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4 SUICIDE NEAR FELTON,,
THOMAS EDWARDS DIED WITH A
BALEROPE AROUND HIS
NECK.
HANGED HIMSELF IN A Mill
WHERE He WAS EMPLOYED
AS WATCHMAN.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Oct. 26.-Thomas
Edwards applied at Cover & Co.'s lumber
mill, above FELTON,, for work, several days
ago. As the night Waterman had just
given up his position, Edwards was ap-
pointed his successor, and for three days
held the place. This morning he was
found hanging in the basement of the
mill. A baIerope was tied to the machin-
cry, and as there was not room to stand,
Edwards had sat down and thrown his
weight upon the rope. When found it was
apparent that he had only been dead a
short time, as his neck was blue from the
rope. His hat was hanging near by and
his lantern was at his side, the wick still
burning.
Edwards was last seen when he got his
lunch at midnight from the Chinese cook.
He had cleaned the mill, oiled the machin-
cry and had all things ready to start up in
the morning. Edwards claimed to have
worked in Mendocino County before COM
ing to Santa Cruz and was very quiet. He
was about 30 years OF age. His nativity is
unknown.
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AGAIN IN EVIDENCE AFTER AN
ABSENCE OF TWENTY-FIVE
YEARS.
HAD NOT SETTLED HER AFFAIRS
MUST APPEAR AND SHOW CAUSE OR
BE REMOVED FROM HER
TRUST.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Oct. 26.-Francis W.
Reid to-day filed a petition in the Superior
Court asking that Mrs. Kate Lauthier be
removed as executrix of the estate OF Peter
w. Smith, deceased, as she has failed to
perform her duties.
Peter W. Smith died in 1871 and left
property valued at about $4,000 in the Will
lows. Mrs. Smith was named as eXecu-
trix, and she sold the land to w. w. Reid,
but the sale was never confirmed by the
court.
A few months ago Francis W. Reid ap-
piled for letters of administration of Peter
w. Smiths estate in order TO perfect the
title to the land. The widow had not been
heard of for years and it was Supposed that
she was dead. The proceedings came to
the notice of the widow, who was living
near Jacksonville, and she and her son re-
turned here and contested the petition.
Judge Reynolds denied the petition of
Reid, and declared the widow executrix,
allowing her reasonable time to settle up
the estate. This the plaintiff alleges she
has not done, and asks that her letters Of
administration be revoked. The estate at
present is worth $4,000.
Judge Reynolds made an order citing
Mrs. Lauthier to appear November Is and
show cause why she should not be removed
as eXecutriX.
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the ties are in position. The company has
stored on the north bank of Mormon Chan
mel, near Hunter street, an immense guam
tity of materials for use on the country
line, while inside the city limits about two
and half miles of track is already down.
None OF the rolling stock has arrived
but the construction gangs with pushcars
are pushing the track toward the south,
pending the arrival of locomotives and
cars.
This company has had the advantage of
the Valley road people in the matter Of
grades, as their heaviest grading has been
done at this end and no heavy or difficult
work will be experienced until the canyon
at the other end is reached.
That the company intends to haul all
kinds of freight to and from the west side
is now generally understood, but notwith-
standing this it is distinctiveIy a coal road,
for it is but means to an end in the de-
velopment of the mountains of wealth
which the company owns in the Corral
Hollow country. 1t involves no venture
to its projectors, as they already have the
freight in the mines to send 100 cars over
the line daily for ten years.
The people watch its progress with in
terest, as it means cheap fuel and greater
demand for labor. Though private en-
terprise, it still appeals to the public
spirit of the people of Stockton. The great
coal bunkers, upon which work will short
ly be begun, will overshadow any others
in the State, and the fact that the COM
pany can work fully 1900 men in different
departments Of its business when the road
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Mohrs Landing the river terminal, and the
company expects to have the road in
operation by February 15 1896.
The vast amount of construction work
done III this period is indicative of the
company's desire to make good its early
announced intention of putting the road
through as soon as possible. The coming
of the San Joaquin Valley road to Stock
ton made it imperative upon the Corral
Hollow Company to include this city on
its line.
When the original articles Of incorpora-
ton were filed the San Francisco coal trade
was about the only object of the company,
but with Stockton as a division headquar-
tors of great railroad and all that--meant
to the City two markets vera to be looked
after. From the day the first shovelful of
earth was thrown on the grade at Mormon
Channel until the present time steady and
thorough work on the line has been in
progress.
To-day one fine trestle bridge across
Mormon Channel is completed with the
exception ofa few rails, and another bridge
similar in construction will carry track
across the channel little further to the
east in the vicinity OF Hunter street.
At French Camp Slough another trestle
bridge is being built. About 1000 feet
above the Southern Pacific bridge over the
San Joaquin the company is preparing to
erect costly steel structure. The entire
length of the road from the mines to the
coal-bunker site, near the junction of the
San Joaquin River and Stockton Channel,
is about thirty five miles. More than one
half of this distance is already covered by
the finished grade, and for nearly ten miles
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EXPLOSION At FA|RHAVEN,
TWO MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL
INJURED BY THE BURSTING
OF A BOILER.
Loss OF LIFE AND THE DEsTRUC-
TON OF A MILL CAUSED BY A
FIREMAN's ERROR.

