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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-07

Moscow. Texas. December 5-Burglars
were at work in town last night. The
Hpndloy store. ~ Parish manager. and
W u. Dudlcy's barber shop were Broken
oIen Tho safe in the store being open
and no money In II they got nothing ex-
cept GONE canned goods, crackers. etc.
From tho barber shop they took nothing.
The tools uscd were taken from Kenedy's
blackun It'll shop. which was also broken
oren. 1t is supposed TO be the work OF
trgmps.
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freight rates on grain from nointa In kan
sas TO Kansas city. Petitions were secured
In each county In the state askins the
board to enforce the maximum rate order
hy the populai board In 1894, which has
never been enforced since Its promulga-
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closing Hour of Train Mails

.''.ra an me lnternatlonlI and Great
.ss sT and The Galveston. Houston and
.1arsor arrive at and depart from the
E,rsiisaal depot. foot OF Congress ave
y Missouri Kansas ana Texas trains
/. he KATY depot. at the foot of 'Oa :
IN avenue. north side Of the bayou;
Trs,en. La Porte and Houston and all
y roads except those mentioned use
kcr,nd Central depot
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anchor there, with another one expected
thig WIek
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CAPITOL

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Rates. sou 10
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Centrally locat-
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-07
EVERYBODY SAYS

BALDWIN always has tho hest selection
of Holiday Goods, This year II ~ larger
ma bCtor than ever Just watch his
show Windows at 400 Main street.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-07
NEW HuTcHINs HOUSE

-. IL. Aware,
ir1pr ctor.
Remodeiel aad
new y f r isheq.
Rates. SO TO
81 90 per day.
Cnequ@led IN all
IT'S appoin ments ~
In State o; 7, Xas.
I he .cad.ng hoe
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
MARE ISLAND c0URT-MARTlAL.
Assistant P1ymdster Webster of the York
town on Trial for Defrdgding
cIark

VALLEJO, CAL, June 29.-The naval
court-martial to try Assistant Paymaster
E. B. Webster, charged with improper
CONDUCT in Withholding $1,000 from the
Tobin estate, which was deposited as a
bond for w. ]. Tobin when appointed by
Paymaster Webster as his clerk on board
the Yorktown convened in the court
room at the navy-yard this afternoon,
with Captain H. L. Howison as president
of the court. But two witnesses-W. J.
Tobin and Edward McGettigan-were ex-
amined on behalf of the prosecution.
The former detailed the manner in which
the bond was given and the money OBJ
tanned.
The counsel for Paymaster Webster
asked for a continuance until 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning, and after a consulta-
ton this was granted.
The charge against Webster is of seri-
Gus nature. When he appointed Tobin as
his clerk, he is said to have compelled him
to deposit cash bond of $1,000. This was
never paid back, and when the attention
of the Navy Department at Washington
was called to the case, it at once ordered
W ebster court-martialed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
The Shock Threw Him From
the Top of a Pole on Mar
ket Street.
HE DIED IN A FEW MINUTES.
Hundreds of Promenaders on the
Street Were Horrified by Seeing
Him Fall.

