers. he believes the num-
ber of military students at West Point
should be increased. On the subject of
Indian enlistment in the army General
Williams says: II cannot resist the con-
viction of the inadyisability of enlisting
Indians into regular regimental organiZa-
tiops. | am strongly of the opinion their
employment as army scouts would be of
great usefulness to the military esta ablsii-
ment'
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A DISASTROUS FIRE.
Hume's Cannery and Other Gold
Beach Buildings Burned.

MARsHFIELD. Oct. 2.-Word reached
here to-day of a disastrous fire at Gold Beach
last Wednesday by which r. ID. Hume's
salmon cannery. hatchery. merchandise
store and several other buildings were de-
stroyed. The fire started in the lacquer room
of the cannery and it is said that evidence
points strongly to incendiary work. The
hotel, Mrs. Strains residence and the old
mill were the only buildings left standing
on the water front Of the town. Hume s
cannery was probably the best equipped
institution of its kind on the coast. A
reasonable estimate places the loss at
$4,000. The amount of insurance is not
known,
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THEY WERE TOO ROUGH.
Stanford BaIl-Kickers Defeat the
Stockton Team.

STOCKTON, Oct. 21.-The second team of
the Stanford University to-day defeated
the Stockton High School team In a game
of football. the score standing % to 6.
Pop" Bliss was referee and Arthur 81.
Ashley of this city umpire. The Stanfords
were heavier men than the local players.
and played q very rough game. In the
opening of the first half of the game George
Baker, one of the best men in the Stockton
team, was kicked on the right shin and
could not play, thus crippling the team.
The b ONE team was 0utplaye6 at all points,
the visitors showing more science and bet
ter practice. Tonight the Stanford Glee
Club gave a concert in the Yosemite The
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followed by the Society of the Sons OF
New York in Chicago. The procession
moved to the handsomely decorated New
York building, where it was met by Gen-
eral Nelson A. Miles and staff. There the
First Regiment was presented with
stand of colors, and was afterward re-
viewed by the Mayors of the two cities.
Later the "Old Guard" band gave con-
cert in the New York building Altogether
it was a memorable day at the fair.
The Earl of Aberdeen held an informal
reception at the Canadian Pavilion this
afternoon. at which the members OF the
Exhibitors Association were present.
Later in the afternoon Director-General
Davis rendered a reception to the Earl at
the Admin istration building, at which all
the Worlds Fair officials were present.
The Earl, in a brief speech, warmly
praised the officials for all they had ac-
cOmpished, and repeated assurances of
his enjoyment of the exposition. In con-
clusion the Earl proposed toast to the
President of the United States. 1t was
drunk amidst great applause, as was also
one to Queen Victoria, proposed by Mrs.
Potter Palmer. The Earl and Countess
then proceeded to The New York State
building, where they were given rousing
reception. Tonight the Earl of Aberdeen
was one of the guests of honor at the New
York State building.
Great as the day was the evening was
greater. Toward night additional crowds
began to pour into the park, determined
to see the illuminatons and fireworks.
All the exposition buildings remained
~ nj in 0f nhaf
tan day and from every nook and corner
blaZed cleaning lights of many hues. The
New York State building was especially
resplendeDt. An elaborate display of
fireworks had been provided for, and 1t
was equal to any yet seen at the fair. The
procession of floats used on Chicago day
wended its way between the white build
ings, ending its journey al the lake front
where the fireworks were displayed. The
crush at this place wasiterrible, and sew
eral people were slightly hurt iu the jam,
but no serious casualties were reported.
The First Regiment of the Illinois Ma
tionai Guard was presented with a new
set of regimental cOlorS to-day at the fair
by the ladies of Chicago. The old colors
were burned with the armory last spring.
To-day the regiment was drawn up Oh
Administration Plaza and Colonel Charles
S. Diehl, founder of the regiment. on be-
half of the veteran corps, presented the
new colors to the organization. Colonel
DiehPs presentation speech was responded
to by Colonel Koch, after which the regi-
ment was reviewed by General Miles.
The total of admissions to-day was 31S,-
283 of which 900, ,3l7 paid.
Irving N. Scott of the Union Iron
Works, San Francisco. who has been
spending some days at the fair. left for the
Pacific Coast tonight.
Women Christians in Convention.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-At the Women's
Christian Temperance Union convention
to-day Mrs. Thurber, colored, a delegate
from Jackson, Mich, moved that ce-
partment of colored work be established
with a eolored woman as superintendent
The motion was carried. Routine work
occupied the afternoon and Lady Kenny
Somerset dpliVera6 an faddresS in the
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FOR AN ACCOUNTING.
Tynan's Stepdaughters Want Slice
of the Estate.

