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NEW POINT OF LAW.
Important Decision Rendered by
Judge COffey

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IA deci-
sion of far reaching Importance was
rendered by Judge Coffey to-day in the
matter of the estate of Jose Vincente
De I.aveaga.
The decision holds that Anselmo j. NJ.
De Laveaga, an illegitimate son of a
deceased brother of Jose Vincente De
Laveaga, is entitled to share in the dis
tribution of the estate in the same man
ner as though he had been born in
wedlock. After the death of the boys
mother, his father legitimatized him by
an acknowledgment in writing and pro-
vided for him in his will.
The question presented to Judge Cof-
fey was this: May child, born ille-
ultimately, but subsequently legitima-
tized according to law, be not only an
heir of his father, but also of his faith
er's iineal and collateral kindred?
The main point of law presented is
said to have been entirely new in this
State. The estate is valued at about
81, ,OG0, 600.
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Deputy Attorney General Garter Takes
the Preliminary Step.
Presents the Required Ten Days Notice in
the Supreme Court.
Joseph Ebanks Gets Respite
United States District Judge De
Haven Grants the Application
of the San Diego Murderer for
a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. deputy
Attorney General Carter has taken the
first step in the matter Of securing ne
summary dismissal of the appeaIS oA
Murderer Durrant, now pending IN the
State Supreme Court.
The rules of the State Supreme Court
require that, in ordinary cases, before
a motion to dismiss an appeal Will be
entertained, a preliminary notice OF ten
DAYS in advance must be presented.
The Attorney General desires to make
his motion to dismiss Durrants ap-
peals on the 9th of this month. This
is within the ten-day limit, so to-day
he made motion that the rules be sus-
pended, and the time required for the
preliminary notice be shortened.
The Supreme Court has not yet acted
upon Mr.. Carriers first motion. If the
decision is favorable, he will then pro-
ceed with his secondary motion to dis
miss the appeal.
A WILD RUMOR.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-"Mrs.
Durwant went to San Quentin this
morning, gave her condemned son car
bolic acid, and saw him die from it.
She is now under arrest at the prison
for the crime
Such was the lurid rumor which
some one with a wildly unbalanced
mind set ahoat in this city this morn
ing
OF course It was a. fabrication from
end TO end, but it served for a time at
least tc set the tongues of the gossip
mongers wagging as they had never
Wagged before. So rich was the NOR
sci, so rare its highly seasoned flavor.
that it seemed almost pity to snatch
it away from those who so greatly en-
joyed it.
Just how much foundation there was
for the wild yarn may be gathered
from the following dispatch, received
from San Quentin in answer to pre-
cautionary inquiry:
SAN QUENTIN, Dec. 1.-Durrant is
alive and Well His mother is with
him, having come over this morning
to visit him as usual. There has been
mo trouble of any kind
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CASE OF BENNETT.
Wi1 Probably be Tried Over In the
Extradition Proceedings.

VICTORIA (B. CO, Dec. 1.-After an
adjournment taken to-day in the case
of ]. G. Bennett, held for extradi6on
for attempting to kill his wife in San
Francisco, objection was raised to the
whole proceeding, on the ground that
the attorney for the prosecution did not
have a commission from the United
States until after the case was tried.
Nhe case will probably be tried over.
While on the way to the courthouse
yesterday Bennett attempted to escape
sfrom Warden John, and in the scuffle
GIslocated the Marden's shoulder.
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HENRY GEORGE, JR.
Will be Married to Marie M. Hitch
cock To-day.

CHICAGO, Dec. IA marriage IL
cense was issued to-day to Henry
George, Jr., son of the late Henry
George, to marry Marie M. Hitchcock
of this city. Mr.. George procured the Ii
cense in person.
The wedding, on account of the re-
cent death of the elder George, will be
quiet and simple in its appointments,
and viii take place at the residence of
the brides father, Captain e. Y. Hitch
cock, at II o'clock tomorrow morning.
The welded couple will leave for the
East soon after.
Mr.. Georges mother and sister and
a few relatives of the Hitchcock family
will be the only guests.
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penalty be imposed on each county and
city in which the lynching occurs; that
wherever the militia may be called out
to protect prisoner in a county or city
such county or city be charged with
the expense thereof, and that officers
Who allow prisoners to be taken from
their custody, without first having ex-
hauStad all possible means to protect
their prisoners, be summarily suspend
ed until the question of dismissal shall
be determined by jury.
Also that there be only one penalty
for criminal assault, and that death.
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RUN INTO THE PILES.
Passengers on an Oakland Ferry
Badly Shaken Up,

