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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-25
CRUELTY At WHITTIER.
Charges Preferred BY Man WHO Was
Once an Empioye at the Reform
School

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Nov. 24.-The
latest revelations respecting alleged cru
elites at the Whittier State Reform School
are beginning to menace the positions OF
some of the higher officials.
The dismissals heretofore have all been
of subordinates who have claimed. how
ever, that they were only doing the bid
ding of their superiors when inflicting the
floggilgs which caused the late discharges
of the Board of Trustees.
The latest disclosures hinges on state
ments made to the District Attorney IS Office
by J. w. Estes of Pasadena regarding the
treatment of the boys of the institution.
Two years he was employed at Whittier.
and be says that what he saw then obliged
him to leave.
He has had considerable, experience
with criminals of all classes, having for a
hum Der of years been superintendent of
the shoe department in the Maine peni-
tentiary. but in all his experience he never
saw men treated as these boys were.
Estes says he has seen the officers strip
q boy and lash him with q cat-' -'o-nine
tails until the blood ran down his back
and then sit down and jestingly remark
that "he would venture to say that his
clothes would stick to his back for a
while"
One morning he entered the shoe de-
partment and found the overseer Jerking
and siamming one of the boys about by
the hair of the head. These instances, he
says, were but slight examples of what
might be related. but he prefers to keep
the rest for an investigation, when IL will
properly come out. 1t is claimed there
are number of people in the neighbor
hood of Whittier who know the facts.
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RUSHING TO RANDSBURG.
Mining Craze Started by Reports 0
Rich Strikes at the Dessert
Hcn1

LOS ANGELES. CAL, Nov. 24.-The
excitement here over late reports from
the mining district of Randsburg is Begin
ming to assume almost the proportions of
a craze. People in every walk of life in
unusual numbers are planning to go to
this new Ell Dorado.
The camp is about fifty miles northeast
from Mojaye, on the Southern Pacific
Railroad, and is easily accessible from
that point, as well as from a station on
the Atlantic and Pacific road. Miners re-
turning TO this city report recent finds of
immense richness. These miners and
their friends and relatives are preparing
to return with large invoices of supplies.
Practical mining men, prospectors,
gamblers-men and women OF all sorts
and conditions-are hocking to the new
camp. Hundreds of others are preparing
to 60 and it seems now as though all
previous mining stampedes would be out
done by the rush to Randsburg.
Those VINO cannot afford to pay the
railroad and stage fares are doing the
next best thing. Some are going by
freight team. some attempt tho journey
on bicycles. while scores OF others trudge
along over the burning sand and through
alkali dust on foot
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AckersoD, giving her first lien on pack
ing-house property at Meeker junction.
AsHfoRD's QUADRUPLk TRAGEDY.
In q Fit of Insanity Mother Cuts the
Throats of Her Three Children
and Herself

CENTRALIA, WASH, Nov. 24-Details
of a quadruple tragedy enacted last Fri
day afternoon near Ashford, Pierce
County. were received here to-day. Mrs.
Swearnier, the wife of farmer, while in
an insane fit cut the throats of her three
little girls and then inflicted an ugly cash
in her own throat.
One girl, years old, is dead and one s
years of age is not expected 10 live. The
mother and a baby 8 months old seem to
be recovering, and with good care will
probably come out all right.
The crime was discovered by the hus-
band. who at the time was working in a
barn, fly feet from the house. Soon after
clock ne went to the house to eat and
saw the four bodies lying on the kitchen
floor.
The baby was dead and the other two
children we're struggling to cry, but were
able to make no sound but hoarse. gasp.
ing noise. The throats of the smaller two
children were cut from ear 10 ear. The
mother was unconscious. a bloody
butcher-knife was clutched in one hand.
There was cash three inches long in her
throat, but she had missed the iusuIar
vein by quarter inch.
The eldest daughter was living across
the body of her mother, with one hand
clutching at the wound in her neck. The
floor was covered with blood from one end
10 the other and the walls spattered. as
though the children had terrible
struggle to get away from the crazed
woman.
Swearnier picked up the baby and
rushed to the home of II. ID. Hall, who
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MONTEREY c0WB0Y'S SUICIDE
Charles Woods, Famed as Riata.
TrroWer and Bronco Rider, Ends
HIS life

