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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
COLONIES IN CoMMANu.
Governor Budd Names Temporar
Leaders for Taco Brf0ades,

UoceTnor bhdo Names Temporary
Leaders for Tsco Brfgades.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 24.-Gov-
ernor Budd has not vet appointed the
brigadier-generals for the First and Third
brigades, and it is not likely that he will
do so for some time. To-day he ordered
the senior colonels in the two brigades to
assume command of their respective bri-
gades until the brigadiers are appointed.
The First Brigade is composed of the
Seventh and Ninth infantries in the south
ern part of the State, commanded by
Colonels William G. Schneider of Los
Angeles and E. B. Spillman of San Diego
respectively. Colonel Spillman, be-
ing the ranking officer, will
command the brigade. The Third
brigade is composed of the Second, Sixth
and Eighth infantries, commanded. .respec-
lively by Colonel j. w. Guthrie of Sacra-
mento, Colonel J. J. Nunan of Stockton
and Colonel Park Henshaw of Chico.
Colonel Guthrie, being the ranking officer.
will be in command of the brigade.
Governor Budd has set the time when
the various members of the National Guard
who attained so per cent at rifle practice in
1894 shall shoot for the State championship
medal. The 80 per cent men of the Eighth
Infantry will shoot at Chico on June 1S.
those of the Second Infantry at Vallejo on
June 13 and those of the Second Brigade at
Shell Mound on June Is. Lieutenant
Colonel James L. Rowland of the Seventh
Infantry will shoot with the regimental
staff in June.
Adjutant-General Barrett took formal
possession of his office to-day.
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VISALLA,s CELEBRATION.
Hundreds of People From Surroundfny
Tofcns IFfLL Attend.

Hundreds of People From Surrounding
Totcns W3tI Attend.
VISALIA, CAL, May PA representa-
tive of Visalia's. celebration committee re-
turned from Bakersfield this morning and
reports that 300 people will come from that
town to- celebrate the Fourth of July in
this city. OF that number 200 will be BIZ
cyclists, and a special car will be required
to bring their wheels. Forty members of
Company G will also come to participate
in the craftsmanship contest for several
prizes. The Bakersfield band, of seventeen
pieces, has been engaged, and the people
of Bakersfield are in correspondence with
the Southern Pacific officials, trying to get
special rates on six carloads of excursion
lists.
Miss Jennie Ward is still in the lead in
the contest for goddess of liberty, her total
vote this evening being 1917. Miss Stew
ems is second.
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even though it did last but seven innings
and was all one-sided, and when the last
out had been made three hearty cheers
were given by the victorious seniors for
the ball-playing portion of the faculty.
The nine were made up as follows:
Faculty club. C. Fish, professor of civil en-.
gineering. pitcher; G. M. Richardson, professor
of chemistry, catcher; DT. David Starr Jordan,
president of the college, first base; Frank
Angel. professor of psychology, second base
Dr. T. D. Wood, professor of hygiene, third
base; H. D. stearns, professor of physics, short
stop; s. W. Young, professor OF chemistry right
field; A. T. Murray, professor of Greek center
field; V. L. Kellogg, professor of entomology,
left field.
Senior nine-T. g. Russell, E. NJ Rea P. NJ.
Downing, ]. f. Sheehan, Abe Lewis Jr. Arthur
H. White, William Harrelson, Scott Calhoun,
Shirley Baker and William Stuart manager
In the evening a most enjoyable recep-
ton was given by the president and faculty
to the senior class in Roble Hall, and
there the victors and vanquished met in a
friendliness of sport only to be found be-
tween the graduated student and his late
but still respected instructors
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BUDD OPPOSES PARDONS,
Answer of the Governor to a
Plea for a Solano County
Murderer.
He VIII Ask the Legislature to Pass
Law Regulating Executive
Communications.

