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The San Francisco call., 1895-11-04

only necessary to refer to the case of Dave
Woodman, whom he charged with high
way robbery, or something of the kind.
This is the same Dave Woodman whom he
wanted me to kill. That was trick he
| had when he got into a mans debt. He
and Woodman were interested in a ranch
together, and White got much the best of
it, as he always did. Woodman could not
induce him to settle, and the business ran
on for years, until White owed him several
thousand dollars. Woodman kept clam
orlng for settlement until White wanted
to get somebody to kill him.
But Woodman turned the tables in
some degree. One evening White was
riding to his home, just out of Covelo.
There is depre ssion in the road where a
creek crosses it. and as White rode into
this Woodman rose up before him with a
pistol sticking out in front, saying:
" See here, George, have some little
business with you
white was very docile. He knew that
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Canadian Forces Are Erecting
Barracks on the Alaska
Boundary.
ACTIVITY OF THE PATROLS
Breastworks and Forts Constructed
and Equipped in the Disputed
Territory.

TACOMA, WASH. Nov. 3.-A large party
of miners who have just arrived from
Alaska on the schooner Mary Buhne,
which sailed from Unalaska on the Goth, :,
give reliable and sensational accounts of
the maneuverlng of the Canadian forces in
that country. The country along the line
of the supposed boundary is well known
to these parties and they report that the
Canadian Government has constructed,
and is constructing and equipping breast
works and barracks on all the command
ing bluffs. Every strategic point of van
tage has been secured along the disputed
boundary line. and particularly in and
around the vicinity of the placer mines,
which are filling up with Canadian pros
pectors.
The Americans in Alaska do not seem
to realize or worry over the anxiety and
eagerness of the British to seize such
strategic points. The mounted police in
the employ of the Canadian Government
are very kind and have helped the Ameri-
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Busy Day Among the Big Four
Who Desire Municipal
Burdens.
WRATH OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Citizens Claim Great Strength, but the
Republican Standard. Bearer
Still Confident.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Nov. 3.-All day
long the emissaries of the four candidates
who are ready and willing to bear upon
their shoulders the cares and burdens of
the municipal office of this city have been
hurrying to and fro, endeavoring to whip
into line the faltering and weak-hearted of
their constituency, who, swayed by various
street rumors, seem ready to bolt in vari-
Gus directions like a flock of STAN mpeded
sheep.
All day long the corral of ]. W. Wilson,
Republican candidate, has seemingly been
the fold to which the majority have fed
Republican leaders claim that Stein
mans strength is going to pieces
like ship on the rocks, beaten by
the waves. Hubbard's reported gain in
strength will drive a part of the steinman
vote to Wilson, and, should it become
painfully apparent that his chances of
election are null and void, large portion
OF his following will flock to Hubbard
The Democrats are wrathful bevond
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CLARENCE WHITES EXPOSE OF DARK DEEDS

