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zIBBIrTs AT SEATrL E.
The Mining Engineer En- Route to Hi
Home From BstsGtcayo.

The Mining Engineer En- Route to HIS
Home From BsstWtUGyO.
SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. IA. H. Tib-
bits, the South African mining engineer.
whose home is in San Francisco, passed
through Seattle tonight, en- route to the
California metropolis. For year past he
has been in the employ of Clarks Con-
solidated Mining Company, limited, at
Buluwayo, but his contracts were can
celed. Owing to the uprising of the
Matabeles being practically at an end,
Mr.. Tibbitts expects rush of English
and Americans and rapid development,
especially as regards mining, of Matabele-
land and Mashonaland, two states consti-
tuting what is known as Rhodesia. Col
onel Rhodes he regards as a good and
great man, whose ultimate aims and pur-
poses are TO transform Rhodesia into a
tull-fedged republic and not to make the
country British possession, as has been
charged"
Tibbitts is accompanied by James B.
Hughes and George D. Munford, New
York capitalists, who propose going ex-
tensively into placer mining in Sierra
County, Cal, and A. L. Arundel, Chi
cago capitalist. The latter will remain for
few days investigating mining proper
ties in this State.
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HEADQUARTERS
R EPUBLICAN
COUNTY COMMITTEE.
$50 MARKET STREET.
Call for a Republican Municipal Pri.
mary and Nominating Con-
YentiOn.

PEsoLvED, THAT THE REPUBLICAN
County Committee of the City and County of
San Francisco, State Of California the same being
q committee authorized by rules and customs Of
the Republican party of the State OF California to
call elections for said party in the City and County
of San Francisco, for the purpose hereinafter
specified, does hereby call and order an election
to be held on Saturday, the 18th day OF Septem-
Der, 1896, by the qualified Republican voters Of
the City and County of San Francisco. at the time
and places and for the purposes and subject to the
conditions and qualifications hereinafter set FORTH
and that 1t is hereby declared and determined to
CALL hold and conduct said election in accordance
with the rules prescribed in Part 8, Title IL,
Chapter Ia of the Political Code OF the State OF
California.
RESOLVED, That said election shall be held on
Saturday, September 10, 1896, In the various AS
sembly districts of the City and County of San
Francisco established by an act of the Legisla-
ture of California entitled SAN act to divide the
State into legislative DISTRICTS required by sec
ton g. article " of the constitution, and to pro-
vide for the election of Assemblymen and Senators
in such districts, approved March II, 1872; pro-
vlded, however that there shall be at least one ana
more than two polling-places in each Assembly
district as may hereafter be determined by the
executive committee; and the polls shall be kept
open continuously between the hours of II o'clock
noon and o'clock in the evening.
RESOLVED, That the County Committeeman from
each Assembly district shall select election officers
viz. One Inspector two judges and two clerks or
each polIiDg-plac the same to be submitted to the
executive committee for approval, also polling
places, and that the executive committee thereof
shall act as returning canvassing board and
take general charge Of the primary herein called
RESOLVED That all polling-places must be on the
ground floor and the ballot-box so placed as 70 be
seen from the sidewalk.
RESOLVED, That no barricades or other obstruc-
tons shall be erected or maintained in front OF
any polling-place. but the said polling places shall
free Of all Instructions as they are at general
elections, and that returns will be received or
counted as official from any polling-place where
this provision has been violated.
Resolved, That the official ballot-box at each
polling-place must remain In plain and unob-
struced view from the opening of the polls to the
close. The bailot-bo must be so placed that the
easily the top OF the box and his bal
lot deposited.
Resotued, That no peddling of tickets soliciting
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Weird Funeral Services Held
on the Great Warner
Ranch.
ONCE PREVENTED A MASSACRE
Saved a Party of Whites From
Death at the Risk of His
Own Life.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Sept. 1A.-Alejandro
Barker, chief of the Aqua Caliente In
dians on the great Warner ranch, died on
Friday, and the Indians have been hold
ing funeral services ever since. They will
elect chief during the week. The funeral
services were weird in the extreme, and
the two or three hundred whites en-
camped at the Hot Springs were edited
by an example of aboriginal ceremony.
The leading bucks gathered around the
campfire and one by one spoke with great
feeling referring to the good qualities of
the fallen chief. The women sat at the
fire and kept it replenished and added
their unearth,y wailing to the long bowls
of the men. The body OF the chief was
placed in the center of the crowd, covered
with blanket, and candles were burned
at his head and feet. His family was at
tended to by the medicine man during
the funeral.
Alexandra was good man and friend
of the whites. He favored schools, and
the Government school on the reservation
thrived through his efforts. His own
daughter speaks English as well as Span
ish and writes well. The family lives in q
respectable adobe house. Alexandra leaves
considerable property consisting of crops,
horses and cattle.
Away back in 1876 there was great
trouble on the Warner ranch because of
the efforts of the owner to eject the In
dians, who he claimed, were squatting on
the land surrounding the Hot Springs.
The ranch includes the Vale de San Jose
and San Jose del Vale, 80, 600 acres in all.
The land at the springs is good, and the
Indians, who had considered 1t theirs
from time immemorial, refused to leave.
The result was a deadlock that was not
broken for long time.
The owners formally ordered the In
dams off, and they again refused to stir.
Then harsher means were resorted to, and
officers were sent to eject the indians. The
latter showed an ugly temper, and blood
shed was averted only by the withdrawal
of the officers. Meantime the owners went
to law, and when the Indians saw there
was danger of losing their ancestral homes
they secretly set ire to the house of the
ranch foreman, and planned TO kill him
and all other representatives of the owner
as well as any officers who came to inves-
tigate the affair.
Then ATejaDdro Baker stepped in and
put a stop to the proceedings. He was
denounced by his tribe and was in danger
of death for some time, but his counsel
finally prevailed and the lives of the whites
were spared. Later the Indians Endorsed
his policy.
A case is now pending in court for the
election of the Indians from Aqua Caliente
1t was begun by Ex-Governor John g.
Downey, owner of the ranch, and is con-
;iuued by his heirs. Chief Alexandra,
through his superior intelligence, was a
great stumbling block to Governor Dow
ney. The shrewd chief won his point as
long as he lived, the Indians being still at
Aqua Caliente, with the indications favor
able to their staying as long as they want to.
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TAc0MA'S SENSATIONAL SUIT.
The Late H. cranston Potter's Widow
Brings Action to Collect His Life
InSur0nce