SACRAMENTO, Call, May 24.-Rico
Moraseo will be hanged on the Goth OF
next month if Governor Budd does not
interfere. G. A. Lamont, at the time
Morasco was convicted. was the District
Attorney of Solano County and prose-
cuted him. To-day he came up from his
home in Suisun and asked the Governor
to commute the sentence and send
Morasco to the penitentiary for life. He
claims that the convicted man was poorly
defended. He is an ignorant and weak
minded man, who is hardly accountable
for his acts.
The Governor replied that those half
witted criminals were the most dangerous
we have. He said if people do not want
murderers hanged they should give them
some other sentence. He had examined
the case thoroughly, had read all the
testimony, and it seemed to be clear
case, with no extenuating circumstances.
He said there was no doubt but that many
a man had been hanged because he had
been poorly defended; that no Judge
should appoint sprig of lawyer to de-
fend a man whose life was at stake. It
was not right. In case where a man
was on trial for his life he should at least
be given an attorney who knows some
thing of the rules of evidence.
II am opposed to this whole commuta-
ton business said the Governor. "One
Governor will commute man, and the
next man who is elected chief magistrate
pardons him. The whole pardon business
is wrong. If interfere in this case will
reprieve him for two years, and ask the
Legislature to change the law so that a
man commuted in such instances cannot
afterward be pardoned.''
o. R. Coghlan and J. Debata, two other
Solano County attorneys, also appeared,
and asked that the sentence be commuted.
The Governor did not say what he would
do
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Governor Downey and that later will has
been made and is somewhere in hiding.
$50 long as the property was all in j.
Downey Harvey's hands, being admins
tered as intestate estate, no will was
wanted. But now that old will is in the
field, which gives the heirs of the first
wife half of the immense property, it may
be to somebody's interest to produce a
later will Senator Stephen NJ. White,
who is named as executor in the will, is
attorney for j. Downey Harvey as admin
istrator. The will is bound to cause a
commotion, and perhaps those to whom
Governor Downey really desired to leave
his property will get their dues"
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FILED THE WILL.
Attorney Wadham of san Diego Asks
That 1t BE Probated.

attorney Wadham of san Diego Asks
That 1t Be Probated.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, May 24.-Attorney
James E. Wadham this afternoon brought
from San Diego the last will and testament
of the late Ex-Governor Downey and filed
the same for probate with Judge Smith of
the Superior Court
In the absence of Stephen M. White,
who is the only surviving executor of the
will, no one would open it or divulge its
contents. Senator White is now in San
Francisco and the will will not be opened
before his return.
If the statement of the Wills contents
received from San Diego is correct ].
Downey Harvey will not fare badly by
the change from administrator to one of
the legatees. He does not appear to be at
all worried over the news of the
finding of the will, the instru-
ment having been drawn up so long ago
as seventyseven, when Harvey was still a
very young man, it is not probable that his
uncle Disseminated against him. What
ilI-feeling the Governor had against his
nephew was engendered long after that
date. This probably accounts for J. Downey
Harvey's equanimity over the finding of the
WILL He postponed his departure for San
Francisco on account of the event, but
seems to be having a good time while
waiting for the contents of the will to be
divulged. He brought his bicycle with
him when he came down here and yester-
day rode to Santa Monica and back. To-
day he went there again and is there to-
night.
The presence of the will in San Diego,
its loss and discovery are accounted for in
this wise. E. F. Spence, who is named as
one of the executors, was the fast friend
and confidential agent of Governor Dow
ney, and was at that time engaged in the
banking business in San Diego. Naturally
the document was left in his care and de-
posted in the vault of the bank.
When Spence came to Los Angeles the
will was overlooked and left in the care of
Bryant Howard, then president of the
bank. 1t was forgotten and overlooked
until a few days ago, when Receiver
OConnor of the Consolidated National
Bank, in going over the papers in the
vault, came across package labeled Last
Will and Testament of John G. Downey"
in E. f. Spence's well-known handwriting
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INQUEST At PNOLE.
The Exact Cause of the Explosion 1
mains Mystery.

