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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-18
JAMES TIRE EAOWELL
UNDER ARREST
The Young Millionaire Is
Accused of Striking
a Woman.
Louise Buchanan Exhibits Cut
Lip in Court TO Prove
Her Charge.
He Says He Was Forced 10 Vigorously
Defend Himself Against
ASsailants.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Jan. Thames P.
Treadwell. the young millionaire, was par
rested last night on charge of battery,
preferred by Louise Buchanan, who ex-
hibited cut lip as evidence. He was ar
rested by Officer Hughes and released on
$1O0 cash bail, with instructions to appear
in Justice Gass' court tomorrow morn
ing.
The Buchanan girl threatened young
Treadwell with a suit about two years ago,
claiming he had wronged her, and gained
much notoriety. No suit was commenced,
however, and the girl left San Jose. The
reported marriage of Treadwell to Mrs.
Welch of San Francisco last week aroused
Miss Buchanan's ire, and she came to
San Jose several days ago, with the
avowed intention of making Treadwelr s
life miserable by annoying him.
1t is claimed that last evening the girl
and man were drinking together in the
Louvre, while a messenger was sent out to
find Treadwell. When the latter appeared
and asked what was wanted of him Miss
Buchanan and her friend attacked him.
Treadwell was obliged to vigorously de-
fend himself. He refused to talk about
the affair to-day.
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BAKERSFIELD FIELD Trials.

Pacific Coast Dog OtCners Gathering for
the annual Contests.
BAKERSFIELD, CAL, Jan. 7.-For
the seventh time the annual Pacific Coast
field trial sports begins here tomorrow.
The grounds on which they are expected
to take place are situated about twelve
miles south of town. If inclement
weather does not interfere-and the
prospects are that it will not-the event
will be crowned with success. Said we'll
known fancier: 1.-THE prospects are good
for season of rare sport, possibly the
best we have ever had at Bakersfield. We
have plenty of birds; the grounds are in
tne nix; everybody is coming and all are
IN the best of spirits for the fun.
Many well-known dog-owners have ar
rived and others are expected tonight
and tomorrow. Many of the old-timers
are among them. Strings of fne-looking
cannes are to be seen on every hand, and
1T IS needless to say their owners and
trainers point with pride" TO the sure
winners. Among those who are here with
likely looking strings are: John F. Hughes
OF Cupa Valley, y. M. Walters of Los
Angeles, ID. NJ. Dodge, w. f. Tevis, George
7. Allender and Messrs. Lucas and
Coughlan OF Marin. Among the promi-
nent gentlemen who have already arrived
to see the sportare: Alexander Hamilton,
]. j. Killgariff, ]. G. Edwards of San
Francisco, A. b. Trueman, Mr.. Keller of
Los Angeles, Messrs. Stone and Kennedy
of Fresno.
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LOS ANGELES DENTISTS PLANT.
Accuses a Former Assistant of Stealing
Filings From distracted
ToaFb

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Jan. 17.-Dentist
C. A. Cobalt was ar rested here yesterday
at the instance of DR.. Schiffman OF the
Schiffman Method Dental Company on a
charge of embezzlement. The charge is
based on the allegation that he appropri-
ated large mum ber of gold filings from
teeth which he had extracted while IN the
employ of the Schiffman company. If
there is any foundation for the allegation,
the value of such teeth is in the nature of
clear gain to the dental Office where they
are extracted, for it is understood that
usually no compensation is allowed to the
real owners of the teeth.
DR.. Cobalt has put up $3.50 bail to insure
his appearance in court tomorrow to
answer to the charge. He promises to
make some interesting disclosures when
the case is heard in court. DR.. Cobalt
quit the service of the Schiffman company
recently and sued for back salary, since
which time there has been war between
the two dentists.
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TWO LUCKY FRESN0ITES.
Identity of the Men WHO Discovered Bandit
MUrietta's Hoard Is Made
Known.

