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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-25

expect to go as far as Central America
and If all goes well and the novelty is not
worn off by the time we get there we may
decide to prolong the journey to Cape
Horn.
No, 1 am not afraid of perishing in the
desert or being killed by Indians. Coker's
cowboy experience in Arizona has Injured
him to desert life and | consider him a
competent guide, philosopher and friend.
We will go well armed and be prepared to
defend ourselves against savages and des-
peradoes, but will exercise discretion by
giving hostile Indian tribes wide berth
unless guaranteed protection by the pres
ence of soldiers.
Lady Douglas has several engagements
IN Chicago, where she will remain for the
present, although she may join me in the
City OF Mexico later on. There is no
truth in the dispatch from Chicago that
she is on her way to England to visit my
people. We both prefer the rowing, inde-
pendent life we can lead in this country,
and shall not go to England until the
glddy whirl of life In London's social
circles possesses more fascination for us
than 1t does at present.
"Good-bye," his lordship said at parting.
" ou newspaper fellows have had a good
deal OF sport writing me up since / started
in my brilliant career in California and now
propose to do a little pencil-pushing for
the press myself-not for the glory of it,
but for revenue only as some of your
blooming politicians say. Adios."
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-25
PORTLAND STREET AFFRAY
Lawyer Nutting Belabored by a
Woman Who Charged Him
With Fraud.
She PummelS Him With an Umbrella
and Disfgures His Flowing
Beard.

PORTLAND, Or. March 2.-W. L.
Nutting, well-known lawyer. was this
afternoon attacked on Morrison and Third
streets by Mrs. Isabella Walker. She
caught hold of Nutting' flowing beard and
tore handful of hair out of it. With the
other hand she belabored him with an
uni brella. The episode did not last more
than minute, but it attracted crowd of
hundreds, who seemed to enjoy the affair."
In the midst of cheers and laughter Nut
ting freed himself from the woman's firm
hold and ran down Third street followed
by a hooting crowd.
The woman, though, stood her ground
and related the cause prompting her as
sault upon the lawyer Some months ago.
she claimed, she paid Nutting $50 to OBJ
tain decree of divorce for her. He de-
layed matters until she changed her mind
and demanded the return of her money.
Nutting refusing to make restitution, she
began suit for the recovery of the $50 and
got judgment. AS he had nothing upon
which to levy and still refused to pay, she
lay in wait for him this afternoon.
Mrs. Walker threatens to "do him up
every time she meets him until she has
had $50 worth of excitement Several
peace officers witnessed the interesting
scene this afternoon, but they refrained
from taking a hand in it, so intensely were
they absorbed. Nutting was seen tonight,
but he naively said that he preferred hav-
ing no newspaper notoriety in connection
with it. Mrs. Walker threatened his arrest
for the embezZlement of her money.
A short time ago Nutting was arrested
for embeZZlement, at the instance of a
client, but he was discharged at his pre-
liminary examination.
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ALL SANTA CLARA
COUNTY IS VOTING,
Choosing a Queen to Rule Over
the Coming Carnival
of Roses.
SANTA ROsA'S MERRY WAR
Superstition Enters Into the Rivalry
of the Belles-FeteS in
Other Cities.

San JOSE, CAL, March 24.-The result
of the balloting for queen of the Carnival
of Roses up to date will be made known
tomorrow evening and it is expected the
contest from now on will be lively. The
names of several ladies voted for have
been withdrawn, as they decided not to be
candidates for the honor. The present
contestants are Misses Grace Adel, Meta
Laisy, Lillian Rea of Gilroy, Julia Lauck
of Santa Clara, Mamie Sullivan, Maud
Phelps and Bertha Warren.
The contest, it is believed, is between the
first three named, and that there will be a
battle of ballots the like of which has sell
dom been seen is likely.
A Gilroy dispatch tonight says: Public
interest in the Rose Carnival at San Jose is
increasing daily. An entertainment is
under way by home talent for the benefit
OF the fund to give Gilroy proper display
in the pavilion and parade. Mrs. Frank
c. Stamford, the superintendent of the
Ladies' Auxiliary, has plans about COM
pleted, and the one thing needful now
money-is being raised. Ballot-boxes have
been placed in convenient places for votes
for the carnival queen, and Gilroy will
strive to carry off that honor.
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Workmen Build an Improvised
Line Under the Cover of
Darkness.
FIRST CAR PUSHED BY HAND.
Two Lines of Steel Along Corte
MADEIRA Avenue-officers Cited
for Contempt.