TACOMA, WASH. Sept. IA SIS, 600
suit is the sequel to the drowning of H.
Cranston Potter of Tacoma at the Cliff
House, San Francisco, last February. At
that time the insurance companies hold
Ing risks on Potter's life made a thorough
investigation and it was supposed here
that a lawsuit to collect the insurance
might be necessary. The matter quieted
down and it was generally believed that
all policies had been paid until to-day,
when Mrs. Potter started a suit against
the Preferred Accident Insurance Com
pany of New York for $4,000.
Potter took out a policy in 1894 for
$4,000 The complaint does not detail the
nature of the policy, but says the value of
the pald-up policy for which it provided,
whereby the plaintiff could receive $40
weekly during her natural life, is $4,000.
Judgments accordingly asked for SIS 600.
1t is understood the insurance company
refused payment on the ground that Pot
ter came to his death through intoxica-
ton.
Mrs. Potter and children are in London,
as guests of Mr.. Potter's father. Potter
was brother of James Brown Potter and
relative of Bishop Potter.
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new WHATCOM FAILURE
Frightened Depositors Cause the
Collapse of the Bennett
National Bank.
Withdraw Their Money Because of the
Agitation in Favor of Free
Co mage.

NEW WHATCOM, WASH, Sept. IA
The Bennett National Bank of this city
closed its doors this morning, announcing
that owing to the steady withdrawal by
depositors during tine last six weeks it
could, not meet the demands made In
the last month the Withdrawals have been
$50 900, which is over half of the deposits
The run has been by people who were
frightened by the silver agitation and pre-
ferred to have gold instead of running the
chances OF being repaid in 53-cent dollars.
The bank closed last Decembe but
opened again under most promising cir
cum stances. A statement of assets and
liabilities ca mot be secured until the
bank examiner arrives. but Cashier Badly
states that the assets are in such shape
that they can be realized on quickly The
total deposits at the last statement were
$1O6, 900, leaving about $50. 900 to the credit
of depositors.
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GIFT TO GLE> WOOD SCHOOL.
Colonel Miles Purchases u Flag to BE
Roisted bU Scholars.


