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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
The Yam Tie Company Forced by
San Francisco Creditors
to Suspend.
ESTATE OF AN ELBE VICTIM
Property of a Man Who Went Down
With the Steamer Distributed
Among Heirs.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Dec. G7.-The Central
California Association, recently formed
here with the intention of Importing for
eign song and game birds to this State, is
growing in strength rapidly. Game War
den Mackenzie, who is leading spirit in
the organization, while in Arizona
few days ago arranged to secure the cer-
dinal and hooking bird. Various song
birds will be secured in the East. 1t is
said that these birds feed upon insects and
do not harm fruit. Upon their arrival in
this city they will be rested under good
care, after which they will be liberated to-
gether in favorable sections.
Mr.. Mac enZie says special attention is
being given to the care of the Monaghan,
golden and English pheasants which are
now in captivity in this country. There
are over a hundred OF these birds, and
their value is considered great on account
of their peculiar habits and characteristics.
They will be held in captivity until after
the laying season in the spring.
Their eggs will be Matched under bantam
hens, and the young pheasants liberated
as soon as they become able to care for
themselves. The hen pheasants hatch on
year. Being protected from destruction
by hunters or others for three years by the
State law, it is considered possible, with
ordinary care, to well stock the county
within a short time.
The value of pheasants to the agricul-
tuist Is scarcely sufficiently appreciated ;
the birds destroy enormous numbers OF
injurious insects. Upward of 1900 wire
worms have been taken out of the crop of
a single pheasant, and if this number was
consumed at a single meal the total de-
stroyed must be incredible.
There is no doubt insects are preferred
to grain. An authority tells of one pleas.
ant shot at the close of the shooting sea-
son which had in its crop 726 wireworms,
one snail, nine berries and three grains OF
wheat. Four hundred and forty grubs OF
the cranef1y were taken out of the crop OF
one pheasant.
The Acclimatization Society is gaining
many members from all parts of the
county, as well as from Santa Cruz and
San Mateo counties. Stress is laid upon
the i'm Importance of those contemplating
joining the society doing so as early as
possible in order that birds can be secured
before the spring mating season opens.
All persons having the interest of song
birds at heart are requested to begin at
once general war upon the blueiay and
the English sparrow. The bluejays are
not only destructive to young birds, eggs
and young fish, but to fruit and vegetables.
The English sparrows are of a pugnacious
nature and will go into any trap, and trap
ping is suggested as the best means of kill
ing them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
ALBAKYS ENIGMA.
Young Montgomery Has as Little Regard
for Truth as for Human

ALBANY, Or. Dec. 27.-Lloyd Mont
gomery, the murderer of his parents, is
certainly an oddity, moral enigma. He
seems to have as little regard for his word
as for human life.
To person who called upon him several
times since he was sentenced he has
doggedly insisted that his first confess
sion, in which he alleged that Nc
Kercher killed his parents and that he
then killed McKercher, was correct,
and that he would have persisted in this
story if not practically forced to make the
other statement. If he had been permit
ted to confess when sentenced, he said,
this was the one he intended to make.
He claims in the story he is now telling
that before the shooting McKercher asked
his father if he had sold his hops and the
answer was, YES, on yesterday" and
imm ediately after the shooting began, i'm
plying that McKercher did it for the
money.
This, the officials claim, is the worst
kind of fabrication. and it is not true that
he was forced to give the full confession to
any one. His statement before the Grand
Jury particularly was as voluntary as any
thing ever given.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
FEARS IT HAS GONE DOWN.
Captain Sorensen Not Sangui,se as to the
Ni0scera'S Safety.

