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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

ment Allsop administered paris green in a
nicely prepared dish of lettuce, of which
his wife was very fond. Suspecting some
thing. Mrs. AlIsop abstained from partak-
ing of the dish and had the contents an
alyzed, with the result, as claimed, that
enough paris green was found in the let
tuce to kill three women. The same in
formant states that it was the general be-
lief in Tacoma at the time of the alleged
runaway that Mrs. Allsop, who was
known to have lived most unhappily with
her husband, had met with foul play
rather than accidental death.
Allsop spent his boyhood days at Gill
bertsvile, Otsego County. N. Y, where
he was schoolmate of Henry Foster,
well-known resident of this city.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
FROM SPANISH SOURCES.
Reports of Several Minor Defeats of tn
Insurgents.

Reports of Several Minor Defeats of the
Insurgents.
HAVANA, CUBA, April 17.-Reports
from columns of tree, which have been
operating for several days against Maceo
have been received. According to these
the troops destroyed a number OF camps
that the rebels had been compelled to
abandon and pursued portions of Maceo' s
forces further west in the province OF
Pinar del Rio. The troops had one officer
and five soldiers wounded and a corporal
sunstruck. The re bel losses are unknown.
Maceo was said to be near Lechuza, the
scene of his recent defeat of the Spanish
troops, yesterday.
Colonel Elolu and the guerrilIas of San
Domingo report that they have attacked
groups of rebels and had hand to-hand
fights with them. The guerrillas state
that twenty-one of the insurgents were
killed and a number wounded. The Span
iards had two wounded.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
CAUSING GREAT UHEASIRESS.
Residents of 6uiuwayo Becoming Alarmed
by the Presence of Many
M1fQbeies

LONDON, Eng, April IA telegram
has been received from Sir Hercules Rob-
inson, Governor OF Cape Colony and British
High Commissioner in South Africa, in
which he says he does not fear that Bulu-
wayo has been captured by the Matabeles,
as rumored.
He adds that every precaution mas been
taken for the safety of the town. The re-
endorsements sent to Buluwayo will keep
the road open for the transpor tation of
food supplies. Forts have been erected
and occupied in the Mapgve Pass.
A dispatch from Buluwayo says that the
presence of a larger number of natives
within the town is causing uneasiness
The native women have taken a quantity
OF European clothing out of Buluwayo for
the use of Matebeles, who, when attired
in such clothing, have been allowed to
enter the place without being questioned.
1t is believed a quantity OF assegais
have been smuggled into the town. The
white residents demand that a search for
concealed weapons be made, fearing that
the natives in the town will treacherously
attack them
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, April IT,
Great Britain has through the Government
OF Cape Colony informed President Kruger
of the Transvaal of her intention to send
re-enforcements to the British troops in
Cape Colony and Natal
The President was assured that this ac-
ton does not indicate any change in Great
Britain's friendly policy toward the Trans
vaal. and that the information was given
to him lest those wishing to prevent last
ing entente between the two countries
| should misrepresent Great Britain's mo-
tives in sending further troops to South
| frioo
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

eral Lee means that the administration
seeks light in view of all the misrepresen-
tations that have been and are going
through official channels, it is step in
the right direction and had it been taken
months ago, thousands of lives would
have been saved. J. FRANK CLARK.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
Repulse OF the Derriah...

LONDON, Eng, April IA dispatch
from Suakim says that 800 Dervishes of
cavalry and 1000 OF infantry made an at
tack upon friendly Arabs and drove them
into the Erkowit Hills. The Dervishes
afterward attacked Soudanese battalion.
and the fight resulted in the repulse of the
Dervisnes with a notable loss. The Der
wishes also attacked the Eighth Egyptian
Cavalry and We're again repulsed, with a
loss of thirty killed
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
THREE PRISONERS SHOT.

They Faced the Fatal Tolley Without
FIinching.
HAVANA, CUBA, April 17.-Three pris-
oners, named Berges. Hernandez and Buc-
calico were shot at Cabanas fortress this
morning. The executions were public.
The doomed men knelt, facing the wall OF
the fortress, with their backs toward the
troops. All three fell at the first volley,
but two were not instantly killed, receiv-
ing single shots each. The prisoners met
death bravely. Two of the men were col
ored and one white. The men were taken
prisoners in the action of Candelaria.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
SENIOR sAGAsTA ACTIYE.
Calls a Ministry to Formulate Cuba,
P1.OUrnuatue.

