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The herald., 1895-06-27
Stockholders Meeting.

T>HE REGULAR ANNUALMEETING OF THE
i stockholders of the eX-Mission San Fer
nando Water Company, corporation, for the
purpose of electing Boaro of Directors of
serve for the ensuing year and for the tran
saction Of such other business may come be-
tore the meeting, will b. held at the Office of
the company, room 3, California Bank Build
ing southwest corner of second street and
broadway, Los Ang, les City, California, on
Wednesday. July 3, to95, at 4 O'Clock PIN.
ia ], B, THKELkELD be, r. tary.
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receiving accommodations from kindly
dEsxoseS farmers until she reached a
.sort where size was enabled 70 take pas
sage to Port Townsend. When they ar
rived here the children bore evidence OF
hard s,Saxe Their shoes were worn
through and their clothes were in rags
IN this city they stopped with their aunt.
Mrs. James McCurdy. and were provided
with proper wearing appare. and nour-
ishrsens. Then the father % the children
located them and had fhe house closely
watched while waiting for the court TO
issue prcrer papers 10 bring all parties
into court. When the officers attempted
10 execute Tire process the family had dis
appeared and the most dil.gent search
failed 20 locate them
The father. who comes from a highly
respectable family Of Victoria. and is one
of the leading business men OF British
Columbia was almost distracted over the
loss OF his little girls. being apprehensive
lest at any momeCt he should be anprised
OF their death at the hands OF their
mother. who he claims at times be-
comes violently insane. with honnicidal
tendencies.
Mrs Maclure's relatives in this city ad-
nit the woman has hesa insane. but say
that her mentality is sound today and
that she has suffered WRONGS az the hands
of her husband The woman's friends
seem 10 be disposed 10 ventiiate their
family affairs In s very sensational man
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TACOMA COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Trouble Over the ComntroiIer's Refi,sai
TO sign a Warrant

Tacoma. Aug. o-Special-An exciting
session or the council was held this even
Ing. the chief feature OF which was
wordy battle over Comptroller Benbarr.s
Feiusat 10 s!gn the $500 warrant for the
purchase Of the Rigney claim in Glover
creek. Benham was present. and vas M.
through a course OF questions as TO why
he would not sign the warrant He held
20 his position that he could not take
money appropriated 20 build gravity wa
ter system for the purpose OF purchasing
Glover creek. which IS rot a gravity sys-
TEN
Harris and others said II was none of
the comptroller's business 10 Interfere in
this manner. and that when the council
ordered a thing done IL assumed the re-
sponsibility. and II was the coraptrolie-'S
place 20 obey. Benham told the council
20 get favorable opinion from the city
attorney. in order 10 protect him, and he
would sign; otherwise he has RESPONSE
bilities 10 protect the city and will con-
tinue 10 refuse 20 sign.
Now C:ty Attorney Wickersham is away
on an expedition 10 Neah BAY and an
opinion IS not obtainable.
\ resolution was passed ordering the
comptroller 10 sign the warrant. hut ID VIII
have no more effect than the order OF
last Saturday.
In relation % the matter of private own
ers being allowed 20 stretch electric wires
FOR power and lighting purposes, the
beard of public works reported recon-
rnending that Nelsons Bennett. who is the
chief owner % private wires in the city
he allowed 20 continue supplying his va
rious properties with light ard power as
at present bat that ne nor no one else
be allowed 20 furnish light or power -
outside customers. The report was re-
ferred 20 the tudiclary committee.
Mayor Orr sent 4 message 20 the c0un-
Cu stating that re had vetoed the Ordin-
ance reducing the rates OF the North End
water works. He said that he had exam
.uea into the matter. and did no, feel
fns.ined an further reducing the income
% the conpany while II was doing a los
ing business Without much ado the
s,o;lnei PASSED the ordinance over the Ye-
20. All the councilmen were present eX-
cept Cove. There was not dissenting
vote
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the ~ey down. saw Perkins going ahead
OF me. and walked along. Wheeler close
behind. Baldwin. Loop ard Warden fol-
lowed close behind 20 the wharf. where my
sioop lay. STOPPED 20 lay down = block
ard tackle WAS carFyius As | did - ]
looked around and saw Baldwin Strikins
~ Wheeler with his big club cane. Loon
sprarg forward also and hit Wheeler and
PERKINS rushed st him. toe. While they
were struggling there were shots fred.
bat ! eon't knew who fred them. Then
wheeler broke away from them and ran
around the warehouse. When they So.
around Wheeler fell. knocked down or
sEos. Baldwin rushed up 10 him very eicse
and Kept shooting. He shot three times
after Wheeler feb. Wheeler called out
Take Them off. they are killing me re-
peaung the last two words Warden stood
near me with a large crowhar and whom
wheeler called for help pulled my pistol
and nred warning shot. not at any enc.
and then l made rush. as passed War
den ne hit me from behind With the crow
bar, and fell seaseleSs. When came TO
the steamer was Just coming in. / am
bruised all over my hack and head. and
believe was kicked while unconscious.
The trouble has been brewing for a year
or more, and about a week ago I went TO
see the prosecuting attorney 20 see II 1
could not get relief from the insults and
continual threats"
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Mrs. NEaelnre,s Eseapade..