Captain Sorensem Not Sanguire as to the
Mioscera's Safety.
SEATTLE WASH. Dec. 27.-Concerning
the fate of the Miowera Captain Sorensen
of the schooner Compeer, now in port
does not take very hopeful view OF the
situation On the 23d and part of the oath
inst. he was sixty miles southwest OF Cape
Flattery, and on those days he sighted
only one vessel, three master, one of the
China liners outward bound. She was
struggling with a terrific storm and the
wind blew almost hurricane. The Com
peer was tossed about like an eggshell, and
Captain Sorensen states that he never
knew so many and such severe westerly
winds as have prevailed around the cape
recentIy
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
EVENTS At Los ANGELES,
Clifton E. Mayne Opposes in
the San Diego Water Com:
pany Bribery Case.
Trustee Stimson Petitions for Relief
From His Trust-Oranges Sent
to the East.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 27.-United
States Commissioner Van Dyke and sew
eral gentlemen from Los Angeles and
San Diego interested in the alleged water
company bribery cases in San Diego were
at the County Jail this morning to take
the deposition of Clifton E. Wayne.
Mayne told substantially the same story
that he did in his affidavit, published few
days ago. After couple of hours. Mayne
said he felt that another hemorrhage
was coming on and he must lie down.
The taking of the deposition was post
poned until this afternoon, but when the
officials called Mayne was too weak to go
on. The object OF the deposition is to pre-
serve Mayne's testimony In case he should
die
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
WEARIED OF HIS TRUST.
Trustee Sttmson of the Apablasa Estat
Seeks to Be Relieved.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 27.-Trustee
NJ. w. Stimson filed a petition to-day to
be relieved of his trusteeship in the matter
of John V. Apablasa.
The trust was originally mace out to
Senator Stephen NJ. White. and conveyed
five and half acres in the vicinity of
Marchessault street in this city in trust
for the benefit OF Apablasa, who is minor.
The trustee states that he does not
know who is now entitled to receive the
estate.
1t is claimed by James E. Gordon, who
says he holds deed to it. Z. V. Sargent
also claims to own it under purchase at a
Sheriff's sale upon foreclosure of a
mortgage for about $4,000. A suit is
also pending to set this mortgage
foreclosure and sale aside, upon the ground
that it was taken against Apablasa when
he was minor, and there was no guardian
appointed for him.
Considerable litigation will ensue before
the matter is settled. Apablasa attained
his majority September 2.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
LAWTERS IN TROUBLE.
Dis6arment Proceedings Likely to BE
brought at Spokane.

Disbarment Proceedings Likely to Be
brought at Spokane.
SPOKANE, WASH, Dec. 27.-At meet
ing of the Spokane Bar Association last
evening a committee OF three was ap-
pointed to investigate the charges made
by the bench that a number of Spokane
lawyers were very corrupt in their prac-
tees, and that in a number of instances
they have tried to bride the juries, in some
cases being successful.
Judge Buck read a singing rebuke from
the bench several days ago, and while no
names were mentioned it was plain to
which lawyers he referred. Corruption in
court matters has long been subject of
general rumor, and the Bar Association
intends to put an end 20 it and will oisbar
offending members.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
DIED At VANCOUYER.
Passing of Ae0igims JunJer, the Bisho
of NisQtdtIy.

Passing of Ae0igims JunJer, the Bishop
of NisqmGtly.
PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 81. Aegigius
Junger, DID,, Bishop of Nisqually, COM
prising the State of Washington, and
Suffragan of the Ecclesiastical province
of Oregon, died last night at Vancouver,
Washington, of diabetes. His death was
unexpected, though he had been in poor
health for some time.
Bishop Junger was 50 years of age, and
was born near AK la Chapelle la Ger
many. He came to the United States in
1862 and was stationed at Walla Walla,
WASH, as missionary priest. In 1864 he
was made pastor of the Cathedral of St.
James at Vancouver; was elevated 90 the
bishopric in 1879, which position he held
until his death.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
MOENY FOR TURKEY.
RMmors of an Adrance to Be Made by
the ROfbSCh{IdS.

hum0TS or an A6cdnce to BE Made by
the ROthsChitds.
LONDON, Eng, Dec. 27.-The Chroni-
cle's Constantinople correspondent tele-
graphs that it is rumored that the Roths-
childs have agreed to advance $4,000, 900 to
the Turkish Government against a new
tax on petroleum.
Another rumor is to the effect that Russia
will guarantee the Rothschilds receiving
81 1000, 0O0 on account of the Turkish war
indemnity. The correspondent does not
vouch for the accuracy of the rumors, but
declares that the suggested tax will be
illegal unless the powers give their assent
to it.
CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY, Dec. 81
A semi-official dispatch from Messina, near
Adana, says that it is reported there that
the Armenians lost $500 men and the
Turks $50 in the fighting which resulted in
the recapture of Zeltoun by the Turks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
THE WALLACE SHOOTING,
Lawyer Jones Bullet Did Not
Hit the Man for Whom it
Was Intended.
A Son of the DR.. Hughes Who Was
Wounded Was the Offending
Person.