NULL VALLEY, CAL, March 24.-The
Mount TamaIpais Scenic Railway Com
pany has taken the law into its own hands
and defied the propertv-owners along Corte
MADEIRA avenue. Tonight 200 men seized
the avenue and stretched rails along the
surveyed route of the road. This move,
following closely upon the citation to-day
of the officers of the road to appear before
Judge Angelotti OF San Rafael to show
cause why they should not be punished
for contempt of court for having strewn
ties along portion of Corte MADEIRA
avenue last night, in defiance of the in
junction proceedings to prevent this move,
has caused the widest excitement. Resi-
dents of the city who do not live on this
thoroughfare appear to favor the COM
pany's intention. When the improvised
track was completed at 10:10 o'clock to-
night large crowd ''lent q hand" and
while deafening cheers arose the first car
was pushed over a portion of the new rail-
way.
The workmen placed the rails as fast as
they possibly could. They stretched two
lines Of steel across the Blythedale road
and rapidly moved up Corte MADEIRA
avenue. The force was short of railroad
spikes and consequently used but one to
every three or four ties. In a ew hours a
line one mile and a half long, to connect
with the.spur up the mountain, was COM
pleted. The property-owners are foiled, as
they could not secure an injunction to pre-
vent the work
The sound of the sledge and the clank-
ing of the steel ties can be heard all along
Corte MADEIRA avenue tonight.
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ARGONAUTED IN 40.
Death of Ear Warden Robinson of San
Quentin Prison.

Death Of Er- Warden Robinson of San
Quentin Prison.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, March A.-G. w.
Robinson, a California pioneer, and at one
time Warden of st. Quentin Prison, is
dead, at the age of 81. Mr.. Robinson
crossed the plains from Kansas City in
1S49, coming direct to Los Angeles, where
he resided till 1857, when he went north to
take charge of San Quentin, returning after.
ward to Los Angeles, which remained his
permanent home.
Mr.. Robinson was native of Georgia
and typical argonaut. being endowed
with the mental and physical powers
which enabled the pioneers of 1849 to push
their way beyond the confines of civiliza-
tion and found an empire by the western
sea. In the eighty-four years of his life he
did not know what sickness was till a
stroke of apoplexy suddenly ended his
career.
1t is said of Mr.. Robinson that he en-
joyed the distinction of casting the first
vote that was ever deposited in an Ameri-
can ballot-box in Los Angeles. A widow.
four children and fourteen grandchildren
survive him.
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OFF FOR ARIZONA W|LOS.
Lord Sholto Douglas and His
Cowboy Friend in Search
of Adventures.
Will Traverse Western Wastes and
Penetrate Miasma Breeding Jun
giles of the Isthmus.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 4.-Lord
Sholto Douglas and his friend, John E.
Coker the wild and woolly cowboy artist,
late of Arizona, started for Phoenix, Arlz.,
this evening. There they will procure an
outfit and set out on burro ride through
the waste places of Arizona, New Mexico
and Old Mexico and the jungles of Central
America. The trip is undertaken for
profit as well as adventure, it being the
purpose of Sholto to write an account of
his travels for press syndicate, while
Coker will draw pictures illustrating the
subjects written about by his lordship.
They claim to have secured credentials
from five great newspapers, which have
contracted to take the literary m after fur
nisheu by them at rate that will make
the undertaking remunerative.
The start will be made from Phoenix. for
the reason that Coker has number of
horses on his brothers ranch near that
place, which he will exchange for burros
and the paraphernalia of pack-train.
The Journey will be made by easy stages
through the widest territory that can be
found To make sure that they will be
well treated in Mexico the young adven-
turers will carry letters OF introduction to
Joint. Gaffey, Judge Sepulveda and other
distinguished citizens of Los Angeles, who
are well known in Mexico.
I'VE have mapped out no definite
route" said Lord Sholto previous to his
departure. cit will be sort of go-as-you-
please trip. as we have all the time at our
disposal that we want and we shall want
to see every place OF special interest i'll the
countries through which we travel. We
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-25
MARE ISLAND "LLFERS. !"
Nearly One Hundred Men at the Nary Yard
to Be Placed on the Classified Civil
Service List