Hundreds of people who were prone
nading Market street yesterday afternoon
about haIf-past o'clock were startled by
seeing man fall from the top of an cleo
trio light pole and strike upon the sidewalk
with great violence.
The man was James Dawson, a lnieman
in the employment of the Edison Electric
Light and Power Company. He and
fellow-workman, Dan Desmond, were on
top OF a pole in front of Sanborn, Vail &
Co.'s store engaged in running loop on a
dead wire.
By some means or other the wires be-
came tangled and Dawson was caught in
coil of live wire that wrapped about his
body below the arms and around his legs.
He screamed in his agony as he received
through his body the whole force OF the
company's powerful electric current ana
grasped the live wire with his hands. He
swayed for moment Bnd then fell.
His body struck against some telephone
wires and, rebounding, came to the side
walk with great violence.
Desmond made brave attempt to res
cue him before he fell, but was too late.
Desmond was thoroughly unnerved as he
slid down the pole and looked at the
scorched and mangled body of his fellow
workman.
Women who saw the poor fellow fall
screamed and crowd of Mortified men
pushed across the street. A hack was
quickly summoned, and Dawson, who was
unconscious, was picked up from the side
walk and driven rapidly TO the Receiving
Hospital. DIR. Helms made a hasty eX-
animation of the man and pronounced
him dead. He had died in the hack on
the way 10 the hospital.
When the body was examined 1T was
found that the hands and legs were badly
scorched, and the flesh had also been
scorched about the chest. AS he fell
distance of about fifty feet it is probable
that he was to all intents and purposes
dead before he was picked up from the
sidewalk.
The body was removed to the Morgue,
ana an inquest will be held to determine
whether the mans death was caused by
his own carelessness or how.
Dawson was 26 years of age and unmar-
ried. He lived at 80 Howard street. Yes
terday was his first day of work for two
weeks. While engaged in pole-climbing
contest with some OF his fellow-line men
about two weeks ago he fell and received
severe injuries which confined him to his
| bed.
This is the first fatal accident the Edison
mpany has had among their employees
since commencing business in this City.
DR.. ]. s. Barrett held an autopsy on
Dawson's body last evening and filed
certificate stating that the deceased had
met his death through a shock from an
electric current. Also that Dawson had a
superficial burn on the dorsal surface of
the right thumb at the second phalange;
burn over the anterior surface of the
lower one-third of the right arm; burn
over the posterior surface of the upper one
third OF the right arm; burn on the DOR
sal surface of the left hand and a burn
over the posterior surface of the left arm
at the elbow.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
WARL|KE PIT RIVER REDS
White Settlers Dwelling in Fear
of an Outbreak of
Indians.
Shasta County'S Sheriff Summoned to
Prevent a Joint Pow.
Wow.

REDDING, CAL, June 29.-There is
every indication of a serious Indian out
break in this county, and settlers in the
upper Sacramento and Pit River districts
are becoming alarmed. The Indians in
the vicinity of French Gulch held pow
vows last week, and now the red men OF
Pit River districts are dancing and holding
councils of war. The scene of the threat
ened outbreak is about fifty miles from
Redding, in the Big Bend of Pit River.
The Indians have given notice that a
grand powwow will begin on the night OF
the Sd of July. There is quite settlement
of whites in that neighborhood, but the
Indians greatly outnumber the whites,
and an outbreak would result disastrously
to the settlers.
The whites are preparing for the threat
ened trouble and are arming themselves.
Sheriff Houston of this city has been no.
tilted, and he will go to the scene with a
large force of men. He hopes to be able
to arrive in time to prevent the powwow,
but it is said the Indians are greatly
excited and determined to create trouble.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
CAPE FLATTERY WRECK.
Sunken Schooner Sighted Near the North
ern Reefs-PeTious Voyage of
the comus.

VICTORIA, B. c., June 29.-The
British warship Comus, which arrived
here from San Francisco on Sunday, had
a most eventfuI trip. 1t was ten days on
the voyage and its safe arrival here is at
tributed alone to the cleverest seaman
ship. Storms which have caused nearly
twenty-four hours delay to mailships de-
ia ined the Comus for days, forcing it
miles out of its course. Its jibboom was
carried away and other damage done.
AS Cape Flattery was neared the sea
grew calm and on Saturday afternoon
last a wreck was sighted. A mast of
natural color projected ten feet or SO out
of water and supporting it, several feet
submerged, was the hull of what was
judged in the distance to be ninety-foot
schooner. Wreckage lay piecemeal
around, but the only thing disting uish-
able was accompanied starboard anchor
buoy with glass hawser attached.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
JACKSON DAMAGE SUIT.
Mrs. Lena Burger Brings Action
Against the Southern
Pacific.
Made an Invalid for Life by Injuries
Received in a Wreck
Near lone.