FRESNO, CAL, Jan. 1.-THE identity
of the two men who recently unearthed a
Z trunk near the cemetery al Firebaugh,
which was reported to contain over $780,
I COO in gold supposed to have been buried
there by Joaquin Murietta, the bandit of
early days, has been revealed. They are
J. n. Smith and L. P. Hendrickson, and
are both employed by the San Joaquin
Electric Company in this city, Mr.. Smith
as electrician and Mr.. Hendrickson as
trimmer of lamps. Both came to Fresno
from Salt Lake City several months ago,
when the new electric company began the
transmission of power from the San Joa-
gum River to this city.
The gentlemen admit that they are the
ones who found the treasure, but refuse
positively to talk any further about the
matter. They refuse to tell the exact
amount OF their fortune or the exact place
where they found il. The cause of the
reticence OF Smith and Hendrickson is the
lear OF the law of treasure trove, which re-
qulres that every effort shall be made by
those who find anything to ascertain by
posting and advertising the rightful owner
of the thing found. Then, if no owner ap-
pears, the Stale confiscates good share
of the find. Hendrickson and Smith are
anxious to retain possession of the entire
fortune they unearthed. and do not wish
to let the authorities know anything about
their find. Thus far they have succeeded
very well in their purpose The gentle
men are still holding their jobs with the
electric company.
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open air at some time or other during the
day. OF course there were good many days
which a weather observer would describe
as cloudy" and some that were
'show rI"; but during these five months
(from Move m Der, 1895, to May, 1880, there
brilliant sunshine at some time during the
day. Even more than Egypt, anywhere
north of Luxor. Arizona is the land of SUM-
shine. As TO details
TEMPERATURE.
The Government reports show a mean
temperature for fourteen years at the pres
ent Territorial capital of 57H degrees in
November, So In Decem Der, 40 In January,
81 in February, 81 in March and 66 in
April. The same reports show the high
est and lowest temperatures, averaged for
eight years, at the same place, as follows
For Novem ber 1871 degrees and AZ Decem-
ber 1871 and 3613, January 65% and 81,
February IN and 35H, March S1H and
Al and April 86I and 46. The nights
throughout the winter are apt TO be cool
enough for open wood fires and blankets.
Half the time an overcoat is not needed
during the day, but it is never prudent
for stranger to be without one at hand.
ALB.
The atmosphere is singularly clear, tonic
and dry. | have never seen it clearer any
WQ6T6 III the WOTlus IL SeeUlS t0 nave
about the same bracing and exhilarating
qualities as the air of the Great Sahara in
Northern Africa, or of the deserts about
Mount Sinai IN Arabia Petr8a. 1t is much
drier than in the parts of Morocco,
Algiers or Tunis usually visited, and drier
than any part of the valley of the Nile
north of the first cataract. 1t seems to
me about the same In quality as the air oi
the Nile between Assouan and Wady.
Halfa, but somewhat cooler.
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.
The humidity of the atmosphere
is extremely slight everywhere in
Arizona as compared with any
Eastern climate in the United States.
Tne air is driest on the high mesas,
remote from snow clad mountains
or forests, and in the desert valleys where
no considerable irrigation has been begun.
Wherever irrigation is carried on on O
large scale the percentage of humidity in
the atmosphere must be somewhat in.
creased, although to an Eastern visitor il
is scarcely perceptible. The same Govern
ment observations already cited show rela.
tive humidity, at Phoenix or Tucson, aver.
aged for weeks. from morning and even.
ing readings, as less than half the usual
humidity on dry days in New York
General Greely, in a publication from the
Weather Bureau, gave the normal weight
of aqueous vapor in the Arizona air al
from l n to grains per cubic foot.
RAIN.
Showers, and indeed heavy rains, are
liable to occur in every month OF the year
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but the actual number of rains seems to
an Eastern visitor strangely small. The
average rainfall in Southern Arizona, as
shown by the Government observations,
is but 81 inches per year.
ATTITUDES.
It is a striking advantage offered by
Arizona at with the same general con-
ditions as to temperature aud dryness OF
air, the physician is able to select nearly
any altitude he may desire. Thus, asth-
matte sufferers can find almost the sea
level at Yuma, or an altitude OF only a
thousand feet at Phoenix, or OF only 24OO
at Tucson. Others, who find no objection
to greater elevations, can choose between
Prescott and Fort Whipple, 5400; Flag
staff. $500; the Sulphur Spring Valley or
Fort Grant, 1900; Fort Huachuca, 1900, or
Oracle, about 1000.
IsITA PLACE FIT TO LIVE IN?
This depends on what one expects in a
huge. sparsely settled Territory of noun
tains and deserts. The man who looks
for either the beauty or the seductive ex-
citement of Monte Carlo will not find it.
AS little will he find the historic remains
of the cosmopolitan attractions of Egypt;
nor could he reasonably expect the amuse-
ments and luxuries of our own Eastern
cities. The people OF Arizona are still
chiefly busy in the pioneer work of sub
DUNG it to the residence and uses OF civil
lied man. But it has two transconti-
mental lines of railway, with numerous
feeders; it has fast mails and: rival tele-
graph lines, and is throbbing with the in
tense life of the splendid West. The two
principal towns in the southern portion
chiefly sought for their climatic ad-
vantages are Phoenix and Tucson. Each
of them has 10000 inhabitants or more.
They have the electric light, telephones,
trolley cars, plenty of hotels, banks, book
stores, good schools, churches, an occa-
slonal theatrical performance, sometimes
lecture or a circus, often horserace,
and in the sprln2 a thoroughly curious
and interesting Fiesta" For the rest,
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-18
0REG0RS LEGISLATIVE DEADLOCK.
Members of the Lower House Again Fail
in al Attempt to Effect an
Orqdniz alton.