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-The pas-
Eengers on the 5:13 p. m. trip of the fer
Jy steamer Encinal We're badly shaken
up to-day. AS the vessel was approach
ing the Oakland slip the engines were
stopped. but remained on a dead center.
and when the order TO back was given
the machinery did not work. Conse-
ouently, the steamer went ahead until
a could get no farther.
Several piles in the slip We're broken,
many passengers thrown to the deck,
and \. Healy and John Crowley, EN-
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Cannot Use Imitation Labels.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Limited
States Attorney H. S. Foote has filed
an opinion with Revenue Collector
Lynch in the cases against the E. G..
Lyons Company and Blumenthal & Co.,
holding that manufacturers in shipping
liquors have no legal right to make use
of imitation labels, and that cases
should be so branded or marked as to
indicate the true character of the goods.
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Women's Fine Cloth, Seven
Button Over-Gaiters, 25c per
pair.
Women's High Cut, Ten-But-
ton Over-Gaiters, fine black
cloth, soc.
Women's Felt Lace Shoes,
warm lined, foxed on side with
leather; soft, flexible sole; solid
comfort; 81 25.
Women's Felt Lace or Button
Shoes, fleece lined, turned soles,
foxed with fine kid; 81 45.
The Slipper and Shoe Sale still
goes on. Mems slippers at 69c,
95c, 81 35 and 81 45; Women's
Slippers at csc, 81 35; Fur
Trimmed Juliets at 81 25: Wo-
mems Shoes at 81 Is, 81 45 and
81 90.
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Heavy Rainfall at Riverside.

RIVERSIDE. Dec. There was a
very heavy rainfall here to-day, the
precipitation being O54 of an inch. The
indications tonight are good for more
rain, which is greatly needed by grow
ing grain, as we'll as for land, which
farmers want to plow.
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ployed- In the fire room, were pitched
against boiler and badly burned.
Big Stake for Two-Year-Olds.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-The Cali
fornia Club will shortly announce the
richest two-year-old stake ever offered
by club west of New York. 1t will
be modelled after the futurity, and
enough money will be added to make
the race worth $4,000. 1t is expected
that such an event will attract entries
from all over the United States. Cali
fornia alone should be safe for 4OO
nominations. Whether the event will
be run in the spring or fall is yet to
be decided.
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Fatally Injured.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-First
Mate Lindell of the steamer Alcazar
was fatally injured yesterday while the
vessel was loading ties at Point Arena.
He was struck by a bundle of ties which
We're sent from the shore by Wire ca
BILE
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Crashed Into a Cannery.

ASTORIA (Or), Dec. 1.-While enter
Ing this port in a dense fog, the steam
ship Columbia, from San Francisco,
crashed into the Union Fishermen's s
icannery, demolish.ng twenty feet of the
warehouse, and dumping 700 to 1000
cases Ct salmon into the river. The
loss upon the cannery is about $1,000
for goods and $500 for the building
The steamer was not damaged.
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Look Out for Heavy Frost.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-The
Weather Bureau predicts frost to-mor
row morning from Shasta to Tehachipi
1t will cover all valleys, and sweep
flower beds, though it comes too late
to injure fruit. The frost is not ex-
pected to reach the orange groves of
Southern California.
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A Check Raiser Held to Answer

Los ANGELES, Dec. 1.-Charles l..
Wilde was to-day held to answer before
the Superior Court on charge of hav
ing raised on June 29th a check for
50 90, payable to the Broadway Bank,
to 500 90. The charge was brought
by Captain F. J. Cressey, President of
the American Fraternal League. Bonds
We're fixed at 81 800
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San Francisco National Bank.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-The San
Francisco National Bank to-day sue
ceeded to the business of the Sather
Banking Company, and took possession
of the banking house and premises for
merly occupied by that company The
capital of the bank is 100000, and its
officers are: President, J. K. Wilson:
Vice-Fresident, E. A. Bruguiere; Cash
ier, J.. l. Cowgirl
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Charged With Criminal Libel.