VALLEJO, CAL, March 24.-David Clop-
ton, special laborer performing writer's
duty for the inspection board at Mare
Island, has received letter from Con-
gresham Hubbard congratulating him on
the possibility of his soon being able to
saw that he held alife.position at the navy
ward. Next week Secretary OF the Navy
Herbert would. with the approval of the
President, issue an order placing clerks.
writers, special laborers, janitors and all
other appointees of the Secretary under
the classified civil service list and those so
placed could not be removed for political
or other reasons so long as they performed
their duty.
This measure has been under considera-
ton for some time. and, it is intimated.
only awaiting the filling of all positions
such as named with adhere nts of the pres
ent party in power. With but three or
four exceptions. this has apparently been
done at Mare Island. If the law is carried
into effect. nearly 100 persons at the navy
ward will be assured of life positions. and
today MANY of them were cong-atulating
themselves upon the receipt of the news,
as obtained from the letter of Congress
man Hubbard. The Treasury and Army
departments will also be placed under
civil service rules.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-25
EzETA RAN FOR COVER.
His Stay on the Salvadoran
Coast as Brief as It Was
Exciting.
Ignominious Flight Followed the Ap.
pearance of a Troop of Gov ern-
ment Soldiers.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, March 24.-The tug
Barclay Golden, Captain Hanson, arrived
tonight from Panama after voyage full
of incident and adventure. One of the
crew relates the experience of the tug off
the Salvadoran coast, where Antonio
Ezeta and Manuel Casin tried to land and
start revolution.
"Ezeta and Casin decided upon land
ing place. says this fellow, "and then
they showed their courage by putting
Kineally, one of our passenger, where
he would be most apt to get shot
Ezeta, Casln, Kineally. one or two Others
and l went ashore in a sheltered place
where the surf was not so strong, and the
understand ng was that Kineally would
go inland, get horse and drum up Ezeta' s
friends. We got ashore safely and landed
a big demijohn full of mescal, some food
and gun for Kineally. Ezeta and Casin
were to stop on shore till Kineally re-
turned.
Then Kineally remembered that he had
no money to get horse with, and Casin
and L had to go back to the tug to get
some. We got it and made ashore again,
and Kineally started away carrying the
demijohn and the grub. He got about a
quarter of mile away when over the
brow of the hill ahead of him appeared
about fifty soldiers, who saw him and gave
chase at once. He dropped the demiiohn
and scampered toward the boat. l think
the soldiers were unaware OF our presence.
or they would have lain in wait and
bagged us all.
''Well, sir, you ought to have seen Ezeta
and Casin scramble into that boat 1t was
some ways out in the surf, but they lust
half swan and half ran toward it and
tumbled in. was already there. They
begged me to pull off toward the ship and
never to mind Kineally, but l would not
do it. All this time Klneally was logging
it toward US. and the bullets were begin
ming to whiz around US. The soldiers were
speinting toward us and shooting as they
ran.
"Kineally made remarkably good time
and got to the beach about twenty yards
ahead of the soldiers. He was almost
exhausted and l had to get out and help
him into the boat. Ezeta and Casin could
have rowed away and left us. but they
were both crouchlng in the bottom of the
boat and hardly breathing. Kineally and
got in and we got back to the tug with
out being hurt, but the bllets whistled
mighty lively for while. L saw soldier
take up the demijohn and sample the
mescal in it and then draw the attention of
his partners to the prize.
'That ended Ezeta's attempts to land
on the Salvadoran coasts The last we
saw of Ezeta and Casin they were in
Panama, dead broke. Devlin was there,
too, and he cried when we sailed away.
He has brother who is District Attorney
of Solano County, l think. The other
fellows scattered, and so we left them.
Kineally returned to San Francisco on the
City of Sydney. We did not have any
trouble in Panama, as was reported. and
we were not arrested: The American
Consul told Ezeta and Casin that they
could not come back with US, and Captain
Hanson was warned not to take them to
Salvador or to carry arms for them, and
the arms we had were taken away"
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WSAL|A JUSTICE
IS NOT CHEATED.
Si Lovren Will Recover From
the Wound Inflicted by
Himself.
Is FAST GROWING STRONGER.
The Attempt at Suicide Strong Evi.
dence of Guilt-Inquiry Into
McCall's Death.