MONTEREY, CAL. Nov. 24.-One O.
the most reckless and intrepid cowboys oil
this coast, and the most skilled and dar
ing of the many vaqueros in this county
committed suicide last night by taking an
ounce of laudanum.
Charles Woods has been about Mon.
terey for the last two years, and during
most of the time was employed on the
largest cattle ranch in Monterey County
that of Sargent, Gragg & Sargent. Not
only was Woods successful cow-puncher,
but he was considered the best "bronco-
buster" in that part of the State. 1t was
said of him that he could ride anything
with four legs. He was robust and strong,
over six feet tail, with long, wavy black
hair which hung 5over his shoulders, and
when seen in the saddle on lis iavoriie
pony Dynamite, swinging his RATA all
ready and waiting for chance at the
luckless bronco to be iassoed, he, indeed,
seemed q tower of strength.
Woods came to Monterey about two
years ago from Arizona. 1t was not long
before he was known among the vaqueros
hereabouts as a good man with the rope.
Being an American and an expert with
the RATA he soon became very much dis
liked among his ranch companions. Many
race was run and many trick per-
formed for the amusement of spectators,
as result of the feeling among these men,
but Wood was always little better than
the rest OF his competitors. 1t was only a
little over year ago, however, when Wal
ter 5. Hobart was at Del Monte and ar
ranged to have Wild West show that
Woods showed up in splendid form and
proved TO be the best of all vaqueros in
this county. Some OF the feat5 that ne
performed then were reckless and marvel
Gus. Ever after that performance no dis
pute was made as 10 his superiority as a
cowboy, and all the Spanish and Mexican
yaqueTos looked to him as a leaQer. He
was with Buffalo Bill for a long while and
also with several other Wild West Shows,
put LETT them because, he said, he did not
like to show of"
No cause can be attributed for Woods
taking his own life except that lie had
been drinking of late too freely. and it is
believed by has friends that he decided he
could not stop drinking and ended his
life quickly. he got u friend to procure
an ounce OF laudanum, saying he had a
toothache. After thanking his friend he
walked away from him and entering the
Union saloon, where he was well known.
he informed the barkeeper that he was
going in the rear room to take nap. He
remained there several hours and the
barkeeper, thinking it time he should go
home, went to arouse him. Woods was
sitting erect In one chair with his feet on
another and his boots off, out had prob
ably been dead for some time. 1t is be-
Iieved he took the poison before he en-
tered the saloon. The empty vial was
found in his pocket, together with note
asking his wife to forgive him. Woods
leaves widow and child.
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Farmers WiU Confer.

SAN JOSE, CAb., Nov. 24.-Orchardists
and farmers are manifesting much inter
est in the Farmers Institute, which will
be held at the courthouse next Saturday
and large attendance is assured. There
will be three sessions, morn ing, afternoon
and evening. Papers on the following
topics will be read and discussed: 'Tu.
oerculosis in Cattle" DIR. III. A. Spencer
"Faulty Soils and Fertilizers, Professor
Hilgard: How to Raise Large Fruit" S.
P. Saunders; Science and Hygiene in the
Household" Professor Jaffa "Olives
and Olive Culture" Professor Hayne
"Work of the Agricultural College," Pro-
lessor Kellogg; Resistant Vines and
Vine Diseases" Professor Hayne.
The institute will be held under the
auspices of San Jose Grange.
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ONLY sA1ED BY sTKATEGY.
Mob In Pursuit ofa Negro Assatfant Oxi
scifted by Officers.

sriffed 6y O1tcers.
MAYFIELD. KY, Nov. 24.-Mrs. ]. u.
r. Green, wife of Professor Green, the
leading teacher of Graves County, was
criminally assaulted by negro ut her
home last night during the absence of her
her husband. Bloodhounds traced the
man to where he mounted horse, and
Jim Stone, q negro, was shortly afterward
arrested on suspicion.
There is little doubt as to his guilt, and
he was removed to Paducah to prevent
his being lynched. A mob attempted to
secure Stone at the depot, but the officers
managed to hold the avengers off until
ths train pulled ont. The mob left for
Paducah and is now reported to be twenty
five miles from there.
PADUCAH, KY. Nov. 24-One hun
dred and sixty armed men arrived here by
train from May ytield at / o'clock this
Wednesday, morning for the purpose OF
lynching Stone. the negro who assaulted
Mrs. j. U. r. Green in Graves County.
The mob left the train at the outskirts
OF the city. The Jail is under heavy
guard and ali attack is momentari.y ex-
pec.e
At 2:30 o'clock the mob surroun ded the
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-25
SUING FoR IN ESTATE.
The Womcn Who Killed Senator Fofeu
Wants Her Child Provided For