Port Townsend. Aug. I0-Special The
adventures of Mrs. Msciure, the woman
whose husband accuses her OF abducting
her own children. shows what privat3ons
A mother VIII suffer 20 gain possession
of her offspring That the woman was
insane IS evidenced by provincial certif-
Gates issued in Victoria four years ago
since then size was successfully treated
fn A sanitariura ~ California. The cum
ming manner hy which she gained control
~ the children was fully told in Friday s
pasr-lnteIligeucsr For nearly q month
she svad.d the lynx-eyed police force OF
Victoria. and never for moment could
they 1acate the two ligtle girls. aged IL
and II years. The scent was getting so
warm that the mother embarked IN an
omen boat after niEht and was rowed
across "a San Juan island. on the AmeTi-
car shore. There they landed and walk
ea around The beach for several miles,
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Everett, Aug lo.-Special I'm the hear
ing before Justice Baird of the case
against Feeney, Sperry and Myers.
charged with selling w. r. Heating an
interest in sailed mine IN the St.lla-
guam.sh district, the prosecution intro
duced evidence 10 show that the rock was
not in the possession Of Heating contin-
uously from the time II left the mine un-
I'll IL was treated, and that the gold ex-
tracted was placer dust and not from
rock in place. The theory is that the
sailing was done while Heating was not
in possession of the quartz. w. Il.
Brown testified that he sold placer gold
dust to one of the parties few days pre-
vious to the time when the sailing Is al
legged to have been done. Witnesses also
testified that other rock was subsequent
ly taken from the same place and that
no trace of gold could be discovered.
Aside from MIR. Brown, the principal wit
nesses were Mr.. keating and Mr.. Sher-
fey. The defense offered no testimony. as
a civil action having been brought in the
same connection to recover 81 600, they did
not desire TO give their evidence on the
hearing. Attorneys for defendants claim
that they viii be able TO show that the
placer gold was used for another pur-
pose. The defendants were held i1r trial
in the superior court in the sum of $500
each
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The Pacific County Assessment.

South Bend. Aug fA.-Special.-Th
county commissioners are now in session
as board OF equalization. The county
assessment as made this year shows a
total of 81. sa2. So of which So 0S6.iS is real
property and ss0s. .os6 personals sproperty.
Last years assessment was S2,T4,,2s3, "A
reduction this year Of sS52,sss. Most OF
this reduction is in the valuation of per-
sonai property. The agricultural ma
chinery of Pacific county, according TO
Assessor Huson's returns. is valued at
81. .S15; steamboats, and sailing vessels. S&.-
5sa goods and merchandise. ssi.sai. manu-
featuring material and tools. S36..SS; mon
eys and credits SSs. $50; improvements on
lands held by the United States, Sl3,aS9;
telegraph. telephone aud electric light
lines. $3.50: railroad rolling stock and
personal property. $500. There arc in
the county f0s horses. mules and asses.
valued at S. f9o: 1859 cattle. at s26.4Oo: AZ
sheep. at $3.50; go hogs. at s519; Isl wag-
ons and carriages. at $3.50. loi sewing
machines. at $500. 12f watches and clocks.
at =, 80. 20 organs and pianos, at $500.
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The Eleventh Victim of the
Massacre at HwaSang.
CONFESSION OF A MURDERER.
Mrs. Stewart Was Frenzied. and
Fought Till Hacked 10 Pieces
The American warShip Detroit Has
sailed for Toochow- The Anthorl-
ties M Washington City at Last Tell
Admiral Carpenter To DO Some-
thing.