YISALIA, CAL. March "a The attempt
of ST Lovren, the saIoon-keeper accused of
having planned the Southern Pacific
train hold-up near Tulare early last
Thursday morning, to end his life by cut
ting his throat in prison, appears to have
ended in failure. DR.. Patterson reports
Lovrens condition as much improved and
he has good chance to recover. He
takes nourishment, his pulse is stronger
and the color has returned to his face.
The attempt at suicide has given the pros
ecution more confidence in the case
against the band of robbers.
The Coroners inquiry into the death of
Dan Mccall was resumed by Coroner ]. C.
McCabe this afternoon. w. w. Wright of
Fresno, engineer of the train boarded by
Mccall, was the principal witness. He
testified:
"We arrived at Goshen at II :57 o 'clock..at
night, and while oiiing the engine Depu-
ties Daggett and Reed came up. They
surprised me, for / had heard nothing of
an attempted hold-up and they looked
somewhat tough themselves. They asked
me to le. them ride on the engine to Tu-
lare and handed me their credentials.
gave tHelu W Tluc anu Gu0y
got inside the coal board and sat down on
the coal. A short time after we started l
chanced to look back and saw man get
ting up over the end Of the tender. l no.
ticed his mask. and then he pulled rife
and revolver on me and the fireman and
shouted something which in the noise
took to be Hold up your hands, Then
the shooting between this man and the
deputies took place, both firing about the
same time. The robber shot four times
and then fell o IF the east side of the ten
der. let the train run a short distance
and then slowed down, stepped back to
the tender and asked the deputies if they
wanted to get off. Reed said they were
both shot and that should 90 on to Tu-
lare. This was the first knew that they
had been shot by the robher. Reed
watched for second robber till we got to
Tulare. started to leave the cab through
the front window after the robber shot first
and had got one foot out when / noticed
the fellow fall. Then came back. The
whole thing occupied but minute. per-
haps, but in the excitement it seemed a
long time to me-"
Other witnesses were examined as to
minor details. The jury. after hearing the
evidence, returned a verdict of "Death by
a gunshot wound at the hands of Deputy
Sheriffs Earl paggett and Vic Reed. while
in the discharge of their official duties"
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-25
FRESNO SEER'S PROPHECY
Patriarchal Darius Myers Sees
the Millennium Near
at Hand.
Grand Gathering of the Chosen to
Take Place During the Com.
ing Summer.

FRESNO, CAL, March "a. - Darius
Myers. an aged vineyardist of patrlarchial
mien, who resides few miles south of this
city, has been known for years ASA Bibli-
cal student and prophet. He has pub
lished many tracts expounding and ex-
planning the Scriptures, many of which
have shown considerable literary merit
and indicate remarkable knowledge on the
part of their author of the Scriptures. His
latest production deals with the milen-
mum and what he designates as 666 re-
ligious denominations, which, he has de-
cided, will have no part nor lot in the
"first stage" of this millennium. Regard-
ing this first stage" the aged Biblicist
says:
This gathering of the saints to the mountain
on which the feast is held is the same as the
gathering of the elect Matt xxiv:31, Luke
xvii: 80. This is to take place on June 16,
1896. 1t is at this feastand gathering that the
church of the first born lHeb. xii:23) is 10 be
organized and set in the body OF the Christ,
every one, as it hath pleased God to set them,
as Il Cor. xii:lS) each one will have a name
and place in the walls of Gods house that shall
not be taken from them Elsa. lvi:5).
After quoting many passages of Script
ure the author further on says:
By the above 1t is seen that those who do not
get ready for the first fruits harvest of June 16
1896, will have to wait Tor 1000 years before
they Will De harvested ana receive tne nlQQen
life (Col ili:3-4).
throughout his leaflet the author speaks
of the 666 religious denominations at Mer-
ozites, and in this connection he says:
Now, which of the 666 Merozites have ever
come UP to the help of the Lord as much as to
publicly acknowledge or advocate this king
dom of Christ upon the builded ruins of
David's throne and kingdom. All with one
consent are antagonists and enemies against
such kingdom. Nor do they expect any lot
or part in such Kingdom under the whole
heavens, as stated in Dan. :27, which is to
fill the whole earth as stated in Dan. ii:4T,
when the Knowledge of the Lord will fill the
whole earth Elsa. xi:9, Habb. ii:14. From
lister TO the gospelage during the gospel king
dOmages.
In explanation of his oft-quoted
"Merozites" the writer says:
There are 666 different large denominations,
besides small ones Revelations xiii:18).
Not one of these will come up to the help or
advocate the building up again of the throne
of the Lord upon which David and Solomon
sat Il Chronicles xxix:23 and III Chronicles
xiii:S) which was overturned in the DAYS of
Zedekiah CHRONICLES xxxvi:11-19) and was to
remain overturned ezekiel xxxi:2O until
after the Loru's return from visit 10 the
gentiles (Acts xv:16), when its ruins were to
be builded up again as it was in the days of
old (Amos ix:11). Now out OF these 666 differ
ent inhabitants of Meroz not one comes up to
the help of the Lord to build up again the
throne of David that is now fallen down and
in ruins
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CITED FoR CONTEMPT.
Officers of the Raittcay Summoned
Appear in Court.

