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SUNDAY CLOSING.
CARR1GER WILL CONTEST.
A Former Verdict in the Case Set
Aside.

A Former Verdict in the Case Set
Aside.
SANTA Rosa, June.-The verdict in the
celebrated Carrger will contest case has
been set aside by Judge Crawford, on the
ground that the evidence was insufficient
to warrant it. Nearly year ago Boggs
Carriger shot and killed his brother,
William, at the latter's home, near So
noma. A few days after the tragedy
Williams brother, Solomon, fled Will
Janis will Tor probate. 1t disposed of
about 81, 600 worth of property, and cut
Williams widow, Kate Carriger, off
without dollar. Mrs. Carriger con-
tested the will on the ground that Boggs
had exercised undue influence over Will
lam when the latter made his will, in
ducing him to ignore her claims for recog-
milton. The jury found a verdict for the
widow, finding that Boggs, by represent
atoms to William damaging to his wife,
had induced him to leave her out of tho
requests. Boggs was then tried and
found guilty of murder in the second de-
gree, but owing to an error was granted
new trial and acquitted. A large number
Of Sonoma people were drawn into the
various trials, and much bitterness has
been shown by the warning factions.
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WHALING BARK WRECKED.
The Sea Ranger Runs Onto a Hidden
Ledge.

The sea Ranger Runs Onto q Hidden
Ledge.
PORT TOWNSEND, June l5.-The wbal-
ing bark Sea Ranger, Captain Charles Ii.
Foley, of San Francisco, was wrecked
May 24th on hidden ledge three miles
west of kyak Island, off the coast OF
Alaska.
The vessel and cargo, consisting of
train and whale oil, valued at SlI 200. are
a total loss. The crew barely escaped
from the sinking vessel in time to save
their lives. Officers and part Of the crew
arrived from Sitka this morning by the
steamer City of Topeka.
The particulars of the disaster, as re-
ported by Captain Foley, are as follows:
flames Mckee. seaman, died Nav 10Th.
when we were becalmed nineteen miles
from land. hove ship in-shore to land
and bury the corpse. We were about to
drop anchor at place where the chart in
dictated nineteen fathoms when the
bark struck hidden rock and smashed
the keel. The vessel listed to port and
rapidly filed. l hardly had time to
lower the boats to take the crew and
corpse off when she sank. After some
difficulty landing was made at the trad
ing-post of the North American Com
mercial Company or Kyak Island, where
the crew remained until taken to Sitka
by the steamer Crescent City. Twenty of
the crew, stranded at Sitka, will endeavor
to come south by the next Alaskan
steamer
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and he was at once given his

sentence. and he was at once given his
liberty.
In addition to the sentence of five years.
Imprisonment imposed upon Charles De
Lesseps, he was sentenced at the latter
trial TO serve year for bribing certain
members Of the Chambers to vote for the
Panama literary bond bill. This sem
tence has not been set aside. The state
ment he told this morning that he was at
liberty is slightly erroneous. 1t is prob
able that the unserved portion of mis- SEN
tence will be Immediately RENTED, and
De Lesseps allowed to leave the hospital
as soon as he is able.
Thus ends one of the greatest criminal
cases France has ever known, in which
the names of men prominent in political
and social life were badly smirched, and
which caused one man, Baron de Reinach,
to commit suicide, and two or three others
to flee the country.
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Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.