The Exact Cause of the Explosion Re-
mains Mystery.
PINoLE, CAL, May 24.-Coroner H. G.
Curry of Martinez to-day held an inquest
over the bodies of o. G. Johnson and H.
Minugh, the only victims of the explosion
at the California Powder Company's works
whose mutilated corpses could be identi-
fed. Fifteen witnesses were examined,
but the actual cause of the catastrophe
could not be learned, and the verdict was
simply that the workmen came to their
deaths from an accidental explosion.
No inquest will be held over the remains
of the nine Cinnamon. About twenty
pounds of bones and scraps of flesh, all
that could be found of the unfortunate
celestials, will be shipped to China for in
terment.
The funerals of johnson and Minugh
took place yesterday. The funeral cortege
which followed the bodies to the grave
was two miles long.
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TR0UNCED BY '95 MEN.
The Learned Educators Fall
Easy Victims to Their
Opponents.
THEIR PLAY TOO SCIENTIFIC.
The Sphere Finds DR.. Jordan's
Waistband, but He Nets Run
for His Side.

PALO ALTO, May 24.-The brilliant
cardinal of Stanford is slowly turning to a
dull gray. Students are deserting by every
north or south bound train. "Quizzes'
and sexes have finished for the year, and
the spiders are preparing to spin their
webs over windows and doorways. The
last lecture of the year has been hummed
in scientific monotone from the professor
desk, and the last "cinch" has been placed
against the backward scholar.
But still the blood-red college flag waves
in the breeze of student enthusiasm, fol-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
CAPTURED At SANTA ROSA.
an Officer Runs DotOn n Man Thought Il
Be an Oakland Escape,

BE an oakland Escape.
SANTA ROSA, Call, May 24.-Deputy
Sheriff Murphy to-day arrested a man on
suspicion of being Dempsey, one of the
men who escaped from the Oakland prison
on Wednesday, Murphy captured the fel-
low after long pursuit The stranger
took refuge in bunch of willows in Santa
Rosa Creek and would not come out until
Murphy drew a revolver and threatened
10 snoot The fugitive then surrendered.
when taken to Jail the captive said his
name was Riordan, and that he had
been stopping in Napa. Sheriff Allen tele-
graphed to the Napa Sheriff and found no
such man mad been there. Afterward Rior-
Dan SAID his true name is Thompson. The
deputy sheriff, after receiving careful de-
scrlptlon OF Dempsey, thinks Thompson is
not the man. Thompson is taller and
heavier. He will be held on charge of
vagrancy, however, until Monday. to give
the Oakland officers chance to see him,
and also to discover the cause of his effort
to escape arrest
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NERS OF MARE ISLAND.
.An Increase Made In the Force of Me,, at
the Nary Yard.