Boosted By Scholars.
SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Sept. 14.-Colonel
Evan Miles, commanding the First in
fantry, now in camp at Garfield Park, has
endeared himself to the citizens of Santa
Cruz by his readiness to familiarize the
public with the duties and responsibilities
of the rank and file of the army. One of
the CON mendabie traits in his character
has Just been found to be his loyalty to
the village school.
While en- route to Santa Cruz he pitched
camp one night at Glenwood, fifteen miles
from here. He learned that the school
house needed flag and that subscrip-
ton was being taken up for the purchase.
He quietly remembered the fact and
ord cred flag for Miss Josie Coonev, who
presides over the school. She is daugh-
Ter of Mrs. J. G. Cooney, grand senior
vice-president of the Catholic Ladies' Aid
Society.
On Saturday next Colonel Miles. with
his regiment. will have a gala day at
Glenwood The First Infantry band will
PLAY patriotic airs during the raising of
the flag and bail in honor OF the gallant
colonel and his staff will end the festivi-
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TOM WATSON Nv NEBRASKA.
Asks the Vest and South to Preserve In.
Peoples Party.


Peoples PARTY.
OSCEOLA, NEBR., Sept. 14.-Thomas F.
Watson spoke to an audience of over 5000
here to-day. The weather up to 10 o'clock
was very disagreeable, it having rained
throughout the entire night. This kent
away great number of people from the
surrounding country. Mr.. Watson spoke
for nearly two hours and presented a com
plete argument for all of the Populist
party and principles. His reference to the
fact that of all the Congressman elected
from the Southern States through the aid
OF the Populist party, he was the only one
who had remained true to the faith nro.
duced tremendous cheering.
His criticisms of Sewall, the Democratic
nominee for Vice.President, was couched
in geDtlemanly language, and his main
point was that this was fight for the
preservation of the Populist party. and in
order to get the needed reforms the West
and South must stand shoulder tn shoul-
der. as from those sections must come the
votes necessary for success. Continuing
he said:
''Ii believed it best for the interests of
Mr.. Bryan | would willingly get off the
ticket. Perish my name forever If cannot
be instrumental in freeing this people"
He called attention to the fact that
sound-money Democrats had gone 10 the
South and selected General Buckner. In
closing he made an appeal to the people
of Nebraska to look well to their interests
on election dav.
Congressman Bell addressed a largo
audience at a mass-meeting this evening.
Both speakers leave for Wahoo in the
morning, at which place they speak to-
morrow.
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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
EOR

1. Delegate Republican Municipal Convention.
2. Delegate Republican Municipal Convention.
s. Delegate Republican Municipal Convention
4. Delegate Republican Municipal Convention
The numbers to be followed consecutively &C
cording to the number of delegates which each
district may be entitled to.
RESOLVED, That within one hour after the can
vass of the votes of each polling place. and when
all the returns have been properly signed and
sealed by the election board and clerks OF election
the returns must be brought in in properly sealed
packages by one of the election board, designated
by the board for that purpose, to the chairman OF
the executive committee, $50 Mar ket street. who
shall mark on each package received by him the
date and hour Of the day of its receipt He shall
also give receipt TO the party from whom he re-
cefves the package. The chairman Of the execu-
tive committee shall take all necessary care and
precauton for the safe keeping of packages de-
nvered to him and keep them in his custody
intact and unopened until the time designated for
the opening Of the canvass of the returns
Resolued. That the executive committee shall
fill all vacancies of primary election officers and
make all changes in the polling places
Resolved, That all precincts districts where
Republican voters fail to vote for the apporton-
ment of delegates to which they may be entitled,
beyond question to the executive committee, then
the executive committee will appoint delegates to
represent said district.
ReSoIued, That this committee hereby declares
in most emphatic terms that If it shall appear at
any polling place that there has been any wrong
or fraud committed or any law violated, or that
the voters have In manner been intimidated, or
that any bona fde Republican has been de-
barred or prevented from freely exercising his
right to vote, the executive committee will set
aside and declare null and void the election at
such polling place. and take such steps rs may be
deemed necessary and advisable to give the repre-
sentation to which said Assembly District may be
entitled to under. this call.
Resolved, That the said executive committee
shall meet at o'clock N. on the day Of said
primary and remain continuously in session until
returns of said primary canvassed, and they
shall then, by resolution, declare which delegates
are entitled to their credentials.
Resolved, That no proxies shall be accepted by
this convention
Resolved, That the executive committee is here
by endowed and authorized to take any and all
actions they may deem necessary. not in conflict
with the provisions of this call.
The election officers Will receive their creden-
tiais and election paraphernalia at the rooms of
the County Committee.
Adopted at regular meeting of the County
COMMITTEES held September TO- 1896.
CHAs. w. MANwARING,
Chairman
Republican County COMMITTEES,
JNo. NJ. CHRETIEN,
Chairman
Executive Committee Republican County Com
mittee
GROVE P. AYREs,
Secretary
Executive Committee Republican County Com
mittee-
JOHN JACKSON,
Secretary
Republican County COMMITTEES.
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San Di.oo Vat,r s,,ft Dsc,s.d