Calls a Ministry to Formulate a Cuban
Programme.
MADRID, SPAIN. April 17.-Members of
the Madrid election board have been fined
1000 francs each for corrupt handling OF
votes in the recent elections. Senior Sa.
gasta, ex-Prime Minister, has called a
meeting of the Liberal leaders in the
Cortes for the purpose of formulating a
Cuban programme. The question of inter
national relations especially as regards
the United States, will be raised in debate
on the address in reply to the Queen
Regents speech and the recent electoral
scandals will also be denounced.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
Stolen Je,celrn Found.

LONDON, Eng, April 1.-Two men
giving the names of Dunlop and Turner
and describing themselves as gentlemen
servants" were arraigned in the police
court to-day, charged with having stolen
diamonds worth SO, 900, which were found
on them: In the lodgings of the men was
found other jeweIry worth $4,000. 1t is
believed that the jemv1s are the proceeds of
the robbery of the residence of Townsend
Burden in New Y ork some time ago.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
Poputdsts of Nebraska.

HASTINGS, NEBR.. April 1.-THE Pop
ulist State Central Committee to-day fixed
upon July Is, at Grand Island, as the time
and place for holding the State delegate
convention, and at Hastings, on a day In
August to be yet determined, to nominate
State. officers. resolution favoring free
coinage of silver and ndorsing Senator
Allen for the Presidency was adopted. a..
z. Taubeneck and Governor Holcomb
were present and spoke.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
Factories Are Flooded.

sHERBRoOKE, QUEBEC, April 1.-THE
river here has been rising for several days
and there is now over three feet of water
on the floors of the many manufacturing
establishments on the fats. stopping work
therein. The central business part of the
town of Richmond is completely in
undated.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
Stoddnrd,s Shortnae

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 1.-THE
finance committee OF the City Council to-
night reported to that body that the ex-
pert examination of the books of J, c.
Stoddard, City Treasurer, revealed short.
age of $11.0O0. Stoddard has been in Office
sixteen wears. 1t is believed that careless
bookkeepers and dishonest assistants are
the cause of the defalcation. No prosecu-
ton is likely to be made. The city will
not lose anything, as his bond is good
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
GERMAN CLnin,s SettIed-

HAMBURG, GERMANY, April 1.-THE
Boersenhalle publishes dispatch from
Caracas stating that the arrangement for
the settlement of the German railway
claims have been signed. The company
will receive 100000 bolivars if a loan is
sanctioned by Congress.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
Ere children sn,otherea.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, April 17.-Five
French children we're suffocated in tene-
ment house fire at Turner Falls, Mass,
this morning. The property loss was small.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
Fifteen Thousand Persons Fill
the Pavilion That Covers
the Walters.
MAIDS CARRIED AS FLOWERS
Pretty Performance Preceding the
Grand March-Dazzling Costumes
of the Ladies.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, April IL
Carnival week ended tonight in the
splendor of the far-famed annual ball.
The canvas pavilion adjoining the Airing
ton was the scene of the dancing. 1t re-
tanned the decorations and the illumina-
tlons already described in connection with
the great display of the roses, but where
the tables of flowers had stood crash
covered floor felt the tread of the dancers.
In itself the bail was much like any
brilliant event of the same nature in San
Francisco, except that the dancing was in
tent instead of hall, and the constant
swaying of the breeze blown roof gave a
summery and out-of-doors aspect. There
were no floral decorations of especial note,
but flowers were not needed for the beauty
of the scene. And Santa Barbara has been
covered with flowers all the week
There were about 5000 persons in the
pavilion, and everybody was delighted
with the brilliancy of the social event
The programmes, given as souvenirs, were
in the form of booklets. The cover was in
rich brown shades, with a maiden's por-
trait and palm background, partly con-
cealed by the hinging ribbons of white
MORE. Descriptions of the costumes will
be description of the brightest, airiest ef-
feets that the artists can produce.
Description of the wearers of the lace
and the muslins and the silks would be a
story from the infinite. Society maidens
of quiet old Santa Barbara. were hardly
in greater nun bers than their sisters the
perenially summer girls of all California,
and there were scores of young ladies from
the East. San Francisco had a notable
| representation of the men and the naval
officers were prominent.
The ball was begun with flower dance,
performed by fifteen young ladies, who,
with the exception of three in pink, wore
costumes of white tarletan and car
ried garlands of roses. 1t was an ex-
quisite, simple performance. The people,
who encroached far upon the f1oor-great
was the throng the weIl-deserved
applause and then a waltz began. The
order of dances was as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