An Increase Made Ia the Force of Men al
the Nary Yard.
VALLEJO, CAL, May 24-Twenty mine
thousand dollars will be paid to the work.
men at Mare Island tomorrow. Through.
out the entire yard work is being vigor.
ousiy prosecuted. Especially is this the
case in the construction department, al
the head of which is Naval Constructor
William J. Baxter. Although only re-
cent arrival at this station, it is remark
able how quickly the new official has
familiarized himself with the vast amount
of work coming under his personal juris-
diction.
The force of workingmen was increased
to-day by the addition of 30 shipwrights to
work on the Hartford. The number of
men employed at the yards and docks is
now 133; construction and repair, 3s4; /;
steam engineering, 1879; equipment, 81;
ordnance, 46; supplies and accounts, 80
medical and surgery, L. Total, S24.
The tug Nellie met with an accident a
few days ago. Her after shaft was broken,
and she is laid up for repairs.
Nearly ali the ship-ftters are working
overtime on the Olympia, so as to finish
their labors by Tuesday. Orders are ex-
pected from Washington ordering the ves-
sci on her official trial trip. She is now
coaling. and will soon be ready for the run
in Santa Barbara Channel. Stores are
going aboard in large quantities.
The preliminary hoisting test of the big
crane was to be made this afternoon. 1t
was the intention to hoist a weight OF
forty-five tons in the shape of four large
caEnons and lot of steel rails. All maneuv-
ers with the big machine were to be made
SO as to have the crane in condition for
tie official inspection tomorrow. Presi-
dent Oliver Crosby of the American Hoist
and Derrick Company of st. Paul, the de-
signer of the crane, has reached Mare
Island, and the preliminary test was to
have been made under his supervision.
assisted by Superintendent T. F. Harring-
ton and John Strom. When the hour ar
rived, however, it was found that during q
speeding test the boxes got hot and the
test went over till Monday.
Commodore E. o. Mathews, chief of
bureau of yards aud docks, has taken his
departure from the yard. He left on a
launch last night, catching the overland
train at Port Costa for Oregon. The brief
stay made by the commodore will m.
deubtedly prove of immense benefit to
Mare Island.
Heavy shipments of stores are being
made TO vessels on the Asiatic station
and TO the Monterey, now in Callao.
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IN HIDING MANY YEARS,
The Document Is Old and
Musty, and Had Been Ex-
ecuted in 1877.
TEXT OF THE TESTAMENT
Half the Immense Estate Left &c
His First Wife, Who Died
Years Ago.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, May 24.-A sensa-
ton was caused in this city and in Los
Angeles to-day by the reported finding of
the will of Ex-Governor John G. Downey
hidden away in lot of musty papers in
the Consolidated National Bank in this
city.
Receiver O'Connor was the finder. He
was looking through lot of papers when
he came across big envelope Endorsed,
Last will and testament of John G..
Downey."
The Importance of the document was in
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SESSION OF ENDEAroRERs.
Three thousand People Attend the GatI
eTfng at Sacramento.

Three thousand People Attend the Gath
erfn0 at Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 24.-In the
Christian Endeavor Convention today
committees were named as follows:
Nominations-C. q. Merritt of Oakland, Rev.
E. B. Ware of Santa Rosa, Rev. J. w. Phillips
of Bakersfield, James Bell Lindsay of Santa
Cruz and Mrs. Duston of Redding.
Auditing-W. w. Milne of Sacramento, Miss
Florence Guthrie of Weaverville and w. w.
Thompson of Modesto.
Resolutions-Rev. G. T, McCollom of Loring.
Rev. William RAIDER of Oakland and H. G. Wv.
lie of Los Angeles.
The special committee that had been ap-
pointed to wait on Governor Budd an
nounced that he would address the con-
vention tomorrow night. The closing
prayer was offered by Rev. H. NJ. Tanney
of San Jose and the convention took a re-
cess till 7:45 P. NJ. In the evening ad-
dresses were made by Miss Mindora T..
Berry and Rev. E. S. Chapman. There
were about 5000 people present at the ses-
sion
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ACQUITTED At SEATTLE.
Hitcor Found Not Guilty of the Charlotte
Fetfing Murder.

FeutuH 1NhTder.
SEATTLE, WASH, May 24.-William A.
Wilcox, who has been on trial the past
week for the murder of old Charlotte Fet-
ting in South Seattle in September, 1893,
was found not guilty this afternoon by the
jury. The verdict was reached after the
jury had been out one hour and twenty
five minutes.
Wilcox was tried last January and con-
vleted of manslaughter, but the Supreme
Court granted new trial. This time the
State tried to prove that Wilcox murdered
the old lady and afterward killed James
King of Tacoma, who was supposed to
have had hand in the first crime, and
who was about to confess because Wilcox
had not given him his share of the money
which was stolen from the Fetting cabin.
Wilcox proved an alibi.
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Mysterious Death in Penu Yo,Je,