New York. Aug. io-The World will
print the following special cahlegram to-
morrow.
Foochow. Aug. 10 Baby stewart IL
dead. the eleventh victim OF the massacre
of missionaries by the Chinese ar
Hwasang
one Of the rnurderers Of the Stewards
has heen caught and has confessed that
they cGt OF the hands and head Of tho
wife. Mrs. Stewart was frenzied and
fought till hacked 10 pieces.
Foochow Is cut OF from Pekiug. The
Chinese say the telegraph lines are block
ed north OF the Yangtsskiang river. Tho
American warship Detroit is coming
washington City, Aug. m~-The navy dee
partment today received a cablegran an
nouneing that Commander Newell had
sailed from Shanghai with the Detroit for
Eoochow. Foochow is about 400 miles
south OF Shanghai. and is the nearest port
70 the scene of the rioting at Ingbok and
Hwasang. which latter point is about lis
miles from Foochow. and Ingbok about
fifty miles. The dispatching OF the De-
troit To Foochow, was construed here to
mean that both Minister DENLY and Adj
miral Carpenter. who, with tho flagship
Baltimore. is at Nagasaki. Japan. about
80 miles from Shanghai. across the Yell
lew sea, are fully alive 10 the situation
and propose 10 have an American cruiser
rs close as possible 10 the scene Of the dis
furhances for the protection OF such mis-
sionaries as may flee to the coast. and also
10 enforce such demands may be made.
Notwithstanding this evidence OF tho
activity of Minister DENLY and Admiral
Carpenter. Acting Secretary McAdoo inn
mediateis cshled Admiral Carpenter. ad-
visinE him OF the apprehension here re-
garding the safety of the lives AMI prop
erty of the Americans In China. and IN
structing him to use every possible effort
for their protection. lie also asked tho
admiral 10 cable him al once the real sit
uation and the prospects of further dis
turbances involving American interests.
Acting Secretary McAdoo dictated the
following statement today: The navy
department presumes that Admiral Car
penter Is i'm constant communication with
United States Minister DENLY at T'eking
regarding the protestatious OF American
citizens IN China, and that he is doing
everything in his power 10 that end He
has been communicated with. and a reply
from him is expected very soon.''
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& Captain Runs Away From a Fine.


Port Townsend. Aug fo.-Special.-An
English captain has cleveTiv eutwitted
party OF Americans who had claims
against his vessel The schooner Amer
icana, owned by British subjects and fly-
ing the Hawaiian ensign. arrived recently
from the Orient. The crew was signed in
England. and on their arrival here each
man had wages due him averaging about
sl25. The master. Smith. contracted with
local sailor boarding house master. Max
Levy, so the latter states. that for each
man taken from the vessel be would pay
80. Three men were stolen from the ship.
one OF whom was very i'll, suffering from
a loathsome disease When the searlen
Learned that they had been cleverly duped.
and that they had been noted in the ar
ticles as deserters, they employed counsel
In the meanwhile the vessel went on the
dry dock for repairs. and through third
parties represented TO the Seamen's coun-
sci that the men would be paid their wages
in full. Then ii was that the sailor who
was sick was admitted to the marine hos
pital upon certificate showing that he
was lately discharged from an American
vessel. DIR. Cobb, learning of the fraud.
began to institute proceedings against the
schooner for landing in United States
port a paaper who was suffering from an
uncomfortable contagion. The penalty is
a fine not to exceed $500 Cant Smith be
gan to realize the serious complications in
which the vessel was Involved. and begged
for and was granted few days in which
TO recomperse those who had suffered hy
the schooners $ action. However. he quiet
ly engaged tug and stealthily slipped out
of the Sound after dark and across to.
British Columbia waters. from where he
sent back his compliments TO the govern
ment authorities. The vessel is now ~
Burrard Inlet, loading lumber for Delagoa
bay, Africa.
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The steamshlp victoria In ouarantIne.