PHOENIX (Ariz), Dec. II. NJ
Flemister, editor of the Arizona Demo
crat," was arrested to-day on a Grand
Jury warrant charging him with Grim
inal libel. The matter alleged libelous
was in reference to Governor McCord
and charged him with unbecoming ac-
tions during a late visit to Los An
geles.
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Got the Cost Of the Message.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. LIN the
case Of c. w. Mclaughlin VS.. the
Western Union Telegraph Company for
S4. $50 damages on account of delay in
delivering message, the jury in the
Circuit Court was to-day instructed to
return verdict of IS cents, the cost of
the message. McLaughlin's S-year-old
daughter was sick in Kansas, and the
delay, it was alleged, prevented the
fathers arrival in time to have AN
operation performed
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Carlisle to Reside in New York

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The rurnor that
John G. Carlisle, ex-Secretary of the
Treasury, intended to settle in New
York, has been strengthened by the re-
port that the house at No. Washing
ton square, has been rented. furnished,
to Mr.. Carlisle for the winter.
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CALIFORNIA; Golden Jubilee.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 1.-Califor-
MAS golden jubilee is to be a six-day
celebration, instead of the single day
originally proposed. The celebration
will commence on Monday. January
18th, and during the week a series of
magnificent pageants will be presented
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Internal Revenue Collections.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 1.-The COL
lections of the internal revenue office
for this district for November, amount
to Sl44,l l36 56. Beer heads the list.
paying $o2,OOS. Fruit spirits cone
next with S35.933 rs and grain spirits
follow with S33, 500 93
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LYNCHINGs IN KENTUCKY.
Governor O'Ferrall Proposes Legis-
lation to Correct the Evil.

RICHMOND Ua.). Dec. LIN his
message to the General Assembly.
which convened to-day, Governor
O'Ferrall discussed the lynching ques-
ton. ard proposed legislation to cor
rect the evil.
He argues that a heavy pecuniary
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Battleship Oregon.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 1.-The bat
tleship oregon will sail for Port Or
chard tomorrow. She will go on the
dry dock there, and be fitted with a new
bilge keel.
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Was a Class,nate of Grants.

NEW YORK. Dec. General Nelson
G. Williams died at his home in Brook
lyn yesterday. He was a classmate
of u. S. Grant at West Point. AT the
battle OF Shiloh he had his horse shot
under him, and the explosion of a shell
rendered him totally deaf
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A Funeral Director Dies.

PHOENIX (Ariz), Dec. IA. G.
Randall, an old-time resident and we'll
known undertaken. dropped dead this
afternoon of hear disease. while direct
ing q funeral.
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4 young man who sang comic songs
the other day at a New York entertain
ment was found murdered on the way
home. 1t seemed an excessive retribu-
tion.-Pick- Me-Up
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Secretary
Sherman was confined to his home to-
day by a cold 1t is said that he is
only slightly -indisposed.
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w1NEMAKERs' CORPORATION.
Resolve to Go Into Markets of the
World to Dispose of It's Product.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-The
stockholders of the WInemakers' Cor
poration opened their third annual
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Women have more of what is term
ed good sense than men--William Haz-
lit.
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THE WAR IN THE
ISLAND OF CUBA.
lnsurgent Forces Defeated in Sev-
eral Engagements,
According to Announcements From SPANS
Headquarters at Havana.

"Imparcia1" Calls Upon Premier
Sagasta to Make Energetic Rep
RESERVATIONS at Washington on
the Subject Of the Alleged Fill
clustering Expedition Of the
Steamer Dauntless.
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at 7C gs+a. gsf

Fancy Neck Ribbons or Rib
bon for fancy work, with loop
edge. Comes in colors pink,
blue, corn, lavender and black,
with self edge or with edge OF
contrasting color. Special price,
&c yard.
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Millinery Trimmings.

