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tive soldiers and thirty-eight auxila-

tive soldiers and thirty-eight auxila-
ries.
The general opinion is that the
F'renchmen fell into the cunningly laid
trap, but, on the other hand, many
think that the fight was the result of a
quarrel. 1t could not have been
trap, say these latter, for in that case
| Samory's men would have used the
guns and revolvers with which they are
well provided, and would not have re-
lied on their swords and sabers. In
other words, they would have shot down
their enemies from some safe hiding
place and would not have risked their
lives in hand to hand conflict 1t is
far more likely, they think, that some
of the native soldiers in the French
troop began to squabble with the ma
| lives in Samory's regiment, and that
this led to a general melee.
The French Government will, Of
course, demand satisfaction from Sa-
mory. Whether he viii grant it is
another question. No petty chieftain is
he, but the greatest suzerain through
out the length and breadth of the Sou
dan-indeed, a born leader, If ever there
was one. Born at Konia, the son of an
ordinary porter, he voluntarily and at
an early age sold himself into slavery
for seven years, his object being to Sc
cure freedom for his mother who had
been carried off by slave trader. He
succeeded in this laudable object, and
he became so well known for his flial
devotion and his strength of character
| that when his term of seryitude ex-
| pired he at once obtained a high posi-
| ton in the army. His fortune was
now made. He became chief of the
army and was soon known far and
wide as the Almamy, which signifies
prophet and great judge as well as su-
preme ruler.
To-day he is the greatest man in the
| Soudan, the lord of host of men who.
being true fanatics at heart. look I'D
to him as their infaIlible and invincible
| leader. He rules over 157 small States
and the boundaries of his dominion are
| Dahomey, Sierra Leone. the French
posts on the soulll, and Dialon- -Kadon-
| gon as far as the Empire of Segon.
| Since 1882 he has been continually at
variance with his French neighbors:
/ indeed the history of Senegal during
this period is largely made up of these
| struggles. Courageous as they are. the
French are in no enviable position, for
/ the Almamy has ever at his beck and
call an army of fifty thousand war
riors, Of whom five thousand are
/ splendid horsemen.
If Samory were an honest, straight
! forward opponent, the French might in
time make a satisfactory treaty with
him. Unfortunately, those who have
| had dealings with him say that he is
not to be relied upon. He is ready
at any time to make promises. but he
IS quite as ready to break these prom
lses When 1t suits him to do so. The
French may have to engage in many a
struggle before they can get even with
this dusky son of MachiavelIi.-Ne
York Herald
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but the most bitter feeling is among
the ignorant full-bloods. They are
prepared to resist amy attempt to
change their tribal government.
Several leading advocates of allot-
ment and treating with the Dawes
Commission have been warned to cease
the negotiations, or their lives will be
taken. As the Indians are great sports
men, ard use large quantities of fire.
arms and ammunition they have been
able TO secrete all the weapons they
wanted without attracting unusual at
tention.
A prominent man, who enjoys the
confidence of the fuA-blood leaders, ar
rived to-day and sounded the note of
warning. He says his life would not
be worth one cent on his return to the
nation if it should be known that he
made public the securing of the arms
No immediate outbreak is anticipated,
but a great deal depends upon the ac-
ton Of the council next month.
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THE UNLUCKY TEXAS.
Boiler of One of the Launches of
the BattIeship Blows Up.

BOSTON, Oct. 21-The boiler of one
of the steam launches of the battleship
Texas blew up while it was alongside
the battleship, and a number of men,
including two officers and a surgeon,
We're injured, none fatally.
The explosion occurred just as the
launch reached the side Of the ship,
having towed down the ships boats,
each full of men, who were engaged
in the naval parade.
On the launch at the time were thir-
ty-five men, including Lieutenant
Commander Delehanty, Lieutenant
Bristol, Ensign Wadhams and Dr. w.
r. Dubose, the ships surgeon The
smokestack, the top of the boiler and
the part of the canopy over the boiler
We're blown into the air, and what was
left Of the launch caught fire from the
sheet of flames that followed the burst
ing of the boiler, but the fire had little
to burn.
The men in the pit with the boiler
John Phillips, an oiler, and John
Fisher, coal passer, We're thrown vio-
1ently against the wooden partition
Fisher was badly injured, and Phillips
escaped with severe bruises. The cox
swain, Thomas Sullivan, was thrown
against the side of the launch, but only
bruised and the sailor with him was
completely blackened by SCOT, but un-
hurt. DIR. Dubose had two front teeth
knocked out
Lieutenant Delehanty and Ensign
Wadhams emerged from the explosion
as from battle. their faces and hands
were bruised and burned, but otherwise
they were uninjured.
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Gates May be Opened for a Flood of
Oriental Immigrants.
II a Decision Rendered by Federal Judge
HanfuTd HGIdS Good.
George SchIega1, One of the Men
Charged With Attempting Train
Wrecking at Moreno, Pleads
Guilty and Receives a Sentence
of Life imprisonment.