White himself. l arrested Viaton once
myself when [ was Deputy Sheriff on a
charge OF killing some hogs belonging to a
poor widow. He has been in continual
trouble L saw him attempt to shoot Lit
tieheld. Joe Gregory, who was then
friendly with Littleield, caught him, or
perhaps 1t would not have been left for the
ofhcers OF the law, with some other assas-
sins, to be now charged with his murder.
nave noticed one thing, that George
White has never denied the charge that he
pushed the queer
There is another matter that might be
worth looking into. That is the matter of
the estate of Chris Sorenson-a after he was
murdered. I remember quite well hearing
W athen tell White that he wanted two
checks to produce in court; that he would
not have to pay them, as they would be re-
turned to him. This was in the settle
ment OF the estate. Sorenson had several
hundred dollars deposited in Henley s
store in Covelo and White and Wathen
owed him about $500 for work. Sorenson' s
murder occurred in Trinity County.
''Wtite says he never was before a Grim
lnal jury on his own account but once.
This may be true, for when he wanted me
to do some killing for him.I asked him
why he did not do it himself, and he said
that if he killed a man it would cost him
100000 to get out of it, but that if he got
some one else to do it he could get the per-
son clear for trihe.
ITO show you what a reputation this
man has," continued young White, sit is
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cans in number of cases. In fact, they
have done more for them than they have
for some of their own people.
The rivers along the boundary line are
very narrow. At the loop of Forty-mile
Creek and at several points along the
boundary near the creek small detach-
ments OF supposed Canadian militia in
citizens clothes have been accommodating
the surrounding country for some time.
The detachments are all we'll pro-
visioned, we'll housed and have large pack
trains. Surveying parties have been in
the field for the Canadian Government for
some time, and have been doing hard
work.
The party reports the condition of the
miners at present in Alaska in deplorabe
state. Those on the Upper Yukon have
suffered greatly; provisions are scarceand
prices high. A great many predict that
scurvy will break out among the miners
this winter, and great suffering will re-
suit. Five deaths from scurvy had oc-
CURED when the ship sailed. There are
hundreds of men who would come away if
they could, and the death and suffering in
the mining region this winter will be
terrible
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ing on White, but it did bring about a
settlement with Woodman subsequently.
''It is very true as THE CALL says the
people who have in any way incurred the
enmity of White live in state of terror
Yes Palmer, whom l met few days ago
in Ukiah, was telling me how he came
within an ace of killing a good friend of
his because of this state of affairs. He
was riding along mountain trail one
morning when some one hailed and told
him to hold on there Palmer whipped
out his revolver like a flash, turned and
was about to fire-with that unquestloning
way they have, and must have up there
but, with his finger on the trigger, checked
himself.
Good God, man; don't you know bet
ter than that?' he said when he saw who
it was. Don't ever do that again. He
says he was as weak as child for an hour
afterward at the thought of the narrow
escape he made of killing his friend.
Palmer is brave man. Nobody can say
otherwise. 1t was he who married Wy
Jackie Johns widow and prevented George
E. White from confiscating his estate.
'He has been prosecuted in the courts on
all sorts of charges, until he confesses that
he is practically ruined, and, besides, he is
threatened constantly with ambush and
murder, until it is no wonder that he is
ready to get out OF the country. There is
no doubt that his murder was planned and
contemplated the night after the murder
of Littlefield, his head vaquero. He lives
in constant state OF apprehension.
"Some people knocked at his door that
night. but he refused to open it. Unless
the assassins are driven out of the country
by the activity that has followed Governor
Budd's offer of reward for the conviction
of the murderers of Littlefield l would not
give much for Palmer's life. Yes; you
may use my name. do not want George
E. Whites statement to stand uncontra-
dicted."
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measure, and, it is claimed, with reason.
At the meeting of the Democratic Central
committee held this evening resolution
was introduced roundly condemning the
San Francisco Examiner, which had been
recognized as a Democratic organ, in the
strongest terms for the stand it had taken
in forwarding the political interest OF B. U.
Steinman at the expense of w. D. Lawton.
the regular Democratic candidate for
Mayor.
a rumor is prevalent this evening that
the Citizens are claiming greater strength
for Hubbard than they can deliver. but
there seems to be little doubt that Hub
bard is dangerous opponent and is
coming down the stretch in drive. Still,
it is conceded tonight in all quarters that
Wilson leads, and old politicians claim
that he will be winner by 400 or 500 ma
1OritV
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Woodman meant business. He stopped
and asked what was wanted.