JACKSON, June 15.-An attempt was
made to rob the mail stage on the way
from lone TO Jackson about o'clock this
evening by lone highwayman at the
foot of narrow grade about four miles
from here. The stage had four passen-
gers inside, two of whom were ladies,
and one on the outside, besides the driv-
er, Clint Radcliffe, and Wells Fargo's
guard, Michael Tovey, who sat on the
boot by the driver.
The point selected for the crime was
the Identical spot where some five
months ago the same guard, then walk
ing ahead of the stage, found the way
barricaded by strand of barbed wire cut
from alongside the road and stretched
across the roadway.
On the present occasion the robber was
concealed behind the rocks on the right
side of the road. He wore no mask, ex-
cept that his face was blackened. The
driver says no word to halt was given,
but some of the passengers say they
heard call.
When opposite the place of conceal
ment, and without the least intimatIon OF
the bloody work about to be consum-
mated, the discharge of weapon was
heard, and Tovey instantly fell forward
off his seat, dead. Radcliffe grasped him
by one hand as he was falling and guided
him to the boot, thereby saving him from
falling into the roadway.
Six horses were attached to the stage
and they were frightened into a gallop
The robber. seeing that he was likely
to be foiled in his design to capture the
booty, fired again. This time the ball
grazed Radclifte's back, producing a
slight flesh wound.
The team still continued to run, and the
highwayman, now standing in full view
in the road, fired twice again at the
horses, wounding one each time. The
stage was swept along by the impetus of
the uninjured horses for 200 or 800 yards,
when the driver halted and turned the
two injured animals into a field, and
came on, bringing the body of the MUIR
dered messenger to Jackson, reaching
here about7 o'clock.
The robber made no effort to follow the
stage to the hating place. The double
barreled shotgun belonging to the mes
senger was kept on board, and this fact
probably deferred the assassin from fol-
lowing up his scheme. Besides this, the
firing was heard by several farmers
working in hay field near by, and they
came running to ascertain the cause.
The robber escaped into the thick
brush on the south side of the road,
making toward Sunny Creek. He is de-
scribed as a short mau about five and
half feet tall.
There was treasure on board the stage,
both for Amador City and Jackson.
1t is remembered that when the wire
was strung across the road on the pre-
vlous occasion there was considerable
coin on board for Amador City to pay off
the employees of mine there.
In dressing the body it was found that
Tovey was shot twice. The first shot
went clean through his body, passing
through the heart. Another ball entered
the right side, below the armpit, and
lodged in the back of the left shoulder.
from whence the ball, a 44-caliber Win.
chester, fell out while dressing the body.
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LATEST RETURNS.
PANAMA CANAL FRAUDS.
Sentences Against De Lesseps and
Other Defendants Ouashad

Sentences Against De Lesseps and
Other Defendants Quashed.
PARIS, June 15.-Considerable excite
ment has been caused by the Court of
Cessation on the appeal of Charles de
Lesseps and other defendants convicted
Of fraud in connection with the Panama
Canal. The court handed down de-
cision to-day quashing the sentences, on
the ground that the statute of limitations
covered the offenses charged, and that
the indictments on which the prisoners
were tried were irregular.
In consequence of this decision NJ.
Eiffel was at once liberated from prison.
Charles de Lesseps, who is now in the
St. Louis Hospital suffering from acute
dyspepsia, was informed that he was free,
but he was too i'll to leave the hospital.
Following were those convicted: Fer
dinand de Lesseps, his son Charles. Mari
US Fontane, Henry Cottu and Gustaye
Eiffel. Ferdinand de Lesseps was sem
fenced to five years Imprisonment and TO
pay a fine.
The decision of the court sustains the
contention of applicant, and aside from
the defective indictments declared thew
were entitled to liberty. NJ. Fontaine
was also notified of the reversal of his
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BASEBALL GAMES.
The Friscos Easily Defeat the Slouc
Cityites.

The Friscos Easily Defeat the Slough
Cityites.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.-The Frisco
club had very easy victory over the
Stockton team this afternoon. The latter
could not hit Balsz, and their fielding
was wretched. The Friscos PLAYED a
good fielding game, and at times touched
up Fanning's delivery in very lively
way. The score was II to 2.
WOUND UP IN A FIGHT.
Los ANGELES, June 15.-The Oaklands
won to-day's game from Los Angeles bv
a score of 10 to 9. Borchers, pitching for
the home team, was wilder than ever
and walked fifteen men to first. Griffith
pitched very fair game. The game was
long-drawn-out affair, and at the end a
disgraceful episode occurred. Borcbers
and Captain Earl of the Oaklands rot
into rough-aud-tumble fight, which
was only stopped by the Intervention Of
other players. 1t is said both men will
be heavily fined by their respective man
ayers.
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san Diego County Fair.