JACKSON, CAL, June ga suit for
heavy damages was commenced in the
Superior Court here to-day by Mrs Lena
Ellen Burger, joined by her husband,
William Burger, against the Southern Pa
cifc Company. The complaint, signed by
ex-Congressman A. Caminetti and by Del
mas & Shortridge, tells brief story OF
great suffering.
1t is alleged that on January Is, 1895,
Mrs. Burger left her home in Jackson to
go to Stockton. She boarded the South
ern Pacific train at lone in this county.
averred, twas thrown and hurled from its
track and overturned by and through the
carelessness and negligence of said de-
PENDANT" 1t Is further alleged that the
tracks and roadbed were in an unsafe and
dangerous condition at the time.
Mrs Burger is young woman who was
in the enjoyment of physical health at the
time of the injnries, which are described
in the complaint as follows: LENA Ellen
Burgen was violently thrown from her
seat in and against the side and floor of
one of the cars of said train, and received
thereby divers great and grieyous bodily
injuries, to-wit, bruises and Commissions
upon the lower portion of the spine, upon
.he right hip and right side of the body,
upon the back of the head and upon the
spine at the base of the skull; she was
also injured internally, and received a
severe nervous shock"
It was stated that soon asterward Mrs.
Burger gave birth to child. Because of
the injuries received her sufferings were
multiplied, and the complaint declares
that she will never recover her health, and
will be sufferer during the remainder OF
her life. Damages are asked in the amount
Of S50 O00
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
SAN DIEGO BALLOTS COUNTED.
City Fathers Announce Majority for the
Bond iss1e-Work on the
Water System.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, June 29.-The City
Council tonight canvassed the vote cast
on Saturday on the question OF issuing
81, 500. 900 of bonds for the acquisition of a
new water system. The official vote was
found to be 2540 for the bonds and 1874
against, giving a total of SIS for the bonds
over the necessary two-th rds majority.
Ordinances were adopted ratifying all
those passed up to the present time and
declaring the vote official.
Work on the new system was begun
with a rush this morning by E. S. Bah
cock, who, with John D. Spreckels, is the
leading spirit in the enterprise. The COM
pany is constructing Otay dam for its own
use, and the constructing engineer, two
gangs of men and lot OF machinery were
sent out to-day to resume operations. The
dam is about half finished. 1t will irrigate
several thousand acres of lemon land.
Two other engineering corps were sent
out to begin work on the Morena dam,
which will be owned by the city, and the
Barretts dam, which is the property of
the company. Steel for the completion of
the Otay dam was ordered by wire from
Chicago. Roads are to be cut through to
Moreno, which is in an almost inaoces-
sible portion of the Laguna Mountains.
Friendly suits to test the validity of the
bonds just authorized were begun to-day
in the Superior Court here and in the
Federal court at Los Angeles. 1t is ex-
pected that the action here will be sent to
the Supreme Court at once, and that de-
cision will be handed down within a few
months. In the meantime work will pro-
coed without interruption. The San
Diego Flume Company, which has had a
monopoly of the city water business,
threatens to begin suit to contest the
election.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
DANCE UNDER
THE BIG TREES,
Naval Officers Visit the
Redwood Grove Near
Santa Cruz.
TRAVEL IN CARRIAGES.
Admiral Beardslee and His Staff
Treated to a Country
Outing.
PASS A DAY IN THE HILLS.
Musicians From the Philadelphia
Awaken the Natives With
Lively Strains.
PASS A DAY IN THE HILLS.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, June 29.-Admiral
Beardslee ana staff and Captain Cotton of
the Philadelphia, and Captain Sumner of
the Monadnock, with numbe of officers
of the ships, were driven to the Big Trees
this morning, returning about 6 o'clock
this evening, after delightful day spent
in that famous grove of redwoods. The
party numbered about 100. half of whom
were from the ships. Others were citizens
who proffered their private carriages.
Judge Logan. f. o. Him, Lieutenant
Governor Jeter, William Cope, Richard
Thompson, Mr.. Welley and their wives
and number of other citizens and mem
bers of the recent carnival committee were
of the party. The Philadelphia's band
was sent up on the narrow-gauge train,
and supplied music for the outing party.
The carriage-drive is much more enjoy
able than the ride on the train, and Adj
miral Beardslee and party expressed their
delight with the beautiful scenery. The
Big Trees form one of the prettiest and
most picturesque of groves and proved as
much of an attraction as the ride. The
band played and the party danced or wan
dered about the grove at will.
1t had been originally planned to ban
quet the officers of the warships before
they should depart for Monterey, but their
trip to the Big Trees seemed to be much
better mode of Entertainment, and Admiral
Beardslee agreed that nothing pleasanter
could have been devised.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
TACOMA OFFICIAL ACCUSED.
Charged With Compelling Payment of
Tithes From SIt6orGtnates.

