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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-16
SANTA MON|CA'S NEW LINE
A Coast Road to Connect the
Southern Port With Santa
Barbara.
The Pasadena Electric Railway Is
Also to Be Extended to
That City.

SANTA MONICA, CAL, June 15.-The
Southern Pacific officials have about de-
termined to build coast line from Santa
Barbara to Santa Monica. This will give
the Southern Pacific coast line from
San Francisco to Los Angeles by way of
Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Barbara and
Santa Monica. 1t will cut the running
time at least eight hours between the two
terminals and make a road for scenic
grandeur unequaled in the State, parallel
ing the ocean the greater portion of the
distance. Santa Monicans are pleased in
consequence, as it will place their city on
the main line between San Francisco and
Los Angeles, with the best equipped wharf
as the southern ocean terminus.
General NJ. H. Sherman of the Pasadena
and Pacific Electric Railway Company Is
also hard at work perfecting details for
the extension of the electric line to Santa
Monica. This will give through communi-
cation from Pasadena to Santa Monica,
and the line is to be extended to Mount
Lowe
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ing, and Felix responded with threats, say
ing he would be glad to shoot Soto as he
would goat. Hardy left Felix and Joined
Soto, and together they prepared to defend
themselves from Felix and the BASQUE.
who were Joined by an adventurer from
sealing schooner lowering around the
island.
Felix and companions ran out of food,
and attacked Soto one night, demanding
food at the point of pistols. They got
pork and -four and the next night at
tempted raid Soto and Hardy met them
with a volley, which killed no one. AS
Felix and partners had only starvation
ahead of them they were rendered desper-
ate, while Soto and Hardy, not knowing
when the schooner would return, deter
mined to hold on to the food at all haz-
ards
They prepared a pitfall at the door of
the cabin and lay in wait. Felix, the
Basque and the American made another
onslaught, and fell into the trap, the
American being nearly killed by the fall
Soto and Hardy covered the party with
rifles and made them swear to cease depre-
dations, yielding to their entreaties not to
be imprisoned.
Hardly had Felix become free before he
viciously attacked Soto, and would have
killed him had not Hardy got in an OPP
perfume blow on the head that laid him
out. For ten days following both sides
were kept on the alert, fearing surprise
and slaughter, and when the junk ap-
peared Felix and his companions tried to
steal it and leave the others to starve or
eat goat.
But the skipper turned it over to Soto,
and he and Hardy managed to get away
from the island, arriving at Ensenada,
where the state of affairs was made
known to the authorities.
Orders have been issued to force of
soldiers to proceed to the island to cap
ture Felix and his companions. Soto says
the island is made the prey of marauding
American sealers and land pirates. 1t is
probable that the Mexican Government
will station an armed force there.
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LOOT OF THE CARSON MIN
Strong Evidence Against Sus-
pect Honey in the Pre-
liminary Hearing.
Commissioner Edwards Binds Him
Over to Answer Before the
Grand Jury.

CARSON, NV, June 15.-James Heney,
charged with the theft of $23 900 worth of
mint bullion, was examined to-day before
United States Commissioner Edwards and
held to answer before the Grand Jury, with
bail fixed at 5000.
The principal witness against Heney was
Fl. II. Beck of the Reno Reduction Works,
who handled his bullion. Beck testified
that Heney brought him gold granulation
$50 fine and told him it came from leased
Silver City mine, whose owners did not
know how rich it was. Ellis, assayer of
the mint, testified that the bullion from
Silver City ran only from 800 to 600 fine.
Witness Beck said Heney had brought
ore to melt and assay several times. He
brought gold bullion the first time to the
value of $14, 900. He thought this lot was
sponge gold amalgam. 1t was brought in
two bags. Heney said he and three others
were in partnership in a mine near the
Oest mine, between Gold Hill and Silver
City, and that the mine was leased. They
had lately struck good pay ore. He said
he had formerly had the work done on the
Comstock but it was now so rich that he
wanted the matter kept secret, as he feared
the owner of the mine would not renew the
lease. Beck helped Heney dispose of three
bars, which were shipped to the Bank of
California with instructions to sell for the
best price obtainable.
The last lot brought by Heney to the re-
duction works was different from all
former ones, resembling grain-gold. In
all, Heney brought about $4,000. The
Selby Company returns to the Bank of
California showed it to be $50 fine.
Hirsch Harris, meter and refiner, said
there was every opportunity during the
melting and refining for an employee to
steal bullion. There could be no safe
guards against the stealing. Employees
were not searched as they left the mint,
and could conceal bullion in their clothing.
Harris discovered the shortage in the mint
in February, 1895. The exact shortage was
found to be, in gold 4067.99 ounces, and
the surplus of silver was 3019.48 ounces, or
in dollars and cents $75,549 rs. He had
sent something like 1000 ounces of gold
to the refining-room and but $4,000 was re-
turned. This could only be accounted for
by the bullion, as turned over to him,
as being of less than assay value. The gold
must have been stolen in the form of gran
ulations. Bars would be missed if they
were taken out of the mint. One bar had
been stolen from Harris, but no other bar
had been taken from the mint.
Heney did not testify in his own behalf.
The Commissioner at the conclusion of the
evidence bound the defendant over. He is
still in the custody of the Sheriff.
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TACoMANs LOST IN THE wILDs.
TtcO Men Hho Leave for Mount Tacoma
Fail to RetuTn8