Victoria. Aug. 1o-Steamship Victoria,
Of the Northern Pacific line. arrived from
Yokohama this evening. Under the new
quarantine regulations she was ordered
20 Williams Head station for inspection
and possibly fumigation. She viii dock
tomorrow. No communication was al
lowed with her tonight. Strong objections
are being made 10 the strinEency Of the
regulations. and II is urged by the steam
ship officials that health conditions in
the Orient do not warrant them. They
may be modified. The rules require every
vessel from the Orient TO 60 to the sta
tjon. and much valuable time is lost.
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MRS. sTASFoRD's CHEAP HELr.
White Men Being Displaced by Chi
neSe and Japanese.

San Francisco. Aug. 1a~-Lahor Commits
sioner Fitzgerald has received letter
from John Dunno denouncing Mrs Leland
stanford for introducing japanese and
Chinese labor on the Nina ranch. Dunno
saws that since Senator Stanford's death
Mrs Stanford has dismissed nearly all
the white help and has employed Chinese.
Now he is informed that she has made a
contract 10 employ 80 japanese, although
white men have offered TO work for 20
cents. Dunno says the people about Nina
are much incensed over the matter and
that he fears trouble He urges the com
missioner TO call her attention 90 the TACT
that white labor can be furnished 10 do
all the work required
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Everett. Aug. Special. N. VIII
mans was in the city yesterday. accom-
panied by MIR. Miller. of California, and
AR. Compton. of Einira. y. V, both Of
whom are interested in the Wilmans min
ing properties at Monte Cristo. Mr.
Compton also represents J. Sloat FGssett
OF New York. who visited the mines a
year ago. Work on the Golden Cord will
be resumed on Monday next with thirty
men. The Golden Cord has 200,0G0 tons
OF ore in sight, and is sufficiently devei-
oped TO mine fifty tons day. Mr. Will
mans will take charge of the mines in
person. The new machinery in the con-
centrator at Monte Cristo was started on
Friday for the first time. and works very
satisfactorily
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Port TownSend's Treasurer.

Port Townsend. Aug. 10. - Special. -
Mayor Rogers claims that the city OF Port
Townsend is without a treasurer. After
going into office Rogers withdrew from
Treasurer Christians bond. and under the
law he was allowed ten days TO file bond
with new sureties. The time elapsed and
Christian did not secure the necessary
bond. and then IL was that the mayor YER
ballv declared the Office vacant. However,
the incumbent saws he does not propose to
turn over the Office until the council con-
firms his successor. That the council will
not do and of course Mr.. Christian con-
tinues TO act as treasurer.
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Taooma's Relief to spragno.

Tacoma, Aug. le.-Special.-The COM
mittee having in charge the securing and
forwarding OF needed goods TO the suffer-
ers by the Sprague fire last evening sent
forward to that city a car containing
One thosand pounds of fresh fish, hams
etc, i3 sacks -four. / case crackers. 2
cases corned beef. 30 mattresses. 80 pairs
Of blankets, dozen comforters, . second
hand cook stoves and cooking utensils. a
pairs Of shoes. a0i4 dozen pairs Of stock
ings 400 yards of outings. iii yards of
sheeting. n suits of clothes. assorted
sizes. 5Ia dozen mems and ooys' shirts
and underwear and 81 worth of groceries.
Sixteen dollars and thirty cents the un-
expended balance of the money raised
was forwarded to Mayor Sanderson to-
da~
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The Accident 10 the warimoo.

Victoria. Aug. le.-The steamship War
rimoo was apparently not very much
damaged by her stay on the reef near
Carmanah point. but she viii be docked at
Esquimalt for survey tomorrow after
noon. She was hard and fast for five
hours. being worked off at high water by
line run 10 an exposed reef near by.
The accident was duo TO dense fog and
Capt. Arundel rnistaking his location, be-
lieved the Carmanah signal was the Ia
toosh signal Lead was being heavsd
constantly. and a sounding taken only a
few seconds before the accident showed
200 fsthoms. no bottom. There was no ex-
element among the passengers, as the
shcre was within easy reach.
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Everett Aug. Io.-special.-A modifca-
ton OF tho contract between the Rucker
Bros and the Everett Land Company
was fled this week extending until May
I. 1856. the time which the latter COM
pauy has to complete the large sawmll
on the tide hats. The mill is 10 cost ss5.-
o9e exclusive of sidetracks. approaches
nd a~s-az
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SAN FRANcIsco's DEATH RATE.
Consumption the Great Destroyer and
There Are Many suicides.