SPOKANE, WASH, Dec. 27.-The latest
report from Wallace says that DR.. Curtis
Hughes, who was shot yesterday afternoon
at that place by Lawyer Walter Jones, is
still alive, and hopes are entertained for
his recovery.
1t seems that the DR.. Hughes shot was
not the one that Jones intended to hit, the
lawyer having fired at DR.. Edward
Hughes, a SOL of the wounded man, who
was walking with him at the time. Jones
is very much aggrieved at the mistake,
but, had he hit the other man, would evil
IDENTIFY have expressed no regret.
The shooting resulted from some special
attention paid to Jones' wife by the
younger DR.. Hughes, although there is
not breath of scandal connected with it.
DR.. Hughes is well known in this city,
having practiced here for number OF
years, and only lately went to Wallace at
the request of his son.
DR.. Hughes is member of number of
orders, and his life is insured for $24 900.
Jones has retained Judge Ganahl of this
city to defend him. Jones is one of the
most prominent men in that section, hav-
ing at one time been County Attorney.
He is well connected.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
WENT THROUGH THE ICE.
NdrrotU Escape of a Prussian Princes
and a Baroness

BERLIN, GERMANY, Dec. 27.-While
Princess Louise Sophie, wife of Prince
Frederick Leopold of Prussia, was skating
with the Baroness CoImar, one of the
ladies of the Prussian court, near Grieb-
nltz Lake, Bebelsoerg near Potsdam, to-
day, the ice gave way and the Princess
and Baroness were thrown into the water,
which was very deep.
A witness of the mishap named Hank
WITT endeavored to rescue them with the
aid OF a pole, to which the ladies chung,
but the ice kept breaking away and threw
Hankwitz also into the water, all three be-
ing in danger of drowning.
A son of Hankwitz ran to the rescue,
and with the aid of a ladder succeeded in
saving the ladies and his father. The
Princess and the Baroness were carried to
the castle of Prince Frederick Leopold in
an exhausted condition, but they are re-
covering from their shock and exposure.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
a BEnEe at bakersfield.

BAKERSFIELD, CAL, Dec. 27.-The
residence of Charles Keller was burned to
the ground last night, with all its contents.
A fire started from a defective fiue Mon
day evening, but the flames were quickly
eXtinguished. The 8 ace between the
ceiling and the roof was lined with several
thicknesses of material used for carpet
lining made of raper and felt. In this it
is believed the fire smoldered until last
evening, when it broke out suddenly and
quickly destroyed the house.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
Funeral of Jacob 4. Hutton.

SAN JOSE. CAL, Dec. 27.-The funeral
of Jacob A. Hutton, a pioneer resident of
this valley, took place from his late resi-
dence in San Tomas district this after
noon. Interment was made at Santa
Clara The deceased was 81 years of age
and native of New York. He had re-
sided here since 1855.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
FAILURE OF CHINESE FIRM.
The Fan Tie Company Forced to Close
the "Ctty of Pekia."

SAN JOSE, CAL, Dec. 27.-The Van Tie
Company, by Wing Pc Chin, the man
ager, to-day petitioned the Superior Court
to be declared insolvent. The company
has been conducting fancy goods bust
ness on South Second street, under the
name of the City of Pekin. A general de-
preston in business is the cause given for
failure.
The liabilities amount to S10,554 IS. and
consist of Indebtedness to San Francisco
firms for goods furnished. The assets are
$4,000, EN- bracing the stock of goods in the
store. January was set as the time for
hearing the petition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
Won BY SACRAMEETO.
". e. Henry's Suit against the City
Decided adversely.