MODESTO, Oct. 21.-The celebrated case
of Mrs. Woodside and Mrs. Tuquay, STEP
daughters of DR.. T. E. lyman, for an ac-
counting for S250,000 of the estate, was
submitted to the jury at 5 O'Clock this
afternoon. The case occupied twenty.
four days for the evidence and three days
for argument by Hazen, Hatton, Delmas
and Budd. In previous case the missing
capitalist was decided dead by the court.
There were thirty counts in the instruc-
tions TO the jury. A verdict will not be
reached tonight,
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Fruit-Growers Dissatisfied.

ANDERSON. CAL. Oct. 2L.-At the meet
ing Of the fruit-growers here to-day there
were elected three delegates to the San
Jose Fruit-growers' Convention to be held
on the 9th inst. There Is great complaint
of San Francisco middlemen and commis-
sion houses, and the meeting unanimously
agreed to endeavor to dispense with them
in marketing the crop of dried fruit.
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Arrest of a EOrper.

SAN BERNARDINo. Oct. q. = Nc
Clures. who recently forged checks on
the First National Bank, signing himself
w. T. Holton. has been arrested in Los
Angeles for a forgery in Santa Monica.
and will be brought back here for trial.
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A Miner Fatally Injured.

GRASS VALLEY. Oct. 21.-This after
noon at about 3 o'clock A. G. Fuller was
hurt in the North Star mine and the report
is that he Is dying. Mr.. Fuller had been
working as tributor in the North Star
and the car struck him in the head at the
1100.fOot level.
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Alaskan Boundary Survey.

VICTORIA. B. c.. Oct. 21.-N. Ogiivie, a
membe of the Canadian Alaskan Bound.
ary Survey. arrived last night at Town
send on the Topeka. He describes the
season as uneventfui and says it will take
more than two seasons to complete the
work, after which the ground will have to
be gone over to fix the boundaries. He
says some of the United States papers
have made claims for Canada she has never
thought of.
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Kentucky. Tennessee and Virginia. was
this afternoon placed in the hands Of a re.
ceiver upon the application of the Central
Trust Company Of New York. which holds
first mortgage for bonds in the sum OF
81. 45995O. The interest on the bonds due
August l, 1893, has defaulted.
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Lemon-Growers Organize.

ONTARIO, CAL. Oct. 2l.-The lemon
growers of Ontario and Cucam0pga voted
to-day to organize aud incorporate for CO.
operation in curing and marketing the
lemon crop. The following directors were
elected: G. E. Harwood, E. III. Hatch. j.
W. freeman of Ontario; G. R. Thayer
and w. L. Stroud of Cucamonga.
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Persevered Unto Death.

WALLA WALLA, Oct. 21.-John O'Neil.
aged % years. committed suicide to-day by
taking an overdose Of morphine. He took
the dose last night, but it did not have the
desired effect, SO he made sure work of it
this morning. ONeil was we'll connected.
but was very dissipated.
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SMASHED FREIGHTCARS.
Quite Wreck Caused While Switch.
ing at Brentwood.


BRENTWOOD, Oct. 21.-While switching
at this station this evening train % piled
up quite wreck. One of the brakemen
had cut off about twenty-five cars and was
riding same down the main line, expecting
to couple them to the rest of the train.
Instead of this being accomplished, when
he went to apply The air. brakes they failed
to work, so crash went the cars together.
This caused several cars to be slightly un-
fit for use. One fatcar was torn entirely
to pieces. Two boxcars were thrown
lengthwise across the main line and siding
and their trucks Knocked completely from
under them. The accident created quite
an excitement for a while. The wreck
was cleared by the crew sufficient to let
all trains by without delay. No. % was
delayed four hours. A wrecking train
Will be here soon to clear up the debris.
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THEY STOLE A HORSE.
Arrest of the Ingram Brothers at Sal
Rafael.

PETALUMA, Oct. 21.-Charles and
George Ingram. both young men and
brothers. were arrested to-day for horse
stealing. 1t is alleged they stole horse
and shipped it to San Francisco on Friday.
The City Marshal visited San Francisco
and recovered the horse, and claims to
have enough evidence to convict. The In
grams were released on bail to-day pend
ing hearing on Saturday. the 2Sth inst.
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Appointed Chief Engineer.

ST. PAUL. Oct. 21.-H. b. McHenry has
been appointed chief engineer of the North
ern Pacific and will assume his duties on
November l.
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Death of a Pioneer Editor.

SANTA MONICA. Oct 21.-Thomas j.
Newby of this place died very suddenly
last evening. Mr.. Newly was at one time
editor Of the Signal. the pioneer paper Of
Ventura.