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Sept. 14.-An i'm
portant decision was rendered by Judge
Ross in the United States Court to-day, in
the case of Charles D. Banning, receiver
for the San Diego Land and Water Com
pany, VS.. ii. G. Osborne ct al. The suit is
an injunction to keep the defendants from
bringing injunction suits against the re-
ceiver of the company. The opinion was
on exceptions to the answer. The effect
of the decision is that the company could
fix the water rate in default of any order
by the Supervisors to that effect. The
opinion is a voluminous one, covering
many pages of typewriter manuscript.
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Taue1o Amsoers Req. Mr.. HYIlts.

VALLEJO, CAL, Sept. 14.-The Vallejo
Evening Chronicle says: Elder E. r.
Willis of Napa district is, it would seem,
spitefully inclined toward Vallejo, and in
stead OF getting true condition of affairs
and facts he is taking a whole lot for
granted in his filings and flourishes at the
Methodist conference. All of the churches
in this city yesterday were well attended
at their Sunday services, both morning
and evening. When the Rev. Mr.. Willis
says that the church-going population of
Vallejo is ungodly, he is Dasely misrepre-
sentlng the facts"
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Hunted at Martinez

PORTLAND, Or, Sept. AT. E.
Hughes was arrested here to-day on a tel
egraphic warrant from Sheriff R. R. Veal
of Martinez, Cal. The telegram stated
that Hughes was a California and Ken
lucky ex-convict, and the Instructions
were that he would call at Wells, Fargo d.
Co.'s Express office for package Hughes
is wanted at Martinez for felony. The de-
tectives here had been on the lookout for
three days for their man. and after inces-
SAINT vigil at the Union depot and express
Office, whittier the decoy package was sent.
they effected his capture this morning
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Strnmoe Fish for s,nnfo,.a

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL. Sept.
lathe geological department at Stan
ford has just received valuable cole g
ton OF unclassified trout from Admiral
Beardslee, United States navy. Mr..
Beardslee. who IS an enthusiastic fisher
man, discovered several new species of
trout in the lakes in Washington. These
were found TO be such when classified at
Stanford. The latest consignment. whic h
he addressed to DR.. Jordan, arrived TODAY.
AS several more new specimens are prob
ably among the collection the opening of
the case is awaited with interest.
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SAN DIEGO MYSTERY.

Waves Cast Up Bottle Cont aissfno the
Story Of a Wreck.
SAN DIEGO, CAL, Sept. IA floating
bottle was picked up at La Jolla yesterday,
in which was scrap of brown paper, on
which was written in pencil the following
blurred lines:
August 20, '94.-shipwrecked five weeks ago
and sinking Name vessel Edo No water
and only quart bottle of brandy. Enough
bread to last about ten days. Calculate 1I5O
miles from nearest land. Are in long boat
twelve persons. Name of captain, Sawyer.
Thirteen persons drowned. 1 am only one who
can write in English language.
JOHN SMITH,
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stNr4 CRUZ ooNCLAHE.
La dies of the Catholic Church Will Meet
IN Contention.