SAN DIEGO, June I5.-The premium
list for the County Fair noxt September
totals about 100000, OF which $500 are
for horse races and $50 for bicycle races.
For cattle and horses the premium is
about dou hled. Some $500 is offered for
various kinds of skein and woven silk.
A new department is for the school chill
dren and includes the making OF herbari-
ums, the best sketch of a schoolhouse
and grounds in clay, map-nodeling,
kindergarten work and map-drawing.
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Fourteen Years at San Quentin.

STOCKTON, June ED James, the
negro who stopped two women on the
road near Lodi short time ago and
brutally beat one of them with a stick,
for which the Lodi people wanted to
lynch him, to-day pleaded guilty to a
charge Of assault with intent to commit
robbery. He was sentenced by Judge
Budd to fourteen years in San Quentin,
the full extent of the law. He is wanted
in Oakland for robbing woman, but
there is probability that another charge
may be made against him here to double
the term ofimprisonment, as he assaulted
two women
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COILS BANDITS.
Sontag Suffering From Internal Hem
orrhages.

Sontag Suffering From Internal Hem
orrhages.
NIsALIA, June l5.-Sontag has internal
hemorrhages. The physicians examined
him this morning with the object of tap
ping him for a discharge Of blood. 1t
was decided that he was too weak for the
operation.
Whep Evans was arrested the warrant
served on him by the Tulare Sheriff was
for the murder of Oscar Beaver. After
ward Sheriff Scott served three warrants
on him. Sheriff Kay of Tulare claims
the prisoner and will try to hold him.
Deputy Sheriff Rapelje of Fresno is here,
it is supposed, after Evans, but he can
get him only after contest.
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PROTECTION AGAINST CHOLERA.
Strict Quarantine to be Esta bIished in
This state.

Cotton, June 15.-Doctors c. A. Rug
giles, President of the State Board of
Health; J. NJ. Savisson of Los Angeles,
member of the board; George Goodfellow.
Territorial Health Officer of Arizona: NJ.
f. Price, County Health officer; Judge
{. W. Wright of the Supreme Court of
Arizona, held a conference here to-day
regarding the quarantine against cholera.
etc. 4 quarantine will be established in
Eastern Arizona; California, west of
Yuma on the Southern Pacific, west of
Needles, east of Truckee, and at the ore
gon State line. The whole State will be
quarantined if cholera appears in New
York,
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THE DEAD MESSENGER.

a Brave Man Whom the Highwaymeu
Hated.
[ Michael Tovey, the express messenger,
VINO was so brutalIy murdered by the
fiendish highwaymen, was a single man,
nearly so years of age. He was veteran
messenger in the employ OF Wells, Fargo
Il Co., having guarded their treasure
boxes on the road half his lifetime.
He was noted for his bravery. and all
the stage-robbers on the coast knew and
feared him. He had participated in many
encounters with road agents, and carried
three wounds on his body received in en-
counters with them. He was the mes
senger on the stage that was held up
near San Andreas nearly a year ago
when a lady school teacher was killed by
the highwaymen.
AN ENCOUNTER IN NEVADA.
Upward of twenty years ago Tovey
was an express messenger on the Carson
and Bodie stage when it was stopped by
two notorious highwaymen, Dow and
Sharp. Tovey slipped out the back
OF the coach, which was filled with pas
sengers, and shot Dow dead in his tracks.
He was then disabled by bullet from
Sharp's rifle, after which the latter fired
several shots into the coach to kill or in
timidate the passengers. He then robbed
the coach and its occupants and escaped.
Sharp was atterward captured, and
served about twenty years in the Nevada
Penitentiary. He was released not long
ago.
WAS SHARP THE lone ROBBER?
In telephone message TO the RECORD
UNION last night, Warden Aull of the
Folsom Prison said he was inclined to
think, from the meager description given
ofthe lone robber, that 1t was none other
than sharp, and that he has followed up
Tovey, his old enemy, for the purpose of
avenging the death of his old pal, Dow.
There are but two men now at large"
said Warden Aull, who are capable of
doing to-day's job, and from the hight OF
the man, as given in your dispatches, it
looks as if it may have been Sharp"
NOT LIKE BLACK BART.
Singularly enough, the San Francisco
Post OF yesterday published a story to the
effect that Black Bart, the notorious
stage robber, whose whereabouts have
been so long mystery, had been seen in
that city few days ago.
This might lead to the suspicion that it
was the ubiquitous 'Po-e'' who did yes
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Aransas Pass Rnld