SALEM, Or, Jan. 17.-Twenty-three
mem bers of the lower house of the Ore
gon Legislature held a meeting in the
Capitol to attempt to affect an organiza-
ton. They adjourned without accom-
plishing anything save compliance with
the State constitution, which provides
that until the house is organized the
Qlnembers shall meet from day to day,
deriving without pay after a stipulated
S!me, which time has already expired.
Those mem bers who favor immediate
organization held caucus tonight and
decided to make no concession to the
cation to-morrow, consequently no vote
for United States Senator can be taken
before November. Senator Mitchell is the
only candidate on the ground.
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MYSTIC POWER
1 Of A BLIND GIRL
Can Describe Persons and
Objects Which She
Cannot See.
Enabled to Read From a Book
by Touching the Pages
With Her Fingers.
Supernatural Gift Acquired During a
Trance, in Which She Saw
Strange Visions.

WALlA WALLA, WASH, Jan. H.
William Gray of Palouse City, here for
medical treatment, yesterday told the fol-
lowing story of the supernatural power of
a Palouse City child, which he says is
vouched for by Rev. A. Y. Skee, pastor of
the S. NJ. E. Church of Palouse, Rev. J.
G. Kerrick of La Grande, Or, H. A. Gray
Thomas Cox and J. B. Cawthorne of Pa
louse Last August Ethel Gillian, lit
tie girl, was taken i'll, and, alter three
weeks, apparently died. For three hours
she had every appearance of death. She
then slowly revived, but was totally blind.
n She told her parents that she had been in
Y heaven and had seen Jesus and the angels
and many friends who had gone before.
There she saw a tree of life and a river of
life. There were little children in the
. tree eating fruit. Each inhabitant wore
crown bearing his or her name. The little
girl saw a crown with her name on it
hanging up and reached for it, but Jesus
told her she could not have it yet, but
that she would have to go back to earth
and fulfill her mission. He wanted her to
teach his people.
Although blind, this girl can read by
passing her fingers over the printed or
written page, and can describe persons
whose pictures are handed to her. The
latter power was first discovered by J. B.
Cswthorne, photographer, whose mother
lives in WalIa Walla. He told the mar
.velous story to Sunday-school in Palouse
City, and Mr.. Gray and wife, hearing it,
drove out to the home of the girl to see for
them mselves. Mr.. Gray first handed the
sick girl his watch, ana she told him that
it was gold watch and the time of day by
passing her fingers over the glass. To
make sure that her power was genuine
paper was held between her face and a
photograph that Mr.. Gray handed to her,
and she described the picture perfectly as
that of an old gentleman with gray
whiskers and wearing a dark suit and
cravat. She read from books and papers
handed to her by the use of her fingers.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-18
TRAMPS EAT A STOCKTON DOG.
Appropriate Fat Gordon Setter dh6
Soon Have the Animal in Very
Bad Stew