SEATTLE, Oct 21-Judge Hanford
of the Federal Court to-day made de-
cision in a Chinese case in which ne
holds that the wives and children or
Chinese merchants doing business in
the United States do not have to have
certificates from the Chinese Govern
ment to entitle them to enter this
country.
Government officials here say that If
the opinion is upheld by the higher
courts it means that the important Sec
ton of the Chinese Exclusion Act which
provides that sons and daughters of
Chinese merchants doing business in
this country must secure certificates
from their home Government is no
longer law.
United States District Attorney
Binker win at once report to the
Treasury Department Judge Hanford's s
ruling, and it is expected that the At
torney- Generals office win at once take
steps to have the case appealed to the
Supreme Court.
Treasury agents claim that if the
decision holds it will open the gates
for a flood Of Orientals, for if certifi-
Gates are not required any number of
Chinese can claim to be merchants do
ing business in the United States.
Judge Hanford's s decision is in direct
opposition to Judge Lacombe of New
ork
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Walters First Dip.

Walter 7. was 8 years old. He never
had seen the ocean. We were to spend
the summer at the seaside, and Walter
had a new bathing suit Every boy in
the block was invited into the house to
see him try it on, and one day we dis
covered him in the bathtub surrounded
by an admiring group of juveniles, to
whom he was discoursing about how
he would dive from the end of the pier
when he reached the ocean. When the
young man, however, saw the ocean
with the great waves rolling on the
beach, he could not be induced to so
near it, and positively refused to put
on his bathing suit.
One day his father offered him 90
cents if he would put on his suit and
get wet all over once. He wanted the
money very much, SO he finally con-
sented. Clasping his arms around his
fathers neck like wise, the great un-
dertaking was begun. After much
shivering and trembling he was wet
about two inches above his ankles,
when he exclaimed, Papa, I-guess-I
-will-only -take-ten- cents
-this-time Crypt.
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HACKED TO PIECES.
French Soldiers Butchered in the
Soudan.

France has lust been shocked by the
startling news from the interior OF AT
rica that forty-four of her brave SOL
diers and two gallant officers have lost
their lives through what is believed 20
be the treachery of Samory, the re-
doubtable monarch of the Soudan.
Precise details of what seems to have
been g most merciless slaughter are
still wanting, but enough is known to
place the responsibility upon the willy
Soudaness chieftain whose name is so
feared in those regions of the Dark
Continent over which his sway ex-
tends.
Sanlory has for some time been at
loggerheads with the French occu-
pants of the Soudan, but recently man
Tested a disposition to make peace
with them. His many severe tussles
with British soldiers had taught him
a lesson, and, as soon as he found him
self in possession of certain districts
in Lobi, near the French territory, he
sent messengers to Caudrelier, the
chief of the French battalion, with in
structions to make a treaty of peace.
Caudrelier at once telegraphed to the
French Minister Of the Colonies at
was directed to entertain any PROPOSE
tions which Samory's representatives
might make to him, but to take good
care not to be caught in any trap. This
last advice was given for the reason
that Samory is known to be most willy
and not very regardful of his prom
ises.
The understanding was that Samory
should evacuate some of the Frencn
territory occupied by him, and conse-
auently a troop of French soldiers,
ninety-eight in number, marched thith-
er with the object of taking formal
possession. On their way they met
a regiment of Samory's soldiers, COM
manded by a chief named Suleyman.
and they learned from him that no or
ders lad yet been received from the
headquarters, and that consequently
the native troops could not give up
the disputed territory. The French
soldiers, seeing that remonstrance and
resistance would be of no avail, since
they were greatly outnumbered by the
natives, retired to Lokhoso.
When they were near that place they
met Sara Ntieni Mors, Samory's son
and heir, and they told him of Suley-
mans conduct. The young chief, who
was accompanied by a large body of
warriors, evidently induced them TO
retrace their steps, for the next we
learn is that he and the French met
Suleyman and his men on August 20th.
The two native forces now removed
their masks and went to work in dead
ly earnest Surrounding the handful
of Frenchmen, they attacked them
without a word of warning. The con-
fiiet was hand to hand, and swords and
sabres We're apparently the only weap
ons used. The French fought with
their usual bravery. but the odds were
terribly against them. They held
their ground as well as they could and
then those who were able beat a hasty
retreat, leaving behind them, either
dead or wounded, two officers, six ma.
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BONES OF DIR. WHITMAN.
Taken From the Grave, After Hav-
ing Laid There Fiftv Yaars