Decided adversely.
SACRAMENTO. CAL, Dec. 27.-The
suit brought by W. E. Henry against the
city for over 100000 for breach of contrac.
was dismissed this morning on demurrer.
The suit arose out of a contract made by
the city with a. L. Fish to establish a
pumping plant to furnish the city sup
ply OF well water. Fish assigned the con-
tract to J. H. Henry and A. Abbott, who
found good water and made a report to
the Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees favored city own
eIship of the water works and refused to
close the contract. Abbott and henry then
assigred to W: E. Henry, who brought
suit, with the above result. The grounds
of the demurrer are that the complaint did
not state facts sufficient. The court held
that an Enclosed contract was not as
signable.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
VIII BE Buiit at Seattle,

SEATTLE, WASH, Dec. 27.-Robert
Moran received telegram to-day from
Senator Squire, saying that the Seattle
Drydocks and Shipbuilding Company had
been awarded the contract for construct
ing the Government tugboat Golden Gate.
The contract price is $38, 765. and the boat
is to be com pleted by August 1, 1885,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
Division of the Baker Estate.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec 27.-Charles
H. Forbes, administrator of the estate of
the late Robert S. Baker, made his final
account in Judge Clark's court this after
noon, showing that the total value of the
estate is $341. 755 IS. much more than was
the discovery of certain stocks. There are
a number of heirs, who will divide half Of
the estate proportionately, Mrs. Arcadia
B. de Baker, widow OF the deceased, being
entitled to the other half.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
DEPARTS FROM MARE ISLAND.
The Boston to Start for the China Station
IO-Ddy.

VALLEJO, CAL. Dec. 27.-The Boston
sails tomorrow at o'clock A. NJ. direct for
China, carrying some sixty men above her
crew for distribution among war vessels
now on that station. Some of these men
will 20 to the Monocacey, which craft is
used as a sort of river police boat in those
waters, penetrating further inland IN the
event of native uprisings than is possible
for the regular cruisers.
The Boston sails u much finer ship than
when last in commission. She row makes
four or five knots greater speed, and her
battery and eIectric-light plant have been
made more effective.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
sEABEoK READY FOR VAR.

an Old Cannon Mounted in Preparation
for Siege.
SEATTLE, WASH, Dec. 27.-Anent the
Venezuelan trouble. the town of Seabeck,
near the head of Hoods canal, this State,
is preparing for a siege, and has given SUBJ
stantial evidence of her patriotism by
mounting on an eminence an old cannon
with the name George III'' cast into its
rusty breech. The war piece is a relic Of
the Hudson Bay Company, and of the
time when Great Britain owned the terri
tory and her flag was floating over Seabeck
soil.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
THE srRArHSsVIs LLBELED.
Salvage Claims of the Mineotd's Otcners
Fired at $4,000.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Dec. 81
The Pacific liner Strathnevis. which, after
drifting about for sixty-six days IN MID
ocean With a broken propeller, was hnaliy
rescued FROM wrecking on Destruction
Island. was to-day Iibelied at this port by
the Canadian Pacific Railway, charterers
of the steamer Mlneola, which rescued
her. The salvage claim is fixed at $780,
vessel niS to Tacoma where her cargo will be
taken out, having been duplicated since
she failed to arrive at her destination.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
Suicide at MdrusuiLLe.

MARYSVILLE. CAL, Dec. 27.-George
Boy of the firm of Hammerly & Boy, cigar
makers. committed suicide at his lodgings,
in the rear of the esta blishment, last
night The body was found by his part
ner this morning with bullet hole in the
right temple and a revolver clutched in
his right hand,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28

nevis, in tow of the tugs Sea Lion and
Tyee, arrived here at midnight and is
moored TO buoy in the midstream, and
will remain there until the steamship
Victoria arrives tomorrow, after which
she will be put in the drydock at Quarter
master Harbor, near this city. Considera-
Bile trouble was experienced coming up the
Sound. Several hawsers were parted, and
the tugs had difficulty in handling the big
Sfaa
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
Accident at BnIeersiefd.

BAKERSFIELD. CAL, Dec. 27.-John
Delaney, night clerk of the Cosmopolitan
Hotel in this city, was run over by hose
cart on its way to a fire last evening and
received fatal injuries. Delaney was
veteran of the Civil War and lived here for
many years.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
PendJefom Coumterfei.ers.