FAIRHAVEN, WASH, Oct. ga ter
rife explosion occurred at the Pacific Coast
Milling Company's lumber mill at $40
this morning, killing two men, fatally in
juring another and severely injuring three
more, as well as wrecking the mill prop
erty.
There were four large boilers in the mill,
only one of which was in use at night to
run the drier. The fireman has just started
to get up steam in the others, and it is
supposed either allowed tho water to get
low and turned cold water into them after
they became heated, or turned hot steam
into them from the top when they were
full OF cold water. Whatever the cause
two boilers exploded with fearful force
one of them being blown fully 500 feet
away, passing through the drvhouse and
dropping through the railroad trestle into
the water. The boiler-house is a total
wreck, the main portion of the mill and
outbuildings are badly shattered and the
premises covered with great mass of
debris.
There were seven men at work in the
mill at the time of the explosion. Of these
Armstrong, the fireman, and J. Whitmore,
the night Waterman, were killed outright.
u. w. Newkirk, the second fireman, was so
terribly bruised and scalded that the ply
stefan has no hope for his recovery. G. L..
Lewis OF Whatcom was badly injured, but
Will probably recover, and G. W. Lindley
and A. L. Bennett were stunned and
bruised, but their injuries are not consid-
cred serious. II. Kllgore, the only man
who escaped without injury, was in the
dryhouse when the flying boiler passed
through it.
The damage to the mill properly is esti-
mated from $4,000 to $4,000.
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the court farthest removed from the scene
OF the original proceedings, believing that
the plaintiff would by reason of lack of
means be unable to make an appearance
or be represented by an attorney. Notice
of this change was not served on Mr.. Free
man until the 18th Of October and by max
ing all haste he was enabled to reach this
City, with Attorney ]. B. Church of Wash
ington, D. c., his counsel, on the 23d, Just
twenty-four hours before the matter was
to be heard before United States Commits
sioner Heacock. Their appearance on the
scene was so great surprise to the de-
PENDANTS attorney. II. s. Mackaye of the
well-known New York law firm of Terry,
Duncan q Mackaye, and so disconnected
him apparently that continuance of the
case was asked until the 25th, which was
granted.
When the case was opened on Friday.
Wallace E. Freeman was called by de-
PENDANTS attorney as witness. Counsel
for Freeman then made the following sem
sational statement:
desire at this point to enter an objection to
the taking of the testimony of the witness, on
the ground that he has been brought from his
home in New York City to this City and pro-
cured, by bribery and under false pretensions
and false representations as to his responsible
ity in the matter, for the purpose of testifying
in this case, and with the understanding that
being removed from the jurisdiction in which
he gave his former testimony to the present
jurisdiction, he would be relieved from liabil-
ity under the statute governing the crime OF
perjury.
Counsel for Freeman further stated that
a conspiracy was originated and was par
ticlpated in by III. S. Mackaye, alias Will
liam A. Steele, counsel for the Westirg-
house Electric Company, and Warren 2.
Freeman, brother of the plaintiff, and
that both or one of them procured from
witness while he was in state of intoxi-
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on the present method of electric Lighting
by the well-known alternating current sys-
tenn, and millions OF dollars are at stake.
In the exciting proceedings of the past
two days there has developed one
of the most remarkable stories of
fraudulent conspiracy in which four broth
ers were pitted against one; charges of
perjury and subornation of perjury; SER
ious street fight in front of the Palace
Hotel, which was barely prevented from
be ing fraoas with pistol accompaniment;
deadly threats by one brother aga inst
another; the disarming of an attorney
and his client by Marshal Baldwin in the
rooms of Comm issioner Heacock, with
subsequent apology by the attorney, and
an intimation of hypnotic influence hav-
ing been exercised to secure certain testi-
mony.
The case is that of Walter K. Freeman
VS.. the Westinghouse Electric Company of
Pittsburg ct al, brought in the Federal
court at Washington, ID. c., in which the
plaintiff seeks to establish his claim to
being the inventor of the alternating cur
rent for electric lighting. The plaintiff
has already won number of similar suits.
among the defendants having been Thorn
as A. Edison and Karl Zifernowsky, the
world-renowned electrician of Austria.
Issue in the pending case was joined in
1888, and for several years testimony has
been gathered in behalf of Freeman, whose
case in chief was closed about two months
ago. Just prior to that time, according to
Mr.. Freeman's statement last night, the
attorneys for the Westinghouse Electric
Company acknowledged virtually that the
case as it then stood was impregnable.
1t then remained for the defendants to
put in their testimony. The case being a
patent case and before Federal court the
hearing could be heard before any Federal
tribunal and, as Mr.. Freeman phrased it,
the defendants had the venue changed to
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PROFESSOR MUNYON HERE.
He Will Study Climatic Influences Upon
Individuals.


