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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
AiKSW0RTH FLAME-SWEPT.
Every Hotel and Business House in the
British Columbia Town De-
StroVed

SPOKANE, WASH, April PA special
telegram from Nelson, B. c., says: Aims
worth, on the west shore of Lake Koote-
mai, opposite the Pilot Bay smelter, is in
ashes. Fire broke out last night and
found the town absolutely without pro-
lection. The citizens did all men could
do, but were powerless to check the
flames until every hotel and business
house had been burned to the ground.
A few goods were saved, but in most
cases the loss is believed to be practically
total. Dwellings lying north of the busi-
ness district, along the shore of the lake,
are separated by considerable distance
from the stores and were saved. Charles
Olsen carried little insurance, and H.
Geigrich's loss is also partially insured.
None of the others carried even small
policies, as the rates are high and many of
the buildings were poorly constructed.
Following are losses: II. Geigrich, gen.
eral merchandise stock, valued at $12, 600; !;
vacant three-story building, owned by the
owners of the Ainsworth Hotel, valued at
5000; Frank Keeps store, one-story
building. and stock, worth about $500 !;
Ainsworth Hotel, Charles Olsen proprie-
tor, two story building and contents worth
$500; Olsen's saloon, two-story building.
value with contents $500. Another two
story hotel, block south of Mcleod S
building, was burned, value $1,000.
1t is understood that Dl. Henry's drug
store, valued, with contents, at $4,000, was
destroyed, but this cannot be positively
confirmed. Relief will be sent from Mel
son, though it is believed little will be
needed. The fire started in Heep's sa-
loon-how is not known.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
CAPITOLA CELEBRATION.
Odd Fellows Observe the Anniversary of
the ORDERS Founding in
America.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, April 27.-More
than 1000 people enjoyed the basket picnic
and barbecue at Capitola to-day in cele-
bration of the seventy-seventh anniversary
of the institution of Odd Fellowship in the
United States.
The affair was under the auspices of
Sequel Lodge, three other lodges--Paiaro
of Watsonville, and San Lorenzo and
Branciforte of Santa Cruz-being the
guests. The 1000 persons attending repre-
seuted the Odd Fellows strongest county
in point of mum bers, com pared TO popula-
ton, in the world.
There are approximately 10000 people
in Santa Cruz County, and there are 1000
Odd Fellows in the county. The attend
ance to-day included a large number of
ladies, and about half the strength of the
Odd Fellows was represented. The day
was perfect, and the affair was successful
from every point of view.
Carl Lindsay, District Attorney of this
county was the presiding officer, and
David Maher, young attorney of Wat
sonviile, delivered the grafton.
The Odd Fellows of this county are as
strong financially and in all those things
which pertain to good Odd Fellowship as
they are numerically. The four lodges
own their own halls. possessing an aggre-
gate of $50, 900 worth of real estate.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
A STRIKE At SPOKANE,
Union Workmen Employed by
the Edison Electric Com
pany Walk Out.
Trouble Caused by a Refusal to AL.
low Increased Pay for Extra
Time.

SPOKANE, WASH, April 27.-All mem
bers of the Electrical Union of this city in
the employ of the Edison Electric Com
pany went out on a strike tonight. The
cause of trouble was a demand of the
armature workers for pay and a half for
overtime which the company would not
accede to. Some time ago the demand
was made by the men and the company
agreed to pay it to those working in the
light department..
a few days later all armature men were
transferred from that department to the
street railway department, where they
came under charge of the street railway
superintendent and under the rules of that
CO mpany, where no extra charge is given
for overtime, although they are still doing
the same work.
When they were called to do overtime
they did so, but the company, saying they
were not employees of the Edison Com
pany but of the Spokane Street Railway
Company, refused to pay extra. The men
then quit work. Efforts were made to Sc
cnre some compromise, but were not sue
cessfu1.
Although the plant is running all right
tonight and all the power and light is on,
it is contended by the men that the CON-
pany cannot find enough competent non
union men to conduct the plant right
along.
The Edison Electric Light Company,
the Spokane Street Railway Company and
several kindred concerns. although sepa-
rate corporations, are all under one man
agement and are now in the hands of the
bondholders, who have man here look
ing after affairs.
The closing down of the plant would
mean the shutting down of all the street
railway lines and all the electric light and
power in the city. D. L. Huntington, man
ager of the company, says that they can fill
the places at once and there will be no
trouble.
Considerable sympathy for the strikers
is manifested, but no serious trouble is an
ticipated.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
ANOTHER LINCOLN STORY.
1t Contains a Streak of the Great Mans
Humor,