STOCKTON, CAL, Jan. II. - Pound
master Thomas Horton of this city is
authority for the following story: Some
time ago he gave an old man who is
known here as Larry, the king of the
dumps" an old mule that he had i'm
pounded. Larry killed the mule and
'jerked' portion of the meat, placing it
over barbed wire fences to dry. TIE rest
of the carcass be gave to large Gordon
setter dog, feeding a portion of it to the
canine day by day for week. The dog
waxed fat on the mule. and Larry watched
the string of ''ierked" meat that he was
preparing for spring use.
Several nights ago gang of tramps ap-
peared on the peninsula near the bunkers
OF the Coal road and stole every bit of the
"jerked" meat. They hailed from the
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-18
satred On Atrt,o Channer.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Jan. 17.-That Alviso
Slough could be made an excellent water
way by small expenditure on the part OF
the Government is evidenced by the fact
that two large schooners, the Fortuna and
Daisy Rowe. drawing II and IL feet of
water respectively, are now unloading
lumber at Alviso. The cargo of the For
tuna is 225. 600 feet and the Daisy Rowe
1876. 900 feet. Both of the vessels easily
sailed up the channel. Captain Rossich
of the Fortuna reports the channel very
good and with the slight expense of
strengthening out one or two turns of the
slough vessels drawing IA feet of water
could sail up to Alviso.
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people must take their amusements with
them. Good horses are abundant and
cheap and there are plenty of cowboys
the genuine article-to show what horses
can do. The driving, for fifteen or twenty
miles in almost any direction from
Phoenix, is nearly always easy. The roads
are apt to be dusty; but there is one we'll
sprinkled drive of six or eight miles; and,
since the winds are quite regular in their
direction, it Is rarely difficult to choose
route on which the dust will be largely
carried away from you. The unbroken
desert itself is often as easy to drive over
as an Eastern highway, and the whole
valley is a paradise for bicyclers or
equestrians.
CAN ONE LIVE COMFORTABLY
That, again, depends on what you ex-
| pect. You cannot have the luxuries of
our New York houses out there, unless
you build one; or the variety of our New
York markets, unless you charter a re-
| frigerator CAR But there are hotels with
almost frontage as the Waldorf; and, like
everything else in the Territory excepting
the mountains and the deserts, they are
new. There are boarding houses of more
Kinds than one; and brick cottages of
eight or ten rooms can occasionally be
rented. Better than any of them, tor the
man with energy and pluck to take, it is a
tent on the desert; and he who knows
how to scamp OUT. with comfort through
September IN the Adirondacks can camp
out in Arizona through the winter. As to
food, there is plenty, and it is good-if
you can get it well cooked. The alfalfa
fields of the Salt River Valley are the fat
tening grounds for the great cattle RANGES
of the Territory. from there the mar
kets OF Los Angeles, and even of Denver,
are largely supplied. Good beef, mutton
and poultry are plenty and cheap Quail,
duck and venison from the vicinity can
also be had. Vegetables and fruits are
abundant in their season, and sometimes
the season is long one. 1t is the one
country have lived in where straw berries
ripen in the open air ten months in the
year. have had them on my table, fresh
| picked from the open garden, at Christ
mas.
Is 1T A LAWLESS CoUNTRY2
The man who goes to any considerable
Arizona town with the ideas of the South.
west derived from novels. or from The
Arizona Kicker will be greatly mystified.
He will find as many churches as in towns
of corresponding size in Pennsylvania or
Ohio and probably more school houses.
He will find plenty of liquor shops, too
and gam bling houses, and dancehouses
and vet he will see little disorder unless
he hunts late at night for it. and he will
be apt TO find-as at Phenix-a commun.
ity of 10000 people requiring in the day
time only one policeman, and hardly re-
quiring him. During my winter there
did not see single disturbance on the
streets, or half dozen drunken men, al
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WH|TELAW REID
LhUDS ARIZONA
Describes the Western Ter
ritory as a Winter
Paradise.
Experienced but One Unpleasant
Day During Five Months
Residence.
So Pleased With the Country and
It's Climat te That He Decided
to Return.

PHOENIX, ARIZ., Jan. 16.-One of the
most interesting articles concerning this
section of Arizona ever given to The public
was written by Hon. Whitelaw Reid, edi-
tor of the New York Tribune, and ap-
peared in a recent issue of that journal.
Mr.. Reid spent last winter in Ph9nix with
his family, and was so delighted wit the
climate, which proved highly beneficial
to his health. that he decided to return
again this winter. He arrived during
Decem ber, and is now domiciled here with
his family. The article referred 10 is as
follows:
So many questions are asked about Ari-
zona as place for winter residence, and
there appears to be such dearth of pre-
else information among many who are
virtually Interested, that it seems almost
public duty to set down, in the simplest
form, few facts of personal observation.
WEATHER.
During a hve months residence in
Southern Arizona in winter, there was but
one day when the weather made it actually
plea SAINT for me to take exercise in the
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took his life here to-day by swallow
ing carbolic acid. de first visited his
mothers grave where the fatal dose was
taken.::and from there walked to the house
of relative, where he expired. The un-
fortunate man had long been affected with
a suicidal mania, and had made several
unsuccessful attempts at self-destruction
In the past. At one time he fired bullet
into his brain. 1t was never removed, and
from its effects he was periodically quite
violent. Less than a month ago he was
discharged from the Napa Insane Asylum
as a sane man, but the death of his mother
last week brought on the malady again.
He was about 38 years of age, and leaves
widow and several small children.
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Prisefght at Sanger.