PENDLETON, Or. Dec. 27-E. B.
Crawford of Athena and Louis Estes Of
PendIeton were to-day arrested for manu-
featuring and circulating gold coin.
Eighty dollars in ten and twenty dollar
pieces were found upon them. The
counterfeit was good imitation of genuine
c0in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
Gold in Thomson Rtrer.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 27.-The ter.
rible British Columbia Hoods have not been
an unmixed evil. They diverted the
Thompson River about four miles from
Lavina, b. c.. and left large bend in the
river very shallow. The bed of this river
is rich in gold. A syndicate is being
formed to work three miles of this bed
with dredge. Enormous returns are ex-
pected.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
PLIGHT OF 4 SANTA oRUzAN.
A Man Who Ignored Judgment Found
GUILTY. of Contempt.

SANTA CRUZ CAL, Dec. Pin the
Superior Court this morning D. W. Gill
more was adjudged guilty of contempt in
failing to comply with an order of the
court, directing him to apply upon iudg-
ment held by Charles Rulofson $3.50 in
cash and gold watch in his possession.
Gilmore was ordered confined IN the
county Jail until he paid over the $3.50 and
surrendered the watch. Judgment was
suspended for ten days in order to give him
time to raise the money, which, 1t is al
legged, he turned over to another person in
order to evade the judgment.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
Ornuoes Sent Eastward.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 27.-The
Southern Pacific forwarded seventeen car
loads of oranges eastward last night and
the Santa Fee eleven carloads of the golden
fruit.
The reports from the East are that the
fruit is arriving in good condition and
giving satisfaction. Riverside alone has
shipped thus far 295 carloads of oranges,
and as the fruit was packed judiciously it
is meeting with ready sale in the East.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
arrested for Forgery.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 27.-J. f.
Bidwell was arrested this afternoon upon
a charge of having signed the name of w.
+. Marshall to a check drawn upon the
Los Angeles National Bank and passed it
upon C. j. Robinson. The amount was
$500. The accused was taken before JUS
tce Young, who held him to answer under
$1,000 bond, Failing to secure bail. he
went to Jail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
Subscribing for the Rail,cav.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Dec. 27.-The canvass
of the committees in the interest of the
Saratoga electric railway project yester-
day resulted in securing $2955. This makes
total of SIS, 955 subscribed toward the
$50, 900 necessary to secure the road.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
Charged by HIS Mother.

STOCKTON, CAL, Dec. 27.-William
Bannen young man of Alameda, was ar
rested in this city yesterday and will be
taken to his home on charge of embez-
element. He was formerly in the employ
of an Alameda grocer named Joost, but a
few weeks ago left town, taking, it is said,
some of his employers money. A singular
feature of the case is the fact that the war
rant for Bannen's arrest was sworn out,
not by Joost but by Bannen's mother.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
Poso Has Become Famosa.

BAKERSFIELD, CAL, Dec. 27.-The
railroad company to-day changed the name
Of its station formerly known as Poso, in
this county, to Famosa. Poso as a rail-
road station and Spottiswood 5 postoffice
are now things of the past, as the Postal
Department several weeks ago changed
SpOttiswood to Famosa.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
TISALIA GETS A MEDAL.
Its Peach Erhibit the Best at the atlanta
EGDOsitiOu.

It's Peach ErhiJff The Best at The AtIdntd
Exposition.
VISALIA, CAL, Dec. 27.-In the pub
lished reports of awards made at the
Atlanta Exposition no mention was made
of Visalia, consequently L. H. Thomas
wrote to Phil NJ. Baier to learn the reason
why. To-day Mr. Thomas received letter
from Mr.. Baier, written at Atlanta on the
Dist, in which the following statement is
made:
81 got for the Visalia district an award
as high as the fair gives-a gold medal
for an exhibit of peaches, dried and in
fluid, superior 10 any for flavor, size and
color, and the only medal given for that
grade. The big peach district of Georgia
received silver medal for the same thing"
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residence of J. M. Coffman, editor of the
Biggs Argus, was destroyed by fire this
afternoon. A defective flue was the cause,
and the flames spread so rapidly that it
was impossible to save much from the up
per floors. The loss on the building and
contents is $500; insured for $1,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
Water system for Healdsbmrg.

SANTA ROSA, CAL, Dec. 81. A COM
mittee OF citizens of Healdsburg has been
here this week investigating the new sys-
tenn of water works, with view to having
a system like it put in at Healdsburg. The
committee is making an effort to get Con-
tractor Perkins TO go to HeaIdsburg and
put in the system.