WALLA WALLA CWash.), Oct 21.-
I'hls afternoon the grave of DR.. Marcus
whitman, who was killed by Indians
fifty years ago at Whitman Mission.
seven miles from Walla WalIa. was
opened preparatory to a mausoleum of
orlck and granite being erected thereon
by the Whitman Memorial Association.
President Penrose of Whitman Col
iege and few students We're present.
Near the surface of the mound in one
corner four skulls nearly intact were
discovered; also, a. number of bones.
The skull of DR.. Whitman was recog-
nized by a gold filing in one of his
teeth and tomahawk wound back of
the base of the skull.
Dr. Whitman his wife and eleven as
Soclates, who were maSsacred fifty
years ago, are all supposed to be buried
IN the grave. The bones were brought
to this city this evening to be classified
by physicians. After being placed in
glass case for inspection a few DAYS.
they will be returned to their resting
place
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Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21--Among
the passengers who disembarked from
the steamer Alameda, upon her arrival
from Sydney via Honolulu to-day, were
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson and her
daughter, Mrs. Isabella Strong, from
Apia. Samoa. Although Mrs Stevenson
has been away from the United States
for over a year, she is here ON a visit
only, and intends to return to Samoa.
She expressed regret that she arrived
too late to participate in the ceremony
of unwilling of the monument in Ports
mouth Square. in this city, in memory
of her husband, which took place about
a week ago.
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NEW YORK, Oct 21.-The Word"
SAYS this (Friday) morning:
BnseaII Sage created a sensation in
wall street yesterday by announcing
that he had been invited by President
MCKINLEY TO form a syndicate on the
Union Pacific Railway on the basis OIL
satisfying the full Government claim IN
The Union Pacific. Mr.. Sage invited
subscriptions to a plan to be hereafter
brought out by him for the foregoing
object The payment OF the Govern
ment claim in full is understood 70 De
the first condition in this plan
Mr.. Sage's representatives announced
last night that he had received sup-
scr1ptions for over $75,0OOOOO within
two hours of his announcement. 1t was
announced that he would continue 10
receive subscriptions until his plan was
subscribed at least three times over.
AS in the bond transaction, Mr.. Sage
thinks there is unlimited capital avail
able for the settlement of the Pacific
road. debts without loss to the Govern
ment and without blind pools.
Among the subscriptions reported to
Mr.. Sage's Union Pacific scheme We're
the following: Russell Sage, $20O00,-
600; r. T. Wilson & Co., SlO,OOU,UOO;
Samuel Thomas, $10.000,000; D. H. Nc
Alpin, S10000,000; Kassler & Co., So
000000 Bank Of the State of New
York. $1,000, 900; William Waldorf
Aster, $5,000,000.
Mr. AstOr's subscription is said to
have4loeen received by cable last night.
Some Of these names are said to rep
resentsother interests besides the sign
ers.
1t as said that large New York life
insurance company will subscribe to
Mr.. Sage's plan for S1O,000,000.
Mr.. Sage goes to Washington to-day
to confer with the President and the
Attorney General, at their request.
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SENTENCE OF EBANKS.
A New Phase of the Matter Comes
to Light.