A great assortment, new as
sortment, and always kept fresh
and in accord with the demands
of fashion; many kinds and
prices of each kind to
choose from, foremost of
which is supplied by the
feathery tribe; birds, owls.
wings, aigrettes, quills and fam
cies, ribbons, ornaments and the
foundation for all the mirror
finish velvet, in all desirable
shades, at surprisingly low
prices.
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at 25C ysts. yss

Thirty pieces of Pure Silk
Plaid and Roman Striped Rib
bons, wide widths, beautiful in
combination of colorings. All
reduced from $50, 4oc and 45c
per yard to 25c yard.
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Books for HOLIDAYS.

Assorted Books, not Juvenile
alone, but volumes which will
interest the older heads, and a
choice for all. Fact, fiction, his
tory, poetica1 and religious.
Well bound and from the pens
of well known and popular au-
thors. See our lists and our
prices ere you supply your holi-
day needs.
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Continued to-day with new ad-
ditions to the lots left from yes
terday's selling. The magnetic
prices, S. IS and ST s. still pre-
vail on the richest assortment
of Trimmed Hats ever shown al
such low price marks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-01

Mercur. Jan. 31.-This morning Mar
tin Etau was burned to death in the
city Jail.
He had been drinking and was in
clined to be quarrelsome. resulting in
being arrested and thrown into Jail
about o'clock this morning.
Shortly after the alarm of fire was
given and 1t was discovered the Jail
was burning
The door was thrown open but it
was impossible to reach the body, but
soon the hose was at work and the
fire under control
The body, badly burned was found
in one of the beds, face downward,
and was in such a condition that it
had to be moved in a blanket. The
jail is a building containing two rooms,
the walls, floor and ceiling being made
of plank 2x6 laid fiat The stovepipe
passes through the ceiling and no pro-
lection is between the lumber and the
stovepipe. 1t is the property of the
county.
Etau's parents run a boarding house
here and are we'll advanced in years.
They have the sympathy of the COM
munity.
A glove contest between Mackey and
Mckinney last night resulted in a VIC
tory for the Mercur man in the tenth
round.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-01
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS,
How Much OF the Time of the Senate
VIII Be Spent This Week.

Washington, Jan. 31.-Much of the time
of the senate this week will probably be
spent behind closed doors. The general
treaty of arbitration between the United
States and Great Britain will be re-
ported TO the senate tomorrow, as amend
ed by the committee on Saturday
IN addition to this general treaty there
are also the trade mark and copyright
treaty with Japan and the convention
providing for the appointment of a COM
mission to determine the boundary line
between Alaska and the British posses
slons, which Will probably be sent to
the senate tomorrow
These matters. to say nothing of the
unrest of the Democrats on account of
the holding up of the postoffice nominal
tons by the postoffice committee will
cause more or less of executive debate
The Nicaraguan canal bill, of which
Mr.. Morgan has been vainly endeavoring
TO secure a time for vote still re-
mains the unfinished business.
The bankruptcy bill was agreed upon
TO follow this, but the two steering COM
mittees have decided that the Hawaiian
cable bill shall be considered first.
IN THE HOUSE.
The house will devote the coming week
largely to the consideration of appro-
priation bills and election cases.
The case of George A. Cornett vs.
Claude A. Swanson, from the Fifth dis
trict of Virginia. is on the calendar and
Mr.. Thomas (Rep. Mich.) mas given
notice that he will call it up for action on
Wednesday. The diplomatic and con-
sular and District of Columbia appropria-
ton bills are ready.
Before the week closes. the postofice
and naval bills, it is understood, may be
presented.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-01
CLEVER FORGER CAUGHT.
ELUDED THE OFFICIALS FOR
MANY YEARS.
Operations by Which He Illegally
Got Hold of Over $4,000.