IWO men nHo Iedce Tor mount Tacoma
Fail to Retirn4
TACOMA, WASH, June 15.-Consider-
able anxiety is felt here for the safety of II.
Hal Hoffman, city editor of the News, and
c. B. Talbot, prominent engineer, who
left here some weeks ago for short trip
to Mount Tacoma and return.
Talbot, accompanied by Hoffman, was
engaged in verifying statements made in
regard to the quality and quantity OF water
to be obtained for the city by his proposed
system of conducting it from the Chenuis
River. Both men were equipped for rough
work in the mountains, but Hoffman being
unused to severe exertion, it is thought
that some accident has happened or that
Talbot has lost his bearings. The time in
which they should have returned has
elapsed, and the country around Mount Ia
coma being wild and rough and the forest
dense, the alarm for their safety is great
AS they only took food for few days and
there is no place they could reach for food
without it becoming known, it is almost
certain that they are lost. A searching
party will make an effort to find the men.
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RUSH OF PROSPECTORs.
They Are Flockin0 to Oklahoma by the
Thousand.

They Are Flockin0 to Oklahoma by the
Thousand.
GUTHRIE, O. T., June 15.-The Okla
homa gold excitement continues to spread.
Prospectors are f1ocking into the Wichita
Mountains by the thousand, and horses
have doubled in value. Many outhtters
have been unable to meet the demand for
supplies. Doggy Camp, in Wichita
County, now has over 5000 people, and
more are arriving hourly. Some trouble
over claim-jumping is reported
Men returning from the gold fields report
remarkable finds, but so far reliable in
formation as to the real value of the strike
is wanting.
Deputy United States Marshal Morrow
of Oklahoma arrived here to-day from the
scene of the alleged gold discoveries in
Oklahoma. He said that the alleged min
ing boom was a gigantic fake, and that
what is said to be gold is nothing but cop
per-stained rock, which crops out of the
ground and has been known to exist there
as long as white men have been visiting
the country. 1t is not worth 10 cents ton,
he says.
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The Wfnnebdgo A0eucy Troubles.