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 21-A new phase
of the Ebanks matter came to light
here to-day, when the attorneys con-
cerned with the contempt case Of Act
ing Warden Edgar came to examine
the affidavit on which L. Fl. Ward ap-
piled for the writ of habeas corpus in
behalf of Ebanks. That affidavit de-
clares that Judge Torrance's sentence
was a double one, in that he ordered
Ebanks imprisoned and closely confin-
ed, and also to be executed. Judge
Torrance's sentence, 1t now appears,
said nothing about close confinement
or imprisonment. 1t is stated that steps
will be taken to have the matter of this
affidavit brought before the San Fran
cisco Grand Jury
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CoURsING AT INGLEsIDE.
Big Stake to be Pulled OFF To-
morrow and Sunday.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.-One of
the largest coursing stakes run this
year viii be pulled off at Ingleside Sat
| urday and Sunday. The draw this
evening resulted as follows:
j. Murnane's Valley Maid VS.. Grace
& Deans Deceiver; Cronin & McDon-
AIDS Skybau vs. Miramonte Kennels
Jester; J. Kerrigan's Tod Sloane VS..
| T. McHugh's Mountaineer; Miramonte
Kennels Stella VS.. M. Welch's Tippe-
rary Lass; Pasha Kennels Borders
Valentine VS.. J. Byrnes' Oriental; Cur
| tbs & Sons Blackette VS.. ID. Shannon 8
| Systematic; Kay & Trunt's Eclipse VS..
Miramonte Kennels Said Pasha; j. r.
Dixon's Premier VS.. t. Buffers Susie;
Dillon & Riley's Queen B. VS.. J. Ira
! cy's Speed; Moramonte Kennels
Charming May vs. J. ]. Edmunds Move
On; J. Seggerson's White Chief VS.. Cur
| tis & Sons Roseter; Orient Kennel 5
Uncle Sam VS.. Montezuma Kennels
Master Masgregor; Larkey Rock $
Myrtle VS.. E. Wilson'S Magnet; Mira
monte Kennels Salvador VS.. D. Hoop
er's Beau Brummel; NJ Welch's Bene-
| dict VS.. Pasha Kennels Arapahoe;
| Grace & Deans Nelly Conroy vs. II.
| Wilson's Laska; J. j. Edmund's Vida
Shaw VS.. c. Strehls Skylark; X. q. rs
kin's General Burnaby VS.. Curtis d
Sons Sky Rocket, Jr.; d. shannon
Sarcastic VS.. Grace & Deans Noon
dyne; Miramonte Kennels Courier VS..
Montezuma Kennels Magic; M. Micha-
lik's Fireball vs. Grace & Deans Mial-
ma; Miramonte Kennels Miramonte VS..
j. Quanes' Fireman; Pasha Kennel S
False Flatterer VS.. Curtis & Sons Wild
Flower; S. E. Portals Laureal Wood
vs. Grace & Deans Connenlara; Kay
& Trunt's Magician VS.. ]. SexsmIth' S
Vigilant; Hayward Kennels Robert j.
VS.. Pasha Kennels Metallic; j. Quanes'
Captain Morse VS.. Kay & Trunts Leo
nora; j. Byrnes' Mohawk VS.. w. e.
Thompsons Victor. Total purse, S33O.
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Wreck on the Newfoundland Coast.

ST. JOHNS IN. F.), Oct PA boat
bearing the name Hallamshire of Har-
tlepool, and beds, deck gear and other
wreckage have been driven ashore near
Willingate, on the north coast of New
foundland 1t is feared the British ship
Hallamshire, from Swansea for Tilt
Cove to get copper ore, has become a
wreck and sunk, with all hands, dur
ing the severe gale which ragged here
last Sunday
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Bloody Tragedy at Spokane.

SPOKANE (Wash.), Oct. 21.-When
Mrs. A. ]. Lynch entered the residence
Of c. w. Kessler late this afternoon
a shocking scene was presented. Mrs.
Kessler was dead from a CHASTITY wound
in the throat, and near by lay her four
year-old SON with a bullet through his
neck. The husband and father is in
the City Prison half insane, and under
suspicion of having killed his wife and
child. He protests his innocence, and
claims that his wife killed their child,
and then committed suicide. Physi-
clans think the child will recover.
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butcher MURDER TRIAL.
The Prosecution Fails to Shatter
the Testimony of Mrs. Schofie1d.

SAN JOSE, Oct. 21-The defense in
the trial of Dan butcher for the muir
der of George w. Schofield took up all
of to-day in presenting testimony to
the effect that Schofield had often
threatened to take his wife's life
Mrs. Sarah Schofield, widow of the
murdered man, underwent another
siege of cross-questions, but the prose-
cution failed to shatter her detailed
story of how Dan butcher shot to
save her from her husbands murder
Gus wrath.
The widow was recalled this after
noon, and gave a little additional testi-
mony. She told again of her row at
the breakfact table the morning be-
fore the murder, and said her husband
threw knife at her, the last state
ment being an addition to her previous
testimony.
Several witnesses were put on 10
testify rs to Schofield's reputation. All
told stories of the dead mans cruelty.
and nearly all had heard him make
threats that he would kill his wife.
These threats were made to the wife
while others We're present. One wit
ness testified to hearing Schofield make
a declaration that he was going to kill
his family, including a son-in-Iaw. to
whom he had a particular aversion.
The prosecution finally admitted that
Schoheld's reputation was bad.
An early adjournment was taken. as
George Schofield, the ten-year-old son
of butchers victim, was not on hand
to testify for the defense. Tt was di-
vulged that the prosecution had taken
the boy from his aunt's house, in order
to get chance to talk to him. The
prosecution promised to produce the
boy in court tomorrow morning.
1t Is expected that the taking of testi-
mony will be concluded this week, but
the case will probably not reach the
jury before next Thursday.
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No More Goods Free of Duty.