San Francisco, Aug. ls.-There were
e.0se deaths in san Francisco during the
past year Since 1898 the number OF
deaths has decreased by one each year.
Assuming the population Of the city 20
be sSo, ,eo1. the percentage OF deaths was
IL g. Consumption carried of the most
reor,le- the deaths resulting from that dis
ease numbering 100. There were I'll
casualties. 10 suicides and eighteen mur-
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Cod From Boring sea.

Anacortes. Aug. 1s.-Special. The
schooner Lizzie Colby. N. MePhee mas
ter. arrived in port last evening. seven
teen days from Bering sea. she left here
April - for the cod banks. and brings
hack fun catch OF IL. 90 fish. or about
5le.ss1 pounds This was the Colby's
fourth voyage 20 Bering sea since Janu-
a~Is
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NO PASSPORTS FOR JAPs.
They Can't Leave Japan for Canads
Unless They Have some Money.

Vancouver, 3. c.. Aug. 10.-Japanese
Consul Nosse has just received word from
his government that passports will not be
granted TO any more Japanese to leave
that country for Canada unless they have
sufficient money TO engage in farming or
trade This action was taken N accord
ance with a report made by Consul Nosse
in regard 10 the large number of japanese
lsborers out Of work here a few months
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Oakland, Cal, Aug. 1o.-Mrs- Annie
Cameron, the prominent society woman
who was under sentence for assault 10
r,urder. IS dead Mrs. Cameron accused
fhe husband Of her niece n J. Lay-
nance, an Oakland real estate aeaier
and politician. OF OWNS heF sS''''' ~tllil
- res,iEe>. 10 pay. Mrs. Cameron went
IN his Office. ard in a dispute over the
arnour, drew a pistol. but II Was taken
from her before she could FIRE. She was
,riss for assault TO murder and convict
"a though an attempt was made 10 prove
her insane. Mrs. Cameron app iled 70
the supreme court. and F@hding fhe ae-
-, ~ that body was released on haii.
sc ,,rver recovered her spirits after her
.rtat ana il Is believed her troubles hast
ened her death.
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Anacortes. Aug 1e.-Speciai The mu-
nlcipaI Indebtedness Of Anacortes has
been reduced s.. .. OF this decrease
s.. .s2s. IS IS general fund and ss6s ~ special
fund. The present city government Is
composed almost entirely of property
owners. who are earnestly striving TO un-
do the mischief done by the early poll
ticians and boomers.
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Portland. Aug l0.-AGJt- Gen. RrSgles
arrived today on tour Of Inspection
GOV. McGraw. Nelson Bennett. of Ia
coma. and II g. Struve. OF Seattle. ac-
companied the general from Walla Nalla.
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The whatcoin Normal school.

Whatcon. Aug. 10. - Special ~ Frof.
Schwageri arrived this morning from Sc
atfle TO inspect the normal school site
and select the precise location for the
building. Mrs. Schwageri accompanies
him. lie will deliver a theosophicai Tee
ture here tomorrow.
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N-aryous debility Is a common complaint
aspeciaIlv among women The best nedl-
cal treament for this disorder is a per-
Sfs,art course Of Ayers SaTsa parilla to
.lcsrse and invigorate the blood. This
he5Dg accomplished. nature viii do the
rest
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- -. rn..lan.i,s rafr,nl I-le.et

Vancouver, Aug. 1e.-Steaner CsPilano
leaves tomorrow for Sitka with cal for
The British patrol feet IL Bering sea.
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..Per Cignrrtfe-.,,

The old favorites can Eow be found IN
every cigar store
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..Pinafore'' tonight. Madison park.
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"Plnafore'' tonight. Madison park.