Woodman meant business. He stopped
and asked what was wanted.
" L have been looking for you for long
time, George, said Woodman. yery
quietly L have been to your house. and
they tell me you are in the CITY or up in
the mountains. II | go up in the mount
aims they tell me you are down here.
When l do chance to see YOU and ask for
settlement you never have time Now
have got tired Of it. You owe me $4,000
and as didn't suppose you would have
that much about you. l made out these
notes, bearing dates of maturity that will
give you ample opportunity to get the
money. l have pen and ink here, and
expect you to sign them right now. as of
course you know the amount is due me-
"Woodman handed White the notes
and the pen with one hand while he held
the revolver steady with the other. White
signed the notes without word. Wood
man thanked him and babe him good
night; himself sitting still, however, un-
I'll White had ridden a safe distance and
then he rode into Covelo.
White had him arrested next day of
course. Instead of being sent to San
Quentin for life, however, as would have
happened if he had perpetrated such a
hold-up on any other millionaire, Wood
man was acquitted. The jury thought it
was pretty good joke on White. OF
course the notes were not held to be bind
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-04
THE DAY IN SAN JOSE,
Annual Chrysanthemum Fair to
Begin Under Favorable
Auspices.
Dried-Fruit Shipments, Business I'm.
provementS and Other News
Items.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Nov. s.-The annual
chrysanthemum fair under the auspices
of the directors of the Pratt Home and the
Catholic Ladies' Aid Society opens at Turn
Verein Hall tomorrow night. The hall
has been handsomely decorated with flow
ers and evergreens. and large displays of
chrysanthemums have been promised by
Mesdames R. B. Dunlop S. A. Barker,
Parsons, S. W. Boring, Schlaudt, Wilkes
and Mr.. E. I. Sawyer.
In the evening there will be a grand
promenade concert, after which there will
be dancing in an adjoining hall. The faiI
will continue during the week.
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aid TO THE VALLEY ROAD,
Rain in the San Joaquin Loosens
the Earth, Making Easier
Grading.
Will Also Facilitate the Work of the
Tracklayers, Unless 1t In.
creaSeS.

STOCKTON, CAL, Nov. g. Considerable
apprehension has been felt here to-day lest
the rain which has been falling would
interfere with work on the Valley Rail-
road.
The fear is unfounded. The railroad
people say that an all-night's rain in the
valley will in reality aid them in the work.
The graders expect to find it much easier
to handle the dirt, as the rain will loosen
it UP after the long dry spell.
The rain will also settle the grade and
facilitate the work of the tracklayers
Unless there is a downpour tomorrow,
which is not probable, the work will go on
with the usual activity.
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Dntu Still u, Control.

BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 3.-Marcus Daily,
general manager of the Anaconda Mining
Company in an article in the Anaconda
Standard this morning, over his own
name, denies the general report that the
recent sale of fourth interest of the capi-
tai stock would result in change of man
agement, and says he will continue as
manager as heretofore. He also gives an
interesting history of the Anaconda mine,
and denies the report that more than a
fourth interest had been, or ever would, be
offered for sale.
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DRIED Fir UT BRISK.
Good Prices aud ample Market for Sa,
Jose Shippers.

Good Prices aud Ampte Market for San
Jose Shippers.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Nov. 3.-The move
ment of dried fruit is brisk, and the years
crop is rapidly going into consumptive
channels. Almost all the fruit from the
County Exchange is going forward in
fancy 25-pound boxes, and large force of
girls is employed in packing it.
The East Side Fruit Union has sent
twenty carloads East, and the stock is
well cleared out. The local price of dried
prunes has advanced a quarter of a cent
lately. This makes the price of forties 81
demand in the East has greatly increased,
and few expectations have been made to
England, France and Germany. There
are about 300 or 400 tons yet throughout
the valley that will probably be brought to
the County Exchange warehouse.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-04
Big Scheme at angels.

ANGELS CAMP. CAL, Nov. Sc. w.
McNear, the Wheat King" left here this
morning, after consummating arrange
ments for establishing a gigantic electric
plant on the Stanislaus River, and furnish
ing motive power for his own mine and
others In this vicinity. Henry l.. Smith,
formerly with the Market-street Railroad
can francisco, will have charge of the en-
mediately.
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accidentally Shot at Stockton.

STOCKTON, CAL, Nov. 3.-Tom Ben.
nington, an electrician mouormau, was
accidentally shot in the leg this afternoon.
The limb will probably have to be ampu-
Goodwater Grove at the time OF the occur
renee. A passenger named George Hansel
was returning from a hunting trip and
was examining his shotgun, when it was
discharged, with the effect mentioned. 1t
Is surprising that some of the passengers
were not injured.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-04
Co5ifscdted zeal.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Nov. 3.-Dr. H. A.
Spencer, City and County Veterinary In
spector, made tour of the various
butcher-shops and slaughter-houses yes
terday and confscated two veals which
had been killed under the prescribed age.
Two Chinese hogpens were also ordered
abated. Next week the inspector will
begin making tests of the milk furnished
by the various dairies.
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The King" Made Several Propo
sitions to Him to Take
Human Life.
DAVE WOODLANDS SETTLEMENT
Reign Of Terror That Is Driving Men
Out of the Country for
Safety.