Charged With Compelling Payment of
Tithes From Su6orGinates.
TACOMA, WASH, June 29.-Grand
Army circles in this city have been agi-
tated for some days by the knowledge that
a comrade occupying prominent public
position had been compelling two others
under him TO pay him a portion of their
salaries under threat of loss OF their posi-
tons if not complied with. County Com
missioner G. H. Holmes is the guilty per-
son, and to-day a committee from the
Grand Army composed of Mayor Fawcett,
]. Q. Mason, A. Woodworth, o. B. Hayden
and George Boardman waited upon Mr..
Holmes and informed him OF the charges,
and that it was their mention to force
him to resign. He informed them that he
was keeping the contributions made to
him and intended returning them to those
who had contributed at Christmas, "as a
surprise to the boys, you know" he re-
marked,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
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FIRE At SACRAMENTO.
The City Sewage Pumping Pto
Burn ed to the Ground.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, June 29.-The
city sewage pumping plant was de.
stroyed by fire tonight. The plant wa,
old and worn, and the project of renewal
had been under consideration by the
Board of City Trustees for some months
but owing to the scarcity OF funds it had
been considered advisable by the city
fathers to postpone the matter as long al
possible. To-night's confagration will Of
necessity force the issue.
AS the city is built on level ground the
only methods of getting rid of sewage was
to run it through the mains to the sewer.
age plant, where it was pumped over the
levee. Now it is probable that the levee
will have to be cut, 80 that the sewage can
be run into the reclamation district. This
may provoke a series of suits for damages
from the reclamation district owners.
The loss from to-night's fire is estimated
at from $4,000 to $4,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
Both Are Badly Damaged When
Police Arrive on the
Scene.
SEQUEL TO A DIVORCE SUIT.
One the Counsel for DR.. Dawson, and
the Other a Friend of the
Wife.

SEATTLE, WASH, June 29.-Brigadier-
General z. NJ. Carr of the State militia
and chief counsel for DR.. Dawson in his
divorce case against Mrs. Dawson clashed
with Charles Esplin, the much-talked-of
correspondent in the case, on Pioneer
place to-day. In the presence of several
hundred people the two fought three
bloody rounds. The fight was from the
start one of the most desperate that has
occurred in the city for long time.
1t was generally expected that sooner or
later the two men would come together.
General Carr, who is 6 feet and inches in
height and weighs 275 pounds, has a
reputation as a fighter, and Esplin, while
not such large man, is scientific boxer.
Esplin has been more prominently men
toned in connection with the divorce case
than has any other of the CO. respondents.
General Carr subpenaed him as witness
for the plaintiff, and the defense will use
him as a witness. A few days ago, when
Mrs. Kinsey was testifying in the Dawson
case, General Carr made Esplin stand up
while the courtroom was crowded so that
the witness could identify him. Last Sat-
urday a local paper stated that General
Carr had subpenaed witnesses who would
impeach Esplin's testimony for the de-
tense by swearing that Esplin told him
that he and Mrs. Dawson had been init
mate.
Esplin saw General Carr this morning
as the latter was about to enter his Office
in the Pioneer building. He asked Carr if
he were responsible for the article, and
Carr said that he was not. Then Esplin
n, H., - So Tl,+ H.
would whip him. Carr replied that if
Esplin wanted fight he could have it,
and with that he struck Esplin on the nose.
Then they went at it.
Esplin, being the more scieneed, sue
ceeded in landing frequently, but when
ever Carr would hit Esplin he would
stagger him. Three times the men were
separated, and each time they went at il
again. Finally the police interfered and
the two men, their clothes saturated with
blood and their faces black and blue, were
led off to the police headquarters, where
they were released to appear in the
Municipal Court tomorrow morning.
The fight created the greatest kind of a
sensation, owing to Carr's prominence in
the State. 1t is alleged that if it had con-
tinued Carr would have lost. More
serious trouble is expected, as the case has
resolved itself into personal fight among
all interested.
The divorce case was on this afternoon
and Mrs. Mary Jensen, who was nurse
in the Dawson household in 1892, gave
testimony to the effect that Frank Carol,
one of the correspondents, who is attend
ing college in California, was intimate
with Mrs. Dawson. They correspondent
and the witness saw them once in the par
Tor, when Mrs. Dawson was supposed to
have been at dance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
TRIED TO STRANCLE HER.
Gertie Johnson Assailed Last
Night by a Burly Saloon
Keeper.
Her Screams Attracted a Policeman
and He Placed the Offender
Under Arrest