Professor Munyon, the head of the mod
ern school of medicine, has arrived at the
Palace Hotel. In reply to several ques-
tons the professor stated that the main
object he had in visiting this beautiful
State was by experience to watch the
climatic influences, so that in the event of
any parties writing him their version of
the ailments they suffered from he could
be in position to give them the proper
advice.
In regard to the Republican convention
the professor said that the feeling in the
East was in favor of San Francisco, and he
thought it highly probable that the con-
vention would be held here.
The professor expressed great admira-
ton for the coast, and said that every one
here appeared to vie with each other in
hospitality, and he had no doubt IN his
mind but that California had a glorious
future before her. The climate was salu-
brious, the population thriving and the
resources incalculable.
Professor Munyon is highly pleased with
the success he has met here, and is loud in
his praises of the go-ahead qualities of the
San Franciscans
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SHODDY WORK ALL eyed.
The Neso Courthouse Not ApproUed by
Superintendent Beck.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Oct, 26.-Thomas
Beck, superintendent of construction,
under appointment by the Board of Super
visors, has communicated to R. Nj. Nc
Cabe, contractor for the new Courthouse,
that some OF the work is not in accordance
with the specifications.
One of these defects is the improper po-
sition OF the opening in the basement.
Another is the omission of half-ioists in
the lower floor of the Courthouse.
The third complaint is the placing of
several of the floor beams on small brick
piers built in the basement openings.
"ThiS mode of construction, the super
intendent says, ''is shoddy to the last de-
gree, and is not only unsightly, but is
unsafe and in every way unworkmanIiKe. :"
Mr.. Beck read the communication at a
meeting OF the board to-day, and Mr.. Nc
Cabe was there to answer each complaint.
The matter will be considered further at
meeting on Monday
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v. H. HUDSON'S LECTURE,
READ BEFORE THE CLAIMING
AUXILIARY OF THE UNI
TARTAN CHURCH.
AN ABLE DISCUSSION OF THE Evo-
LUTON OF THE MORAL
SANCTION.