Ladies of the Catholic Church Will Meet
IN Contention.
SANTA CRI1Z, CAL, Sept. 14.--All is
in readiness for the opening of the Grand
Council of the Catholic Ladies' Aid Society
at Hotel Del Mar tomorrow. Mass will
be celebrated by Rev. Father Hugh Mac
Nance at $50 o'clock Breakfast and a
reception will follow. Father McNamee
will at / o'clock in the afternoon, deliver
the address of welcome.
Mrs. Margaret Deane, the councils grand
president. is in Paris. and Mrs. J. G..
Cooney OF this city, grand senior vice
President will preside. The twenty-four
branches OF the order, from all sections OF
10 Ste will send each two delegates.
NJ. vi,n eleven grand directors and
o4ioers viii make a gathering of nearly
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Suicide Near Madeira.

MADEIRA, CAL, Sept. 14-Coroner
Payne was summoned this morning to the
ranch of George Hely to hold an inquest
over the body of young man named W.
cisco, who had committed suicide last
night. Hill had been sent to the Hely
ranch from an employment bureau in San
Francisco and had only been here a short
time.
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PLEAD FOR CLIFTON MAYNE.
Afidapits Filed by the Girls He Was Con-
rfcted of Wron0iu0

Afidarits Filed by the Girls He Was Con-
rtcted of WrOnging.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Sept. 14.-Clifton
R. Mayne, now in Jail under sentence of
twenty-five years for crime against the
Shipton girls, and retained pending an
appeal to the Supreme Court has sud-
denly sprung into public notice again, be-
cause of motion filed to-day in the Su-
per1or Court, supported by numerous afi-
davits, asking the court to set aside its
former ruling denying to the prisoner a
new trial.
The affidavits are from Della Shipton, a
sister of Elsie, who charged Mayne with
having wronged her. She now declares
that she had testified falsely in the trial
as to her sisters age. There is an affidavit
from the mother, stating that she gave the
child's age incorrectly at the time of the
trial, and that Elsie was really born in
1880, which would place her slightly over
the ale of consent.
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Euled bu a MAJ Ruiz.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Sept. 14.-Jesus Mel
endrez, an old settler of San Rafael Valley,
Lower California, was gored to death by a
bull yesterday A son of MeIendrez was
injured so badly that he may also die.
Both men were after the bull and had sue
ceeded in lassoing him. but the RATA parted
after the m en- dismounted from the horses.
They were charged upon and mangled in
sight of their relatives, who were unable
to go to their assistance.
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Seattle Shtp-BuIIdino.

SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. 14-The rev.
enue cutter Golden Gate, to be stationed
in San Francisco hsrbor has reached that
stage of completion where it is ready for
its boilers, which are IN transit from
Charleston, S. c. Robert Moran of the
firm of builders. stated to-day that the
Golden Gate would be ready to be placed in
service within thirty days from the arrival
of the boilers
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Los ANGELEs HOLD Up.
South Riverside Nan Seriously Wounded
by Footpad.

South RIUerSide Nan Seriously Wounded
by FOOtpad.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Sept. 14.-John
E. Dold of South Riverside was probably
fatally shot by iootpad in Elysian Park
on the outskirts of this city about o'clock
this evening. Dold was out for stroll
near the highest point in the park when
he was approached by a medium sized
man, dressed in dark-blue clothes. The
stranger demanded that Dold should hold
up both hands.
Dold was frightened by the unexpected
order, and instead of complying made a
move as though to draw revolver, when
he was fired upon by the footpad at close
range. The ball entered the left side of
DoId's abdomen, ranging back toward the
spinal calumn, where it remains. The
footpad made his escape.
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seventy delegates in council. They will
be in session four days. One of the most
Important matters in contemplation is the
establishment OF home for girls on
large and undenominational plan.
The following are the grand officers:
Mrs. Margaret Deane, grand president;
Mrs. J. G. Cooney, grand senior vice.
president; Mrs. Thomas Keegan, Santa
Rosa, grand junior vice president; Miss
Maria Flynn, Oakland, grand treasurer;
Miss Margaret Curtis, grand secretary;
Mrs. Mary L. Lohse, Oakland, grand
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Death of John n. Yosna.

SAN DIEGO. CAL, Sept. 14-John N.
Young, one of the best-known residents OF
the county, died last night of consumption,
aged 81. He came to the coast in 1859, and
for the following ten wears was in the ship
ping business at San Francisco, coming to
San Diego in 1869. He was wealthy and
popular.