Thomas Anderson, saloon.keeper by
occupation, is behind the bars of the City
Prison, charged with tempting to strange
a young woman of the haIf-world named
Gertie Johnson.
The assault occurred in a dIsreputable
house on the corner of Bush and Dupont
streets. Officer Crowley, who was passing,
was attracted by the screams of the John.
son woman. HeHurried into the build
ing, arriving in time to see the thoroughly
frightened girl rush out of her room into
the hallway. The woman told the officer
her story, and he placed Anderson under
arrest and charged him with assault al
the California-street station.
Detective Bohen, who for many wee K:
has been searching for the stranger who
murdered May McDermott and Bertha
Paridis, was communicated with and he
questioned the young woman as to the
assault made upon her.
This man." she said, pointing toward
Anderson, called at my room about 8
o'clock and we drank few glasses OF wine
together. Finally he began to act strange,
and as my mind was full of the recent
murders, became frightened.
without saying anything to him
attempted to leave the room, and be
sprang in front of me and exclaimed !
am desperate man, don't attempt tc
trife with me- 1 screamed, and he
grabbed me by the throat and threw ms
on the bed. He choked me severely, but
finally managed to struggle from hi.
grasp. ! rushed into the hallway, anc
meeting the officer who had been attracted
by my screams informed him as to wha
had happened, and he placed my assailant
under arrest"
Anderson strongly denies having made
an attempt to strange the woman, anc
offers as an explanation of his action.
that he was only joking.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
ARGUING At SAN JOSE.
Mr.. Deimas Delivers the Closing State
ment for the Proponents in the
Parker Case.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June I'D. M. Del
mas occupied the entire day in Judge
Reynolds court delivering the closing
statement for the proponents in the Parker
will contest. The courtroom was Gro wde1,
large number of the spectators being
ladies.
Mr.. Delmas said long list of reputabls
witnesses had testified that George H.
Parker was shrewd business man and
possessed all his mental faculties at the
time the will was made and was not one
that could be easily influenced. Edward
L. Parker, the testator's son and husband
of the contestant, was perfectly satisfied
with the terms of the will. He lived
eight months after his father died and had
no idea of contesting the will, but as soon
as he died Emma l.. Parker, his widow,
took the first train across the continent to
begin this contest.
Mr.. Delmas will finish his argument in
the morning and will be followed by
Attorney Coogan for the contestant. A
verdict will probably be reached Wednes-
day evening.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
Los ANGELES sUFFRAG1sTs.
FIdtterin0 Prospects for the Passage of
the Eleventh. Ansendna efit.

FIdtterin0 Prospects for the Passage of
the Eleventh. Amendment.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, June 29.-The
monthly meeting of Los Angeles County
Campaign Committee of Woman Suf-
fragists was held at the rooms of the Fri
day Morning Club this afternoon, Presi-
dent Mia Topper Maynard in the chair,
Mrs. Maynard, in calling the assembly to
order, spoke hatteringly of the progress of
the work throughout the county, and es-
pecially of the great number of parlor
meetings which were being organized in
many parts of the city and county. En-
couraging reports had come in from Santa
Monica, Pasadena, Monrovia, Pomona,
San Fernando and Antelope Valley.
Five minute talks were made by Mes
DANES Maynard, Meserve, Bulla, McComas
and Ex-Governor ]. J. Gosper of Pomona.
Mrs. McComas, in speaking of the work of
the press, referred to THE CALL in hatter-
ing terms, and was applauded energeti-
cally. A member read letter from an
old acquaintance and co-worker in New
Jersey, which said that the eyes of the
Eastern people were upon progressive
California in this great work.