FRESNO, CAL, Jan. 17.-There was an
interesting prizehght last night at Sanger
fifteen miles east OF this city, in which
John Fitzgerald, a local celebrity, and
William Ross, pug from Visalia. were
the principals. Fitzgerald received g
knockout blow in the neck in the second
round The fight was for purse of $100
The affair took plack in the Depew Opera
House and was witnessed by big crowd
a large delegation of sporting men from
this city being in attendance. Ross and
Fitzgerald fought two weeks ago and
Ross was the victor then also. Both
nights were vicious, science being at dis
count and hard slogging at premium.
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Wn.hsmgto,.,s senatorial Eyoht.

OLYMPIA, WASH, Jan. 1.-THE Sena-
torial contest is taking shape. The pros
poets for George Turner's election grow
brighter each day. Il is said that CLARKE
E. DaYis, who a week ago was a strong
Populist candidate, has withdrawn. He
left the city last night. 1t is now said
that an election will not occur in session,
as the members will scatter the vote and
cause the caucus which meets from night
70 night to nominate. This is to prevent
fome candidate getting votes enough,
ave those Repu blicans who might then
NrOw their solid vote and elect some one
obnoxious to Populists. Squires' forces
are demoralized and his power on the
Wane.
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told Mining men and an occasional cow
boy certainly had auarrels sometimes, IN
the dlsorderly quarters at night; and there
were stories of the use of the knife among
Mexicans; but the visitor who went ABOUT
his own business had as little trou blet as
on Broadw way or Chestnut street The
Pima and Maricopa Indians, who are en-
countered everywhere, have been friendly
with the whites for generations, and there
isn't an Apache within some hundreds OF
miles.
WHICH TOWN is THE BEsTp
Primarily that is a question for the ply
sician, if there is a physician in the case;
if not, try them all. Here favorable ref
erence i made to Prescott, Flagstaff,
space compels US to omit this part of the
letter. Phoenix is in the center of the
greatest irrigation in the Territory. The
country for miles around smiles with
green fields, covered with almost count
less herds of cattle, and it is every where
shut in by low mountains 1t is the Terri
torial capital, has the Government Indian
and other institutions, ana is the general
focus for the Territory. Like Tucson, it
has its occasional wind and sand storms
perhaps not quite so often. at either
place visitors who know how to adapt
themselves to circumstances can be en-
tirely comfortable, and IN each they Will
find an intelligent, orderly, enterprising
and most hospitable community. They
will find a country full of mines, full of
rich agricultural lands, abounding in
cattle and horses, in vineyards and
orchards and the beginning of vrey sue
cessfuI orange groves-a country, in fact,
as full of promise for hardy and adven-
turous men now as California was in the
sos. Above all. if it has been their lot
to search for health in far-off countries,
they will revel in the luxury of being in
their own land. among their own country
men, within easy reach of their friends
by telegraph or rail, and in climate as
good of its kind as any in the world.
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Utah. sematorsa. Contest.

SALT LAKE, UTAH. Jan. 1.-THE Utah
Senatorial contest is waxing warm. The
Legislature being so overwhelmingly
Democratic makes it certain that the Sen
ator to be elected will be of that party,
but the rivalry among the three candi-
dates is intense. A careful estimate leads
to the conclusion that the result of the
first Joint ballot taken on Tuesday will be
about as follows: Ex- Congressman Rawl-
ms q, Moses Thatcher 20. Judge Hender-
son is, all Democrats; H. w. Lawrence
(Pop.) g. scattering 8. Necessary to a
choice 80
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HISALIA MANS VENTION.
Weight of Water Utilized to Store POtcer
In q Dynamo.

VISALIA, CAL, Jan. I'm. s. Mon
roe, connected with the water works plant
of this city, has made public an import
ant mechanical invention. 1t is designed
to utilized dead weight of water in stor-
ing power in a dynamo. The weight OF
the water in two immense tanks twenty
feet in length and standing thirty feet
above ground, supplying this city with
water, viii be used to supply a dynamo
with power equal to twenty horsepower
engine. As the water in the tanks falls a
connecting cable will wind up strong
steel spring in the dynamo. The inventor
feels confident that his plan can be sue
cessfully used as a wave motor, every fall
ing wave on the ocean beach adding to
the power stored in the dynamo. Mr..
Monroe will keep the details of his inven-
ton secret until it is patented.