The Womcn Who Killed Senator Fofex
Wants Her Child Provided For.
CARSON, NEv.. Nov. 24-The guardians
of the child of Mrs. Hartley, who is in
the penitentiary for shooting Senator
Foley in Reno, several years ago, are suing
for portion of the Foley estate for the
child, claiming that Foley is the father.
and that before receiving the wound
which caused ms death ne bad signed a
the child as his. The case was called in
the United States District Court here to-
day.
The main question asked talesmen was.
care you married man?" Mrs. Hartley
was brought up from the penitentiary.
and was the only witness on the stand
to-day. She stated she was the mother
of the child and Foley its father, and that
Foley made written acknowledge
that he was its father in the presence OF
a witness. On being asked who that wit.
ness was she answered myself" The
case Will go to the jury to- morrow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-25
MOURNING Ar BERKELEF.
The Death of DIR. Bonfe Causes General
SorrOsr.

The Death of DIR. Bonte Causes General
Sorrosc.
BERKELEY, CAL, Nov. 24.-News OF
the death of DIR. j. II. c. Bonte, lawyer,
theologian, scientist. student and secretary
of the Board of Regents of the State Uni
versity, came as great shock 10 his CO.
laborers in the university faculty and to
his wide circle OF friends in the commu-
nifty. Though the doctor had been ailing
for some time past his death was entirely
unexpected.
He became i'll about three weeks ago
with a Geld, and after several days abb
sence from his duties decided to go to
Sacramento. where he could be under the
care Of Dr. Parkinson, his son-in-law, DR..
Payne, his family physician in Berkeley.
having been confined to his room because
of an tcident. His wife and unmarried
daughter accompanied him, and we're at
his bedside when he died.
President Kellogg was the first to be
informed of the sad news. He arrived
from San Francisco on the o'clock train,
and Immediately after being handed the
and ordered that all exercises of the uni
versity be suspended tomorrow in men,
ory OF the dead secretary.
DIR. Bonte had been most prominently
connected with the university for the
past sixteen years, having been elected
secretary of the academic senate and the
Board of Regents in 1881.
In 1886 he was elected professor of legal
ethics at the Hastings College of Law at
salary OF $4,000 year. lie held this po-
sition IN connection with his secretaryship
up to the time OF his death.
DR.. Bonte was highly instrumental in
securing the passage of the bill in the
State Legislature which gave to the uni
versity its annual portion OF the tax income
for the maintenance of its departments.
He spent weeks in the lobby at the State
capital at his own expense, working for
the passage of the measure.
DR.. Bonte was born at CirclevllIe. Ohio.
in 1881. In 1857 he graduated from Ken
yon College. receiving the degree AM.
In 1880 the same college conferred upon
him the degree of ID. He was chaplain
Of a regiment of volunteers during the
Civil War. For number of years pre-
vious 10 his connection with the State
University he was an Episcopal clergy.
man in Sacramento. He leaves a widow
three daughters and son. One of his
daughters is the wife of George Reed of
San Francisco. another is Mrs. DR.. Park
inson of Sacramento, while The third is
unmarried.
His only son is C. C. Bonte, chief clerk
OF the Southern Pacific Company's shops
at Sacramento.
Asa business man DR.. Bonte was con-
servative and shrewd, and he displayed
much ability in guarding the interests OF
The university which the Board of Regents
had intrusted to him. William McKeown.
who has been assistant secretary to Dr.
Bonte Tor number of years, has been
prominently mentioned as his SUCCESSOR
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The
Cause
And
The
Cure

THE MEDICAL WORLD NOW FULLY
accepts the "Germ Theory of Disease
as discovered and promulgated by NJ. Pas
teur Professor Tyndall and other eminent
savants, whose distinguished services to.
science have been of such incalculable
value to humanity.
The cause of all diseases is one and the
same thing-Microbes.
The cure for all diseases is Radam's
Microbe killer-the destroyer of the
microbes.
Remove the cause and you effect a cure.
That is proposition so true it needs
hardly to be stated.
1t remained for the European savants to
demonstrate the cause of all disease
1t remained for VIM. Radam to discover
how to remove the cause, and thus cure
the disease
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-25
THE LATE DR.. J. H. c. BoNTE.