OMAHA, NEBR., June 15.-It is said
upon good authority that instructions have
been forwarded from the Secretary OF
War to General Coppinger regarding the
trouble at the Winnebago agency, and
authorizing the commander of the dis
trict OF the Platte to send to the Winnie
bago Reservation in the event that Cap
tain Beck's increased Indian police force
meets with trouble when evictions of the
Flournoy tenants is resumed. A consign-
ment OF ammunition reached the Winnie
bago agency tonight and the force will be
equipped for business Immediately.
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order yesterday he revoked it, remember
ing that he had promised to permit the at
torneys for the separation to argue the
question. Mr.. Snow came into court this
morning to again move for an appeal.
Senator Dolph was on hand for the Ameri-
can Loan and Trust Company and the two
came together in a very spirited argu-
ment. Judge Bellinger took the matter OF
appeal under advisement.
The Union Pacific did not desire to APP
peal to the Circuit Court of Appeals from
Judge Gilbert's order appointing Egan re-
ceiver, for this would be an admission that
the American Loan and Trust Company
could appeal from Judge Merritt's order
appointing Mr.. Bancroft, SO the Union
Pacific is endeavoring to get the case into
the Circuit Court of Appeals on the ques-
ton of receivers certificates.
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CRACKING THE BLUEROCKS
Some Fine Scores Made on
the Opening Day at
Sacramento.
San Francisco Sportsmen Set the
Pace in the Shooting Tour
nament.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, June 15.-There
was large attendance at the bluerock
tournament at the Kimhall & Epson
scores were good. San Francisco set the
pace and carried off the honors in the first
event.
John Fitzgerald of Sacramento won in
the ten-bird contest by killing the entire
string. Simpson of San Francisco took
second, with Robertson of the same city
third.
The second event was a ffteen-bird
match. Simpson of San Francisco and
burst of Wheatland tied, killing thirteen
birds each. Fitzgerald of Sacramento and
Robertson and Tanning of San Francisco
divided second money, Webb of San Fran
cisco and Mierson of Placerville taking
third place.
The third event was a 20-bird match.
Burston of Green Valley broke 10 and took
first money. burst of Marysville and Rob-
ertson of San Francisco divided second
money, each smashing IS, while Webb of
San Francisco walked away with third
money.
In the fourth event Tanning of San
Francisco won first honors by breaking 10
birds straight, Robertson second with
birds; burst, Webb and Newbert, the latter
a representative of the capital city, divided
third money.
In the fifth event. 20-bird match, Webb
of San Francisco and Worth of MERGED di-
vided first money with score of IS birds,
burst took second and Newbert and Rob-
ertson divided the third prize.
The sixth event was twenty-five-bird
contest. burst, Tanning, Webb and
Worth tied for first money, with twenty
one clays to their credit. Simpson of San
Francisco took second and Brown of Sacra-
mento walked off with third money.
In the seventh event. Tanning killed ten
straight, Smith of Sacramento and Robert
son broke nine, and burst of Wheatland
carried off the third prize.
The seventh event was a twenty-bird
match. Worth of MERGED broke 10, Simp-
son Is and Webb II.
The shoot wound up with two ten-bird
contests. Simpson of San Francisco and
Epson of Sacramento each made clean
score in the first. Robertson and Webb
were good seconds with nine each to their
credit, Gusto of Sacramento third. In the
last ten-bird match Tanning killed them
all. Newbert of Sacramento, Robertson
and Webb broke nine each and Simpson
and burst took third money with eight
birds to their credit. Following is the
score:
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At CAMP BUDD.
The Second Regiment Gives a Fare,cetl
Parade.

1-dfGUes
VALLEJO, CAL, June 15.-The entire
Second Regiment paraded the principal
thoroughfares of Vallejo this afternoon,
and on Georgia street drill tactics were
gone through in the presence of thousands
of spectators. The boys in blue were
roundly applauded on their appearance
This evening the officers and members of
the regiment were entertained at Com
pany BIS armory-the last social event of
the encampment.
Captain II. I. Seymour of Company E
(Sacramentol was elected lieutenant
colonel of the regiment last evening His
opponent was Major Cursor of Woodland.
The vote stood: Seymour 20, Cursor s..
The selection gives general satisfaction.
Seymour is very popular, thorough mill
tary man. and has been in the ranks of the
National Guard eleven years.
Camp life ends tomorrow. At o'clock
tents will be struck and the regiment will
depart by special train.
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that she should have one of the places of

that she should have one of the places OF
honor in the big parade.
From the beginning she has been second
in the race, and for two days was first.
She is schoolteacher, and her victory Is
remarkable when it is considered that she
is comparative stranger to majority OF
the residents of this city. She is extremely
handsome, and will be a model represen-
tative of "California" on the Fourth.
Miss Letitia Blake, who is to represent
''Tulare County, in the Fourth of July
parade, drew her support from every Sec
ton of Tulare County. She was born here,
and is now a schoolteacher OF the Tulare
City school. She lives in Visalia. Her
friends in Tulare rallied to her support,
and every coupon that has gone to Tulare
was cast for Miss Blake.
She is stately brunette, and is noted
for her charitable disposition and kindly
heart. Many of her warmest supporters
were people whom she had at some time
assisted when in need, and her election is
source of qualification to large proper
ton of the people who have known her
since childhood
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OREGON SHORT LINE CASE.