Professor W. H. Hudson of Stanford
University lectured before the Charming
Auxiliary OF the First Unitarian Church
last evening, the subject being 'The Evo-
luton of the Moral Sanction"
The lecture dealt with two separate
though closely connected questions, the
nature of the moral sanction, properly 50
called, and the revolution of this moral
sanction out of other sanctions for conduct
which have preceded it in a slow develop
ment of the race, and with which it is
still frequently confused.
"Our consideration of these subjects
must necessarily be brief and superficial, I"
said Professor Hudson, ''since they lead
us everywhere to the verge of important
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ECoNoMY IND 4GRIoU1rURE.
Course of Lectures for Camp Roach, the
farmers School.

course OF Lectures J0' camp HodcR, the
farmers School.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Oct. GA committee
OF the State Grange, consisting OF Edward
F. Adams, G.. w. Woothen and c. W.
Childs, has been in consultation here the
past two days with Professor Wickson of
the State University and Professor Ross of
Stanford University in regard to the course
OF lectures at Camp Roach, the farmers
summer school. and also in regard to
establishing rural study circle for the in
vestigation of economic and agricultural
subjects.
The economic subjects to be discussed at
Camp Roach will be money and trans
portation, under the direction of Professor
Ross. The agricultural programme is not
yet settled, but will be announced in few
days.
1t was determined to outline a plan of
study for rural circles, 10 be continued
through the year under university direction
by the machinery OF the oranges, This
will be at once submitted to the oranges
and II assurances of sufficient support are
received will be carried out,
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ZION BY THE ANG ELS.
San Jose Defeated by Their Opponents
Opportstne BATTING.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Oct. 26.-The home
team and the Los Angeles Club met at
Recreation Park this afternoon for the first
time, the visitors winning by a score of 4
TO 1. The Los Angeles men played with
dash and vim and were very lucky through
out the game. Their hits came at oppor-
tune times and their errors were not costly.
The features of the game were the great
work of the Los Angeles outfeld and the
long hits made by MeHale and Mcbride.
Fisher pitched for the home team, and a
triple, three doubles and three singles
were made off his delivery. Whenever
the Los Angeles men needed a hit they
managed to get it. Barnes pitched for the
visitors and held the heavy hitters of tue
local aggregation down to five scattered
hits. The following is the complete score :
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ROAD RACE AT SAN JOSE.
Gdrde,. City Cyclers' Five Nile Handican
to Be Ru,a To- Dan.

Garden City Cyclers' Five Nile Handicop
to BE Run To- Day.
SAN JOSE, Call, Oct. 26.-The Garden
City Cyclers will hold tive-mile handicap
road race over the course in East San Jose
tomorrow morning. This is the first road
race of the Cyclers and it has aroused
much interest among the members. The
entries and handicaps are as follows:
Tony Delmas scratch, Hardy Downing scratch.
r. Z. Dow 20 sec, E. A. Moody 20, J. c. Smith
80, AL Hubbard 40, C. N Ravlin SO, J. D. Law
renee l min, II. H. Jones 1:10, Reeve Brassy
Ito, f. l. seybolt Ito, A. Holloway 90, E.
Wilhston 1:20, w. K. Jamison 20. Everett
Davis 1 20, Irving Ryder ! 30, G. Seig / 80,
Charles Jarman 80, Bruce Cottle 1 80, Hal
Chase 80, w. Upset l 40, Roy Walters 40.
]. F. Smith Jr. l: 40, C. Southgate l 40, Frank
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Is completed appeals strongly to the ex-
pectatlons of the unemployed.
EVOLUTION: WHAT IT rs.
Last Night, Before the Mechan-
ics' Institute.