FORTUNA. HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Nov. s.
A correspondent OF The CALL found
Clarence White at his home here to-day
and interviewed him with regard TO the
statements made by George E. White
regarding him Clarence White) touching
the killing of Wylackle John and the
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-04
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC SUIT.
United States Trust Company Seeking Pos
session of the PrOneffn.

session ofthe Property.
ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, Nov. 3.-The
suit of the United States Trust Company
to foreclose the first mortgage on the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad will be argued
in the United States Court at this place
next Tuesday with some of the ablest
lawyers of the county on each side.
The Trust Company holds, as trustees,
sixteen and half millions of the first
mortgage bonds and hopes to become the
owner of the road in case the property
is sold. This action grows out OF the de-
cision of the court about two months ago
refusing to grant the motion for separate
receivers for the Atlantic and Pacific.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-04
SAN JOSE FIRM INCORPORATED
1MGngrun, 6 Otter Extend Thei, Business
Hn;s

lHdnJrNnl Dc Otter Ertend Their Business
ATdirs.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Nov. 3.-Articles were
FLED with the County Clerk yesterday
Incorporating the firm of Mangrum &
Otter. The capital stock is placed at $50
600, divided into 5000 shares.
The objects OF the incorporation is to
deal in land, bonds, franchises and ma
chinery, and to conduct a general hard
ware and plumbing business in San Jose.
The directors named are a S. Mangrum
III. ". Otter, F. S. Campbell, w. D.
Winslow and n. B. Herndon.
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Some Fear Expressed as to the Safety of
the Edin6ttrOhshire.

TACOMA, WASH, Nov. 3.-The British
ship YoIo has arrived, III days out from
London, with 1900 barrels of cement
consigned to the Northern Pacific Rail-
road and local dealers. Some fear had
been entertained for her, as she had been
spoken but once during the passage.
Uneasiness is felt in shipping circles for
the British bark Edinburgh 215 days
out from London for this port, with a
cargo of cement.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-04

A boon companion is an Ulster
in all sorts of weather you'll be foun.
together--a rain defer, a storm re
peller, a garment intended to kee,
you warm and dry during the chiIIins
blasts of winter. Some awfulIy goot
values in listers to-day. You mus
know that our listers are just a.
dressy in looks as our finest dres
oVercoat - there's nothing clums,
about 'em.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-19

1900 persons who tenanted Penton-
vile prison is n very suggestive one
or these nine deaths probably not one
was due to the prison environment.
Everybody knows that Of the deaths
which occur in Il house of detention
the larger proportion will arise from
disease contracted in the previous
life of the prisoners. Strange as ii
may seem. the modern prison is really
the type of a healthy home. Nor is it
difhcu to account for the extremely
sanitary state of the Jail. Life there
proceeds with a regularity as regards
food, exercise, rest and the other con
ditions of health, which ii is only to
he regretted we cannot in some fair
measure initiate outside the prison
walls. Again, total abstinence is a
condition of prison life which must
exercise a very beneficial effect on a
large section of the inmates. The alb
Solute cleanliness which reigns inside
the walls is another and an all-import-
ant influence in warding OFF disease
and in determining for prolongation Of
life. If in our homes we could initiate,
eve afar off. something of the regu-
larity of life in the Jail and something
Of the living according to rule mot nee
essarily a rigid or infleXible one)
which therein prevails, we should all
be physically the better for the SAM
tary discipline. We offend against so
many of the canons of hygiene, even
in a fairly we'll ordered existence, that
il is little wondar we suffer as we do
from ~preventible ailments.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-19
Wait Till the Summer Comes.