Judge BelIingcr Rerolses the Order
Granting an appeal.
PORTLAND, Or, June 15.-As the Ore
gon Short Line receivership case progresses
it becomes more entwined with legal tech
nicalities.
Yesterday Mr.. Snow, who is one of the
attorneys for the Union Pacific receivers,
secured an order from Judge Bellinger per-
hitting an appeal from the decision of
Judge Gilbert concerning the issue of GER
tiicates to the amount of $764,335 by the
consolidated mortgage bondholders of the
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern
Company. This would have sent the case
to the Court of Appeals at San Francisco.
But after Judge Bellinger had gwen the
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FIGHTING ON GUADALUPE,
Savage Encounter of Two Men
With Goat-killerS on
the Island.
Three Assailants Kept at Bay Ten
Days u ntil Outside Help
Arrives.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, June 15.-J. M. Soto
and Thomas Hardy have arrived from
Guadalupe Island, off Lower California,
in the junk Acme, with particulars of a
savage encounter on the lonesome island
with three goat killers = Antonio Felix,
a Basque and an American.
Soto holds concession from the Mexican
Government and contracted with Felix to
kill goats for skins.
Three months ago he went down to see
how business was progressing. He found
that Felix and party had moved camp and
were entering into the goat business for
themselves. Soto demanded an account.
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CHILDREN CONTEST Il WILL.
Heirs of Robert L. DGrragh Quarreling
Drer His Estate.


SANTA ROSA, CAL. June 15.-Last
winter Mrs. Darragh of New York visited
this city to look after the business of an
estate in which she had some interest. At
the time of her visit the San Francisco
papers published a story regarding the al
legged capture of female diamond-smu
gler in this city. This smuggling story
faded away into myth. Now dispatch
which has arrived here from the East
says that contest over the will of the
Darragh estate will come up in Santa
Rosa.
Robert L. Darragh, a former resident OF
California. died in New York. He was
possessed of a large fortune, and by his
will left $50, 900 to his first wife, Mrs. Eliza
beth Darragh, from whom he was di-
vorced in 1886, and $4,000 to each of her
children. The remainder he left to his Sec
ond wife, Mrs. Laura Darragh.
His children are contesting the will on
the ground of mental incapacity. The
nurse who attended Darragh testifies that
he was very irritable and nervous at
times, and on one occasion, after attending
a theatrical performance, he danced upon
the sidewalk.
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LONG KEPT IN HIDING.
For Many Years 1t Was Gener-
ally Believed That He Had
Died InteState.
FIGHTING FOR THE ESTATE.
The Court Petitioned to Revoke
Letters of Administration Issued
to the Widow.

VISALIA, CAL, June 15.-Cuth bert Bur
rel, one of the wealthiest residents OF this
county, died on August Z, 1893, at San
Jose, where his family generally resided
and where he had large interests also. 1t
was thought at that time that he died in
testate, but to-day will was filed with the
County Clerk of Tulare County, duly
signed by Cuthbert Burrel. 1t was filed
at the request of Harrington & Herring
ton, attorneys at San Jose. With the will
came petition for its probate. The value
of the estate is placed at 100000.
The petitioner. Edward Burrel, claims
the will was left in the care of d. S. Payne
of Santa Clara County; that William D.
Tisdale and James A. Clayton, named as
executors, decline to act as such. The pc
titioner prays that letters of administra-
ton of the estate now held by Mrs. A. H.
Burrel and Charles Adams be revoked and
similar letters be issued to petitioner. The
will filed for probate disposes of the vast
estate as follows:
Twenty thousand dollars in gold coin or
bank stock, as she may elect, to his wife.
Mrs. A. II. Burrel, together with the
family residence at San Jose and the fur
va
said premises; to his two daugeters,
Varena Jeanette and Ida May Burrel, he
gives $4,000 each in gold coin or bank
stock of the Farmers National Gold Bank
of San Jose, as his executors may deem
best for the children; to Charles Adams
and Edward Adams, children of his wife
by former marriage, $1,000 each; to the
legitimate children of his brothers, John
and Edward Burrel, the sum of $4,000 each !;
to the children of his sister, Margaret
Matthews, $1,000 each: to the children of
his deceased sisters, Elizabeth Frasure and
Mary Thomas, $1,000 each; to the children
of Mr.. Robinson, who twas murdered at
my ranch Elkhorn in Fresno County in
1864" the sum of $1,000 each; to his sister,
Margaret Matthews, and Edward Burrel,
$4,000. The rest of the estate is given to
his two daughters, Varena Jeanette and
Ida May Burrel, share and share alike.
James A. Clayton, Edward Burrel and
William D. Tisdale are named as executors
of the estate without bonds. The execu-
tors are directed not to sell his ranch in
Tulare County, known as the Burgin place,
until his youngest child is u years of age.
It is further recommended that his estate
be closed up inside of two wears and the
moneys belonging to his children are to be
invested in bank stock of different safe
and reliable banks in this State.
To CALL reporter, E. o. Larkins, attor-
ney for the Burrel estate, to-day placed
the appraised value of the estate at about
5000, OOO Mr.. Larkins acted as Burrel's
attorney up to the time of his death.
Burrel had always left the impression with
that he had revoked all former wills and
wanted the estate to go to his wife and
children according to law. Larkins init
mated that this will was one of many
schemes to secure from the estate property
which Burrel wished others to possess.
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Brought Agatnst 1Iackay and Bepnets
Dismissed for the Second Time.