A suggestion of the richness of the cos
tunes is in the description of that worn
by Mrs. George B. GIenney of Buffalo.
The gown was of rainbow satin, broad
alternate stripes of shaded green and
salmon. A heavy founce of rich silk fell
from the neck OF the low bodice, and the
bouffant sleeves were of pale green satin.
A pale green sash interviewer with gold
threads added touch OF oriental richness
to the costume.
A necklace of emeralds and rubies en-
circled her deck, and her dark hair was
powdered and drawn back in pompadour
coiffure.
Mrs. Alexander Sedgewick (formerly Miss
Rogers of Buffalo) was attired IN ivory
silk brocaded in small checked pattern
Her ornaments were pearls.
Miss Cudany of San Francisco wore a
simple but costly gown of white MULE,
with trimmings of fine Valenciennes lace,
over silk 1nderdress, her bouffant sleeves
being of white silk brocaded with pink
roses.
Mrs. John Percy Lawton was attired in
brocaded silk with a creamy ground.
Mrs. DR.. Thaw of Montecito was in an
English gown of pale green brocaded
satin, with low corsage and short sleeves.
Her ornaments were crimson.
Miss Ethel Doulton, stately Montecito
brunette, wore ivory-white satin, with
deep flounces of crepe lisse, embroidered
with forget -me-nots about the neck of her
low corsage and the hem of her skirt. A
necklace of turquoise, Stimulating the
same delicate flower, completed the simple
elegance of her toilet.
Mrs. DIR. Winchester, a petite blonde,
wore gown of light pink satin, with lace
at neck and sleeves. Mrs. Milton Stewart
wore white brocaded silk at her bodice
of pearls, and a border of white ostrich
plumes around her square-cut corsage.
Two diamond brooches added a touch of
briIliancy to her toilet.
Mrs. Amelia Doremus wore Louis XIV
costume, with green satin petticoat and
overdress of threaded silk.
Mrs. S. P. Stros' toilet was brocaded
silk with pink ground. the bodice of en-
broidered crepe lisse.
Miss Carrie Bell, as candy girl, wore a
fancy costume symbolizing the striped
candy of our childhood days-cream-
coIored silk, alternating with panels of gay
red and white stripes.
Miss Lupe Macy OF oakland, petite
brunette. wore fascinating white null
costume.
Miss BESSIE Cooper wore a pretty gown
of white null, with odd letter pendent of
dark green satin hanging from the belt,
fashioned in the semblance of oakleaves.
Mrs, DR.. Stambach was gowned in a
simple pink silk. A costume of pale bro
caded crepe over pink silk was worn by
Miss Evangeline Nixon.
Miss Young OF Montecito was attired in
The oasis., 1896-12-12
GUAYMAs NOTES.

Sunday Mr. Armin Graf, proprietor of the Guaymas street railway line reached home from T visit in San Francisco.
 Messrs. J. w. II. Leonard and J. J. Fergus, Denver mining operators, are at Guaymas investigating the mineral resources of,Sonora.
 Tie auditor of the custom house at Guaymas, Don Luis G. Aragon, has been appointed collector of the custom house at Tonala, in the. state of Chia- pas.
 December lst number of the office force and subordinate officials of the Sonora railway at Guaymas were made glad by notices of substantial increase in salaries.
 Last Friday Mir. Ed. Scott, yard master at Guaymas for the Sonora railway, hurt his hand making a coupling. The flesh was stripped from his middle finger.
 Heavy shipments of oranges to the United States are going forward from the vicinity of Guaymas. Most of them are loaded at Batamotal, sta- tion eight miles out on the Sonora railway.
 Sunday MT. Henry k. Batcheller, the expert for the AnglO-American Mining Co.,, at San Jose de Gracia, in state of Sinaloa, who was at Nogales, last week, returning from a visit in the east, left Guaymas by the steamer Orizaba en route to Mazatlan.
 The loss of the Mazatlan and the mishap to the Manzanillo have made adisarrangemeut in the facilities for getting up and down the gulf coast, and several gentlemen southward bound have been detained at Guaymas many days. Among them is Mir. Geo. Jennings, of R. M. Staden & O., of Manzanillo, who was at Nogales a couple of weeks ago.
 So great has been the freight offer ings, both from San Francisco and along the coast. that the steamer Ori- zaha has been fennd inadequate, for the trade; and after the present yoy- age she will be replaced by the George w. Elder, vessel of twice the capa- city. In draft, the Elder is but few inches deeper than the Orizaba, and can enter all the harbors on the route as easily as does the latter.
 The Orizaba, which arrived at Guaymas Sunday morning brought the intelligence that the steamer Manzanillo had been lowed into the harbor of Mazatlan in a sadly damaged condition. She had grounded at Sali- na Cruz, staying in her bow, damaging her machinery and losing her smoke stack, she had exhausted her coal supply, and without steam had become unmanageable in the storm recently experienced down the gulf coast.
The oasis., 1896-12-12
SONORA SETTINGS.
A Collection of Happenings in the State
 Over the Line.