A good story is related of a small
tradesman in a Welsh town. A short
time ago a large lake near the town
became frozen over for the first time
in many years, and large numbers of
people from a neighboring city came
over for the purpose of enjoying som
skating. AS this sport was a novelty
TO the residents. they became also
DESTROYS of entering into it, and be-
sieged the local ironmonger for
skates.
Incredible as it may appear, this in
diyidual had never heard of such ar
ticles. but, disdaining to admit his ig-
%norance, replied that he had not any
in stock. Wearied at last, however,
by repeated orders for skates he re-
marked to his wife:
Mary, we must lay in a stock of
these skates, for, look you, if there's
such a great demand for them now,
what will ii be in summer when the
tourists ?"--Tit-Bits.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-19

came along TO the gate of a humble
cabin in a town in Alabama just as an
old negro handed a couple of jugs TO
his son, who was about ten years of
age, and said:
Now, julius, yo' gwan down to the
grocery an git a quart Of 'lasses in one
Oh dem jugs an hurry back"
When the boy had gone / said TO the
father:
You didn't tell him TO get anything
in the other jug. Is he going to leave
it at the grocery"
mo, ~sah-gwan to bring it right
back home" he replied.
But why send two jugs TO get a
quart of molasses:'
It's jess dis way, sab. If he only
took one jug he'd be powerful suah TO
bump it or drap it an lose de 'lasses.
If he takes two he's jess as liable to
drap de empty one as de 'lasses one,
an dat makes de odds IN my favor.
Anything else yo'd like to AK about,
white mani"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-19
A Plague Of Bees.

Some time ago it was announced
that bee farming had been taken up
at G~ennevillers. one of the most loath-
some industrial suburbs of Paris. This
was treated as IA joke, but the news
Is, our correspondent says. neverthe-
less true. and the project of the Seine
has just received a petition from the
Inhabitants to abate the nuisance. The
bees live upon the sugar r%efineries of
the neighborhoOd, clearing away all
the dust on the roofs and even land
ing on the bare backs of the workmen.
1t has been stated by a sugar refiner
that every hive in the neighborhood
carries away 20 shillings' worth of
sugar in a year from the factories. He
does not, however. complain of this
loss. but of the irritation the perpet-
ual buzz intlicts on the workmen.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-19
Salt Water for Fires.

The disastrous effects of many re-
cent fires in cities where the water
pressure has been too low have caus-
ed the question Of using salt water
for the purpose of fire extinction to be
brought up again. 1t is argued that
this method of fighting fire has long
ago passed beyond the experimental
stage, as it has been successfully used
in England for many years. The ad-
vantages claimed by the advocates of
the method are that the density of the
water does not allow Of rapid eyapor-
alton. and gives it longer in which to
be fully effective. Salt water weighs
sixty-four pounds to the cubic foot, as
against sixty-two pounds for fresh
water. and it is held that n service
of salt water is equal to three of fresh.
Returns from seventeen English cities
where salt is used for sprinkling pur-
poses show that the streets have grad
ually become macadamized and that
the mortality has decreased from 20 to
per cent.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-19
a Bicycle Lawn Mower.

Thomas Caldwell. who is supposed
to have taken out more patents on
lawn than anybody else in the
world, was talking the other day with
William +. Hilton about arranging
chains and pedals in such a way as
to drive n small horse mower by man
power. when his 1~9-year-old son Harry
spoke up:
why don't you make a big hand
mower and attach it to the front of the
bicycle in place of the front wheel?'
he asked.
The boys suggestion vas tried. and
the invention Of the mower cycle was
the result. The machine is made with
an ordinary bicycle hind wheel and n
2G-inch mower in he place of the
front wheel. The mower wheels have
rubber tires aud they just as
smoothly as a bicycle itself. 1t is at
tachcd with long steel prongs or forks,
ard may be adjusted To cut high or
low. The pedals are placed directly
on the large wheel shaft, dispensing
with the chain sprocket wheels and
crank shaft of the bicycle. The strain
OF pushing the mower is taken off the
frame and head Of the machine by two
rods. one on each side Of the large
wheel. one end of which is attached
TO the frame at the center of the
wheel. and the other to the mower.
The machine turns more readily than
a bicycle-in fact, may be turned
around IN a 6-fOOt circle. 1t takes no
more power to operate it than to pro-
pei an ordinary tricycle.. 1t is not yet
perfected to run on a side hill, but Mr..
Caldwell expects to overcome this lit