1t Contains Streak of the Great Mans
Humor.
Mr.. Lincoln was one Of the rare takers
who could always point q moral with an
adorning tale taken out of his own expert
ence. Everybody has experience if he
only knows 1t. Most of US are so much in
the habit of taking in wisdom and fun
through the printed page or the story. as
another man tells it, that we lack the
capacity to see it for ourselves.
The story-teller is the man who finds his
own material. An old Southern politician
was moralizing thus few nights ago and
eulogizing the man the South used to dis
like.
"When Lincoln first came to Washing
ton 1 went to see him, 50 preiudiced
against him beforehand that no man
with less genius could have overcome it,
l left that first interview his friend. No
man ever came nnder the charm of Lin
coins personality without respecting him,
and, If allowed, loving him.
"One day, after we had become fairly
good friends, I told him of my early preju-
dice.
"'Mr. Lincoln, said, Il had heard every
mean thing on earth about you except
one. l never heard that you were too fond
Of the pleasures of life Mr.. Lincoln sat
for moment stroking his long cheek
thoughtfully, and then he drawled out in
his peculiar Western voice:
That reminds me of something that q
boy said to me when 1 was about 10 years
old.
Once in a while my mother used to get
some sorghum and some ginger and mix
us up batch of gingerbread. 1t wasn't
often, and it was our biggest treat
One day 1 smelled it and came into
the house to get my share while it was hot.
found she had baked me three ginger
bread men. and 1 took them out under a
hickory tree to eat them.
There was family near US that was
little poorer than we were, and their boy
came along as / sat down.
Abe" he said, edging close, gimme
man"
al gave him one. He crammed it into
his mouth at two bites and looked at me
while L bit the legs from my first one.
other 'un''
Il wanted it, but 1 gave it to him, and
as it folio we'd the first one / said:
GU seem to like gingerbread 2"
"'"Abe," he said, earnestly, "I don't
s'pose there's anybody ON this earth likes
gingerbread as well as 1 do" and, drawing
a sigh that brought up crumbs, 81 don't
s'pose there's anybody gets less OF it. )"
And the old politician said Mr.. Lincoln
looked as though the subject was ended
Burlington Hawkeye.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
BEFORE THE THEOSOPHISTS
The Presidents Term Shortened From
Life to Three Years,

NEW YORK, N. Y, April 27.-Dr.
D. ]. Black OF Cincinnati, permanent
chairman. called to-day's meeting of Theo-
sophists to order, and Claude Falls Wright,
chairman of the committee on revisions of
the bylaws, read the report of the COM
mittee.
The report recommended the repeal of
the rule permitting the president of the
society to delegate his Epowers which was
adopted during the last sickness of the
departed president, William @. Judge, in
order that the continuity OF the societys
business might not be broken. Mr..
Wright explained that this rule was
adopted merely as temporary expedient
The committee recommended the adop-
ton OF q new rule making the term of
office for the president three years, thus
doing away with the life term heretofore
IN force. There was recommendation in
the committees report that the following
rule be added:
"No member of the TheosophicaI Society
OF America shall promulgate or maintain
any doctrine as being advanced or advo-
Gated by the society,"" and that the rule
providing that the convention may fix the
term OF the president, when it become es
necessary to elect one, is eliminated.
The aforementioned rule also was
adopted during the last illness of the de-
parted president. The committee report
was adopted unanimously.
a large committee was appointed to
solicit subscriptions. The convention
then adjourned sine die.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28

It Brings Power.
When You Are Broken Down in Your Nerve Power II
Will Make You Strong i'm Mind and Body