VICTORIA (B. CO, Oct. 21.-Here-
after every pound of goods not bought
in Canada will have to pay duty before
being allowed in the Klondike country.
The Canadian Government has decided
to revoke the regulation allowing pros
pectors to take in 100 pounds of goods
free of duty, and customs officers will
be placed ON the Stickeen route, as
we'll as Tagish Lake and on the Yukon
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Lord and Lady Aberdeen.

PRINCETON IN. j., Oct. 21-Lord
and Lady Aberdeen arrived in Prince
ton this evening, and We're driven i'm
meditely to the Patten home at Pros
pect Park Lord and Lady Aberdeen
We're accompanied by Lady Marjorie
Gordon. AT 8 o'clock a dinner was
given in honor of Lord and Lady Aber-
deem at Prospect, and among the guests
were Grover Cleveland, President and
Mrs. Gilman, Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Nc
Cook and Mr.. and Mrs Whitelaw Reid
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Mail for the KIondike.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-The Fost-
office Department has modified rhe or
der Of September Sd as to steamboat
mail service from Seattle Wash, to
Dyea, Alaska, to accommodate Klon-
dixie traffic, so as to permit the Post
master at Seattle to dispatch the mail
to Fattelton twice a month from about
September 3, 1897, to June SO, 1898, in
stead of one trip only.
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Kieve Will Escape Prosecution.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.-Louis
Kieve, who shot his daughter on Oc-
tober Sd at 13S Fourth street, will es-
cape prosecution, as his victim refuses
to swear to a complaint Bessie Kieve's S
injuries are mending slowly, but she
still suffers g. good deal from the eff
fects of the shock
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which intends to run steamers from
London to Victoria and then to st. Mi
chaels during the coming winter and
spring, is making arrangements for
the accommodation of 1000 men, who
are expected to arrive here during jan
uary. Upon their arrival from London
they will remain in Victoria for two or
three days to purchase their outfits for
Klondike.
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imprisonment for Life.

STOCKTON, Oct 21--George SchIe-
gal, one of the two men charged with
having attempted to wreck a train at
Moreno, entered his plea of guilty to-
day, and was sentenced to imprison-
ment in San Quentin for life. 1t is un-
derstood that the officers promised to
interest themselves in securing a COM
mutation for Schlegal in consideration
of his pleading guilty.
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Shooting ARRAY at Fullerton.

FULLERTON (CaL), Oct. H.-Morris
Smith, a butcher, was this morning
shot and painfully wounded by Joe
Lyons, the latter claiming that Smith
had been unduly intimate with a young
lady closely related to him. Smith de-
nies the charge. He was shot in the
back, the bullet entering the flesh
about three inches. Lyons was ar
rested, and will on Saturday be given a
hearing on charge of attempt to COM
NIT murder.
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Gold From Australia.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21. - The
steamer Alameda, which arrived to-day
from Sydney, via Honolulu, brought
S2,2J000O in English sovereigns from
Australia as a part of the balance of
trade, which is the second largest ship
ment of gold received here within the
past thirty days. The money was de-
posted at the Mint
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INDIANS ARMING.
Cherokees VIII Resist Attempts to
Change Their Government.

LITTLE ROCK (Ark.), Oct. 21-A
special to the Gazette" from Fort
Smith, Ark, says:
1t has just leaked out here that the
full-blood Cherokees have been secretly
arming themselves and securing large
quantities of ammunition for several
weeks, but it has been especially brisk
since the return of the attorney sent
to Washington to enjoin the Dawes
Commission from proceeding to make
the citizenship rolls. The majority Of
the Cherokees are opposed to the treaty.
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TIRED OF LIFE.
Wife of a Tacoma SaIoonkeeper
Commits Suicide.

TACOMA (Wash.), Oct 21.-Mrs.
Frank Alwyn, wife of saloonkeeper,
shot herself in the breast this morning,
and died almost instantly ir, st. Jo-
seph's Hospital, where she was admit
ted last night.
She had carefully planned for death,
Wrapping herself in rubber blankets,
so the bed clothing would not be soiled
by her blood
She left a note, saying she was tired
of life. In bureau drawer was found
a shroud made by herself, with the fol-
lowing note pinned on it: Bury me in
this
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Death of a well-Known Minister

CHICO, Oct. N.-Rev. C. A. Lea
man, for forty-seven years a resident
of California, died at his home here to-
day, in his 95th year. He organized the
first Methodist churches in Grass VAL
ley and Nevada City, and for twenty
five years served as a minister in what
is now called the Sacramento district.
During part of his thirty years resi-
dence in Chico he occupied the position
of Police Judge