was once chaplain in the lower house OF
Congress. In May, 1870, he was called to
preside over the Episcopal church (Grace
Bhurch) III this city, to succeed the Rev.
w. II. Hill, who died at Berkeley on the
9th OF last month. DR.. Bonte began his
rectorship In this city on June Is, 1870,
and it was through his efforts that the old
Grace Church was condemned and the
present handsome structure (St. Paul's)
was erected. He left Sacramento in 1873
For the past sixteen years he had been
identified with the State University.
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DR.. BONTE DIES
At SACRAMENTO
Unexpected Passing of the
Lawyer, Theologian
and Scientist.
SuccumbS 10 Illness Resulting
From a Cold Contracted
Three Weeks Ago.
Was for Sixteen Years Secretary of
the State University Board
of Regents.

SACRAMENTO. CAL, Nov. "a. - An
other of California's weIl-known men has
passed away and the Board of Regents of
the State University has lost a friend and
adviser. DR.. ]. H. c. Bonte, who for years
has held the office of secretary of the
Board of Regents. died in this city to-day
at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. J..
II. Parkinson.
DR.. Bonte was "a years of age and had
oeen in i'll health for ,ong time. He was
a minister of the Episcopal church and
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-25
PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS
For a School Building.
OFFICE BOARD OF EDucAr1os,

SAN FRANCISCO, November II, 1896.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RESULJ HON
adopted by the Beard of Education of the City
and County OF San Francisco, November 16, 1896,
public notice Is hereby given architects that
competitive plans and specifica IONS for the erec-
tion of High school building in the Mission dis
trct in said City and County will be received ac-
cording 10 the .'oenerai Instruc ions TO Archi-
tects" (copiss of which be obtained at the Of
fee of said board) in open session of the Board OF
Education on Monday, November 80, 1896 at 8
O'Clock p. NJ. follows: On lot 39S feet. front
facing south. by depth of 81 feet having three
street frontages The said plans and specifications
are TO be in compliance vito General Instruct
10 Architects" and to be so prepared that the
of the building excluding the architects commits
sion. hall not exceed in the aggi egate the sum of
$137 700. The rchiIect whose pans and spech-
cations are adopted by the board will be appointed
arcnitect ana superintendent. OF ne 6uiiolng at a
of the structure. The architects submitttn, plans
and specifications determined by the toard to be-
second and third in merit will receive premiums
Of $500 and $500 respectively.
GEORGE BEANSTON, Secretary
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Radar1's
MiCrObe
Killer

is pure water heavily charged with gases
that prove destructive to all disease germs.
but is perfectly harmless to humanity. 1t
is taken internally or used externally, as
needed. The process of manufacture and
the sources of the gases are secrets, and
the only genuine destroyer of microbes is
VIM. RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER.
It's success has brought about imitatois.
but if you insist you can get the NJ. K. at
any drugstore if our agency is inconve-
nient.
Consultation free. Call or write.
Women who suffer from ills peculiar to
their sex should write us for special infor-
nation.
A 50-page book free.
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Tacoma Littooffo, End.a

TACOMA, WASH, Nov. 24.-Foreclosure
suit for nearly $4,000 was decided here
to-day. Ezra Meeker sued to recover
the titular amount from Mrs. Louise
Ackerson and Others. Mrs. Ackerson filed
cross suit TO recover on $780, 900 note.
Judgment was entered for $l3, $50 in favor
OF Meeker and $4,000 in favor OF Mrs.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-25
snnfa c1ara,s Fruit Outn,,,.