New York. Jan. 31.-Thomas P. Stout.
alias Appleton, alias Robert Graham.
who is under arrest in Cincinnati, and is
bel:e-ed to be a forger, wanted by the
police of this city, was for some years
tie confidential bookkeeper of the Wall
! street firm of Jones, Kenneth & Hopkins.
He was always considered a steady man
until his sudden disappearance on Sept
l, 1891 Upon the examination of his
books. it was found that Stout had forged
the firms name to checks on the Holland
! Trust company of SO Cedar street to the
sum of $4,000 Nothing was heard of him
for some time, until finally it was learned
that he was in London, where he was
doing business with a firm of American
brokers in that place with the firm name
of John Shaw. In London he was known
as Appleton, and il was said made con-
sidera BILE money buying and selling
American stocks. Detectives were sent
to London, but he had disappeared.
He was traced from London to Ant
werD, and from there TO Paris where he
adopted the name of Graham and then
suddenly disappeared.
Several years went by. and nothing was
heard from him. Finally the Holland
Trust company asked the police of tnis
city. a short time ago, TO again take up
the case. and more circulars were sent
abroad and to the police OF every city in
also offered q reward of $3.50 for his ar
rest. but nothing was heard from him
until Friday last, when Captain . Brien
received a telegram from Cincinnati an
nouncing his arrest there. The trust
company who were the sufferers of
Stouts forgeries, were notified of the
information from Cincinnati and c. 1.
Libaire, who knew Stout, was sent to
that city to see if he could identity him.
He identified him as Stout, and also sent
word that the prisoner would come to
this city without the necessary requisition
papers Detective Daily of Captain
O'Briens staff left here today to bring
h:--- to this city.
1t is also said by the police that they
think Stout has forged checks on the
Seaboard National bank to the extent of
nearly $4,000, and that they will also
prosecute him.
A reporter called at POI West One
Hundred and Tenth street where Mrs.
Stout resides, and in reply to several
questions she admitted that the man
under arrest was her husband but
further than this would have nothing to
say about the matter. She, however,
added that she thought it was all a mis-
take
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-01

Canton, :, Jan. 31-With Major Nc
Kinley's Inauguration but little more
than four weeks distant, there still re-
mains a good deal of work to do in the
way of completing the cabinet. No
word has been received from Judge
Golf, but the conviction grows that he
may find it impossible to accept port
folio. In case he does not go into the
cabinet, the whole question of southern
representation in that body will be re-
opened and there will be another rush
for Canton on the part of the delega-
tions in the interest of rival candidates.
There is no light to be had on the New
York situation today, and there is rea-
son to believe that the Dresident-elect
may not choose the last member of
his cabinet till he gets to Washington.
1t is also likely that only one more of
the cabinet appointments will be for
mally announced before the list is sent
to the senate on the 5th day of March.
The preSident-elect has taken the pub
lie into his confidence to a very consid-
cradle extent already, and may deem
it wise to keep his own counsel during
the next month. Consideration of some
of the candidates for the position of as
Sistants to the cabinet officers will
next follow in order. 1t may be stated
upon excellent authority, and no doubt
the statement will be of interest, that
aspirants to the consular service will
not be considered until April l. This
will not, of course, apply to the i'm
Dortant embassies which, no doubt,
will be filled pretty shortly after the
4th of March.
1t is probable that the extra session
of congress will consider and pass a
bill providing for the establishment of
a department of commerce and indus
try. If this is done there Will be an
other cabinet officer to appoint and a
number of subordinate positions to fill.
Major Mckinley has had a day of
unbroken quiet and the rest was well
come one, for the last week was one of
the most laboriOus he has spent since
his election. Congressman James Wads-
worth of New York had a long inter-
view with Major Mckinley today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-01

San Francisco, Jan. 31-W. K. Wheel
ock, Dan Stuart's advance represent
alive, who is now in this city, thus
unbosomed himself to a representative
of the United Associated Presses to-
night:
There has never been an event in
the history of sport of the same mag
nitude, or one calculated to attract so
much interest as the forthcoming Cor
bett-Fitzsimmons glove contest. Pro-
visions will be made to seat 5000 peo-
pie at whatever point in Nevada may
subsequently be chosen by Mr.. Stuart
as the scene of the fight, and present
indications tend to show that this ac-
ton will be no more than is absolutely
necessary. Sporting Editor Hoseman
of Chicago has wired me to say that
he has arranged for a train of nine
cars from that city alone and Nose
Gunst of San Francisco informs me
that he will invite a party of 100, while
the fact that in the east the weather
during March is generally of the most
wretched description, guarantees a
large influx of sporting men from the
Atlantic Seaboard.
THE question of admission fees will
be taken up when Stuart arrives in
San Francisco, which he is expected
to do toward the end of this week.
Eastern papers are already making
elaborate arrangements to procure ex-
tended reports of the contests.
The medicated springs at which the
champions will train are among the
finest 1 have ever visited, and the Ne
vada climate in March is ideal for
training PURPOSES