DR.. Sanden has issued a neat
pamphlet, in which he has re-
produced the letters of fifty
prominent citizens of San Fran
cisco and California who have
been cured by his famous Elec-
trio Belt during the past few
weeks. Among the people who
testify are men who will not
permit their names to appear in
this paper, but this pamphlet,
with letters in full, can be had
by any one who will apply for
it at the Office or by mail, free.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
improvements, value $1,000; mort

improvements, value $1,000; mort
gage deductions, $1750; northwest
quarter of section IS and improvements,
value S4oo; mortgage deduction, $1,000;
southwest quarter of section Sc and i'm
provements, value $3.50: personal prop
erty value, $500. The foregoing assess
ment goes delinouent, but the taxes on
the assessments of the mortgages are paid.
" Query-Should the entire assessment
OF John Doe to be carried to the delinque Mt
roll and advertised or only that portion
not covered by mortgage? l am of the
opinion that the entire assessment of John
Doe should be carried to the delinquent
roll and advertised.
"Scction 3717 of the Political Code pro-
vldes that: Every tax due upon person al
property Is lien upon the real property
OF the owner thereof from and after II
Q CLOCK noon of the first Monday in March
in each year"
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
He Killed the Woman for Her
Jewels Over a Decade
Ago.
FLED WITHOUT TIE BAUBLEs.
Forsaken by His Courage After the
Victim Lay Dead at His
Feet.

PORTLAND, Or, April 27.-Ten years
ago last December Emma Merlotin, a
French woman, was butchered in her
house here. Several arrests were made,
but the crime could not be fastened upon
any OF the suspects, neither was any ap-
parent motive for the crime learned, as
none of the victim valuable Jewels, worth
thousands of dollars, was touched by the
murderer. The perpetrator of this bloody
crime was never identified by the police
here. But Francis MoranvilIe, a recent
arrival from Montreal, Canada, to-day
told story which sheds ray of light
upon the tiend's identity. He says that
some time ago Antoine Favre, a Montreal
convict, made an ante-mortem confession
of the butchery.
II cannot remember the name of the
woman" said Moranville, "but do recol-
lect that in his confession he said that it
was French woman of the town, and
that his motive was robbery. Favre was
serving i've years sentence for attempt
ing to choke to death a woman of the
half-world. He got into quarrel with a
fellowcoavict. who stabbed him in the
lungs with a shoemaker's awl. When in
formed that he could live only few days
at the utmost he made this confession"
Moranville said that Favre had been in
Portland but two days when he killed the
woman, having come here from Helena,
Mont, where he had served time for some
crime. He visited the woman the first
night in town, and she exhibited some of
her jewels to him. On that occasion he
resolved to possess himself of them. He
closely watched the house, and when the
woman left it to visit neighbor the fol
lowing night he effected an entrance.
While he was searching for the valuables
the woman returned. She screamed when
she saw him, and to quiet her he struck
her over the head. Fearing that when
she regained consciousness she would give
the police a description of him, he then
killed her. After that his satanic courage
forsook him, and he fed from the scene
without further searching for the jewels.
Moranville derived this information
from an officer of the prison in which
Favre died day or two after his encoun-
ter. Among the dead convict's effects
were large number of Portland newspa-
per clippings referring to the murder OF
the woman here ten years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
UPPER MATTOLE'S LEPER
The Grimm Family to Be Sent
Back to the Hawaiian
Islands.
No Hope for the Unfor tunate Girl
Who Is Slowly Dying From
the Disease.

UKIAH, CAL, April 27.-Dr. W. A. Nc
Cormack, who accompanied Supervisor
Flanagan to Usal to investigate the lep-
rosy case near that town, confirms the
Supervisors statement in THE CALL of to-
day that the afflicted person, girl Is
years old, is in the last stages of the dread
disease. She is daughter of Grimm, and
came to Needle Rock, in this county, with
her brother and father some years ago.
They subsequently removed to Upper
Martole, near the county line, where they
now reside.
The Grimm family hailed from Ger
many and moved to Hawaii twelve years
ago, The mother died on the island, and
the girl is said to have contracted the
disease. After leaving Hawaii the family
moved to this State and finally located in
Hopland, where the disease first became
apparent.
The girl was taken to hospital in San
Francisco and one of her toes was ampu-
tated. subsequently the patient was dis
charged as cured.
The family is at present in very destitute
circumstances. The father is engaged in
keeping the road in his district in repair.
The son is an epileptic and can do no
work. The habitation of the family is
located in dense redwood forest. and
many miles from any other dwelling.
The entire family will in all probability
be sent to San Francisco, and there steps
this can be done. Supervisor Flanagan, to
whom the matter was referred at the last
me Getting OF the Board of Supervisors, has
the case in charge and is now advising
with District Attorney Sturtevant as to
the best course to pursue.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
SANTA BARBARA,S INSOLFENT.
Creators of JetCeIer Campbell Lose q
Cdae In Court.