 Over the Line.
 Since December lst, the Sonora rail- way is paying s4.50 per cord, for wood delivered alonsidc the track anywhere -an increase from si per cord.
 The Sonora state government will immediately construct telegraph line from Magdalena to Altar, which when completed will be incorporated into the federal telegraph system.
 Annually Mexico imports s4,500,0O0 worth of cotton to supply the demands of her factories With direct railway communication from the Pacific coast to the interior of the republic the Ya- Qui river region would supply all that demand, and more.
 Some mining properties have been recently given an unwarranted hurt by an ambitious promoter who "bit of more than he could chew" and took bonds which have since been allowed to lapse. But his action raised the ideas-and their prices-of owners of promising prospects which could have been sold.
 Mr. G. A. Shepard, until recently foreman of the section on the N. M. x A. railway at Sanfords, has been promoted to roadmaster of the Sonora and N. N. < A. railways, with head quarters at Nogales. MT. Shepard is an experienced track man. and is in every way deserving of the promotion he has received.
 At Minas Prietas society has been organized under the name of Union y Progreso.r The object of the society is to diyulge to it's members the knowledge and ways of modern civil ization and mutual protection. The officers are: Eduardo A. Espinoza, pre- sident; Manuel Montijo, treasurer; Genaro Sanchez, secretary; Rafael P. Torres, Juan k. Montijo and Teodoro Duarte, directors.
 Mir Carlos Conant, president of the Sonora X Sinaloa Irrigation Co.,, has been at Guaymas several days this week. He reports that the company has finally resumed work of construc- tion on the big canal, and it is antici pated that it will be entirely com pleted in April next. Some 100000 metres of earth remain to be removed to finish the work, and a large force of workmen is now employed. As soon as the corn harvest is over the force will be greatly increased and in q few weeks fully 250 scrapers will be at work moving dirt. When the canal is completed the company will be pre- pared to open it's lands to settlement. Several large, colonies have Already been formed in the east and in Europe, and are only awaiting word that everything is in readiness for them on the Yaqui, when they will start.
The oasis., 1896-12-12
HERMOSILLO NOTES.
A Rnnning Account of Occurrences in the
 sonora Capital.