New YORK, June lathe new securi-
ties in the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
reorganization will probably be ready for
issue July list. The work of signing the
bonds is being pushed as rapidly as DOS
sible. The announcement of the paw
ment of interest on new first mortgage
bonds due July LIST by the Southern Pa
cific will shortly be made. The bonds
will be dated January Ist.
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soLANo's GRAND JURY.
The Board of Supervisors Charge
With Gross Carelcssness,

4AS OCdTu VI ohilcTNlSOfS Charged
With Gross Carelcssness.
VALLEJO, June I5.-The Grand jury of
Solano County, which has been in secret
session over three weeks, has concluded
its labors, and despite the desire to keep
the action of the jury secret from the
public and within themselves, the follow
ing snap shots have been gathered from
the official report, and which has thrown
Solano County into unprecedented ex-
element.
Throughout the county the officials
concerned are trembling with fear and
dreading that which is bound to come.
Though it is surmised that the press has
been kept posted on the action of the
jury, every effort is being made to sup
press the PRONUNCIATION Of the report.
which is bound to play havoc as soon as
it is out.
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GREAT DAY AT THE FAIR.
The Largest Crowd Yet Present at
the Exposition Grounds.
NEARLY A QUARTER OF A NIL
LION PEOPLE PRESENT.

immense Parade of Germans Down
Town, and Then March to the
White City in Honor of Their Day
Indiana and Arkansas buildings
Dedicated - Ex-President Harrison
Addresses the Observation-Disclosures
of Revenues of the Fair.
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Boy Accidentally Shot.

COTTON, June 1.-the I5-year-old son
of J. II. Dustin shot himself last night.
He had been riding horseback on the
mountain north of the city, and while
dismounting his rife was discharged.
The bullet entered his head, back Of the
ear. and came out on the opposite side in
the neck
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terday's job but for the fact that Bart did
not do his work in that way. All his
stage robberies were effected without the
shedding of blood, and he would not be
likely to kill anyone unless in self-de-
tense. In this case Tovey was shot down
without warning.
1t really looks/as if the crime were
committed by the notorious Sharp, who
is as heartless a wretch as ever lived.
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Robert Barnett a Lucky Man.

SAN Francisco, June 15.-Ex-Lieu-
tenant-Governor Daggett. the new Super
intendent Of the Mint, is in this city. He
has decided to appoint as his Chief Clerk
Robert Barnett, formerly Of Colusa and
lately % Sacramento.
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Armona Station Robbery.

VIsALIA, June 15.-The cases of E.
Stokes and Frank A. Gibson for robbing
Armona Station on March I'd were dis
missed in the Superior Court to-day for
want OF jurisdiction. The men were i'm
mediately rearrested- and taken to Kings
County for trial.
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SAMOAN ISLANDS.
"A Rebellion Breaks Out Against the
Existing Government.


Existing Government.
WASHINGTON, June Is. - Secretary
Gresham has received advices that war
is imminent in the Samoan Islands. and
that rebellion has broken out against
the existing Government, Of which King
Malietoa is the head. Comparative quiet
prevailed on the islands so long as the
dethroned monarch Mataafa kept out of
the kingdom. 1t appears now, however.
that he returned to Samoa for the purpose
of regaining the throne. That his follow
ing is strong and menacing is evidenced
by the fact that the reigning King Malie-
toa appealed to represen tatives OF the tri-
parte alliance to protect him in accord
ance with the treaty concluded between
the United States, Great Britain and Ger
many, and to assist him in driving the
usurper Mataata from the territory.
The situation has reached a critical
stage, and the President and Secretarv
Gresham have been in frequent confer
ence as to the policy of this Government
in the matter. The United States is
pledged to assist in preserving the au-
tonomy OF the islands, but is at present
hardly in position to do very much in
that direction. The only naval vessels
near Samoa are the Boston and Adams.
at Hawai-, and there is no means of COM
munication with them except by steamer
from San Francisco. 1t takes almost five
days to make the trip from Honolulu to
Samoa. Germany is the only member of
the alliance represented at the islands by
a warship, but, with the cooperation OF
representatives and citizens of other Gov
ernments, that vessel will be sufficient to
afford ample protection to foreign inter
ests on the island, even if it is not capable
entirely of suppressing the rebellion.
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Coyote Scalps.