GRASS VALLEY, CAL, May PA man
named Harvey, who has been missing since
Sunday, was found dead with gnnshot
wound IN his mouth at Reuben Herrod's
ranch IN Penn Valley, ten miles west of
here, this evening. 1t is not known
whether he was accidentally shot. mur-
dered or committed suicide. The Coronor
has gone to investigate. Harvey had
worked two days for Mr.. Herrod and Sun-
day afternoon left to take a hunt in the
woods and has been missing until Tonight.
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A V1salta Footnad Conr,c,.a

VISALIA, CAL, May 24.-The jury in
the case of Charles Brown found him
guilty of assault with intent to commit
robbery. Last February Brown and H. B.
Gebhardt held up All Ting on the Mineral
King road, near Visalia. Gebhardt pleaded
guilty to the charge. Both men will be
sentenced next week.
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Rewards for T,co Murderers.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 24.-Gover-
nor Budd to-day offered a reward of $3.50
for the arrest and conviction of Andrew
Parks for the murder OF Elmer Newton, on
February 10, 1895, at Pasadena; also $3.50
for the arrest and conviction of Martin
Toledo. for the murder of Juan Guazen-
bura, April 10, 1895, at Carson ranch, in
Los Angeles County.
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DROWNED IN co.11Tz R1rEh.
a Young TdcOman Meefs Death In the
Cascade Mountains.

TACOMA, WASH, May 24.-For several
days it has been feared that Seth Catlin,
son of Charles Catlin, prominent and
wealthy citizen, had been killed while in
the Cascade Mountains on an outing. To-
Gay word was received here that young Cat
I'm horse was found tied to tree on the
pank OF the Cowlitz River, two miles above
the mouth OF Cispus River. The horse
was very weak from lack of food. The
canoe In which young Catlin had evidently
attempted to cross the river was found
overturned two miles below where the
morse was tied. The spot is a wild and un-
frequented one A party has gone ont to
drag the river for Catlin's BODY.
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Petnlun,a to Hold a Fair.

PETALUMA, CAL, May 24-The Sono-
ma and Marin Agricultural Society some
time ago decided to hold regular annual
fair and race meeting at Petaluma, to last
six days, commencing August 19. pro-
viding the citizens subscribed $1,000. To-
night the bonus reached $780, and the re-
mainder and the fair are assured.
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a Ctavton Farmer Ktl,.d.

MARTINEZ, CAL, May "a. - Robert
Hansen, farmer who resided near CLAW
ton, was killed yesterday He was driving
a two-horse rake and fell from it, and was
either kicked by one of the horses OF, struck
by the pole. His skull was fractured. His
body was brought to Martinez, and will be
shipped to Iowa.
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Rai,road accident at Dtro,.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 24.-Brake-
man w. s. Jones, residing at Oakland, was
slightly injured by being rolled between
the station platform and one of the cars at
Dixon. He was brought to this city for
treatment. One arm is badly injured, but
it is not thought that his other injuries are
serious.
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HOLLIsTER MURDERER,s EArr
Charles Hardtcicls's SLAYER Denied n
Netc Trial and Gircn a. LIZ -.

Nep Trial and Gircn a Life Term.
HOLLISTER, CAL, Nav 4.-Wben T
M. Conkling, convicted of the murder of
Charles n. Hardwick on February os was
called up for sentence this morning before
Judge Dorm, his counsel, f. S. GEL made
a motion Tor new trial on the grounds
that the jury had gone outside of the court
room for evidence. The motion was based
upon affidavits from several parties re-
citing that two jurors had produced a rife
and some cloth and had experimented
with the same to see at how far distance
powder marks would show Oh cloth: that
the evidence so obtained was used in the
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lury-room to influence the rest of the Jury
men against the defendant.
Judge Dorm denied the motion, and sem
fenced Conkling to life imprisonment at
San Quentin. The case will be appealed
on the above point.
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