MT, J. E. Angus of Bisbee. who has been at lIermosillo on business two CT three weeks, departed for home Monday evening.
 The Grand Hotel, at IIermosilo. is continuing in popularity under the management of Miguel Cohen's sons, Barney and Harry.
 Al llerrnosillo, Thursday of last week, MT. Mark Wanless of the Mex lean Ore Co.,. was united in matrimony with Seiiorita Lola lberri
 The ball at IIermosillo, Saturday evening. is described as the grandest and most successful given at the So- nora capital in several years
 Shipments of oranges from Herm0- sillo and Gnaymas are now going for ward very rapidly. The oranges are reported unusually small this season.
 MT. j. GInnings and family of Kan sas City, are at Hermosillo, for the health of Mr. Ginnings. They are ar ranging Jor camping trip into the interior of Sonora.
 The pipe for the extension of the IIermosillo water works is being rapid- ly laid under the capable superlnten- dence of MT Chas. r. Spraker. It will be completed next week.
 Thursday evening the wife of Mir F. Luketich, the well known merchant and fruit shipper of Hermosillo, died very suddenly from short but very severe illness, and was buried Friday morning. Pneumonia was the cause 0f her death.
 In the absence of Mr. Geo. J. Wan less, who is visiting in Utah, the business of the Mexican Ore O., at Iermosllo, is in charge of Mir. Frank c Earle Mir Wanless is expected to return at any day, when MT. Earle will resume his duties as travelling re- presentatiye of the company.
 The new exnress train on the Sonora and New Mexico & Arizona railways, through from Benson to Guaymas in sixteen hours, which will begin run ming tomorrow, will fill want long felt by the business public of Sonora and the approaching inauguration of the service is hailed with no little satisfaction all over the state.
 Under the present arrangement trains of the Sonora railway take meals at the American hotel at Her mosiilo, going in both directions The new time schedule which goes into effect tomorrow will make no change, in that particular although the hours will be somewhat different than now. Mrs. Sullivan, the proprietor, sets a meal thoroughly appreciated by the travelling public.
 At Hermosillo, Fl Globo, the great importing house of Luis Possehl y Cia. Sucessores, is in receipt of the largest consignment of French cassimeres ever brought into Sonora. They have also engaged new cutter, Mir. Ben F. Gillet, formerly at Phoenix, and are prepared to suit the most fastidious in fitting gentlemen with elegantly made clothing of the latest styles. Both Messrs. Luders and Bush, the proprietorS of the extensive house, are well known in Nogales, and thelr many friends here, as well as the legion of friends they have throughout So- nora, will be pleased to learn of their continued prosperity and the steady expansion of their extensive busine
The oasis., 1896-12-12

C., and their two little ones, returned to Hermosillo from trip by buck board out into the Altar region. They were gone nearly two weeks and had a very hard drive, but all thriyed re- markably well under the hardship. The little girl gained three pounds in weight and the baby increased pound and half, which would indicate that camping out nights and living on hard fare agreed with them.
 At Hermosillo, yesterday evening, December llth, Estrelld de Sonora Lodge No. 22, of the Scottish Rite in Freemasonry, inaugurated a new and elegant lodge room, with due cere- mony and an elaborate banquet. All thirty of the brethren of the lodge, with Worshipful Master Alfredo Mon teyerde at their head were present, as were visiting. brethren from elsewhere as follows: Twelve from Prietas, two from Torres, one from Horcasitas, eight from Nogales and ten from Guaymas. It was very enjoyable and long to be remembered occasion.
 Colonel Porto, one of the heroes Of the last Cuban war, now resident in the City of Mexico, is visiting Hermo- sillo in the interest of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. The colonel relates that the late T. Lillie Mercer of Nogales, was captain of artillery in the patriot Cuban army in the war which terminated in 1879, and that he was very brave, gallant and efficient officer. He was almost tue only Cuban officer captured who was not shot, and he saved his own life by the pluck he showed in the very presence of Balmaceda the Spanish captain general.
 On the fifteenth of January, two carloads of machinery will leave St. Louis consigned to Mr. J. Schuehle, at Hermosillo, for the new brewery By the time of it's arrival the new building will be ready to receive the machinery and it will be set up and in operatinn by the middle of February. The brewery will have q capacity of thirty barrels of beer daily, and the ice plant. which will be run in connec- tion herewith, will turn out about twenty tons of ice. Associated with Mr. Schuehle are Mir. J Grunig of St. Louis, and Dr. A. II. Hoeffer of Clifton, Arizona. MT. Schuehle will be the resident manager.
 Saturday evening of last week the spacious hall of the palace at Hermo- sllo was the scene of the annual ball given by the clerks of the Sonora capital in honor of Sehor Ramon Corral, governor of Sonora. The court of the palace was brilliantly lighted with Japanese lanterns, and the band of the 1Ith Battalion discoursed fine music between the measures. Inside, the hall was brilliantly lighted and decorated, and two fine orchestras, al- ternately, drew from their instru- ments the entrancing strains to which the dancers merrily sped the joyous hours away. In so elegant salon, amid surroundings so brilliant, with music so delicious, the time flew all too fast, and ere the happy throng realized the flight of time the dawn heralded the approaching day, and the dancers regretfully took their de- parture.
 Mrs. John Wilson is at Minas Prietas with her husband for the wipter They have taken house at Las Amarillas. She left Nogales about tEree weeks ago.
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