Creditors of Je,celer Campbell Lose a
Case In Court.
SANTA BARBARA, CAL, April 27.-
The case of O. M. Campbell, an insolvent
debtor, was to-day dismissed in the
Superior Court, it being decided that the
court has no jurisdiction. Campbell is the
Petaluma jeweler who moved valuable
stock from that place to this city last fall,
ostensibly seeking a new location. He
rented an expensive storeroom on State
street, but made no preparations or special
effort to do business, placing rather
meager stock in the charge Of a single
salesman. Soon attachments began to flow
in and IN short time the entire stock was
In the Sheriff's hands, where it has ever
since remained. His creditors included
several San Francisco firms and long list
OF Eastern wholesale jewellers, and it was
represented that several thousands of
collars worth of stock had mysteriously
disappeared.
Soon after the attachments began to be
levied Campbell produced bill of sale of
his entire stock, alleged to have been
executed a month before to his sister, Mrs.
Preston OF Chicago. The fact that one of
the firms levying attachments upon the
Nock has been in turn attached this spring
complicates the case. Campbell, who is a
jolly sporting man, has taken up quarters
IN Santa Barbara, nonchalantly awaiting
the issue of events.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
The WEAVERYIlLE TRIAL
Friends and Relatives of Van
Horn and Crow Go Upon
Record.
Attempt to Impeach Witness
Who Testified Against the
Constables.

WEAVERVILLE, CAL, April 27.-The
defense of Constables Crow ard Van Horn
on trial for completely in the lynching of
September 27, 1895, after they had arrested
him for the alleged shooting of John M.
Vinton, has not yet ended. The entire
time to-day was taken up by witnesses
whose evidence is intended to Offset that of
the prosecution. They were the friends OF
Vinton and his employer, liking" George
&. White, and the relatives of the accused
men.
FL. G. Simmons farmer and stock
raiser of Covelo, testif fled that he went to
Hayden's house at the request of George
E. White to look after Vinton's cattle,
Vinton having written to White that he
had been shot. He reached Hayden s
house and was there subpenaed by Con-
stable Van Horn to attend the inquest
over the body of Littlefeid.
He helped cut the body down from the
bough to which it was suspended and
made an examination of the ground. He
found a cartridge about four feet from the
TRAIL close to the manZanita tree near
which the man who shot Littlefield is sup
posed to have stood. Simmons testified
to having seen the tracks of three men on
one side of the trail and of two men on
the 9th er side.
He measured the distance from the
scene of the lynching to the Red Mountain
House. and it was from two and quarter
to two and half miles.
This was important testimony, as no
witness for the defense had estimated the
distance at more than ] u to IA miles. 1t
would tend to disprove the testimony of a
witness for the prosecution, who swore to
having heard the rife reports at the Red
Mountain House when Littlefeld was shot.
Buck Lacock, aged about 20, testified
to the firing of five shots from his Win
chester rifle on the afternoon OF March 30,
1896, as requested by Attorney Reid, who
was present at the time. Tom Hayden
was with him when he fired the shots.
| They could not be heard at the Red Noun
! tain House.
| Gordon Van Horn, a brother of the de-
| fendant, Bayles Van Horn, said that he
| gave his brother a 45-caliber Colts re-
| volver with six chambers loaded and three
extra cartridges when he started out, at
| Vinton's request, to arrest Littlefield.
| On the return of Grow and Bayles Van
| Horn he examined their weapons and
| found then. clean both at the mouth and
| breech with rust in the barrel of Crow S
| rifle. HIS testimony was to prove that
| the constables carried no weapon OF a cali
| Der corresponding to the cartridge shell
| found at the scene of the lynching. Van
Horn also swore the constables had no
rope similar to that with which Littlefield
was hanged.
J. w. Van Horn, the father of Constable
Van Horn, testified that, from actual test
shots fired at the scene of the Littlefeld
| lynchirg could not be heard at the Red
Mountain House. Mrs. J. W. Van Horn,
the mother of the defendant, told OF hay
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28