President David Starr Jordan of Stanford
University delivered lecture on the SUBJ
lect OF Evolution: What 1t Is and What
1t is Not" before the Mechanics Institute
last night.
The eminent speaker began his discourse
upon evolution considered as a science.
He said:
"Nothlng endures save the flow of energy
ana tne rational order that peryades it," says
HuHley' OBJECTS seen by flash OF lightning
curing storm appear immovable. So the
phases Oh nature seem unchanged to the casual
because conditions return but conditions
never return in the world of life. Nothing in
the universe is due TO change or within. All
sprang from few primitive forms, or. more
hkely, from one The theory of evolution Is
working hypothesis" All contrary ny
potheses have long ceased to exist.
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Divorce suit at San Jose.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Oct. 26.-Rachael Mes
sick to-day began suit for divorce against
c. w. Messick on the grounds of failure to
provide and habitual drunkenness. The
parties reside in Los Gatos and were mar
ried in Stockton in March. 1877. There
are fourE children, Louis c., Edward F.,
Bertha and Fedelia. The plaintiff asks
for the custody of the two younger chill
dren and alimOny.
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issues in ethical theory, which ought,
strictly speaking, to form feature of this
discussion, but which we must here pass
over without word
In our everyday speech the phraseology
OF morality is currently employ ed, when
upon analysis we discover that no judg-
ment that we should describe as moral is
actually implied.
Notice for instance the familiar use OF
such words as ought and duty words
which taken upon our lips a dozen times
daily refer more often than not to q stand
ard OF conduct which no one on reflection
would think of connecting with ethical
principles.
We say that man ought not to eat
peanuts with his knife; that he ought to
take OF his hat on acknowledging lady
OF his acquaintance on the street, but in
spite OF the language IN which our opin-
ions are expressed we know that we have
In mind in expressing them, not the
moral code of absolute right and wrong,
but that more or less conventional body
OF social regulations which are ordinarily
termed etiquette.
I'VE know that there is no line of action
recognized by us as vicious, which has not
somewhere and at sometime found its
place IN the catalogue of virtue, and no
line OF action held by us as virtuous which
mas not been officially condemned"
among those at the lecture were: Rabbi
Voorsanger, Professor LIE Count, Profess
sor Howlson, Lieutenant Fletcher, DR..
Stepbfns, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Wilson,
william Greer Harrison, Mrs. Margaret
=. Graham, Cordelia Kirkland and Mrs.
Lowenberg and daughter
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MRS. DARLINGTON BOOTR,
The Great SGlrationist Handsomely Vel
coined at San Jose

The Great SGicGti0nist Handsomely Vel
eOaned at san Jose.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Oct. 26.-Mrs. Balling-
ton Booth, the great Salvationist, and Staff
Captain Edith Marshall were rendered a
reception this afternoon by the w. C. 7. e.
in the First Methodist Church. Mrs.
Booth delivered an address on the work OF
the Salvation Army
This morning there was procession OF
the Salyationists, about 200 being in line.
After the parade Mrs. Booth was rendered
rousing reception at the Auditorium.
Addresses of welcome were made by Mayor
Austin on behalf OF the city, and Chair
man Greeninger of the Board of Supervis-
ors on behalf of the county. Short ad-
dresses were made by G. III. Wooster, J. F.
O'Keefe, Robert Summers, Henry French
and Rev. H. Melville Tenney. Mrs. Booth
spoke at length on the religious work OF
the Salvation Army.
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Held I'm bar Fire Men.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Oct. 26.-Shortly after
last midnight Nels Johnson reported at
the police office that he had been held up
by five men at the corner of Vine and Ell
Dorado streets and robbed Of $40. One of
the men caught him from behind, another
one went through his pockets, while third
heat him in the face, backing his eyes.
This morning Johnson swore TO five John
Doe warrants, but no arrests have yet been
made.
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IMPORTANCE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN
TRADE CENTER APPRECIATED
BY THE COMPANY.
INDUCED BY THE VALLEY ROAD.
A CHANGE IN ROUTE IMPERATIVE,
OWING TO THE BUILDING OF
THAT LINE.

STOCKTON, CAL. Oct. 25.-About five
months have elapsed since the directors of
the Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad
Company, commonly called the Corral
Hollow, amended their articles of in
corporation and made Stockton instead of
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STOCKWELL DEPARTS.
He Is Luckily Enabled to Take His Bag
gage With Him.

l.. X. Stockwell, the well-known actor,
left for the north yesterday by the steamer
State of California. He almost lost his
baggage, however, just before he started.
For some time Stockwell's creditors
have been insistent and importunate. In
some way they had learned of the actor
intention to depart, and prepared to cir
cumvent him. Deputy Sheriff met the
actor on the steamer, and after serving
papers on him was about to take his bag
gage when he encountered an obstable,
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An Incendiary Fire.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Oct. 26.-1he
barn of Joseph Dodero, with its contents
of hay, one horse. harness, carriage, ETC.,
burned to the ground last night. The
cause of the fire is supposed to have been
incendiary. The loss is $500, with no in
SUranCe.
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for the purser of the boat declared that the
baggage was now in charge of the steam
ship company, and therefore beyond the
official jurisdiction of the Sheriff, When
the deputy heard this, and was further in
formed that he would be held liable before
the Federal courts he went back to the
dock minus anv of Stockwell's goods.