SAN JOSE, CAL. Nov. 24.-The Eastern
shipments of dried, green and canned fruit
from this county continue heavy, and
from conservative estimates the entire
crop of dried prunes will be exhausted be-
fore the end of the year. During the week
ending Novem Der 81 the prune shipments
amounted to 1.940, $50 pounds, making a
total. of 2S. s62, 640 pounds for the season.
This years crop will probably reach
80, 800 600 pounds, leaving about 5000, 900
pounds still in the hands of the growers.
AT the prices realized this year it is esti-
mated that the prune-growers Of this
country will receive about $1,000, 600 for
their product. Oiher dried fruit is going
forward proportionately fast.
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| lived near by. The bodies were removed
TO hails dwelling. and a doctor was sum-
moned from Ashford. three miles away.
The neighbors say Mrs. Swearnier acted
strangely of late, and they believed it un-
safe to leave her alone. but the husband
secuted the idea
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-25
THE OREGON AT SANTA CRUZ.
The Biy Battle Ship Casts Anchor Hithin
the Har60r.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Nov. 24.-The
battle-ship Oregon steamed around Light
House Point early this afternoon and cast
anchor inside the whistling buoy. a heavy
sea has been running ali day, so every
attempt 10 reach the man-of-war has
been futile. Considerable target practice
was done on board in the afternoon, but
nothing is known of her movements or
of the trip.
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Greater Fresno Project Defeo,.d

FRESNO, CAL, Nov. 24.-At a special
election held to-day the proposition to an
mex certain additions to the city was .le.
feated. 1t failed TO carry by fifty votes in
the district proposed for annexation. Ad-
feat.
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Raining at Mcrc-d.

MERGED. CAL. Nov. pa steady rain
set in last Sunday and has been falling
ever since. The observers report shows
that about L20 inches has fallen SO far.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-25

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug
gisrs refund the money If it fails to cure. 25c
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but found that the negro had
been removed from Paducah and placed
on the train Tor Louisville.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-25

According to celebrated physician
ninety five feminine disorders are trace
able to tight lacing.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-25

NEW TO-DAY.
The herald., 1896-02-18
AID FOR NANSEN
Chicago Syndicate Will Make a Search for
the Arctic Explorer

Chicago Syndicate Will Make a Search for
the Arctic Explorer
CHICAGO, Feb. 17.-Recent reports con-
cerning the return of DR.. Eansen from the
north pole induced Chicago syndicate to
consider the advisability of dispatching a
party at once to the Lena river for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the foundation for the
accounts received, as we'll as to assist, if
possible, the returning explorers in prob
able march toward either Yakutsk or r.
kutsk. The man selected to lead the
party is Evelyn B. Baldin, meteorological
of Lieutenant Peary's North Greenland
expedition in 1S93-94. Much informa-
ton concerning the region to be trav-
ersed, as we'll as special facilities for
expediting Baldwin on his journey to ST.
IBERIA, have been afforded by Monsieur A.
S. Savin, Comte de Toulouse Lautree, now
in Chicago, who is connected with the Si-
berian railway. In an interview, Baldwin
said: "BarriDg such information concern
ing Nausen's whereabouts as would make
the proposed trip inexpedient at this time,
shall go direct from San Francisco to
Vladivostock, on the Pacific coast, more
than 5000 miles from st. Petersburg.
From Vladivostock to Irkutsk the first 45O
miles will be by railway and the remaining
distance by post. Twenty days will be oc-
cupied in making the transit. The time to
be consumed between Chicago and 1rkutsk
will be about fifty days."
The herald., 1896-02-18
COAST DEFENSE
More Big Guns Hauled Into Place at the
Preside

More Big Guns Hauled Into Place at the
Preside
SAN Francisco, Feb. 17.-Another big
gun reached the Preside yesterday and
was hauled to the top of the ridge back of
Fort Point. This is the second thirty-ton
rifle to be added to the Fort Point battery,
and completes the trio ordered for this
coast several years ago. The first to arrive
was the fifty-ton monster, which has re-
mained unmounted near this fort for
nearly year, and which was conveyed to
Fort Point in barge. Upon the arrival of
the two thirty-ton guns last week it was
decided that they could be placed
in position as readily by hauling
them direct from the cars as by tow
ing them around the bay and then hoist
ing them by means of a steam engine.
Both guns were successfully landed in
this manner, the first reaching the Pre-
sidio last Thursday and the other yesterday
afternoon. The guns were carried on two
heavy trucks, securely chained together,
and drawn by forty horses. The first gun
damaged the cable slot of the Union-street
car line, so the second was hauled out
Greenwich street instead of Union. While
the second was crossing Polk street yester-
day afternoon six-inch axle on ono of
the trucks snapped, delaying the work sew
eral hours. The three guns will be mounted
in a short time, and together with the three
dynamite weapons lately tested will form
a valuable addition to tho defense of the
Golden Gate.