SAN DIEGO, June 15.-The news is re-
ceived with dismay that the State Board
of Examiners decline to audit any more
claims for coyote scalps until a special
appropriation is made by the Legislature.
The unpaid claims from this county alone
amount to Sl0.2I0
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Condition of Matthew's.

VIsALIA, June 15.-Matthews, who was
shot by John Asmus Tuesday morning, is
still alive. He made an ante-mortern
statement this morning that Asmus was
the man who shot him. Asmus is still at
liberty.
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TRAIN ROBBER STARR.
The Notorious Bandit Surrounded b
a Sheriff's Posse.

a SherifH's Posse.
Fort GIBSON Und.T.), June l5.-Henry
Starr, the notorious train robber and
bank wrecker, is surrounded by Deputy
Marshals and Sherif's posse at a point
twenty miles from Nowata, the bandit 8
home, and unless the posse weakens,
Starr will be taken either dead or alive.
Some Of the pursuers are Cherokee In
dams, and, if necessary, they will meet
Starr in the open field with Winchesters.
y reward of $4,000 is an incentive to
the great activity of the officers. Starr
has six men, while the posse numbers
twenty
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Sudden Death Mt 1vestport.

WEsTPORT, June 15.-Robert Hannah,
a native of Glasgow, Scotland, aged about
80, dropped dead from heart failure this
morning in the Argus House lobby while
talking to the landlord. He leaves
widow, supposed to be in San Francisco,
two sons on the coast and married
daughter
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Sale of Liquor in Riverside County.

RIVERSIDE, June l5.- The question
whether the Board of Supervisors will
pass an ordinance prohibiting the sale of
liquor in Riverside County, is now en-
gaging the attention Of the people. Mass
meetings of ProhibitiOnists are being
held throughout the county, protesting
against the granting of saloon licenses.
The Supervisors have set the 9th inst.
the time for final action in the matter.
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British varship Royal Arthur.

SANTA BARBARA, June 15.-Her Brit
ish Maiesty's ship Royal Arthur arrived
this morning at S o'clock from Callao,
fifteen days out. She expects to sail to-
night for Esquimalt. The Royal Arthur
is the flagship Of the British Squadron in
the Pacific, and has on board Rear Adj
miral II. F. Stephenson. This is the first
port in the United States at which she
has stopped.
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AIon-of- War Awaiting Orders.

PORT TOWNSEND (Wash.), June Is
The United States steamers Ranger. Mo-
hican and Corwin, and the British man
of-war Petrol are at Sitka, awaiting or
ders before proceeding to Behring Sea-
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shot FROM AMBUSH.
Daring Work of a Loan Highway
man in AmadOr County.
FIRED UPON A STAGE WITHOUT A
WORD OF WARNING.

wel1s-Fargo's Guard, Michael Tovey,
Shot Through the Heart and In
stantIy Killed-Driver Radcliffe Also
Shot, but Only Slightly Wounded
The Scene of the Tragedy the Identi-
cal Spot Where an Attempt was
Months Ago.
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KlI1ed LIS Two Brothers.

NIAGARA FALLS N. y, June Is
Simon Mahoney, gold-cure patient,
killed his two brothers, Cornelius and
James, last evening while temporarily
insane.
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Max Popper Elected Chairman,

SAN FRANCISCO, June I5.-Max Pepper
was elected Chairman of the General
Democratic Committee for this city to-
night.
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GERMAN POLITICS.
The Elections Progress Quietly
Throughout the Empire.
MAKE GAINS IN MANY
OF THE PROVINCES

Against De Lesseps and
Others Convicted of Completely in
the Panama Canal Frauds Quashed
by the Court of Cessation at Paris
The Robbery of the Church of the
Chudov Monastery, Russia, Laid at
the Doors of Monks.