ing requested her son Gordon to examine
the weapons of the constables after the
lynching to see if they had been used the
evening before.
John M. Vinton was recalled and stated
that he was present at the test and that
shots fired at the scene OF the lynching
could not be heard at the Red Mountain
House. He admitted that he had been a
vaquero for George E. White.
Before the case went over until to-mor-
row, the defense began the putting on of
witnesses to impeach the character of
Walter S. Clark, the main witness for the
prosecution.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
SAILS TO SANTA MONICA.
Flagship Philadelphia to Anchor In the
Southern HarbOr.


Southern Hdr60r.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, April PA con-
spicuous and very interesting feature of
La Fiesta parades last week in this city
was that afforded by the officers and men
from the flagship Philadelphia, which was
in San Pedro harbor. The officers were
guests of the Jonathan Club of this city.
By order of Admiral Beardslee the war
ship was held at San Pedro to give an
opportunity to visitors and residents to go
aboard. Many persons availed themselves
of the admiral's courtesy yesterday and
to-day. A large party of Jonathans and
their ladies visited the ship yesterday and
were shown every courtesy.
Other parties visited the warship this
afternoon, but tonight it is on its way to
Santa Monica. 1t was expected last week
that the vessel would go to San Francisco
Immediately after the close of la fiesta, but
this plan has now been changed, and the
Chamber of Commerce here authorizes
the statement that it will remain off Santa
Monica for three or four days.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
VISIT SANTA CRUZ,
Hotel Men Entertained in the City of the
WGter Carnival,

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, April 27--The ex-
cursion train occupied by the Eastern
hotel men and their guests stopped here
for four hours to-day. Some of the guests
were driven over the cliff drive in private
and public carriages. Others visited Vue
de rEau, going by the electric-cars. The
party vas driven to the Santa Cruz Noun
tain Wine Company's cellars, and each
visitor carried awav a bottle of wine.
Luncheon was served by John r. Chace
at the Sea Beach Hotel and the Pacific
Ocean House. The Fasteners left at 2
o'clock this afternoon to visit the Big
Trees, and then return to San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
Celebrated at V1salia.

VISALIA, CAL, April 27.-The seventy
seventh anniversary OF the founding OF
Odd Fellowship in America was OBJ
served by appropriate exercises here
tonight. There was music, an oration
by E. M. Power and song by f.
W. Thompson of San Francisco
followed by an informal dance and good
time in general at the armory. The Re-
beckahs and visiting brothers joined in.
The banquet-room was prettily decorated,
covers for 200, with room for more, being
Iaid
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28

McGarvey to-day made an order admitting
him to. bail in the sum of $4,000 on the
robbery charge. Bail was furnished by
his friends.
Oldham had no sooner been released
than warrant charging him with perjury
com mitted in connection with his former
trial, was served on him. The preliminary
examination on this charge was held this
afternoon before Justice L. S. Sullivan,
who. after hearing the testimony, ad-
mitted Oldham to bail in the sum OF $4,000.
This bond was also promptly furnished.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
R,en Do,gn 6y Coatcnr..

DAYTON, ONO, April 27.-As the st.
Louis and New York passenger train on
the Panhandle was pulling out of the city
last night train of five coalcars on the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton crashed
into it from a side track and struck a
sleeper in which there were ten persons.
G. 0. Grief of Cleveland was instantly
killed. Philip Meter, New York mer-
chant, had leg broken.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
Berino Sea Fleet.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, April 27.-
The United States Berlng Sea feet, con-
sisting of the cutters Bear, Corwin, Rush
and Wolcott, will leave at noon tomorrow
for the north.
This morning party of prominent local
citizens boarded the cutter Bear and pre-
sented Captain Francis Tuttle with hand
some silver service appropriately engraved.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
Lire,y Contest In Arisona.

TUCSON, ARIz., April 27.-The Repub-
lican County Convention instructed for
Mckinley. This insures Mckinley dele
alton to ST. Louis. Advices from other
parts of the Territory indicate that there
will be contesting deleaation at the Ma
tional convention opposed to Mckinley.