Officers of the RaiitcGB Summoned to
appear in Court.
SAN RAFAEL, CAL, March 24.-The
plaintiff in the injunction suit against the
Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic
Railroad sprung big surprise this morn
ing when the case came up in court to be
tried. Mr.. Windmiller, the plaintiff.
through his. attorneys, stated that the
mountain road company had disobeyed
the injunction OF the court and had laid
rails and ties upon Corte MADEIRA avenue
in Mill Valley. The court took recess OF
fifteen minutes, in which to allow Wind
miller to make an affidavit to that effect.
In his affidavit Mr.. Windmiller states
that the men employed by the California
Construction Company in the building of
the Tamalpals Mountain road had, either
last night or this morning, laid rails upon
Corte MADEIRA avenue for a considerable
distance and had strewn ties along the
route of the road. NJ. NJ. O'Shaughnessy
swore to like affidavit.
Judge Angelotti Immediately made an
order citing the officials of the company
to appear next Monday and show cause
why they should not be punished for con-
tempt. Later it was explained that the
men did not know they were laying the
track on the disputed territory. About
sixty feet of rails were laid.
President S. B. Cushing of the Mountain
road explained the presence of the ties by
stating that one of the wagons employed
in hauling the ties had become imbedded
in the mud, and the teamster, to tighten
his load, had thrown off the ties which
Windmiller had seen upon the road.
Late this afternoon Judge Angelotti rem
dered his decision in the injunction pro-
ceedings by denying the application OF
plaintiff, Maurice Windmiller, for per-
manent injunction, and dissolving the
restraining order then in force.
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Los ANGELES COURT.
La Reina de Ia Fiesta's Maids of Honor
Are announced.


LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 24.-So-
ciety was in futter to-day when the
names of the maids of honor selected to
attend the Queen of La Fiesta were an
nounced. The galaxy of beauties is COM
poseed of Mrs. Arthur Braly, and Misses
Helen Klokke, Cora Goodrich Alma Rob-
inson, Hattie Kimball, Ida Menifee. Har-
riet Smith, Isodora Scott, Sarah Innes,
Lila Fairchild, Lillian Wellborn, Olga
Mark, Bessie Bonsall, Hortense Levy and
Bessie Byram. The name of the queen
herself is still a profound secret, and will
be kept so. if possible, until the eve of the
fiesta. Judging by the personnel of the
maids of honor, however, it is mised
that the queen is either Mrs Marx Lewis
or Mrs. E. P. Johnson, sister of Mrs. Mo-
dini Wood, queen of last years carnival.
There are others, however, who believe
that the queen is, and of right ought to be,
Mrs. John Bradbury, and still others think
that Mrs Albert Carlos Jones will wear
the CROWN
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--$9.5O-

1t is our greatest of great sales, embody.
ing as it does all brand new, fresh goods,
all new spring styles, goods that are not
three weeks IN the house. A sale for nerve
and pluck and a sacrifice OF profit at the
beginning of the season has not its equal
in this era of advanced methods of mer-
chandising.
We did it for one reason-to give a
Knockout blow to our Growing compete
tors.
There are values in this sale which can
not be duplicated in any other house in
town under $1s, facts which are borne out
by the display in our big corner window.