NEW YORK, N. Y, June 15,-Count
Arthur Dillon some time ago brought suit
against the Commercial Cable Company as
a corporation and John w. Mackay and
James Gordon Bennett as individual Of
ficers of the corporation, for $500, 900 and
interest from 1890, which sum he repre-
sented to be the value of 266 shares of pre-
ferred stock, which he alleged was prom
ised TO him for services rendered in fur
nishing valuable information and in estab-
fishing the company.
The suit was tried III the Supreme Court
and the complaint was dismissed. The
count appealed to the general term of the
Supreme Court, which has sustained the
action of the lower court in dismissing the
complaint.
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MURDER WILL OUT.
Confession of q Farmer HhO Had MUIR
dered a Healthy EngtishDlGn.

CINCINNATI, OHIO, June ia special
from Kokomo, Ind, says: Last winter
Mr.. Overman, a farmer near WindfaIl,
Upton County, was found dead with pis-
tai near him. No cause for suicide was as
signed. To-day paper written by Mr..
Overman was found in his effects that ex-
plains the mystery.
Overman's letter says that twenty years
ago an Englishman came to his house wit
10000 and tried to negotiate with him to
go into the ranch business in Colorado.
He murdered the Englisnman, buried his
body in a marsh, took his money and
buried it ON his farm. The place is not
designated. This also explains the hermit
like life Overman has led for many years.
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Grfer Chased Her Death.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, June 1914
The young widow of Dan Dover, aged %,
died yesterday and was buried to- day.
Dover is the sailor whose tragical death
when the sealer G.. G. White was wrecked
in Alaska waters the CALL has already re-
counted. Mrs. Dover never rallied from the
shock the tidings his death caused. She was
seized with brain fever and died raving
over her loss. A little child of years
survives the unfortunate couple.
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american De,eaates Welcomed.

LONDON, ENG, June 15.-The Ameri-
can delegates to the convention of the
worlds w. c. T. U. to the number of $50
persons arrived Friday night at South
ampton from New York, on the American
steamship Berlin.
They were met at Southampton by a
committee from the W. G. T. u, and,
upon arrival at Waterloo station, they
were met by Lady Henry Somerset, Miss
Frances E. Willard and other representa-
tives of the union, who cordially well
coined them to England. The informal
meetings will begin in the City Temple to-
morrow, when Miss Willard and Lady
Somerset will speak.
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Held for Illegal Votino.

UKIAH, CAL, June 15.-The hearin of
George A. Sturtevant, the District Attorney
who was arrested Thursday for alleged
illegal voting at the election held in Hop
land in May, resulted in his being held to
appear before the Superior Court, bail being
fixed at $4,000. The case came up before
Justice Long at Largo.
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Ten Landed at Tacoma.

TACOMA, WASH, June 15.-The North
ern Pacific steamship Tacoma arrived to-
night, fourteen days from Yokohama. She
brings the first complete cargo of the new
crop of tea to be landed, it consisting of
nearly 5000 TONS The unloading began to-
night and shipments East will begin to-
morrow.
Congressman Doolittle, Miss Doolittle
and Colonel f. D. Huestis of this city re-
turned on the Tacoma from a'two months
trip to Japan and China.